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The Cars NOsE.-There has GER
tainly, however, been deterioration in
the physique of the Russian imperial
family since the time of Nicholas. Nicho-
las was undoubtedly one of the very
handsomestand noblest figures in Europe
and his features and expression were
as a, commanding as his physical bulk.
The present car is tall and comely in
his way, but he is cast in less stately
and heroic mold than his father. His
face is amiable, but without much digni-
ty. 1t is. in fact, rather soft; and the
nose, which in Nicholas was majestic,
in his son has begun to decline into the
little round button which is seen on the
tat Calmuck faces of the grandchildren.
The old saying, Scratch Russian and
you, come upon a TARTAR is appli-
cable here in another sense. The short,
dumpy stature, bullet heads, fat faces,
and small eyes and noses of the czarowitz,
the duchess of Edinburgh, and the Grand
Duke Alexis, are unmistakably of the
Tartar type.-[London Letter.
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<@" LONELY TONIGHT, LOVE.D-Hus-
band Traveling.z-Scene I.-Room in
hotel. Spitto0ns full of cigar stumps.
Bourbon whisky. All hands equipped
for q nights spree. Husband, in hurry
to be off, writing home: 7.I
j" Dearest Susie: My time is so occu-
pied with business that I can hardly
spare moment to write to you. Oh!
darling, how miss you; and the only
thing that sustains me during my alb
sence is the thought that every moment
thus spent is for the benefit Of my dear
wife and children. Take good care of
yourself, my dear. Feed the baby on
one cows milk. Excuse haste, ETC."
Wife at Home.-Scene I.-Parlor. All
the gas lit. Thirteen grass widows;
Fred, from around the corner, with his
violin Jim, from across the way, with
his banjo; Jack, from above, with his
guitar; Sam, from below, with his flute;
ments. Dancing and singing. Side
cream, wine, whisky, etc. Wife, in o
hurry to dance, writing to husband:
Dear Hubby How lonesome | feel
in your absense. The bours pass tedi-
ously. Nobody calls on me, and | am
constantly thinking of the time when
you will be home and your cheerful
CONFERENCE.-The up the routine OF every
day-life. My household duties keep me
constantly employed. | am living as
economical as possible, knowing that
your small income will not admit OF
frivolous expense. But, now, dear, I
will say goodbye, or will be too late
for the monthly concert of prayer. In
haste, yours, etc"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

A DUTcHMAN's DEcIs1oN.-In Mana
yunk, Pa, lives a German alderman
named Peter Dehm, proprietor of beer
saloon, lately elected to office. His first
case was suit as to who should pay for
breaking a window glass. Two Ger
mans had a fight, and one threw stone
at the other who lodged it, and the
missile went crashing through the win
dow. They were arrested and brought
before Peter, and after hearing the eyi-
dence, this learned scion of the law
came to the following decision:
Shentlemens, ven I'm pehint te desk
I'm te law, und when I'm pehint te par
I'm Peter Dehm, und can shust see
drough dis case like as clear as day. If
dis man hadn't dodge his pig Dutch
heat, der window don't got proke. SO I
say he bays shust for lodging.
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How TO FIGHT HARD TTMEs.-The
Christianburg, Va, Messenger says:
" We once rode up to a farm house in
this country to spend the day. We found
the farmers wife alone in the kitchen
preparing dinner. The farmer was in
his lanyard hard at work. The two
sons were in the field gathering corn and
running the farm. One daughter was in
the weaving room making materials for
family wear. The other daughter clean
ing up the house and then to the sewing.
There was no hireling upon the farm, no
man servant nor maid servant, no boy or
girl. The work of the whole farm and
family was done without paying any
thing to others. This is the way to get
out of debt and get along. This is the
wayt0 have thrifty farms and yeomanry.
This is the way to live and be happy.
We're this the rule instead of remark
able exception is this State, Virginia
would soon become as rich as any North
ern State
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Let each Grange require every mem
ber to plant out one or more fruit trees
or grapevines (Which duty might be held
as debt against the member until the
proper season occnrs.) If the custom is
permanently fixed, that there shall be as
many fruit trees set out as there are
meetings of the Grange, it will convert
even fence-cOrners into places of profit,
and supply an immense amount OF fruit
to the country without feeling it pecu-
niarily or otherwise. On old fields, where
scarcely anything else will grow, peaches
and grapes, .plums and cherries may be
made to yield in prodigal profusion. By
all means the fenee-corners around the
farm should be devoted to this purpose.
