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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-08
THE TRAINMEN'S UNION.
A Brief Sketch of How the Strike Vas
IIGugurdted.

A Brief Sketch of How the Strike Vas
LrGugwrated.
The trainmen's union, which inaupu-
rated the present strike, was organized
between June 2 and July 10. 1t was
started when the Pennsylvania coal COM
pany and the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany ordered the reduction of ten per
cent. In the wages, to take effect June /.
Mr.. Ar. Ammon, then employed on the
Fort Wayne road, was dismissed from the
service, and at once proceeded TO the
organization of the union. Three wears
ago, when the engineers struck, the fire.
men took their position at the throttle,
and there was no interruption to bust,
ness. This time ii was concluded to
begin at the other end of the trains, and
fagmen, brakemen, conductors and fire.
men took the oath, which the members
refused to disclose. Ammon was the first
to sign the roll and take the oab, and
following came the names of the Fort
Wa-ne men. This was all the organiza-
ton there was about it. A trip was made
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad by
the leaders, and trainmen the length of
the line took the oath. About this time
the managers of the Connelsville division
got wind of the association, and dis
charged all the men who Joined the
union. The work of organization mean
time went on, and a strike was ordered
for June p, the going out of the Folt
Wayne men to be the signal Of a general
strike on the trunk lines. The men on
the Fort Wayne line weakened. and the
strike did not take place. Mr.. Ammon
predicted that a general strike would
follow the action of the Fort Wayne
road, and the news by telegraph from all
parts of the country seems to justify his
The union was a strong one.
considering that it vas a little over a
month old. The engineers, although not
members of the union, are nevertheless |
sympathy with the strikers, and it
4oes not require much intimidation to
make them desert their engines. This is
statement made by the leading strik-
ers in the union.-Phaadeiphia Chronicle.
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coon TIaES COMING.


4 speedy return of the good times of
I've years ago is predicted BY the Toledo
Blade, Which bases its belief on the
immense crop Of the year, and the well
known effects Of prosperity among farm
err on general business. Ii appears that
the crops being harvested are the largest
the country ever had. The acreage of
wheat is largely b excess Of any since
the settlement of the country, and the
yield per acre is infinitely greater. Hay
il magnificent and has been secured IN
the very best condition. Corn is now q
certainty. Never has the eye gladdened
With the sight Of such fields. The stalks
tower gloriously, and the color is superb.
Oats, which have been 3 failure since
1874. will this year yield very much
moro than they did then. The Blade
continues . We prophecy an immediate
and decided revival of business. There
haye been I tight times Tor hree years.
The farmers have not had money. nor
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-08
AGRICULTURAL,
A'5wry to Trees By Bleeding Sap.

"J"FY % 1SeeS Oy Bteedin9 Sap.
NJ. A. J., Quakertown, Penn, writes
what Is the cause of sap running from
apple trees and killing the limbs and
trunks of the trees where it flows. /
nave some trees that have been trimmed,
n where the branches have been cut
on they are partially healed over, when
a sour water will start out of the center
of the stump and will soon kill the por-
ton of the tree over which it runs.
Sometimes the trunk of the tree will
crack of itself, and this sour water will
start from the crack. Can you tell me
the cause and the remedy?
REPLY.--The mischief Is caused nv
too late pruning, and by not covering
the wounds with some impervious coat.
ing. Sometimes no harm is done, but
when there is an excessive flow IF sap it
excludes from the wounded surface, and,
containing considerable sugar, it becomes
sour and damages the bark over which it
flows. To prevent it the pruning should
be done very early in the spring, aud
when any branches Of considerable size
are cut off they should be cut very
smoothly and even with the bark. and
the stump be covered with common oil
and lead paint or a coating of shellac
varnish.
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Household Metfnra.

