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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16
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81 JOHN v. ~en.pwIek

BY JOHN VI. CHADWICK.
The farmer chides the tardy spring,
The sun withoids his wonted rag,
The days are dull and cold and gray,
No shadow doth the maple ning.
fl
From snow-clad peak and icy main
The north wind cometh vet and chill,
And eVermore the clouds disttf
The heTded treasure OF the ram
But still, o miracle of good!
1he etocus springs, the Violets peep,
The struggling vines begin to creep,
The dandefion giids the sod
The rain may fall in constant showers,
The south wind tarry on its way
But through the night and through the DAY
> Advance the summers fragrant hours.
And though the north wind forces them back,
The soag-bird huTries from the south
With summers music in his mouth.
And stu 8 with songs in his airy track.
What then, my soul, if thou must know
Thy DAYS of darkness, gloom and cold,
If ioy its ruddy beams witbold,
And grief compefs my tears to flow?
And what il, when with Bonded form
! praise the gods for sorrow past.
There ever comes a feTcer blast, soy
And darker ruin Of the storm?
As tarry not the flowers of June
For the ill the heavens C III do,
And. to their Utmost nature true,
The birds rejoice in sweetest tune;
SO. Father, shall it be with me;
And whether the winds blow foul or 1a1T'
through want and woe. and toll and care,
Still will / st: uggle up to thee;
That, though my winter days be long,
And brighter skies refuse to come,
NY life no less may sweetly bloom,
Ind none the less be full of song.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16
The Revenues of the Mind,

The ear and the eye are the minds re-
c~eivers; but the/tongue is only busted
in expanding the treasure received. If,
therefore, the revenues of tie mind be
uttered as fast or faster than they are re-
ceived, it cannot but be that the mind
must needs be bare, and can never lay up
for purchase. But, if the receivers take
in still, with no utterance, the mind may
soon grow a burden TO itself, and unprof-
liable to others. | will not lay up too
much and utter nothing, lest l be covet-
Gus: nor spend much and store up little,
lest | be prodigal and poor.-Bishop
Hall.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16
rGNAr 1EFF As Il RUSHING LIAR.

General Ignatieff, of whom we have
heard a great deal lately in connection
with Russian and Turkish diplomacy
and ante-war movements, has gained
with the sublime porte the reputation
of an extraordinary economist of truth.
He seems, according to report, to have
such a fondness for misrepresentation
that he often tells 1an untruth when the
truth would better serve his purpose.
Indeed, he is SO unguarded and reckless,
they say, in his statements, that his
weakness is invariably discovered. He
is SO unGplomatically diplomatic that
he wisheg to make each representative of
a foreign government believe that he
and his country stand higher in the
Ignatiefian mind than any other repre-.
sentative and country. For example,
when Boxer was our resident minister in
Constantinople, Ignatief called upon
him, and said that he had honored him
and the United States with the first
official visit, although, a little while be-
fore, Boxer had seen the general enter
The British embassy The American
knew the Russians popularity SO well
that, having heard n day that the
latter had 80 bad a cold that he had lost
his voice completely, remarked: aft
that is 70, the recording angel will enjoy
, respite."-N Y. Tribune.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16
The CoumciS Of the Trees.

The throng was great, for people of all
classes had crowded together to consider
how the life of man might be prolonged.
Old Casper was full of years, and we'll
known for wisdom he waved his band,
to secure attention, and thus meekly ,:by a
fable, reproved tt efolly of the multitude I:
The trees of the forest assembled in
council, for they heard that the wood
man was come up against them. "Make
me your king" said the Cedar, holding
up his head, "for I am the stateliest Of
all trees; the woodman will be humble
when he regards my dignity, and obey
me3 So they made the Cedar their
king. The wocdman came. As far as
he proceeded he leveled the high and
the low. No tree stood before him.
Again the forest trees assembled to.
gether. "You have done wrong" said
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16
A PUBLIC CHARITY TURNED r,
PRTHATE PROFIT.

