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New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, the
man spoken OF as the active commander
Of the British forces in case Of war, is
only fifty-six years of age--rather young
for Lieutenant General. he served in
the Crimean war, aud afterward in Asia
Minor, and is thoroughly familiar with
the seat Of war as well in Asia as in
Europe.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

The subcommittee of the Senate Com.
mittee on Privileges and Elections, con
sisting Of Messrs. Morton Republican, In.
diana), Mcmillan Republican, Mime
sota), and Salisbury democrat, Della.
ware), appointed in March last to proceed
to Oregon for the purpose of investigating
the charges against Senator Grover, viii
start for that State the latter part of this
month
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

The Democrat also publishes the follow.

The Democrat also publishes the follow
ing under the head of "Brevities:"
Our reporter should not have headed
his report, in relation to warrants, etc.,
in Thursday mornings paper, Back
Salary Grabs, for in the enumeration of
the parties who drew warrants for salaries
therein made many are honorable gentle.
men who simply drew legitimate pay for
services rendered under the proper appro-
priations. The imputation, therefore, of
back salary grabs in relation to these
transactions is incorrect.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

An amusing brochure. entitled ME,
in July and August, picturing the trials
and tribulations Of city lady who runs
q country place for the summer, is nearly
ready from the press Of G. W. Carleton
& Co.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19
Judge Leonard,s Warran,s.

The Democrat having reported the
drawing of warrant for the salary of
Judge Leonard, which he had the indls-
putable right to, in such manner as
to cast doubt on the propriety of the
action, the Judge publishes the following:
New ORLEANS, May II, 1877.
EDITOR DtMocRAT-In your issue of
this morning under the head of ''Back
Salary Grabs, you say: "Three Supreme
Judges drew warrants as follows: Leonard,
from November to December 81, 1876,
$l069 As" Tue warrant referred to was
drawn previous to the ninth of January
under the appropriation bill of 1876, and
for services rendered while my title as
Associate Justice was unquestioned. The
imputation that have drawn any unau-
thorized or even doubtful warrants is un-
founded and absurd upon its face.
Very truly YOURS,
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

$40 whole tickets for $4,000.
270 whole tickets for $4,000.
$40 whole tickets for $4,000.
$40 whole tickets for $500O.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

A Washington special to the Chicago
Times, of May IA. says:
Captain James B. Eads arrived here to-
day for the purpose Of making arrange
ments with Secretary McCrary 70 issue an
order directing the inspectors Of the War
Department to give Eads the results Of
their official inquiries upon the jetties sc
the same time that they are made to the
War Department. He left for New York
this evening to borrow money to carry on
his work until the time that second pays
ment is due from the governments This
win be when he has twenly-tw0 fsst ia the
channel He says be has nov fully twenty
feet Of water in half the enplh Of the
channel. he hopes to hsgs fAe channel
ready Tor the second paJMenh pf half q
million Of dollars by tie close Of NEXT
September
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

The Bureau Of Statistics haa publisksd
q statement showing that tAe xfprls a
oleo-margarinel OF bulta1 flon New
York during the seven nllshs endinQ.
March 81 amounted u 628 pounds,
value, S48l, ,747, o4 wAieh 4352, $50
pounds were shipR 70 France ana
SO, ,32s o Great BllIAIh.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

For $4,000
Buy $40 whole ticketsl
For 5000
Buy $40 whole tickets!
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19

The anonymous writer generally prom.
ises 20 send more anon"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
TR AND TRIFLES.

