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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

A Town FULL OF JUDGEs.--This is
the way the Manchester IN. H. Mirror
points out a popularity Of the city "A
stranger who came from New York to
get little matter attended to In court
yesterday met boy on the street, and
asked him what lawyers there were i'm
town: The boy replied "WelI, there's
Judge Daniel Clark, and Judge Cross,
and Judge Morrison, and Judge Clough,
and Judge Hunt, and Judge Fellows,
and Judge Stanley, and Judge Smith,
and Judge Topliff, and Judge Burnham,
and Judge Bartlett, aud Judge Wilson,
and Judge Tewksberry, and Judge
Hazen, and =" Yes,n said tho. man,
but / don't want court. want
lawyer, and ! was recommended to find
Lewis w. Clark. Where's he 2" Hes
just been 'pinted a judge" said the boy.
-" Well, what about Mr.. Beliq Is he
Il judge tool" Not exactly; he was
'pinted chief justice, but he wouldn't
fake it," answered the youth. "But
haven't you got a lawyer who isn't q
judge 2" said the questioner, getting
impatient. "Oh! yes; there's Squire
Briggs, hui he's gone to Congress; and
there's Mr.. Bartlett, but he's clerk of
the court, and there's James Shaw, but
he's been 'pinted some kind of a Judge,
and there's And then the man got
mad, and went off humming a urofane
air very vigorously"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22
DISTINGUISHING the Negro.
New Orleans Times.l

Now that the fictitious reconstructed
governments are all OverthrOwn
throughout the solid South there is
but one political party, the leading
minds OF the North are anxiELBly watch
ing for some signs of division among
the whites. They do not believe that
the Southern people, who once took
such an eager interest in the discussion
Of all political topics, can long remain
Indifferent, passive and solid on such
urgent questions of the day as the
tariff, the currency, civil service, labor
and the railroads. When an active in
terest III these problems is revived, the
diSintegTatiOn of the whites into on
posing parties is looked for, and then it
is that the negro will be counted for
his vote and again have a chance to
come to the front.
If Southern politics do not take this
turn, however; II the whites, alarmed
at the spectre of negro rule, persist in
huddiiDg together in one flock and of
keeEing up the pressure upon the negro
vote which virtually daRriVes it of anv
decisive infuencTgpthe question arises.
what is the NORTH to dog Is she to 90
on, always tiercely divided within her
own house, cOntending for material
supremacy with the solid South, which
will invariably drag captive in her train
one of the Northern parties that will
need her assistance? And in this unedual
coming contest is she to see the thirty
five additional Congressman which she
created out of negro suffrage for her
own use turned against her by the
S8Nth :?
New England philosophers are quiet
ly discussing these contingencies Of the
near future, and have already fully re-
solved that if they occur the only
remedy will be to propose the disfran-
ehisement of the negro. This will cur
tail the sectional power of the South in
Congress by thlrty-tive votes, and by
removing the possibility of resi- OratiOn
of negro rule, will permit the Southern
whites to divide with safety ON any of
the issues OF the day. In the North it
is already urged by way of preparing
the popular mind for this startling pro-
position, that the negro's vote does him
no good aud only counts for the South,
and that to save him from the fury OF
tine huldOZer, it would be better il he
had no vote. -
On the South it will be urged that
when her white people ultimately divide
the competition for the negro vote it
will be demOraiizing to the last degree.
that it will force her public men to rival
each other in STOPPING to all the low
devices OF pandering demagognes, and
will finally end in one parsy or the other
desperately securing pmb for itself
by giving th5 negroes the bulk of the
loaf ~,
When this agitation coT1gls, if it does
come, We shall witness the curious spec
tacle of the negro appealing TO the
Southern whites to protect him from
Acknowledgement at the hands of his
Northern friends. r.s. ..-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

