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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
A Gre Mt Volcano.

In her interesting work, 1.-The Ha
walian Archipelago" Miss Isabella BirC
tells of journey she made to the grea
volcano of Mauna Loa. This mountain
which is situated so newhat to the
south of the centre of the island of Ha.
wall, is the highest active volcano in
the world, rising to height of 13, 760
feet. The whole of the south side of
Hawaii down to and below the waters
edge is composed of its slopes, its base
beng $50 miles in circumference. tits
whole bulk above height of 5000 feet
is one frightful desert" though vegeta.
tion, in the form of gray lichens, little
withered grass, and hardy asplenium,
extends 1000 feet further up. During
Miss Birds visit to the summit, the
thermometer registered II degrees of
frost. The crater Mokuaweoweo is six
miles in circumference, II, 900 feet long,
5000 feet wide, with precipitous sides
800 feet deep. The crater appears to
be in state of constant activity, and
at times overfows, carrying destruction
to the lowest levels of the islands.
Since white men inhabited the islands
there have been ten eruptions from
Mauna Loa Of the condition of the
crater the following description of what
she saw on her visit, accomplished
amid hardships that few men would
care to undergo, will give the reader a
vivid idea: "When the sun had set,
and the brief red glow of the tropics
had vanished, new world came into
being, and wonder after wonder flashed
forth from the previously ifeless crater.
Everywhere through it's vast expanse
appeared glints of fre--tires bright and
steady, burning in rows like blast fur
naces; =; fires lone and isolated, unwink-
ing like planets or twinkling like stars
rows of little fires marking the margin
of the lowest level of the crater FIRE
molten in deep crevasses fire in wavy
lines; fire calm, stationary and restful;
an incandescent lake two miles in
length beneath q deceptive crust of
darkness, and whose depth one dare
not fathom even in thought. Broad in
the glare, giving light enough to read
by at a distance of three-quarters Of
mile, making the moon look as blue as
an ordinary English sky, its golden
CLEAN changed to vivid rose color,
lighting up the whole of the vast preci-
pices Of that part of the crater with
rosy red, bringing out every detail here,
throwing cliffs and heights into huge
black masses there, rising, falling,
never intermitting, leaping in lofty jets
with glorious shapes like wheat-sheafs,
corruscating, reddening; the most glo-
rious thing beneath the moon was the
FIRE fountain of Mokuaweoweo." On
the east flank of Mauna Loa, about
1000 feet in height, is the crater of
Kilauea, which, Miss Bird says, has
the appearance of great pit on roll
ing plain. "But such pit 1t is
nine miles in circumference, and it's
lowest area, which not long ago fell
about 800 feet, just as ice on a pond
falls when the water below is withdrawn,
covers six square miles. The depth Of
the crater varies from 800 to 1,1O0 feet
in different years, according as the
molten sea below is at food or ebb."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
The Uses and Functions of the Leaf.

The Office and utility of leaves are
becoming better understood by eultiva.
tors than formerly; yet we find good
many still adhere to the old belief that
the suns rays shining directly on form.
ing fruit are what perfect it, independ-
emily of other influences. On this sub
lect theory and practice have neen in
yariably found in perfect accordance
with each other. The principles of
physiology teach us that the sSp of a
tree, when it passes in at the roots, re-
mains nearly unchanged in its upward
progress through stem and branches
until it reaches the leaves, wher@, being
spread out in those thin organs TO light
and air, it undergoes complete,change
and thus becomes suited to the forma-
tion of new wood and new fruit. Strip
rapidly-g1owing tree of its leaves at
midsummer, and from that moment the
supply of new wood ceases, and it will
grow no more till newleaves are formed;
and If it has young fruit thesgrowth
and maturity of the latter will cease in
the same way. A few years since yell
low gage plum tree lost all it's foliage
from leaf blight when the pluaas were
not fully grown and while yet destitute
of favor. The fruit remained station
ary and unaltered until in few weeks
a second crop of leaves came out. They
then sWelled to full size, assumed their
crimson dots and received their honeyed
sweetness of flavor. The object of
pruning should be, therefore, 10 allow
the leaves to grow full size without be-
ing injured from crowding. We find
the following corroborative fact stated
in late number of the New England
Farmer: "We once knew of On intel
ligent lady who stripped her grape
vines of a portion. of their leaves in
order to let in the sun and rSpen the
fruit but to her surprise where the
leaves remained as nature had disposed
them the grapes were the earliest and
every way the best. This led Ter to
investigate the matter, when she was de-
lighted to learn that the leaves were not
only the protectors but the caterers of
the fruit, constantly Celebrating and
supplying it with the pabu1um it re-
quired to bring it to perfection. ."-Ihe
(LOnd0n) Gdrden.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
Ablaze With Diamonds,

