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DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, &C.
JUST ABBIVEB !
Ladies, Read the News!
CAMILLE KOOS
Having just returned, by last boat, from New
Orleans, with a FULL and BEAUTIFUL STOCK
OF MERCHANDISE, invites all, both Ladies
and Gentlemen to call and examine his stock,
which they will find complete in every article
they may need.
GENT'S FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING,
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, GLOVES, ETC.,
LADIES' VERY FINE DRESS GOODS, such as
FINE GRENADINES,
BLACK AND COLORED ALPACAS,
MOURNING GOODS,
JAPANESE CLOTHS, (all shades and prices,)
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY,
LADIES' MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S TRIM
MED HATS,
LATEST STYLES OF SHOES,
Also a full stock of
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, WOODEN WARE, TINWARE,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, WHISKY, ANISETTE,
&C. &C. &C.
At very low pricesto suit the times.
FINE JAPANESE CLOTHS at from 15 to 25 et«
per yard.
CHOICE FLOUR (guaranteed) at $11 per barrel
Highest prices paid for
COTTON, HIDES, WOOL,
Aud all other produce, at
CAMILLE ROOS',
Cor. Main and North Streets, Opelousas.
april5-tf
S. WILKINS,
WASHINGTON, LA.
Receiving and Forwarding Merchant,
AND DEALER IN .
WESTERN PRODUCE,
Hay, Corn, Oats and Bran.
B
EST JUTE BAGGING.
ARRAW TIES,
TWINE,
LIME, and
SALT,
For sale by R. S. WILKINS.
H AV
CORN,
OATS AND
For sale by
BRAN,
R. S. WILKINS.
c
OD FISH,
MACKEREL in Half Barrels,
MACKEKEL in Kits.
For sale by R. S. WILKINS.
F
OR SAI j E ,— FLOUR OF VARIOUS
grades and brands V'.v R. S. WILKIN'S.
pi»K
EVE POTATOES ON HAND
liand and for sale by It. S. WILKINS.
M
OIj ASSE S AN» SUGAR.
For sale by R. S. WILKINS.
PITTSBURG COAL KEPT CONSTANT*
ly on hand and for sale by R. S. WILKINS
»ORK KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND
and for sale by R. S. WILKINS.
r^HIS IS WO HUMBUG !
LOUIS DES MARAIS
pretends to keep the cheapest Fancy and Fam
ily Grocery in Opelousas.
Look at the following list of price* :
Coffee, prime 25 cents per pound.
" fair 20 "
Lard, the best 15 '• " "
Sugar 2 pounds for 25 cts.
Rice, the best 2 " " "
" second quality 2 pounds for 15 ets.
Fine cut smoking tobacco.. 75 cents per pound.
Sardines 25 cents per box.
Oysters 15 cents per can.
Canned fruits 30 cents per can.
Good wine 25 cents per bottle.
And everything else in proportion.
He has on hand, and is constantly receiving
by every boat, a choice assortment of all kinds
of fancy andfamily groceries,consisting of Flour
in whole and half-barrels; Sugar Cured Hams,
Smoked Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon, Pork,
Crackers, Rice, Vermicelli, Macaroni, Teas, all
kinds of canned Fruits, Fishes and Vegetables ;
French Cognac, American Brandy, Jamaica
and Louisiana Rums, Gins, favorite brands;
Whiskey, Old, Bourbon, Old Rye, Monongahela,
Dexter, &c. ; Bitters, Hostetters. New Found
land, Sazerac, Russian, and all other kinds,
Fresh and Dried Apples, Oranges, Lemons ; aud
in fact, anything that you may call for, in the
line of Fancy and Family Groceries.
Choice Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, &c., &c., &c.,
will be found at
LOUIS DESMARAIS',
Corner of Market and Bellevue Streets,
Opelousas, La.
F
AJfCÏ GROCERY STORE.
C. B. ANDRUS,
corser main and landry streets,
Always has on hand a full assortment of »choice
family groceries, and particularly flour in bar
rels and half-barrels—Cheap; also:
TINWARE, CODFISH,
WILLOWWARE, MACKEREL,
HARDWARE,
SHOT,
POWDER,
CARDS,
HERRINGS,
SALMON,
FANCY SOAP,
STOVE BLACKING,
FLUTING MACHINES,
Also, a full assortmcntof Fine Liquors, Brandy,
Rye and Bourbon Whisky, Peaeli Brandy,
Wines and Bitters, Fine French Cordial, Dant
zick, Old Irish Wine, Madeira Wine, Port Wine ;
and in fact, every variety of Liquor and Wines
all for cash and Cheaper than the Chea;
Will commence the New Year by sel
clusively
FOR CASH AND CHEAP,
dec. 28-ly.
it
il g ex
28-ly.
