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Year: 1872

FEMALE LABoRERs. - That women
should not be employed in field work
would seem desirable on the ground of
proprietv, but the English agricultural
labCrers have another and more forcible
objection as we learn from an exchange.
They say that women being raid at much
lower rate, their employment in the field
tends to keep down the wages of the men.
The women are willing enough to work,
however, even for the insufficient wages
doled out to them; and considering the
frightful amount of depravity aud sin
prevale mt among the serfs Of the English
iandow ners. it is perhaps as well that the
femal IS of the agricultural classes should
be kept from the evils hat follow on
idleness. But what an example for the
children who see their mothers laborlng
side by side with the horses and oxen of
their employers
Year: 1872

THE JUBILEE BONDS. In the English
army. reRimental musicians get from
thirteen pence to two shillings per diem,
sergeants get even less The lucky ones
who are on the Jubilee excursion are paid
g per diem in gold per man from the
time they left their own several countries
until they return thither, besides having
their expenses paid both coming and
going. This enormous increase Of valu-
alton maddened them, and they dream
of fabulous sums to be won from the
American purse. Well, they have good
reason to think we are very rich fools.
Here comes somebody from New York
Offering the French band the munificent
sum of 81 800 per diem in gold for six
DAYS, one concert on each day, all ex-
penses, including bottle of wine each
day to each mans dinner, and general
allowance of s205 gold, to keen the men
in beer during the week. They will
without doubt accept the offer and will
then, it is stated, go to Chicago, to con-
center there. Nep York Paper.
Year: 1872

CALIFORNIA FARMs.-There are hun
dreds of farmers IN California, men who
would ue thought wealthy in any farm
ing community in the East, who OVID
several thousand acres, and who do not
raise even a potato for their families
Wheat, wheat, wheat is their only crop,
and for this every thin else is reelected.
Their families live on came fruits and
ves setables: all their house + .pplies are
bought in the nearest town of the gro
ceryman; in a good season they sell their
wheat for large sum, and either buy
more land or spend the money in high
living, and when dry year comes they
fall into debt with interest at one per
cent a month, aud when the next dry
year comes it brings the sheriff
Year: 1872

A SAD and at the same time an unusual
accident occurred in the famous Wat
kins' Hen in Schuyler County, New York,
lately. A party Of ladies and gentle
men were walking in the glen, enjoying
its natural beauties, when an overhang-
ing rock Just above them became de
tached and rolled to the bottom with
fearful velocity. 1t struck three or four
of the party, killing one young lady al
most instantly and iniuring the others
very seriously. The names of the in
jured are not given. The accident will
cast gloom over spot which is favor
ite place of resort during the Summer
season
Year: 1872

How 10 MAKE BOYS GOOD FAR,
MERs.-lnduce them to take an inter-
est in the farm, in the implements. in
the stock; tell them all your plans,
your successes and failure; give them
history Of your own life, and what
you did, and how you lived when a
boy; but do not harp too much on the
degenerate character of young men of
the present age; praise them when Won
can, and encourage them to do still
better. Let them dress up in the
evening, instead of sitting down in
their dirty clothes in a dirty room.
Provide plenty Of light. Thanks to
kerosene, our country homes can be as
brilliantly lighted as the gas,lit houses
in the city. Encourage the neighbors
to drop in evenings. Talk agrcul-
ture rather than politics; speak Of the
Importance Of large crops, of good
stock, Of liberal feeding, and Of the
advantage Of making animals comfor-
table, rather than of the lard times,
low prices, and high wages. Above
all, encourage the boys to read good
agricultural books. Papers are well
enough, but an intelligent boy wants
something more. Get him some good
agricultural book to study. Read it
with him, and give him the benefit of
your experience and criticism. When
he has mastered this, buy him another.
In our own case, we owe our love for
farming principally 10 the fact that our
father told US of everything that was
doing on the farm; answering all the
questions, and encouraging, rather
than refusing, our childIike desire Of
helping him to plow, to chop, to let
of water, and fire the brush~nesp.-
Am. Ag'jculturid.
Year: 1872

PRUNr,G APPLE TrEEs.-To the


Inquiries Of a novice on the subject of


making apple trees healthy and prof,


table by pruning, and applying ashes


and me.around the foot of the trunk.