The Boston Transcript tell This gilt.
tering story: ga lady blszed all over
with diamonds at Fifth avenue party
recently. On each shoulder she had
four stars, the size of dollar, made OF
diamonds, her hair was set bhickly with
diamonds there was dianlOnd bande-
let on her brow she had diamond ear
rings, and diamond necklace upon
the sides OF her chest were aiwo circles
OF diamonds, from which depended
lines and curves of diamonds reaching
to her waist, upon which she wore a
diamond girdle; on Ter skirt in front
were large peacocks wroughs in lines OF
diamonds /; there were roBebes of dia-
monds on her slippers, ands diamonds.
large and small, all over her dress and
person, wherever they could be placed
The Iady's grandfather was b cartman,
her father was pawnbroksr, and her
huaband-well, he lives upon her father.
The old gentleman is worth his mil
lions, and still follows his business and
tends to his store. He is never present
at these parties although"
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mean, more than fifty times, and I'll
Won't she give it to the old man.
" Father, couldn't stand it. 1t was
right before the ladies. I got up: and I
took Jerry by the throat, and says [,
You lying dog, I'll choke you to death.
This comes of your cursed Yankee Cdu
cation. I night have known they'd
teach you to slander your friends!'
"Well, father, the william tried to
bite me. had him by the throat and
I don't know what was going to do
with him, was so enrage1, but car
lied him out on the deck, when he tried
to bite me worse than ever. went to
kick him, and somehow was too an
CRY to 1ecollect just how-he :elther
jumped overheard, or threw hiul over
board, and the wheel struck hirn and
killed him. :
"Now, father, have done. 1T you
blame me must bear it, but /, really
was glad he WAS dead when eastae to
myself, for thought what trouble he
would make with his ies."
The old gentleman was pale as
ghost. :
BILL" said be, "you did right. l
ought to have known that he'd lie if be
could talk. Bill, here's hundred dol
lars. Don't go and get drunk Gin this
money now, but Bill, don't you sly any
thing about this you have told. Jerry
was mighty smart dog, but somehow"
he added in an undertone, 81 always
had an idea that dog was watching mel"
Metropolitan.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
Traces of Prehistoric Man.

A paper was recently communicated
to the geological society of London on
the bone, caves in the neighborhood OF
Castleton. Derbyshire, by Rookie Pen
nirgton, LIB. The author described
as u prehistoric cave the Gave Dale
Cave, situated in Gave Dale, just below
the keep of Peveril Castle. The upper
earth in this cave contained fragments
of late pottery mixed up (by rabbits)
with bits of rude prehistoric pottery,
fooled piece of stag's horn, an iron
spike, two worked fints, piece of jet,
part of bone comb, and a bronze celt
of peculiar form, many bones of BoS
1oragitro,as and goat, broken to get out
the marrow, and remains of hogs ;
charcoal and human teeth also attested
the occupation of the cave by man.
There were also remains of fox, badger,
cat, water-rat, dog, red deer, duck.
fowl, and hare. Lower down were re-
mains of Bos IongItroras, hog, red deer,
wolf, and horse and lower still, next
the rock, more human teeth, remains
of animals, and a good flint. The cave
seemed to have been occupied from
time to time during heightened
period, probably from the Neolithic
age into those of bronze and iron. A
cave in Gelly or Hartle Dale contained,
in blackish mould, bones (some broken)
of goat, pig, fog, and rabbit, and pieces
of very rude prehistoric pottery. Of
Ple1stocene caves and assures the
author described several. One in Hartle
Dale furnished remains of rhinoceros,
aurochs bison ori8cMS), and mammoth,
lying in yellow earth. The bones were
probably carried in by water. A tissure
near the village of Waterhouses, in
Staffordshire, is six feet wide, and filed
with the ordinary loam. Bones of
mammoths and the skeleton of young
bison have been obtained from it, and
the author supposes the animals to have
fallen into the fissure while making for
the river to drink. The Windy Knoll
fissure is situated near Castleton, in q
quarry near the top of the Winnetts,
and close to the most northern bounda-
ry of the mountain limestone of Derby
shire. The author described particu
larly the situation of this fssure and
drainage of the district in which it is
situated. The fssure itself is filled
with the ordinary loan, containing
fragments of limestone, and inclosing
an astonishing quantity of bones Of
animals confusedly mixed together,
those lowest down near the rocks being
coated with and sometimes united by
stalagmite. The author supposes that
this was swampy place into which
animals fell from time to time, and in
rainy seasons their remains might be
washed into it from the neighboring
slopes.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
How a Woman Buys Meat.

