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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

Nelson's time, though not of Nelson's
f1eets' Then comes Codington's flagship
at NaVarlno, the Asia, an old Indian,
built teak ship there is the B~ellerophon,
which received Napoleon; half a dozen
splendid old three-deckers which, like the
Donegal, Glawgow and Victoria, have
seen the blue watsr on a single trip; or
else, like the Camperdown, have lain
forgotten by tho Admiralty, and actually
never been to sea at all.
Among the other relics of bvgone
fashions there is the Acteon, the last
sailing ship ever built for the navy the
poor old OberOn, which once did good
service cutting out s~lavers, now con,
oemned to be a target for torpedoes;
there IS perhaps the last of the old
French prizes still a1oat, the Blonde,
captured in the time when if a war shin
came back to Plymouth or Portsmouth
without her prize she was felt to have
dlSgraced herself; and alongside the
modern royal yachts, bright and dainty
with gliding and paint, lies the ROYAL
G~eorge--not the old line of battle shin
which went down with the flag of KEN
penfeidt, and dragged down with her
twice four hundred men, but a shin.
rugged, square built craft, designed for
King George Ill, in which his grand
daughter, Queen Victoria, made her first
voyage to Scotland.-London Daily Mews.
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THOMPSON OF "AEGELS,v

1t is the story of Thompson-of Thompson, til
hero Of "Angels";
Frequently drunk was Thompson, but always pc
lite TO the stranger; .
Light and free was the touch of Thompson upon hi
revolver;
Great the mortal ty Incident upon that ~lightnes
and freedom;
Yet not happy or gay was THOMPSON the hero o.
Often spoke to himself in accents of anguish and
" Why do make the graves of the frivolous youth
| ThoughtiessIy pass my revolver, forgetting its
lightness and freedom?
e WHY, in my daily walks, does the surgeon drop
his left eyelid,
The undertaken smile, and the sculptor of grave
Lean on his chisel and gaze? Icare not o'ermuch
for attention
Simple am | in my ways, save but for this Light
ness and freedom"
So spake that pensive man-this Thomson. the
hero of !" Angels"
Bitterly smiled to himself, as he strobe through the
chapparal, musing.
"Why, 0 why" echoed the pines, in their dark
olive depth far resounding,
" why, indeed p" whispered the sage brush, that
bent meath his feet non. elastic.
Pleasant indeed was that morn that dawned Ger
the bar-room at " Angels
Where in their manhood's prime was ga hered the
pride Of the hamlet.
Six "t0ok sugar in theirs" and nine to the bar
keeper lightly
Smiled as they said, :" Well, jim, you can give us
our regular fasil."
Suddenly, as the grey hawk swoops down on the
barn-yard, aElghting
WISE, p~enstvely picking their corn, the favorite
prdlets are gathered,
CO IN fhnf farHiva arro0 HrnppoJ ThauoAnoo Ilo
hero of q Angels,''
Grasping his weapon dread with his pristine light
ness and freedom.
Never a word he spoke divesting himself OF his
garments,
Danced the war dance of the playful yet truculent
Modoc,
Uttered a single whoop, and then in the accents of
Spake, 80 behold in me a Crested jay Hawk of the
Mountain!"
Then roae a palIid mana man sick with fever and
%ue;
Small was he, and his step was tremulous, weak and
uncertain;
Slowly a Deringer drew and covered the person of
Thompson,
in his feeblest pipe, "I'm a Bald-Headed
Snipe of the Valley.'
As on its native plains the kangaroo, startled by
hunters,
leaps with successive bounds, and hurries away to |
the thicRets, |
leaped the Crested Hawk and quietly hop !
ping behind him
Ran, and occasionally shot, that "Bald-Headed |
Snipe of the Valley"
at the festive bar still fingered the people of |
"Angels," 4
Tearing afar IN the woods the petulant pop of the |
pistol; .
Never again returned the "Crested Jay Hawk of |
the Mountain;"
'ever again was seen the Bald-Headed Snipe of
the Valley"
let in the hamlet of "Angels,'' when truculent
speeches are uttered,
When blOodshed and life alone will atone for soma
trihing m~isstatement,
laidens and men In thsir prime recall the last hero
"a of ANGELS p
'htSk OF andevainly regret the "Bald-Headed
Snipe of the Valleyi"
Bret Hdrte in "Puck."
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1. Is it because I am afraid of ridi-
Guile, and what Others may say of me
Whosoever shall be ashamed of Me,
and My words; of him shall the Son of
Man be ashamed"
2. Is it because Of the inconsistencies
of protesting christians?
every man shall give an account of
himself to God"
8. Is it because I am not willing to
give up all for Christ?
".What shall it profit a man fhe shall
gain the whole world and lose his own
soulw
4. Is it because I shall not be &C.
copied?
"Him that cometh unto Me | will in
no wise cast out"
S. Is it because I fear l am a great
sinner?
"The blood of Jesus Christ ~cleanseth
from all sim"
u rs IL DoCduse L am AFRAID | shall not
hold out ?
"He that hath begun a good work in
you will perfect it unto the day of Christ
Jesus"
Z. Is it because am thinking that I
will do as we'll as I can, and that God
ought to be satisfied?
whatsoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point, he is guilty
of ALL"
g. LIS it because l am postponing the
matter without any defnate reason?
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for
thou knowest not what a day may bring
FORTH" q
Choose ye this day whom o will
serve for this a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to a sim
ners"- Christian Cynosure.
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Great Health q Great MOckerw,

