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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
IN ENOCH ARDEN CASE IN NEVADA.

The usual stiffness and quiet of Elko,
Nevada, were somewhat rufled by a ro-
nance, which, though wholly unforeseen,
bids fair to lead to a lawsuit. 1t seems
that in the year 1856 Mrs. -, now a
resident of that place, was the daughter
of a wealthy citizen of Ohio, and in the
spring of 1862 became the wife of a we'll
TODD young man. Shortly after the
marriage, the young husband started for
California with a party who were about
to cross the plains. For months and
months did the anxious young wife wait
in vain for tidings from her absent hus-
band. At last, unable to bear the sus-
pense, she started in pursuit of him.
Arriving in California, she found that
the train with which her husband de-
parted had been attacked on the plains
by Indians, and, as reported, every soul
murdered. This, of course was a terrible
revelation to the fond wife, and she, who
had wandered to and fro in search of all
Jhe world held dear for her, took up her
residence in California, where, a few
years later she was courted and won by a
Mr.. -, who was totally unacquainted
with her former marriage, nor did she
enlighten hiln on the subject. They
then took up their residence in Nevada,
where they have lived e since-he in
ignorance of his wife's former marriage,
and she thinking her husbands bones
still bleaching on the plains where, years
ago, they had been left by the merciless
redskins. But new comes the grand de.
nouement. A short time since the hus-
band, whom she supposed dead, turns up
in Efko, after an absence of twenty
wears, to claim his bride. Of course her
second husband strenuously objects, and
threatens the interloper with death
he cross the threshold of his house
to destroy the peacefulness of the family, !
The Enoeh Arden declares his intention
0 f~recovering his lost bride.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

Mother says her spirits always rise and
fall with the bread. I was bordering on
the trials of life in this misanthropic
way when suddenly I was called back to
what was going on about me by the an.
nouncement of the first prize:
Mis- Mary Lawton, twenty dollars
for the best bread"
Oh! what a thrill she must have felt
as she went up through The flowers with
her eyes sparkling and her blue ribbon
waving. How glad l was that she had
got it. To be sure but never mind
"Miss Hettie Smith and Miss Polite
Webster, five dollars each for the best
cake; both equally good"
And now I was to go up among the
flowers! I was tQhave a prize! It was
lovely to see the others, but to have a
prize ones own sell! It is rather nice,
isn't it? Especially when n hasn't
become sanctifed-and ! can't be that
before Bob goes away to college, if ever.
Miss Martha Felstone; five dollars
for the best fancy tea dish"
Then Uncle Seth said: "There is
another prize I should like to give for
the best fancy tea dish, but I am told it
is left without a name. 1t is the Turkish
pitGw which is made to perfection, and
Is as good as | ever seen in Constantine
pie. II the young girl who made this is
in the hall, I shall be glad to give the
last prize TO her."
No n moved. The committee looked
at each other and at uncle Seth in a be-
wildered way, I shonld have been cen
WINGED that it was the "witches' work"
but for uncle Seth's conversation with
mamma.
II do believe" | whispered to Bob,
that we are on the edge of love story"
Bob lOked at me as if I were all idiot;
so | didn't tell him what | guessed.
But no one claimed the prize, and
after refreshments, the cooking match
was over, and such a gay evening we had
never before had been in Riverbanks.
What l told Bob, or what | intended
to tell him, was true, and we were not
only on the edge of a love story, but
right in the midst oft.
Uncle Seth had found the girl who
made the piIaw at last, but instead of
giving her the five dollars he gave her
mother-"my Helen"-his own splendid
self and all he had. And nowcthe plain
house will bloom all over with roses and
uncle Seth will buy a new hat-people
always do when they get married, and he
will have a chance to eat piUaw to his
hearts content.
By the way, uncle Seth laughed 50 the
other night, just after the wedding, when
I asked him soberIy, it he didn't believe
in cooking matches. He looked at "my
Helen,' sitting by his side, and said,
rubbing his hands, eyes, Polite, 1t was a
very good match, WASH It
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
SECRETARY KEYS FARMING EY
y PERIEHCE.