THE EoUIEocTIAL sToRM.Thougll
we had previously had great deal Of
rain, even as late as Friday evening of
last week, the rain of the usual equinoc-
tial storm began on Sunday. That
night there was heavy wind, but spas
modic; on Monday the rain continued,
i'm torrents, with one very heavy blow
in the forenoon. In the afternoon, and
all night, and all day Tuesday till night.
there was continual storm of wind
and rain from the northeast, or rather
from north As a result, in
Opelousas, some trees were blown down,
many fences laid low and we hear that
great damage was done to the crops,
cotton especially. This storm following
on the heels of the caterpillars, will
reduce the cotton Prop, we have heard
said, to one-thifa or one-fourth OF
what it otherwise Would have been.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

How no FIsH succEssFTLLY a
writer iii Harper's gives his views in q
column article on how to fish. He makes
q very elaborate performance of III,
but does not say he catches any fish.
He says man onght not to sit down to.
fish. and we agree with him fully In
that particular, unless the man Is wear
ing d pair of borrowed pants. Beyond
this the article Il Ell no value. The hest
way to fish Is the simplest way. Jnsf.
slig your worms before the dew is of
fhss earfll. nae Il cane pole, II linen line
and i finely tempered hook. Start just
before tlle sun rises, and take q good
seized lunch with you. leaving behind
money enough to buy the necessary fish
for dinner from the dealer Danbary
News y
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

The 18th of September celebration IN
New Orleans, seems to have been big
thing, Judging from the space it fills in
the city papers.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

Two English vessels recently collided,
and sunk, In the British channel, with
a loss of about one hundred lives.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

There was one business not disturbed
by the railroad riots. Banks continued
to fail and life insurance companies
kept bursting just the same as in times
of peace.-E NarFistown Herald.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

Miss A rs lla d Iahnring Oh Il pros
fessionai man y. Miss B (gushiDgly --
OH professional. He works on tire
aaiIroad. ID brakeman, helieYe. Com {
mercial Advertiser.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

Mrs. Devices will soon return to 0pe-
lousas, and resume school teaching.
Read her advertisement.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22

The Republican majority in Maine, is
about 5000.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.



Mrs. III. @. Devices having determined to re-
turn TO Opei0usas, will reopen her school for
young ladies and small boys, ON the 22d of
October. The location Of che school will be
IN the brick building opposite Mr.. Joseph Gibbs
residence.
TERMS PER MONTH:
, 1877-02-02
Washes without Rubbing

Washes Without Rubbing
Il rics (and will make blankets and hannels look
equal 70 new) Each bar Is wrapped with full d.
rections, headed with the trade mark.
A WORD OF CAUTION.
The unprecedented success Of HALL q WAoNER's
CALIFORNIA BLEAcHnSe soar has induced unscru-
pulous parties to manufacture Inferior articles Of
ton Of selling them upon the merits Of Hall 4 Wag-
ner,ss and frequently palming them on upon unsns-
pectng parties the genuine article. We therefore
caution the trade against such impositons To In
sure getting the genuine article be sure that the
above trade mark Is on each bax-none others are
genuine. For sale by All wholesale grocers.
Manufactured by California Bleaching Soap Co,
corner u Folsom and sixteenth streets.
ARMIES a DALLAM, Agents,
9i5 a 2l7 Sacramento street, s. +.
, 1877-02-02

tual practice of what they have been taught, it
not only breaches business, but it practices
what it breaches.
A good, fair common school education should
be possessed by each student when entering.
They are first placed in the theoretical depart
ment, where bookkeeping in all its branches is
taught and also higher arithmetic and pen
manship, if they are not proficient in those
branches. After being carefully instructed
here, thorough examination must be satisfac-
torily sustained, when they are promoted into
the
Practical Department.,
Where the actual practice supersedes or
rather supplements the theoretical. Here the
student enters into the active strife Of life; he
buys, sells, discounts, transacts banking, COM
mission and forwarding business, exports, i'm
ports, WHOLESALERS, retails, and even sometimes
fails in business and compromises with his
creditors. Here he serves in every capacity re-
quired Of a man in everyday business life in
our city. he is a merchant, agent, clerk, teller,
cashier, banker, bank president, debtor and
creditor; and in each of his various positions
has chance to display the same abilities that
will sometimes make him a man Of note or a
cipher in a community.
The institution makes a speciality of its tele-
graphic and banking departments. The latter
, 1877-02-02
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS COLLEGE
How to Impart Business Education
An Educational Banking
Establishment.

