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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
PRISONERS GOING 10 SIBERIA.

The saddest sight in Russia to a traveller
is the manner in which civil prisoners are
treated. 1t is a common spectacle to see
three or four hundred poor wretches on
their way to Siberia under a military
escort; for most of them are chained to.
gether in couples, while the women and
children who have elected to share their
bread.winners lot have also to submit to
be treated as criminals. Poorly clad, and
apparently half starved, the wonder is
that any of the party should ever survive
the dreadful journey. A Russian crimi-
nal condemned to exile is sent away with
very little ceremony but when n of
the officers of the army or otner person
of note has been sentenced to Punishment
for life, he is dressed in full uniform, and
led TO a scaffold in some public place. In
the presence of the crowd he is made to
kneel, while his epaulets and decorations
are torn from his coat, and his sword
broken over his head. He is declared
legally dead; his estates are confiscated,
and his wife can consider herself a widow
il she chooses. From the scatfold he
starts on his journey for Siberia. His
wife and children, sisters or mother, can
follow or accompany him If they choGe,
but only on condition that they share his
exile. Mr.. Arnold, in his book entitled
Through Persia by Caravan, relates how,
when passing through Russia, he saw a
party of prisoners embarked on board a
steamer on the river Volga. They were
positively Gagged amidships, so that every
part of the interior could be seen, just as
IN the lion-houses of the geological gar
dens, with this difsrence-that in the
case OF the prisoners there was no over
hanging roof to prevent rain or sunshi0e
from pouring in upon their wretched-
ness. At the back of tho cage there was
q lair common to all, without distinction
of sex or age. And when all were Sc.
cured, including the guiltless WOMEN and
children, fights occurred for the places
least exposed to the east wind. This is
q system which mpgt surely fads away
beneath tlat public opinion which ! fat
becoming 300 stroag sor even aitoS'atlo
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nm HANNAH ~ CA ULAY z.

Nv 1r,r stzr, RI am at home again
While at Leeds, abon.t half mBday was
spent in speaking and hearing other
people speak; in squeezing ana Delng
squeezed. They fed me on loast peel
and Yorkshire pudding; at night 'ney
put me into 1capital bedrooms; and thu
only plague, they were always begging
me to mention some article Of food or
comfort which they might procure.
] travelled to town with a family of
children, who ate without intermis5lon
from where tk3y got into the coach to
where they got out of it. They break"
tasted as though they had tasted the
preceding day. They dined as if they
had never breakfasted. They ate one
large basket of sandwiches, another OF
fruit, and a boiled fowl; beside, there
was not an oraDge-girl, or an old man
with cakes, or a boy with nuts, of whom
they did not buy something:
am living with no society, except my
books. ] read a play of "CaldIon' be,
fore I breakfast; after breakfast, look
over the newspaper frank ~lettctF; scrawl
a line or two to a foolishgirl in Leicester
shire, and walk to my office, where /
remain until five. When I leave the
board I walk for two hours; then dine
and then end the day quietly over a
basin of tea and a novel.
Ever yours,
T. B. MACAULAY-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
woMEN IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY.

Among the distinguished women OF
fallen fortunes now holding situations in
the departments at Washington are Mrs.
Mary Wilcox, the granddaughter OF
President Jackson, and the only person
living who was borni in the white house j;
Mrs. Charlotte L. Livingston, whose
5000 position was obtained by her rela-
tive, Senator Paddock, after an argument
against her ~endeavoring to support her
self had failed Mrs. G. t.. Morris, Of
New York, granddaughter Of Robert
Morris; Miss Sophie Walker, the daugh-
ter Of Robert ]. Walker, who was secre-
tary Of the treasury during the presi-
dency OF James K. Polk, from 1916 to
la4s; Miss Dade, whose mother was a
cohsin Of General Scott Miss Markoo,
daughter Of Francis Markoo, who for
thirty years was attached to the diplo-
matlc corps Of the state department ;
Mrs. Helen Mclean Kimball. widow of
Colonei hlmbaIl, who signaIly distin-
gnished himself in the Mexican war ;
Miss Sallie Upton, of Brooklyn. N. Y.
daughter of the late Francis Untan :
distinguished lawyer, and the author of
several standard works on admiralty and
Jurisprudence Mrs. Chaplin, widow Of
United States District Judge Chaplin
Mrs. TiFey, q cousin Of the present sec
rotary Of state, and Mrs. Granger, the
widow Of the late General Gordon Gran
ger, the circumstances Of whose massacre
by the Indians with General Custer are
too recent to require the story here.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
A NOBLE WOMAN.