TEA CAKEs-One quart -four, one
pint milk, two eggs, half cuptul sugar,
W spoonfuls cream tartar, one of soda,
piece OF butter size of an egg.
PROVIDENCE FRUIT CAKE.-One.half
pound butter, !. one pound sugar, two eggs,
one-half cupful milk, onne-half TEASPOON
Jul saEratus, two cupfuls -four, one
pound ~Eaisins, one pound currants, n 6
quarter pound citron spice.
FRENCH CAKE.-Two cupfuls sugar,
half a cupful butter, three eggs one cup
ful milk, n t~easpoonful soda, two of
cream of tartar; take one.half the butter,
mix two ounces of grated chocolate with
It, and favor to taste then bake it so
you can have alternate layers, like jelly
cake, of the chocolate and white with
eoocanut icing between. CocoaEE2t icing
One and one-half cupfuls white sugar,
tablespoonful of corn-starch, mixed
with . little water, the whites of two
eggs, without beating ; eight tablespoon
fuis grated ~cocoanut boil in a vessel
over water, and cool before using.
RIcH@ COFFEE CAKE-Two cupfals Of
batter, &bree of sugar, one of molasses,
one of very strong coffee, one of cream or
rich milk, the yclk of eight eggs, one
pound each of raisins and c~urrants, one
half pound of citron, the same of figs
and five cupfuls Of Drowned flour after it
Is sifted. Put the -four in the oven, and
WAUGH it we'll To keep it from burning
until it is . nice brown. When cold,
sift with it three tablespoenfuls of baking
powder anda litt5 salt cut the figs in
as long strips as you can dredge all the
fruit with flour; beat the cake up well,
and bake in moderate over from four
to FIVE hours.
PIcKLED FIsH.-Clean the fish thor
oughlysand cut into pieces about five
inches long !; rub each peice on the cut
side with salt. Take q stone jar which
will about hold the fish, put q layer of
hsh on the bottom, then a few whole
peppers and allspice and a..blade of mace,
then another layer Of fish, spice, etc,
Gill the Jar il nearly full then pour good
cider vinegar over it until the fish is
quite covered. Tie q paper E the top
Of the jar and cover this with flour paste ;
this keeps in all steam. Put the Jar in
the oven and bake for three hours. The
Ssh j. fit for use as o as cold, and
will keep in the pickle for six months.
The white fish, pickersl, etc ofthe lakes
are very nice for picking, while the
~landIocked sturgeon Of the great lakes is
almost IS good As oickled salmon if it be
acalded in water before splicing, etc.
shad is excellent picked, as all the bones
disappear.
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WhafCan be Cured

Need not be endured, although what can't
must be. Among the bodily ills susceptible
of complete removal by that benign tonic and
Alternative, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, are
general debility, malarial ~fevers, constipa-
ton, dyspepsia, liver disorder, and ntrvous-
ness. It's remedial capabilities are, however,
by no means limited to these maladies. Its
properties as a blood depurent render it ex-
t~reneIy serviceabIe in expelling the acrid
impurities which produce those painful dis
orders, rheumatism and govt, and its invig-
full medicine for impeIl.ng those organs to a
complete performance of their functions
when they are weak and inactive. In fact,
there is scarcely any disease of which weak
ness is an accompaniment in which this ad-
mirable medicine clnnot be used with ad-
vantage.
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DON PIATT IN 4 Bill ROOM.

We never attended the graduating ex-
ercises at West Point, but we did years
ago run down to a ball at Annapolis.
We happened, on the cars, to sit by a
stout old party, possessed of a ruddy
motherly countenance. She was quite
communicative, and soon told US that she
was on her way to Annapolis to see her
son " graduate" to use her own ex-
preston. We took charge of that old
lady-she was SO good, kind, sensible and
motherly. We were present at the
meeting between the mother ans boy-a
handsome, manly youth, one an mo
ther could be proud of,
After supper we asked the old lady if
she intended visiting the ball, and she
said she would like to look in, but her son
said it was quite impossible" as all the
" tickuts" were gone. We volunteered
procuring the magic pastboard, and in
due time we made a grand entree, Great
ing some sensation, for the cid lady got
herself up regardless of expense or ap
pearances. The son was revolving with
a beautiful girl-one of our Washington
belles--and in one of the pauses of the
dance we saw his fair partner looking at
us and laughing. The eyes of the young
man sought the object Of her evident
msrriment, and when he saw us the ex-
preston of his fate was that of first dis.
may and then wrath.
The dear old lady asked us to get her a
glass of water. As we returned, we
passed the son and saw two red spots on
his cheeks, and his brow corrugated in
wrath. Our aged friend, stoutas she was,
appeared ready to.sink, and asked to be
taken to the hotel. We at once fastened
to comply, although assured hat she was
not iii. But while waiting for the one
available hack of Annapolis, We saw tYo
huge tears well out from her der old
eyes and course their way down her then
rather pale face, and noting our anxious
look she sa5:
Don't mind me; I'm a foolish old
woman and ought to have stayed to home,
for my son il ashamed OF his old mother"
We are justly proud of our navy. Her
gallant sons have swung the eagles of the
republic too often IN triumph throhg the
smoke of battle not 10 have endeared
them to the patriotic heart Of the nation.
But would it not be well to correct that
one defaat2 It is net well to begin lie
in that way Washington Capital.
Cincinnati is doing a heap Of Dragging
sbour that white whale, but al iti4good
;or is to look at.
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JENNY LIND,
at FTty-Str-A Promising Young Bird
|" tie N~fghtfngale's Nest Going
Back to England.