When a woman enters butcher-shOp
to select piece of meat for dinner, she
has her mind made u to take mutton
roast. Therefore, when the butcher
rubs bis hands and asks her what she
will have, she promptly replies:
"I'll take some of that NUT"
She stops there. Her eye has caught
sight of q ham, and she suddenly de-
cides to take ham.
els that nice ham ?" she inquiries.
'Best ham I ever saw, madame.
How much y
"Well, you may give me three p
Well, I don't know either. My hus-
band was saying he'd like some sausage.
Have you any real nice sausage ?"
"Plenty, madame. Now, then, how
much sausage will you have?"
"It's pork sausage, is it
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, suppose pound would be
enough for our small family, but -
but"
"Shall I weigh pound, madame p
81 was Just wondering if veal pot
pie wouldn't suit him BETTER" she an
swered. "You have veal, suppose?'
"Oh, yes, madame. Here's splen-
did bit of veal-as good piece as l
ever saw"
eyes, that does look like nice veal, "
she says, lifting it up.
"And you'll take it p
"Let's see - she muses.. "Y-no,
guess not. guess I'd better take pork
chops"
'Nice chops-how much ?" he asks.
"One of those slices will weigh a
pound, suppose ?"
"About pound, madame"
"And it was young hog !"
"Quite young, madame"
"And you'll cut the rind Off"
I" Yes, madame"
"Well," she says, heaving a deep
sigh, ST guess you may give me some
beefsteak-some that's nice, and be
sure to cut all the bone out !"
And she's only been half an hour
coming to the point.
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to say that the owners were more than
fully insured.
"The inquiry then terminated"
The Empr. IS of Russia's BetrOthaI,

A correspondent of the Boston Ad-
| vertiser writes: 81 must tell you the
circumstances of the empress of Rus
sia's betrothal, as learned them from
one who is very near and dear to her.
Like the princess of Wales, she was one
of a numerous and poor family; but,
unlike that charming princess, she was
| not beautiful, and no hopes were
founded upon her making a marriage
which would add glory to the modest
princess of Hesse Darmstadt. Such,
however, was destined to be the case,
and the projects of wise men were over
turned by the simple caprice OF the
human heart. Alexander Nicolai
grand duo heriteer, was, in the year
184l, a charming young prince OF thirty
when it was thought necessary that he
should take wife and perpetuate the
imperial line of Russian monarchs, went
forth on a voyage of discovery amongst
manageable princesses, great and
small, armed with list of the most
eligible names, and quite decided to
choose one from among them. Prinol
Orloff, who accompanied his imperiae
highness as mentor and guide, affirmed
and confirmed by each courier the state
of Indifferent docility in which his fu-
ture sovereign pursued his round, and
at last wrote begging l'Empereur Nicho-
las to indicate preference which would
help to turn the balance and decide the
important question. Before the an
swer was received fate conducted the
wanderers to the theatre, where the
first person upon whom the young
grand duc's eyes alghted attentively
was the Princess Maria Maximilianne of
Hesse modestly seated in the second
row of her fathers box. 'Who is that
young person 2 asked his imperial high
ness aud when Prince Orloff replied,
he added decidedly, 'and the future
empress of Russia But her name is
not even on tie list,' cried the poor
Prince Orloff. mo matter, we will
make it first replied the head. strong
youth, and he proved as good as his
word, the unconscious Princess Marie
was in due form demanded in marriage,
and has ever since been the faithful amt
beloved of good and great monarch.
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MY LOVE AND'T.

