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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
Llat Of Letters

An U~nwh0lesOlme SeasOm,-The closing
days of winter and the early days of spring are
very trying to the feeble and sensitive and are
apt to affect unpleasantly even the more robust
and vigorous. Nothing can be more uncOnge
NAL to the nerves or more depressing to the
spirits than damp, chilling winds, fogs and cold
rains, and of such nnweIcome visitors we have
a superabundance at this season. Common pru-
dence suggests, therefore. the propriety of for
Trying the system against these insidious enc
mics Of health and comfort. and the experience
of more than a quarter of Il century points to
HoStetter's Stomach Bitters as the all-autficieur
sanitary safeguard under such untoward cir
cumsFanceS. An accession Of vital strength and
energy is what is required to meet and overcome
the unhealthy elements now present in The at
mosphere. This increase of vital power. so nee
essary to meet the extraordinary drafts which
an Indictment season makes upon the system and
constitution, can be readily acquired ty taking
from Two to IhFgp ,IDses OF H0stetIer-s Bitters
daily during the winter and spring months.
The nature Of this celebrated restorative is well
TO the public. 1t is composed of an alb
solutely pure ditfusiye stimulant. mcdicated
with the extracts and Juices If the tnost effect
I've tonic, Alternative, anti-bilious and laxative
roots and herbs known to medical science, To
the combination Of these excellent ingredients.
in proportions suitable to the exigencies of en-
reebled, languid and diseased systems, the great
ton1c-alterative owes its efficiency as@ prevent
I've and curative. A course of it, commenced
now, will prevent all danger OF fever ana ague,
rheumatism, or ether ailments arising from cold
ana damp peculiar to the spring months, and
also prove Il safeguard against the attacks of
dyspepsia and Liver complaint Which 30 fire.
44nently 'ceAr 3! EhisgeGIod Of the year,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.-At the last
sitting of the Paris Academy of Science,
an interesting paper was read on the
operation of infusion of blood. At the
time the operation was decided upon,
the patient "a wOman1 appeared to be
on the brink of the grave; the pulse was
imperceptible, her weakness such that
she Was unable to move, hereyesight all
but extinguished; she was unable to
speak, and nothing would stay on her
stomach. DR.. BelieI, performed the OPP
Grafton in the presence of Il number of
students. He said it was highly impor-
tant the blood to be injected should be
pure and in its natural state, without be-
~ingsdeprived OF it's tibrine or allowed to
cool. Such preliminaries had been con
sideped necessary i'll order to prevent
coagllation in the Eeinf but there was
no need of them if the operation was
quickly effected. The blood should not
be dead, but living, One obstacle that
had hitherto caused TRANSMISSION to be
looked upon with lisfavor was the diff :
Guilty of introducing the nozzle of the
syringe into the. Vein. The late DR..
Nelaton had proposed to obViate this by
an incision of the skin an inch long, i'll
order to bring the vein into view. DIR.
Befllef PREFERS opening Ille VeSSeA Nltll
a lance, us in blood letting: he recon-
mends the injection to be performed
slowly, 10 prevent. the sudden REPETITION
of the right ventricle of the heart, which
would cause asphyxia and death, The
quantity. Of blood administered in this
case was not more than eight grammes.
The possibility Of success is now proved
beyond d doubt after "a controversy
witch has lasted upward of two centu-
ries. '' '#t '" 'S.'. .H \. ~st =. +f
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

The Republican convention which
met in New Orleans, on the 5th inst, to
nominate IL State treasurer, nominated
the present incumbent, Mr.. Antoine Du-
buclet. The congressional district ON
v%cntions nominated as follows: First
District, }. Fl. Sypher; Second District,
H. C. DibbIe; Third District, G. B. Oar
rail- Fourth District, Geo. L. Smith !;
Fifth District, Frank Morey Sixth Dis
trict, G.. f. Nash.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

