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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
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REMINGTON
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family Mac~hine-namely: LIGHT RUNNING,
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perfect LOCKsTITCH.
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petitors.
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Territory.
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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

SDEBDAft Apr11 0us 1871. &
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present. Il. III. Littell, President; A. Guidry,
q Hawkins, H J. Guillory and +. Savoy.
The Treasurer submitted the following state
ment with the vouchers.
STATEMENT A.
sHowISG THE RECEIPTS IN THE PARISH TREAS
URY DURING THE YEAR 1876.
For amount paid by JonathanL /. Morris
tax collector as per statements rem
dered police s37, 546.51
Amount pdb by David Roy sale of stock 20.50
Balre,s Landing A.les :. .s.is :" 10000
Amopiit p'd6y Thompson Bihm sale Of ',sO
Amount cunt ; Rddby 8, +. LaFsfgne sale Of $500
stock 1925
bond 10000
Amount pu Dy L. eSnalfalsT rent OF lot 1900
Total amount received Iii the parish
treasury during tileyear 1876. .... ISL 500 I6
STATEMENT b.
THE E1pERDiTGRE O TIE TEAR1sT6.
For amount paid parish officers MAIN
t~ailaflce 0f parish jail, internal i'm.
nIoTelnents, existing debt, Jurors
and witnesses &c as per vouchers. $50, 47s.0J
For amount tax collectors commission 3,754.65
I. treaSurcrs salary to April lit G25.a0
due treasurer Inst settlement St.66
Total amount disblIsed .....-.- .$ss7 $780, s
Total amount received as per state
menu q. SOLE
For balance que easufef.-.- 3T.22
ss7 .939.38
We Th0s. C. Anderson, Parish Treasurer of
st. Landry, and Louis Desmarais, Assistant
Treasurer, do S0lemlniy swear that we have
paid the full amount OF each voucher fboVa
presented IN money or have received the same
IN payment OF parish dues and that we have
ITO tspeeulated therein ourselves or been directly
or indirectly interested in any speculation that
may have been made IN their acquisition.
THOS. C. ANDERSON.
LOUIS DESMARATS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this sd
day of April, 1877. 4. u. YEAIIE,
Justice Peace.
On motion OF Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
whereas the Treasurer Of the parish OF ST. Lam
dry. Inns R9tis day nfeas1ted his annual state
nlcnt 0f monies reCeiYfWA and dishITsed by him
during the year whereas said state
mcslt after d tli0rOSlgMM md careful examination Z
of the vouchers, hasheen found correct III every
particular, therefore be 1T resolved that the
said statement be received, and that the Reear-
der bit tire parish Af SEs LsfldTy lAnnd liz hereby
instructed to cancel the bond DC Th0s. C. Andef-
son, as Parish Treasurer Tor khe year 1876, and
that Thos. C. Anderson and his securities are
hereby relieved from all liability thereo9 for
the year 1876.
OH motion the Police jury adjourned until
Il. II. LTTrELI. President.
Attests Gs MAYO, Clerk.
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Died-Jolln o.. Morgan,
Dlmitted-I T. Scnrloek, VIM. M, Ewell, TT.
Heard, 4. simmons, p. w. Williams, s.. P. Ward,
/. G0dchaux, 3. H. jackson.
Honorary Member.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17

