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The Ovystal saloon, corner OF Sixth street
ia Commercial nv enue.
tseery "a e STEAoALA u LAsv,
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FASHIONABLE BARBER
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CAIRO. LIS.

~Y You can buy six
and One-half lbs. Durant's
A Coffee Sugar for One Dol.
lar; Seven lbs. New Orleans
Sugar for One Dollar; Best
three and One.half Ibis. Prime
Rio Coffee, One Dollar F; Best
Imperial Tea, One Dollar and
. half per pound /; Best Gun.
powder Tea, One Dollar and
Seventy. five Cents per pound /;
Young Hyson and Oolong Tea,
One Dollar per pound, and ev.
erything proportionately cheap
at HIRAM BIxBY.
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ksg,alar boarderx 1t the European hotel,
bny Wsiker proprietor. receive board At
: yoSo - - per month. h-lO-tf
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CHANGE OF TIME.
RAlLRoAp TIME TABLE.

CAIRO. ARR ANsAS AND TEXAS Il. Il.
:, On and after Tuesday July 10, 1874, trains
win run daily, except sunday, between
'strsenneid's handing aud Iron siding.
Missouri. a follows;
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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

At Oxford, some twenty years ago, q
tutor of one of the colleges limped in
hiswalk. Stopping one day last summer
at a railway station, he was accosted by
well-knOwn politician, Orecognized
him, and askedhim ifhe wasnot the chap
lain of college at such time, naming
the year. The doctor replied thathe was.
-. 81 was there" said his interrogation,
"and knew You by your limp"
"Well," said the doctor, ait seems my
limping has made deeper impression
on you than my preaching"
"Ah, doctor" was the reply with ready
wit, "itis the highest compliment we can
pay a minister to say that he is known
by his walk, rather than by his CONVEX
satiOn.r
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

A ministerial brother, who married
rather sooner after the death Of his wife
than some of the sisters thought proper
and becoming excused himself as follows:
" My dear brethren and sisters, my grief
was greater than could bear. turned
every way for peace and comfort, but
none come. I searched the Scripters
from Ginisee to Revelations. and found
plenty OF promises to the widder, but
nary one to the widderer. And so took
it that the good Lord didn't waste SYM
pathy on man when it was in his power
to comfort himself, and, having first
rate chance to marry in the Lord, did
so, and would do the same thing again.
Besides, my brethren, considered poor
ever be-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29
To Young Men.

The young man who has an ambition
to make a great noise in the world
should learn boiler making. He can
make more noise at that trade than
anything else he can engage in.
1t he believes a man should "Strike
for wages" he should learn blacksmith
ing--especially if he is good at blow
ing"
If he would embrace profession in
which he can rise rapidly he should be-
come an aeronaut. He couldn't find
anything better for high
He certainly could do a staving (and
perhaps a starving) business at the
If he believes in measures, not men, !"
he will embark in the tailoring busi-
ness.
If the one great object of his life is to
ma Ike money, he should get a position
in the United States Mint.
If he is a punctual sort of a chap, and
anxious to be con time," he should put
his hands to matchmaking.
1t he believes III the chief end of man
to have his business largely " felt" why
Of course he will become q halter.
If he wants to "get at the root of a
thing he will become a dentist-al-
though if he does he will be often
found looking down in the mouth
If a man is a bungler, at his best,
he should become and
then he will have none of his bad work
thrown upon his hands. It is generally
buried out of sight, you know.
Should he incline into his high living,
but prefer II plain board, then the car
penter trade will suit him, He can
plain board enough at that.
If he is needy and well-bred, he will
be right at home as baker.
He shouldn't become a cigar maker
It he does, all his work will end in
smoke.
The young man who enjoys plenty of
company and is ever ready to scrapc
| acquaintance, will find the barber busi-
ness congenial pursuit.
The quickest way for him to ascend
to the top round Of his calling is to be-
| come hold-carrier.
A very grave" young man might
flourish as an undertaken.
Don't learn chair making, for nc
matter how we'll you please your cus-
toners, they will sooner or later get
down on your work.
And don't become an umbrella-ma-
! ker, for their business is FUSED up.n
IL n6 NOulu HAVE Ills WOfk IOuCn Unt
heads Of the nation, we know of nc
way he could sooner accomplish such
an object than by making combs.
T he young man who would have the
fruits of his labor brought before the
eyes OF the people will become an op,
tician. The work being easily seer
through, cannot be difficult to learn.
A man can always make ascent in the
| DeFfIlmeTy business
It a young man is a paragon of honor
truthfulness, sobriety, has never sworI
q prOfane word, and has twenty thous-
and dollars he has no use for-then ht
should Immediately start a newspaper
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

