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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

Half AIiYs.-Tt is sad thing to pass through
life only half alive. Yet there are thousands
whose habitual condition is one of languor and
debility. They complain of no specific disease;
they suffer no positive pain; but they have no
relish for anything which affords mental or aeu-
suous pleasure to their more robust and ener-
getic fellOw-beipg8,
In nine cases ont OF ten this state of lassitude
and torpOr arises from a 1 morbid stomach. In
digestion destroys the energy Of both mind and
body. When the waste Of nature is not supplied
by a due and regular assimilation of the food,
every organ is starved, every function inter
rupted.
Now, what does common sense suggest under
these circumstances of depressian2 The system
needs rousin" and strengthening; not merely for
an hour OK two, to sink afterwards into q mere
pitiable condition than ever (as it assuredly
would do if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant was
resorted to-, hut radically and permanently.
How il this desirable object to he accomplish
ed? The answer to this question, founded on
the unYarying experience OF a quarter OF a cen
tury, lis easily given. Infuse new yigOr into the
digestive organs by a course Of HOstetter's
Stomach BftterS. Do not waste time in admin
istering temporary remedies, but wake the Hys-
TEN M by rccupcrating the fountain head Of
physical strength and energy, the great organ
upon which all the OF her organs depend for their
nurture and support.
By thc time THAT a dozen doses of the great
vegetable tonic and invigorant have hRcn taken,
the feeble frame of the dyspeptic will begin to
feel its benign influence. Appetite will he ere
rThat II Graves. Persevere until healthful blood,
ft ID be the material of flesh and muscle, bone
and nerve and brain, flows through the chapHels
of circulation, instead of the watery p'thHlnm
with which they have heretofore seen lmper-
fectly nOurished.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

THE JOURNAL AT HOME AND
ABRoAD.-When the Police Jury, which
was elected last November, met to or
ganize, that body elected the JOURNAL
to do the printing for the parish. When
our town Board of Police, elected on
the 18th inst, met last Wednesday to or
ganize, that body elected the JOURNAL
to do the printing for the town of Ope-
lousas. When the new State Beard of
Printing Commissioners met to appoint
papers to do parochial printing, that
body appointed the JOURNAL to do the
printing for the parish of st. Landry.
Strong influences, both Democratic and
Radical, were arrayed against it; and
the JOURNALS success is owing to some
thing else than mere political partisan
ship. It breaches peace and good win
toward all men; it advocates law and
order; it opposes political tumTlt as de-
tTimental to the best interests OF the
whole people; it tries to be q good local
paper; it tries to keep the people In
formed Of the actual state of affairs and
of the real prospects, entertaining its
own opinions and leaving its readers to
Judge for themselves from the facts pre-
scented ii claims the right to exercise
It's. own opinions. and fayors others do
ing the same thing; it's opposed to all
kinds of violence, holding that all legal
rights should be submitted to the proper
judicial tribunals for ~yindication, and
that a resort to violence puts the claim
ant in the wrong. VIZ think these are
someof themaincauses of the oURNAL's
success. III has been and is a~nindepend-
emit paper Ii utters its own opinions
formed from the best attainable infor-
NATION, without regard to Others opin-
ions which grow out Of blind and pre-.
JUDGED sentiment or feeling.
The Journal returns thanks to all the
gentlemen Of the different bodies, who
lave honored it with their votes and
patronage.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26
Eatato OF JRmcs f, d. Op;n.

