davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Newton, Kansas, is a healthy place to
live in. The graveyard there contains
the ashes of thirty-twO men, of whom
thirty-one gave up the ghost without
going through the trifling, formality
Of pulling off their boots. The last con-
tribution to the thriving graveyard at
Newton was made by q desperate who
shot a Justice of the peace; and the city
marshal, to avoid the redtape andtechni-
caIitiesOf a trial, shot the desperate. The
Justice andthe outlaw sleep side by side,
and the city marshal carries off the lau,
Tels. The fellow who died a natural
death must be lonesome i'll that GENIE
terry. "t
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

A Terre Haute boy of tender years and
heart has drowned seventeen kittens,
tied panstoth tails of nine dogs, brushed
his fathers new silk hat against the
grain, and blown up a pet canary with a
firecracker in the last month, and still his
fond mother intends him for the pulpit.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

LET Us HAVE LIeHT.-The American
Builder says : DoInot arrange..your house
so as to violate Gods first command
then, o housewife, keep your blinds
open during the day and your curtains
drawn aside. Hyoul let the sun in free
ly it may "fadethe carpets but if you
do not it will be sure to cause ill-health
to the mothers and the children. The
sun is a good physician. He has never
had the due credit for his curative
qualities-for the bright eyes and rosy
cheeks that come from his healing
bath. Do you know how puny is the
growth of the potato vine along the
darkened cellar wall 2 Such is the
health of human beings living where
the sun is intercepted by the windows
drapeFy. So dark wall paper Is not
only gloomy, but its is physically I'M
wholesome. Let in the sun, for with it
come forth cheerfullness and strength.
A dark roOmi is n enemyof good health,
good temper and good morals" 81
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

We are gratifed at being able to an
nounce that Gov. Yarmouth has filed
the vacancy ON the Supreme Bench of
this State, resulting from the resigna-
ton of Judge Howe, by the disappointment
of that worthy gentleman and capable
lawyer, John H. kennaFd. Judge Ken
nard will, webelieve, at once assume the
ermine.-[N. o. Times, Dec. 4th.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

The Epizootic Horse Disease broke out
en- GnehelOW and Donalson's plantation,
opposite ThibodeauK, on last Tuesday.
Some eight or ten mules were afflicted
Observation-Disclosures aux Sentinel,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

An Irish advertisement: eff the gen
tleman who keeps a shoe store with red
head, will return the umbrella of ayoung
lady with the ivory handle, he will hear
something to her advantage"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Learning is as good as ready money in
the country. AschOolmasterin Marietta,
Ohio, gets twelve dollars a month and
finds himself. He is afraid he won't find
himself much longer. r.. ...-... .#..
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Mrs. O'Leary wonders eff thin Bosting
spaIpeens will be after swearing that it
was her poor haste of a COW that burned
their city.nLChicago Times.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Goodman" said an outside passen-
ger to one who was driving at q furious
rate over one of the most mountainous
roads in the north of England, "have
you no consideration for u lives or
limbs2n "What are yourliyes or limbs
to met" was the reply, 81 am behind
fine s@t~ ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Adam Smith defined man as an animal
that makes bargains; no other animal
does this-no dog exchanges bones with
another. sri. ..a
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

The three stages of Darwinism are
now said to be, positive, tail, compare
tive, tailor, superlative, tailless!
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

UNSPOKEN REVELATIONS OF THE LIPS.
There are hints of some value in these
remarks by Leigh Hunt:
81 have observed that lips become
more or less contracted in the course of
years, in proportion as they are accus-
toned to express good humOr and gen.
crosby, or peevishness and a contracted
mind. Remark the effect which q mo-
ment of ill-temper or grudgingness has
upon the lips, and judge what may be
expected for an habituaI series Of such
moments. Remark the reverse, and
make a similar judgment. The mouth
is the frankest part Of the face; it can't
in the least conceal it's sensations. We
can neither hide ill-temper with it, nor
good; we may affect what we please, but
~affectati0n will not help us. In wrong
cause it will only make our observers
resentthe endeavOrt0 imposeUpOn them.
[ The mouth is the seat of one class of
emotions, as the eyes are of another; or,
rather, it expresses the same emotions
but i'll a greater detail, and with a more
ir~repressible tendency to be i'll emotion.
1t is the region of smiles and dimples,
and Of a trembling tenderness; of a
sharp sorrow, or a full breathing joy, of
candor, OF reserve, of anxious care, of
liberal sympathy. The mouth, out of
its many sensibilities, may be fancied
throwing up M great expression III the
eye--as many lights in acity reflect a
broad lustrc into the heaven"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

