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The New York herald., 1873-12-19
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Touching Mr. Charleville,s score, II may be men,
toned that the majority OF his birds were what
known as 'tai blrds,n and pigeon shooters Will at
once understand that they are not TO be hit every
time.
For the wind-up OF the days sport Captain Bo-
gardus attempted the feat OF killing rs birds IN four
minutes, using four traps with two birds In each.
AFTER the initial effort IL was found that the traps
worked badly, wnen the experiment was continued
by shooting the birds thrown up by hand; but this
plan aid not work satisfactorily and tue project
was deferred until next Sunday; but from the evl-
dence onered the pigeon shooters in attendance
were unanimous IN their opinions that Captain Bo-
gardus can perform the leat The next exhibition
will occur at the same place next Sunday when in
addition to his second attempt to Kill So birds in
eight minutes, Captain Bogardus Will also shoot
with Messrs. LeBreton and Chnrbonnet match at
double birds 70 yards rise. Herewith IL Will be In
order TO recite that Mr.. Charbonnet viii on that
occasion undertake to perform a similar .ieat OF
ling so birds In eight minutes, provided that the
\. IS be furnished him, and pledging himself to
Dr1 " the same n he iaiis 10 perform the task.
pay y ut OF the champion here has convinced our
The dee ,ppers that ne ts q sstunner." and that
pigeon y. his section OF the country can begin V
nona, no man MN " in oolpt Of skill.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

How DRINKING CAUSES APoPLExT.-
It is the essential nature of all wines and
spirits to send an increased amount Of
blood to the brain. The first effect of
taking a glass Of wine or stronger form
of alcohol, is to send the blood there fas-
ter than common, hence the circulation
that gives the red face. 1t increases the
activity Of the brain, and it works fas-
ter, and so does the tongue. But if the
blood goes to the brain faster than COM
mon, it returns faster, and no special
harm results. But suppose a man keeps
on drinking, the blood is sent to the
brain so fast, and in such large quanti-
ties, that in order to make room for it
the arteries have to enlarge themselves;
they increase in size, and in so doing
they press against themOre yielding and
f1accid veins which carry the blood out
of the brain, and thus diminish then
size, their pores, the result being that
the blood is not only carried to the ar
teries of the brain faster than is natrlra'
or healthful, but it is prevented from
leaving it as fast as usual; hence {
double set of causes of death are inope
ration. A man may drink enough
brandy or other spirits in a few hours
or even minutes, to bring on a fatal at
tack of apoplexy. ...'..
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05
RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF THE SEXES

RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF THE SEXES
Somebody who has been "studying our
weights reports that, upon the average,
boys, at birth, weigh a little more and
girls little less than six pounds and a
half. For the first twelve years the two
sexes continue nearly equal in weight,
but beyond that time males acquire a
decided prepOnderance. Thus, young
men of twenty average one hundred
ana forty-three pounds each, while
young women of twenty average one
hundred and twenty pounds. Men reach
their heaviest bulk at about thirty-five,
when their average is about one hum
dred and fifty-tWO pounds; but women
slowly increase in weight until fifty,
when their average is about one hun
dred and tWenty-nine pounds. Taking
men and women together, their weight,
at full growth, averages about twenty
times as heavy as they were on the first
day of their existence. Men range from
one hundred and eight to two hundred
and twenty pounds (the TichbOrne clai-
mant weighs about three hundred and
sixty pOunds) and women from eighty
eight to two hundred and seven pounds.
The actual weight of human nature,
taking the average of all ages and con-
ditiOns-nobles, clergy, thinkers, tailors
maidens, boys, girls and babies, all in;
cluded--is very nearly one hundred
pounds. These figures are given, in
avoirdupois weight; but the advocates
Of the superiority of women might make
q nice point by introducing the rule tina
women be weighed by Troy weight
like other jewels-and men by avOirdu
pois. The figures would then stand
young men of twenty, one hundred anC
forty three pounds each young .wOme1
of twenty, one hundred and sixt.
pounds, and so on. 81.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