when came into the house with him he
began again. Nothing was right, and he
was so impatient and quick tempered. "'Tis
very provoking to be annoyed In this way,
Daniel. don't know what servants be
good for in these times but to make trouble
and vex one with their idle ways" didn't
say anything for minute or two, and then
| says, ." You must be very much disap-
pointed, sir" How so, DanielP Disap-
pointed" al thought you were expecting
to receive very valuable present this morn
ing sir, and | see it hasn't como yet"
Present, Daniel 2" and he scratched his
head, as much as to say, Whatever can
the man be talking about ?" "l heard you
speak of it, sir | said. Heard me speak
Of valuable present Why, Daniel, you
must be dreaming. I've never thought of
such thing" "Perhaps not, sir, but
you've talked about it and | hoped it would
come whilst was here, for should dearly
love TO see it," lie was getting angry with
me now, so thought it would be best to ex-
plain. "You know, sir, this morning you
prayed for Christ-ike spirit, and the
mind that was in Jesus, and the love Of
God shed abroad in your heart" "Oh,
that's what you mean, is il 2" and he spoke
as If that weren't anything at all. Now,
sir, wouldn't you be rather surprised if your
prayer was to be answered ? lfyou were to
feel NICE gentle, loving spirit coming
down upon you, all patient and forgiving,
and kind? Why, sir wouldn't you come to
be quite frightened like; and you'd come
in and sit down all in faint, and reckon as
you must be a-going to die, because you felt
so heavenly-minded? 2" He didn't like it
very much," said Daniel, but | delivered
my testimony, and learned lesson for my
self too. You're right, Captain Joe, you're
right. We should stare very often If the
Lord WAS to answer our prayers"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
Advice 10 Young Girls.

Every young girl, i'll the sweet freshness
of life's morning, should settle first of all
the question of what she owes to Christ. 1t
is a personal question, which should go
home to every heart. Consecrated Christian
womanhood can do very much for the Mas
ter. No loveiness of face, no grace of form,
no entangling qualities of disposition, how
ever amiable, are enough tn make a girl
really beautiful, strong and winsome, unless
added to all there is the gentleness of a holy
life, the sweetness of an unfaltering faith,
and the benignity of a full surrender to the
Lord. 1t is within the province of young
girls to set the fashion of sensible amuse-
ments. They should not think it an un-
worthy vocation to plan and carry forward
pleasant parlor entertainments, where cha
rades are enacted and tableaux are presented.
They should use their music, their wit,
their readiness in conversation, and their
graceful and attractive toilets, in promoting
the substantial good and the innocent pleas
ures of the place where they live. A young
girl whose home is lovely, and whose parents
are well placed socially, should consider it a
privilege to extend helping hand to other
girls less favorably situated than herself.
Many an unobtrusive courtesy, flower, a
book, kind word, a call, an invitation to
tea, walk, a pleasant recognition when
coming or going out of church, may be q iven
by this happy girl queenly in her gracious
freedom from care, to that other whose
home is dull, whose associations are uncon.
genial and whose range of occupations is
narrow. How life broadens and brightens,
too, to her who regards it as precious trust
from God We are made glad by what we
give, and not by what we get She who has
it in her power to begin a pleasant thing, to
set fair example, and to inspire those neal
her to right ways and generous works
wields woman's royaest scepter. One diff
dent, shy, yet brave and womanly girl, can
renovate and revolutionize the society in
which she moves.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
Treasures of the Past.

The Christian InteHigencer gives the fol-
lowing further report of the discoveries made
by Dr. Schiemann ain letter from DIR.
Schliemann, which he tells us is preliminary
to fuller statement of his discoveries at
Mycene, he gives an interesting account Of
some of the relies that he had exhumed
After having dug out mountains of earth,
and having begun to remove the stones and
rubbish of the lower layer, he struck on a
large gided silver COW head with two horns,
one large cup of gold with pigeon on each
handle, three cups with only one handle, and
an enormous vase of pure gold, richly orna-
mented. lie also found about two hundred
gold buttons, very large and splendidly en-
graved, an immense golden lebanon, richly
ornamented, which he first mistook for a
belt, nine silver vases, one or more of them
gilded, ten very large vessels of bronze. All
this was found before hardly onethird of the
tomb had been emptied. The bones which
he found he says are like the bones of giants
of extraordinary size, and the teeth very
| large. lneTe were close W thvih tWo ialb'
heaps of lances and swords of bronze. Many
swords showed the remains of wooden han
dies, ornamented with innumerable golC
pins The handle of one sword was entirely
Of gold. DIR. Schliemann adds There il
no end of smaller objects, all of gold whicl
had been scattered over the richly embroid
cred clothes of the royal deceased. For in
stance, a man with pigeon on his head,
sea-horse, lion, man whose physiognom
resembles the Medusa which Perseus kill
on one of the bas-reliefs at Selinuat, two wal
riors fighting, etc. Here is an epoch Of Al
fully recovered which was hitherto hardl
known except by the three friezes in tn
British Museum. The tomb is the tom
which the tradition Of the ancients assigne
to Agamemnon, King Of Men, to Casiandri
to Eurymedon, and their companions "
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17