"Hugging to music" is the term .ap-
piled by a White Sulphur Springs cor
respondentsto a " German" which lasted
two hours. .----. ~. =.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

"Man proposes-woman opposes" says
a cynical bachelor, who probably new
er proposed in his life.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Young married people who have their
house built should haVeit built round, SO
that discomfort can find no corner in it.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

FISHING SUPPLIEs.-As fishing parties
are in vogue here all the yearround, and
as some Of the members Of these parties
may be at a loss to know how to sand
wich the staple article of their supplies
we publish the following " order for sup
plies" recently sent to an Americas (Ga.)
grocer, and evidently written by one
who had given the subject his profound
est study:
Dear Sir-Myself and a couple of
friends leave this morning on a fishing
excursion and you will please send us,
which, if you prefer it, you can charge
to either Jack Brown on Ben Locket.
Either is the safest:
Four pounds of salt and q small cask
of Whiskey.
One pound Of ground black pepper
and a demijOhn of whiskey.
Ten pounds of lard and a large jug of
Whiskey.
One canvassed ham and six quart bot
ties of whiskey.
Three good, stout fishing lines and
three pocket-f1asks of whisKey.
One paper of large Limerick hooks and
a gallon of Whiskey in any old vesselyou
don't use about the store.
Also send one pound of sugar and a
small jug of whiskey.
-. Hurriedly, yours,
... Pu1L. Cook.
P. S.-As we shall be gone several
days, and as the snakes are bad on the
river at this season., my physician has
just stepped in and suggested that we
had better take along a little whiskey.
Send it, and enter it on your books with
other items above. P. G..
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

In 1870, the French academy of
sciences offered a prize of twenty thou
sand franks for the discovery Of some
positive sign of death, one which can
be applied at any time by medical
persons. requiring no apparatus, and
unmlStakable i'll its indications. OF
course, a number have been proposed.
The latest, and so far apparently the
Simplest and best is that suggested by
Dr.. Hugo Magnus, Of BreslaH, in Viz
elbows 4rchir for August 10, 1872. II
IS physiological and conclusive, heinz
based on the fact that when the circn7
i4tlOn positively ceases the man is dead.
NO matter how profound the coma or
trance, no matter how death-like the
letlargy, some circulation must con-
tlnue, be 1t ever so sluggishly. Once it
mas stopped, reSuScitatiOn is impossible,
All that II has to do, therefore, is to
tie a string firmly around the finger
OF the supposed corpse. IF there is the
least spark OF life left, that is, if the
blood clrcuIatcs ut all, the whole finger
rom the string to the tip, will gradu-
ally turn Il BLUSH red, from the engOrge-
emit OF the veins. Nothing else, no most
norton intiltration, can be mistaken for
this appearance.
The Medical and surgical Reporter
attributes great Importance to this sug-
gestlOn, and considers it the most Drac-
tIcal and satisfactory yet made. But
the Medical Times points out one fact
winch seems to have singularly escaped
notice Should a living person be B1r-
led, the fatal event must take place not
only quickly, but easily. Under no cir
cumstances can life bemaintained with
out respiration and the carbonized air
enclosed within the narrow space of q
coffin would in itself be a narcotic which
would prevent any return of conscious
ness. This assurance will serve to re-
lievc the anxiety of survivors as to anv
possible suffering of the deceased in
the grave, even if prematurely inferred.
Butthe suggestion of DR.. Magnus is so
easy and certain that it should in no
case be Omitted.-[N. O. Times.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Now that Greeley is dead, for whom
are the Greeley electors going to vote ?
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