The clients of Hall can hire another.
Ribbons will be much satin this
summer.
The mufied voice of Chicago EN-
erges from its snow.banks pitifulIy ap-
peallng for spring.
..Ihe crocus is beginning to hatch in.
the east, the caucus in the south and the
locust in the west.
Which is the best way to pop the
question? The answer which takes the
prize is, as follows: With the mouth,
and Immediately atterward the lips
alone may be used to good advantage.
The World says it was "a Mrs. ''Mor-
gan whom Oakley Hall was trying to
divorce. There's not such woman; but
she is "a good enough Morgan" till after
Mr.. Halls latest conundrum is guessed.
The rich young men who didn't
learn trades ten years ago because their
fathers were 'irdependent" are now in
New York sitting on Eastwood shovels
and waiting for a snow-bank to draw on.
"A use has been found for the much
abused spitz, for whep the now fire.
quently dead Spitz is dumped on the
garbage boats, the hands strip him of his
skin and eventually several sewed to-
gether turn up in a splendid robe.
Augustus Picard, who died at
Rochester a few days since at the age of
n hundred and ten, drank whiskey
before every meal and smoked several
cigars before breakfast. If it had not
been for this, he would probably have
lived to be one hundred and eleven.
Just before being shot for murder
Bishop Lee posed for a photographer,
and "loOked pleasant as requested then
he directed the artist to send copies to
three of his Gavorite wives. The limner
seems to have succeeded there porter at
the scafOld.
An ingenious Yankee has invented
a protean implement that can be used as
a watch-key, a boot-jack, a toothbrush,
a coal-hod, a tuning fork, an opera glass
and a garden hose. This is what the
glorious patent Office report has done for
our imperilled country.
Don't put too much confidence in
a lover's vows and sighs," said Mrs.
Darlington to her neice 'let him tell
you that you have lips like Strawberries
and cream, cheeks like q tarnation, and
eyes like an asterisk but such things
oftener comes from a tender head than a
tender heart"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

at last, it was made manifest, Belinda,
listened like one in q trance. She had
indeed been made an April fool of. MI.
Softheart had really proposed. The
mansion had been offered to her, the
bank stock and all that made the bache-
lor an eligible match and she that very
evening had accepted Spoony, flor whom
she cared very little, and who had only
ESQ a year to live upon.
It was not complimentary to her be.
trothed, but she went into her second fit
Of Mysteries at once.
AS for Mr.. Sottheart, he never pro-
posed to any one again. He received the
news of Belinda's betrothal with compar-
alive calmness, but made his will next
day in view Of suicide, and left all his
property to a hospital. Changing his
mind, however, he lives still, and 90 does
Belinda, on O. second floor, where she
quarrels a good deal with her husband,
who has ceased to be at all attentive, and
wonders vaguely what he meant by it
meaning his courtship and marriage.
And MI. Softheart never sees Belinda,
who would be handsome still in a decent
bonnet; and Belinda never sees the old
bachelor, whom she really liked, and who
is fine looking as well as rich, Rithout a
bitter remembrance of the frs of April
which made them and has Oft them a
pair of April fools. ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
Il COMEDT OFF ERRORS.

There was a curious comedy of errors
that came ear being a tragedy at San
Francisco recently. A sailor returned
from sea and found his young wife fond
ling a baby. Without giving her a
chance to say that the child was a neigh
boris he knocked her down and then til, d
to throw0her from the window. AcrDwd
gathered below, and the mar stabbed his
wife in the Pack, jumped from the win
dow, and escaped unhurt. But some of
the crowd had entered the house, and,
going TO the wrong room, awoke a sleeper,
who emptied his revolver on them, but
was dragged to the street and was just
being hanged to ? lamp-post, when the
mistake vas GzqttertainedS Though not be-
fore a rib or two was broken by the mob.
The woman was not much hurt, and is
anxious to have her husband find his
mistake and return.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

him by the neck and run him out, and
he was seen no more for an hour. Just
before the train started, and after all the
passengers had taken seats, the "irst
man" was seen or the platform. He
had another bowie-knife, and had also
put a tomahawk in his belt. There was
red paint on his left ear, his eyes rolled,
and, in asible voice, he called cut:
Where is that man Logwood? Let
him come out here and meet his doom I"
"Is that you? Count me IMP re-
Piled the car painter, as he opened a
window. He rushed for the door, leaped
down, and was pulling off his overcoat
again, when the native began to retreat,
calling out:
"pll get my hair cut and be back here
in seventeen seconds. Inever fight with
long hair. I promised my dying mother
not to-"
When the train Brolled away he was
seen f1ourishing his tomahawk around
his head in the widest manner.-Brete
Hart, &n ". Y. Sun.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
VITALITY IND CUNNING OF THE
LOCUST.