The countess Ebersburg is doing a
noble but unobtrusive work in London.
"Some two years ago." says Mr.. Con
way in a letter to the Cincinnati Com
merCial, "the countess lost her two
babes, and she then consecrated her for
tune and life to the single work of saving
the lives of children. As she began 10
examine the subject, she met with the
statement that in England 100000 chill
dren die annually under the age of five,
of these three per cent. die of prevent
able causes. She set herself to the task
of going around and visiting the poor
and convers;ng wi h mothers. In the
first place she instituted weekly mothers
meetings, which might be attended BY
those who were able, at which ashe gave
them instructions in economizeing theil
poor means, and in kinds of food most
nourishing, and answered from the best
authorities the mothers questions as tc
treating their own and their children's
ailments. The countess next drew upon
her own means, and those Of hel
friends, to provide matted food extract
and similar things for ailing children,
and by spending about $4,000 a year in
this way saved many lives. NocrS OF
mother or child has ever been unheeded.
Gradually she has extended her plans te
include a children's retreat in the conn
try for babies whose lives depend OH
change of air, and q day nursery, where
women may leave their children in gooc
care while they are at work. Her "orl
is now arranged in districts amid the
poorest parts of London, and she dis
tributes some 5000 pounds of baby food
per annum. The crusade of this gentle
countess against Hered, though it has
attracted no attention in royal circles
here, seems to have been heard Of else
where, and the empress Of Russia last
year sent the countess a donation for hel
work and a warm letter of sympathy
The grand duchess of Baden has this
year done the same"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
THE COLORADO BEETLE IN ENG
LAND.

In the house of commons, on Thurs
day, June %, Mr.. NJ. Stewart asked the
vice-president of the council if the
attention had been called to0 statement
in the Pail Mall Gazette announcing
that the Colorado beetle had made its
appearance in Germany, and if precau-
tiens would be taken to prevent its
introduction into England. In reply,
Lord Landon said: | am not surprised
that my honorable friend should have
addressed to me a question on this sub
ject, owing to the great interest felt in
it. | have to inform him that since |
saw that announcement in the papers
I have communicated with the foreign
office. They at once telegraphed to
certain ports, and this afternoon, [ am
sorry to say, they have received a report
confirming the statement. The telegram
says indications of these insects in the
shape of numerous Larvae were found in a
field near Mulheim. The feliSwas fired
with sawdust and petroleum. One beetle
was seen on the wing. Laughter. 1t
was a very serious matter because it was
feared the beetles might spread. [Cheers.
Upon receiving this information, the
privy council at once wrote to the
customs, requesting them to instruct the
officers at the various ports to keep a
lookout for the arrival of these destruc-
tive insects. The commissioners OF
customs, | may state, have long been
alive to this subject. So far back as
March, 1875, they Issued a circular to
their officers to examine carefully into all
cargoes of potatoes coming from America,
and destroy by fire all particles Of potato
stalks, as we'll as all loose soil. In
November, 1876, again the commissioner
of customs, issued an engraving of the
insect, and we have thought fit to repub-
lish and circulate throughout the country
a memorandum published last October
by the minister of agriculture in Canada
describing the habits of the insect, and
showing the best means Of getting rid Of
it. If my honorable friend would like
copies of these papers, | shall be glad
to lay them on the table,. E"Hear,'
"hear,"
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paris, at which were read the reports OF
the engineers engaged during the paSC
vear in making the preliminary suDma-
rina uryey These surveys we're pro-
nanncedanite satisfactory, a continuous
he'd 81 chalk having been traced unlying
III. channel from shore to shore. AS a
further experimental test of the practi-
eabiIity Of the scheme the sum OF one
hundred and sixty thousand pounds
sterling has been provided principally
bs the railway companies interested IN
prosecution of the work. to sink pits ON
both sides into the chalk beds and drive
d section of the tunnel half a mile under
the waters of the channel.
Thus far everything works favorably
to the ultimate completion of this great
engineering project. Whether the neces
, sary amount ofeapital can be obtained IL
tho chief problem now to be solved. An
attempt has been made to show that SUI
6cient revenue could be derived from
passengers to 4 a fair interest on the
capitsi invested, in addition to the cur
rent expenses Of lighting yentllla'lns
and operating this long line OF resd unoo'
the bed of the sea. The number 81 per
sons crossing the channel anrn'uy DC
tween Dover and Calais is believed W y
about 100000. The theory Is that III
number would be doubled if the tunne
were built, and the sickness incidental TO
the sea voyage thus avoided. But 1t Is
not shown that e tunnel thirty-one miles
in length woulditself be free from equally
serious objections. The project, never
theless, is a grand one, and if capitalists
could be induced to believe that the tun
mel can be made to pay, there is abun,
dance of money wherewith to build 1t no"
seeking Observation-Disclosures S"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
Il FURIOUS TORNADO.