Ii you are ever tempted to purchase
a very large pear, decline the investment
or reckon upon a disappointment. You
will probably find it woolly, almost taste
less, and more like a turnip than a pear.
We know, for we have made the expert
ment in the land where the gigantic
pears are grown. Overgrown fruits
never seem to us to have the delicate
sweetness which may be found in those
OF the usual dimensions. What is gained
In quantity is more than lost in quality.
In the same manner great wealth, great
honor and great lank generally turn out
to be great shams. Beside the counter.
acting influence of great care. and great
temptation, there is the inevitable satie-
ty in too much of anything, which soon
renders it tasteless. For sweetness pre-
fer competence to enormous fortune, the
esteem of a few to the homage of a null
titude, and a quiet condition to a posi-
OF eminence and splendor. There is
more favor in enough than too much.
solomon's proverb bids us prefer the din
ner of herbs eaten in peace ID the stalled
consumed amid contention; and his
remark is the more practical when we con-
slider how often the fat OK seemse of neees-
'ity to involve contention, while the
herbs are not thought to be worth fight
ing over. He chose wisely who said:
: Give nae neither poverty nor riches"
He took the smaller and the sweeter
pear. After all, it is better to have no
hoice, but leave all to our heavenly
ather.-Spurgeon.
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LIFE IN TEXAS.

A new conner in q Texas town always
enjoys himself. After spending a short
time looking around the place, he grows
weary and finally asks the clerk of the
hotel if there is any chance of having
fun that day. And the clerk, scratching
his head a moment, says: "Well, |
dunno; | reckon we can get upSome-
thing for you before night. Haven't
been shot at yet, have you !? No! Oh.
well, you will be soon. Just loaf around
the streets a1ittlerwhile, and even if YOU
amt shot at yourself, you can dodge the
bullets intended for some othtr person.
Maybe you might object to its coming
i'll that way-sort o. second hand, YOU
know; and, if you do, why wait a little
while, and I'll 60 out with you, and /
guess we can get up something real
lively" Two minutes afterward that
man is studying the time table for the
leaving time of the next train, and not
even the clerks promise to let him carry
revolver that he shot a man with last
week can keep the guest in town over
night. Scene at hotel-"G Good morn
-ng, stranger, it looks like Grain!
otranger-"I think not" A shot is
heard, and the stranger is rolled out of
he back door.
Moral-Texas lisa fine grazing country.
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REMAINS OF ENGLAND,s W00D EN
WALLS.

The Oldest vessel, indeed, in Ports
mouth harbor, is Nelson's Victory, The
only ship which the sentiment of the
nation will never allow to be broken up,
She is n hundred and eleven years Of
age. She is not the first of the name. a
previous Victory, as great, but not 50
fortunate a herself. having been lost at
sea with . thousand hands.
Next to the Victory in point Of age
is probably the st. Vincent, now a train
ing ship; after her the Excellent, for
merly called the Queen Charlotte, whose
launch was signalized by an accident
which caused the drowning Of fifty PEG
pie; the Carnatic and Malabar, now
old hulks, once gallant ships Of
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

