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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13
To. G.. w. Cllstis Lee.


WHAF Will He BECOME ?-The ques-
ton is often asked by parents in regard
to their sons, and by the friends of many
young men; and, although there is no
definite rule for ascertaiIling, we may
get some idea of what q young man will
become by observing his actions and
words.
Solomon said many centuries ago, that
"eYen a child is known by his work,
whether it be good or evil. l.n-Therefore
when you see a boy slow to go to school,
Indifferent about learning, and glad of
every opportunity to neglect his lessons,
you may take it for granted that he will
be bloekhead.
When you see boy anxious to spend
money and spends every cent as soon as
he gets it, you may know that he will be
spendthrift.
When you see a boy boarding up his
pennies and unwilling to part with them
for any good purpose, you may set it
down that he will be niser.
When you see a boy willing to taste
strong drink, you may Tightfuily sup
pose that he will become drulnkard.
When a boy is disrespectfTll to his pa
rents, disobedient to his teacher, and un-
kind to his friends and playlnates, it is
sign that he will never be of much ac-
count.
When you see boy looking out foI
himself and unwilling. to share good
things with others, it is a sign that he
will grow up a selfish man.
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A TRAIN ON THE RIGHT TRAC CK.-YOu
may call George Francis Train crazy, a
fool, or what you please, buthe certainly
has streaks and moments of practical
sense. III New Orleans last week heWas
asked how he would pay the city debt,
and responded in the following charac-
teristic and forcible style, which will ap-
ply as well to Opelousas as to New Or
leans:
BY setting to work the thousands Of
lOafers who hang around your street
corners, and pass the time in grog shops
talking politics and talking about past
glories; by driving your capitalists into
great manufac actUring enterprises, and
public works which secure employment
for industry and attract emigration, by
compelling those who make their money
here to spend it here, where, If they only
had the sense to perceive it, they could
get a better return here than elsewhere
by putting all their money and if neces-
saPy raising more by nl0Ttga ge orin any
other way to build iron barges to bring
produce from the whole valley of the
Mississippi, and quadruple your steam
marine to carry the same abroad; To es.
tablish manufactures to convert your
million and u half Of raw cotton into
cotton cloths; In fine, to quit all y0uI
senseless growing about taxes and p0-
htieal hugger -m0ngefing and to cease
trying to lift yourself by the waistband
OF your own breeches.
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MIR. crabappIe,a Content.

There aayaRgStty nearly at the end of my
Life 1T less and less worth living get for me
Being ,if although fr from well-of, not yet abso
Iutely poor,
a great deal more.
might now, il I had married inmy young days
have wife
VITO would be, within year or so, at my own
time of life,
Probably infiI1n and ailing; very likely peevish
grown,
Load Of flesh to be sapported-in addition to my
own.
Then I might have sons and daughters; SONS
who nauglH could find to do,
Running me perpetual bills up; daughters as
expensive too,
Such as some of my yaequaintanceha have, of whom
they can't get rid;
Girls whom no fellows will marTy-would be
asses II they did.
DO wish, as hear some, again cOuldmy time
have O'erf
No, dom't; did to get money what could do
could no more.
For suppose now before me had the race which
hayeF1ln,
AS had no fortune left me, SO I should hav'
hope Of none.
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my Drcasn.

A l,eauffftrl vision oft comes to me,
when the work of the day is done,
yyI,e9, nv heart throws of its weight OF care
And Sit in my room alone;
:. T dream of a home - where no shadows 1aii,
EorsSr &guage of strife is heard,
Where anger and bitterness enter not,
But love breatIles III thought and IN word.
Ant sif IN that beautiful home
watching the sunset glow.
T IteaI. a step ON the gFayeled walk,
a step have learned TO know.
One stands On the threshold, whose tender love
q Makes the world all bright to me-"
Whose heart keeps the VOW which his lips have
made,
Myown, and mine only to be.
But i waken alas! it was only a dream,
Like the fanciesH used to weave,
In those far off days of the happy past
Ere my heart had learned TO gFfeYe;
Well know the face, i'll dreams behold
Though have not seen, 1t seems for years
have heard that voice and its cherished tones
Which are the sweetest Of earth to my ears.
Buf I'm a sad and lonely woman now
No love words are breathed IN my ears;
Ijfe's lessons to me have been sternly taught
In weariness, pain and in tears.
BUt | love to sit in the twilight hour
While the shadows around me fall.
And dream of that beautiful sunny home
AY1 the love that's dearer than all.
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HoNoR YorR BUSINESS.

