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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-26

TASTES DIFFER. fortunately, for If
one standard of beauty were universal
" agreed upon, how many women, now
considered beautiful, would be thought
absolutely ugly! To be sure, the races
of mankind have inherited from the
primeval men certain fundamental
ideas relative to beauty but it cannot
be denied that there are many secondary
standards of beauty which differ in
different parts Of the world The Per-
slams admire slim women; the Turks
fat girls for the harem, d custom which
also prevails In the Blight of Benin and
in certain parts of East Africa: the
Tartars admire small, oblique eyes,
(Vambsry ! the taWny Moors, according
teeth project; and it would take pages
to enumerate the fashionable disfgure-
ments which prevail in various parts of
the world.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-26

"Tm so thirsty ~ said boy at work
in corn field: "Well, work away.1
said his industrious father. "Yon know
the prophet says: "Hoe, every one that
thirsteth.n ~ 'AA0. O'l''"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-26

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. c., December 20, 1881
Department No 6-secretary's Office.
The following list of standard values of foreign
curreneies 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
liary, 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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The growth of cities is due to the num-
ber and varieties of its industries, and
1t is to this cause that Northern and
Western cities owe their great popnla-
tfons. Ii would be well that Southern
cities should profit by this fact and be-
come centres of manufactures. Phila-
delphia, for instance, has Il, 600 manu-
factories, which turn out $500, ,000, 900
manufactured goods per annnm, and a
population of thFeesqn of amillion,
living I'M LOG, 900 houses, of which 10000
are the residences of working people
LPicayune.
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U. 8. OFFICERS FOR LOUISIANA.
E. II. Durel1, District Judge of Louisiana.
F. A. WOolfley, Clerk. ~t@
s. B. Packard, United States Marshal
j. r. G.. Pitkin, Register.
J. r. Jolly, Spell Agt. p o. Dept sa."
o. A. Rice, Col Int. Rev, Baton Rouge.
r. ". Mullen, Col. Customihouse, Dist. Teche,
franklin, La.
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Every now and then the types make
an editor say things which causes his
hair TO stand on end. A Kentucky pa
per recently undertook to compliment
a gentleman of its acquaintance by ap-
plying to him the tender epithets big
hearted valiant soul.n The next morn
ing when the editer opened his paper at
The breakfast table he found his friend
spoken of as a red headed malignant
nltlie.n It is alleged that the earnest
manner in which the editor remonstTa
ted with his composition for his careless
ness prevented the latter from comfort
ably sitting down for several days af-
ter the interview.
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A little boy heard his mother tell of
eighteen head of cattle bel.pg burnt the
other night. Weren't their, tails burnt
also 7" inquired the verdant vol -1th.
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UNITED STATES OFFICERS.