REUNION OF THE METHODIST
CHURCH.-One by II the traces of our
civil strife are happily disappearing.
The issues between North and South,
settled by the war, left a legacy of di-
vision which affected even the religious
associations OF our people. An etfort: is
about to be made by the MethOdists to
reunite the sections of their church,
which broke asunder on the question of
slavery. To this end an invitation has
been given to the bishops and ministers
Ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church South
to participate in the opening services at
the Sea Cliff Tabernacle. In order to
mark more strongly the desire of the
Northern section Of the church for re-
union q grand reception will be offered
to such Southern bishops and ministers
as may attend. This conduct does hon
or. to the Northern, Methodists and shows
that the true spirit Of Christianity has
not deserted the modern church. As the
social and political issues which divided
u people are % irrevOcably settled,
good sense as well as Christian feeling
should induce the Southern Methodists
Northern brothers, and show ar exam
pie OF Christian forgiveness by aiding
the healing up oil the heartbnrnings and
hatreds of the civil war. We sincerely
nope tthhaat the camp at Sea CC!iG' viii DE
attended by large numbers of South
erners, and that peace and concord in
the church organizations may be the
forerunners of a perfect reconciliation
between the people of the South and
NOrth,-[N. Y. Herald. -.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

SlAIE or LOUISIANA PARISH rOJ.ET
-. Landry, Whereas. E;uplraSic FiglIr;nt
~ the larI>il "' Nt Landry. administrators of
Il ttlIral' ct classification of debts ana disfrihr,
,inH VI i'ilh> OF sand estate. accompanied hv her
l'1l'l"II praying for the humolo@atiun ui lhr
same; ' VI "
And. Whereas, Tho prayer Ut SAID ur1jt,un h,.
I,G'h granted by an order of court. hearing dafr
August 9Th. 1874. '"'
Now therefore notice Is hereby gwen tn all
persons Interested t" make opposition ~ ,,I,I
ianIral III writing at my otticC in the town of
vi'l"llSHS., within the time required by law, why
'H' Slld tIbtchl should not be hnmolngatrd and
'"IlilfllltG W. \. ROBERTSON. Clerk,
aug l4-hlr
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

ROMANCE IN THE IREASURY.-A cor
respondent says: | am acquainted with
IL lady who writes Spemcerian pages in
the Patent Office mt Washington for $500
a YEAR. Her father was Il naval officer
of long and meritOTfOug service, and
died a Rear Admiral. Her husband put
$4,000 on the wrong side OF the stock
sale in New York, lost. sBcaked to the
hereafter through the back door of the
suicide. Patient and lOyabIe, she works
rs steadily as if some mighty reward
was near at hand. ! suppose it is hope
on. hope ever, with her, though nobody
can see anything shs has to expect more
than a life of routine and Oh humble
grave. In Paris she would have flown
first to the streets, and then to the char
coai braZieF. In London it would have
heem the ARGYLL Rooms. Gin. and the
waters of BlaekfriaE's Bridge. As you
pass the tables Bf the ladies jim the
Treasury building you are moving
anon better material for lOsnapceS
than exist in the teemiHg brains0f Hugo
or Turgenieff. "YOu see that second
woman to your lett whispered Spinner.
!" Her father was once at the head of two
railroads. The 81 panic laid him out.
She married o Baden baron, and he left
her i'm d rear 4 two for some Dutch
fame. She has Ii noble little boy, five
wears old now. Says she is going to fit
him for Harvard by and by, and then
make a Senator of him. Watch her
count that money. You cannot move
Fonr fingers up and down in the AIR as
fast ms she brushes off the single notes.
Never did n days work of any kind in
her life till she came here a
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
Change of Schedule on the Following
T. p. Mail Routes:

Route No. 808l-Froln Op~elousas, Lii, to Pla-
Ileminc Brulee, La. Leaves OpelolsaS every
saturday at 6 i. NJ, arrives at Plaquemine BrIi.
lee SAINT day by II NJ. Leaves Plaquemine Bru-
lee same day at p. NJ, arrives ut Opeiousas by
6 7. NJ, same day.
Route No. S115-FrOm Opelousas. La, to Hick.
DRY Flat. La. Leaves OpelOusas every Tuesday
at 6 A. NJ, arrives at Hickory Flat next day by
II NJ. Leaves Hickory Flat every Wednesday at
l P. NJ, arrives at OpelOusas Thursday by p. NJ.
This route supplies Prud'homme City and Fa-
bacher, the intermediate Post Offices.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
POLITICAL NOTICES.
A CAR II