"You ask for an armstice of six weeks.
Oh we will do more than that we
will grant one of six months. You ask for
reforms in three provinces we are ready to
introduce them into the whole empire, both
European and Asiatic." To person un-
acquainted with Eastern affairs, this an
swer would seem plausible, but for any one
who knows the real state of the East, it is
simply avoiding the question. The Turks
would like a truce of six months because IL
would save them from winter campaign.
As to their introducing into the whole EN-
pire the reforms demanded, that is a mere
farce. The reforms sought for in the three
provinces are, first of all, an abolition Of
Turkish officials and an establishment of in
dependent administration by heprovinces, so
far as reforms are concerned in the whole
empire. The Turks meant that they would
introduce them themselves thus defeating
the very object which civilized Europe, with
the exception of England, was striving for.
The Turks have been pretending to reform
for the last fifty years, but all their reforms
are on paper. They would introduce to-
morrow the American constitution if they
were to apply it themselves. Of course it
would remain on paper, and bulgarian hor-
rors and every other atrocity would be re-
peated as before. 1t is to make sure of real
reforming that Russia demands real guar
antees. Had England pressed the accept
ance Of the note presented by her ambassa-
dor, Turkey would have yielded at once /;
so the note proposed by England fell to the
ground for the time, because the English
government wished that it should.
So matters stood until last week, when
Russia, tired Of delay, sent an ultimatum to
Constantinope saying, that if Turkey did
not accept the conditions within forty-eight
hours, General Ignatieff with the whole
Russian embassy, would leave Constantine
ple-that being step preparatory to war,
as general rule. The ultimatum was ac-
cepted and the conditions signed by the
Sultan within the time prescribed. So Rus
sia has accomplished, by an energetic act,
in forty-cight hours, what England has been
trying to prevent for upward of year. 1t
is supposed there will be European con-
ference at which the fate of Turkey will be
decided,
The problem of the Eastern Question has
at last chance of being solved, and, we
may hope, solved peaceably. Should that be
the result the world will be indebted to the
indomitable will of Russia and the diplo-
matte genius and craftsmanship of Prince
Gortschakoif for SO noble an achievement.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
A Highway for Commerce.

For a much longer period than the mem
ory of any living man recurreth to the con-
trary, those interested in international COM
merce have sought the solution of single
problem connected with our Western Hem
sphere. The two continents of North and
South America are unfortunately united.
Had they consisted of two islands, then the
problem alluded to had. never existed. A
narrow isthmus binds the continents to-
gether, however, and obstructs navigation.
The great question, consequently, has been,
and is, how to sever the Isthmus of Darien,
and make passage for ships. Of course,
if this were done, the west coast of both
North and South America, and the isles of
the Pacific, would be brought practically
thousands of miles nearer to Europe and the
eastern coast of our own busy land. A voy-
age from California to the Sandwich Islands,
from Chill or Peru. to either London, Am
sterdam or New York, compels the sailor 10
endure the rigors of half-arctic climate in
doubling Cape Horn. The Atlantic and the
Antartic ocean give the surges of the Pa
cifc but a cold welcome off that stormy
cape. Thousands, therefore, during the last
three centuries have pondered the feasibility
of ship canal across the tropical isthmus.
One of the periodic surveys of the route
has just been made by certain engineers of
our own country, who have recently made a
report to the President. They agree in pre-
ferring what is known as the Nicaragua
route. Starting on the Atlantic side near
Greytown, the proposed canal would subor-
dinate the San Juan river, Lake Nicaragua
itself, and some other bodies of water, and
strike the Pacific by the Rio del Brto. The
enterprise is costly undertaking. The
commissioners reckon the expense at hun.
dred million of dollars, and think the work
might be completed in about ten years
And they very sensibly suggest that such 9
canal should be under the protection of al
the nations interested, and that they SHOULD
guarantee the neutrality of the canal and it,
works, and of a contiguous strip of territory
on each side, of not less than fifty mile
in breadth.
We cannot doubt that the construction o
such canal is likely to be secured durinl
the present generation. Ageneral Europeal
war would retard the natter for war is s.
expensive luxury that it both wastes am
absorbs capital If peace continue, however
the civilized world can easily spare the hur
, dred millions needed. Show capitalists tina
the enterprise is likely to be profitable, an
the money will be forthcoming And if tn
:, dream of some of the thinkers of Englan
J can be realized, that Australia shall be rel
! dered by emigration another Great Britain
the increased commerce between the motht
: and daughter will soon make the canal p
+ cunarily successful.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
!The Frrsidr.
THE LITTLE WHITE DRESS.