A correspondent, describing the late
tornado at Pensaukee, Wis, by which
several persons were killed, says: The
fury of the wind cannot be described.
Some instances will serve to give a faint
idea of its power. The mills were de-
molished like houses of paper; COWS
were lifted bodily, and carried through
the air for rods,sapd left to die where
they fell; immense saw logs were lifted
out the river and thrown up high and
dry on land lumber piles were scattered
like straw. The river is filled with lum-
Der and other debris, end the marsh
fairly bristles with lumber and shattered
timbers. The steamer John Spry was
stripped and Quilted. Houses were car
ried into the street or whirled completely
around. A man and child were blown
through the air, and dropped into the
river and drowned. A barn was blown
to pieces, and a horse left standing in his
stall, u%ninjured. A large lumber wagon
was carried over the three-story hotel.
But the most singular freaks occurred in
and about the hotel. Whole sides and
corners of brick walls were torn from the
structure, and parts of the building left
in a lettering condition articles of fur
niture were whirled from apartments
51tthruogh narrow halls and through distant
rooms, demolished altogether. A cabi'
net organ which stood in the parlor left
no trace OF itself except a piece of the
cover. A large book of accounts was
blown from the company's store, situated
we two hundred yards distant, into one
of the upper stories of the hotel, through
a six inch partition, and imbeded itself
in the wall. A safe in Gardiner & Co.'s
store, weighing 1000 pound, was moved
a distance of eighteen feet. The tug
Pensaukee was just arriving from Ocon-
to. Mr.. Baptist, superintendent Of the
compaDy's affairs, was in the p~ilot-house.
The boat seemed to escape the wind it.
self, though a living cloud of timber set
tied upon the boat, inficting serious
wounds upon Mr. Baptist. He de-
scribed the whirlwind as a spout OF
murky blackness, tinged with red, COM
ing out of the Skies. tapering toward the
earth. When it touched the earth it
seemed to burst and spread, carrying de-
struction before it.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
HOW ANA CONDAS ARE CAPTURED

The anaconda in the Geological gar
dens, London, which has been considered
quite a respectable1nake, turns out to
be a comparatively small creature of its
kind. Henry J. Cook, of Caracas, Ven
ezuela, in a letter to Crank Buckland,
states that in the small rivers which flow
into the Orinoco there are large numbers
of anacondas much larger than the one
the society has, and hat in a large
pond near a friends house in Maturin
lives in shy retirement opaana&at is th0ty-
six feet long and a yard in diameter.
The managers of the gardens have offered
So, 500 for the cCpture and delivery in
England of this serpent. It requires an
expert fisherman to catch these creatures
alive. In Africa a live dog is used az
bait, and after the dog has been bolted,
the boa coils up and takes a nap, and
then the fisherman stuf3 him into a bag.
A big pocket will be required tor the
gentleman in the Maturin pond.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01
VE N GAY.