HYPER-GENTILTTY - We remember
reading of three unfortunate ladies who
were entertained one summer day at
the house of d country friend, and
whose consequent sufferings were so
remarkable that they will serve to point
q little moral. These ladies were very
high toned, SO to speak. They were SO
very genteel and so extremely proper IN
their manners, that if society conferred
degrees they would have been Miss
tresses of Social Arts and DOctresseS of
Social Laws.
So these three high toned ladies sat
down to dinner in the house Of their
country friend, and there were peas on
the table. "Peas," wrote one of the i'm
maculate trio, "such us we never see in
town-fresh, green, plump and luscious,
all so delightfully."- hot and tempting
But as the forks had only two prongs,
making it quite useless to try to eat
peas with them, we were obliged to
leave the delicious things on our plates
The family ate their peas with theil
knives, but of course we could not dc
that" ....5....-. -
Now our opinion may be social heresy
| but we certainly believe that true lady
| would have eaten those peas with hel
knife. She would have done so simply
because she would have known that thu
laws of true pOliteness made it impera
tive upon her to use her knife in such {
case. But this genteel trio did not ap
pear to understand that politeness re
| duires a greater attention to the feeling
Of others than to mere forms; that whicl
is very genteel in one place is OfteI
quite bOorish in another, and that ther
is hyper-gentility and a plu-propriet
which is offensive to 'the nostrils of
true gentleman or lady. - Frank 4
Stockton, in "HonsG and Society,"" ScriJ
ner's for March. If Il .t."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

HARD AND SOFT WATERFALL house
wives may not know how materially the
effects of hard and soft water differ in
the cooking of various vegetables.
While one species of vegetables require
hard or soft water as the case may be,
another species becomes sensibly dete-
riorated by it. For instance, peas or
beans cooked in hard water containing
lime or gypsum will not boil tender, be-
cause these substances harden vegeta-
BILE caseine. In soft water they will
boil tender, and lose a certain raw,
rank taste which they retain in hard wa
ter. Many vegetables (as Oni0ns) boil
nearly tasteless in soft water, because
all the flavor is dissolved out. The ad-
dition of salt often checks this, as in the
case of onions, causing the vegetables
| to retain their peculiar fayoring princi-
pies, besides much nutritious matter
which might be lost in soft water
Thus it appears that the salt hardens
| the water to degree: For extracting
/ iuices from meat to make a broth OF
sOup. soft water unsalted and cold al
| frst is best, for it much more readily
Denetrates the tissues; but for boiling
meats where the juices should be retain
ed, put salt in while it is boiling, so al
to seal up the pores at once.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

IHAvE NO TIME TO STUDY.-The idea
that man has no time to study is q
groundless delusiOn. Franklin found
time, in the midst Of all labor, to dive
into the hidden resources of philosophy,
and to explore the untrodden paths of
science. The great Frederick, with an
empire. at his direction in the midst of
war, found time to revel in the charms
of philosophical and intellectual pleas
rue; Bonapaarte, with 1l all Europe 1! appar-
emily at is dap disposal ss had TINE ts to ,aiono eon
of visitors from the remotest Kingdoms,
found time for intellectual cultivation.
Every man, indeed, has time if he is
careful to improve it. Let all, then,
economic their moments, and their ca
pacity for doing good viii be greatly en-
iarged, and they will accomplish the
highest and noblest end Of their being,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

FEEDING FOwLs.-No plan is so inju-
rious as to throw down heaps of grain
once or twice day. They should have
it scattered as far as possible, that the
birds may be longer and healthier en-
p1oyed in tindingi it, and may not accom-
plish in a few minutes that which should
occupy them for hours. For this Tea-
son every sort of feeder or hopper is
bad. It's the nature of fowls to take
grain at a time, and to pick grass and
dirt with 1t, wich assist digestion; but
If, contrary to this, they are enabled to
eat corn by the mouthfuls, their crops
are soon er-filled, and they seek re-
lief in excessive draughts of water.
Nothing is more injurious than this !;
and the inactivity that attends the dis
comfort caused by it lays the founda-
ton of many disorders. While speak
ing of food, it may be observed that,
hwhen from travelling, or any other
cause, the fowl has tasted long time
say 80 to DO hours,-it should not be al
| lowed any hard food. For the first three
or four hours it should have only a
| small portion, say a teaeupful of sopped
bread, very wet, so much as to serve fol
food and drink. If the bird appears to
suffer much from the journey, instead
of bread and water give bread and ale
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05
SMALLPOX