Many years age the government OF
Nova Scotia assumed the project Of plac-
ing . number Of sheep or swine on Sable
island to avert the danger of starvation
TO which The seafarers escaping from
wrecks had been exposed. But these
animals could not subsist on the only
shrub which thrives On the sands Of the
otherwise barren island. al old French
doctor suggested a trial Of The tough and
shaggy little horse known as Canadian
ponies, and forthwith d detachment Of
them wa forwarded in the gov
ernnnent steamer to Sable island. The
unfastidioas ponies took kindly to
the solitary shrub made the island their
home and became wild in time. Recent
exports from the island show that the
ponies are becoming almost extinct,
owing to the frequent capturing Of large
numbers of them for use on Anticosti
island, and for sale among settlers In the
Interior of Newfoundland and distant
hanlets o sceaVotiss-TorontO Globe
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

1t is better to yield a little than quar-
rel a great deal. The habit of standing
up, as people call it, for their (little)
rights is one of the most ~disagreeable and
undigniied in the world. Life is too
short for the perpetual chickering's which
attend such disposition; and unless a
very momentus affair indeed, where
other peoples claims and interests are
involved, it is q question if it is not
wiser, happier, and more prudent, to
yield somewhat of precious rights than
squabble to maintain them. True wis
dom is first pure, then peaceble and
gentle.
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WONDERFUL pETREFACTFOES IN
COLORADO.

- On
On Friday last we received a call from
Mr.. L. Allen, an elderly gentlemen from
Rochester, New York, who came tc
Colorado about 8 year ago. By the ad
vice of physicians Mi. Allen was instruc.
ted to keep in the open air as much as
possible, and SO he travelled extensively
Through southern Colorado, prospecting
and viewing the country. He gave us
the particulars of a strange discovery he
made ON one Of his trampa, but declined
to give the .exact locality, mentioning
only tzs2EihtN was some distance from
Pueblo. At the place mentier-=-L-rr al
large mounds or foothills appear rising
from the plains, and situated some dis.
lance from the mountains, Mr.. Allen
visited these, and the first thing peculiar
ne noticed was what appeared to be a
petritied cccoanut. Tt was much larger
than the ordinary fruit of this kind, but
almost perfect in formation. cThe three
eyes of a coceanut were plainly to be
seen. On breaking open the strange
stone or petrifaction the shell appeared
perfect, being some half an inch in thick
ness, and the inside was composed Of
white crystal quartz. Mr.. Allen con.
tinued his Investigations and discovered
a number of other specimens similar to
the first; also others resembling other
kinds of fruits. Some of these contained
what appeared to be seeds embedded in
quartz. Specimens Of petrifed wood in
large quantities were also found. The,
mounds or hills appeared to be made up
of loose, sandy soil, and shells were
found in great variety and quantity.
The strangest part Of the discovery, how
ever, was yet TO come. In digging into
the side of the hill Mr.. Allen unearthed
what seemed tosbe a perfectly petrifed
sea,t-tle, and before closing his inyesti-
gatioEc about a dorm Of these were dis.
covered. He described them to us as
oelngplmost perfect, and NO doubt ap-
pears TO remain in his mind but that
they = genuine p~etrifactions of sea-
turtles such as are found in the Pacific.
From the numerous specimens of aellss
that are found al various places IN the
pleins, and numbers of waich are found
II this neighborhood, many persons are
led to believe that the great plains on
whichw we live were at one tims the bed
Of an immense ocean, and this discovery
tends to confirm that theory. We learn
that several gentlemen Of this city, to
whom Mr.. Allen has disclosed his, dis
coYery, propose accompanying him In a
wagon to the scene of his EXPLORATIONS
and bringing with them some Of the new
found curiosities Colorado Spriaos
Mountdineey.
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UnSeIfShneSS.

