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them is the Capital. It stands at the
end Of Broad Street upon an eleva.
ton, which from Its beauty appears
to be artificial, instead of natural
The janitor very kindly conducted
me to the top Of the dome, where
took a /" birds eye view" of the city
and its vicinity. The city is full Of
life and vigor; but the country has
a blasted appearance, and it is nc
wonder it has, for the cotton crop is a
complete failure. The caterpillar
has throughout the middle and South
err portions Of the State, stripped
the stalk of its leaves, and in places
has begun to eat on the boil, few Of
which have matured. It is really
distressing to see the farms. 1t
would be no exageration to say I have
seen thirty-acre fields that will not
yield more than one bale Of cotton.
Some Of them have been turned over
to sheep and cattle. I am. informed
that portions of Mississippi and Lou
isiana are in the same condition.
next went to Selma, and after
viewing its principal points of inter-
est, which are few, I boarded the
steamer Hale" destined for Mobile.
We are now distant one hundred and
fifty miles from Selma, and near the
place where tradition says the weary
Indian, on reaching the banks.of this
mighty. stream, stuck his hatchet into
a tree and .exulting exclaimed to his
comrades: Alabama Alabama ''
(in the Indian tongue, "here, werest
here we restr') To this little circum-
stance is due the name of the river
and the State. Thus inconsiderable
things sometimes influence the desti-
ny of men and become distinctive
features in history. a....
I will stop at old Claiborne, and
thence go to Meridian, Miss, and
return perhaps by Louisville. But
seeing passengers frequently slipping
what they call t"Cholera Medicine,
renders me little uncomfortable.
1 hope our Railroad is vigorous. 1
have seen several narrow Gauge Roads
during my trip, and they are admira-
BILE. But the most novel Railroad
now, is the "single Track" which is
being built in Atlanta. The track is
made of hewn timber, and is In the
shape of prism, or house-top-about
two feet wide at the base with a thin
iron rail on the apex or comb. A
perpendicular wheel runs on this rail,
and, by means Of cogs, turns two side
wheels which atradd de the pria@atie
track and run on the sides, but at
right angles to those sides. So each
car has six wheels-three at each end,
one Of which runs on the ridge, and
two on the sides. A Northern gen
tleman, who now lives at opelika,
conceived the plan, and has tested
it, l am informed, satisfactorily to all
who saw the experiment. The cars
are to be four or FIVE feet wide; aud
he contends that it is impossible Il for
them to run off. The Atlanta road
is to be used for street purposes to
and from the Ponce de Lon Springs,
a distance of three miles. The engine
is being built in Philadelphia. IF we
fail to get a Marrow Gauge, we can
await the result of this new road enter
prise. Edgefeld must have a Rail
road; for it is after all worthy of
the attachment Of it's citizens.
AR. ].
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@-A Galena man went to the ceme-
tery,s dug up his fathers grave-stone,
and offered it for sale'to marble cutter.
The Gazette triumphantly adds, as a
ichallenge'to the world, !" Bring on your
9rneaipuisn p,ai sfiitaeis lS. s2'ea!s-e-I. rii's
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How To BE. HAPpy.-A French
philosopher laid down threerules fof
the attainment Of happiness. The
first was occupation; the-sec6nd, oc-
cupation, and the. third and last was
still occupation ~ IT. develops, I,r syonr
mental and, physical powers You
were created for it, Brain and ,iudg-
ment. sinew and muscle, bone and
blood, were allsgiyeh youSto. be thus
used. used Unused, they !; rust Isl End Wither,
and shrivel and decay, Brought into
active,t heaithful exercise, they. bring
.haplp,iiness, to you, Of which the idle,
| listless man knows s.not.es Even athe
sleep of the toiler hasa Joy and zest
that others can simagine but never
fully comprehend Y 'Fs w
st,s Establish hours ofsrest and relaxSa-
ton. To thesharaest worker comes
theablessed ,dayvt forrest, pinterfeaved
among the seven ,days.Sof the week.
This at least, hei4lawsallows shimto
command for his owns and the happy
tendency of3our,timesy Is to,giYeS him
other houfsof, rest besideyeto efiIjoy
with the loved ones at home. >sss4s
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kenmore University High School
Amherst c. H., Va.