At present they. are usually given uE to
briers and bushes, and form uncouth
borders to our farlns.-[ Rural Sun.
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z AN ELOQUENT EFFUsIoN.-The fol-
lowing thrilling'and soul-inspiring etfu-
sion of liberty and glory is said to have
been delivered by the commandant of
barefoot company in the Hoosier State,
thirty years ago, shortly after receiving
the false report that Mexico had declared
war against the United States. The re-
port may not be exactly re,bdtine, though
it is evident the spirit is there
Men of blood, and friends of Wash
ington and the old hoss Cen. jackson!
/ want your attention. Lightnin' has
burst upon us, and Jupiter has poured
shanks of the Mexicans. Thunder has
broke loose and slipped its cable, and
the mighty valley of the Mississippi
reverberates the thousand tongued hiss
ing of Santa Anna and the smaller iga0I-
ant .ttttiLs that reyolves around that be-
,nighted and wooden-legged pOpgun OF
the M0nteZumas.
"Citizens and sires on the bloody
ground ON which our fathers catawamp-
or1sly poured out their cheers, free as
lie, to enrich the soil over which we now
hover, and watch with hyena eyes; let
the catamountof of the inner varmint loose,
and prepare the chessa- cat of vengeance,
for the long looked for day has arrived.
The crocodile of the Mississippi has gone
into his hole, and the sun that lit King
David and his host across the Atlantic
ocean looks down upon the scene and
drops tear to its memory. Hoses,
am with you! And while the stars oil:
Uncle Sam and the stripes of his country
triumphantly wave in the breeze--Whar
-wliar is the craven, low-lived, chicken
bred toad -hoppin', red -mouthed mothers
son OF We who will not raise the beacon
light of triumph--smouse the citadel OF
the aggressOr, and press onward toliber-
ty and glory! Whoop! H-u-r-r-a-E.
Whars the ilsaenay2"
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HINTS FOR THE FRUIT SEAsoN.-If
you have been picking or handling any
acid fruit and have stained your hands.
wash them in clear soft water, wipe
them lightly, and while yet moist light
a sulphur match, close the hands par
TALLY around it to catch the smoke and
the stains viii disappear. - 57-
1t you have stained your linen or cot
ton clothes with berries or other fruit,
before giving out to wash pour boiling
water through the stains and they will
disappear. Before fruit juices have
dried they can be removed from gar
ments by cold water, rubbed thorough
ly with sponge, and rinsed. The In
side of apple or pear parings will almost
entirely remove stains of this fruit from
the fingers, if they arerubbed with them
and then rinsed.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

THE CABINET.
Hamilton Fish, of New York, Secretary of
State. .. ...
William W. Belknap, Secretary of War.
Geo. M. Robeson, of New Jersey, Secretary of
Navy.
Geo S. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,, Secretary
of Treasury.
J. W. Douglass, acting Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue. ~,
Geo. III. Williams, of Oregon, Attorney General.
J. A. j. Cresswell of Maryland, Postmaster
General.
c. Delano, Secretary Of Interior.
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Wife of his bosom directly he came
home at night: Charley, I've Just
got letter from mother. You know
she was here only last week Eyes, youl
can see by the expression of his, face
that he hasn't forgotten that, and she
has lost all her property by the failure
OF the Splurges-and-an now, I s'pOse,
Charley, she'll have to come and stay
with us all the time,n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

They have an astute citizen in War
rem, who after having heard the church
committee discuss whether it was better
to have two or three aisles in their new
church, broke in with: oval, you may
talk about your new kinds of lie as much
as you're mind to; but | never yet see
any lie or gas that is as good as the old
fashioned lamp ile!n -,
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with his hair parted in the centre,
and exactly over his scenter)-"I never
knew dozen girls, you know, who could
talk sense with a fellow, you know
with her hair frizzed and frizzled and
frOwsy and tumbled over her left eye)
"Weally2 Well, the fact is, all the
girls | Know suit their conversation to
the party with whom they are talking,
you know -
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Prayer is the wealth of poverty, the
refuge of affiiction, the strength of weak
ness, the light of darkness. It is the
oratory that gives power to the pulpit !;
it is the hand that strikes down satan
and breaks the fetters of sin; it turns
the scales of fate mere than the edge of
weight of scepter; it has arrested the
wing of Time, turned aside the yery
scytile OF Death, and discharged Heay-
ems frowning and darkest cloud in a
shower of blessings, -[Guthrie.