q, s. GFant, OF HElnOls, PFes1dent. 80
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, Vice Presi-
dent.
James g.. Blaine, of Maine, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
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WHAT A MAN KNows.-What a man
can write out clearly, correctly, and
briefly, without book or reference of
any kind, that he undoubtedly knows,
whatever else he may be ignorant Of.
For knowledge that falls short of that
knowledge that is vague, hazy, indistinct,
uneertain-I for one profess no respect
at all. And [ believe there never was
a time or country where the influences
Of careful training were in that respect
more needed. Men live in haste, write
in haste-I was going to say, think in
haste, only that the word thinking is
hardly applicable to that large number
who, for the most part purchase their
daily allowance of thought ready made.
You find ten times more people now
than ever before who can string words
together with facility, and with q gener-
al idea OF their meaning, and are ready
with a theory of some kind about most
matters. All that is very we'll as far as
it goes, but it is one thing to be able to
do this and quite another to know how
to use words as they should be used, or
really to have thought out the subject
which you discuss. Lord Stanley.
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In several counties of Iowa the grass
hoppers have been unprecedentedly
numerous and voracious, and the general
opinion is that they will inevitable des-
troy the crops. A meeting of two hun
dred farmers was held recently, at Win
dom, Cottonwood county, to consider
the existing and prospective condition
of affairs, aud resolution was adopted
asking Gov. Davis to appoint ex-Gov
Miller to proceed to Washington and
lay the facts before Congress, and ask
relief. Congress was also memorialized
to permit homestead. settlers to leave
without forfeiting their claims until after
the grasshopper raid is over,y and they
shall be ableto procure seed for another
year.-T Picayune.
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IHE DRAWBACK OF FLINTLOCKS.-
We carried t1int-lock muskets, and the
manual contained such orders as "open
pan, prime, shut PAM &c. Tell a sew
enth regiment fellow to-day to shut pan,
he'd take it to mean. stop cOnVersing, and
knock you down. 1t was obnoxious to
go a cunning for game in those days. [
used to start with powder enough to fill
a coaI-scuttle and send an OK team on
ahead with the wads, and when sight
ed a bird, size thirteen to the ounce, I'd
ground one end of my gun and pour a
dipper full of powder in each barrel,
then lam a whole Journal of Commerce
into one hoe, and two or three Heralds
into the oti er; then pour in a couple of
quarts OF shots spank the barrels to
spankem down then put in ream or
tv o OF paper to keep the shot from jump
1g IT., then prime, and by the time /
got ready to put the but of the gun
against a post and fire, generally found
the bird had succumbed to old age and
died. When my gun went off the man at
the helm always kneWit, from an inclina-
ton almostirresistible to sit down and at
tend a nose bleed picnic. / have fired a
whole brshel of shot at bird, and the
bird would dOdgem, or If hit it would only
raise its northeast leg and wink. once
shot bluejay. As fred a boy stepped
from behind the tree. / thought I'd
killed him but he walked up to me, his
face looked as if he was coming down
with the measels. He scratched his face
and remarked " that gnats were plenty"
and said eyes, and went home. Times
are changed since, and SO are guns.
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How to Divert Immigration to
the South.

EDITOR OF THE SOUTH-There is per-
haps no better method Of judging of the
future than by the past, and by the ex-
perience of those persons who for years
nave been engaged in settling emigrants
in the West. From this the people of
the South may learn the means that have
had SO salutary an effect in the eompe-
ting section, and reject such as have
proved abortive. Most of the people
who arrive upon our shores, atthe points
of debarkatiOn have but very little mon
ey, and this they have struggled for
years to accumulate. Consequently they
value it far more than do the Americans
their earnings, or than they do them
selves after living among us for time
and becoming accustomed to American
habits and extravaganza. For this reas-
ON, until few of them have been in
duced, to locate in the Southern States
and test their availability in climate,
soil, ETC., little can be done in the way
of immigration.
Now the question arises, what mode
of procedure will best accelerate this
movement, and we have our answer in
the experience of the great lines of rail-
road and land companies that have sue
ceeded in peopling the vast prairies of
the West with hardy, thrifty, indus
trial population. In the first place, every
county in the South should have it's I'm
migration Association, the members of
which should put apo 'tion of their land
into pool, and set the price as cheap as
lands can be purchased for in the West.
When this is done money should be con-
tributed to defray the expense of news
papers and pamphlets, published in the
different languages and distributed all
over Europe, descriptive of the location
and its advantages, so that the emigrant,
before he leaves his home, has at least
partial knowledge of the South, and has
his mind made up to go thither. Then
there should be agents upon the other
side of the ocean, to induce Immigrants
to take passage ON those lines that will
land them at some southern port, where
they should be received as they are at
New York and other No thern points,
by the agents of the railroad companies,
and at reduced rates be transported to
their destination. Great care should be
taken that nothing except what is liter
ally true should be written or spoken,
or the least deception practiced; and
when few individuals have been salts
factoriIy located, the arrival Of the bal
ance will be question of time, as let
ters to friends, the growing popularity
of the section, and the efforts of intend
ing settlers, aided by those who have
found the venture a prosperous one, will
effect the rest, s S,
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came here thirty years since, and be-
oan clearing land, building houses with
hewn logs and boards split from the
tree. After several years. residence
noticed very often that pieces of the
same kind of timber decayed more
quickly than others; and after much
observation, / came to the conclusion
that timber felled after the leaf was
fully grown lasted the longest. | no.
ticed that timber felled when the leaf
first commenced to grow rOtted the sap
off very quickly, but the heart remained
sound that timber felled after the fall
Of the leaf rotted in the heart, even
when apparently sound on the outside.
when ffre-W0od cut in the winter was
put on the fire the sap came out of the
heart but when cut in the summer, the
sap came out of the sap-Wood and next
the bark. [ noticed also that all our
lasting wood had but little sap at any
time in the heart; such as cedar, null
berry, sassafras, and cypress. A cypress
most cut in the summer of 1888 is still
sound, although exposed to all Weathers,
while one of the same kind of timber,
cIt In the winter of 1856 and painted,
has rotted in the heart. saw yesterday
a piece of gum plank, which / sawed IN
fhe summer of 1859, that has lain exposed
ever since, and is perfectly sound j;
white oak timber that was felled in the
winter before is now entirely rotten.
NV conclusion then is: Cut timber after
full leaf, say in July and August, to get
the most last from it. The sap goes into
the heart of the tree after leaf fall, and
causes decay II Arkansas Cor. Scienti
fic American.
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J. ". Douglass, aching Commissioner Of PM:

