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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23
The Original "Caumine.',

Nestor ROqueplan, in his Pdrisiue.
records a visit made to the tombs at
certain celebrities, and among Others To
tIlat or Marie Duplessis, the original Of
the Dame aux Camelias,n whom. r.
seems, he had known intimately in ali
tlephaSesOf herlife-first as a street girl
munching apples on the Point Nenf.
and aftcrWard as a gay lady, regardless
OF expense. With q pitiless hand he
strips Off the romance which music and
song. have wound around a life really
SO wild and meFcenary, and shows tile
woman III her true cOlOrs-tirst, m n
grlsette OF the QUARTER Latin, grateful
Tor the gift of a few fried potatoes
from a street-bOoth next Il frequenter
Oi the dalce, gardens i'll quest of rich
victims and lastly the dGpraved Par
lslan L0rette, dying, it is true, of con-
sumption, but otherwise as different
from the Traviata as darkness from
light. Here is the analysis of the char
acter OF this woman who has been made
the Ideal OF a TOmancer, and whose sins
nave been cOndOned by so many pure
hearts weeping over her imaginary
woes and sacrifices for affections sake.
Maria Dup4essis was remarkably
pretty-tall, well made, ignorant, with
out wit, but cunning. A Norman peas
ant, she invented u ~genealogy and an
historic name. She lied literally, and
was III the habit of saying that lies
Whitened the teeth About her there
was nothing OF the woman whom the
imagination of a rOmancer invested
with her name.n He insists that tho
only truth in the history of the Dame
aux Camelias was the fact that she died
OF consumption !; and he relates, us
characteristic of the woman, that her
last appearance i'll public was at the
theatre of the Palais Royal, when she
was so near dying that two liverie6
lackeys had to lift her in and out of the
| theatre. =
Yet she was such o celebrity in her
way that the year after her death it
was the fashion of the women whoemu-
lated her career to make a pilgrimage
to her cemetaTy and to strew camelias
over her grave. A sad and touching
commentary, however, is given in the
statement of the fact that when she
dled, out OF all her numerous lovers and
admirers but two men had the hardi~
hood to follow her remains to the tomb,
which her p0et-lOver celebrated by
verses addressed to them praising their
fidelity. Seldom has it happened that
a woman so utterly worthless has in
spired so much tender pity and gained
so undcserved a reputatiOn.-[Edwin
De Lean III LippincOtt's."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A GHOST SToRY.-A correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, writing from
Portsmouth, O., reports II prodigy worth
noting. AS the story goes, MOllie Sui
Eiyan, Il courteSaD, recently died III
Portsmouth, and after death u German
woman living hard by called public at
tentiOn to the astounding filCt that
MOllie's ghost could he seen from the
street seated behind one Of the windows
of her former residence. Soon thou
sands of people had visited the spot,
and looking up from the street had
seen the apparition. The cOlrespon-
dent of the Gazette has seen il also, as
from one point of view it showed only
us the general outline Ut u face, the
flow of the hair and the curve OF the
eyebrows being well defined, while
from another, distant from it about
fifty feet, he could see the color
of the dress-dark groundwork with
white spOts--a bow Or IOckGt Oh the
bosom; the posture that OF u person
sitting nearly facing the window, and
some person or thing standing behind
her at the right of the picture. The
pane of glass has been removed, put
does not seem to differ from amy 9fneF
! pane, nor can the likeness he seen tTonl
/ within the room. As it rs slppOsets Ihat
1 MOflic was murdered there ~ great eA-
element i'm town, and strenuous en-
4 beavers are made to find ont VINO inc
| persen standing behind her may. ne
The glass should he carefully e&amfaetb
rs il may show something new connect
| ed with the art of photography.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23
The Scandal to be ~1gnOred--
Conversation with Deacon
Hudson, Of Plymouth Church.
LSnndaY Mercury.