- orable Probate Court of the Parish of St.
Landry, there will be sold it public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admin
iStratrlX, or by a public auctiOneer, on the prem
lScS, in this parish, on WEDNESDAY, Nav 28th.
1873, the following described property, belong.
ing to the estate of James E. o. Quin, deceased,
tO-wit-
A plantation on which the deceased last resi-
ded, situated in Bayou Chicot, parish of st.
LaNdIy. measuring one hundred and ten acres,
more or less, with all the improvements erected
thereon, bounded north by James McEachern,
east by I. H.. Thompson, south by JohnP Todd,
and west by William Thomas.
Terms and COnditiOn8-OnG half on the lat OF
January, 1874; and the other half on the 1st Of
January, 1S75-each installmcnt to bear eight
per cent per annum interest from the maturity
thereof till paid special mortgage and vendors
privilege retained on said property until final
payment Of principal and Interest.
MELISSA A. WEST, administrators
nn1il DC Ifs
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

ELECT INFANTS. - The Cumberland
Presbyterian, in allusion to some sort of
a debate it has had with the Interior,
and after quoting the old Assembly YER
dict that Select infants, dyingi in infancy.
are r~egenerated and saved by Christ"
says;
."The Interior will not say that elect
infants meal all infants. 1t will not
claim that those who framed the con
fession believed that all infants diving
In infancy are saved. The phrase elect
Infants would not be used by those who
did not believe that some are not elect
ed. Infants not elected have no O
prospect Of salvation than adults not
elected. The fact that the question is
being discussed in a leading Presbyte-
rlan paper is a favorable Indication, It
is time the church would free it's stand
ards from q barbarQVs doctrine of a
former age. Il the phrase elect infants
does not mean all infants, there must
be infants not elected. They must die
just as the elect, and as Christ, accord
ing to the confession, made no atone
ment for the n~On-elect, infants as we'll
as adults must be among those fareor-
dained to everlasting death. We would
like to sec the logic that will free the
standards from this conclusion"
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Lands Restored to Entry Under
the Homestead Law.

In the New Orleans Republican of o
late date, is the following advertisement
to the people of this parish,
as much of the land described lies with.
in it's limits;
UNITED STATES CONSOLIDATED LAND OFFICE, !
New, Orleans, La, February 18th, 1878.
IN accordance with instructions received from
the commissioner of the General Land Office,
dated January 80, 1873, notice is hereby given
that on and after the Fifteenth Day Of March.
1873, the following lands in the late Southwest
ern Land District, Louisiana, which were ap-
proved under the act of June 8, 1856, to the state
or Louisiana, for the New Orleans, ODelOusas
and Great Western RAILROAD, lying west Of Brasil
ear City, and declared forfeited to the TTnited
States by act0f CQngess of July II, 1870, viii he
restored to entry under the provisions of the
Homestead laws, t0-wit:
All such unappropriated lands lying and be-
Townships 6, 7 and 8 south, range 1 east.
townships Z, ., 8, TO and IL south, range 2 east.
townships 8, Q, 10, IL and 10 south. range 8 east.
east.
townships 10, II, u and IS south, range 5 east.
townships H. ID ana IS south, range 8 east.
TpNnships Il, IS ana Is south, range 7 east.
townships ID and Il south, range s east.
Townships u, Il and II south, range 8 east,
townships II, Il, Is and II south, range 10 east
Townships IS and 16 south, range II east.
townships Is and 16 south, range u east,
Townships s and 6 south, range l west.
ToWnshlRs 4 and 5 south, range 2 west.
I0Wnships 3, A and s south, range 8 west,
townships 2. 8. 4 and 5 south, range 4 west,
townships ], 9, q, 4 and 5 south, range 5 west.
townships ], 2, 8, 4 and 5 south, range 6 west.
townships 1, 2, 5 and 4 south, range 7 west.
Townships /, Q, 8 and 4 south, range 8 west.
Townships /. 2, 8 and 4 south, range Q west.
Townships l, 2, 3 and 4 south, range 10 west.
Townships l, 3, 8 and south, range II west.
Townships /, 2, 8 and 4 south, range u west.
CHARLES BARNARD, Register,
W. Fl. HYATT, Receiver.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