HONOR YOUR BuSINESS.- o.aoa
sign when a man is proud OF Il. Sp"a ~.
calling. Yet nothing is MOI ,,ss,s aln " VI
than to hear men finding fault lllllyn atalt4
ly with their particular bus aI. tsnIl =
deeming themselves u1fforts anu tIp
cause fastened to it by the nd pee
gaining O livelihood. In this VI
and destroy all their cOmfOa ~, III,
work; or they change their tLle
and go on miserably, shifting ess'
thing to another till the grave one
house gives them a fast gf " VI
while occasionally q man falls ~ ~
because he Is not IN the place fl 1e
his peculiar talent, it happens tel soF
Oftener that failure results from y
and even contempt of honest I'D Q
A man should put his heart in
thing that he does. There is nj
fessi0n that has not its peculiar
and Yexati0ns. No man will b
annoyance by changing his buss
No mechanical business is yery
able. Commerce, in all its yarietiG
effected like all other pursuits.
It's trials, nnWelcome duties, sDilit-tiY
necessities. It Is the very WantonH
Of folly Ior man to search out q
and burdens Of his calling and to q
his mind every day to the eonsiderati
OF them. They are inevitable.
Bro0ding over them only gives fht
strength, Tn the other hand q man 1
power to shed beauty and pleasure
the lnnlaliest ton, If he is wise. let
man adopt his business and identify
with pleasant associations for Heay
mas gwen Ils fnla nation, not alone
make rs poets, but to beautify home
thin IS. Heart VaFnisli will cover
lrlIlgl1llefslble evils and defects. 70
at the good things. Accept yorr lot 4
man does b rough piece 81 ground, 3
lsesIn to set put rocks and roots, d
to deepen and mellow the soil, "a I
rich and plantit. There Is soI1etlli1o
the most f0rIi1tIiing vocation. arosI
which q man may tWiine pleasanf, "a
cles, out 0f which lie may develop
honest pride.
HealTh-A call laa7, Tos5, r.7a.
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GEN. Lee to His Som.

During the war the Northern papers
published the following excellent and
characteristic private letter from Gen.
Lee to his son Custis; the original of
which was found among tie papers
which were purloined from Arlington
House. 1t is interesting and though
written many years ago, will WILL repay
perusal:
ARLINGTON HOUSE, April 4 1889.
NY Dear Son-T anu just in thsaet of
leaving home for New Mexico. My fine
old regiment has been orderedHO that
distant region, and must hastehto see
that they are all properly taken ore of.
I have but little to add in reply tp your
| letters of March 26, 81 and %. Your
letters breathe true spirit of fraIiAess.
| They have given myself and your mther
great pleasure. You must studyHp be
frank with the world frankness i the
child of honesty and courage. SayRlat
you mean to do on every occasiOnand
| take it for granted that you mean do
right If a friend asks a favor, Eou
should grant it if it is reasonable ifpt,
tell him plainly why you cannot Bpu
will wrong him and wrong y0urselfDy
equivOcation of any kind. Never dSa
wrong thing to make friend or kSp
one; the man who requires you to ddO
is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Dtl
kindly but firmly with your classmatS
you will find it the policy that wears bes
Above all do not appear to others whS
yOuare not. HyOu have any fault to fiIA
with any one, tell him, not others, Of wh3
YOU complain; there is no more dan
gerous experiment than that of under
taking to be one thing before a man
face aud another behind his back. w
should live, act and say nothing to tn
| injury of any one. 1t is not only best a
a matter of principle, but it is the pat
to peace and honor. In regard to duty
let me, in conclusion of this hasty letter
| inform you that nearly a hundred year
ago there was day of remarkable gloon
and darkness, still known as the darl
day, a day when the light of the sun wa
slowly extinguished as if by an eclipse
| The Legislature of Connecticut was i
session, and as its members saw the un
expected and unaecountable darknes
coming on, they shared in the genera
awe and terror. It was supposed b
many that the last day-the day of judg
nent-had come. Some one, in the con
sternatiOn of the hour, moved an ad
| jOurnment. Then there arose an oil
/ Puritan Legislator, Davenport Stanford
VINO Sftla JIlaG II the last Gay naO com
he desired to be found athis place doin
his duty, and therefore moved that car
dies be brought SO that the House coul
| proceed withits duty. There was quiet
ness in that mans mind-the quietnes
of heavenly wisdonl-an in1exible viii
ingness to obey present duty. Dut.
then, is the sublimest word in our Ian
guage. Do your duty in all things hk
the old Puritan. You cannot do more
you should meyer wish to do less. Nevt
let me and your mother wear one gra
hair for any lack of duty on your par
Z. E. LEE.
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4 BfF 81 HIsToRY We eopy the Z