A change is imminent, of which low
ers win desire to be informed soli-
taire diamonds are no longer constd-
cred suitable for engagement rings.
Large pure sapphires, which signify
faithfulness, have taken their place, OF
form the central figure of a design
which makes diamonds the 0utW0rks
and the sapphire the centre of attraction.
[Jennie June.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

It is with narrow-sOuled people as
with narrOw-necked bottles, the less
they have in them, the more noise they
make in pouring it out.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

There is an " Opelousas street" in Dom
aldsonville. a..
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

Thirty barrels Of whisky was landed
weeks supply,-EIbeIYille South.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE QUESTION
This yexed question, it seems, will be
brought before the courts in penal form.
1t will be remembered that Miss Susan
B. Anthony and fifteen female cOnfed-
crates in the act voted at Rochester, N.
Y, on the 5th ult., without hindrance or
objection OH the part of the inspectors
of election, who became t%hereupOn par
tieips crjminis. The ladies and the in
spectors have been arrested on warrants
from the Federal Court. We have here
a very pretty case for the Judge. We
can. we'll imagine the conflict which will
arise in his honor's mind between his
sense of gallantry and his sense of duty
as inspired by the letterof ], the law. The
case viii presentsome nice points fOrde-
cision. An acthas been Ommitted which
the law does not expressly forbid, bnt
which, by implication, and construction,
it holds to be punishable. The act in
1ieted no positive wrong upon anyone,
violated no right of any otherindividual,
but was in itself considered by its per-
p~etrat0rs the legal and obvious EXPIRES
sion of u right believed to have been
conferred by a recognized amendment
Of the Federal Constitution. We are
curious to know what the court will do
with it.-FN. o. Republican. hf
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

A sad souled snake of the cobra de
capeIlo species, in New York last week,
committed suicide. Life was a blank to
him. He had been captured and bruised
by the proverbial heel, and finding he
could not escape, reared hishead about
foot from the ground, inflated his hood
enormously, and then struck his fangs
intoh i own body three imesinrapidsuc
cession, and in less than five minutes he
was perfectly dead and as rigid as a stick.
A new color for silks is called j0mbes
de8 aympkes.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

The Meridian Miss..1 Gazette say
that the South has been struggling for
twenty years to beat Horace Greeley,
and aideo at last by nominating him
for President,
And the Democratic party and Hnr-
ace Greeley are both dead.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

THE Ep1zooT1c.-This disease is or
was in full blast in New Orleans last
week. A New Orleans. Republican re-
porter, after visiting the principal
stables and gaining all the information
he could concerning the disease, comes
to the following conclusions
The enizootic is simply a cold, which
may become pneumonia by neglect and
then destroy life.
It is epidemic, and will go through
all the stock in the city.
1t is Of . mild type, and does not kill
one ont of q hundred.
It is not laid with a heavier hand on
one portion Of the city than another.
Tt will pass off in aboutten days.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

The most certain way to be cheatedis
TO fancy one's self more cunning than
others.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07
oroNtNN~