Postmaster General Key said in a
speech at Charlotte that he had always
felt a peculiar interest in North Carolina.
When Joe Johnston'sarmy surrendered,
he was compelled to seek refuge in that
state among the relatives and friends of
his wife. He had no money and no
means of support, his only possession
being q poor blind mule. He went up
into Caldwell county, rented a farm, and
with his blind mule raised a crop Of corn.
This he sold for fifty cents per bushel,
and upon the money obtained from this,
together with the proceeds from the sale
of his mule, he returned to hishome in
east Tennessee. While, therefore, his
soiourn in North Carolina was not Of
the most pleasant character, for the rea-
mentioned, still it offered him a
home when he could not live in his W
house.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
4 BOOK ABOUT THE B98Y.
BY MRS. s. M. B. PIATT.

Now, if I could write such a story for you,
WhaTa pretty one it would be!
And the p~rettiest things they would all be true.
But can T? All, you shall see.
So, the book about Baby must all be new
No, not one word of it old?
Well, then why the Baby's two eyes are blue,
And the Baby's one head it is gold.
And the baby has such a red bud of a mouth,
Snch a beautiful bit OF a nose;
And where can you find in the North or the South
Such queer little pigs as his toes?
the baby is better than blossoms or birds
than honey or oranges p Yes.
And the Baby tells tales with the darling words,
That ~mean-what you never can guess!
And the Baby believes he's an angel, no doubt,
And wants to go back to the sky
And that is just what all the troubles about,
And that is just why he will cry!
And the Baby is s~weet-from the light on his head
To the dilAples that play in his feet.
Now, my book is all new. for whoever rs said,
Before, that the Baby is sweet?
-JunSAPPide Atrake.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
OFCRILE.

The official report of the treasury de-
partment of Chile upon the commerce of
the country in 1875 shows a satisfactory
progress within the last few years. The
population now numbers 1920, 900, of
whom aboYt 26, 700 are foreigners. Two
thirds of the people live in the country
and the remainder in the towns. San
tiago, the capital, has las, 900, and Val
paraiso, the chief seaport of the Pacific
coast of South America, $4,000 inhabi-
tants. There are 80, 900 pupils in the
schools, andttne government expends
$780, 900 annually on them. The Chilean
republic has 800 miles of railroad con-
struJted, at a cost of $35, 00O, 0OO.- More
than halt the Chilean exports in value
are minerals, among which copper holds
the first place, the Chilean mines of that
metal being among the richest known.
They yield more than $4,000 900 an
nually while the silver and gold mines
together turn out about 81, 200, 900. The
exports amount to about $40, 900, 900 a
year, and the imports are as much
San Francisco Alta.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
SEVERAL BOSOMS WITH A SINGLE
THOUGHT.

An amusing incident happened on a
Kansas City paper the other day. Two
brothers, namedHart, were arrested, some
where in the interior, for obtaining goods
under false pretenses. There was unusual
connection and mystery among the mem
bers of the editorial staff that evening,
and each said unto the other, Five got
a bully thing for to-morrow's paper
just you wait and see ;" and, being asked
what that bully thing was, declined to
go into further particulars just then.
Next morning the mystery was solved.
There was an editorial note in the first
column as follows:
The Hart Brothers were arrested yesterday, at -.
for defraudingt their creditors. They were evidently,
as the poet says, "Two Harris that beat as one."
Halfway down the same page was
another editorial paragraph, as follows:
Two Harris that beat their cre ditors like one, or
even more, were arrested yesterday at -. Let us
hope that the righteous Judge will, in the words of
Cicero, Soc ct tuum.
Over on the second column there was
a display heading, in big black type,
"Two Harris That Beat Like One;
away down at the foot of the third col
umn was a little item, surreptitiously
inserted by the advertising clerk, about
two hearts that beat as one; and halt
way down the fourth was a letter from
ct. Y. POI, the acknowledged wit of
the composing-room, addressed to the
editor of the Kansas City Whangdoodle
and asking if that wasn't a case of two
hearts (Harts) that beat as one? The
different authors of this exquisite witt
c;sm spent the morning in paying Visits
of coincidence 10 each other, and remark
ing, with disparaging shifts, that it would
be in accordance with fraternal feel
ing and neWspaper-etiquette to let
another member of the staff know when
one intended making a dumfool OF him
self in a specific direction.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
MONSTER 1rAEEAN IRONCLADs.