Sunday Mcrcufy.l
Reporter want to know how Broth
er Beecher takes this Woodruff affair.
Deacon HudsOn-He amt going say
anything about it. He's going to cut
the whole thing and let it go.
Reporter-SO?
Deacon Hudson-Yes. | saw him
to-day and he said he intended to take
no notice of it.
Deacon Hudson added to this that no
matter how many circumstances Mrs.
Woodruff adduced in support of her
charges, Mr.. Beecher would refuse to
take any notice of them.
RepOrter-But, Deacon Hudson, will
Mr.. Beecher not take the trouble to re-
flute these charges when they are made
Enthusiastically?
Deacon HudsOn-NO, I don't think
Brother Bcecher will take the trouble.
You see we know him, and we don't
propose to take anything that a woman
like Woodruff says against him.
know Victoria Woodruff as well as Bro
ther Beecher does, and she never told
me anything about it. | think it is
blackmail. She wanted him to pre-
side at that free-lOving meeting, and he
wouldn't, so she came down on this
Tilton thing
RepOrter-Well, Brother Hudson, do
the Plymouth church flock intend to
stand by Mr.. Beecher?
Deacon HudsOn-Of course we do,
We know him, and we will support
him.
RepOrter-Then the congregation
won't take the case up?
Deacon HudsOn-NOt a bit of it.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

SHAKESPEARE A PRINTER.-shakes-
peare has successfully had to sustain
the character of q schoolmaster, law
yer, soldier, sailor, farmer, surgeon and
q dozen other trades and professions,
and has been proved satisfactorily to
the minds of several writer's to have
been Yepsed in alchemy, botany, music
and all the ologies. Butt it has remained
for Mr, Blades, the eminent Caxtonian,
to prove that Shakespeare was one
of his own craft-a printer. In the vol
ume just issued by Messrs. Trubner it
is clearly shown that Shakespeare, when
he first arrived in London, called Upon
his own fellow-townsman, Field, who
had married the daughter of Vantrol-
iHielr, q printer, and had succeeded him
in his business. Here, then, Shake
speare, IS press reader or as shopman,
or as both, remained four years, and
became master of the terms reprints
title=pages," preface typo" non
pareiE,a =" broadside," "locHng-up,'
Hregister" and "printer's devil" all Of
which are to be found in his works.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A BEECHER ExH0RTATIoN.-O lazy
old men ; 0 non-ambitious middle-age
men; O dainty, melancholy, sentiment
tai young men, who are talking about
baugR Of tie tree agaia Rriag down
more. fruit. Open the burrows once
more. Cast in the seed of new endeav-
ors. Live again! for you are active on
ly when you are thinking, planning, ex-
ecuting, bearing, suffering. Never
whine, Leave whining for the dogs.
You ahe d son Of God. Won were aoi
whelped, to be a son OF the gutter.
Live on. Live forward, slougliing sins,
sIoughing crimes, and the memory OF
them, If they hold you down. Stretch
ont hands of aspiration. Reach after
neW thoughts and aspirations. 1t is
Never TOO late to5reap. Go through life
with the reaper's song in Your mouth
and when y0u die, carry your sheaves
with you to Heaven.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