While walking in the southwestern part
of the city, many years since, 1 noticed
the driver of a coal cart who was about
delivering his load. The man, who had
but n arm, was cheerful, strong, and
active, and seemed but little impeded in
his work by the loss of his limb. On
being asked whether he did not find the
loss of his hand and arm a very serious
inconvenience, he answered emo" and
said that he was still able to hauhseven
tons Of coal daily, which was as much as
most men cared to do. He then showed
me how he made the stump of the ampu-
tated arm useful, by resting the end of
the shovel against it, while he grasped
the handle and lifted the coal with his
remaining hand and arm. Here was a
striking instance of energy, courage and
the manly determination which enables
persons to overcome difficulties; but
when he also told me that he had never
once regretted the loss of a limb SO i'm
portant to the working man, it seemed
strange and surprising.
Here was something that needed ex-
PLANTATION; and in answer to inquiries, |
learned that the arm had been sacrificed
in order to ave the life of another person.
Years previous to my interview, he had
been employed with others at a mill in
the country, and on a certain occasion he
saw that a large, heavy door, which had
been leosened from its fastenings in one
of the upper stories of the mill, was about
falling from a great height, and that a
telloW-workman, unconscious of the acct
dent, was STOPPING with his back bent
directly on the spot where the door must
strike the ground, and that from his DO
sition the man must almost certainly be
killed if the door struck him. There
was no time for reflection or hesitation,
but my informant Immediately extended
an arm, received the first shock of the
falling door, and thus Rarded it off his
companion, so that he was little if any
hurt. The arm, of course, was 60 shat
tered that it had to be promptly re.
moved.
It has often occurred to me that this
was an INSTANCE of true Christian hero
ism, such as we have few examples OF.
He doubtless had the comfort of an ap-
proving conscience, and therefore felt no
sorrow OR regret for the part he bad
taken. We have good reason to suppose
that he who seeth not as man seeth be-
hold mspy who are of small account in
the eyes of the world, who are yet OBJ
jects of his favor and regard. The subject
the preceding anecdote must have had
a portion of that unselfsh love and spirit
self.sacrifice of which the life and suf-
of our divine Redeemer has given
us the great example.-The Friend.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

The state board of health of Massa-
chusetts has issued an elaborate circular in
regard to hydrophobia, describing the symp-
toms of the various stages of the disease,
and affirming that an attack can be generally
avoided if the wound from a rabid animal
be thoroughly washed and cauterizad at
once with a white.hot iron or nitrate of sill
yer. The circular sets forth that pet dogs
which are kept in heated rooms are
overfed, and stray ours, which have no abid
ing place and are half starved, are more
likely to go mad than other dogs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

GOOD WORDS ABOUT WOMEN,

"There are buntwo fine things in tie
world" says Malherbe, women and
roses" Leasing exclaims: Women is
the masterpiece of the universe" Bour-
don Gays: "The pearl is the image Of
purity, but women is purer than the
pearl" Thackery writes: GA good
woman is the loveli-sseG 1hi hover that blooms
under heaven" Bolzac says: Gwen
the errors of women spring from her faith
IN the good.9 Coltarie declares: GAL
the reasoning of men are not worth one
sentiment of woman. Lamartine asserts
that "women have more heart imagina-
alton than men," Otway exclaims:
Oh, women! lovely women! Nature
made thee to temper men. We had been
brutes without you" To which Mark
Twain adds: but for you we should
be nothing, for we should not be here"
IN February last the commissioner
of internal revenue applied for troops to
assist in raiding the illicit distillery dis.
tricts of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The
president Endorsed the application, and,
directed the general of the army to Or
der the necessary troops. Congress. at
the last session, appropriated forty thou
sand dollars for the employment of ex-
ira deputy-collectors to perform this
service. Orders have been issued, in
accordance with the policy of non-inter-
ference of the military, and the troops
are withdrawn.
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CURRENT

BIRDS killed OIL our prairies, packed
closely with paper in barrels, and with
out any freezing or other artificial pro-
cess Of preservation, now go regularly to
~Leadenhall, and are eaten in the dining
rooms of London and the West End side
by side with the much more expensive
cartridges and fowls which are reared in
England.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

A FRENCH authority recommends the
use of sawdust instead of hair in mortar
to prevent its peeling off. His own
house, exposed to prolonged storms on
the sea coast, had patches of mortar to
be renewed every spring, and after try
ing without effect a numbered substi-
tutes, he found sawdust perfectly salts
factory. 1t, was first thoroughly dried
and sifted through an ordinary grain
sieve to remove the larger particles.
The mortar was made by mixing one
part cement, two lime, two sawdust and
five sharp sand, the sawdust being first
well mixed dry with the cement and
sand.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