A late visit to TIE PACIFIC BUSINESS COLLEGE
afforded us great deal Of pleasure. tits located
at 800 Post Street, occupying the third story of
the Red Mems Building, opposite Union
Square, and is under the management Of Messrs,
W. E. Chamberlain, Jr., and T. A. Robinson.
This institution, designed to afford facilities for
obtaining a thorough and practical business
education, has been in successful operation
since 1864. 1t has, during that time, prepared
more young men for business careers than all
other institutions on the coast, and its gradu-
ates, obtaining frst-class situations without diff
ficulty, are Low found honorably filing posi-
tons of trust in our leading mercantile houses,
insurance offices and banks, as well as in other
walks of life.
The system pursued by Messrs. Chamberlain
practical business men and best educators
throughout the country. Taking students
through the rudiments of bookkeeping, the
theory of business, and finally through the ac-
, 1877-02-02

An enormous pump has been placed
In ono Of the Pennsylvania metal estab-
lishmonts, Il being Of I, 400 horse power
probably the largest pump, therefore,
In the country, II not in the world. II
l. q vertical condensing engine, ten feet
stroke, with . cylinder Of cast iron ITO
inches In diameter, the total weight Of
The cylinder, with its head and bottom,
being 40 tons. The piston rod Il fast-
oned 10 the cross-head BY a steel nut
weighing l, 100 pounds. There are two
fy-Wheels, each 35 feet IN diameter. and
each Of them weighing % tons, il gives
q motion 10 four plungers and four lift
pumps, missing II 900 gallons Of water
per minute from q depth Of go feet.
, 1877-02-02

is fitted up precisely as are the city banks, the
same offices, the same sets Of books, the same
operations carried on that may be witnessed
every day in any Of the banking institutions on
Montgomery or California streets, and the
youth must be hopeless indeed who fails to be
fitted for banking position after having gradu-
ated here. And the same is true Of the other
departments. No one Of any business capacity
can graduate from this institution except he
come out with practical knowledge Of busi-
ness transactions, such as fits him at once to
take almost any position in the walks Of life
requiring knowledge Of mercantile operations
and books; and it is no less useful in rural
life, for every farmer should be business
man.
General lectures upon such subjects as COM
mercial law, political economy, business ethics,
commercial geography, business success, ETC.,
are given regularly, which may be listened to
with profit by others than students.
Telegraphing also-is taught, and even while
we were examining the various departments we
heard the click Of the instruments as some of
the students were conversing through its in
strumentality.
Altogether we consider the Pacific Business
College one Of the most valuable educational
institutions in our State, and hope TO see its
rooms continue as well filed as now.
, 1877-02-02
Ths Mas and WomanI Way Of
Choosing Female Servants.