GARDEN IMPLEMENTs-We have re-
ceived from G. G. Langdon & Co., Mo-
bile, Ala, two garden hoes--the Porter
Hoe, and Holbrook's Patent Double
Wheel Hoe. The latter is excellent for
scraping grass from garden walks. The
former, the Porter hoe, is indispensa-
BILE in the cultivation of a garden. 1t is
composed of five parts besides the han
die, one part being fixed to the handle
and used at a time. One part can be
removed and another fixed on in a min
ute. The five parts consist of two hoes,
a larger and smaller one-One for weed
ing and the other for working among
small plants-one long narrow pointed
hoe, for opening drills; one hoe, some
thing like a large chisel, for digging ;
and a rake. This instrument, with its
several attachments, is really equal to
five implements. The cost is but little
$3.50 in Mobile. IF several persons will
club together and send for a lot, the
freight will be trifing. mo one who
has a flower OF vegetable garden should
be without it." We know from actual
test that it works well. The cost of the
wheel hoe is SIS in Mobile. We will take
pleasure in showing these implements
to anyone who takes interest in such
things. Messrs. Langdon g. Co., are
experienced agriculturists, horticultu-
rists and n~urserymen, and have for sale
all kinds of field, garden and flower
seeds, fruit trees, agricultural and hor-
ticultural implements, &c. Tt is said
that their nurseries neal Mobile are the
best in the South, and that certain fruit
trees can be obtained there that can be
found in no Northern nursery. We wish
to see introduced here the use of i'm
proved agricultural and horticultural
implements, and have gotten these i'm
plements as much for the benefit of
others as our own. If parties dealing
in such implements will send us SAM
pies, we viii "show them off" to the
best Of our ability, without charge.
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Succession de James X. %. Ouip.

TN VERTU D'UN ORDRE DE L'HONO-
~ rable la COur des Preuvcs, de In ParOisse st.
Landry, il scra vendu a rencan public, an plus
Offrant cnchcrisseur, par In s0ussignee, admins
%tratricc, on par IN encantcur public, sur les
lieuX, lie MERCREDI, % Mai, 1873, In prOpritt6
de James F.. o.. Quim, decide. SAVIOR
L'habltatiOn sur laquelbe le d6tnnt a derniere-
ment reside, situ6dans lie Bayou ChicOt, parOisse
st. Landry. meSnrant cent dix acres, plus on
mOins, avec tOutea les ameliOratiOns qui s'y
trNnvent, borne an nOrd par james McEachcriI,
Il Fest par 7. II. Thompson, au sud par John 7.
Todd, ct a POlest par William Thomas.
Tcrmes ct C~OnditiOns-Un Motto payable To-
Ter Janvier 1874; ct Pantre Motto payable lie Ter
Janvier 1875-chaque installation pOrtant huit
qu'au Placement final; hypOtlteque spectacle ct lie
privilege du vendeur sera Fetcnu sur In dite pro
priGte jusqu'au Placement final du principal ct
Iintertt, MELISSA A. WEST,
% aVri} ADMINISTRATIVE
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If there wa a fair e~lectionin any par
ish, it was in this; and both Boards so
declared it. But it seems from the ar
rests that have been made, ON the aft
davit of a Democrat, that the Demo-
cratic party here want to overturn our
parish election. Such conduct on the
part of Democrats should estop them
from saying a word about the "usurpa-
ton" of the Kellogg government. But
the Republicans beat them there, and
the Liberals beat them here-"and that's
what's the matter" Anything that beats
the Bourbons, is a fraud" and "usurpa-
tion.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