STORE! NEW STORE!!
(Under the Courier Printing Office,)
main street, opelousas, la.
CHEAP FOR CASH!
A. MARKS
Informs Iiis friends and the public in general
that he has opened a store at the above stand,
where he is always ready to sell them—
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
HARDWARE, CROCKERYWARE,
BOOTS, SHOES, SADDLERY,
PROVISIONS and GROCERIES.
As a proof of his determination to sell low, he
is offering the best brands of Calico at 124 cents
per yard.
Call and examine his new stock and judge for
yourself.
Highest prices paid for Cotton, Hides, Wool, &c.
dec.^ll-ly.
p 1. LEPER VRE, AGENT,
Corner of Court and Landry Streets,
OPELOUSAS, LA.,
Has always on hand and offers to his friends,
fob cash , at such low prices as will fully satisfy
them;
DRY GOOD8, Staple and Fancy.
CLOTHING.
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.
NOTIONS.
HARDWARE AND TINWARE.
CROCKERY.
GROCERIES, Staple and Fancy.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
BAGGING AND TIES.
CORN, OATS AND BRAN.
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
Jane &
JF YOU WANT TO BUY ANYTHING
AT A GREAT BARGAIN,
Such as
CLOTHING,
HATS,
BOOTS and SHOES
For Ladies and Gent«,
STAPLE GOODS,
COTTONS and WOOLENS,
And more especially
Dress Goods
Which are offered at a SACRIFICE!
Call and see for yourselves, at the store of
P. J. LEFEBVRE,
J|anl8tt Cor. Landry and Court Sts
N
OTICE TO TAX PAYERS OF
THE TOWN OF OPELOUSAS.
Ten days after the publication of this notice
all persons owing taxes to the town of Opelou
' sas for the year 1873, are requested to pay the
same to the undersigned Treasurer, at his offie
or suffer the pen a] tie« imposed by law.
JOHN POSEY, Treasurer.
Opelousas, La., June 21,1873.
■»•STAGE STAMPS AN» STAMP
iL ed Envelope«.—'The Postmaster at this place
takes pleasure in announcing to the public that
the pee* otllee is at present supplied with a full
-awsortmeat of postage stamps, envelopes—
«tamped and unstamped, newspaper wrappers,
«t«. Therefore, those vûhing any of the above.,
in small or large quautitles, eau have them by
eailUig at the post office. njay 31,-tf
YTklSSOLUTION.—THE FIRM OF BLOCH
Mß & Dtipré Is dissolved by mutual consent, to
take effect from the first day of January, 1878.
The business is continued by Joseph Bloch and
£lmon Bloch, under the name and style of
i»pl 5-tf] J. BLOCH & CO.
VOLUME 6.
OPELOUSAS, LA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1873.
NUMBER 32.
O
DREG STORES.
PELOU8AS DRUG STORE.
SIGN OF THE BIG -MORTAR !
Opposite the Court House,
OPELOUSAS, LA.
The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his line, to his
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
of everything belonging to the Drug Business.
Physicians, Country Merchants' and Planters'
orders solicited.
Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or uiglit.
CLAUDIUS MAYO,
Pharmaceutist.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
OF
PAINTERS' MATERIAL!
SNOW WHITE ZINC,
WHITE LAED,
TURPENTINE,
BOILED LINSEED OIL,
RAW LINSEED OIL,
PATENT DRYER,
COPAL,
DAMAR,
AND
JAPAN
VARNISHES.
Paint and Varnish Brushes.
SASH TOOLS, &e., &c., &c.
ALL COLORED PAINTS, PIGMENTS AND
EARTHS IN OIL AND DRY,
At C. MAYO'S
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La..
A CHOICE ASSORTMENT
of
STATIONERY!
RECORD,
LEGAL CAP,
CONGRESS CAP,
LETTER,
INITIAL NOTE,
AND MOURNING NOTE
PAPER!