In 1865 / made experiments to see
how soon iocusts would drown. After
combining them in water twelve hours
they BOOB showed signs of life when
placed in the sunshine, and in a few
minutes began to move. I tried freezing
and came to the conclusion that they
could be frozen up any length Of time,
and the warm sunshine would revive
them. In 1847 | tried animal poisons to
see what effect they would produce on
locusts. I put the poison on celery,
which the locusts prefer to other vege"
tables, and after observing the effect
formed the opinion that they could eat
their weight of any animal poison with
out ill-efTect to them. AS o as they
Matched out and began eating in April,
1876, I took a can of coal oil and a pan
for the purpose of making a fagot to burn
some that had just began to eat my
wheat, coming from a sandy knoll in the
field. l poured the oil in the pan, and
in moving about the pan l caused two or
three to leap into it. I perceived that
they changed color instantly, and to all
appearance were dead. I then forced
them in and observed the same results.
On placing them in the sunshine it failed
to bring them to lie again. Iafterward
tried coal tar with the same happy re-
suit. Turpentine, alcohol, alkali and
croton oil will kill them, and from the
results OF my experiments ] believe that
anything that will kill vegetable life will
destroy locust life under the same con-
ditions.
know no insect that exhibits the cum
ming of locusts after they are four weeks
old. When very young they appear to
have no sense, as they will leap into
water or fire if in their course. After
four weeks old they will perform acts of
cunning that are incredible to the unoh-
serving. In 1875, after they ate my
neighbours crop on the east, they set out
for my field. I turned water between
his and my gold, and caused it to flow
four or five feet wide in places, and let
it flow through the wheat ten or fifteen
feet wide in places. I soon found them
crossing by thousands, swinging from
blade to blade Of the wheat that stood in
the running water. | then cut the wheat
out, but at the juncture of a ditch L had
left two fence poles in the form of a letter
V, the lower embarrassing neal the water
of the creek, and the upper ends on
either side Of the ditch. They soon
found passage, and would and did climb
down a pole fifteen feet long wei the
water of Bear creek, and up the other
pole into my field. They were making
the passage in one continuous stream
when l made the discovery, and the
ground and wheat were covered near the
passage by those that had crossed
MItrdu''ee MeWs.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
KATE CLAXTOES DIVORGE SUIT.

Kate Claxton's domestic infelicities,
brought TO light by the mysterious dlsap-
p~earance of Oakley Hall, are described as
follows by a New York paper:
Upon the departure of the Union
Square company for a western tour, III
August last, Miss Claxton went with
them, and in the company went also Mr..
G. A. Stevenson, who had played the
lovers part in the dramao Of Conscience"
at the Union Square. Before the de-
parture of the company, however, it is
rumored that the attentions of Mr.. Stey-
enson to the heroineh had become decidedly
marked, and a disagreement with anoth-
er member of the company, leading to
blows, became for a few days a matter of
comment. After the company reached
Chicago, the rumors were continued Mr..
Dore Lyon in the meantime being in
New York, where after u time, the re-
ports of Miss ClaxtoD's alleged indis-
cretiOns reached his ears, and started the
husband westward to inquire into the
matter. The statements were found to
be gross exaggerations, with no other
foundation than the mere civilities of
the stage and hotel, and Mr.. Lyon
travelled back toward New York in com.
pany with his wife, who filed her en-
gagements in Boston and other cities.
In November last, however, the alb
surd scandal took a definite form. It was
asserted that an intimacy had existed
and that it was renewed. Shortly after
ward the home on Twenty-second street
was broken up, the husband and wife
agreed to separate, and began cross-suits
for absolute divorce upon the ground of
adultery, the procedures were placed in
the hands of lawyers, and referees we're
chose fopthe respective suits.
No evidence has yet been taken in
either suit, Miss Claxton is living apart
from her husband, and MI. Lyon is oc-
cupying apartments in Fourth avenue,
the definite arrangements of the
Whatever the developments may
be on either side, it is stated that Mr..
is willing to consent to a divorce
and furnish the necessary evidence to
enable his wife to obtain it, legally, on
that she will give up the GUS
of his child, a daughter about
twelve years Of age, and that Mr.. Steven
will marry the lady as soon as the
it granted.
Mr.. Lyon has long been knewn in the
as a broker, and in social and
club circles as a genial and pleasant gen
Of late he has met with some
reverses other than domestic and it 10
understood that he bad intended to ap-
ply to the courts to he admitted a volun-
tary bankrupt. This latter statement is
not, however, believed.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
THE SPRTTEs OF SPRING.