II was pure as n snowdrop, the little white dress
which mamma had ironed that day.
Not spot. not n stain or q wrinkle was there.
And Allie just leaving her play,
Looked mp TO her mother, and lovingly said
81 think, dear mamma-dont you guess
That when shall go up there to live with God,
shall have on my little white dress?"
All, naught but the " mother-love" ever can tell
Why there came such terrible thrill,
What brought for a moment numbne' like DEATH
Why her heart felt desolate chill;
Then, clasping the little one close in her arms,
She said, in half-absent way
They all dress in white who live MP with God
Now, darlug, go back oyour play"
And mothers will know u they cannot tell wln,
when Allie " went back to her play,
She enderiy took up the little white dress,
And quietly hung it away.
One day little Allie grew tired Of her play.
So tired that lie who knew best
Knew the dear mothers with their resttul embrace
Would neveunore bring to her rest.
So they robed her In the little white dress
And laid the loved foun out Of sight;
hut they know in their that she lives with 60
And walks with the angels in white.
All happy for us II when, at the last
Eternity dawns sight,
with tears Of repentance and Calvary's blood,
our garments have all been made white.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17

MOTHER AND SoN.--There is no tie in the
world more beautiful than that which binds
mother and a son grown old enough to be
her protector. A daughter loves her mother,
indeed but she sees all her defects as one
woman always does see those of another
No doubt with the unconscious arrogance
of youth, she exaggerates them. But the
son loves his mother with an ideal loye-he
sees her as u man sees woman that is to
say, through a certain halo of mystery. Rev
erence is in his feelings for her, and at the
same time q sense of her need of his care
he is at once her knight aud her son. lie il
proud of her aud fond of her at the same
time. Her image is sacred in his mind She
may not be better than other women bu
she seems so to him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17

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6l-66 Address, 1iE SUN, New York city, y, Y.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17

When little boy first went to the village
school with his spelling book under his arm,
his mother, having seen that his clothes were
clean and his hair combed, gave him a
mothers warm kiss and Now remember
to act well your part, for therein all the
honor lies" When the boy grew to be a
lad, old enough to go from home to teach
school, when his trunk was packed and al
ready to try his first experiment. the same
faithful mother as he left the house, gave
another kiss and said Now remember act
well your part, for therein all the honor lies" 3"
And when few years after the lad had
finished his preparatory studies and was to
enter upon his life work, as he left the
parental home to make home of his own
the same good mother said as she kissed
him Now remember, act well your part,
for therein all the honor lies" A few years
later when the mother had become old and
infirm, and death was near, the last days
had come and the son was called to ex
change the last words, then standing by her
bedside his hand in hers, she told how long
she had trusted in Christ, and how good lie
had been TO her, and then as her last words
to him she said Z" You will see me no NOR,
here, but remember to act well your part
for therein all the honor lies" That mother
fell asleep in Christ, but those oft-repeateC
words came like echoes from the heavenl.
world, more eloquent than any sermon from
living words to that sons heart, and the,
will ever follow him as next to the love o
Christ the strongest of all motives to righ
| endeayor. Let mothers ever know tina
deeper than seems to them, their oft-rt
peated prayers sink into the heart, and ar
| cherished there. Your words may be con
mon words, but they live forever.-Selectet