we would say, that if trees are planted
on good soil with a good natural un,
derdranage, (and next to this thorough
artificial draining,) and the ground is
well cultivated over the whole surface


pruning will become Of secondary
Importance. branches may sometime.
become too thicl, and brushy, and
need a moderate and even timing,
but it is better to keep the head of the
tree in good shape and condition, by
prcrcnt'ag its bearing Il dense mass OF
brush, than by cutting out large limbs
afterwards. A careful eye will detect
a supernumerary shoot that is lust
Sprlngng up in a wrong place, and
will remove it with a knife; which is
better than to allow it TO become a
heavy lirb, crowd its neighbors, and
finally have TO come out. The great
point, however first and last, is to
keep.the trees in good healthy con,
dItion by proper cultivation of the soil.
Pruning will not cure a messy, diseased
and stunted tree. The life must be
put into it, if possible, below, at the
roots, As to applying ashes and lime.
they will do little good if heapcd
around the foot of thestcm, but may of
be essential benefit if spread broadcast
over the surface. COUNTRY Gent
Year: 1872

Light IN DARKNESS. The Paris
Figaro gives the following method of
obtaining light instantaneously, with.
out the danger Of setting things on fire:
Take an oblong vial OF the whitest and
clearest glass, put in it a piece of
phosphorus about the size of pea
upon which pour some olive oil, heated
to the boiling point, filling the vial
about one~third full, and then seal the
vial hermet;cally. To use it, remove
the cork and allow the air to enter the
vial, and then recork it. The whole
empty space in the bottle will become
luminous, and the light obtained will
be equal to that of lamp. As soon
as the light grows weak its power can
he increased by opening the vial and
allowing fresh supply of air to enter.
In winter it is sometimes necessary to
heat the vial between the hands to in
crease the fluidity of the oil. Thus
prepared, the vial may be used for six
months. This contrivance is now
used by watchmen of Paris in all
magazines where explosive or inham-
mable materials are usel
Year: 1872

The nations of Northern Siberia
practice polygamy to an unlimited
extent The women are taken on
probation and if they fail to suit are
sent back to their parents, and in case
Of inidelity to their liege lord, por-
ton Of the offenders nose is forfeited
for the crime. A traveller in that
region says very naively that whole
noses are comparatively rare among
women Of that country.
Year: 1872

A Colorado saloon keeper said of a
rough crowd: 81 couldn't get their
whisky strong enough for them, so.
after trying every way, | at last made
a mixture Of poison oak and buttcrnut
Tia ft he'd them. called it The sheen.
herdcrs delight and it was a popular
drink The first Pike I tried it on
yelled with delight the next one took
two drinks and turned double somcr,
sauIt in the road before the house


a peddler came along, and after he
took several drinks Of my shcop-hcr.
der's delight, he went off and stole his
own pack and hid it in the woods"
Year: 1872

WoMAN's FoRuTuDE.- i have Of
ten had occasion to remark the forti-
tude with which women sustain the
most overwhelming reverses of fortune.
those disasters which break down the
spirit ofa man, and PROSTATE him in
The dust, seem to call forth all the
energies Of the the softer sex, ard give
such intrepidity and elevation to their
character, that at times it approaches
to sublmlty. Nothing can be more
touching than to behold soft and
tender female, who had been all weak
ness and dependence, and alive to
every trivial roughness, while treadinr
the prosperous paths of life, suddenly
rising in mental force to be the conn
torter and supporter of her husband
under misfortune, and abiding, with
unshrinking firmness, the bitterest
blasts Of adversely JJashinqton r.
ring.
Year: 1872

tho West without change. We can then
by far outstrip New York In the race for
the Cuban and West Indian trade. Shorter
distances, less handling, less commissions,
and a better and fresher -four, made from


wheat brought here from tho West in
bulk, will give New Orleans the business
Year: 1872

For MURDEE.-Willisms, the colored
desperate who murdered Mullen At
Mound City over year ago, and who
W" sentenced to be hung but obtained a
new trial, is now being tried At Mound
City Some difficulty WAS experienced in
obtaining jury. At last advcss, seven
white jurors and one colored juror had
been obtained This is the first instance Of
a negro serving on 5 jury in Southern
Illinois.
Year: 1872