ENVELOPES,
INKS, (of all colors,)
PENS,
SLATES,
AND PENCILS,
&e., &c., &c., &c., &c., &c.,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
QITTERS! BITTERS! BITTERS!
HART'S,
HOSTETTER'S,
NEWFOUNDLAD,
ARGYLE,
PLANTATION,
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN
and
ENGLISH FEMALE
BITTERS !
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
^ FULL LINE OF
S T A N D A II DRUGS!
QUININE—French aud American.
CALOMEL—English.
BLUE MASS—English.
RHUBARB—Turkish.
«fee., &c., &c., &e., &c-, &e.,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar. Opelousas, La.
SUPERIOR WINES AN» LIQUORS
FOR
MEDICA L PU R P O S E S !
" VIEUX TEMPS " COGNAC,
FINE OLD BOURBON WHISKY.
SHERRY, MADEIRA AND PORT WINES,
&e., &e., &c.,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas. La.
^ONGRESS WATER;
EMPIRE SPRING WATER,
VICHY WATER,
&c., &c., &e., &e., &e.,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
0HEWING TORACCO,
SMOKING TOBACCO,
CHOICE HAVANA CIGARS,
SNUFFS, &c., &c.
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
EVIL
A REMEDY FOR EVERY
TO WHICH
HUMAN FLESH IS HEIR—
"POVERTY NOT EXCETTED."
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
^HEAVY STOCK OF
APPROVED SCHOOL BOOKS,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the ffig Mortar, Opelousas, La.
JUST RECEIVE»!
A Fresh Supply of SHAKER Garden Seeds,
At C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
H
O GARDENERS!
Fresh Garden Seeds, Landreth's growth 1871.
At C. MAYO'S,
8ign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
OABDEN SEEDS I
at
C. MAYO'S,
Sign of the Big Mortar, Opelousas, La.
24
TH YEAR! 34th YEAR!
POSEY'S MEDICAL EXPRESS DISPATCH.
Read! Read! Read!
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
the
FRESHEST AND PUREST TO BE HAD,
can always be found at the old and well known
ST. LAKDRY DRUG STORE
MEDICAL »EPOT.
(Established Anno Domini, 1848.)
Pro
All the popnlar Patent Remedies of this
gressive Age."
Chemicals of every description.
Eclectic Medicines.
Paints, Oils, and Window Glass.
School and Blank Books.
Stationery of every variety.
Toilet Articles, and New Choice Perfumeiy,
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medical Use.
Garden Seeds.
Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, &c., &.
The proprietor devotes his entire time and
study to compounding and dispensing
TTET.fATn/R :
MEDECENES.
Twenty-Three Years of daily practice and
experience, with unremitting efforts and an
unfeigned desire to please, will serve, he hopes,
to keep alive and perpetuate the esteem and
patronage of his numerous customers.
Physicians' and Planters' orders respectfully
solicited. . . .
Prescriptions carefully filled night and day,
with the most approved ingredients.
JOHN POSEY,
Apothecary.
^OTISCEIULAWIEOS^.^
ME »ICAL^ NOTICJ^^
Meeting of the St. Landry Medical and
Surgical Association will be held at Opelousas
the first Monday of every month, at 10 o'clock
a. m. VINCENT BOAGNI, M. D„
President.
James Rat , M. D., Secretary.
July 22. 1871-ly.
$39 RE WAR ».-I WILL PAY THE A
bove reward for the arrest and conviction
of the parties who broke into my store, in the
night of the 23th ultimo. „
LOUIS DESMARAIS.
Opelousas, May 3d, 1873-tf
F
OR RENT. —THAT DESIRABLE PLACE
of business now temporarily occupied by
Bloch & Dupué, Ji» Opelousas. Possession given
on first January next.
apply at next door to
* dec. 2l-tf.
For further particulars,
CHAS. N. EALER.
H
ATS.
HATS
Dress Hats of superb quality finish.
"All the nobby styles for young men.
Youths', Boys' and Children's Hats, in the
newest designs, at
mayUMf
JOS. BLOCH & CO
L£M»E^«LCTBEB._
T UMBER! LUMBER! LUM»««!
JLi Choice Cypress and Pine Lumber, of every
dimension, and In unlimited qnautlttes, sup
plied by the undersigned at Mount Pleasant
Mills, near Washington. We are receiving a
large lot of chain logs, and will fill with prompt
ness and dispatch au bills entrusted to us.