10u say, " 1t pains " but ahl know
That Ills the vanished fakes OF snow
Etherealized- TRANSPORTED
10 spirit foTma, to sp'ites OF spring;
They always come when wtntGA dead
In all his state Is Vanishing! 70
I've heard the patter Of their feet
ION roof, on sod, this man q year;
~ know il well It's music sweet
Il d, Unit my wakeful, listening ear.
IL comes but when the winds Of rch3
Beat loud at easement and at door,
And filings the tossing boughs OF larch;
Our quaint, low ROOF tree, widely Ger.
Then, through the s~oughing. signing wind,
The rushing and the roar, ! find
The patter. patteT of their feet
SLIT softly through, as music sweet
Reaches thr ouah fret and toll and strife
That vexes US IN daily life.
They vanish with the morning light,
Each dainty, dancing willful sprite-
And you who only deem 1t rains
Are still no wiser for your pains.
Rain cometh e'en in time Of noon
! hey come but when the yelled moon
Hides In q sombSe veil Of gray
The while the midnight March winds play.
How learned I their secret still2
Some iowerets on q sunny hill,
NoddiRg their dainty head ilHfTN
Some springs agone, told 1ttdhfe.
For kith and kin of wild w6od flowers
Are tprttes that tome In springs first showers
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
The GERMAN LOSSs

The official statistics as TO the number
of killed and wounded in the German
army during the wal with France have
just been published at Berlin. The num-
Der of officers killed and wounded was
1919, and of soldiers, COSTS. The num-
Der or officers and soldiers who were
either killed or died of their wounds was
1874 and 1887 respectively. The pro-
portion of the killed to the wounded was
one in 3.44 for the officers, and one in
five for the men. AS a matter of course,
the great majority sof the killed and
wounded belonged to the infantry which
lost 81, 943, as compared to 1885 in the
calvary and 1886 in the artillery. Only
5,084 were killed or wounded by artillery
FIRE, as against 55,762 by musketry fire;
and, though artillery had never been 20
much employed IS in the Franeo-Ger-
man war, twenty-one losses out Of every
twcnty-three on the German side were
due to the infantry fire. These figures
are interesting, for they seem to confirm
the theory that the effect of artillery fire
upon the battlefield is moral rather than
material-that it frightens soldiers
than it kills. Some Instructive statistics
are also given as tothatof the~ounds
inflicted. Thus, it appears that, out of
1897 men of ali ranks killed or wound
ed, 1917 were hit either upon the head
or the neck, and this shows that the
French troops must have fred very high.
In the Crimean war, upon the contrary,
the highest percentage of wounds were
in the lower part of the body-a fact
which is all the more remarkable as O
large number of the men killed or
woul ded were serving in the trenches. 8,
"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
DERTyA TIoN OF THE WoRD . vrR-
TOA."

Whats in q name? The old poet
saw IN the name of Helen a presage that
the bearer would be a hell OF heroes.
and hell Of cities. And it is worthy of
note that, although this continent was
discovered BY an Italian and taken DOS.
session Of by spaniards, and although IL
obtained the name ii bears BY the nerest
accident, yet that nan seems 10 indi-
cate i as the future home of q Ten.
tonic rather than a Latin race. America
takes her name from Amerigo vespucci.
and Amerigo is the Italian form Of The
name which is Amaary in French, and
Amalricus in Latin, the famous Gothic
name Amalric; and America therefore
thus seems 10 be designated as the realm
Of the Annals, the prondest and noblest
Of the Gothic tribes who overthrow the
Roman mistress Of the world.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

There is something u~npleasantIy
pre- Raphaelitish in the statement that
senator Davis covers eight hundred and
twenty five square inches when he sits
down. 1t recalls the Dutch renaissance.
Detail is the deathof reverence. It were
better to have a dreamy and indefn
Vagueness hover rouD those
whom we regard with awe.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

