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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

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it astonishing how long some people can keep
soap in the house and never feel the slightest
temptation to use it
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02
Fe0sting at Funerals.

Among the disreputable customs descended
to us from the "dark ages" is that of feasting
at the funerals of deceased friends. The Gus
tom, though stripped of its gravest and most
disgusting features, those of drunkenness and
debauchery, is none the less revolving to the
refined mind. The habit is very prevalent
throughout the rural parts, OF cooking great
dinner, at which is served in the most extrav-
agant manner, all that can tempt the appetites
of the mourners. No matter what the condi-
ton of the bereaved family-whether rich or
poor-if they lay any claim at all to respecta-
bility, they are expected to provide the feast,
regardless of the cost, and often-times when the
means thus expended are greatly needed for
the maintenance of the surviving members OF
tho hnnsehnld But aside fram the needless
extravaganza which thus follows the shutiling
off, the feelings of the bereaved are shocked
with the eating house performances, and the
tender and hallowed emotions of the mourners
are rudely disturbed by the clash OF dishes and
the loud tones of the cook. Human griets are
sacred, and the bereaved heart, and the great
calamity of death, needs the quiet and solemn
influence which should prevade the house Of
mourning. How revolving must be the seat
ing, drinking and making merry" which makes
a festival out of the most solemn and mysteri-
GUS phase of our mysterious existence, and lugs
in gaunt and grinning death to preside at the
head of the festive board.
Those who have attended funeral in coun
try village have witnessed the scenes, and have
noticed in attendance those which no tie OF kim
dred or friendship brought to the house OF
mourning, but who are found at every funera!
occurring in the community, whether invited
| or not, and who invariably stay at dinner-the
real object of their coming. We have the story
of one old lady, who for forty years of her mar
ried life, had attended every funeral within ter
miles of her home, and on every occasion had
eaten her dinner. When her husband by bus
mess was prevented from accompanying her,
capacious basket, borne by the faithful wife, wa
always filled with "bite for John" to remind
him Of the "poor dear deceased" We smile a
the story Of the hired mourners at the Hindot
funeral, but there is less of disgust and decei
in this custom of the Pagan than in ours. Tn
spectators at the former know that tears ar
shed for rupees, nor does the weeper himsel
conceal the fact. In America, however, tn
mourner with red eyes and sad countenance
attends the funeral only that he may obtain
rich dinner,-From Pennsylvania Exchange.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

OUR NATION HISTORIC GRowTH.-One of the
most hopeful things to be said of these United
States is that we are what we are not chiefly
by any forecast of our own, still less by any
intention to form great English speaking ma
ton on this side of the water, but because his
torical causes which could not be toreseen
shaped and moulded us into tOlerably hemo-
geneous and compact people. This is the only
nation of civilized men of which it can be said
that we passed through all the stages of our
life, from birth onward, through revolution to
natural progress, so that what some call histor-
ical incidents stand out, in our case more es-
pecally, to a man who sees God in the world,
as His guidance and purpose to make some
thing good out of us: which purpose we can
thwart, but one is filed with hope by believing
that it is real.-T d. Woolsey, IN Harper's Mag
dzine for October.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

BEAUTIFUL SAYING OF DYING MAN.-The
late Professor Caldwell, of Dickinson College,
short time before his death addressed his wife
as follows "You will not, am sure, lie down
upon your bed and weep when am gone; you
will not mourn for me, when God has been SO
good to me. And when you visit the spot
where lie, do not choose sad and mournful
time; do not go in the shade of the evening, or
in the dark night. These are no times to visit
the grave of Christian; but go in the morn
ing in the bright sunshine, and. when the birds
are singing.-M r Observer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