SO far but two women in tn. United
States have been elected as directors OF
national banks, Mrs. Bradley, of Peoria,
Illinois, being one, and Mrs. Louisa
M'Call, of Canton, Ohio, who was but
recently elected, the other. Mrs. M'CalPs
husband was president of the bank at the
time of his death, and she has been
elected as well fitted, by her business
ability, to represent his large interests.
There are many other women who are
equally competent to fill such positions.
BY the way, there is a bank in this city.
located on Fifth avenue, especially de-
for the use of wealthy ladies,
Parlors are provided for their accomoda-
ton, and the effort is to have it known
as a ladies bank. Why not elect as
directors a few of the rich women of the
Such a conrse would undoubtedly
Increase its popularity with the gentler
ex.-Neao York Graphic.
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TRUTHS AND
q "a

Large qualities of zinc are being
mined in Union county, Tennessee.
"A negro's definition of a bigot-"A
man as knows too much for one niggah,
and not enuG for two"
Mr.. Ruskinsa says that having reacht
fifty-Aree years, he can not look with
the old enjoyment at the setting SUN. 1t
seems to sink down so fast.
Cheap non-explosive oil from wood,
chiefly pine, is now extracted in Sweden
in fifteen factories, with favorable re.
suits.
Men are frequently like tea-the
real strength and goodness are not
properly drawn out until they have been
in hot water.
"A Texas steckman recently sold to
parties in southwestern Kansas 5000
head of cattle and 1000 horses for S14O,-
900 in silver.
The we'll. known steamship com
mander, captain sThomas J. Lockwood,
died of hemorrhage of the brain at
Savannah, Ga, the 18th.
The buildings for the great Paris ex-
position of 1878 are making rapid pro-
gress. Over 2,0CO workmen are en-
ployed, with 1900 carts.
Nobody likes to be nobody; but
everybody is pleased to think himself
somebody. And everybody is somebody;
but when anybody thinks himself every
body, he generally thinks everybodS else
is nobody.
The Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
railroad extends over 2,195 miles, and
the whole system, when completed, will
cover I, 423, a greater mileage than any
American road can show.
..Forty-two d~romedaries passe
through San Bernardino q few days
en- route for Arizona. They arc inten
for transporting machinery and provis,
ions to the mines o. that territory. 1t ia
the enterprise of some Frenchmen.
The fifth wife of a good for-nothing,
husband, who told fortunes for a bust
ness, advises all "widows and maidens'
beware of him. She describes him az
"a little, struttsas~ ~talkative, feeble,
meager, Matched faced fellow, with spin,
die shanks and a little warped in the
10
The presidential family will Consist
Of governor and Mrs. Hayes and three
children; Webb c., aged ninteen; Fan
aged eight and Scott Russell, aged
six. The two oldest of the four sons of
Gov. Hayes are away from home, one of
hem attending the Cambridge law
school, and the other is a member of the
unior class of Cornell university.
The cost of the ball given by the
ord mayor of London to the prince of
Wales, on his return from India, reached
he enormous sum of $135, 795, and was
he most expensive ever given. The
cost $25, 900, besides 1885 for
he wines, $4,000 for flowers, temporary
marquee, erected just outside the hall
nd which was torn down the next day,
Al 1925. Among upholsterers and
decorators was distributed 1929, 900.
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CURRENT NJ