tn the NfghtfngaIe's Rest-Going
Back to England.
We translate from a French journal
LA Liberte) a curious and interesting
letter from Jenny Lind, the Swedish
nightingale, now fifty-six years of age
written by her at Dresden, where she
now lives, to a friend in Paris:
II want to speak to you of my baby.
Well, l must tell you that God has given
my dear husband and>myself an adorable
little girl, born on the thirty-frst of
March last. She is the perfect image of
health and happiness. She laughs and
crows in a way to delight all sympathetic
hearts, We have given her a littI
Katharine among her other names, but
we call her Jenny, I need not say in
honor o. whom. Our boy Walter will
be four years old the ninth of August
next. He is an intelligent child-very
intelligent, very religious, and when he
has been naughty, it is touching to see
the way he prays God to make him good
again-poor little children. He adores
me, obeys me, and understand the child
completely, for he is exactly like myself
in nature-very impressionable, active,
gay, high tempered, affectionate, shy,
good natured, quick to learn, remember
ing all that he learns, preferring to the
finest toys a horrible old doll, because it
is n which he has played longest with,
caring nothing about dress, but preterring
to be lovdI rather than admired. Is he
musical? Not the least in the world.
That is my great despair. But he is re-
ligiOus, and | think he will be a Chris
tian. As to the baby, | cannot say as
much. The little creature eats, drinks,
laughs, mumbles over her shoes, and l
have nothing to say against her charac-
ter. Ny husband is DOW in England,
looking out for a residence, for we in
tend, on account of the children, to set
tie in that country.
Yours a~tfectionately,
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have they had any way to make it. n
This enormous crop, coming in just at
the nick of time, when the calamities of
other nations make a good price for it,
is the let up we have been looking for SO
a~nxieusly, and waiting for SO patiently.
The farmer will in a few weeks from this
have money enough to pay his debts out
of his wheat alone, and he has his enor
nous corn, oats and hay crep for future
needs. He will pay the debts that have
been accumulating for three years, and
he will have plenty with which to get
those supplies he has been compelled to
do without SO long.
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The Necessity for Pure Air--Hor to Obtai