To the Democracy of CalcaSien. Cameron. La
fayCtte and st. Landry:
hereby pledge myself to publicly demon
StlItc, To Il positive certainty, i'll advance of tn,
November election. that III; action Of the Cal
caSicu Parish llrMoClatiG Conventions, held al
Lake Charles, june 23th, 1874, is not politically
nor morally binding upon the Democracy Ot
CalcaSicu parish, much less upon the Democracy
of st. Landry, Lafayette and Cameron.
GEO. II. WELLS
Lake Charles, June 26, 1874.
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A Brooklyn young woman who abau-
doned her old husband, says g." He was
too soft, | couldn't be hugging and kiss
ing him all the while-it isn't my dispo-
sition. | eopldn;t bear to be obliged to
sit on hisIap an9enddle him every time /
wanted a cent - -.'-.
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Don't you mean to marry again, my
dear siF2P said o buxom widow to her
neighbor. mo. my dear widow" said
the old rusty. I'd rather lose all the
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
NEW AD VERTESENENT%

E0OR RENT THE VERY DE>IEAEIE
u ana Favorable stand. comprising <1nr,, and
Warehouse, corner al Landry amt tnurt Street.
opposite me 'mlrt House. For particulars an
ply I" f.J. ictcbNrc, al the Post Onicr.
aug l4-tf
E'-IAAPAGEft or THE TOWN
- of OpcIoI~lS are hereby notified maj tLri,
Town taNrS tor 1874, are now dut. and miles
paI4 with ten days from tIi- date Shall rrn
't''H 10 collect the same according to law. with
all costs and penalties. "
GEO. W. MCKINLEY.
""S ~ (0'rctOr.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

Colorado calls foE more women 1t
has scarcely D single one,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

| respectfully ANNOUNCE myself Il candidate
'Or the office of State Senator Of the Tenth Sen
lfprial District. comprising the parishes of st.
Landry. Lafayette. Cameron and CalcaSieu.
GEORGE RI. WELLS,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

DIR. WM. A. ROBERTSON is a candidate 70,
the State Senate at the next election, from this
District. composed of the parishes al Lafaye cite,
Cameron, CalcaSicu and st. Landry.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

ABouT A NEWsPAPER.-Thc' Louis
vile COurier-Journal has the following
sensible remarks regarding the manage
! lpent of D newspaper:
Some people estimate the ability of a
| newspaper and the talent OF It's editor
by the quantity of original matter. It is
comparatively an easy task for il frothy
writer to pour out daily @ column Of
W0rds-wOrds upon any and all subjects.
His ideas may flow in II weak, washy,
| everlasting flood, and the command Of
| his Ian gnage may enable him TO string
them together like buncilfs Of onions,
and vet his paper may BET meagre and
poor concern, Indeed, the mere writing
part of editing q paper is but a small
portion of the work. The care, the time
employed in selecting, is far more i'm
portaDt, and the tact OF a good editor is
better shown by his selections than any
thing else; and that, we know, is half
the battle. But, rs we have said, an ed
itOr ought TO be estimated and his labor
understood and appreciated by the gen
eral conduct of his paper-its tone, its
uniform consistent cOulse, jts aims. its
manliness, its dignity and its prOpl4ety.
To preserve these rs they should Be pre-
served is enough to occupy fully the
time and attention of any man. IF to
this be added the general Supervision Of
the newspaper establishment, WHICH
most editors have to encounter, the
wonder is how they find time to write
at all. @ s4@st -svs
a French medical journal reports the
care OF the pl0st refractory corn by the
morning and evening applications. with
a brush, of a drop of q solution Of the
Derchlofide of iron. It states that after
. fortnight continued duplication, with
out pain, u patient who had suffered
tgar Snst aa tor Pe early forty years fron
of each little toe, was entirely relieved;
pressure was no longer painful, and the
cure seemed to be radical. Other and
similar cases are reported as equally
successful under the treatment.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