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" Amaryills " asks the Brooklyn Ar
gus as to the origin of the expression,
",,she. stood by him through thick and
thin" The Argus is at q loss to en-
ably translated, from one of the Scan
dlnavian poets, will explain it:
when first we loved, my locks were thick
As hair on otter's skin; TIT.
'Ils. Just one year since we We're one,
And now those locks are thin"
The presumption is that she "stood by
him " considerably during that period.
and wasn't particularly idle. . .s-
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A LAwYER.-It is related OF George
Clark, the celebrated negro minstrel,
that, being examined as a witness, he
was severely interrogated by the at
toEney, who wished to break down his
evidence.
"You are in the negro minstrel busi-
ness, believe ~ inquired the lawyer.
9 Yes sir" was the prompt reply.
Isn't that q rather low callingw de-
manded the attorney.
Il don't know but what it is, sir" re-
better than my fathers that | am rather
proud of it, ..t
What was your fathers callinggn
:" He was a lawyerw replied Clark, in
a tone of regret, that put the audience
in roar. The lawyer let him alone.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

PROFIT FROM EGGs.--0ur correspond
ent in York county, Maine, estimates
that there are in that county 13, 900 fami-
lies, one-han of which are supposed to
winter ON the average 10 hens each, from
which are gathered an an, average s I Of 100
deSen, amounting to $4,000. As the
women and children manage the busi-
ness, he considers it a very good show
for them.
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"Vell, and vat to you sink tit hap
pen to me at Matame Tussaud's de oder
day? A laty dook me for Won of de wax
vickers, and agually abbollochised vor
her mistake!" "Oh, what fun, Mr..
Schmitz! And was it in the Chamber
of Horrors 20
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A Cincinnati paper states that young
men are so scarce at Memphis that each
one has to take from eight to fourteen
girls to a picnic, and all want TO hang
on his arm at once. Here's a chance for
the superhuity Of young men in New
Orleans. [N. @. Times.
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II tell you," said a Wisconsin man to
a neighbOr next day after burying his
wife, "when I came to get into bed, and
lay thar, and not hearing Lucinda jaw
ing around for an hour and q half, it
just made me feel as if I'd moved into
strange cOuDtry.n
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I clasped her tiny hand in mine; I
vowed to shield her from the wind and
the worlds cold storms. She set her
beauteous eyes on me, and with her lit
tie lips said She" An umbrella will do
as WE'LL"
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On TIME" Matrimony," saysa mod
ern Benedict, the other day, produces re-
m!arkable revolutions. Here am /, for
Instance, in nine short months changed
from @ signing lover to o loving sire.n
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A little boy few days ago undertook
to see if he could lift himself by hanging
on mules tail. He found out all about
it, and the doctors think the skin on his
forehead will grow up, but will leave a
bad scar,
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When Burdette, Of the Burlington
Hawkeye, attempts the severely calm
style OF writing, he appears, as rule,
to be successful. The following is an
insance in point: Yesterday morning
a boy sauntered up to yard on Eighth
street, where a woman was scratching
the bosom of the earth with a rake, and
leaning on the fence, said: Are you
going around the back yard, after while p
The woman said she didn't know: may
p boy s said. " lust saw the Deease eistsea id fg
drop on the baby's head, a minute ago,
and thought IL you went around YOU
might lift it Off Itis currently reported
that the woman went
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An Iowa farmer who has been married
only seven weeks, and has had to buy q
wig, offers to bet that his wife can whip
panther.