The Necessity for Pure Atr--How to Obtain
Night air and damp weather are held
in great horror by multitudes of persons
who are sickly or of weak constitutions
subsequently,, by avoiding the night air,
and damp weather, and changeable
weather, and weather that is considered
too hot or too cold, they are kept within
doors the much largest portion of their
time, and, as a matter of course, continue
nvalids, nor and more ~ripening for the
grave every hour; the reason il, they are
breathing an impure atmosphere nine
teen-twentieths of their whole existence.
AS nothing can WISH US clean but pure
water, so nothing car cleanse the blood,
nottingham make health-giving blood,
bat the agency of pure air. So great is
the tendency of the blood to become i'm
pure in consequence of waste and useless
matter mixing with it as it passes
through the body, that it requires a
hogshead of air every hour of our lives
to unload it Of these Impurities; but, in
proportion as this air is vitiated, in such
proportion doesit infallibly fail to relieve
the blood of these impurities, and impure
blood is the foundation of all disease.
The great fact that those who are out of
doors most, summer and winter, day and
night, rain OF shine, have the best health
the world over. does of itself falsify the
general impression that night air or any
other out door air is unhealthy as COM
pared with indoor air at the same time.
Air is the great necessity of life; SO
much so, that if deprived of it for a mo-
ment we perish; and so constant is the
necessity of blood for contact with the
atmosphere that every drop in the body
is exposed to the air through the medium
of the lungs every two minutes and a
half ofour existence.
Whatever may be the impurity of the
outdoor air of any locality, the indoor
air of that locality, is still more impure,
because of the dust, and decaying and
odoriferous matters which are found in
all dwellings. Besides, how can indoor
air be more healthy than the outdoor
air, other things being equal, when the
dwelling is supplied with air from with
10 this very general law there is one
exception, which is of the highest i'm
portance to note. When the days are
hot, and the nights cool, there are peri
dds Of time within each twenty-four
hours when it is safest to be indoors, with
doors and windows closed; that is to say.
for the hour or two including sunrise
and sunset, because about sunset the air
cools, and the vapors which the heats of
The day have caused to ascend far above
rs, condense and settle near the surface
the earth, SO as to be breathed by the
inhabitants; as the night grows colder,
these vapors sink lower, and are within a
toot9 two of the earth, 30 they are not
Oreathed. AS the sun rises, these same
Vapors are warmed, and begin to ascend,
be breathed again, but as the air be-
comes warmer they are carried SO far
above our heads as to be inocuous.-
Halls journal Of Health.
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DAMP YEA THEIR III M TURAL BN-
EMY OF "CRIMPS."

The fashionable "crimps" for this
month has been, as far as the " following
goes, pretty nearly obsolete, for the
mighty hand of a mightier power than
that of fashion has been laid upon it
that of sea fog and damp; for nearly the
whole of the month has been a rain
month. Perhaps there are coast towns
where this treacherous hand is not so
fatal; where the cunning g wave " and
" frizz" can hold their own but that
town is not Newport. And so it comes
that the fashion of crimps is per force of
necessity just now an obsolete one. Yes,
terday I heard a pathetic conversation
between two young dsmoiselles on this
very subject:
But you know, Maud, that | am an
other being with my hair plain"
:" admit that there is a difference, but
still-"
a difference! | tell you that | am
a~notaer being. What blondes could do
with themselvcz in the old days before
crimps were known / cannot understand.
| am only too thankful that / was born
in this generation Z" All this with a
look of solemn seriousness, as if the hap
piness of a life hung upon it. A little
pensive pause, and then
MAUD, ii / could know certainly that
we were to have a wet season / should
not stay here. | should go to the noun
tains.o
1t seems very funny to write this; it
seemed ~funnier, however. to hear it, for it
was well said in such a solemn, almost
tragic manner. Three, or four, or five
years ago, there was another " case" sim
liar to this here, though it lacked the
element of soDriety; and this was
AGAY BLONDE
who acknowledged herself entirely of the
butterfly order. It was a rainy season
and our butterfly, becoming convinced
that it was a rain that would last, and
finding her beautiful crepe chevature en-
tirely disorganized, and, as she felt her
beauty suffering therefrom, blithely
packed her trunks, and, making no secret
Of her reason for departing-indeed,
making, ] have always thought, one of
the finest little strokes of wit and policy.
which at one blow took all the weapons
of ridicule out of the hands of her natu-
raj enemies, and placed her at once in
the position of
a o AND CAPTIVATING GENERAL,
who would always be mistress of herself
and the situation.
40 yes, you know ! am going away on
account of the fog and damp" she would
brightly say. My health? No, in
deed With a gay laugh, Its my
-hair-takes the curl and the crimp en-
tirely out, makes met fright, and, Of
course. ! couldn't stay for my hair was
my strong point, you know" And 50
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CAST OUT.