THERE is an almost complete equality
in the worlds sexes. In France this
balance is most nearly attained, where
for every 1000 men there are 1907
women. In Sweden, to 1000 men there
are 1,064 women, while in Greece, to
the same number of males there are but
993 Greek women. In Paraguay there
are only / 1000 men to every 1850 women,
a state of things mainly due to the raw
ages oil the Brazilian war.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

DR.. RICHARDSON, of England, who is
now recognized as a high authority on
matters of domestic hygiene, says that
sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit is the right
degree of temperature for health, and
that those engaged in literary or artistic
work cannot possibly be to careful on
this point. If their labor be prolonged
or severe, the temperature may be al
lowed to run up to sixty-ive degrees, or
even seventy degrees. The same rule
applies to all sedentary persons and
children studying. Our rooms here are
apt to be at least ten degrees too hot for
healthy persons.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-16

Jeniel drove up In state to the door
of his %betrothed, and she, not at all re-
luctant to enjoy the mild excitement OF
a funeral, mounted to the box and set
tied herself comfortably beside him.
Then they started for Saturday Cove,
and logged along on the hearse, disoours-
ing ~afectionately as they went.
"Miss Giles afirms that it was at the
third apple tree next the stone wall of
Hosea Getchells orchard, just opposite
the bars leading to MI. Lords private
road, that a sudden and most extrasr-
binary change came over Jehiel. He
jumped, she says, high into the air, and
landed sprawling in the sandy road
alongside the hearse, yelling sohideously
that it was with difficulty that SD held
the frightened horses. Picking himself
up and uttering a round OATH (something
thatha never before passed the virtnous
lips of Jehiel) no turned his attention
to the horses, kicking and beating them
until they stood quiet. He now pro-
ceeded to cut and trim a willow switch
at the roadside, and pulling his decent
silk hat down over one eye, and darting
from the other q surly glance at the as
tonished Miss Giles, he climbed to his seat
on the hearse.
"Jehiel Dowl' said she, what does
this mean?'n
1T means!' he replied, giving the
of horse a vicious cut with his switch.
that / have been goin' slow these thirty
year, and now I'm goin' to put . little
ginger in my gait. Gelangl'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-19

,o Ua,c1oe 81 May ls.-Floo,-n.S
n non al: "heat-Unse,tled h nall ,at
spring 81 ssA@l "a e.,b. 40 :, 2GSic,so
May; 81 ga seile, Jun.. - :, 81 s.lr
july ~ u 40 seller August. G CO. ~ slls
ing easier At 5li@SiSc c,.S c.0 m
Junei .54ic bid seller JIM IN And sslls
Ut sas -s,t and higher ., ! ts,s "
4zte seller June. Rye-DuIl ~, 1e eaai
asnsde lower q, sIG,s2c, Ran. ,ad Price
and unchanged. Pork-T.e!1Qr
s gen oa,g lower aad active ASH ,Ss
s ~ ~. o,sai4 10 seller June; 81, iVc nh
IA IS seller July. L,rs~rN.hE E
generally lower IA, 50 % s uses y s.,
50 20 seller June; 50 SoSSs s -; - c,.si
July: Bulk Meats STEADY . .. ale
shoulders &c; clear rib sta ira
Whisky-At slO7. ~ Clear iis
On Call Bosrd-wbs.,
higher at Il &c! seller Jare.,l s s,H q:
July. Corn irmer Al 5Iic . "! ssle
64sc seller July oa,.-Uncs'as.
Pork-Firm ana higher At sI i Usage Sc
June; Sl4 27i9l4 IS seller La - ,es
Firm aad LISheE Al SO SOsa %; IA:
June; - 4oss s2i seller july 'sIc
TOLEDO, May ls.-Flou,
Mheat-weak; No. l white NEE
81 w extra do 81 OS; smb,, Nss
- w; spot and seller June s? Oh. e
2 red winter spot 81 90; No, "
Corn Weak high mixed spO, M y !
June Sole; No. 2 spot seller M =, Z
seller June 6Sic; seller July S.. Wy
Angus. cote; rejected 5lic: s,n ss
4Sc. Oats-Dull and nominal ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-19
THE COURTS.
CIRCUIT CoURT-JUDaE MELVIN.