MILITARY. ..-.1
W. T. Sherman, of Ohio, General Commanding.
P. H. Sheridan, of Ohio, Lieutenant General.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Morrison H. Waite, of Ohio, Chief Justice.
Nathan Clifford, of Maine, Associate Justice.
Samuel Nelson, of New York, Associate JUS
tice. ...r..
R. G. Greer, of Pennsylvania, Associate JUS
tice.
N H. Swayne, of Ohio, Associate Justice.
Samuel E. Miller, of Iowa, Associate Justice,
Stephen Field, OF California, Associate Justice.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-26

As You Sow So WILL You REAP
The man who undertakes to live IHO
lives will find that he is living buj one,
and that that one is a life of deception.
Cause will be true to their effects. That
which you SOW you will reap. If you
live to the flesh, to the passions, to the
corrupt inchnatOns, you may depend
upon it that the fruit which is in store
for you will be that which belongs to
these things. There can be no doubt as
to what your harvest will be, II you
think that after your days business is
done you can shut the blinds and carry
on your orgies in secret with your evil
companions if you think you can serve
the devil by night and then go forth
and look like a sweet and virtuOus young
does not drink, nor gamble, nor commit
any vice, then the devil has his halter
ABOUT your neck, and he leads you the
stupidest fool of all the crowd. You
deceive nobody but yourself. There is
an expression in the eye that tells stories.
Passions stain clear through. 4 man
might as well expect to take nitrate of
silVer-WhOse nature is to turn him to
a lead color-and not have the doctor
know it, as to expect that he can form
evil habits and pursue misehievOus
courses and not have it known. 1t does
not need sheriff to search out and re-
veal the kind of life that you are living.
Every law of God in nature is an officer
after you. 1t does not require court,
judge and jury, to try and condemn you.
All nature is a courtroom, and every
principle thereof is part of that court
which tries and condemns you. Do you
think that there can be sucn a monstrous
misadiustment of affairs as that you can
do the work of the devil and have the
remuneration OF an angel
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SIZE Al TIE R OATS.
Ta9EIEs NEVg AND EI.FsaANT sVIF,
I'LL EENHs PASS E1NssIaEg RlaUKkR'
u u Es q HI "A.