The Iowa man who invented grass
hopper soup has concocted a DeauSll"l
sauce of cockroaches and kerosene OIL
Don't eat 'em green and sliced If 20"
Would like TO stay around
Abstain if long you'd he a Gu
Cumber OF the ground.
It is no longer the fashion to sehu
"around a slice OF wedding cake" 'ney
send the recipe how to make it.
Instead of a wine list a Bangor hotel
prints OF its bill of fare, owe would II
we cowld."
A tramp he entered a widows cot,
One dark, uncaHny night
She felled him with a big sluLg-shot;
Such was the widows might.
Short straws and low counters are
making the tall young men of u bes
society frightfully round-shouldered'-
| Morristo1cn Herald.
.Youngman, if you wake up suddenly
in the night and see a ~seven-toot man
standing over your bed, that's not the
iimjams. It's a burglar.
What's a fellow to do, doctor,
when he's in company and has nothing
to cav 81 HE should say it quietly"
said the doctor.
The first step toward wealth used to
be considered the choice of a good wife;
but nowadays wealth is the first step
! toward the choice of a wife.
Some men can sit on a candle box
ono lay out the European campaigns,
and tell almost everything that is TO
occur i. the future, except where their
nox+ dim yer is to come FROM Graphic.
A pIvn ,outh man recently received
. letter comm. ucing a follows: "Dearsir,
it is with the ge> eatest pleasure that take
nv non in hand 10 let you know that
cant pay you that money neT."
WHY is it that ~. ne Of the cuts o
the magnificent dinih> Q car" Oh 'ne
great railway lines rep,. 'esent a man
pouring q cup of coffee do. Wn his shirt
front, while the lady opposite MIN po"rS
a pint of milk into her neighbo 60 nap
The artists appear to miss all the 'n''l-
ling incidents. -
Animals may think, but sometimes
they do not think very fast. A cow got
into a James street garden, Friday. and
it took her half an hour to make up her
mind where to 90 out. A man and dog
were flooding her mind with information
all the time, too.-ROme Sentinel.
Mr.. Budd Morton, of New Haven
had his pocket picked Of FIVE thousand
dollars6n a sleeping car on an Indiana
railroad, the other night, Sheer mex"
cuaable carelessness on The part of Mr..
Morton. We'd just like to see any man
pick our pocket of five thousand dollars.
We'd take the pilfering scoundrel by the
throat and make him give us half OF it
if we had to kill him.
.."Oh, dear" said she, sweeping away,
with her broom. "What shall | do?
Here it is II o'clock, and I haven't this
room swept, the beds are not made, and
the breakfast dishes are veto be washed.
Oh, dear, was ever woman SO much
pressed for time as / am !" Then she sud
denly stopped, leaned on her broom, and
listened for half an hour trying to catch
the points of a quarrel which was going
on between a married couple in the next
door house. The sttay Of feminine
character is a hard one.y
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monarchs to despise; for We are told that
the emancipation of the Russian serfs has
made?a vast legal, social and material
improvement in the lower orders of the
people; and it is to the people that the
world will look for that much-needed
reform which will enable Russia, perhaps
at no distant day, to take an honorable
place among civilized nations.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01

The grand jury of Baltimore county,
Nd, has presented two Judges of
the county circuit court for malfea-
sance in Office. The presentment was
agreed upon while four of the grand ju-
rors were absent, and it is understood
that three of those present obtained the
action. The whole thing is a campaign
dodge to help on thevlection of certain
members of the grand jury, who are can
didates for county Offices. In reply to a
reporter, Judge Yellott said that if he
does not have these grand jurors indicted
for perjury he will be liable to indict-
ment for felony, and that he means to do
his duty. The penalty for perjury is not
less than five NOR Blere than ten years in
the penitentiary.
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DON'T T1EK roo MUCH.

Few people have reason to regr.t that
they have talked too little. Forbear to
sport an opinion on a subject Of which
You are ignorant, especially in the pres
Of those to vhop it is familiar. If
It BE- not always in gur power to sneak
70 the purpose, it certainly is to Be d.
lent and, Though thousands have Re,
lnlenllbered with pain their Rarrulity. few
hare Tsasoa to repent hsIE silence:
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KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS.
BY JOHN @. WHITTIER.

BY JOHN u. WHITTIER
Out FROM Jerusalem
The King rode with his great
War chiefs and lords Of state,
And Shsba's Queen with them.
Proud in the Syrian suH
In gold and purplesh
The dusky Ethiop Que
Smiled on King Solomon.
Wisest Of men, he knew
The languages OF all
The creatures great or small
That trod the earth or fey.
Across an ant-hiil led
The Kings path, and ne heard
Its small folk, and their word
He thus interpreted:
Here comes the King men greet
Al wise and good and just,
To crush us igsthe dust,
Under his needless feet"
The great King bowed his head,
And saw the wide surprise
Or the Queen of Sheba's ewes,
AS he told her what they said.
70 King!" she whispered sweet,
400 happy fate have they
Who perish in thy way
Beneath thy gracious feet!"
"Nay," Solomon replied,
"The wi g and strong should seek
The welfare of the weak"
And turned his horse aside.
HIS train, with quick alarm,
Curved with their leader round
The ant-hilt's peopled mound
And left 1t free from harm.
The jeweled head bent low ;
80 Kingl" she said, ~henceforth
The secret Of thy worth
And wisdom well | know.
"Happy must be the state
Whose ruler heedeth more
The murmUrs of the poor
Than batteries of the great"
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A lady friend of ours says that the
beautiful vistas of her soul-life become
blurred when she sends her husband to
the corner grocery with four-bits for a
loaf Of hsead, and he comes back chewing
eloyea and tells how he generously gave
away The Change to a blind man with
only pna hind lsg..eSan EreDeissa Moi
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-09-01