Amherst C. H., Va.
Preparatory 10 the University Of Va II. A. Strobe
1Math. Medallist q. va) Principal and Instructor in
Mathematics H. c. Brock, B. / IL y. Va. Presently
Assr Prof Latin, U. ya Instructor in Greek, Lstin
French. German and Botany. This is one ofthe
leading high schools of Virginia, and presents many
advantage ncompars bic with those Of others Stu
dents also received for the Summer. New session
begins Sept 18Th, 1873. For Catalogue, address the
Principal.
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= =. COOP Apy1cE.-Pay your debts as
soon as you get the money in your
pocket. Do without, what you don !
need. Speak your mind when, neci
essary. Hold your tongne when pru.
dent. Speak to a friend in a seedy
coat. If you cant lend a friend
money tel him b n Why, If you don't t
want to, do the same. Il GU: acquain1
-tances who lack kprinciples. Bear with
infrmities, but not vices. Respect
honesty, despise duplicityy.@ Weai
yoir old Clothes till you car. pay .for
new ones. Aim at comfort and pre-.
priety, not fashion. Acknowledge
your ignorance, and don't pretend
knowledge you hayet't got. Enter
tain your, friends, but nevar beyond
your means. ets'pis sia 'i@ . siEeA !
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PRICE OF TICKETS:

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Whole tickets is5o; Halves SOS; Tenihs, OF each
Coupon. IS; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500 ;,2sK
TtcieIs for 81 900: 11Si Whole Tickets for $5,olU;
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Tickets now ready,for sale, and ull orders accom-
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given to those who buy 10 sell again.
THOS. f. BRAMLETTE,
Agent Publ Libr. KY. and Manager Gin COneerk'
Public Library building, Louisville, Ky. z.
Sept II III %sa. 4iSs
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Drs. Greene, Lindleyy& Bsntley's
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AZ FORTUNE.--How9 BY speculating in
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Nohcel
NOTICE,

rs hereby given that application will
4 be made by the citizens of Johnston's
Depot, for an Act sof Incorporation for
said Village, at the next Session of the
Legislature t!'Fsfs 7ttHs'
F. ~ a1ss - ,ot MANY, CITIZENS.
sa..nly l6i ,la4Sitie II 8m 80.
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S5 Tn S00 per day! Agents wanted! All II
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THE GREATEST INVENTION OF
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knowing, as we do, that the only
safety for Georgiagis relieve her
fromsthe despotlsm' Of fsthe WestsoWe
are thoroughly discrimination, this
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VOLUME iXxXYHI.ssOsae. q.

But those whoworkswith thesmiad,
isj.wi as we'll as, the body,,s should hliSss &c even
more NOR. hours Of Test and M 4 ION i
with their family pnharraasssse,aFE g q. by * the
wearing business tolls Of lHea free
from : It's corroding~ and capkeup35
cares, i, and dedicated stohappinesa aud
recuperation. 'ss !. ssg '".,'a. = a,l
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-28

Mr.. EDITOR.-Our streets, and many
of the premises of our citizens, are in a
most ~Cisgracefully filthy condition at
this time, Pools of stagnant water,
breeding innumerable MOSQUITOES, and
sending forth nOXious vapOrs, to n
rate p%estiLenCe and disease, are to be
found in every quarter Of the corpora
ton. Nothing approaching to this has
ever been known in the past history of
OpelOusas, and never has our town
been in such a condition to generate and
propagate an epidemic as it is in to-
day. If in the past we have enjoyed an
almost total exemption from the pesti-
lences and epidemics which have de-
vastated other towns in this and neigh
boring parishes, it has not been so
much because Of the enforcement of a
rigid quarantine as because of the ad-
option OF the proper precaution before
the advent of the sickly season. That
season is now rapidly approaching, and
it behOOves our town council, while
time remains, to go to work in
earnest; to take active and vigorous
measures, and put the town in a proper
sanitary condition while time remains.
It will of course cost something to do
this, but it is n of the cases where
JlG COSCS sn0uI0 no De counted, unless
we desire to see the town subjected to
the horrors and ravages of an epidemic.
And that this will be the case unless
the streets and premises of the corpo-
ration + at once put in a proper con
dition Of cleanliness, we feel no hesita-
ton in asserting. We have right I'M
der u nose the primary causes to
generate an epidemici to develop it
will require but q few more weeks of
hot sun. Therefore, we call upon our
town council to remove this cause while
it may be done. can ounce Of pFeYen=
ton IS worth pound Of cure" and If the
council has the interest of the corpora
ton at heart, we repeat, let them act
promptly and vigorously. Let them
not simply pass an ordinance to that
effect, but let them enforce it to the
letter. Let them at once see that the
drains Of the streets are opened. Don't
let them merely ask proprietOrs to put
their premises in q proper condition
of cleanliness, but let them take such
steps as will force them to do it, wheth-
er they are willing or not.
Yours Truly, .
RESIDENT,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-28