Sometimes an indiscreet wife sends
her husband 10 the servants bureau to
select a chambermaid. and what a deli
cious as he makes Of himself. to be
Eure Being a man. the first smile or
smirk catches him. He calls il amiabil-
ity-and he doesn't want any cross. vic
ious haggago in his place. Why, the
girl oi II. in the corner there with the
r,,d cheeks. trips him up, 40 10 speak,
In five minutes, and when he has
chucke,l her under the chin, and made
his contract and departed, all the old
cooks look at each other, and the gener-
al atmosphere Of the place seems to say:
Man, man, thy name is greenness y
At other times, husband and wife come
here together. He thinks the pretty
brunette in the corner is Just the thing
in chambermaids. He is a man who
doesn't say much about these things I;
but then he can tell an honest, intelli-
gent woman when he looks into her
face-so he says: "Now, that girl, my
dear, looks to me as if she would be a
safe companion and an industrious SER
want, and a" "a brazen, impu-
dent, good-for-nothiug," replied his
wife. II wouldn't give her house
room" 1t is on such occasions as these
that the man perceives how infinitely
superior are the intuitions of the wo-
man. Finally she selects a red-haired,
pock-marked female with squint
'What has beauty got to do with my
work." she asks with much force. If
you observe closely, you will perceive
that on these occasions the unemployed
servants understand the situation per-
fectly. That is to say, one-haf of them
heighten their. unattractiveness in order
to win the wife; the other half employ
all their devices to impress the husband.
Your veteran house-keeper looks
through the illusions of the bureau with
a clear eye. The experience of her life
has taught her that in the matter Of
cooks she has only one choice of two
evils: The amiable, tractable and
obliging creature, that is Joy forever,
cannot cook and the obdurate, repell-
ent, tyranical griffin always gets up the
best dinner. It is a curious fact, fully
corroborated by the keeper of the bu-
reau, that men, who alone pretend to
judge of good dinners, can never select
a good cook, and that women, who are
notoriously Indifferent to these things,
are the only safe judges in supplying
the means.-Ne1O York World.
, 1877-02-02
TO THE
NERVOUS and DHDIIYATED
TO THE
DIR. j. M. SEVERN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

RADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
~ fsnnayivanl1 Once, Ne. n Kearny ~.
sFncIALIIEs-Stla Diaedaea ond Tdccinafiosi
akin D1aeaaea--Whffe. Hchy dId SoaiV Tsftef
cred with hne white scales They form again a.
faHl q removed.
Pnpis1, Fisrhirsrlas olld BIackheads-Ou the fore
bead. eheeka and nose. They exuds = Whitsh sub
stance when aqueeGed.
Ffurigs (IafensS IlcAfa0l-Regina a. soon a. the
clothing 4 renewed; ne eruption but that caused By
scratching.
All Of the shove, and erery variety Of Stta Dis.
edasn cured BY special treatment Vaccinations
akillfully permed with pure vaccine VirIlI oblAD.
"a from healthy white children.
once Hoqr-e A. n. 70 ,. n; 3F. X. tosP.M.
Connnliafiona Free,
, 1877-02-02

SEARCH FOR WIvEs.-Where do men
usually discover the women who after.
ward become their wives is the ques-
ton we have occasionally heard dis
cussed, and the result it invariably
comes to is worth mentioning to our
young lady readers. Chance has much
to do in the affair but then there are
important governing circumstances. 1t
is certain that few men make q selection
from ball rooms. or any other place Of
public gayety and nearly as few are
Influenced by what may be called show
ing of in the streets, or any allurement
of dress. Our conviction is that ninety
nine hundredths of all the fnery with
which women decorate or load their
persons, go for nothing, as far rs hus-
band-catching is concerned. Where and
how, then, do men find their wivosf In
the quiet homes Of their parents or
guardians at the freside where the
domestic graces and feelings are alone
demonstrated. These are charms which
most surely attract the high as well as
the humble. Against these all the finery
and airs in the world sink into insignih-
canco.
, 1877-02-02