We never spoke word Of love,
We never named it's name,
AS through the lesfy wood, and down
The shadowed path we came:
And yet-and yeti almost think,
Although can't tell why,
His love is mine, and mine is his:
We're ours-my Love and 1.
Here let me sit, and live in thought
Those blissful hours again,
And ere heard them in my heart
Their sap and sweetness drain,
The bluebells hung their fair young heads
Beneath the bluer sky,
We talked at trivial, common things,
We talked my Love and I.
And oDce-how well know tho spot
We stopped beside the brook,
Aud saw the aurgling waters as
Their Eunlit way they took.
NY eyes met his, the soul of love
In that RE f glance did lie,
NV eyetids drooped--we watched the stream
Flow past my Love and I.
And now, I've nothing more to say,
My heart won't let me tell
The silent talk our spirits had,
The charm that DER us fell,
l am not sure, but still thiuk,
Although can't tell why.
HIS love is mine, and mine is his
were ours my Love and 1.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
THE GENERAL CHORUS.

We all keep step to the marching chorus,
Rising from millions of men around.
Millions have marched to the same before us,
Millions come on, with sea-like sound.
Life, Death Life, DEATH;
Such is the song of human breath.
What is this muItitudinous chorus,
Wild, monotOnous, low, and loud?
Earth we tread on, heaven that DER us?
i'll the midst of the moving crowd?
Litc Death; life, Death;
WHAT is this burden of human breath?
On with the rest, your footsteps timing!
Tystical music flows in the song,
[Blent with it?-Born from it ?)-loftily Ginning,
Tendery soothing, it bears you along.
life, Death: life, Death;
Strange is he chant of human breath!
-Frdser8 Magazine.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16
The Imaginative Sex.

Mr.. r. W. Higginson believes in i'm
agination, and that women excel in that
high province of mind. He says 81
rejoice that in women, at least, here, as
in Germany, the imaginative faculty
still retains its hold. I remember that
when Mr.. Emerson was lecturing IN
Boston, many years ago, an eminent
lawyer declined going to hear him on
the ground that Mr.. Emaraon was so
hard to comprehend but, he added,
'my daughters understand him and
they 60. The remark was generally
quoted by the lawyers admirers as good
satire, and by Mr.. Emerson's admirers
as good praise. Let any one notice in
our high schools, where boys and girls
recite together, which sex cares the
most for literature; and he will find
that if literature is of any value, the
preference affords grounds on which the
intellect of women may be defended.
Cotton Mather says that Arius sup
ported his blasphemies by first convert
ing five hundred virgins thereunto /; and
most of cur poets have first won their
way by enlisting an admiring constitu-
60Cy OF WOmeus Ano nSIAahLfO AAS-
position is there, in the feminine ma
ture but if women have not criticised
as profoundly and created as grandly,
even in literature and art as men, it is
owing to other causes, often expounded
and forming a part of the general in.
tellectual encouragement under which
they have labored. Woman has at last
fought her way into the field of fiction
and now stands at it's head, both in
quantity and quality of work but it is
true, even here, that she has fought her
way through sneers and Encouragement.
It is significant fact that the two
greatest living masters of fiction are
women who have found it for their ad-
vantage to write under the names of
men. ~ George Eliot and George Sand.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16

THE entire territory of Scotland is
20, ,O47, ,642 acres. Fifty,seven proprie-
tors own a trif1e more than one third of
the country, and almost one-third of
this upward Of one-tenth of all Scot
land belongs to the three richest of
them,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16

PERSONS planting out fruit trees are
informed by several experienced in the
matter that black walnut trees exert an
injurious influence on some other va
rieties, as the naples. 1t is according
" desirable to plant them to them
selves.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-16

A DAUGHTER of EVe-.tI asked Bobby
Lavender if he thought you pretty, and
he said Yes =" "When he comes
back, ask him again--and I'll listen r.
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PUBLIC DEBT.