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+ CHEAP PAINTING.-(J. r.: An mex
penslye but durable method of painting
them a coat of crude petroleum, which
is the oil as it comes from the wells. and
can be procured for about Sd to $5 Der
barrel in almost any town or city. Then
mix one pound of metallic paint" !"
which is brown or red helnatite iron ore
finely ground, to one quart of linseed oil,
and apply this over the petroleum coat
The petroleum sinks into the wood and
makes a good ground work for the iron
and oil paint. The color of the iron
paint is a dark reddish brown, and is
not at all disagreeable; it is color not
readily soiled, very durable and is fire.
proof.
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a TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, D. c., December 20, 1878:
1873-De Department No. 146 secretary's Office.
The following list of standard values of foreign
in the money account of the United
States will be used in the computation Of GUS
tom duties from and after the first day Of jan
uary, 1874, and until otherwise provided by law
and regulations, viz:
FOREIGN MONEYS OF ACCOUNT AND THEIR VAL
UEs In UNITED STATES MONEY OF ACCOUNT.
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1t is unnecessary for orators, in ad-
dressing. an audience, to say " gentlemen
and ladies', for gentlemen" always
embrace ladies. 49,
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STATE OFFICERS.
W. P. Kellogg, Governor.
G. G. Antoine, Lieutenant Governor.
G. W. Lowell, Speaker of the House of Repre-
Sentatives. -- ... .-...
P. G.. DeslOnde, Secretary Of State.
A. p. Field, Attorney General.
Charles Clinton, Auditor of Public Accounts.
Antoine Dubuclet, Treasurer.
w. &. Brown, Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation.
Geo. B, Loud, supt. Education, Srd Congress
sional District. a .-t
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DRUG STORES.
DRUG SEORESs
N~n~SN'>rJNNs
nPELOUSAs DRUG STORE.
SIGN OF THE BIG MORTAR! -.
Opposite the Court House,
oPELoUsAs, La.

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
anything in his line, to his .
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
of everything belonging to the Drug Business.
Physicians, Country Merchants and Planters.
orders solicited.
Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or night.
"" CLAUDIUs MAYO,
PharmaceutiBt
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These are the days when one hears
the phancy pharmer philosophizing over
his phosphates and phertillizers.
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The United States has over $4,000
miles of telegraph,
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Ep pEO0mMENDED NY THE MED
ma ical Faculty Of 0pelousas. What
POsEY,S AROMATIC WINE BTrTERs.

A good and pure Tonic, scientifically compound
ed, not mixed at random. carefully the0rized,
and perfected, by years of study and chose OBJ
servatioli as tofts adoption tOTelieye morbid
conditions of the system, such MS
Torpid Liver, Loss Of Appetite, imperfect or
languid Digestion, Nervousness and it's train of
naineless ills. Only SO cents bottle.
sept 26-tf. es3st
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Official Directory.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.

Y. s. Grant, of Illinois, President.
Henry Wilson, OF Massachusetts, Vice Presi-
dent.
James G. Blaine, of Maine, Speaker Of the
House of Representatives.
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MILITARY.
W. T. Sherman, of Ohio, General Commanding.
p. II. Sheridan, of Ohio, Lieutenant General.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Morrison II. Waite of Ohio, Chief Justice.
Nathan Clifford, Of Maine Associate Justice.
Samuel Nelson, Of New York, Associate JUS
tice -a
r. C. Greer, of Pennsylvania, Associate JUS
tice
N. Fl. Swayne, of Ohio, Associate Justice.
Samuel Z. Miller, of Iowa, Associate Justice,
Stephen Field, of California, Associate Justice.
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Z. S. OFFICERS FOR LOUISIANA.
E. H. Durell, District Judge of Louisiana.
F.A Woolfiey, Clerk.