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EDITORIAL RsANITT.-There is q vol
uiiae of truth in the following from the
pen Of 4 correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune
PROFESSIONALLY theresa wel-defned
insanity in respect til journalism, and
that which may grow ont Of It. MANY
men inclined to the profession learn
nOtlliis By Hae experience of others. OF
EaDy their own. They believe they can
accomplish miracles; TINT they can pns2i
aside general laws and circumstances In
th~e@xeeati0R Of their projects. Failure
after failure teaches them nothing. They
! constantly cite the example Of james
Gordon Bennett, wta6, aEEer anYnumbeI
| of disasters, and after reheated admoni.
lions eE hsg Hnftness for d neWspaInsl
manager, built g the most profitable
daily In America.
lit appears to me that there ID 4 fafa]
fascination about sCrilbling eOnbineg
with printers ink He who has IA
dipped into iss can scarcely be persuaded
to leave it ef, though prudence, pengsTs
and policy urge him t0 That eaAs u have
hardly eve met q man ence III the eeaa
ing, however humble his position, Wit
was not convinced, la had m 0pror,
fltnitJys that he could makea greatnews.
paper. And, It he fafl nelguadeany one
possessed of means te heip him, he il
very likely to contract d debt he IA nus,
lie to discharge. The more he does no
succeed the more heIs sure he deserves
10, and he has M exceeding facility il
discovering every gaTse Df his non-sue.
cess, except the right one,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A HAPPY. EDIToR.-The happiest
newspaper man in the country is at
Buffalo, Missouri, according to one who
has see him, and who writes: " Mr.. A.
w. Carson publishes the country paper,
which is called the Reflex. Carson lis
better cOntented and more phiIosophic
than an any other printer | ever saw.
He sets his own type, writes his own
editorials, uses a Chicago inside, has
plenty to eat, digests his food well,
sleeps sound, and TRANQUILITY looks on
the scramble in which the world is en-
gagged with a profound indifference as
to whether school keeps or not. He
never duns a subscriber, as his list is
too small to incur any useless risk of
losing one. He never asks a man to
subscribe, for fear of increasing the
amount of presswOrk he has to do. He
has no ambition for office, because he
expects to die an honest man and he
don't want to get rich, because it is so
harrassing to take care of a large prop
erty, and so tight q squeeze for a
bumped camel to pass through the OPP
tic of a cambria needle. So Kit as he
is playfully called by the BufffaIonians,
with whom he is a great favOrite, goes
on In the even~tenOr of his way, observ-
ing a majority of the Ten Command
ments, printing his paper regularly,
reaping his annual spring harvest OF
stud-hOrse bills, and enjoying life in a
sensible, rational manner t
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

How RATTLEsNAKES BITE.-A writer
in Chambers journal" c]Ontradicts a
popular belief as to the manner in
which snakes bite and inject their poi
son. He says:
" can only speak for the rattlesnake,
it is true with every other venOmous
reptile the orthodox accounts may be
correct, but the rattlesnake does not
send it's poison through its fangs. 1t
is always said that the two fangs, which
answer somewhat to the human eye
teeth are hollow and perforated
ut the bottom, and that the poison
flows from the reservoir through this
canal to the point of the fang, and
thence into the wound. The rattle
snakes fang is certainly hollow, but
the point is solid, and the poison-bag,
to Use a very hOmely smile, may be
compared III its position to a gum boil !;
when the animal strikes the pressure
instantly causes a drop of venom to,
run down outside the tooth into the
puncture. "
II dare say this will be controverted,
ty to be referred to. Mr.. W. r. Morley,
chief surveyor of the North and South
and United States Central Railways,
running through Colorado and New
Mexico, is a skillful naturalist, who
has killed several hundred of these rep
tiles, has carefully examined them, and
has made them bite when in u position
to watch them, and he can speak from
more experience than almost any living
man, that the poison is injected in the
manner described. This accounts for
the fact that rattlesnake bites are some
what harmless when the sufferer is bit
ten through cloth ; the poison is alb
sOrbed by the material, and never finds
its way into the flesh at all"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

T@E- H#zaE
QUAINT EPTTAPHs.-Quaint epitaphs
have, from time iMmemOriaI, atffalGtBd
the attention of men, but we doubt If
the whole long list that has been ex-
humed from the past can furnish a
4auaiinter specimen than We copied a
Gay q fVg ago from d Tombstone in orr
city cemetery. Here Hs, eerpqiiAl ct Iii
ertfttint, ct papcfuatins
stop as ron pass BY my Grave, Here,
/. John Shoekep, b.: 2. 7, rest my re-
mains, Was born IN New Orleans the
22nd, Nor. 1a41 was brOrs M BY good
trends not taking their advice. WAS
Crowned N this City III the Ala. River,
the s4tfi, 1T AIay 1855; Now warn mi
Young and old, to- heMagf &c Hhis Riyar.
see how 4 m fixed in this Waterv crave
4 laTe got but Few friends to mourn. =
montgomery Advertiser
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

Tx, post-ofice authorities of Great
Britain have resolved tointroduce large
number oil feHlaIecterk INTO thedepaFt-
ment. Forty yDung ladiesare also to be
shortly placed on the establishment of
the Savings Bank Office, notwithstanding
the vigorous prUtestof tie Comptroller,
who, 10 common with the entire staff,
feels I tile glieyous dangers. moral and
Official, which Me likely to follow the
adoption of 50 extraordinary a course. =
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