Inc G"n1laQeIpnla North American
says: Here are faint photographs of some
OF these men as seen along the line of the
Boston and Albany railroad, whose hearts
might have been reached if the winding
stairs had been climbed by love, patience
and kindness. IT'S nightfall along the
railroad track, near a small stream of
water, fifteen to twenty men are lying on
the ground without any covering, asleep;
Ode boots, shoes and dirty, hard stockings
are scattered around, and several bare.
blistered feet are visible when aroused,
they answer any question willingly, and
the tales narrated would freeze the life
from out young hearts, which language
fails to portray. A man is seated on the
top of a fiat rock. He has some pieces
of what appears to be a letter in his
hands. The paper is rotten from age
and from being carried in his pocket.
The almost illegible lines IRE written by
a tender hearted mother, now dead, and
the poor outcast is trying to read her last
words to him. He repeats the story of a
mothers love-how, when he Law a boy
in her lap, and her hand on his head, she
told him of the boyhood of good men,
and made him promise, when he would
sSecome a man, that he would remember
her counsel and follow their example.
But when he came to the great city be
began to drink with reveling companions,
and no n ever gave him a kind word
afterward and the stricken wreck in
agony ofsOnl burst into tears, and refused
to be comforted or receive any aid.
Another has seen better days; he was
once a happy husband and father. His
wife went down to the grave uncomplain-
ing, and o a sweet, golden. haired little
girl lay at her side. He feels accused
in II sense a murderer he is tifty-four
years old and friendless. Rum has been
his ruin. When found he was eating
from an empty car, where some
kernels had been left scattered on the
floor. The next in review is a man who
had formerly been employed in the
bureau he has a wife and
four children. He has been to New
York to obtain employment, has failed
and is returning to his family in Maine.
He states that be had lived in w Washington
and had entertained representatives and
senator's AZ his home. He is a Freema-
well posted, and had been a member
IF DR.. StOrrs' church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
is an object of pity; he said he had
washed his shirt on Sunday. He was
furnished with a lunch, and he purposed
on Rev. DIR. Webb. A man was
in a very weak condition he had
not strength enough to 60 into the
woods, and asked for food; he had walked
from Providence oWorcester and thence
TO Boston, and did not seem to care for
life. The Albany railroad detective,
from whom these items have been OBJ
has, from observation and long
experience, all insight intD the character
of this class. and in the three hundred
whom he has interviewed in the past few
weeks, he considers that the men spoke
t%ruthfully, and in most cases would re-
joice in finding labor, many of them havs
ing learned trades.
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H"'D I" APpty Paris Green, and also Ashes
TO Potatoes

- OSNtVS
L. H. NJ, asks if common plaster is an
good mixed with paris Green as -four Of
gypsum also which is the best way for
using ashes for potatoes, in or on the
hill
REPLY.-Common plaster is the -four
OF, or finely ground gypsum that has
been treated to drive off the water of
capitalization, of which about twenty.
one per cent is contained in it. When
this is freed from water it is used az
Naster, and when mixed with water
again it chemically combines with it and
forms a solid mass. 1t will not answer to
use this. with paris Green, but instead of
it the raw finely ground gpysum. or
agricultural plaster" should be used.
A very good way to use ashes on uota-.
toes is TO scatter them about the hills
now, hog them in when the crop is hoed
which by-the-by, may be done now very
usefully.
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At the annual meeting Of the Augusta,

AT the annual meeting of the Augusta,
Ga, factory stockholders, the president
read his report, showing that the balance
to profit and loss account, June II, 1877,
was $215, 104.6O; gross earning to june
is, 1877, $116, 82s.28; dividends paid
during che year, $50. 600; repairs, taxes
and water rent, interest, expense and in
surance, 1854, 1891 This makes d total
of 800, $685. which. deducted from the
gross earnings for the year ending June
16. 1877, leaves a balance Of $15,445.74.
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this arch damsel betook herself to fresh
fields and pastures new. She has since
that time hobnobbed with great ladies
and princes in their own countries. I
do not doubt that her airy audacity and
splendid belief in her own right of way
carried her through any and all sit
uations.- Chicago Tribune, .
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AFTER an experience of over twenty

AFTER an experience of over twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknowl-
edge that the Graefenbery MarshaN's Uterine
Catholicon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject
The G~raefenberg Kgetabe Pills, the most
popular remedy of the day for b~iliousness,
headache, liver complaint and diseases of
digestion. Sold by all druggists. Send for
almanac. Graefenberg TO, New York.
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For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

HATCH's Universal Cough Syrup has
been put to a six years test ia our trade, with
the following result: 1t gives the best of
satisfaction to all our customers, and thew
testify to that satisfaction by buying Ia- more
OF it than of any other cough remedy, al
though we keep in stock a large number of
that class of medicines, in fact, all that have
been heretofore considered most salab'c
SLAUGHTER WELLS, Waver,y.N. Y.