uo,y;E "Eas NJ the Ias'Ihe
is is feared red; mee9hnsan Any, SWSNSsteyn ~ tSS I've
III tie 1Rm r II ~ ! tHe 80 "mNeh H Snemy
5" ~ains; splde esS cuarA, ave Found.
Whose bite Hc9 mo r~HsS has Nt %nt I hayS1
Such alarm do they WIN men, wnooEe-
known q large partM asch ~ 8 nos
'Camped Out,n all Slst OF nnoIAC;
country, and through NM -
tile Indians, driven fTS 5s~clear
position by discovering N SrUnrat
infested the spot. The II In sniTcT
commonly grows to the sil haif .
large walnut, being thick$E oundp6.
something like the half-slF hd has
eight long legs, two ateachg "a II. tits
covered with long hair, andG& indeed,
as ugly and disgusting a rebSe, or in
sect, or whatever it is, as can easily he
seen. The people who dwell Where
these spiders most abound, declare
most stOutly that they attain a size
equal to the clenched fist of Il man but
| think tins Is a great eXaggcratiOn at
any rate, nave neverS seen any approach
this size. | do not know if there are
several varieties of the tarantula bnt
some are said to haunt the marshv b0r-
9erS OF streams, while others are found
III dry, rocky places. Last summer a
woman was bitten e this district by
one, Just above her ankle the poison
acted quite as quick as serpent poison,
and she was carried to the nearest town
for surgical advice. ! have not heard
whether she lived or died but her leg
was all II uniform size from the in
step to above the knee, | should think
eighteen OF twenty inches rOund,-and
~Shocklngly diScolOred and intlamed.
knew II OF two men who were sleep
ing in a tent when a %tarantula found it's
way IN. Ihey were both bitten by the
same SPIDER II died; the other was
Scared for life. The ~tarantula is more
dangerous than other venOmou creat-
ureS, because a light attracts it, and it
VIII always crawl into tent, ifpossible,
MMhe& a light Is burning. They infict
withnipperso aws.-[Cham6ers Jour
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

COUNTRY NEwsPApERs.-The follow
ing is what the Cincinnati Trade List
thinks of those characters who complain
Of their local paper and instead of help
ing to support it, send off for large city
papers and thus help to sustain them:
"A gentleman writes te MS thathis local
paper is 10 poor he has stopped taking
it, therefore sends us three dollars for
the Trade List. Werepeat that we don't
want subscribers on those terms. A
mans local paper is worth more to him
than any other paper in the world, or If
It is not, it is his own faHlt. IF the local
paper is properly encouraged, it may be
relied upon forinformatio value
to the people iii whose interest tits is
sued, than can be found in all the city
papers in the United states. No man
can afford to stop the paper that pub
fishes the official advertisements Of his
county, the public sales, market, court
news and other local intelligence. If
the paper is poor the people are more at
fault than the publishers, for liberal pa
trOnage will always make q good paper.
However poor the local paper may be it
is always worth more than it costs to
those interested III the affairs of its To-
caiity,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

SECRETARY OF STATE.-The Supreme
Court of this State have decided that
Hon. Geo. E. BoYee, who was suspended
by the Governor for aileg edmalfeasance
in Office, is Secretary Of State of Lonis-
lana, and that he be forthwith restored
to the full possession of said office and
to the undistuFbed e~xereiseof the duties
thereof The Governor, it seems, had
the right to suspend him until the Leg
i~slature met and acted on the casein ac-
eordanee with the constitution; but. as
that body met and did not net thereon.
Bovee instituted suit for the office under
the intrusion act, with the result above
mentioned. He will serve until his sue
cessor, recently elected, is qualified.
THE election law passed by the Legis-
latlre, which was recently signed and
published, provides that Ave persons
to be elected by the Senate from all po-
litica1 parties, shall be the returning Of
fcers for oil elections in the State.p
With this act IN foroe, therefore, the re-
turning officers appointed under the old
law, j ont of Office; andthe new board
can not be appointed till the Senate
meets next week. The result of the
election in this State cannot be officially
announced before the latter part Of the
month.
The American Newspaper Reporter
truly sayss " To advertise is to remind
your fellow citizens Of yonr existence, d
fact that they are not under any special
obligations to remember, from the mere
fact DE having seen your s~ign-boara.
unenterprising and dull people are too
apt to fall into obeeurity. H man d
make d business he can Hnmake it. He
will be pretty sure to do tiff he fails to
use the strongest mid il his reach-the
local paper. Hide yourself IN your shop
and your business viii hide with on
Observation-Disclosures talks learn
edly OF Rev. Father PeTe Hyacinthe.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-12-07

IA WesterncDUntry5ourn talks learn
edly Of Rev. Father PeTe Hyacinthe.
, 1872-12-29

