St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-09
Ark-ahn-Sah.
{Littell Rock Democrat


Concurrent resolution of the gen.
eral assembly of the State Of Ark
ansas, declaring the proper pro
nunciation of the name of the State |:
Whereas, confusion of practice
has arisen in the pronunciation OF
the name of our State, and it is
deemed important that the true
pronunciation should be deter
mined for use in oral official pro-
ceedings; and, whereas, the matter
has been thoroughly investigated
by the State Historical society and
Eclectic society of Little Rock, which
have agreed upon the correct pro-
nunciation, as derived from history,
and the early usage of the Ameri-
can immigrants. Be it, therefore,
Resolted by both Houses Of the
General Assembly, That the only
true pronunciation Of the name of
the State, in the opinion of this
body, is that received by the French
from the native Indians, and COM
mitted to writing in the French
word representing the sound, and
that it should be pronounced in
three syllables, with the final :" :"
silent; the ga" in each syllable
with the Italian sound, and the
accent on the first and last sylla-
bles, being the pronunciation form
erly universally, and now still most
commonly used and that the pro-
nunciatian. with the accent in the
second syllable with the sound Of
" o" as in "man,o and the sound
ing of the terminal Is" is an in
novation to he discouraged.
WHAT CONSTITUTES MARR1GE
IN NEW YoRK.-The New York
court of appeals, through Judge
Folger, has lately clearly defined
what constitutes a marriage con-
tract in that State:
"By the law of this State, a man
and woman who are competent to
marry each other, without going
before minister or magistrate,
without previous public notice Civ
on, with no form or ceremony, civil
or religious, and with no record or
written evidence of the act kept,
and merely by words Of present
contract between them, may take
upon themselves the relation of
husband and wife, and be bound
to themselves, to the State and
society as such; and if after that
the marriage is denied, proof OF
acknowledgement and recognition
of each other to friends and &C.
and the public as such,
and the general reputation thereof,
will enable the court to presume an
actual bona fide marriage
While there is quiet everywhere
else, our sister State of Mississippi
is in the throes of an election on
which much depends. Polls have
been opened in Jackson to deter.
mine who is {: the most beautiful
young lady in Mississippi" and all
have been invited to participate
therein after paying q small poll
lax to the Presbyterian Aid Society
Of that city. The ballot-boxes will
be opened April 20 and the vote
fairly counted, and on May 4 the
candidate will be crowned
queen of the May, with all the regal
honors, at West Point. She will
have four maids of honor, selected
from the four young ladies whose
votes are next highest to hers.
All soils are improved by mixing.
The physical properties of the soil
have an important influence upon
its average fertility. The admix-
bure of pure sand with clay soil
produces and alteration which is
often beneficial, and which is almost
wholly mechanical. The sand opens
the pores OF the clay and makes it
more permeable to the air. |