CARS TO Run ON A SINGLE RAIL
The New Orleans Republican condenses
from the st. Johns New Brunswickl
News a description of q new plan for
the construction of a single track on
which to run cars, natented by W, X.
Reynolds, of that city. We make an
extract from the Republican articles
In the first place, the road dispenses
with nearly all the cost of grading,
roadway and sleepers. Mr.. Reynolds
proposes q series of posts or timbers
hrmiy set IN the ground by q piledriver
or some means that will insure their
permanence and exact vertical position.
lhese Will be some seven Or eight feet
above the earth and eight feet apart,
sawed Oft at the top and made even and
true they will then have bolted to them
q good solid timber twelve inches
square. On the top Of this viii then
be boIted a heavy fye-inch rail i'm the
shape OF an inverted u. The railway
lis now complete.
The cars are fifteen feet vide and
two stories high. Much of the first
story IS IN two parts, hanging on the
rails like panniers on q muIe's back.
All the cars, including the locomotive,
are thus constructed, and are there sas-
pended on this great central rail-no
part touching the earth. To prevent
oscillation there is on each side of the
posts q continuous rail or bar. and on
the posts OF the car most likely to come
IN contact with the posts are i series of
rollers that will always act as Tenders.
II seems, however, to be the D of
the inventor TO have the a r and loco
motive SO evenly balanced, and their
centre of the wheels than above. that
the whole train will hang steadily upon
the rail.
4.ae inventor thinks d speed could
an hour. 81 =. ss''
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26

So still, and yet so beautiful
The bay, the hill, the river
That one might almost wish to sleep
Within thy pale forever.
No solemn sadness fills the hearts,
or dimS the eyes, with pity,
OF those who tread the winding streets,
THAI cross thy silent city;
For vaultcd tomb and broken shaft
No gloomy thoughts are bringing,
But every tree and blossom speaks
OF Life from Death upsprlnging.
One pleasant hilltop looks affair,
Where roll the waves of ocean,
The graves between, the food beyond,
Awaken strange emotion;
FOr thus beyond the realms of death,
Over the restless ages,
Faith looks toward the land unseen,
Revealed i'll holy pages.
Then let the mourners' hearts be glad!
Our Lord the promise giveth-
He that believeth upon me,
Though lie were dead, yet livcth "
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THE MILITARY.-The New Orleans
Republican says "the government has
ordered troops to Grant parish, to Mon
o and elsewhere, for the purpose of
enabling the United States marshal to
execute judicial processes under the
ku-klux act" Gen. Emory command
ing in this State has received orders to
sustain the State government-the Kel-
logg government-and will send troops
in any parish where they are needed for
that purpose. Last Sunday a company
or two of Metropolitan policemen left
New Orleans for Livingstone and St.
Helena parishes to install officers COM
missioned by Gov. Kellogg; which they
did, and returned afewdays afterwards.
In case of overpowering resistance to
the State forces, federal troops would
reinforce them. In every parish in the
State where the government is resisted
with force and arms troops will be sent.
Opposition according to law, in the
courts, is the only kind that will not be
met by overpoWering military force.
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The New Orleans Republican, of the
29d inst, says: Governor Kellogg has
cancelled the appointment Of all chief
constables throughout the State. He
deems the Office at this time a useless
one, and as entailing an unnecessary
expense upon the police juries of the
marshes
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appleton" Journal is nOwc nlorrrh +o +ho
extent OF four additional readfng-pnrrs wbiIn .
FOYER cncIoseS 1t. III this form il fakes n,or"
uehhltely It's place as Il weekly hons,boiI
llaSaZlne. 1t will continue to present hraIthfni
sound instructive, entertaining, and nnirna+oI
literature; 1t will contlne itself. IN n IrIS y
%ne $eital Horet at a timc; it will contain tn"
neSt snort stories attainablc; it will yi~n
picturesque descriptions of places, and stirTinnr
naTr3tIVeS OF travel and adventure: if viii haToo
HlShly entcrtalningp papers upon various snbirrts
mar pertain to the pursuits and rcrreatiOnns Of
inc people Will give portraits and sketches NJ
persons distinguished in various walks OF iifc.
VIII present lively, social sketches, having il,
special view those things the knOwletlgr nf
winch VIII contribute to the welfare ans
happiness OF the households; it will descrih"
phases OF life in all quarters of the gIol,h. ~
Viii discuss the more important events nr fhHH
time, and the advances made in art. Iifrratur"
ana science; it will emdeav0r to reflect ali tbcs.
IDEAS, movements, and developments Of sNcictr-
ana, while hOpingtO cnligbteI, will strrIrIomsIS,-
ar! to entertain. with large abundancn Of
MATERIAL, all who resort to its pages for intelInt-
t!lal pleasure. 1t will employ illustration sItgi-
GENTLY to give variety and animation to it,
pages; but we shall seek rather to make II y
journal of popular higl-class literature than
merely a vehicle for pictures. u. Appleton &
Co, publishers, New York.
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The MOurner A-La.NFotle.
By JNO. q. SAKE.