DANGERS OF PORTABLE STEAM Boil
ERs.-lron says: The chief engineer
Of the Manchester steam users associa
ton, Mr.. L. E. Fletcher, who has done
yeoman service to the public by his un-
ceasing efforts to reduce the number of
deadly accidents from imperfect steam
boilers, at the last meeting of the asso
citation brought forward the subject of
portable boilers, and their special dan
gers. Portable boilers are often placed
under the charge of agricultural labor
ers and other persons who are below
the average in mechanical skill; and it
is important to know that in additionNto
this source of peril there is a great neg
lect prevalent among their constructors
with regard to their proper fitting with
safety valves. 1t is obviously essential
that in ignorant hands the safety valve
should be placed beyond the danger of
being tampered with /; but these valves,
are, Mr.. Fletcher tells us, SO arranged
that an extra turn of the thumb-screw
on the spindle of the screw balance
with which it is loaded, frequently suf-
fees to lock the valve fast and render it
perfectly useless, thus bottling up the
pressure and leading to the bursting Of
the boiler. Many cases of fatal acci-
dent from the bursting Of portable boil
ers are on record. By seven which
we're quoted twenty persons were killed
in one of them eight persons perished.
Mr.. Fletcher's conclusion is one in
which most sufficiently informed and
competent judges will agree-namely,
that the safety of the public from the
risk of boiler explosions can only be
secured by Legislative enactment.
, 1877-02-02
pR. M. X. poHERrYs

DR.. w. K. DOHERTYS
ATEDIcAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE, 04S
M CLAY STREET, bet Montgomery and Kearny
S reefs, san Francisco. With the most grateful
sentiments Of regard for the liberal patronage be-
stowedo ION him for the past thirteen years,
DIR. DOHERTX
Desires TO inform the general public and especially
all those laboring under all forms Of Chronic Com
plants that he can be consulted at 90 CLAY ST.,
on every variety OF Disease Of the Lungs. Liver,
kidneys Digestive and Genito-Urinary Organs
Nervous Debility and all
SPECIAL DISEASES,
Resulting from ignorance or folly. The number OF
persons suffering from these horrd complaints, In
whom the Doctor has effected radical cure, can
be counted By the thousand and the voluntary Ger
fcates IN bis possession received from persons he
mas restored TO health enough 70 satisfy all that
the Doctors skill In the treatment OF these anee-
tons enables him 70 warrant speedy cures. even N
The most obstinate cases He charges moderate ices,
treats his patients IN correct and Honorable way,
and has references Of unquesiionabe yeracity from
men of known reapectablllty and high standing In
sociefv All parties who may consult him By letter
or otherwise will receive the best and sentless
uconsultstious at the once or By letter FREE.
Address W. K poHERTY. n D., ?. o. Box MA.
p p. E-Dr. Doherty WIN send bis pamphlet on
SPECIAL DISEASES on receipt Of Eix cent? In post
age stamps Tor return postage.
, 1877-02-02
YOUNG MEN

UTHo NAY BE SUFFERING FROM THE
w effect OF youthful follies or indlscretion Will
do well 70 avail themselves Of this, the greatest
boon ever laid At the altar 81 suffering humanity.
DR. SPrSxEY Will guarantee TO forfeit 600 for every
OF weakness disease OF any kind or character
which he undertakes and falls 70 cure. He would,
read this notice. that you are treadlng upon danger
Gus ground when you longer delay In seeking the
proper remedy for your complaint You may be in
the first stage; remember you are approaching the
last II you are bordering upon the last, and are
you persist IN procrastination, the time must come
when the most skillfui physician can render you no
against you, when no angel Of mercy can bring you
relief In no case has the Doctor failed Of success
Then let not despair work upon your Imagination,
but avail yourself Of the beneficial results Of his
treatment before your case Is beyond the reach Of
10 edlcal SKILL before grim death hurries you 10
premature grave. CAL or address Dr. A, h. SPIN
GEY a CO., No. n Kearny street. San Franciscn.
Oface hours, from A. NJ 70 P. NJ and from n to
sP.M. Branch once. 1ss South cst Virginia. New.
, 1877-04-23