RIVAL JOURNALIsTs.-TheY have in O.
certain town in Northern Pennsylvania
two rival newspapers, which are pub
lished np0n the same day of the week.
The editors make desperate attemps to
get ahead of each other In procuring
items, and the consequences are often
amusing. Last week they were serious.
The editor of the Mouth Organdevised
a scheme which he calculated would lay
the Meat-Ax out cold. He employed a
man to make an attempt to assassinate
him just as his paper was going to press,
He bought this man n siX-barreled re-
volver, and instructed him to rush into
the office of the Mouths Organ at q GER
editor, taking good care not to hit him.
lain to escape, and then lie proposed to
with half q column of headlines, about
a"Dastardly Attempt at Assassination"
"a Blow'at 4 Free Press, y etc, etc. ~
The man with the revnlvaer. seemed
really enthusiastic about it.. When the
appointed hour arrived the editor took
q position near the door. in dashed the
villain Of the piece, with murder written
all over his c~0untenance, and began to
lombard that eminent Journalistic at once
with reckless ferocity. The first shot
took effect in the editorial calf; the sec
ond grazed his elbow; the third tore a
channel across his scalp. ..r
The editor hOWled for the assassin to
stop, but the assassin thought it was all
a part of the play SO he emptied three
more barrels at him, scratching him a
little every time. Then the editor faint
ed from loss of blood, the assassin was
arrested in real earnestI the editor Of the
Meat-Ax rushed around, wrote q stun
ming account of the tragedy, and got his
paper on the street, selling like wild,
before the Mouths Organ man revived.
But he is sick now. He says the as
sassin must lave misunderstood his in
structions somehow, orelse he was bribed
by the proprietOrs of the Meat-Ax to
play false. And he does not care. to or
ganize any more schemes for getting in
ahead with sensational items. He thinks
now that a newspaper ought to be con
Quoted upon 9 calmeF basis Proof
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CANDIDATES..
For. State senator.

MH. EDITOR Please nnounce that, at the
solicitation of many Democrats and COnserva-
tivcs OF the parish of st. Landry, DR.. ". II.
klRkMAN, of the parish of CalcaSicll, ha& con
sented to become Il candidate for the state Sen
ate, at the election of N~OvGInncr next.
IN c"ncediug 10 9ir sister parish the right OF
presenting q Candidate for the said office. We
Gheerfully recommend Dr.. kirklnan tn the IA
YOrablc consideration of the Democrats and
Conservatives of st. Landry.
MANY VOTER> OF ST. LANDRY.
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EUMBER---LUMRER
CEILING AT COST:
MOUNT PLEASANT sAW-MILL,
N,-IIIttrtnb La
" asillngtOn. l.;

The UNDERSIGNED has taken rlargcufthc above
Saw-miIl. 4 fine lot vi seasoned lumber, of Ill
dimensions, is now Oh tle yard, which will be
sold at cost. O~.tcrs for lumber filled promptly
at reduced ,lfcrS. l.. j. SMITH
FRANK MCNIrULL. Clerk,
iuIV ~, 1874.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14

mind your P's and Q's"had it's origin
in the ale, houses in the olden times,
when it was customary to keep each
mans account upon the wall or door.
At the head of the bill would be the
initials p and Q, which stood for pints
and quarts, and as the numbers noun
ted up, we can imagine one kindly rus
tic saying to another, "Mind your p's
and as man mind your p's and as"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
For sheriff.

JAMES q. CHACHERE Is a candidate tul
Sheriff ut the next election.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
A FickIe WOman.


In 1749 occurred an odd episode in John
Wesley's life. On one of his missionary
journies he had been taken sick at New
castle, where he was nursed by Grace Muir
ry, one of his female "helpers, hand
some clever widow of four-and- thirty,
Wesley himself being twelve years older
He asked her to marry him. She seemed
amazed, and replied, "This is too great
blessing. l can't tell how to believe it.
This is all could have wished under heav-
en-" Wesley, quite naturally, took this as
formal betrothal. Bnt Grace had not
long before nursed John Bennett, Metho-
dist preacher, of about her own age and
Wesley was soon astounded by joint let
ter from Grace and John, asking his
consent to their marriage. Then ensued
comedy lasting for months, the like of
which no playwright has ventured to put
upon the stage. Grace would have been
quite content with either of her lovers were
it not for the other. But, contrary to all
example, it was the absent one whom she
wanted. When Wesley was with her she
longed for Bennett, when Bennett was
present she longed for Wesley. How many
times she broke and renewed her engage
ment with each would be hard to tell. "I
love you," she said to Wesley, ga thou
sand times better than I ever loved John
Bennett but am afraid if don't marry
him he'll run mad" That very evening
she promised herself to Bennett. A week
after she told Wesley she was determined
to live and die with him. She indeed
wanted to be married at once but Wesley
wished for some delay. Grace said she
would not wait more than a year. A fort
night later she met Bennett fell at his feet,
and acknowledged that she had used him
ill. They were married week later
This strange marriage seems to have turn
ed out a happy one. Bennett died in the
triumphs of faith ten years later. Grace
survived until 1903, dying at the age of
eighty-seven. For years she was a bright
light in the Methodist society.
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Gbe Ginles, Ne,p BlOonrfelO, ala,