| saw her last night at Il party,
(1ne elegant party at Mead'S,)
And looking remarkably hearty
FOR q widow so young i'll her weeds;
Yet know she was suffering sorrow
Too deep for the tongue to express
Or why had she chosen to borrow
so much from the language of dress!
Her shawl WAS as sable as night.
And her gloves were as dark as her shawl,
And her jcWels-that flashed in the light
We're as black as Il funeral pail;
Her robe had the hue of the rest,
(HOw nicely it fitted her shapeY
And the grief that was heaving her breast,
Boiled over III pillows of Grape.
What tears of vicarious woe,
That else might have Sullitd her face,
We're kindly permitted to flow
IN ribbons of ebony lace.
While even her fan i'll its play,
Had quite Il lngubriOus scope
And seemed to be waving away
M ghost of the angel of Hope
Yet rich as the robe of a Queen,
Was the sOmbrc apparel she wore;
I'm certain | never had seen
Such Il sumptuOnS sorrow before;
And couldn't help thinking the beauty,
In mourning the loved and the lost
Was DONG her COnluEal duty
Altogether regardless OF cost.
One surely would say such devotion
Performed at 50 vast an expense,
Betrayed an excess of emotion
That really was something immense;
And yet as | viewed, at my leisure,
Those tokens of endcr regard,
| thought 1T was scarce without measure ;
The sorrow that goes by the yard.
All! grief is IL curious passion;
And y0Ur'S-I am sOrely afraid,
The very next phase Of the fashion
Will find it beginning to fade;
Tho dark are the shadows of grief,
The morning will follow the night,
Half-tintS will betOken relief
Till joy shall be SymhOlcd i'll white!
All! well it were idle to quarrel
With fashion, or aught she maydO
And so l conclude with Il moral
And metaphOr-warranted new
When measles come handsomely out,
The patient is safest, they say,
And the sorrow is mildest, no doubt,
That works in a similar way.
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A Remarkable Career.

A correspondent of Beyrout writes to
the German Gazette of Vienna:
met to-day an old acquaintance, the
camel driver, Sheikh Abdul, andhe told
me that his wife had died, Abdul's
wife was no common woman. Her name
was once known all through Europe.
Shiekh Abdul is the ninth husband of
Lady Peterborough, whom | met for the
first time about thirty years ago at
Munich, just after she had eloped with
Prince Schwarzenberg from the resi-
dence of her first husband. She then
went to Italy, where, as she told me
herself, she got married six times In sue
cession. All these unions were dissolv-
ed after a short duration. In 1913 / met
her at Athens where she concluded an
eighth marriage with the Greek Colonel,
Count Theodika-however, also only a
short time. Her affections were now
bestowed ON an old paliear chieftain,
for whom she built a beautiful house
at Athens. When her latest marriage
was again dissolved, she went to the
Levant. During a journey from Bey-
rOut to Damascus she got pleased with
the camel driver, Sheikh Abdul, and
selected him for her ninth husband.
She was married to him after the Arab
1asSulOA3 dHU dCCOalpIuiEu utia Id u
whole year on his Journeys between
Beyrout and Babylon, faithfully fulfill
ing her duties. She even MIXED the
eamels. When she had grown tired of
the nOmad life, she built herselfa charm
ing palace at Damascus, where her latest
husband, whenever he came to Damas-
Gus, found hospitality for some days. [
had heard nothing of her since 1855,
when / met her here dressed as an Arab
woman, and, notwithstandingthe wrink-
les in her face, still beautiful. Soon af-
ter she won the lawsuit againsthe first
husband, and with it a colossal fortune,
which will probably go to her relatives
In England, for she had no children as
far as I know.
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The man that will take a newspaper
for a length of time and then send it
back refused, unpaid for, would swal-
low a blind dogs dinner, and then stone
the dog for being blind.
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U OST-IN NEW ORLEANS, THE LATTER
4 nart of March. 1873. hN the mn1Grsigmed. the.