W H WFEErE. Masters u. B SCHMIDT. Clerk.
MI. lesege Washington every Sunday at 10
u'eiyrK y ~ aua New Orleans every Wednes-
dag at O'clock 4. H.
From ana after Febrgtary sls, 1874 until further
notice. passage Will be only Sku Dollars 10 or;
from New Orleans ~
4Fnr freight or passage afspfv On hnarsf s1. fs..
GtraIfd CslrrieFe, Washington. Isl. X
sent 0f-fT.
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THE WAY TO PRODUCE LARGE MEL oNs
AND SQUAsHEs.-All such vegetables
require a rich soil. A small shovelful
Of the fine and rich manure beneath the
stable floor, if put in hill, will operate
like magic. If you want tt" beat all the
neighbors," dig holes two feet square
and one foot deep in the garden, fill
them up nine inches with manure and
stamp it down we'll, and ON this set a
box one foot square and nine inches
high. Then fill up six inches of the box
with lOamy soil, and on this plant the
seed, ten to twelve seeds in a hill. Over
the box put glass, then bank up around
the frame to the top with manure. 1t
is well to have the south side of the box
an inch or two lowest, SO that the rays
of the sun may strike the glass more
directly. Ii there is prospect of frost
or cold nights after plants come up cover
them under the glass with newspapers,
and also sheet.over the glass. When
plants get an inch or so high thin out to
three plants in a hill; and when they
start to run nip off the ends of the vines
to make them grow strong and stocky.
It is good practice, also, after a vine
has run four or five feet, to turn the
ends around towards the hills, as run
ners are not inclined to grow towards
the rOots.--[N. Y Herald.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Circular to Collectors of Customs amd
Others.
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PARISH OFFICERS.
Adolphe Garrigues, Parish Judge.
Vim. A. Robertson, Clerk.
Egbert o. Hayes, Sheriff.
Jas. M. Thompson, Recorder.
Jacob Ehrharfit, Coroner.
John Z. King, Parish Attorney.
VIM. NJ Thompson, Parish Physician.
Jonathan L. Morris, Tax Collector.
J. W. Jackson, Printer.
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EIGHTH DISTRICT COURT FOR ST. LANDRY.
John j. Morgan, Judge.
Geo. w. Hudspeth, District Attorney.
VIM. A. Robertson, Clerk. ,.
Egbert o. Hayes, Sheriff. I..-
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SUPREME COURT.
]. T. Ludeling, Chief Justice.
r. K. Howell, Associate Justice.
j. G. Taiiaferro, Associate Justice.
W. J. Wiley, Associate Justice.
P. H Morgan, Associate Justice.
j. Frank Knox, Clerk at Opelousas.
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DRUG STORES.
lN>Nn~INoNncheocnor1rNc<
nPELOUsAs DRUG STORE.
SIGN OF THE BIG MORTAR!
Opposite the Court House,
oPELoUsAs, La.
DRUG STORES.

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
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 viii receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or night.
CLAuDIUs MAYO,
Pharmaceutist.
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STATE SENATOR'S.

STATE SENATOR'S.
Thomas c. Anderson, of st. Landry.
Francois Daigle, of Lafayette.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Isaac F. Littell,
Edmond d. Estilette.
Lewis d. Prescott.
John Simmes.
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A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
IN OF
PAINTE RS MATE RIAL!
SNOW WHITE ZINC, a .~ ...
WHITE LAED, ".
TURPENTINE,
BOILED LINsEED OIL,
RAW LINsEED OIL,
PATENT DRYER,
CoPAL,
DAMAR,
JAPAN
vARNIsHEs.
Paint and Va1nish Brushes.
SASH TOOLS &C., &C., &c. 's'h
ALL CoLoRED PAINTS, PIGMFSTs AND
EARTHs IN OIL AND DRY,
At C. MAYos
Sign Of the Big Mortar, Qpelousas, La.
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WARD OFFICERS, FIRST WARD.
J. Frank Knox, Justice of the Peace.
VaIeTy Roy. Constable.
e. p. Veazie, Justice of the Peace.
Benz. A. Guidry. Constable.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-06-20
MINING JOT RN AL.
j. ss. 1EsE.Is. Ee,itoV.
FROSTBURG, MD, JUNE 20, 1874.