SLEEP AS A MEDrcxE.-The cry for rest has
always been louder than the cry for food. Not
that it is moro important, but it is often harder
to get. The best rest comes from sound sleep.
Ut two men or women, otherwise equal, the one
who sleeps the best will be the most moral
healthy, and efficient. Sleep will do much to
cure rritability of temper, peevishness, uneasi
ness. 1t will restore to vigor an over-worked
brain. 1t will build up, and make strong,
weary body: 1t will relieve the languor and
Prostration felt by consumptives. 1t will cure
hypochondria. 1t will cure the headache. 1t
will cure the heartache. twill cure neuralgia.
1t Will cure broken spirit. 1t will cure sor-
row. Indeed, we might make long list of
nervous malades that sleep will cure
The cure of sleeplessness requires clean,
good bed, sufficient exercise to produce weari-
ness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not too
warm room, freedom from too much care, a
clear stomach, clear conscience, and avoid
ance of stmulants and narcotics.
Especially for those who are over worked,
haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless i..hts, we
commend the adoption of such habit, rs shall
secure sleep; otherwise life will be snort, and
what there is of it sadly imperfect.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

HAPPY ARIrHMETIc.-Sidney Smith cut the
for himself: When you rise in the morning
form the resolution to make the day happy
one to fellow-creature. 1t is easily done; q
leftoff garment to man who needs it; kind
word to the sorrowful an encouraging ex-
preston to the starving-trifes in themselves
as light as air-will do at least for the
twenty-four hours. If you are young depend
upon it it will tell on you when you are old; and
if you are old, rest assured it will send you
gently and happy down the stream of time to
eternity. By the most simple arlth metlcal
sum look at the result. II you send one per-
son away happily through the day, that is
three hundred and sixty.five in the course OF
a year. And suppose you live forty years only
after you commence that course of medicine,
yeu haye made -1A,90a persons happy-at all
wants for time.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

PLOTTS' STAR ORGANS,
send for price list and list.of testimonials: Ad-
dress EDWARD PLOTTs, Washington, Nj.
June 19.-4m. f,0
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

&aS- Buty is woman's prerogative, butbut
in a man IL the next kalamity to being fool
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
Presidential
THE RADICAL SCRAMBLE FOR Fl NOMI'
NATION-THIRD TERM IDEA NOT
ABANDONED BY H WHITE
HOUsE-CONKLING THE
COMING MEN.
Louisville Conrfer,Journal.l

Washington, Jan. 31.-Growing out
of recent eventsin Congress and outside
of it, caucuses, the one term amendment
to the constitution, filibustering in the
House and efforts to discipline the party,
the Republican Presidential nomination
in 1876 has naturally become a subject
of speculation among the politicians at
the capital. When Congress met Speak
er Blaine had the largest following, and,
to use a sporting phrase, the betting was
at least two to one in his favor. But
since then his prospects have c0nsidera-
bly, waned, and only he and his init
mate friends to-day believe that he has
the shadow of a chance. In the first
place, his recent cOquetting with what
may be called the Greeley wing OF the
Republican party has given dire otfense
to the great men, the office holders and
the Southern Republicans. The latter
| are particularly bitter against him, be-
cause of his evident leaning towards a
| conservative Southern policy and his
| scarcely concealed contempt for them
and their performances during the last
two or three years. They declare that
he has zone square back on them in the
appointment of various committees of
investigation, especially in the forma-
ton of the Louisiana committee, and IN
other matters of party detail and a
agement.
In the same proportion to which
Blaine stock has fallen, that OF Roscoe
Conkling has risen. His late speech on
Louisiana affairs has won him the sup
port of the carpet-baggers and his
friends now confidently count upon his
nomination. They claim that with the
| Southern vote solid, and the support OF
| L. GkokD rhinh Tna1op fhn n00OJn-
ulation of the Federal officers, can be
made equally solid, his success in the
convention is absolutely certain. Then,
again, it is given out that he is the
choice of Gen. Grant, in the event of the
latter not being able to make the third
term-an idea which he has by no means
abandoned, and for the realization of
which, his personal body-guard, COM
posed of Shepherd, Rufus Ingalls,, Muir
ply and others, are persistently la
boring.
EIiiu B. Washburne has no influence
with the President at the present time,
so far as the succession goes, while Brls-
tow is not close enough to the ring to be
taken up as their fayorite or even as
their second or third choice.
Henry Wilson is quietly working out
his own salvation, and is by no means
discouraged at the fearful odds against
him. He says that his letter, written
about two weeks ago on the political
situation, has evoked thousands Of COM
mandatory replies from all parts of the
country, and from men of all shades of
political belief, who are tired of the
existing state of affairs.
But Conkling just now is the rising
star. Old Cameron is for him in Penn
sylvania and lack Chandler in Michi-
gan. Butler would rather see him
President than Blaine, and the Pacific
shore interests are said to be friendly to
him.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
chinese New Years Day.
From the New orleans Picayune, Feb. eth