Regular Monthly ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
i'm March $3,6s1, ,2IGs
The public debt statement, shows a
decrease in the public debt during
March of 1863, ,21O:
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EDGAR A. PoE's memory is to be hon
ored with q monument at last. The
sum desired, 800, has been raised
through the efforts of the public school
teachers association of Baltimore, and
the work will be begun at once. The
design is an obelisk of pure Italian
marble, with bas-relief of Poe on one
Of the panels, and appropriate inscrip"
tions and emblems on the other three.
1t is thought the monument will be
ready for dedication within q few
month";.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-06-17
A SOFT ANSWER.

The husband was of quick temper,
and often inconsiderate. They had
not been married year, when one
day, in a fit Of hasty wrath, he said
10 his wife:
Il want no correction from you.
If you are not satisfied with my con-
duct, you can return to your home
whence / took you and find happiness
with your kind"
eff | leave you,o returned the un-
happy wife, "will you give me back
that which / brought to your"
"Every dollar. I covet not your
wealth, you shall have it all back"
"Ah" she answered. III mean not
the wealth of gold. thought not
of dress. / mean my maiden heart
my first and only loye-my buoy
ant hopes, and the promised bless
ings of my womanhood. Can you
give these to me %
A moment of thought-of convnl-
sion-and then taking her to his
arms:
"No, no, my wife, ] cannot do
that, but I will do more;;I will keep
them henceforth unsullied and I'M
panied. I cherish your blessings as
my own; and never again, God help
ing me, will I forget the pledge |
gave at the holy altar when you gave
your peace and happiness to my
keeping"
How true it is that soft answer
turneth away wrath; and bow many
bitter strifes Of domestic life might
be avoided by remembering and act
ing in accordance Herewith.
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NARROW. ESCAPE OF VICE PRESI-
DENT WILSON, SPEAKER
BLAINE, AND OTHERS.

New York, June l3.--The Boston eK-
press tram, due here at II 80 last night,
ran eff the track about six miles above
the city. Two psrlor coaches were over
turned, and q number of passengers
quite severely bruised, Vice President
Wilson was in the rear coach, and es-
capped injury. Miss Annie Louise Cary,
the vocalist, was slightly hurt. Fx-
Speaker Blaine occupied seat IN the
first coach, and received injuries which
will cenfne him 20 bed for day or
two.
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Exports and Imports Of Coin.

During ten months Of the present
fiscal year, ending April 80, the 7al-
ue Of gold and silver coin imported
into the United States was SIS, 209,-
ITO, against $2s,222,374 for the cor
responding months Of last year /;
value Of gold and silver coin exported
during tie same ten mOnthg of this
year, was, gold, Sa7,o71, 900; silver,
$4,228, 900; against gold, S12,7o5,-
1888; silver, 1851, 235, during the
same months Of 1874.
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4 dispatch from Prof. Jenney, of
the Black Hills expedition, dated in
camp on Beaver creek, 9th of June,
says :"The greater area Of the Black
Hills is in Dacota. The formations
In the vicinity are q recent geologi-
cal age, and not anriferous. We
will cross through the hills, and ex
smine the gold field reported to ex-
list near Harney's creek"
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The Burlington Standard says

The Burlington Standard says:
Ebenezer Soule of Honey Creek
informs us that the wolves are still
very troublesome in that part of the
country. Last week he lost nine
more sheep and other farmers are
equally unfortunate: They are all
obliged to yard their sheep nights
which is a great trouble. They will
pay literally for good hunters and
hounds to hunt these pests.
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:. LOSTrATs SEA.

= n y ----'-- = ~
ST. ayonss, n F., June a sutVi-
yors Of the yicksbprg disaster who
reached here Saturday report that six
boats were lowered from the Vicksburg
two capsized alongside, one two hours
after leaving the gessel, and one, their
own, was picked up. One Of the two
boats unaccounted for was no doubt that
containing the I've men who arrived at
New York. The Captain and officers
are said to have behaved we'll, but the
seamen &C. cd badly Captain and VIC
men went down with the vessel, another
vessel has sailed 10 search for missing.
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MONTREAL, Jane .12.-The following
telegram has been received from st.
Johns, n. f., by David Torrance & Co..
Montreal:
NINE Of the crew and three of the
passengers ofthe Vicks5urg were brought.
here by an American fisherman.
(Signed) STATE