A bold advance in the construction of
ironclad ships has been decided upon by
the Italian government in respect to the
two vessels which are to excel the Duilio
and the Dandolo. The new ships are
now begun, but it will probably be six
years before they are complete. They
are to be unrigged turret-ships, propelled
by twin-screws. They are to be much
larger than the largest ships in the Brit
ish navy, and much faster, in addition
to which they will be much more costly.
The most powerful engines in her males
tvs feet are those of the Infexible and
the DrAsdnought, working up between
5000 and 5000 indicated horse power.
But this enormous amount is to be, at
least, doubled by the engines of the Ital-
ian ships. According to present conclu-
sions, the arnor will be steel, probably a
metre thick, or fully half as thick again
as the maximum armor of the ~Inhexible.
What guns these colossal ships are to
carry it as yet undetermined, but it is not
unlikely that in ordinance as we'll as in
other respects the forthcoming ships will
transcend all predecessors.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

N1CaoLsTILLE, KENTUCKY, has an
ordinance providing a fine of S. 'or any
person "who shall disturb religious
worship in the town by opening the door
or doors of he house of worship to look
in, and not 60 i'll"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
There Is a eood comnlaint that

There is a good complaint that pro.
vision dealers are slow to give their u 8
TONERS the benefit Of an oyerstocked
market. Here has the crusade against
dogs been going on for nearly a month,
and yet the price of sausage is unchanged.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

THE bread furnished to the Cossack
cavalry is not of the finest description. 1t
is very coarse and very greasy, but it
enables the Russian to vary his bill of
fare, which with a more palatable article,
would be impossible. For breakfast the
Cossack eats it in the rough, and for
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

A NEW kind of lynch-law is reported
from California. Mr.. Belle Lynch,
editress Of the Ukiah Dispatch, was caned
by Mr.. Carothers on account of an I'M
complimentary notice she pen>5ed refers
ring to him. Californians are evidently
determined to give ome equal rights
in everything.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

4 Heavy CoNTRAoT.-The contracts
awarded BY the Turkish government to
q single corporation in Rhode Island is
said 70 inyolvethe enormous sum Of ST.,
100000 The Providence Tool company
Is now employing 1900 men, and manu-
~flctnring 900 Martini-H Henry rifles a day.
"a packing-box accompany at south Hadley
Falls makes 10000 boxes a year for the
Providence corporation, and in these the
rifles are packed for shipment to Turkey.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

THREE thousand old homesteads in
New Hampshire are deserted, and the
occupants of the others are complaining
that their business does not pay.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

HE first centenarian of the season has
been caught at Brewer, Maine, near the
banks of the famed segeunkedunk. She
w to the nan of Mrs. Mercy
Studley, is one hundred and three years
old, reads the finest print without glasses,
walks a mile before breakfast, milks two
cows morning and evening, and often
does the family washing on Mondays.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

The Baltimore man who hanged him
self because his wife devoted4o much of
her time to decorating the grave of her
first husband has his revenge. The
woman has two graves to decorate now
and no time to look for third husband.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

WHEN a Carolina hail storm gets
started it kills horses, splinters shingles,
smashes fences and lays out every chicken
in the country.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

FREDERICK DOUGLASS thinks that the
presidents policy might be better called
the presidents necessity.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

The shipments Of Piper Heidsick
champagne to Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia, New Orleans and Montreal
exceedsthat of last year by we 40, 900
baskets, yet the cry Of hard tires pre-
walls throughout the country.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