KILLING CRIMINALS.-Dr. Paul L. Eve,
of Nashville, has written u pamphlet to
prove that hanging is not only Hnpleas-
ant, but p~ositiyelX inhulnan as u means
Of DEATH The doctor contends that it
is an exceedingly difficult matter to dis
locate the human neck, and that this
event rarely happens in ordinary hang
ings, the victim dying gradually of stran-
gulation. What is worse the conscious
ness of the criminal is not suspended by
the fall. and he suffers terribly during
the perIod-fr0m seventeen to twenty
| seven minutes-he is engaged i'll Snuff
ling off his mortal career. Indeed, the
doctor thinks that, with the exception Of
| crucifixion, hanging is the most painful
| of all deaths. DR., Eve isd0ubtlesS right
IN many of Ais deductions. Hanging Is
a beastly way of killing d criminal, even
when artistieally done by a sheriff who
understands his business andneverl loses
his presence of mind. But when the job
is bungled, us If is three times out OF
five, hanging is horrible, Enauman ana
| disgusting. Tho object being simply to
kill the prisoner and get him out OF the
| way, it would seem that science ought
to provide some simpler, quicker and
more humane methodthan that of chOk-
ing him to death. DR.. Eve snggeSts. as
4 substitute for tAe halter 9 modification
1f Jha spanish gGrotte, fitted with a
spring SO constructed as to drive knife
into the neck, severing the spinal chord
aud producing instantaneous death
This would be a decided Improvement
an the halter, but q powerful g9lvanIc
battery, producing painless death witt
the sWiftnesspfa lightning stroke. w0uld
be better still, but best Of all would be
the abolition Of the death penalty In all
its forms.-[St, Louis Democrat
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

An Irish editor ut the West mildly
wishes for hundred and sixty acre
let of Spitzbergen frigiAity. and IN ice
sanaaaed grotto ii the basement Of the
AuYora B0realis.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A correspondent of the Ceylon Ohser-
yer calls attention toa famous rOse-tree
growing on the O0ragall estate, Han
fanne district. He says it is eighty feet
in circumference, fifteen feet high, and
is hearing ut present at least two tious-
and roses.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

An accident at Long Branch is thus
reported by a lady correspondent j One
day last week Miss Bolt, from Boston,
was sitting ut our table she had a1ove-
II toilet during dinner; but she sneezed,
Mhea 10! the half of the waist of her
dress ripped ont, and mamm had to
put her lace shawl around her. The
dress was made with one of these sin
gIe-threaI machines, and the lady being
quite sssnug'' In her figure, the sneeze
broke that thread,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

DR.. Asa Gray, the retiring President
of the American Assaciationfor heAd-
vancement Of Science, ias, according to
the reports Of the proceedings thereof,
given i frank Endorsement Of the DaE-
winian theory, without a word of dissent.
He expresses the confident hope that
"the religious faith which survived
without asshock the notion OF the tixity
of the earth itself, may equally outiast
Che notion Of the absolute fxity Of the
species wlieh inlabit it, So we came
from monkeys to man, and we go hom
maR tp--what?
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A man in New York, Who has just
cote Of d law snit, wants to obtain d
large framed picture OF d COW, witlnone
client at the heaal and the ether at the
tail, pulling, and tho lawyers, mean
while quietly milking.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

Mankind has been learning for six
thousand years, and yet how few have
learned that their felloNanes are as
coed as themselves.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

Western editor placed over g Mar
riaee . cut representing i large teap,
sprung, with this motto The srap
sloWn-anoeIler ninnyhamnaer eanghf.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

An Artesian wen rLincoln, Eebras.
ka, is so magnetic that it will draw y
Tin cup toward it. That's nothing,
though, for Il small black bottle will Of
ten draw a whole crowd toward 1t,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

One of the Western railroads has Il
feniale engineer of tho beautiful blonde
order. She makes the sparks iii.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23
The Umbrella China Tree.
(MELIA UMBRELLA.)