a Bin on HISTo VIe copy thefoI-
lowing from the At. q. Republican
Editor Republ blican-It is said TINT
time u the 8 healer 9 of all things, even
IN politics, Not more than four years
sega, IN the early days of reconstruct
when Hon. WilliaIn Pitt Kellogg was
0laeC10H of the port Of New Orleans, d
talented and intelligent young cOIOfegl
mai; tU test the sincerity 8f the profess
sloIls III their pretended friends, made
application for 4 position at tie granite
btIi ilsilH Id che Ue ellt over sllich
the Hon. az Il. Kellogg presided Tt
was g1sllatetl to him, and lla q lilncfed
ia "a at the deputy col tss1a aA & desIr.
+ KaIacy tho asto 0E tie applicant
Nlaeia the porter was ordered Ia prov itle
hilla d pail OF ali2eA ash MID a
brush, and lie, the Ag ia tO
wash be pli Such N only
work epsgia get slere.
zEatss have chan red lie ssslale voting
eua0gesl IMAM tO-sIaY is the var ef
The sfd les over the Radical
con aY Baton Rouge. ana tls
same iIliala itt ell0a ex-
ca Hector. 5aftea lfsYF, rs now
cl bafOre lin f0 lieIg1 him tO Be
made Governor a Lon I'll. 81 that I1e
reEglTlI Iii gam q Iaete1 81 iii
ted States SeIlsls With the an0lsag af
the Isl al lie lasa done sE
the money Of the Ilited 5
WERIYAs.
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A capital jole--and all the more pa
latable because it is true and can be
v!ouched for-took place few SUNDAYS
since at one of the prominent Fourth
Street churches. 1t seems that a worthy
deacon has been industrious in selling 4
new church book costing seventy-fiye
cents. At the service in question, the
minister, just before dislnissing the con-
gregation, arose and said, " All who have
children to baptize will please present
them next Sabbath" The deacon, who
was. little deaf, and having an eye to
business, and supposing his pastor to be
referring to them Immediately jumped
up and shouted: "And all who haven't
any can get them from me at seventy
five cents each" The preacher looked
cross cross eyed at the deacon the audience
punched each other in the side; the
bubble grew larger until it burst in a loud
guffaw, ladies eOlored up, and blushed.
and thanked the Lord for the low price
for peop!eing, the earth. There was no
!benediction that morning worth speak
ing of. 0''A>
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ALMOST 4 MAsoN.-We have q LADY
in our city who some years since lost he-T
husband, d worthy member Of one 81
our city Lodges. Since his death. the
widow requested that the Lodge dues
should be assessed against her in the
name of her husband, and that She
should be allowed to pay the same.
The request was granted informally,
and the lady has contributed her ten
dollars per year as dues to the said
Lodge at stated periods ever since. Al
few months. ago she married a protaRe.
and hence assumes another name and
changes her relation to the fraternity.
Her love for the Order, however, is not
abated, and she still claims the privi-
lege of paying dues TO the said Lodge,
and as far as possible of being consid-
cred member. Masonic Jewel.
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UNION Az 0UsION.-What is meant
Dy union aIhAlsiOn seems to be diff
cut TO undeland on the part of seve-
raj Journals ghe State.
Ihese JouIss have, on every Occa-
Sion tIlab GotA1spOsSIDly occur, in dis
cilsslng tne Ntical questions of the
Day placed nfominent position the
name = oI 0ov. GmOth as bugbear to
Ii1ghteh ana ea9el the honest and tax
fld9eh people pkhis State to support
thelf poi1tlcal Yrs. They have even
gone so Tar as 1eiOclaim and denounce
every one lnftl4s that dared utter a
Governors polil c0nrse. Now. We
do not propose tEsserve or merit the
cehStue OF these tlemen of the press
by endorsing Gov armoth or his acts
but we do prop0s ioin the movement
OF the new Stat Srty. and If Gov
Warm0th sees fit I'D MS i'm nrnvent.
ing Grant and hisnse- -boldinoc 1,ininos
from getting cOnt1aaf fhe State, yvn
shall thank him for IA assistance an5
If necessary, honor Nor his services
inat lG ! ls. i; an acs necessity for a
" lhion VI al a 9diIles 8sed to the NOM
can Convention at IN Romeo does
not admit of quest and 90 sane sane
patriotic man in the E will do To- otbaro i,Ia,e
wise than oppose, wall his p;uht
the election of such a sided ticInt
We were promised by same same Rad;cai %
party a reform that 81 E satisfv 'etII al
parties, but instead of a va have the he
most purely Radical tiel that tt has as as
yet been placed befo HE neonie ms,9 s
Now, can the papers we snolraT1p egptTf If
above still be bound by na1,tT gTN4i t;as - >
Win they hesitate to io Ga ,noyon, ~ rde'7 ant
that will certainly lead 81 l % raJnnno Jnron ~
tion Of the State 2 We ha ,,of nfno1TR Wko
time has come for you to ,,aonf,,Ilr ,0o. no
nobly and bravely. Cas- ii.1lh 10 uny, un;y,,
petty notions of absolute ie dood Tel ~
sues and let your eyes be y ot.u ~ AZ +,
updisputabIe fact that al en,,,+ ~ ne i;S
being made to degrade and ordgs ,Is -
worse than ever [Iber 4ssss so,,+h ds
(Dem.1: eo''il'
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Some persons take particular pains to
criticise Horace Greeley's hats, boots,
etc., and so on. We remember once
when such arguments were used against
William FL. Harrison. He was called a
coward and granny and many other
euphonioIls names that were supposed
to be regular knock down arguments.
Some modest, virtuous woman in Ohio
even went so far as to send the old Gen
era1 petticoaf.
The election came Off shortly after
Fard proving such arguments to be of
title avail against an honorable man.
lie same result Will very likely occur
rain as the fall elections will show.
@ TThihodeanx Sentinel.
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A RAILROAD TICKET Coon E1THEf