THE late Benjamin T. Tredick, of
Philadelphia, bequeathed $4,000 to
public charities, not to be paid, however,
until after the death of his wife.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

OHIO really succeeded in doing what
80 many states threatened last winter.
1t passed a law for the protection of
gpeeatsin hotels which requires the pro-
prietor SnraHidaeGra-ascape from
every department. sfttnn HEtt'l4 g. RwRRiR ch 1 Mon,a4,
assigned.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

To aid him in breaking off the habit
of tobacco-chewing, an Onondaga man
had all his teeth extracted.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

TWELVE years ago a wohAan asked an
official in Portland, Maine, to inform
her il her husband sold a certain piece OF
real estate. Two weeks ago the officer
told her that the sale had just been re-
ported.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

. A STRANGE occurrence recently took
place in Russia. An express train,
carrying 6.0oo,o 600 roubles, not only
failed 70 come in on time, but has COM
pletely disappeared, and no trace can be
found Of either money, passengers or
cars. It is not extraordinary that a
train should be robbed, but that train.
and everything else should be stolen
passes the wonderful.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

The St. Louis Globe makes honorable
mention OF an oaken chest in that city
which, it asserts, is eight hundred years
old. The boards are an inch and a half
in thickness ane are held together by
wooden pegs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

OMAHA will have to build a dixie to
prevent the Missouri from making a
short cut a cross a point of land, which
would leave the city out in the cold.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

A BRILLIANT opportunity is offered to
hawkers by Colorado, but unfortunately
not to the hawkers that perambulate the
cities. The Legislature offers twenty-five
cents for every hawk killed in the state.
As much as thirty to forty dollars a day
fs paid in Denver City alone and still
is almost impossible to raise chickens
in the vicinity.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Tufts, of West
boro, Massachusetts,, celebrated their
golden wedding last week, and among
the guests were the bridesmaid and
groomsn1an of the first ceremony.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

Coon authorities estimated the last
cotton crop in the United States al
100000 bales. 1t turns out to be
100000. The crop in Egypt and India
was larger than expected, and there is
enough Of raw product to last until the
beginning Of the new crop year. The
wa IN Europe has caused q falling off in
consumption and . decline of price.
Neither a scarcity nor a rise is to be ex-
pected this spring.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

CARELESS and jndiscriminate fishing
is gradually reducing the supply of she'll
fish on the coast Of England, which
draws from Norway about coo, 900 lob
sters a year, and from France about 2OO,-
000
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
Eye of newt and toe of frog.
Wool of bat and owlet's wing,
Nose of Turk and TartarIs Inns -,

cit would take the nose of a Turk to
know it, or else mine," said he. "Bring
it here, Polite. Let me try it. / don't
want any of the girls to be disappointed"
So l brought it, and he tasted it and
said: a
!" Yes, it is piAav, just fhatI thought.
It deserves a prize and shall have it."
| was go curieus-so different from
girls generally, that I could not resist
the temptation of asking: who do
you suppose made it ?"
had gone a step too far. / always
am doing that. Uncle Seth looked sober
and turned away without answering me
But just then the band began to play
"The Watch on the Rhine, " and / forgot
all about the pitlaW and went back into
the hall.
The time of triumph for some of us
had come. The Judge had taken his seat
IN III large chair on the platform. How
| did hope my bread would get the prize,
just to stop Bob's tongue But boys are
50 ag~gravating, and bread is SC contrary.
knew it would not get the prize, for I
vas sure 1t had not raised quite enough.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28

HE Canadians are nothing if not
economical. A number Of conyicts were
e pc sent from Elgin coteetty to King.
ston penitentiary aud as railroad travel
ing costs money, they were sent from ST.
Thomas to Port Stanley and put on d
steamer, and not a regular steamer at
that. The boat went to Toledo loaded
with corn, and went back over lake Erie.
through the Yelland canal, and on to
Kingston.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-09
lac su,re ruanei.