The New York Ledger undertakes to
tell " how to win a Woman's love-" The
most simple and effective way, if a man
can't affor | diamonds, is TO take SONS
refreshmel ts along and sit the other TEL
low OUT Beaten Poss.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-13

PERSONAL PoINTs.-Dr. Fisher, Of
Bridgeport, was summoned 10 Bonneville
yesterday morning by a telegram, an
nouncing the death Of his mother, near
that plaCe.-Belidirc Leader.
Messrs. T. J. Hugus, Geo, Lincli, JOIN
Moilal, DR.. Ward, Judge Boyd, Sam
McColloch and FL. McKennan have re,
turned from their lishing camp at Mid
die Island Creek.
The many friends Of Rev. Mr.. Barnill
in this city will wish him great deal oil
happiness in view oithe coming event TO-
morrow.
Tommy Cockayne and his band played
for n select picnic on Saturday on The
farm Of Mr.. HOllingsWOrth, Eve miles
from Zanesvllle.
Capt. IE,C. MCWhorter, Of Charleston,
is in the city.
DR.. Hardesty accompanied the Light
Guards 10 White Sulphur.
Mr.. c. W. Franzheim, Orderly Sergeant
Of the Light Guards, left for White Sui
phur last evening.
DR.. A. S. Todd and daughter, Mrs
DR.. Ilupp, are nj Cranberry Summit,
Mrs, Todd will join them in a few days
Messrs. Mack Dreiius, Isaac Green
baum and VIM. Reese, representing three
we'll known Philadelphia clothing estab-
lishments, stopped over Sunday in the
Nail City. They have number Of warm
friends here.
President Thompson and family arc So
journing at present at the White Sui.
phur Springs. Welearn they will return
soon.-NeC Dominion.
-MessGs. L. G. Cracrait, Wash. Bagss
and others are announced TO address a
temperance meeting at OTIS Hall TO-
night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-13
WHEELING MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST l 1877

REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH. - Rev.
W. Z. Williamson preached morning and
evening to good audience. His subject
In the morning was "Faith as exemplitled
In the trial Of Abraham In offering up
his son 1saac.' The church must have
the faith Of Abraham. Gods promise Il
to II as 10 Abraham. He will surely
nourish and extend II until every knee
shall bow and every tongue shall acknoWl.
dge Him.
AtT;3O p. NJ, he discoursed on the pow.
er and efficacy Of prayer, taking for
his text 81. John Is, 7. He assumed
that prayer Is natural TO man; that
tribes have been found without houses,
without rAiment without letters, with
out science, but never without pray.
er; that this truth Is confirmed by the
researches and explorations Of modern
travellers and ethnologists; that 1t Is just
as natural as the flow Of language; that
IL Ia an essential element Of life, not
physical, but ethical and spiritual life,
Logic cannot deprive US Of lie, and
religion is life to the religious; and as m
experience Of consciousness II is perfect
ly beyond the assaults Of logic. II hath
subdued the strength Of FIRE, bridled the
rage Of lions, hushed anarchy, extin'
guished wars, appeased the elements
expelled demons, burst the chains 'oI
death and opened the gates Of heaven
But all this Is conditioned. "If ye abide
in me and my words abide In you, "
shall ask what 20 will, and II shall be
done unto YOU" This union with Christ
Is all important, The branch cannot
bear fruit OF itself. II must abide in the
vine. So in this case, we must abide in
Christ, and his word must abide in u.s.
then we may come boldly unto the throne
Of grace-not timid and hesitatlng, but
confident and happy, realizing that VIC
have the things We ask Of him.