The plums grown in Martin county,
Minnesota, will be converted into BRAN
dy this year.
Rolled steel axles for railroad cars are
being expe6mentally tried on tho Lebigh
Valley railroad.
More than one hundred thousand
yards of cotton cloth is made weekly at
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin.
A. r. Whitney, Franklin Grove, Lee
county, Illinois, has the largest apple
orchard in the world. 1t contains twen-
ty-two thousand bearing trees.
There is a girl ten years old in Kinds
county, Miss, who is six feet high,
weighs one hundred and ninety pounds,
and has six fingers on each hand and six
toes on each foot.
An ivory and porcelain button factory
is to be established at Dubuque by two
Frenchmen, who say they can manufac-
ture those buttons as cheap In this coun-
try as in France.
Among the latest departures DOR the
Black Hills have been one hundred and
sixty-ive barrels Of whiskey from Frank
ford, KY. The particular point of their
designation was Custer City.
The total exports Of Wilmington, N.
O., for the month of February amounted
to $55O,0O0. There were cleared from
Charleston, S. c., last week, thirty-fve
bags of sea island cotton; 1914 bales up
land cotton, 1885 tierces rice, sos casks
spirits of turpentine, 1921 barrels resin,
$3.50 tons phosphorate rock and sun
dries.
A. Millett, of Baylor county, Texas,
with his brother, own three or four ran
chos, on (which they have about $4,000
head of cattle. Cattle are in fine condi-
and prices range from six to twelve
herds selling in round lots at
aboutsten dollars a head. Land is worth
one to two dollars an acre, and
the best has already been taken up or To-
A correspondent tells the Weldon, N.
J., News that about two miles from En-
on Mr.. Thomas Glasgow's farm, a
old wall, built of brick, has been discov-
red under the ground. Most of the
are two and a half inches thick,
inches long and seven and a half
vide. The full length and width of the
7all has not been determined. An an
lent looking sword and axe have been
out of the ground adjoining.
An old man died the other day in Par
!, who lived on the poorest food and ina
room, although worth $4,000,
nd having an annual income of 1000.
+e had observed that the artists who an
Tally strive for the great prize of Rome
ere nearly all too poor to pay for models,
ID he had stinted himself that he might
ave enough money to provide forever
Ddels for poor artists. There are gem
ally about twenty such artists, and
ch of them will receive 500 of money
the old man, who was once a model
nself. ~
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BRIGHAM YorNG, Jun, is to plant d
colony of FIVE hundred Mormons in the
Mexican state of Sonora. Last spring a
reconnaissance was made BY agents Of
the Mormon prophet into Arizona with
the purpose Of permanent settlement
there, and q number of families from
Utah have since settled in that terri
tory. There is a chain of Mormon VII
lagos extending from Bear river SOUTH
westward to Arizona. The. resources Of
Utah areinsufcient to sustain so large a
population IS their hopes and ambition
lead them to anticipate. The bleak and
barren region of the north of Salt Lake
presents 40 Inducements.
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p GUEST.

1t was a warm June evening and my
father and mother and I were seated in
our drawing room, with the long doors
leading on to the lawn thrown open, to
admit the air. | was sitting at my bu-
reau, examining some of my jewelry,
which I kept there, when the door
opened, and NJ. Mention, a friend of my
fathers staying with us at the time, en-
tered. He was a French Canadian 1;
rather a fips.lookiagmaa, but a man I
| never likad there was a look in his
black, beady eyes which, to me-, was at
once repulsive and distrustful. He look
ed %curiously at me, and approached
Mademoisclle is busy?o" he asked.
eyes," | replied shortly.
My father and mother had dropped
asleep, 50, much to my disgust, M. Men
ton took up his station on a chair by my
side. | say disgust, because I loathed
tts man ; his poIiteness always seemed
to me unreal.
!" Mademoiselle has some fine Jewels"
ne remarked, presently taking between
his'fnger and thumb a handsome breach
and rubies.
All of this jewelry is not mine,"I
answered. "Most of it belongs to NV
MOTHER
Soon after, tea was announced: after
which meal M. Mention and nv father
adjourned to the latter's study, to talk
on business, and my mother and / re-
turned to the drawing1oom.
| had finished putting away the Jewell
ry in the bureau, but had not shut or
locked it, when | turned to my mother.
What is this business that so often
keeps M. Mention and papa closited to-
I inquired.
"some money matters, my dear.n re-
turned my mother.
is papa in any difficulty ?" I in.
~anxiously.
No, no; but, between ourselves
Louisa, | think Monsieur Mention has
ONE heavy bills due, which I fancy be
'annot pay; but if he expects that your
ather can help him, he is grievously
My mother took up q book and CON-
nenced to read, whilst 1 went oyer to
he piano and played.
In about haE an hour, our visitor and
~ father entered the room, the. latter !
gain taking up his station on a chair
y my side, as close as he possibly could. 9
ong after song he made me sing and, 9
as | would have liked to, [ could y
Of with common civility, refuse. :
" was ten o'clock when [ rose from 9
le piano and prepared to retire to nv 4
'ona. shut my bureau and locked il. g
lssed my father and mother, and babe
onsieur good night. p
It was about half-Past one, when / was p
w OJ n -
Fakened from 9 light sleep by hearing le
stealthy footstep in the corridor ont tt
my room. It approached my door b
9 person, whoever it might be, walk.
) softly and cautiously, as if fearful of 10
'turbing me. Who could it be- nv ha
impulse was to jump out of bed and s.
but / was Of q timid nature, and
agined burglars and allsortsof things. II
] remained still, listening with sus.
breath. m,
8resently the hapdle Of my door was 70
ned. oh, heaven! felt paralyzed. fa'
entered my room with a small VI
: lantern in his hand, and, after pans
for 2 moment, slowly approached the to
!. | bad just sufficient presence of fol
70 shut my eyes and feign sleep as {
bent over me, ! felt that he had to
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" Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit
lrths"-MdE So.
The world looks down upon the meek
And scOrns the very NAME,
But heavens high laws for them bespeak
A heayen-recorded fame,
For them the Lord of heaven declares
Himself will teach his way,
Guiding in judgment, that life's snares
May lead them not astray.
Blcst are the meek, for they possess
In patience their ewn soul
No passion, longing, or distress,
Usurps them, or controls.
They never feel the vexiDg pain
That jealousy begets,
Nor are disquieted in vain
By any vain regrets.
Blest ale the meek, for rich content
Makes them, in tenure free,
The heirs of all employments, blent
With earth, or air, or ses.
Blest is the wisdom of the meek,
Divine their maxims wise:
Be NW lift to hear, and slow to speak,
Slow to let anger rise"
OC WIZ W ACaty liza "Ildb n uCdIu
May the true meaning give;
The missing OF one little word
Makes even truth deceive.
Be slow 10 speak and that will show
How slow to wrath thou art;
The tongue well governed curbs Che flow
OF passion in the heart.
Silence is like the summer dews
Distilling in the night;
A happy freshness they diffuse
Against the returning Light
Silence is like a golden gate
Opening to fields serene,
Where quiet souls walk separate
From anger, pride and spleen.
Forriving are the meek and just;
Committing what is done
BY envlous hate, in simple trust
To the All-Seeing OiA.
The spirit is but unseen breath,
Yet, like the unseen wind,
It s~catters desolating death,
In rage and fury blind.
The meek, who rule their spirit we'll,
Resemble him whose will
Brings down the whirlwind's angry swell,
Bids bowling storms be still.
Just like them, Lord, l fain would be;
And unto thee l turn,
Meekness and lowliness Of Thee,
And only Thee to learn.
-CTrotine May, in n. y. Observer.
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~ygelonsas Journal.
CURRENT