S%nteruentto1 beS B1uunternebmerS bic Sber'
jhleiter e~ntlafien muroen, unb Der plae 9e'
mann ietn qemobnteS Mnieben tpieoer. Wiit
benz %anbrehenoen Ibeno aber iammelten iib
pieoer ltarfe @ruppen auf benz Nleranbers
plab uub in ben amlieaenben StraBen an,
meiit beiddftisuussloie Irbeiter, iunae
Yuriden uno 0teu9itr;ge. Die Boli5ei bate
Otiibe, bic 6abrwese ireiSubalten, nnb Die
Dtsnge itaute itA anf ben Srottotls. Das
iibllde Ytetfen nnb Saufaeh besriiBte bas
@luidretten Der Yoliset, uno Steinmiirfe
- es iinben in Der Nabe Yfalterarbeiten ltatt
- flo9en ge9en Die berittenen S6ntleute,
Die nit blarfen Sdbeln auf Der Uiitte beS
Ylaees bielten uno BON 53eit su 3eit semsit'
lanl nit ibrell nift berittenen &ameraben
bic Dtenge 3uriidordusten. SIS fanoeu etipa
30 9erbaftnnaen ftatt, nnb elm Shubmann'
@ed)tmeilter mnrbe nift nnbetrd1tll1 per,
leet. Dle Diense 5dblte, 10 LANCE fs atn
ltdrflten mar, etna b06itens %3meitauleno
Sopfe. Diar fab Die iiblihen 8aiiermann'
iAen 9eltalten, Die man iiberau ltebt, mo es
Sfanbal 9iebt; ionlt Nrbeiter NIB 2eute Die
lih tlid) bie Neugier trieb, iif ben " Sfanpal"
anSuieben. Die Boliset ging iebr oorfihttg,
| jelblt tattpou s1 @erfe urb 3ei9te Der Wien9e
Dor auen Oingeu feine 9robe 3ahl Der ibren.
gSle 9e1aot, berridte, oils mir ben Ylat Der.
lleUei, trot Der immerbin nod 1tarfen Wens
ihenperlammlung ~relatiue Hube. I'm sp0lf
llbr Nabts mai Der Sumult poatdnoig porz
iiber. @tipas ueritarfte StutmannSpolten
gu SuB nnb i'll Yferoe btloeteu Die leste @r=
lnuerung on benielbem. SIN uebrlsen idten
Der Diono nit pieler Soptalltdt auf ben leereu
Aleranoerplae nieoer.
, 1877-04-23
slrbeitcr &ra,paI in Berlin.

Gin arger Irbelter &ralpau fano AM
Montas ben 10 6ebruar am Ileranoerplat su
Berlin ltatt. Ser Strl. S6ri. @our. idrelbt
bleriiber !: Son allen @eriihten, as bate es
iih nm eine &epolte ooer Mebnllhes aebau.
belt, ODER ais batte Die Sabe et.pa elnen
ioiialitliden Seiseidmad sebabt, betonen
mir sleid) bier, oa5 es iih- miubeteus bis
9e9en etlpa 80 llbr Qbenos, nm ,peld)e j3eit
Ser.btltatter ben Shauplat Der @r,eiie oer-
lieB = leoisllh UNI Elm II &ralpau aebanoelt
bat. Der llripraus oeielben mar folseuoer:
I'm 1 llbr ioutem auf Dem Alerauoerplas Die
@roarbeiten fir bic Yferoebahn mad W.iben.
fee beginner. S;ersu waren II. u. II 4rbei.
ter aus Sberidleiteu, Die bis babin in
Sh6nebers 9earbe tet batten, elgalirt. Die
oeutlhen Arbelter Nun, p~erltGrft ourh anbere
beida ftlgnn9sloie Glemente, erfldrten, nidt
NIT ZEN Shleliern arbeiteu 81 wolIeu uno
inter benz 0tufe Die Shleitern maljen aus
sSerltn raus, fam eS 81 turbulenten Muftrit-
ten. IS fanoen S%erbaftun9en itatt, aber es
Die 8nhe tpleoer bersuiteaen, ba auf