The following suggestions and direc-
ti0ns which are going the rounds, Will
be OF interest and possibly of value to
some Of our readers:
LION the first appearance OF the dis
ease, the patient should be placed in a
separate apartment, as near the top OF
the house as possible, from which cur
tains, carpets, bed -hangings, and other
needless articles of furniture should be
removed, and no person except the med
icaE attendant and the nurse should be
permitted to enter the room.
2. A basin containing Il solution OF
chloride of lime, or carbolic acid, should
be placed near the bed for the patient
to spit in.
3. Handkerchiefs not to be used, but
pieces of rags employed instead, for
wiping the nose of the patient. And
each piece, after being used, should be
Immediately burned.
4. A plentiful supply of water and
towels should be kept for the use of the
nurse, whose hands, of necessity, will
he soiled by the secretions Of the patient.
In one hand the basin of water should
he impregnated with COndy's fluid of
chloride, by which the taint on the
| hands may at once be removed.
| 5. Outside the door of the sick room,
IL sheet should be suspended, so as to
cover the entire door ways. this should
be kept constantly wet with solution
of lime. The effect of this will be to
keep every other part of the house free
from infection. 49,. :
s. The discharge of the bowels and
kidneys of the patient should be re,
ceived into vessels charged with Ills
infectants, such as the solution of car
bolic acid or chloride of lime, and i'm
mediately removed. By these means
the poison thrown off from internal sur
face may be rendered inert, and depriv
ed of the power Of propagating disease
T. The thin skin or cuticle which peel
off from the hands, face and other part
of the body in cOnvalescent patients, j
highly contagious. Baths should b
continued every day, for four days
when the disinfection Of the skin ma,
be regarded as complete. This, however
should not be done without first con
sulting the medical attendant.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05
LUWREF1--LU UNTBER.

NJ TJHTRER! LUMBER. LUMBER =
i Choice Cypress and Pine Lumber, OF every
dimension, and IN unlimited dnantltl@es, @ SUP
Piled by the undersg gned Ct Mount FIeasahe
large lot of chain logs, and ri FILL with prompt
ness and dispatch all bills entrusted to us.
Orders addressed to the undersigned, az WasH-
.inafan. win receive immediate attention
II kinslssand any amount Of Seasoned Lumber
always on hand. Mt Reduced Prices.
: 'l's7 S's's'a - s-lo FRANK McNICOLL.
MT. Pleasant Mills. July s., 1871. 81.
r I'M 8 q Il szEY FIzTlOW AND PITCH PlNt. Pine
b 4 hIp1hpr ALWAYS on hand at the saW-lnlll o.
the ndersigmed, about miles from Bayou nj
cot Orders filed promptly $I5 to $50 per eneag
sand at the mill Delivered ut any larl " tis
narisll1-eharge for hauling extra For TnIthe1
pesl saI,e IN. 2 80 Vile Plate
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

THE DEATH OF FRENCH RULERS
One of the Paris journals "L'Ordre," !"
speaking Of the strange destiny Of the
sovereigns who have ruled France du-
ring one brief century, says: "With the
exception of Louis XVIII, not one of
our monarchs has ended his life tran
duilly in the Tuilleries. Louis XVI
guillotined--La Place de Ia Revolution.
Napoleon / died in exil3-St. Helena.
Napoleon III died in exile-Reiehstadt.
Charles K died in exile - Holyrood.
Louis Philippe died in exile-C Claremont
Napoleon III died in exile - Chisel-
hIrst,n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

An American found himself brought
face to face at Rome last month with an
old school-fellow whom he had not seen
for years. "You here? ?" eyes, my dear
fellow, ] have just been married, and am
come to pass the honeymoon in Italy"
"And your wife," "My wife2 Oh, I
left her in New York;
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

A correspondent says that a lady had
to be carried out of London ballroom
in a complete state fprOstratiOn, caused
by the poisonous particles emanating
from the green robe she Wore; but she
came to on being told by friend that
her false hair was coming off.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