Debility Is term used to denote deficiency Of blood
The nutrtye constituents ofthe blood in less than
their regular proportion while tho watery part Is In
Debility Is Of frequent occurrence. 1t Is in
apt to be swollen. The patient Is Feeble and cannot
bear much exertion. The circulation is irregular,
but almost always weak. Palptation Of the heart Is
throws the heart into the most tumultuous action.
The vital functions langudly performed. The
muscular strength Is diminished fatigue follows mod
crate or slight exercise The breathing, though quiet
when at rest becomes hurried and painfully agi
tated under exertion, as in in running ascending
heights sc. The nervous system is often greatly dis
ordered Vertigo, dizziness and feeling Of faint
ness very common. Violent and obstinate neural
gc pains In the head sde breast other parts ofthe
body, also frequent attendants upon the disease
The secretions sometimes diminished. In females
the menses almost always either supended very
partially performed The bile is scanty, and costive
ness, with unhealthy excavations from the bowels
and dyspeptic state Of the stomach, EXTREMITY
mon symptoms.
Year: 1872

Loaded pistols are always handy things to
have about, but especially so as playthings in
the nursery. Two little boys in New York
played with such toy, pointing it through a
knot hole in the fence at each other, and in
the course of their harmless bo-peep, one shot
the head off the other, for which he is sorry,
and is sure he didn't mean to.
Year: 1872

The New Haven Journal does not think
the parade of names of those favorable to
Cincinnati very formidable, and says that,
aside from Gov. Foster, the whole batch who
lead off for Connecticut would not seriously
disturb the serenity of a village caucus.
Year: 1872

Johnny read in the papers that Portland
firm are about to start a lobster factory near
the steamboat landing at Searsport, and at
once conceived hope that if his fayorite ma
rine monsters were hereafter to be produced
by machinery, ''they vould turn them on the
lathe with the claws inside out; for the fun is
all inside, and that is just the hardest part to
get intO.o
Year: 1872

ferrous idea, implying an Incredible
stretch of public patience - that they
should not only be left in quiet posses
sion, but should have unlimited swing
and license to repeat with aggravations,
and with exasperating variations, all
that they have been doing amiss-dis-
gracing the name of the State, tramp
ling upon the decencies of official sta
tion, polluting with the Shiny trail of
corruption all the approaches of legisla-
tion, all the avenues of public affairs,
and scoffing at the miseries, spurning the
demands, defying the wrath of the peo-
pie?


And shall there be no manful attempt
to put an end to this nightmare domin-
ion and this anaconda coil and grip of
suffocating wrong and infamy Shall
this fair State relapse into jungle, where
human vice and lawlessness will divide
empire with the wild beasts? Shall this
once queenly city, bereaved of her man
hood, widowed and desolate, sink, as by
Internal enchantment, into styglan pool
for all venomous reptiles and all loath-
some monstrosities to knot and gender
in? No! By the Almighty majesty of
eternal justice, no!


There is life in the outraged State yet.
There is manhood to stand up for the
wronged city yet. It has not been hois-
ferrous and brawling. Quiet and self
contained, it was not needless or apathe-
! tic, not dead, or deaf, or dumb; it has
bided its time, and treasured up its
wrath This wrath has been fed alike
by the indirect and immediate inflictions
of an atrocious misrule. The sob of the
wan and puny babe at the breast of the
poor mans haggard wife, the sigh of the
pale, careworn widow, the hungry eyes
of the surviving children, of one who
died vainly struggling for an honorable
livelihood, the ineffable agony in the
face of the honest laborer when his hands
fail to provide adequately for his hearts
treasures at home - such sights and
sounds as these, traeeable to the crimes
of misgovernment, are silently recorded
in the awful account of final reckoning
not less than the broader and louder
evils in. general depression of business
and industry.


And when is the hour to sound for this
final reckoning? There are signs abroad
which some construe to herald its neal
approach. But it would seem that the
public malefactors. like Belshazzar al
his profane banquet, believe in no signs
1t would seem that, infatuated and be-
sotted. they are bent on defying both di-
vine and human displeasure, and thai
only earthquake, or lightning, or whirl'
wind of fire, could put stop to theil
obscene orgies.-N. O. Picayune.
Year: 1872

Hook AND LADDER Cove see with pleasure
that Hook and Ladder Company is being or
ganized in our town, to cooperate with the Fire
Co. for the protection of property subject to be
destroyed by fire. We learn that there are al
ready over twenty members on the list, and the
Town Council has authorized special tax to be
levied for the purchase of the necessary equip
ments for the proper organization of this COM
pany.