We extract the following FROM the San
Francisco S,o-k R,ro,tof August sth The
tunnel has been advanced at such . rapid
rate that the workmen In the Combination
shaft and those in the tunnel can hear the
blasts discharged at the opposite points.
and. at the rate the tunnel Is progressing.
Il will reach the Savage mine before the
first Of January. The tunnel even now 10
having an effect ON tho mining public. 10
IL giving birth TO hope and speculation.
Having fairly entered the outskirts OF the
Comstock belt Il il liable tn pierce an ore
body at any moment. The effect OF .
strike In the tunnel can only lie partially
estimated. on course such q strike would
at once affect favorably the mines which
have been located In consonance with the
eastern ledge theory, and prospecting In
these mines would he actively stimulated.
We believe that a strike On the line OF the
tunnel would accomplish even more. IL
wouli revive the entire mining interest ;
kindlo u lively speculation. Should the
tunnel tap q large body OF water. making
ID apparent that the Comstoek wa. being
drained in the least degree. tho policy NJ
the managers Of the enterprise will prob
ably he ID plug up the drill holes pending
q settlement Of the issues between the
mining managemenis and themselves.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-09
o so LUCKY.
rhs Aeeidsas sharp Of shs News"
on His RiosuaiuW Chuak.

When August opened. q NEws reporter
hal q conversation with some Of the Com
stock miners a. to the probable luck Of the
month. for old miners are ~ super
stitious ~ old sailors. The opinion Of
one ~ these accident shArps'' was pub
lished. Soon the accidents began TO
occur. An E-,ePri., reporter thus re-
cords an interview with the catastrophe
expert above mentioned /; I'VE yester-
day met the miner who says no accidents
occur In the mines In the month OF
August. lie carried his left arm In . sling
and WAS talking 10 a brother miner who
also had his arm in . sling. We were Just
asking him how IL happened that We were
M remarkably exempt from accidents
during the eighth month OF b year,
when q third miner came mp b had his
left arm suspended In . sling. The trio
formed q group that attracted q good deal
81 attention a. the men stood At the cor
ner Of { and Union streets. In reply to
our question our expert ON accidents said
that he told the reporter of the uoLD HILL
sNLN~ tu4t duttub
wears in our mines he had observed that
there were = more small accidents In the
month Of August and fewer fatal onss than
in any other month In the year, but the
reporter hal said nothing about the little
accidents. lie desired 10 have the matter
properly placed before the public. The
small accidents appear 10 b making them
selves manifest"
Now let Us see what the NEws reporter
did really say. Here Is the item : "ueorge
Bryson. SEN, an old Comstock miner. says
he has noticed that August has always
been q lucky month In tho matter OF Tree
dom from serious accidents In the mines.
lie says that even II they DO have q few
slight accidents that death seldom results.'
so IL may 10 seen that the 81 little acci'
dents /" ~srs mentioned by the Nrws re-
porter. Il is Just possible that tho years
In the past were not Just like tbs present
ons We must remember that this IL the
beginning Of Americas second century.
May friend Bryson escape the usual aeci-
dents and live to tell Of the present events
al our next centennial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-09
tn. New Yorl Mae.

superintendent Sam Ovens is rapidly
ilnishins up the work necessary to 10 done
preparatory to rcsuming the sinking o
the shaft and the development Of the mine
ON the lower levels. The shaft Ia now
down $50 feet. and as most Of the How oil
water has been coming from the $50 and
C0O-foot levels. tho water has been canghi
up In tanks. and pipes have been put Ia
to carry 1t down to the sjo-foot level,
where . large tank. thirty.fve feet long,
ten feet wide and eight feet deep, has heer
put In, so that unless other veins Of water
are struck. the sinking can 10 prosecuted
without the least hindrance. Full shift'
Of men arc to he put to work In . day OF
two more. both sinking and driving the
drifts. The financial condision OF Tho
company Is now first-clsss. and II Ia cor
fdently believed by those best posted IN
regarI 10 the mine. that tho New York Ii
destined at no distant day 10 prove itself q
flrst-class paying mine.