From the New Orleans Picayune, Feb. 6th1
Observing an unusual stir among cur
Chinese citizens, yesterday morning.,
their stores being closed and all business
suspended, we made inquiry as to the
cause, and learned that it was New
Years Day according to the calendaTEof
the Celestial Empire.
Last e a this festival fell upon the
16th.of February this year, which with
the Chinese has but three hundred and
ffty-four days, it came on the 9Th, and
next wear, which has thirteen months it
will occur on the 18th of the same
month. Their last festival, correspond
ing to our Christmas, was on the 31st of
December, and the next will be ON the
21st of February, 1875.
New Years Day lSunnanne, as they
call IT'D In q day of religious devotion,
feasting and visiting, and in the Flaw
cry Kingdom it is kept up by the Moor
for five or six days and by the rich for
one month.
Yesterday we called on LoungSimg of
the Oregon laundry, No. al Ram8art
urged that we should partake of the del
icacies prepared for the occasion. These
consisted in part Of sweet potatoes, ;cu5
in strips and dried, and afterwards flied
| with a syrup, making a delicious dish !;
s Lie gle CON- a Chinese dried fYuit,
| which faV0rs the acorn in appearance,
and the date in flavor oranges, canslied
rice, very much like the maccaroni cskes
| sold in our confectionery stores ; a rSsste
made of beans, dried in strips and SEhen
cooked; sweet beans in jelly, q &ery
pleasant article and the Chinese Sub
stitute for tobacco, which Loung Sing
assured us preserves the teeth sand
sweetens the breath.H =
During their worship they burn sEean-
dies and straw-like tapers, made Srom
sandal wood, which fill the room with
sWeet-0dor.
AT Wing Cllung's tea store, on Char
tres street, the table was handsomely
decorated with natural lilies, hrf ught
| from China, and rich ornaments. Here
also the display of sweet meats W pro
fuse.
There are three religions in China, all
of which are upon m equal footing
one based upon the teachings of Bndha-
another based on the teaching Oh La
otse, and another based upon the teach
ings of Confueius.
Most of the Chinese. in California, II
Ia said. are Buddhists. and we fSke il
that the Chinese, for the most paft, ID
this section also hold To that belidF, al
though this religion did not originate
in China an did those based up0a the
teachings Of La-Otse and COnfuci1sS, but
was introduced into that cOuntrySfrom
India. its teachings having been Grams
lated from the Sanscrit into the Chinese
I Language.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

HoMIcIDE.-Last Tuesday night Louis
Rousseau shot with a pistol, and killed
Cyriaque Brignac, at Vile Plate in this
parish. Rousseau kept a grog-shop,
and Brignac owed him a considerable
bill-seventy or eighty dollars, W I'M
derstand. Rousseau had put it in the
hands of q collector. On the day of the
homicide, Brignac came to Vile Plate,
and gave his note for it. After the set
Element, Brignac asked Rousseau why
he had been so hard on him. Rousseau
replied, because he had talked about
him. Brignac denied this. Rousseau in
sisted that he had; a quarrel ensued ;
Rousseau knocked him down, and shot
him. 1t is said that the deceased was
not armed. An affidavit was made here
next morning, and sheriff's deputies
went to arrest the accused, but he had
departed for parts unknown.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

