The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-01-15
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

CA4ANUIS AND DVkNEE9s
No American newspaper can be said
to be fully established until it has pub
lished a letter from Colorado.
WHY is kissing your sweetheart like
eating soup with a fork Because it
takes long while to get enough of it.
Two of Robert Bruce's bones were
sold in Edinburgh for 95, and one of
the vertebrm of William the Lion for
e5 los.
Two young ladies holding converse
over new dress" And does it fit
we'll ?" asked one. eft yes as if I
| had been melted and poured in." ..
! For fashions in furs it is noted that
Siberian sable is proper for ladies whose
husbands have recently become bank
rupt. '"t' ."**
a RHODE ISLAND man carries 5000, 900
/ life insurance, and if he ever takes cold
in the head, the companies rush down
| three or four doctors to feel his pulse.
WHEN Russian landlord raises his
tenants rent the tenant drops hint to
the police and the landlord is Topped
off to prison for month as conspir-
ator.
Ara civil service examination at Wash
ington, a lady when asked what clerical
experience she had had, replied
"Very little, as only joined the church
last week." .
TIE government of France is enor-
nous, consisting of 10000 soldiers,
10000 clergymen, and 650,00O Office
holders, making total of 100000
rulers of less than 100000.
A PACIFIC coast lecturess says: "We
allow man enough to dress respectfully
and to take him to lectures and other
intellectual circuses but the bulk of
his income we appropriate" :"
A CLERGYMAN at La Crosse told his
congregation the other night that such
OF them as reached heaven wouldn't
have any use for bead belts and cooked
hats, but they don't talk of raising his
salary.
CONVERSATION at breakfast table
Smith "Ain't John late bringing the
mail this morning2" Jones Il guess
there is something ON the postal cards
that he don't understand. He's prob
ably reading them over twice !"
IT is shown, in returns which have
just been published, that the German
imports for the last twelve months ex-
ceed the exports by 500, 10000 thalers.
In the previous year the excess of i'm
ports amounted only to 100000
thalers.
WAX flowers, if left out in the driz-
cling rain, will be thoroughly cleaned
in short time, and will lock wonder
fully refreshed and thankful. The
handwriting of thousand house-fies
may be obliterated in this simple man
ler.
WHEN Chicago policeman gees be-
hind lumber pile and shoots three
balls through his hat, and runs up to
headquarters and tells about his adven-
ture with the Benders of Kansas, they
raise his pay on the spot. Merit is al
ways rewarded in Chicago.
In view of the unreliability of the
average retaining bank for reservoirs in
he old Bay state, it is suggested that
he phrase popularly used to express
he utter absence OF value be SO altered
IS to read, 'not worth Massachusetts,
lam.
Two daughters Of the noted Chippe-
va chief, Hole-in-the-Day, about ten
nd twelve years old respectively, are
eceiving AN education under the care
1 the sc6ool Sisters of Notre Dame, at
and one of them is very
pit scholar.
SEVERAL American couples in Paris,
rho were anxiously waiting to be mar
led, were greatly disappointed by Sec.
etary Fish's decision that marriages at
United States legations are not valid,
be legation not being considered Amer
ian sell for such purposes.
JUSTICE in Cincinnati is thus painted
Y the artist of Saturday Night:
ndge Merchant tilted his armchair back,
nd rested his hoof3 on the pencil rack.
Torse than a gin mill the court room smelt,
nd. oh how wretched his honor felt,
or it grieved his nature to be severe,
nd he socked on the fines with many tear.
!" You have a pleasant home and
right fre.side, with happy children
tting around it, haven't you2" said
10 Judge. eyes, sir, said Mr.. Thomp-
IN, who thought he saw way out of
ls difficulty. "Well. said the judge,
if the happy children sit around the
leerful fireside until you return, they
i'll stay there just 43 days, as shall
I'VE to send you up for thai time. -