T. 60,
IT is now said that Gen. Joe Johnston
will be United States marshal for Vir-
ginia. When politically disabled he
declined the tempting ofer of the COM
mand of the khedive's army, with a
salary Of $780, 0O a year, because he pre-
ierred, as he said, to live and die an
American citizen. He now ekes out a
support by a life insurance agency.
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When the Vanderbilt will contest
came to it's sudden end aiawyer was
heard to remark 'It's highway rob
berry! It robs the profession Of $1,000
900.
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NEWPORT is telling of the famous snow
storms of February 20 and "a, 1717,
which covered the ground from ten to
twenty feet, 20 that people for some days
could not pass from house to house; it
generally covered the lower stories so
that people dug under the snow from
house to house. Soon after a slight rain
fell, and the frost crusted over the snow
80 that people went outof their chamber
windows and walked over it in safety.
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The New Orleans Picayuno, in refer
ence to the sale of the Ney Orleans and
jackson railroad on the 18th, says:
n o'clock the sig Way resumed hnt
there being no advance upon the last bid
OF $~1,050,OOO, the road was knocked
down to Mr.. Schneider, who acted for
the committee of the consolidated mort
gage bondholders, who represent the
Illinois Central railroad company, and
who held debt against the Jackson
railroad company of 1890, 900, the
n~on-payment O. which was the cause of
the suit, resulting in Judgment and order
of sale.
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HE japanese appear to have hit upon
the expedient of providing fre.proof
storehouses for the reception of furniture
and other 6aluables. AS a security
against the vast CONGREGATIONS, which.
during the winter months, are 50 pre-
yalent in Japan, the most ~pefHfshable and
valuable articles are kept in ~fre-proof
storehouse known as s'mud godownsn
These structures are built OF mud, or to
speak more correctly, of clay. Some of
them take a many as three wears IN
building. A double framework OF hom-
boo or slight boarding is run up, and the
intervening space, about eighteen inches
OF two feet wide Is filed in with mud
which is gradually packed and allowed
to dry by the action of the atmosnbera.
At q great fire which occurred at Toxic
on the twenty-ninth Of November. and
ragged for eight hours, destroying nearly
ten thousand houses and an immense
amount Of property, not n Of
the mud godowns'-and there were
several hundred of them-was injured
throughout she entire area Of from FIVE
TO six miles in extent laid waste BY the
CONGREGATION.