SKINNER's BAND.-Skinner was the
leader OF the orchestra. He was partic-
ularly proud Of an overture arranged by
himself.
A couple of hours before the theatre
opened Skinner went round and placed
the music upon the standsin the eOrchestra
Fen minutes afterWard, when Skinner
had gone away, a friend Of his came in
and gathered up all that music, and re-
placed it with an odd lot of sheets, con
tanning fragmentary music of about
twenty different kinds. After awhile
the audience assembled. Skinner then
brought in his musicians, took his place,
and whispered to the players to exercise
exceeding care. Then Skinner gave IL
couple OF taps with his baton, and the
orchestra commenced,
It was awful.
There was a most terrific disc0rd with
six or seven different kinds of time,
twenty varieties OF tunes, and such IL
Jangllng. and scraping, that all the wO-
men In the audience jumped to their feet
| and screamed.
Skinner was wild with rage. He looked
for q moment at the trombone man, who
was attacking See the COnguering Hero
Comes !" with earnGstness, and then.
throwing down his baton, he gave one
feroeioUs yell, and leaped on the trOm-
bOne-man with murder in his eye.
They had it out right there in the or
chestra, amid the cheers of the audience,
until Skinner, having jammed one leg
through the drum, and tore away O. quart
! er of q mile of fiddlestrings with his fist,
! landed the trombone man in the body of
! the bass-viOl.
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ing so ngfy; but the hunchback simply
smiled, and went on being kind to her.
A young woman, without a penny,
alone i'll q great city, and maddened by
her loneliness, had thrown herself, with
loud shrek, into the black, gas-lit
river OF which the hunCiIback, when
he saw 1t as man, remembered that he
had read when boy. There was none
to care for her but the. hunchback. He
had dragged her out and caImed her,
and cOmfOrted her and got her work !;
and at last she had married an honest
husband, and lived to have swarm
Lof pretty little faces swaying about her
like roses around bush; and wife and
father and the little roses all blessed
the ehunchback.
Another lonely girl, whose face had
once been a pure little rose, but had
been sadly blighted, he had found
wandering reckless i'll the same great
quiet country home; and once more
father and mother, sisters and brothers,
blessed the hunchback.
One of the most cruel Of his village
t0rmentOrs, grown up like himself, was
almost rlined-WOuld be completely
| ruined if he had to pay immediately IL
sum OF money he owed the hunchback.
Ask him to have mercy on you, and
| give you a little grace said the mans
wife. cts of no use,n the man an
| sWered, mOodily; "I never had any
mercy on him, and, of course, he'll take
| it out Of me now"
"Then I'll go and ask him. cried the
| wife; and when she had told him Of his
| old tOrmentOrs troubles, the hunch-
back freely fOrgave him all. The man
prOfesSed to be grateful, but afterward
he spread a report that the hunchback
| had Onl y given up his claim because he
| knew that he had been cheat in pre-
tending to have one. And again the
hunchback fOrgave the man all.
| A fearful plague ragged i'll the village.
In almost every farmhouse and cottage
! there were some persons down with it.
| Almost all not smitten with it had fled
in their selfish terror. There was no
| one left to bury the dead. Scarcely any
one was left to comfort the dying, and
to cherish and rescue such of the sick as
might be saved, except the hunchback.
| Ugly as he was, he went from house to
| house like sunbeam, the only ray of
| hope to the poor creatures with whom
he sat up night and day.
| But his turn came to be stricken down.
His eyes were sealed, his limbs frozen
and then his face was transfgured, and
the hump expanded into snowy wings,
on which he fled away to rest. The Sc
cret was out. "We always said he was
an angel, and that his wings were
packed away in the hump" exclaimed
| the sufferers who watched his flight
But when his eyes opened, he saw again
the Orange-tip butterfly and the haw-
thorn bush. He was again little feeble
ugly boy, lying on the warm grass be-
side the holy well.
| Somehow, hewever, as he, walked
/ down through the heather, thinking
over his strange experiences, he felt
that his pilgrimage to the well had not
| been made in vain.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