OSEs-lN NEW ORLEANS, TIE LATTER
Il part of March, 1873, by the undersigned, tho
following described prOmisSOry notes:
A certain prOmiss0ry note subscribed by An
gtIstin Boone, for one thousand dollars, payable
i'll five equal annual installmeI1ts, that is on tho
Isl January, 1873, IA, rs, '76 and 1877, to the or
der of Michel EmOnet, bearing date the 18th
January, 1872, the payment whereof WAS assnm~
ed by Andre Henry LalOnde, by act of the 2fst
day of December 1872 before i. Armand, T..
Notary Public, and accordingly endorsed by tho
said LalOnde, and the payment Of the first in
stallment having been dnly executed by tho
said Lalonde on the LIST. day of January 1873.
n. B. Said note signed Ne Narictur by j. Ar
maud, Jr., Notary Public.
Another note subscribed by A.. IT Lalondc, for
two hundred dollars, payable in four equal an
nual instaIlmrnts, to meet the payments OF the
above described note, that OH the LIST January.
1874, IS, re and 1877, also to the order of Michel
EmOnct. signed Ne Varietur by J. Armand, Jr.,
Notary Public, to be identified with act Of the
21st Decemher, 1872. before the said Notary Public.
Also, another note subscribed by Victor Au-
zeuDe, for il hundred and fifty dollars. payable
On the - day of January, 1873, 10 the order
of Michel Em0Ret, and hearing date the -
day OF f, Is.
JACQUES ARNAUD, JR., Agent,
April &c, IST3-3t
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snccession de .yeRn Rt. Rer.-No, 381a

COUR DE PAROIssE, ST. LANDRY-AT.
tendU que Lise Pitre, dc In Par0isse at
DEERE noInm6 administrative dc Ia succession
&c Jean Bite. Roy, decide, reinforcement dc h
aux intGressts dams cette succession Ssovoir .
dedutre par 6crit a mon bureau, dams les dix
IoHirs gul sniyront Ia date du present avis les
serait has 3 f fait dFo is : o in d poaT dies39 a. Ell Gi. IL ne n
luton. W. \. ROBERTSON, Grefficr.
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succession de Franchise CoIling.-No-

O0UR DE PAROIssE, ST. LANDRY-AT.
O. Ichute que faientin LcdG, de Ia ParOisse
It: Landry, ayant prtsentC unc petition i rnfFet
9ctre nomm6 administrators de Ia smecessioT
de FRANCHISE Collins, dGc6dGc, dcrni4remcnt
de la ditG parOisse; "'H
En- consequences, avis est par le present douD6
aux lntCrcsSGs dams cette succession d'ayoir =
dcdrirr par tcrit Il mon bureau, dams les dig
JonrS qni srtivrnnt Ia date du present avis. lee
f;tlSonS. 81 aNenne lis ont, pour lesgucllcS il NO
Seralt pas fait dlOit Il la deinande dc In dite nGti-
ton. W A, ROREPTS0N croSar
DC 1yril-fO NSi'|
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We have received the April number
of Reuue de Ia Node, a journal of ladies'
fashions, containing illustrations and
ready-cut patterns. 1t is published by
S. T. Taylor, 816 Broadway, New York,
at s. $50 ner annum.