CIRCUIT CoURT-JUDGE MELVIN.
The case of Kemp VS.. Drs. Edwards
and Mccoy. for alleged malpractice, was
resumed in this court yesterday, and is
still on trial.
Court adjourned until the usual hour
this morning.
POLICE COUNT JUDGE CRANMER.
Isssc Smith, depositing night soil in
the creek, fined two dollars and costs.
Paid.
William Blsckmore, disorderly con-
Duct, fined two dollars and costs. PAID
Tim Roney, Joseph McElroney, David
Daily, Edward lronton, Thos. KING, Thos.
Coleman, warrants, each committed
for thirty days. About ten pounds Of
manufactured tobacco, thought to have
been stolen, was found in the possession
OF the above Migrants, and is now In the
hands of Captain Ripley awaiting an
owner. ...
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Methodist Ceayeu,i..

BALTlM0RE, May ia, l..
meeting OF the Method 5, Cosra,'r'''
to-day the Committee on Rev.. 80,
Church Discipline submitted /, n..
report. Tne constitution, .l,nr.,.'
principles AID preamble subuII..; :.
those used BY the Methods, Pr
Church since 1881, the single Az.
ment being The work Of making -.
read, The word oi God NJ tue on, "a
eient rule OF ialta and prac,lce"H
was adopted. The COMMITTEES IA p
vision Will consider the prcpr,.,s a.,
a General Conference be held ever, a.,
years instead o.two rs now. Ap,at.r
81 report on church discipline s.uers
ted. 1t embraced srtic.es OF the e.,'
tuition OF the Methodist Pro,estsn, chm.
sucn Ms the terms OF meue-,,,,
division INTO districts, circuits ssd q,
tions, with the basis OF the uhIon ln,.-..,
The committee 10 make srrsnseu,,
for the proposed EcumeniCsl CJuLs. !,
Methodlsm reported 10 IecOmmr,,k.
convention 10 CO operate with thekI
Church by the appointment o, tso T..
listers ana two lSy'nen as coamlg-
Rev. DR.. Gibson. iralernsi n,ss,rs
from the Mcthocrs. Epi,cop,l Ct.n!
WAS introduced ahd delivered NJ ..l-.,
on the bond OF the union lately coL,.a
mated between the Methodist A.:
Methodist Protestant ChurCEes.
President l.. W. Bates responded.
Recess.
In the afternoon session ss,ill tg,.ss
report "a the churcn discipline W. VII
mItted and adopted. 1t rccoan,aa
that all ministers, preachers AID Hsa
beers holding certificates be responsible =
the authority issuing certificate, 49,
changing tbs word superintendent u
pastor IN article six, section one 0! u,
constitution of the Methodist Protestant
Church, and adding the FOL owing sri
alter the word pastor: "Or am'l rI'y o.
tho nuart.rIy conference
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The TiyoIi Garden Burslariz.d.

Some time before daylight yesterday
the Tivoli Garden was entered
by thieves and about six dollars In
"nickels" and "coppers," all the money
left behind the bar when the place was
closed for the night, taken from the TILL
How the thieves gained access to the
premises IS unknown, as the doors were
all found securely fastened in the morn
ing. A torch was found in the room
when the place was opened in the morn
ing, but from whence it came. no one
knows further than that it was lett there
by the thieves. Jim Armstrong, thebsr-
keeper, had fortunately locked all the
money in the safe except the change above
mentioned the night previous, or the
burglars would have secured good haul
IN the way of ducsts, the business of the
house having been first class during
the day. Some time since, the key OF
the Opera house Office, through which
the saloon can be entered, was lost, and
it is more than PROBABLE that some one
has found this key, and entered in that
way, securely locking the door after him.
But this is only surmise, and is not
given as the resl manner in which the
act was committed.