S. p. Packard, United States Marshal.
J. r. G. Pitkin Register.
J. r. Jolly, Spell Agt. P. Q. Dept.
0. A. Rice, Col Int. Rev, Baton Rouge.
r. W. Mullen, Col Customhouse Dist Teche,
Franklin, La. -a.as@
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TREAsURY DEPARTMENT,

Circular 10 Collectors of Customs and
Others.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MpO0KKEEPHNes. - e W0 SCHOLAR
led ellips. one In Dolbear's and one in Black
mans Commercial College, New Orleans, which
will enttle the holders to attend Full Course
i'm Bookkeeping can be purchased cheap. Apply
af this Office
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Mm0@EK,B BITWRRs AE2E a GEM
tie stfmuiant, an elegant tonic, perfectly
suited to all the requirements OF an Inflated
stomach. Isept 9e-tf.
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W.s8 %, ID. H.-sT. LANDRY LODGE, NO. 2s
n q Meets at Masonic Hall, Opelonsas, every
Monday night at o'clock. Louis Desmarais,
N G.; 4. PeFrOdin, u. G.; Chas. II. EaleE, Treas
st1rer; SarslI Z. Clark, Secretary Joseph Bloch,
DID. G. M HI may 2A-ly
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@7s@NSTAEsLEs@ NOTICE TAKE NO
" tice that in accordance with an ordinance
passed by the B0urd of Police of the town of
Opclousas, in relation to the imp0unding of hogs
found running at large in said town, that have
chosen as pound for keeping the same, the lot
north of the residence OF Louis Desinarais, and
now occupied by Sifnile CAN'T, in said town,
G. w. MCKINLEY, Constable
may 2a-tf
GNAPT. M. Ct. MAY SAYS OF POsEY's
~ Bitters, after using only one bottle, They
acted like magic Very natIfrally-f0r they
etintulu az that can restore strength and health
To- an invalid [oct t0-tf.
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+z5s,E PARISH OFFICERS. H.. fr.s
Adolphe Garrigues, Parish Judge, ~
Vim. A. Robertson, Clerk. ..~:
EgbeFt o. Hayes, Sheriff.
Jas. NJ. Thompson, Recorder. Il -.
Jacob EhrhaTdt, Coroner er.s.
John +. King, Parish Attorney. . g...
VIM. NJ. Thompson, Parish Physician.
Jonathan l.. Morris, Tax Collector.
J. W. jackson, Printer. =
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EIGHTH DIsTRICT-soURT FOR ST. LANDRY.
John =. Morgan, Judge. f.,
Geo. W. Hudspeth, District Attorney. .f'
VIM. A. Robertson, Clerk. =ssE -, ..z
Egbert O. Hayes, Sheriff, ..,r -t.tls. +.
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STATE SENATOR'S.
Thomas G. Anderson, of st. Landry.
Francois Daigle, of Lafayette.
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....~... SUPREME COURT. .r
J. T. Ludeling, Chief Justice.
X. X. Howell, Associate Justice.
J. G. Taliaferro, Associate Justice.
w. j. Wiley, Associate Justice. .Eg 9t.s
p. III. Morgan, Associate Justice. --a~: il
j. Frank Knox, Clerk at Opelousas. ,l,t... e +
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ra REPRESENTATIVES. lr ....
Isaac f. Bittell, .ss.s -s.. ...fl
Edmond ID. Estilette. . ...f..
Lewis D. Prescott.
John Simmes. 's...' &.
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Captain NJ. l.. Poland of tie ordinance
department, is relieved from duty at Frank
ford Arsenal, Pa, and ordered to the
Watertown Arsenal, Mass. He is the son
of representative Luke p Poland.
John M. French, the well-known teacher
in the state Normal school at johnson, is
soon going to Lisbon, N. H., to take charge
of a large school.
T. +. Strong, Jr., formerly of Burling-
ton, has severed his connection with the
Journal, published at Fon du Lac, Wis.
Rev. Samuel Gilman Tenncy died at
Springfield Dec. 9Th. lie was native of
Rowley, Mass, and graduated at Dart
mouth college in 1928 He retired from
his ministry, most Of which was spent
among the churches of Vermont, in 1857
His funeral was attended on the 10Th, Rev.
p. B. Fisk and Rev. Alfred Stevens, d.
d., of Westminster, officiating, and paying
touching and interesting tributes to his
ministerial and personal character. lie
! leaves widow and two chidren--a son
residing in st. Paul, Minnesota, and n
daughter, the wife of Col. L. Vaughan,
United States consul at Coaticook, Canada.