A RAILROAD TICKET Coon EITHER
WAT.-The public win be interested in
the following judicial decision
In the Supreme Court, in Boston, re-
Gently, q case of interest to the travel
ing public was decided. In 1868, Mr.. j.
A. Coleman, of Boston, attempted to
ride from New York to New Haven on
a coupon ticket, which was rejected by
the conductor ON the. ground, that, al
though it was good from New Haven to
New York, it did not pass the holder
in the opposite direction. Mr.. Coleman
insisted that the company was com
PEELED to receive the ticket, as it repre-
sented money paid for a passage be-
tween these points, and he was put off
the train by force, receiving such injury
as to affect his health. He sued The
New York and New Haven Railroad
Company and recovered. The railroad
obtained a new trial and were beaten
again. On exception to the ruling of
the Judge, the defendants obtained a
third trial, which terminated in YER
dict for Mr.. Coleman.
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In a pool, across the road, in the
county of Tipperary, Ireland, is stuck
up pole having affixed to it board,
with this inscription: "Take notice that
when the water is over this board, the
road is impassable.n 'N-'
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4 gentleman was threatening to beat
a dog who barl1ed intOlerably.
why" exclaimed an Irishman who
was present, would you beat the poor
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At a spirit meeting the other night, q
gentleman requested the medium TO saw
what amlusements were most popular in
the spI1tWorld? The reply was, Read
ing OF our own obituary nOtices,n
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Persons who are confined to their
homes by illness, and unable to earn
bread for their poor families, will find it
profitable to go fishing among the
islands in the bay, says the editor of
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No CHANCE ron s IA y Il the fol-
I0sEIll lines he III rlgl sFe aze disposed
to think they x, u great many Of our
patr01as wiIl never meet lis iii tile
happy Iasls 0 aAaaan Ilnless tlley
repent tlAeiG SINS very sEea
The 1anE II 10 chess ii Trialter
Can't AH Il ~ d eezlfs
AKi iaI saaVe1 rsRalk tIssa lieaxGa1lT land
sers siss went
e A9t zaizs slee there,
stes lass III M tlEs stS Z
issss li iIIle sKysal5s
s sgssf Is 0f eaVells
Il lKaf 86 laef liifss
lsst y pheasant Ssfsiiis
lie Riia4 he n III 43a ags
Me alsssla gslia
II TIE fgs OH tI9 tallssls
f sa4isAE ss7asl Tesgret,
tn hug araassist rat HnANt
Wlf lEHes es, q ssaa nesss
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A man in Missouri, recently, by mis-
take ran away with his own wife. She
was disguised in a fancy ballroom cos
tune, and he did not recognize her for
some time.
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The Masonic Tidings saws

George Washington was initiated
November 4, 1852, 4 few months before
he became of age. On March, 8, 1858,
nine days after he was OF age, he re-
ceiyed the degree of fellow craft. On
August 4, 1853, he was raised to the de-
gree of master mason.
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GOV. WarmOtHR's Baton Rouge
Speech.