Fornication shall be punished by COM
pelling marriage, or as the court shall
think proper.
Adultery shall be punished with death.
A man who strikes his wife shall pay a
fine of e10
A woman who strikes her husband shall
be punished as the law direct.
A wife shall be deemed good evidence
against her husband
No man shall court maid In person or
by letter, without obtaining consent of her
parents; So penalty for the first offence
e1O for the second I; and for the third, i'm
prisonment during the pleasure of the
court.
Married persons must live together Or be
imprisoned.
Every male must have his hair cut round
according to his cap.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
The Model Negro Farmer.

The model negro farmer buys an old
mule or blind horse on credit, rents land
either for part of the crop or so many
bales of cotton, procures tools as best be
can, buys corn, bacon, ETC., for which he
gives lien on his crop and then, about
April, he commences to prepare for plant
ing corn, either breaking or laying off in
rows, TO break out the middles after the
corn is up. Corn planting over he pro-
coeds, sometime in May, to prepare for
cotton; "Cuffee, gwine to use juanner?"
No, bress your life, Use not gwine to buy
juanner to put on other folks lam"
Well, after dinner, some sultry evening,
he saunters from his hut, and, after sur
veying his prospects, he says "Whew
sun gittin hot; time Use plantin' my cot
ton" Hitches up his mule to his old-horse
cart, and off he goes to hunt cotton Seed
Well, after cotton planting, then for a
fish and hunt
Some June Monday morning he wakes
up one or two hours by the sun, and, after
breakfast, he bitches up his mule to run
round his corn. After treating his cotton
in somewhat the same way, he proceeds to
chopping. Then for another big frolic, to
say nothing about going to his meetings,
and to town every Saturday.
After this fashion he gets through the
year. He then takes what little cotton to
market he makes and sells it for provision
bills, returns his mule to its former owner,
and goes home broke consoling himself by
saying, "If didn't get any money, Use
had heap of freedom" He takes down
his plank and fire-coal and figures thus
go is naught, is a figure,
| All for de account, and none for de mig.
| onr -
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California wOOd-ChOppers.

1T is in the logging camps that stran-
Il will be most interested on this coast !;
for there he will see and feel the bigness of
the red woods. a man in Humbold
county got out of one tree, lumber enough
to make his house and barn, and to fence
in two acres of ground. A schooner was
filled with shingles made from single
tree. One tree in Mendocino whose re-
mains were shown to me, made a mile of
railroad ties. Trees fourteen feet in diam
eter have been frequently found and cut
down the saw-logs are often split apart
with wedges because the entire mass is
too large to float in the narrow and shallow
steams, and have seen them blow log
apart with gun-powder, A tree four feet
in diameter is called understood in these
woods and 80 skillful are the wood-chop-
pers that they can make the largest giant
of the forest fall just where they want it /;
or, as they say, they "drive stake with
the tree 2''
The choppers do not stand on the ground,
bhb Oh otNbOo A"ioSa w ohSh ~ hSiShN 90 w
enable the AK to strike in where the tree
attains its fair and regular thickness, for
the red wood, like the sequola, swells at
the base, near the ground. These trees
prefer steep hill sides, and grow in an ex-
tremely rough and broken country, and
their great height makes it necessary to
fell them carefully, lest they should, falling
with such an enormous weight, break to
pieces. This constantly happens in spite
of every precaution, and there is little
doubt that in these forests and at the
mills, two feet of wood are wasted for every
foot Of lumber sent TO market. To mark
the direction line on which the tree is tc
fall, the choppers usually drives stake
into the ground hundred or hundred
and Fifty feet from the base of the tree, and
1t is actually common to make the tree
fall upon the stake, so straight do these
red-woods stand, aud so accurate is thu
skill Of the cutters. TO fell tree eight
feet in diameter is counted days work fol
o man.