PROGRESS OF THE OPPOSITION TO
BETTING.-The English law for the
punishment of the keepers of houses at
which bets are made has been enforced
with a good deal of V1gOr. Many often
ders against it have been convicted and
punished.
But the law, as originally enacted,
was limited, in its operation, to the
territory of England. It did not extend
to Scotland. The consequence was that
the law was constantly evaded, and the
English papers contained numerous
betting advertisements, p%urnor,ting to
emanate from Scotland.
This loOp-hOle is now to be stopped,
The celebrated Tom Hughes recently
called attention to it in the House Of
Commons, and after a forcible speech
which he made on the occasion, the
Government promised to extend the
act to Scotland.
The most intelligent of the gentlemen
of England, where the horse has been
brought TO such q remarkable degree of
perfection, seem to realize that to pre-
serve what they have achieved in that
respect, the pernicious practice of bet
ting, which had been too long and too
intimately associated with speed, must
be disconnected from it. England and
America appear to be joining hands on
this subjeet.-[NeW York Ledger.
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again got a Danish talking and feeling
King in Christian ", several expeditions
were sent to Greenland, in the beginning
of the seventeenth century, to help the
cOlOnists, but these had disappeared,
leaving nothing behind them but ruins
andrunic inscriptions. The new Danish
colonies in that country were not found
ed till 1921.
A notice in the papers, that the Sean
dinaVians in Wisconsin intend to erect
a monument for Left Erickson, as the
first explorer of the Western Continent,
has induced me to write this article, as
there may happen to be a good many
people who do not know that it is an ex-
ploded blunder our common school ge-
ographies keep on propagating when
they inform the children that america
was discovered by Columbus, about $50
years ago" The truth is, he did no such
thing but he discovered Hispaniola (St.
Domingo) and Cuba-rOil0 tout.
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The Sons of Ham.
ICornhill Magazine.J

AAA ANACdSAASs1 % - II & s.
But though the negro is an African,
all Africans are not negroes. There are
the ame varieties to be observed in the
descendants of Ham as in those Of
Shem and Japhet. All are distinctly
African, but the ~retreating forehead,
prominent jaws, and ~ill-faYored body
with which the negro is generally
credited, are not common. 1tsis not
only the Manyema, of whom we have
lately heard from DR.. Livingstone, who
are beautiful in form and feature, for I
have met with their coUnterparts in re-
giOns less unknown.
In South Africa there is a remarkable
illustration of the physical and mental
differences which may exist in tribes
that are almost contiguous. The Bos-
iesmen are dWarfed in body and stun
ted in mind. Their language in its ut
teranee seems to be not far removed
from the unintelligent gibberish of the
ape. Their habits are those of wild
beasts rather than of human beings.
They occupy about the lowest position
in the scale of humanity. Yet we shall
look in vain for finer specimens of the
genus homo than the Zulu Kairs.
They are tail in stature. manly in
bearing, and graceful in movement.
Their language lis pleasant to the ear,
and capable of expressing almost any
thought the human mind is capable of
e0neeiying. They are logical in reason
ing, patient in argument, and acute in
observation. They are warlike, for
they are pastoral in their pursuits; and
since the days of the Hysk0s, the old
shepherd kings who were the terror OF
Egypt, the lovers of hocks and herds
have hpnn fond nf hUhtinr.
When their blood is up their anger
the claims Of pity; but they do not
readily forget and forgive. "They
fought rs ike men. and during a truce
they behaved themselves like gentle
men, was said of them by a friend of
mine who had been engaged in war
against them. In times Of peace they
are courteous to strangers, liberal in
hospitality, and to the trust rep0sed In
them they respond with an Arablike
fidelity.
When once the host has kissed the
hand OF his guest, he needs neither
guards no weapons, for his life and
property I perfectly secure. lt i
quite true. that they, IN common with
all Africans, are black, or very nearly
so; yet ron cannot be with them or with
other of the higher races of Africa long
without feeling that the affinity between
them and the fair skinned ma is per
feet in every material point, and the
sympathIeS OF q common nature soon
bridge over the ehasm which at hgst
seems to exist between ourselves and
them on account of tile difference 81
color.
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Have We "a Town Council
Among uS