| we copy the following from the Ba-
ton Rouge Gazette Comet, Dem.)
,r Thursday evening last Governor
WarmOth addressed quite large as
| &mbIage OF citizens at the courthouse
square. He began by stating that he
Was Republican in principle, but not
a Radical i. After reviewing briefly the
mighty leaders Of Radicalism, who re-
Gently run the machine at Pixies The
atre, he proceeded to investigate the
causes Of their opposition to him.
Ihe facts he stated on this point are
very well known to most Of our readers
they being embodied in his vetoes of
many of the legislative schemes for
plunder, in which Messrs. Packard, Ca
sey, and, in fact, nearly all the federal
Ofhce-hol0ers were alike interested.
The Governor stated that so long as he
kept his eyes and ears closed to the
| schemes OF these demagOgues he was a
very fine fellow, but just so soon as he
began to pull the check rein to curb
their plundering ambition he at once lost
their friendship and they concluded
howl for reform was necessary to Oust
him and screen themselves from the
pertdies practiced which they knew
would come out on them sooner or later.
He argued that so long as the laws were
administered i'll their interest, those
laws were pinks Of perfection in their
eyes, but so soon as it was known that
the laws were going to be administered
III the interest of justice and equality,
y they became very suddenly arbitrary,
UNJUST, and sorely needed reformation.
St1e did not hold up much of the past
o8eglslatlOn as wise and prudent to the
. CONTRARY, he thought that an honorable
: 8nd Intelligent body of men in our next
Il legislature could and would give salts
, ctlOn III that respect to the whole DeO-
I, ?, dIsregardless of the lines of distinc-
> > 6ns lnpOlitics or race he thought il
I q people would burn their prejUdices
: a unite under the Liberal banner for
. tn campaign, that at the end Of the
= lie administration they could be able
Il tohank God for the good they had
- doa Tor themselves and their posterity
= by1ch action. His speech was lis
u ten to with profound attention, at the
J clos Of which he asserted that, for
: hilnaf he had burned his ships and
+ Was1W marching forward to defeat a
i mll1ey despot and tOreunite the States
: = OF ths Mon so that every one could
l, feel ut pride i'll American citizenship
e so lonRnd so happily felt in the glo-
: I1OusAst. He wanted this to be a
L cOuntI OF freemen, with not a single
q slave-plitical or otherwise-and he
T. was dgfmined to do all in his power
Is to maAit thus, which could only be
/ done hyhe defeat of U. S. Grant and
!, triumpHef Greeley and Brown. For
+ himself,e cared nothing for political
= prefer1pa, for, said he, g if there is one
= man 1nslr State, who has tasted it's
= = sweet sweets, y supped deeply enough at its
{. conclusikpf his address Colonel Ed,
W. RoheaQn stepped forward and
moved thahe thanks of the citizens Of
Baton Ron be rendered to Governor
Warmoth the able and satisfactory
8 address deered them on this OCCASION,
d and prop9 three cheers for Governor
y Il. T., Waapth, which were heartily
10 given.
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All d wed ii III lass. flae
parents 0E the brl EaaT2ed the guests
% cen per plate tor tile supper, and
tie money obtained was used bY the
new married couple to meet the expeSl-
ses Of their Wedding tour.
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A miller who attempted to be witty at
the expense OF a youth of weak, intellect
accOsted him with
John, people say you are fool"
On this, John replied
" L don't know that / am, sir. l know
some things, sir, and some things don't
S"'Well, John, what do you know?"
L knoW that millers always have fat
= " And what don't you know ?n
don't know whose corn they are
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aal Adair, wealthy merchant of
anita. remarked to the Georgia Press
ociation, recently convened IN that
that he owed about all he possessed
slyertising. /" Nothing said he,
Ia 50 little and pays so well as a
n use of printers ink. z
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viii bet an old second hand white
IA. we now have in ouf sanctun,
are il but one man IN the Parish
viiIe that WOllld refuse a political
M We honestly confess that we
flae man. Ibervi1le South.
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seagEIt laess Rlsss flIalt he 20ll +
levi Ir lllil IS
comb sgss eisEl1Ea 4 Il teaaGa loaded Il ID
pos las N ms
0gka FROM HGg 1Yf con-
the # lsss lil u aaeI q
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The greatest nutmeg ever known met
with greater. "
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Some men are a way bra gging of their
ancestors, and their great descent
That's what is the matter with them
their great descent. Such men ALWAYS
remind me OF afl old goose irving "a
hutch ont a sEone Billings.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

What nation produces most mar
riages ?-Fascinati0n.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

;nois man Who sat on q railroad
e n, newspaper furnished an , item item
ext days column of accidents.