That good for nothing man Hansen
never robbed a bank nor blew open q
safe, nor did anything else wrong to
entitle him to the goodwill, sympathy
and charity otsthe benevolent, and the
benevolent proprietor of the large paint
establishment who wal going to give him
O. situation sends him word he doesn't
want Kim.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

some of the English papers are urging
that the income of the Prince of Wales
should be increased by an addition OF
100000, or $4,000 q year. His debts
amount to $4,000, and it is thought
that i would be more profitable to the
nation to pay them than to have him 30
into comparative retirement for the
purpose of doing 90. Sir w. Knollys.
y treasurer, states that his personal ex-
lenses are very small, and that no gem
tleman of social position spends 50 little
>Tor pocket-meney. He has not only to
keep up costly establishments, but to
maintain an expensive position as leader
Of society. His income is not equal to
that of q number Of his friends. when
asked lately II the report OF his intend
ing to visit Australiawas true, the prince
replied that he hoped 80, because he
greatly desired to Gee that region, and
also because he would get a free passage
there and back, reduce his home expen-
ditures.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

"A San Francisco lawyer has sued for
800, 900 fee for his service in a divorce
case. The lady in question thinks his
services worth about $1,000. The law
yer estimates them at 100000. It is a
luxury to be engaged in a business yhich
enables n to make out a bill for ninety
nine thousand dollars whether it is paid
or not.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

"A correspondent out in the suburb
wants to know "the best way to m&xeA
hot bed" IF you are a married man,
crawl into bed rather late, with your
boots on.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05
CURRENT

TENNESSEE has had three postmaster
generals-Cave Johnston, Aaron v.
Brown, and David M. Key.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

There are two periods in the life 0 a
man at which he is too wise to tell a
woman the exact truth when he ia in
when he isn't.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

THE secretary of the treasury has
issued regulations" which are to be
observed in the appointment and pro.
motion to position in his department.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

Ass rule the largest women have
the smallest babies and make the most
fuss oVer them.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

SPEAKING of Patti, at tho time of her
marriage, strakosch said to a reporter:
"At that time, Adelina had about $780,
900 in money, and, / should say, about
$4,000 in diamonds, which her father,
advised by me, had settleaaon her, and
in such a way that neither DeCaux nor
abe could ever touch it, but she per-
sonally would receive the interest of it
during her lifetime, and of course it
would go to her children or other heirs
after DEATH"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

The sultan Of Turkey has only one
regularly commissioned wife, though he
has hnndreds ~ brevet.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

MIR. j.. AUDUBON presented a copy
of his book on birds to the late J. Pres
cotttt dsea and at the same time told Mr..
Hall that George w, the duchess of
Clarence, the Marquis of Londonderry,
and the princess of Hesse Hamburg, each
took a copy Of the work and never paid
for them; also that Rothschild paid for
his copy, "but with reluctance" He
further said that he sold seventy-ive
copies in America, twenty-six in New
York and t~wenty-four III Boston; that
the work cost him $27, 900, and that he
lost $3.50 0 by it. He said that Louis
Philippe offered to subscribe for a hun.
dred copies II he would publish the work
in Paris. This he found could notcbe
done, as it would have required forty
years to finish it as things then were in
Paris. These statements MI. Hall noted
on o blank leaf of his copy.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

SAVANNAH '(Ga.) News: There is a
marked Improvement manifested in what
rs called the material progress of the
state. The ideas of the people are get
ting out of the old ruts, and are mapping
out a new departure in the develop
ment of the manufacturing interests of
Haorpio
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

Four California railroad mend. Q.
Cotton, Leland Stanford, Chas. Croker
and Hopkins-have erected palatial resi-
dences on the summit OF California street
hill, in San Francisco. Mr.. Stanford's
house cost $5,oO0,O 600, Crocker's 3d.
100000, and that of Mr.. Hopkins, when
finished, will cost nearly $4,000, 900.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

ONLY four of the fifty-eight siguers OF
the Texan declaration of independence
in 1885, survive. These are Edward
Waller, of Virginia; John w. Bunton.
of Tennessee; w. B. Scates, of Sherman,
Colorado; and Charles B. Stewart, of
Texas. All are owe sixty-three.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-05

The Massachusetts, legislature is col
Letting information in reference to Spitz
dogs. The testimony against them is
surprisingly heavy and bad. They are
nervous and irritable, and easily pro-
voked to bite, and their bite often pro-
duces hydrophobia, ever when they slow
no signs of madness. 1t looks as though
the beautiful animal will have to be
given up altogether. e