Mr.. EDITOR.-It is said that every
MAI who plants a tree deserves well of
his country. We will add that any
MAI who drains, OF causes to be drained,
a street in OpelOusas, deserves better
than the best.
Is the fostering abomination of I'M
clean cutters forever to be thrust up
Il nOstrils Cologne is called the
city of seven stenches, and OpelOusas
can give her nj more to the number,
and beat her at that. We Know, Of
course, that cutters are the incest things
in the world for little boys to paddle
in, and sail boats, and make mud pies,
but they are not SC nice with a green
scum fostering under a hot July sun,
and all the accumulated filth reeking
with presidential vap0rs.
OpelOusas has excellent natural
drains on every side. 1t would be little
trouble or expense to cOnnectthe bitches
or drains with them, and have them
SO constructed that the water will run
down, instead of up, which seems the
rule of the Opelousas ditch makers.
That we havn't cholera, yellow fever,
and every other plague raging among
us, all the time, is not for want of
fostering materials. In Our opinion an
unclaimed wilderness full of mOrasses.
and boys and impenetrable forests, is
not more inimical to human health than
the incorporate limits of O~pelOusas.
After a time all this neglect will culmi-
nate, and its natural sequences, disease
and death, follow rapidly, and then we
prOgnOsticate the vim with which these
streets will be drained will be wonder
full to witness.
En- attendant, since the town cOun-
Gil will not attend to the streets we don't
know what is left to us but to plant
sun flowers. If the Maremma near
Rome has been made habitable by this
nOxiOus gas devourer, why not try the
experiment. Bury a small dead animal
at the roots of a sun flower, and in a
very few days nothing will be left of it.
The devOurer absOrbs the carriOn and
any fetid Od0rs which may come from
it.
Of course, it will look very queer to
strangers to see the town planted with
sun flowers, but que U0ule=-r0us? If
the-tOWn authorities turn up their noses
at their legitimate work, are ours to
be hourly offended at their neglect !
A few carriOn birds cared for, and fOs-
tered at the public expense, would also
be a useful adjunct to the sun flowers,
D0VM0Sn CIiVLn We NOulu S0G TIL OF q
deal Of filth.
We pride ourself now upon having
made not only d useful but very cheuL
suggestion. So little outlay of money
or time is required by it, land that caI
seldom be said for any suggestion fol
public good) that we think we deserve
applause for our ingenuity.
Instead of meetings, and resolutions
and all the restrictive enactments which
cluster around expenses for the public
good, in the name of Cloacina, let u!
have carriOn crows and sun flowers!
4 " II
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MAIL MATTERs.-The schedule of ar
rival and departure of the mail between
O~pelousas and st. Martinsville, has been
changed, to take effect from July list.
This mail leaves Opelousas every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, ats P. NJ,
and closes each previous day at 7 P. NJ.
Returning it arrives at Opelousas, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, by
5P. NJ.
The Plaquemine Brulee mail will leave
Opelousas every Tuesday at 6 A. NJ, and
arrive at Plaquemine Brulee the same
day by II A. NJ returning the same day,
and arriving at Opelousas by 6P. NJ. g.
From the same date the new mail
route from Opelousas to Hickory Flat in
the parish of Calcasieu, will go into oper-
alton, by way of Prud'homme City and
the German settlement in Faquetaique
prairie, the mail leaving Opelousas every
Tuesday at 8 A. NJ, and arriving at Hick-
DRY Flat next day by 5 A. NJ; and on re.
turn, leaving Hickory Flat every Thurs
day by 8 A. NJ, and arriving at Opelou.
sas every. Friday by 5 P. II.
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z ~ E[E - ST.