With the prospect of the cooperation of such
a company, composed of active, Jealous and
.disinterested men, we have no doubt "old No. l.
will awake from it's protracted nap, revive anew,
and rival in zeal and energy it's young confreres
of the Hooks and Ladders.


IL. The annual election of officers of Opelousas
Fire Co. No. l takes place the first Saturday i'll
May next, and we would suggest the idea to the
young men of our town who are capable of max
ing good active members, to join this company
which is now not less than forty-two years Old
and which, to-day, number in it's ranks, several
members who have for thirty years seen active
service in it, and who pcrsistentiy refuse to avail
themselves of the privilege of claiming Honorary
membership, thereby setting an example worthy
to be followed by the younger members of ou1
Fire Department. We invite the young men OF
our town to apply for membership Immediately
SO as to be able to participate in the election Of
its officers next May.
Year: 1872

- Magistrates blanks for sale, and other
lob work done on short notice, at this Office,
cheaper and more neatly gotten up than in any
other office in the Parish. Call and examine
specimens and prices and see if this is an empty
boast. We guarantee good workmanship at
fair prices; Indifferent or cheap ~ work not
solicited nor bids made in competition for inte-
rior printing.
Year: 1872

EY According to the Journals reasoning it
would seem that Radical is justified in enrich
ing himself by mopolies or by selling his vote,
or by stealing the public monies or the funds
of private individuals. But if Democrat should
be so unfortunate as to 'let his foot slip" the
Journal endeavors to hold the entire Demo-
cratic party responsible.
Year: 1872

The dismissal of Captain Woodruff from
| thu command of the seventh police pre-
einct, for a much less aggravated ofense


than that for which another captain las
just been suspended from duty for a few


days. leaves it incumbent upon the Police


Board to appoint a new captain of police
for the Sixth District. The law provides
that all promotions to captaincies shall be
from among the sergeants. 1t is to be hoped
the board will exercise sound discretion in
this matter, and make the appointment
from among good and faithful class of
subordinates who will devote more atten-
ton to legitimate police business than local
politics. There are many sergeaDts and
corporals on the police force much more
competent to command precincts than some
captains. It is of vital importance, just at
this tuncture, to intrust the command OF
policemen to those who can enforce Order
maintain discipline and prevent crime and
outrage. There are some such good men on
the force. Let them be promoted.
Year: 1872

take leave to inform cur saloon keepers and the
public at large that the new installation for the
manufacture of Lager and Ale on the ICE AND
COOL AIR PRINCIPLE is now in full operation.
can furnish the public with article inferior to
none manufactured in the West or East, and supe-
rior to any beer manufactured here, and at rate
much cheaper than the imported lager from abroad.
Facts will prove the truth ofmy assertion


Orders filed with all necessary caTefulness and
promptness and particular attention Is paid to the
shipping for country customers. Come and try
and you wiz be satisfied in al and every respect


aul6 I'm
Year: 1872

from the heat. The sging of the in.
sects had ceased. Every breath of wind
had expired, and nothing stirred in the
dead calm that bound up the land like
mighty spell. The very atmosphere
grew stagnant, and its sulphurous folds
hung over us with a heavy oppression.
The sky was like FURNISHED brass, the
ground like heated stone. / had hardly
turned to look at the west when the
wind broke loose with sudden rush,
and the birds, screaming in their fright.
whirled in confused circies. There was
no time to be lost, and knew from ex.
perience that l could not manage the
horse in a storm. We drove rapidly for
a shed which stood fortunately but a
short distance beyond. -.--......


Already the black cloud that l had
seen, an inky point above the horizon,
had reared itself into gigantic noun.
tain and shot its jagged pinnicles over
the zenith, and few swollen drops of
rain splashcd in our faces So We gained
the shelter. Just at that moment the
strange old man, with the bow heavier
in his back, and his sharp gray eyes
eagerly searching every rut and gully,
came up the road, paying no heed to
the threatening tempest. Suddenly he
stopped as | had seen before, picked up
something from the ground, then,
throwing himself back, flourished his
long, knotted stick with a wild, tri-
umphant gesture over his head, and
shouted in loud, metallic voice:


"TWenty. five fhousandt z,


Instantly vivid flash broke from the
edge of the ragged cloud, and ten thou.
sand sparks of fire lit up the old man,
who fell upon the road-killed by light
ming.