Loss OF LIFE FROM WAR.-It may be
affirmed that the number of those that
have been slaughtered by their fellow
creatures exceeds the number Of inhabi-
t0Rts hdtauere''0t any one time iuing upon
the face of the earth; get fen of this inf
mite number, uetimely slain, Were eger
masters Of the grounds of the disputes for
Wbich they suffered, or the true reasons
of their being led to battle; the truth,
with much a~rtifice, being kept from all
but those who were parties to the de-
signs resolved on.-ESir Walter Raleigh.
DR.. Prideaux states that, in fifty bat
ties fought by Caesar, he slew one nal.
lion one hundred and tteeNtY-taCo tR0us-
and of his enemies, If to this number
we add the loss of troops on his own
side, and the slaughter of women and
children on both sides, weshall prOba-
bly, have a total of Two Millions Of hu-
man beings sacrificed to the ambition
of one man! If we assign an equal
number to Alexander, and the same to
Napoleon, which we probably may do
with justice, then to three military
butchers we may ascribe the untimely
death of Six Millions Of the human
family,
Edmund Burke estimates the number
of men destroyed by war, from the
beginning of authentic history to his
own time, to have been thirty fre hous-
and millions.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
The Universal Suffrage
Question.
A CITIZENS VIEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 1875.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 1875.
To the Editor Of the Picayune:
1t is evident to all that our ship of
state is so InseaWOrthy, SO full OF weak
spots, doubtful patches and certain
leaks, that. with her present hull, she
soon founder, even with an hon
est but temporary legislative crew on
deck. and a skillful gubernatOr at the
helm. The only hope is to put the
st~orm-tossed vessel into the dock of
a new convention and give her for a
new hull a new constitution. AS this
necessary thing must be done before
very long, it beh0oves us to consider
the matter carefully, that the main
feature of the subject may, by timely
discussion, be well understood.
Highly respectable witnesses OF both
parties before the late Congressional
Committee agreed in d%enouncing uni
versal. unqualified suffrage al the bane
of our present system. While admitting
thef force of their opinions, the writer
believes that it would be inexpedient to
denrive any citizen of q right which he
regards rs giving him tho dignity of a
freeman. The object in view may be
attained by some such plan as the fol
lowing:
Let every male citizen over twenty
one be entitled to one vote-the citizen
Let every such citizen, able to read
and write intelligibly, be entitled to
another yote-the educational cote.
Let every such citizen who owns and
paws taxes on not less than one thous-
and dollars worth of real estste be en-
titled to a third vote-the property. cote,
The adoption Of this plan would be
equivalent to the migration into our
State DC at least fifty Thousand good
voters, and would tend to purify legis-
lation by giving to each class its pro-
per influence. There would be no dis
tinction on account of race, color ol
previous condition and while the ig-
norant classes would have such o re-
presentation as to secure their rights,
thew would not be so powerful Is to
render good legislation impossible.
EQUITY.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

A CLERGYMAN TAKEN INA rather
amusing scene occurred to reverend gem
tleman, who is a popular preacher. He
went to have his likeness taken at a
photographers, and put on his surplice
In an ante-ro0m. When usllered into
the acknowledgement he was not a
little disconnected on seeing a Circasslan
heanty, In full costume chained and on
her knees, her c0untenance expressing
the pIeadings of d broken-hearted girl
on being dragged before the Mussrlman
proprietor of d happy harem family.
The reverend gentleman, as soon as he
had recovered from his surprise, took
an interest In the high art proceeding,
and ventured to suggest that the veil
fell too much across the face. "Wonld
YOU kindly show me what You mean re
The reverend gentleman wa kind
enough to do so. The fash Of electricity
was Wickedly employed for to his hoT-
ror it may be related, If he sees this an
ecd0te, that the popular preacher has
been taken i'm dramatic attitude, with q
Circassian slave appealing to him to re-
lease her from her thraldOm. This is q
private studio joke, and will doubtless,
never go srtsiiier.EECGeHFt Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
1 Scrap of Criminal History.
rErnm tie Troy Times.