The great attraction Of this week is the magnificent
now rooms Ut the Wilson Saving Machine Company.
people may be in and bo:t tile face at any hour
Of the day evci gazing 1t the superb carpets, the
fre*coing, 'he gilt t1.ldve:s the wp'ie fully carvei
prominent business ol this city uarEesl, aftr
going the ronntls of the pace, that Ths is to the
style OF the Erie Railway u.ices in New York" The
Indy VISITORS almost without exception sit down and
try Of the machines, and always conclude that the
Wilson Underfeed Sowing Machine is the niccs feature
of the admirable concern. And they not mistaken
IN beauty Of form aud nish in and precision Of
work. and in perfect capacity for my kind Of sewing
the Wilson machine is unsurpassed. Call at the new
rooms and SEQ it work.-C1suslund Daily Leader.
sacroons ut No. 37S West Madison street, Chicago,
and in all other c;ties in the United States The
pany want agents in country towns.
, 1872-12-29

Prince Aaolpnus of ayn-Wittgensten-H -Hohen-
stein, died, on the 90th Of October. on board
vessel bound from Bremen to the United States.
Ho was only 80 years of ago, and was on an ar
tistlc tour. The death Of NJ. Charles Duvernoy,
in turn inBtrumentalist, vocalist, and director,
has taken place in Paris. He was stage manager
under n. Emilio Perrin at the Opera Comiaue,
and Professor at tho Couseryaloiro.
, 1872-12-29

This piano, possessing most of the 6ne points Of the
renowned Chlckering Concert Grand, is certainly
Of the very best Instruments for pa-1or e1tant.
Messrs. Reed Sons pronounce it second only to the
full grand and vastly superior to any square up
right piano. TIE ChicEering record is dotted with
gold medals and prizes than would pay Kings
ransom, and whoever Of our readers obtain Chick
Judges.
, 1872-12-29

very pleasant presentation took place at Bour-
nique's Dancing Academy, No. 517 West Madison
street, Monday evening. when the pupils OF that
popular and excellent gentleman gave their precopor
superb silver tea service Of nine pieces very hand
some testimonial to H. BourniIue who LAS rnde hosts
Of friends among best citizens in his professional
relations No better proof could be asked to the
satisfaction and esteem of his present large class Of
pupils, the gift taking him entirely BY surprise,
, 1872-12-29
THE WEEKLY


NE UH1L1 AND 1RI.WEEkC7,
r. WaekIg n1 'HH SpndAy. 80
Parts Of tho year at tho same rate.
Single subscriptions be added club rates altar
stub is formed.
retain 10 por On all subscrtptiona
To prevent delay and mistakos be sure and 9ya Po.s
oiace address In ful. including State and County.
fto1nances may bo made either BY draft express Post
ohce order, Or in zsgistorsd lettozs, At our risk
Aoo5ses TRIBUNE CO.,
QhiaAko. III.
, 1872-12-29

One OF the finest collections Of coral and cameo Jew
airy On exhibition in the city il to ba found in the
store Of Wendell LYMAN, No 235 Wabash avenue.
, 1872-12-29

Wabash avenue, corner Of Harrison Etrcct, "ill sell
gold and silver watches, gold cbaua, Ein55, lockets
eio., ut cost. Sto advertisement.
, 1872-12-29

At No. al West Madison street, is in receipt Of
very large and fresh hrs Of fancy goods dry goods,
Boheuian glassware, vases, musical albuma, hobby
horses and great many other goods too numerous to
mention and al the shelves, nearly empty Christ
mas Eve, are filed again with the best and choicest
goods ever sold in dollar store.
, 1872-12-29

For tho next thirty Gays Mayo Co., tbs ve1l-known
1swal1er< xhasA etoza Ia opposite the Port oHce,
, 1872-12-29

1t No. 47s Wabash avenue, have always on hand pure
imported cognacs, Jamaica rum, Holland gin, sherry,
and port wine; also tbs celebrated Missouri wines,
catawba, blAck rose, Virginia seedling, &C., &c.