The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

inine writer's, "If you once dip a
woman's finger in the ink-pot she will
90 on writing forever"
sixty thousand Japanese in Yeddo
are studying the English language and
tearing their hair over its torturing
idioms.
NEVER trust with secret married
man who loves his wife, for he will tell
her, and she will tell her sister, and her
sister will tell every body.
IRON rails at rest oxidize more rap
idly than those upon which travelling
is going forward. The molecular vi
bration prevents rust.
THERE are "a, 600 idiots in this coun-
try, who are acknowledged as such.
The majority of people will regard
these figures as being low estimate.
In three years two rats become 646,-
8OS, and yet the druggists look with
suspicion on man who asks for
dimes worth of strychnine.
WHEN young man in Patagonia falls
in love with girl he lassoes her, drags
her home behind his horse, and that's
all the marriage ceremony necessary.
THE New England sovereigns of in-
dustry are purchasing at least $1O, 900
barrels of -four per month, directly
from mills owned by the grangers. The
average saving is about $3.50 per bar
rel, or $4,000.
G1ADsroNE's retirement from public
life will be sweetened, it is said, by the
admiration of Queen Victoria, who hes
offered peerage in her own right to his
wife, and will confer a baronetcy upon
the young Gladstone. This is London
gossip.
A TOTAL eclipse of the sun will occur
on April 5. AS the king Of Siam is the
only potentate advantageously situated
to see the spectacle, he has kindly in
vited British, American, and other as
tronomers to dine with him on that day
and bring along their instruments.
ANNA DICKINSON is soon to make her
debut as Joan of Arc. She will appear,
mounted on snow-white palfrey, but
is much embarrassed by the conflict of
historical authorities as to whether Joan
used side.saddle or followed the rule
laid down in United States calvary
tactics. ....,.s
ONE of the reasons why fight fre-
quently occurs in Montana churches
is, while the preacher is praying, the
congregation sit on the backs of the
chairs and frequently calculate
"That's right, old hoss!" "Bully for
you !" "He's book sharpl" etc.
Sometimes the ministers get riled, and
there's where the disturbance comes
in."
GAMBLING has reached such pitch
in Nevada that the Legislature has at
last concluded to legislate on the sub
iect, which is all that ever will be done,
probably. The proposed law is partic-
uIarly severe on faro, monte, roulette,
lansquenette, rouge ct noire, keno, rom
do, ton fan, red, white and blue, strap
game, California dice game, all of which
are in full blast in silver batreled Ne
vada. 49,. ..... ..........
ASTRONOMER BARTLETT, of Battle
creek, is circulating this bit OF gossip
about the big dipper: "One hundred
thousand years ago the bright stars
which at present form this familiar con-
stellation were arranged in the form of
large cross; and one hundred thou
sand years hence they will assume the
appearance of an elongated 'dipper-
different in shape from the one now
seen-and stretching over wide extent
of the celestial vault"
THE royal baby begins to notice
things, and to handle 'em, too! The
other day he reached for the paregoric
bottle and smashed it on his pas nice
center table, and then tried to make a
canal by running his finger in q circle
"all round about" Then Edinburgh
went in and borrowed his wife's old kid
slipper, and when he came back there
was considerable excitement for few
moments. Men do that sort of thing
so awkwardly.-N. Y Mail.
SOME curious customs are still extant
in the SpreeWald villages in Wendish
Prussia when the head of the family
dies. For instance. if the deceased
should have chanced to be bee-keeper,
one of the family will go to the hive,
and, striking the comb, will exclaim,
"Bees, arise. your master is dead !"
On the morning of the funeral, too,
the men proceed to the cattle-sheds,
and after causing the animals to get
upon their legs, and placing cheese be-
fore them, will solemnly announce to
them that the body is about to be taken
away.
A RECENT letter from Lexington, Va,
to the Richmond Dispatch says: 6 VAL
entine has been here for several days
comforting with the memorial committee
in reference to the final arrangements
for placing his beautiful sepulchral
monument over the grave of Gen. Lee.
It is hoped that full arrangements can
he made, and the statue inaugurated on
The 19Eh of Oetoher neyb-the anniver.