l@NN
The New York Herald announces the
death in q Southern State of Francis B.
Edymoine. The mention of this name
recalls one of the most singular prison
Incidents that ever occurred III this
State. In 1862 EdymOine was convicted
off burglary at OswegO and sentenced
to<five years in the Auburn Prison. In
August, 1853, Governor Seymour, then
i1.his first gubernatOrial term, received
from Auburn two sets of papers, n
signed by DR.. Briggs, the prison physi-
cian, andthe other by the warden, agent,
Chaplain and a number OF keepers, ask
ing "a pardon for Edymoine, representing
that lie had been exemplary in his con-
d3ct and was then in an advanced stage
Of consumption. On these representa-
tians the Governor promptly issued the
pSrdOn, and the prisoner was released.
A few days afterwards, however, it was
discovered that the papers had been
forged by Edymoine, and that, by the
commission of a crime which had sent
hundreds to prison, lie had actually
secured his release. He was a sklllful
ftrgery with such successful result that
the signatures upon the papers were
ftc-Similes of the autographs of the sew
e.sal gentlemen, and could not possibly
lave been detected. EdymOine was
s:}0n afterwards arrested in Albany by
| Captain H%agadOrn, WHO is still q mem
l2er of the Albany police, and returned
IT, Auburn, but vas Don released on a
grit of habeas corpus sued out by Clar-
once A. Seward. The writ was made
lrturnable before Judge Humphrey, and
christopher Morgan, Clarence A. Sew
ard, j. r. Cox and B. f. Hall appeared
in behalf Of the prisoner, while Theo-
| Sore NJ. POmerOy, w. T. Worden and
81. S. Myers appeared for the people.
She trial resulted in the release OF Ely
mOine from custody, the court holding
that a complete pardon could not be
revoked. The affair created a great
| Zeal of excitement, both in Auburn and
Dswego, and the wings took especial
fains to deride Governor Seymour for
The silly manner in which he had been
! Cooled. No prosecution was brought
against EdymOine for forgery, although
s1ne was talked of, and he quickly dis
appeared. He was at the time about
NWenty-six years of age, of superior in
aelligence, and his father was an Alaba-
ina planter who had given him a collie
sgiate education. He returned South
after his discharge, and it was said that
line forged the railroad passes for his
Tourney. When he departed he told
Captain HagadOrn that he intended to
give up his life of sin, and as nothing
had been heard of him since until the
announcement of his death it is very
likely that he kept his word.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

THE WIVES or EMINENT MEN.-The
wiVes of men of sentiment are not al
ways the most appreoiative of women.
Jean Paul represents Siebenkas rs read
ing one Of his beautiful imaginings to
his wife, who listened with eyelids cast
down and bated breath. As he closed,
the sharer of his joys beamed forth with,
Don't put on your left stocking to-
morrow, dear; / mns6 mend that hole
in it, So, when Sir Walter and Lady
Scott were rambling about their estate,
and came upon some playful lambs
frisking in the meadow-tAh,n said Sir
Walter, tits no wonder that poets from
the earliest ages have made the lamb
the emblem of peace and innocence
= They are indeed, delightful animals
answered her ladyship, especially with
mint sauce
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

The Pottsville Journal asks: as
slavery dead?n When we hear of a
mother of four children going out wash
ing by the day to procure something
for them to eat, while their ablerbodied
husband lounges about q beer saloon
from the rising of the sun TO the going
down thereof, we are forced to answer
that slavery is not dead.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26

! WANTED-ALEADER.-For thefirstin
its history the county is leaderless.
Usually there is no lack of leaders. 1t
is the following, not the leadership
which commonly falls short. But now
we look yainly from one end Of the
country to the other, in Congress and
out of Congress, and, even among the
few persons of admitted ability, we
fail to discover one single born leader.
Such is the b%arrenness in this respect,
and yet such the popular desire, that
the more eager and determined hero
hunters, for every leader is a hero, are
temporarily sOlacing themselves with
a vague fancy which comes to us across
the mountains and prairies, making a
golden image of the Senator who is
about to come in from California. As
suredly Governor Booth will enter the
national arena at q propitious moment
if he be really the man of genius he is
described to be. It is the period OF
partisan dissolution and political bush
whacking; and the opportunities foI
statesmanlike combination are many
and rare. But something more than
commonplace idealism and mediocre
character will be required to organize
the mas of incOngruOus material. The
new Senator from California will encoun-
ter great risks and undergo a sharp
ordeal. But, if he is the man his friends
say.heis, hehasa golden chance.-[Louis
vile COurier-Journal.