Tirence, bricklayer's laborer, acclim-
atized, to Paddy, just from Cork: "Seu
yer pig an fOHrnichure, an come over
wild Biddy to this blissed country. I git
dollar an siventy-fve cints o day for
carI'in' bricks up ladder, an, be jabers,
there's poor divil up at the top doin'
all the work for me!"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

Awitty son of st. Patrick was in charge
of a ferry boat. A lady passenger being
frightened by the waves, asked him,
"Are people ever lost by this boat?" He
gave her the encouraging reply. "Not
often, ma'am; we generally find them
after by dragging the riVer.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

A young lady at q recent fashionable
church wedding in New York seated her
self on the back Of pew for better OBJ
servation, but seriously interrupted the
ceremony by an involuntary sOmersault
and attempt to stand on her head in the
new inst behind.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

A Hartford subscriber writes that lie
is just recovering from smallpox, and
will be on in q few days to renew his
subscription. We hope he won't mind
a little thing like that. We will send
the paper and wait for the money. We
will wait cheerfully. We amt of that
avaricious kind of people who will grab
for money as if for life. We despise
such things. There's no earthly reason
for his coming on we will wait.-[Dan-
bury News. -.-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

"Tiket to Ne Yark, )" said Pat the other
day at the Providence railroad station,
in Boston.
+. "By the Shore Line?" inquired the
ticket clerk, who always wants to be cer-
tain with this class of customers.
"Shure line! Faix do, and mighty
shure, too. want to see me brother
Dennis in Worcester shure, an the way.n
"That's not the Shore Line. You want
to go to the station ON Albany street"
"Divil bit do want to go to any
station. Faix, / was in q station all
night for givin an Omadahn black eye
that was blackguarding me, jist.n
"YOu don't understand. The Shore
Line don't go to Worcester
"Augh, bother that! Me brother towld
me the train was always sure to 20 to
Worcester, and I want the shure train"
! "NO, no,7 said the clerk, laughing.
"This train does not TIln to Worcester;
! this is the ShOre-S-h-o-F-e Line--on
shore. You understand what coming on
shore is, don't you?7 ...a.
"Comin' ashore, sitq An'is itlaugIin'
ye are bekase ye think I'm jest ashore,
! am votin' more than dozen times with
the byes av the ovid Sixth since I set
me fut in Ameriky?"
l tell yon this train does not run to
Worcester
Don't it? Bedad, perhaps it walks
there thin, for I've heard av things bein'
/ slow and shure-" ... :. 49,. r.
/" If you want to go to New York by
way of WOrc-7
II don't want to go anyby-way, avic;
it's the shure way, tOwld ye, and stop
at Worcester .---.
"This road don't stop at Worcester, I
tell you; it goes to New York
"An WORCESTER is betwane Boston an
| New York;"
eyes, but not on this road" ~
"Augh! go way wild ye! Give me the
} ticket and let me go. Faix, I'll stop If
J the road don't"
'"There is ticket for New York. said
the clerk, "but you can't stop at WOr-
, cester with it-n1ind that
s "Shure do," said Pat, passing over
? his currency, "Faix, I've no desire to
r shtop at Worcester wild it. Shure, I'll
t lave it wild some gintleman in the car
v till I return"
2 The case was hopeless. and the ticket
? seller was obliged toilet Pat go, but could
s not but smile at the task the conductor
shad in prospect,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

"That man. said wag, "came to this
city forty years ago, purchased a basket
and commenced gathering rags. How
much do you suppose he's worth nova"
We giveit up. Nothing he continued,
after pause, "and he owes for the
basket"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

An old colored minister, in a sermon
on He'll, pictured it as region of ice and
snow, where the damned froze through
eternity. When privately asked his pur-
poseinrepresenting Gehennain this way,
ne said: II don't dare to tell them pe0-
pie nothing else. Why, il / were to say
that hell is warm, some of them old rheU-
matte niggers would be wanting to start
down the first frOst.p sr --..e
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