GARDEN.-Nanure plentifully, plough
deep, and harrow fine; then turn over
your harrow, and so oyer the ground
once more, and drag it smooth, Rake
fine the plots intended for beds or drills.
After sowing, beat the ground gently
with the back of your spade. In under
taking to get the start of your neighbOrs,
you will be likely to SOW some Of the
tender seeds too early; if you do, and
are disappointed in their nOtcOming up,
dom t fret about the seeds, but try again !;
seeds are cheap. Plant EARLY Peas, Mar
rowfat Peas, English Beans, Potatoes.
Sow Asparagus, Early Turnip Beet, Ear
ly York, Large French Oxheart, Premi-
um Flat Dutch and DrumheadC Cabbages,
CarrO5s, Celery, Cress, Lettuce, Mustard,
Onions, Parsley, Parsnip, Early Radishes
Rhubarb, Satisfy, Round Spinage, To
mato, Strap-leaVed Red or White Ton
Turnip, Early Dwarf and Early Pole
Beans, Early Corn, Early CucHmbers,
Early Bush Squash, Nasturtium, Sage,
Summer SavOry.
Of all the months in the year, this is
| the most busy f0rmaking gardens. There
are q great many who are willing to fore
go the luxury of early vegetables, to save
| the trouble Of growing them, and make
o practice Of delaying to plant or SOW
anything in their gardens until about
the first or second week in this month
when they plough, plant and SOW every.
thing the same day. They have thisad
vantage, that their ground is in the bes
possible condition for working but they
deprive themselves for several weeks O
salads and early vegetables, which thei
more pains taking neighbers are enjoy
| ing,-[EX,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

WHY jerks NEVER MARRIED.-"T
think q woman is tremendous being,1
said jerks. "When she's right, she's
therightest thing that floats. Whenshe'B
wrong she's the biggest nuisance that
plOws the sea, even if she's little and
don't draw two feet of water. Perliaps
it isn't just the thing to say to boy like
you, but you'll never speak of it, if [
should tell you little something's
"0h, never?" I assured him.
"Well, l s'pose ] might have been %
married man, and jerks avoided my
eyes by pretending to discover horse
shoe in the road.
"You don't say sol" I exclaimed in
undisguised astOnishment, for it had
never occurred to me that such man as
jerks could marry.
"Yes, waited on girl once"
"Was she beautiful ?" inquired.
"WeH I should say fair to middling,
responded jerks, pursuing his lips as if
determined to render acandidjudgment.
Fair to middling, barring few freck
les" Sd.
"But you didn't leave her for the
reckles2n I said.
"No, didn't leave her for the freck-
/ les. She was a good girl, and / waited
on her. 1t don't seem possibly now that
| ever ra'aly waited on girl, but did.
"And why didn't you marry her?" |
inquired finally.
I" It wasn't her fault" said Jenks2 81
insisted"
"Well, there was another fellow got
to hanging round, and-you know how
such things go. was busy, and-didn't
tend up very web, I s'pose- -and-she
got tired of waiting for me=-or some
thing-and the other fellow married her,
but I've never blamed her. She's been
sorry enough, guess"
Jenks gave sigh OF mingled regrg1G g1
[Dr. Holland.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

SPIRITUALIsM.-The London Satur-,
day Review meets the question of
spiritualism squarely and fairly as fol
lows IF there is anything in spirit
ualism nothing could be easier than to
demonstrate its truth. Why do we be-
lieve, it is asked, in the revelations of
the electric telegraph? Because we
submit them to crucial experiments
every day and every hour of the day.
Why don't we believe in the revelations
of mediums Because they always
eyade a crucial experiment.. Take a
simple case. President LincOln's as
sassination was known throughout
America within an hour or two after it
had happened. Subsequent. evidence,
of. course, confirmed the truth of the
report. lie a spiritualist had announced
the event in England before it had
come TO us by any ordinary means (the
submarine telegraph was not then laid
down, we should have been convinced
| instantaneo eously that spfrituaIists pos
sessed some mysterious power. II, in
| fact, they possess the meanso OF knowing
what is happening at distant times and
places, they can place the reality OF
their claims beyond all conceivable
cayil. They can prove their power fifty
times q day. But any one proof would
be sufficient. If q single revelation
| were made, such as that of Lincoln'i
assassination, it would be enough
Why has no such proof ever been given
! For the simple reason that the power
I does not exist. S&
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