Our we'll beloved small boys who, du-
ring the last rainy spell, played ducks
and geese in the overlooking puddles,
and spattered mud cakes over all the
white-washed ~ fences intheir vicinity,
are now bitten by a more soaring ambi-
ton. Mayhap that ambition may over
top their agility and bring them to grief ;
but then, who can over-rate the slipperi-
ness and agility of the Opelousas gamin.
Suffice it to say the fruit is ripening,
and the small boy has made q VOW it
shall not ripen. Green fruit is cool and
refreshing on his palate, and taken by
stealth, too delicious. He is not at all
particular as to the company he affects
on these festive occasions. The black
est, ~raggedest, forlornest gutter-snipe is
his brother in arms, if he can show a
pair Of active legs and squirrel-like pro-
clivities:: "Kin you climb a big tree ~
he asks, and if the gutter-snipe "kin
climb" 10, he is admitted into the fra
ternity with all it's honors and dangers.
They ogle the fruit all day long through
the fences, chunk at it just to see it fall
but when the shades of night begin to
gather, a cloud of lOcusts bent on des-
truction is nothing to the havoc of these
d~estroyers.
One large pear tree in our neighbour
hood is their nightly roost. Moonlight,
starlight, or cloudy skies, are all alike to
them. Did they not spot the largest
pears during the day, and shall their
vivid memory not guide them right to
the savory food for which their souls
longeth?
There are a great many pears on that
tree, and they are 50 hard that it will
take them a longtime to stripit. Anice
little touch of cholera may stay their
hands before the last pear goes, or some
less agile gutter-snipe may breaka brit
tie branch, and land head-foremost,
These hopeful possibilities, however, are
not to be relied upon, and meantime the
rustic of the branches goes on every
night, and day by day the once laden
branches grow lamentably bare. We
would appeal to the magnanimity of the
small boys to leave one pear to ripen fol-
the proprietor. Have they no bowels OF
compassion, these Free Lances?" for,
of men and dogs, guns and traps, they
have no fear. Have they no anxious
mammas, these night-prowlers, to search
their pockets and dose them with castor
oil when they howl with collie? No, We
don't believe any thing ever Trims out
the ragged battalion. Hatless, shirtless.
or sans pants, they march by in process
sion, greedily cycling the fruit, and "kin
you climb a big tree?" seems their one
haunting thought and question. Have
they ever read the story Of the old mar
and the apple tree?
A hint to the wise
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THE WEATHER AND ORoPs.-Up to
the time of going to press, We have had
a warm dry week. The ~incessant rains
at the time the corn crop needed its
main working has greatly damaged it ;
and as it is now, SO will it generally re-
main. But there is time for the cotton
to improve. Itgenerally looks well, ex-
cept where it was submerged. The late
favorable weather has enabled mostper-
sons to get out of the grass, or they will
do so in a few days; and with suitable
weather the remainder of the. season a
pretty good average crop Of cotton may
be expected. In some parts Of the par
ish they have had showers this week.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-28

AN ExHIBITION.-Our we'll known
t0wnsman, Mr.. Simon Richard, will give,
at early candlelight, in the Courthouse,
in Opelousas, On the evening of the
Fourth of July, one of his popular exhi-
tions to be followed by a display of fire.
works. All who have witnessed a pre-
-yious one will not fail to attend; all who
have not, should not neglect this oppor-
tunity. There will be some new features
in this one, which will throw all former
ones completely in the shade. Admis-
sion for adults, rs cents; for children,
IN cpnts