DANGER OF CARRYING CONCEALED
WEAPoNs.-There is absolutely no
safe way to carry @ pistol except to
carry it without a charge. A young
man lost his wife, recently, by trusting
to the directions of friend who told
him how he should carry q pistol with
out danger. - ,......
from the city, and he had great horror
Of dogs, so he put his revolver II the
hip pocket Of his Sunday clothes, one
evening, when he started to see her
The prospective mothe,r..ln- law met nm an
rocI,ine- m chair, and, as he did so, the re-
mort Of firearms caused the old lady to
Scream and fall to the floor, while fire
in the rear claimed Charles Henry's at
tenfion. and consumed portion OF his
hest doeskin "snalls." The old lady
swooned: the girl ran in, forgetting her
| disoIlered dress and hair, and followed
hep mothers example. The old man
and his double -fisted boys ran in, and
seeing mother and daughter lying on
the floor, went for that young man, and
he went through the window, carrying
aash and glass with him as he went. A
,ig dog aroused by the noise, made fol
the fugitive, who in his turn made fOl
fhe fe CITY, about mile and a half or two
miles distant, emptying his revolver
at the dog as he went. The dog wa
dead for that young man in more thar
one sense; for he dares not approach
rayenge the loss of his dog on him
The old man says he will never forgive
the murderer of his dog. # any on
asks That young man how he likes Mar,
Jane, he says that her nerves are to TO-
snfS5:Sf an anxiety W to drop the subject; but h
81 cnpfded to a friend that in sittin
down. tile hammer of his revolve
cauaht upon the rocker, and it was i
T that way discharged, whereupon tina
5 honse and his clothes became too he
8 for him. Evansville tInd.) Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

A JEWISH LEGEND.-AccOrding to
Jewish and Mohammedan tradition,
King Solomon, who was wise beyond
all other men, knew the language OF
animals, and could talk with the beasts
of the field and the birds Of the air. A
Rabbinical story is told Of him, which
is in this wise:
Gone day the king rode out Of Jerusa--
lem with a great retinue. An ant-hlll
lay directly in his path, and Solomon
heard its little people talking.
"'Here c0mesthe great king, he heard
one Of them say, His tiatterers call
him wise, and just, and merciful, but he
! is about to ride over us, and crush us
without needing our sutferings.'
"And Solomon etold the Queen of
Sheba, who rode with him, what the ant
said.
"And the queen made answer, He is
an insolent creature, O king! It is a
better fate than he deserves, to be
trodden under our feet
{" But Solomon said: 1t is the part
of wisdom to learn Of the lowest and
weakest And he commanded his train
to turn aside and spare the ant-hill.
"Then all the courtiers marveled
greatly, and the Queen of Sheba boW,eC
her head and made. Obeisanee to Solo
mon.
arrow know the secret of thy wis
dom. Thou listeneth as patiently to thu
reproaches Of the humble as to the fiat
teries of the great .'"--[Whittier.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

MoNEY.-The dollar that represents q
carnal qualification, an indulg lgence, SIN,
ia. Is worse than yalueless. Money has
nnlv ~ q relative andfrepr entatlve value.
IT'S It's worth consists in what it will pro-
cnre. cs ) It may purchase for its possessor
se.ss :. e,srse as well ais a blessing. 1t invest
g al lin min feIligenee, knowIed ge, culture IN
dainp GOOD: In the acquisition OF splr-
;t11al treasures, it rises far above par n
,ssatrl raaI vaIue and cannot be appreciated by
a1sv s1,,t worldly standard. But how much
,,,.s 1,,o,,ey goes off In smoke; how much ls
nsad ,,ssasS Il, purchase shame how much ls
sras,t sT,es, "a painful and fatal experlmentf
9TH Nth the wages of vice and the illicit
charms rjas1. of transgression, for which there
re1f. ratnTns to the soul at last only such com:
nensations as remorse, woe, pam ane
| death
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-05

A Danbury young man, who was once
a clerk, lately went on farm to work.
The first night in his new position he
was detailed to remove q calf from the
apartment of it's parent to another shed,
and while engaged, as thousands have
been before him, in shovingthe contrary
beast along, the mother reached under
the tails of his coat with her horns and
suddenly lifted him up against the roof
of the building with force that threat
TEs f9S5 to s hafeP eg feGG G G bone S@ eR@ % s 69d c
earth was to rub himself, the next thing
was to throw up his place. He said he
didn't doubt that agriculture was a no.
BILE pursuit, and that the farmer needed
an assistant III the discharge of the null
hilarious duties; but he didn't believe
he was designed for making skyights in
COW sheds.