SWEET POTATOES Preparation should
be made for this valuable crop during
the present month. Land which has
been highly manured, but subsequently
cropped a year or two, is best adapted
to the potato. The land ought to be
thoroughly broken-a mellow soil being
indispensable, For the Spanish varie-
ties select light gray soil, lay off rows
four feet apart, and bed up. If you de-
sire to manure in the drill, cow-pen ma
nulre or chip manure with ashes will be
found excellent. The potato itself may
be planted in the beds prepared as
above, making the hills Is inches or z
feet apart. Planting the potato itself
instead of slips" saves time, but has
no advantage in other respects.
The Yam varieties are propagated al
most exclusively from slips or vines
They may be " "Bedded" out during this
month, towards the latter part in this
latitude. Cover sufficiently deep at frs
to protect from cold-the superfuous
earth may be removed as the weather
becomes warm. Bed up the land in
tended for the slips and plough it ove1
from time to time, so as to kill all gras.
and Waeds which may come up.-ES0uth
ern Cultivator for March. 49,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

Soup FOR HORsEs.-JOseph Harris re-
lates the following in the Agriculturist !:
This summer my horses got badly run
down. We fed them iberally but they
did not get we'll. They had no appetite,
no digestion, and no strength and spirit.
They came home at noon and night fag-
ged out, and their nights rest did not
refresh them. | sawed d barrel in two,
and placed the ends on the platform of
the pump. These are for watering the
horses. Into one of them we put pail
full of cornmeal and mixed it with the
water. The horses at first did not like
it, and would only drink a little when
very thirsty. After they drank what
they would they were allowed pure wa
ter. In few days, however, they drank
this cOrnmeal soup with a relish, and in
less than a week there was a decided
change for the better in the appearance
of the horses. We do not let them eat
the meal, but merely let them drink the
milky water.
l have no doubt that it is as good for
them as a plate of soup is for tired and
hungry man before dinner. It seems to
stimulate the appetiteand aid digestion
it is capital for cows as well as horses
| but it is not so easy matter to give il
! to the cows, as they soon learn to stick
their heads into the water up to thei1
horns to get the meal that settles at the
| bottom. 1t is necessary to have a large
trough with false bottom.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

LeavenwOrth boasts of q dog which
brings the morning paper in from the
yard every morning, and gives it to his
master before he gets out of bed. The
other morning the dog brought in the
paper, but, on investigation, he refused
to deliver. lie did not recognize the
gentleman.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

A minister, making pastoral call at
a house where the children were kept
prettyquieton Sunday wasconfdentially
informed by one of the little girls that
she would like to be a minister. "Why -
said the gratitied but somewhat puzzled
shepherd, So could holler on Sumday,n
was the reDly.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

Very gigantic is the O'Neill family
lfrom Ireland) which is now exhibiting
in England. They are from Queens
county, near Dublin. The mother of the
family is foTty-f1ve' years of age, stands
5 feet inches in height, measures round
her arm 28 inches, across her sholders 8
feet, round her waist feet inches, and
weighs 379 pounds. Her eldest son is 25
years Of age, stands 6 feet inches, and
weighs 257 pounds. The eldest daughter,
30 years Of age, stands feet inches in
height, and measures round the arm 81
inches, across her shoulders feet G
inches, round her waist feet, and has
the enormous weightof SAG pounds. On
account of her obesity she is scarcely
able to walk, appears uneasy on her legs
and is sometimes compelled to lean un
against the wall for support. The vac
einatiQn marks on her arms have in
creased with age and development of
adipose tissue till they are as large as
ordinary saucers. This delicate creature
is afectiOnately, thoughrather abstlrdly
called Lily by her younger relatives
Tt is observed that though the mother
shows signs of excessive alcoholic con:
sumption, there isnQ disease complained
of, and the subjects do not appear tC
suffer from any other affection than the
Inconvenience Of having to support st
much fat, @
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29
What the Leaf Does.