OrR; Cow. FGELD--Not IN unintcresting
subject of debate is the question Of coal
supply froiia this region. Opinions as to
the quantity and extent of the deposits,
and the time it will take TO exhaust them,
are widely at variance even among those
who claim to speak authoritatively, As
scrtions one way or the other are as quickly
Frustrated "a they are set up, until to those
unacquainted with the subject they become
labyriaith of uncertainties. Even the
depta,, or thickness, of the Big Vein is some
times mooted-onc party affirming it as
fourteen; another. as. eight feet-a discrep-
ancy of itself, considering the extent of this
vein; of:great magnitude ior or against us.
1t is often asserted it is inexhaustble, only
to be, centradcted by some alarmngly close
computation, reducing the period OF pro-
duction to less than six years.
That the Big Vein is the main, almost
vital source, of the present and future pros
pcrity of our section, makes the matter of
intense interest to every person resident
{ and holding property here. Any smother
ing of the facts WILL therefore, inevitably
work injustice to the great mass of our peo-
pie who IRE building upon the widespread
assumption Of supplies of coal sufficient for
unemployment and sustenanee Of genera
tons to come.
Webelieve the facts should come out II
unfavorable, the reasons are the more ur.
gent, that everybody may prepare accord
ingly. If we have the ''ineXhaustible sup
plies" let it be known, if not, the truth
however discouraging, cannot be improved
or amended by concealment.
Some circumstances give colorio SITS
picion that there is an effort to postpone
information in this matter until the broad
reality develops itself before the eyes OF
the least reflective. We give it only for
what it is worth, hoping its value is small
and upon the generally received assump-
ton, as before intimated, that the Big Vein
holds in its embrace the weight and extent
of the best business interests of this section.
We:would be glad to have this important
subject fully ventilated through our columns
by those best capable of throwing light
upon it, We know there are those in this
section who are qualified to speak, both
theoretically and practically, and we would
like to hear from them. If they demon
strate the incorrectness of assertions by
some who have been called "alarmists, "
they will receive the thanks of many shar-
ing the lattcrs' views, and who will be glad
to find themselves mistaken.
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CHRoME MINING. We learn that ac-
tive preparations are in progress to
start'the chrome mining business IN
the upper edge Of this county, and in
the adjacent counties of Pennsylvania.
A steam engine is to be set up at the
Line Pit to clear the mine Of water,
and operate the windlasses. The
"Lipe Pit is q famous chrome mine
on the line of this county and Ian
easter county, Pennsylvania. 1t was
formerly very rich mine, and is
believed to be rich in that valuable
mineral yet. The Tyson Mining Co.
of Baltimore used to own or have
leased the most valuable chrome lands
in that section of country, but they
transferred their operations to Cali
tornia some years ago, where they
have located some very rich chrome
mines, and are at present, we believe,
taking out large quantities OF n very
superior ore. The mining business, if
prosecuted with anything like the sue
cess and to the extent it was in
former Years, in the chrome barrens'
of this State and Pennsylvania will give
employment 10 q large number Of
hands and bring into that section o:
the country considerable sums OF mon
ey and revival OF business which has
languished so long in the chrome belt
-ElktOn cecil county Hhi0.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-06-20

IRON AFFAIRs.-I iron trade was
never in such demoralized condition,
evidently the result of overproduction
and the cessation of the demands from
those great COMMANDERS Of iron, the
railroads, which have scarcely appear
ed in the market as purchasers for six
months back. 1t would appear good
Judgment on the part Of the furnaces
to organize for mutual protection, cur
tail the production, or cease manufac-
turing until fair price can be estab-
lished for their product. Continuing
to pile up pig-iron when there is no de-
mand, can not possibly give strength
to the market, but must on the con-
trary, continually deprcss it. Each
manufacturer is afraid lest he should
be cailght with small stock on hand
in All advancing market, and thus man
ufactufers Vie with each other in pre-
venting that very action which they all
most 'devoutly pray for.
The panic has been found to be
much more serious in its consequences
than had been apprehended. There is
still disposition to curtail credits to
the small manufacturers tradesmen, and
the weaker class of business firms until
they have been further tried and tes-
ted. There is still a large amount of
postponed Indebtedness to be settled,
and until these things are arranged and
we have real money, or its equivalent,
we can hardly look for an Improvement
in business affairs and Iron
Record.
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Reports from Jacksonville, Ohio

Reports from Jacksonville, Ohio,
Tuesday, state that everything is quiet
among the striking miners there, One
hundred colored miners have done
effective work in the mines and got
out the first coal that has been moved
since the strike commenced. Two
union miners We're in the vicinity of
the works Monday Guards are still
kept on duty, and an increased force
Of miners will be at work to-day.