We ran up to him Immediately, and,
even before the thunder had rolled
away, the mystery was fully explained,
for the electricity had been attracted by
innumera5le pins, which were stuck
straight through his clothes, with their
points outward.-Floreaee McL,and6urgh,
in Appletoss' journal.
Year: 1872

The GAINESVILLE Gazette says: when
you find newspaper on ballroom
floor it isn't always proper TO pick it up
and wonder where it came from, and
ask unnecessary questions concealing
the peculiarly of the folds. We know
of a young man who did that not long
since and he couldn't get another girl
to dance with him during the evening.
Accidents will happen in such bust
ling thro ng of people as are generally
congregated upon a ballroom floor"
Year: 1872

SELLING EXPLOSIVE CoMporSDs.--A promi-
nent druggist was before the Police Court
Saturday morning to show cause why he
rI,oud not be fined for selling kerosene oil
for illuminating purposes which would not
come up to the test fixed by ordinance. The
City Gauger, by whom the case Was report
cd testified that compound similar to that
sold hy the druggist before the court was re-
tailed all over the city, but that it was of Il
very dangerous quality and had been the
direct calist Of eight fires in the city within
the last eighteen months. The ordinance
upon the sui iect reads:


"No person shall keep, offer for sale. or
| store any refined coal, kerosene, or petroleum
oil The tire.test of which is less than one
hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit, under
penalty of not less than City nor more than
two hundred dollars for eaCh 0ttenee."
Year: 1872

THE AWARD OF THE GENEVA ARBlTRAToRs.
1t is pretty well established that the final
award made by the Geneva conference to the
United States for the depredatiVns of the
Alabama, Florida, &C., is a gross sum of
about SlG,000,000. The total amount of
claims fled was, in round numbers, about
S24.D00,000. The award is TO be signed and
delivered to the agent Of each Government in
Geneva tomorrow. The amount which Is
required to be paid in coin by Great Britain
to the United States in the city Of Washing
ton is not due till one year from the date of
the award, which disposes of the statements
that the claimants may get their money be.
fore December lst, This Government, after
it receives the gross award, will lie compelled
to establish commission and pay its own
claimants. This class Of claims Is to be set
tied without regard to any award made for
or against the Government hy the commission
appointed under the treaty to arbitrator class
Of claims arising between the citizens of the
two countries outside Of those settled at
Geneva, and which commission sits in Wash
ington for the next three months.
Year: 1872

RUNAWAY ON MAIN STREgT.--A runaway
horse caused some excitement on Nam
street on Saturday. In his flight he came I'D
contact with q mail-boX cn the corner OF
Thirteenth and Main streets, and almost de-
molshed it. He finally brought up at the
o d Market with the wreck OF cart at his
1, Y
Year: 1872

At the st. Charles Hotel last evening, il
was reliably reported that Judge Elmore
had SO far forgotten the respect due to the
lamented Greeley as to informally open
court for the purpose Of issuing an injunc-
tion against Colonel Lewis from performing
the duties Of Administrator Of Improve
ments.


The order was made upon the application
Of General Beauregard, who still labors IN
der the delusion that the people elected him
to the Office.


Mr.. Lewis is requested to explain why in
ten days.


Apropos of this is a report that the more
informal vetes are cast, the bigger will be
the majority Of Lewis. And, further, that
the whole proceeding is waste of time,
even if this were not the case.
Year: 1872

while John Ray, Esq, was procuring an
order from the Supreme Court to compel
him to take cognizance of the reinstatement
Of Boyee as Secretary Of State, adjourned
the Eighth District Court on motion of that
talented young attorney John B. Howard
This sudden recollection Of tie virtues of
deceased Horace Greeley, who was buried
Wednesday, is both touching and Gignifed
The public will fully appreciate the high
moral tone which the new incumbent Of the
bench has infused into the court "of wide
Jurisdiction,
Year: 1872

were reported as caucussing on the situa-
ton yesterday, and although it is said to
have been entirely Informal, the decision
was reached that the sole refuge Of safety
for Republicans is within the Republican
party.


The new Senator from Ouachita Hon O..
II. Brewster is in the CITY, looking in excel
lent condition.


ON THE WHOLE,
yesterday was bad day, but we can assure
our readers that there was "silver lining
10 the cloud" which keen Republican look
outs did not fail to discover.