1t pumps water from the ground
through the thousand Of tubes in the
stem OF the tree, and sends it into the
atmosphere III the form of unseen mist,
to be condensed and fall in showers; the
very water that, were it not for the leaf,
would sink in the earth and find it's way,
perchanCe, through subterranean chan
nels, to the sea. And thus it is that we
see it works to give the "early and the
latter rain" 1t works to send the rills
and the streams, like lines Of silver, down
the mountain and across the plain. 1t
works to pour down the larger brooks,
which turn the wheels that energize the
machinery which gives employment to
milliOns-cOmmerce stimulated, wealth
accumulated and intelligence dissemin-
ated through the agency Of this wealth.
The leaf does it all. Ithas been demon
strated that every square inch of leaf
llfts 5000 OF an ounce every twenty -fOn
hours. Now, large forest tree has
about five acres of foliage, or 6,272, CSC
square inches. This being multiplied
by $500 (the amount pumped by every
inch,) gives us the result-2,252 ounces
or 4,116 plnts, OF 294 quarts, or barrels.
The trees on an acre give 800 barrels in
tWentyfOur hours. An acre of grass, OF
clover, or grai in, would yield about the
same result. The leaf is worker too
in another field Of labor, where we sci.
dom lOok-where it works for the good
OF man in the most wonderful manner
1t carries immense Quantitiesofe electric.
ity from the clouds to the earth. Rather
dangerous business transporting light
ming; but it is particularly fitted for this
work. Did you ever see a leaf entire as
to its edges? It is always pointed, and
these points, whether large OF small, are
Just fitted to handle this dangerousa agent
These tiny fingers seize upon and carry
it away with ease and wonderful dis.
patch. There must be no delay, it is
time freight.7 True, sometimes it gath.
ers more than the trunk can carry, and
in the attempt to crowd and pack the
baggage the trunk gets terribly shatter-
ed, and we say that lightning struck the
tree. But it had been strucka thousand
times before. This time it was over
worked.-[ American Entomologist.
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At a recent wedding, as the clergyman
reached the part of the ceremony, 81
now pronounce you" fish peddler in
the street shouted "bull heads! bull
heads!" to the amusement of some and
the consternatiOn of others present on
the OCCASION,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

IRONING SHIRT FRONTs.-In first
class laundry starch is made in the usual
manner; toa pail Of starch a wholesperm
candle is used. When the linen is dry,
it is dipped in the cold starch and ironed
in the ordinary way; then tits dampened
with a wet cloth and the polish iron
passed over it. This is an ordinary
smoothing iron, ground off so that the
edges are all rounding. To this last
manipulation the linen is indebted for
the peculiar laundry gloss which all ad-
mire so much, but which many house
keepers have vainIy striven to leave up
on the wristbands and bosoms of their
husbands shirts.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

SCREWS INSERTED IN PLASTER WALLS.
When we try to fasten brackets, strips
Of wood, etc, to plaster walls by means
of screws, it is often found impossible
to make screws hold firmly. When we
turn them in, the plaster breaks out and
our labor is in vain. And yet, Q screw
well set into plaster wall win hold
very firmly, lt The best plan }4 isto enlarge
the screw, fill it with plaster of Paris,
such as is used for fastening the tops of
lamps, etc, and bed the screw in the soft
plaster. When the plaster has set, the
screw will be held very strongly.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

There is a youth who, every time he
wishes to get q glimpse of his sweetheart,
cries, " FIRE." directly under her Win
dow. In the alarm of the moment, she
plunges her head out of the window and
inquiries, "Where ?"
When he POLITICALLY slaps himself on
the bosom, and exclaims, "Ere, my
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

CURES FOR A FELoN.-As soon as dis
covered take some spirits of turpentine
in cup, dip the finger in it,. and then
hold the hand near a hot fire till dry !;
then dip it in again and repeat for fifteen
minutes, or until the pain ceases. The
next day, with % sharp knife, pare off
the thick. skin and you will find some
thing like d honey comb filed with clear
water; open the cells and the felon is
gone, H too far advanced. for turpen-
tine, oil of origanum, treated i'm the same
way, will cure. If too far advanced for
either to cure, the felon will stillbe ben
fited, as it will be less painful. Never
draw it,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

Somebody has been fool enough to
waste good ink and paper in printing a
book entitled Lectures to Married Men, >
Just as though theywOuld buy that which
they getfor nothing every night at home.