q We have been told that this tree orig
mated at the place of the late ex-GOY-
ernOr Burnett, near San JacintO, i'll Tex
as; that many years ago, III the winter
time, on reaching home from IN eXCur-
sion on horseback, he thrust the stick
which he had used as a whip into the
ground neal Il spring. The whip grew,
was protected, and became a beautiful
tree of a strange and peculiar form, and
this is the parent of the Umbrella China
trees now common i'll cultivation in
many portions of Texas. Its characters
are constant, and so marked that any
II at q distance can distinguish it from
the common China tree even at a glance.
1t preservesthes characters when grown
from the seed. At the distance of Il few
feet from the ground it sends forth nu-
merous branches, the lowest of which
are more horizontal than those imme-
diately above them, until the uppernIOst
limbs are nearly vertieal-the whole,
when in full leaf, forming an umbrella
like head of remarkable symmetry and
beauty. The ends of the outer leaves
those beneath them, like the shingles of
a roof, forming a shade of the darkest
green. The rays of the sun cannot PEN
bb1&bD bAACAtS Gnu tIISJ CNCiA tSOAN pAO
lection from a moderate shower.
OF all our deciduous trees, it is GER
tainly the most beautiful. It's dark
green leaves, and shape so different from
other trees, viii always give it Unmarked
and fine appearance in the landscape.
It is very hardy, and a very rapid grower
when placed i'll soils Of moderate fer
tility.
Should itmaintain its character, which
it has already done for many years, 1T
it constitute a new species under the
name Of MeEn Umbrella. It's characters
are so marked that any one can distin-
gIish it from the common China tree
even in the winter, which is notthe case
with many admitted species of trees,
May not the work of creation be still
going on of both plants and animals,
from progression To progression, and
still the work be so gradual as to fail to
attract the attention of shorG-lived NOR
taIs4 This view does not detract in the
least from the dignity and power of the
Almighty, but it Observation-Disclosures
our admiration of him for giving birth
to new forms to render the earth more
delightful and pleasing to u.s.. Such q
creation, or form, is the Umbrella China
tree.-[Rural Albanian.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

Courage IS mora Hkelgfo be prudent
than impr1tdence is to be courageous.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A poor but pious young man apollo
gized the other evening, while making
q call, for the muddiness OF his boots,
saving he had not taken q carriage, Bib
had walked hl with e~9mmenqahIe
economy He vas grieyed when tlle
lovely being whom he adores inquired
why ne did't I" ask Mr.. Econonomy H."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

IA Wisconsin editor speaks of d wind
which !. just sat on its hind legs and
huWlea.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

RaLdea US. PickWiek has been ont
done IN q reeen5 English breach-of nrom-
Use case where lou was infroduced
among the correspondence the middle
letter being read e9pher-I SIGH for
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

Never indulge in a spirit that belongs
TO tile lusticFots III matters that nDer
tam TO the concerns of the soul.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

POPULAR ERRoRs.-It is a popular
error to think that the more a man eats
the fatter and stronger he will become.
TO believe that the more hours children
study the faster they learn. TO con-
cIHde that, If exercise is good, the more
violent it is the more good lis done. To
imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
presumption that the smallest room in
the house is large enough to sleep in.
To imagine that whatever reIQedy
causes one to feel Immediately better
is good for the system, without regard
to more Interior effects. To eat with
ont an appetite ; On to continue after
it has heaH satisfied, merely to crafty
the taste. IN cot a lleaebg supper foI
the pleasure experienced afitiMg ftle
brief time tt iszpassing down the throat,
at the expense of a whole night of dis
turbed sleep and weary waking in the
morning.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

NoTAFAILURE.--The Cincinnati Com
mercial says " The Liberal Repub-
licar movement is not q failure, It has
liberalized the Republican party, andas
influencewiH temper the Administration
for the next four years for good. Ithas
alss libeealized the Democratic party,
and put out Of the WayforeVer irritating
issues and dognaas that were dangerous.
The missionary Labor Of the campaign
on both sides has been excellent. Much
has been done in the removal of the as
perities Of party differences, and in har-
moniaing the mtagenists Of other days
over the questions Of this day, toward
the homogeneity OF tie American people
Ia work Of mestimable benifieence."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-11-23

A bad style Of Observation-Disclosures
among families.