Orders addressed to the undersigned, at Wash
ington, will receive immediate attention.
All kinds and any auonnt of Seasoned Lumber
always onhaod, at Reduced Prices.
Terms—Cash at thé mill.
FRANK McNICOLL.
Mt, Plea sant Mills, July 8,1871.
"And the Army Swore Terribly
in Flanders."
[Roundabout in New Orleans Times.]
Poor Uncle Toby's sayings have
passed into proverbs with some people,
fhey had the virtue of being catholic in
their application. Now conies "Diana"
as spokesman of an army—not such as
blasphemed upon the Flemish plains,
perhaps, nor yet like that which came
to grief on the banks of the Thermidon
four dozen centuries ago; but rather
speaking for the tearful band of nymplis
whose wounds are made by weapons
less tangible than the Grecian jav
elin, and whose complaints lind vent in
softer sounds than curses.
Iîoundabout is no contemptuous Ther
sites to scoff at grief like this. Some
day he hopes to cheer one mourner's
heart, and in the interim his sympathy
embraces all. Could mortal man do
more outside of Utah ?
But here is what " Diana " says about
it:
Dear Koundabout —We have fallen
upon gloomy days, and as one who has
often, in brighter hours, had her enjoy
ments enhanced by your delightful page,
~ now resort to it to pour out my repin
ings, and suggest a woman's notion of
the best way to remove their causes.
These men ! these men ! I am losing
all patience with them, they make such
a whimpering after the spilt milk that
my French fables taught me was irre
ioverable. I'm really sick to death of
the cry, "no matter; the times will soon
improve;" audi almost begin to wish
at the bottom of my heart that they nev
er will improve. What is the difference
if they don't ? Why not only a two-story
instead of a three-story house, and just
half the number of visits to the opera;
to dispense at once with the luxurious
mode of living, and to make ourselves
as happy as we were before we became
the slaves of these habits.
Let the men, then, but give up some
of their follies, as we can our furniture,
shopping and music, and learn to lead
down the dance of life after a more
homely fashion. Our hearts are not the
baubles they think them—let them
prove the genuine worth of their own.
As the matter now stands, I do not see
what is to become of unmarried girls
like myself. Proposing seems to be at
an end, for awhile, and I fear I shall no
longer be young when the revival of
former prosperity brings suitors to my
sisters that are still in the nursery.
Moreover, I have lately heard of so
many matches being broken off by
those who generally plead "the state of
the times" as a cause for "not involving
the lady, taking her from the style of
life in which she was so accostomed to
move, etc.," that I am losing all patience
both with "the times" and the men of
the times. What a paltry excuse for
not fulfilling an engagement. What an
opinion must that man-ling have of our
sex, who believes that we marry carpet
mirror and pier-table ! Pray do not let
our rights be attacked without a blow
in return from your graceful pen. We
all expect it, sir. Shall we be disap
pointed? If not, you will lose forever
the respect and regard of your corres
pondent, Diana.
And yet, my dear "Diana," is it not
your fault ? Can you look fairly at the
society of the day and deny that its van
ity, its extravagances, its artificiality
are all your own sweet work ? Why
does Adolphus, with his poor little
monthly pittance, pinch ana starve al
most to immolation, so that at least one
toilet acceptable to woman's eyes may
grace his luckless back? That second
rate dress suit is his cross, and he won
it through a Via Dolorosa, as veritable
in its way as that which led among the
Syrian hills long, long ago. He
knows that beauty's glance will hardly
linger on an ill-made coat, no matter
how true the heart that beats beneath it,
and society is ßear to him. He has
heard—just as B'uiudabout has heard—
the accepted venfacnlar of fashion, and
he knows, with a foolish sinking at his
heart, that it rambles only in the paths of
pleasure and by the running brooks
and shady grottoes of luxury. He must
talk of balls and parties which rob his
very life of days ; of operas, of sea-side
gaieties, of routs, and all the regular
routine which is to him at once a phan
tom and a terror.
How can he ponder all this, and then
ask one of those pretty birds to leave
her gillded nest Melinda is very beau
tifu, and oh ! he loves with a strength
almost greater than he can hear ; but
can he accomplish all those gew-gaws,
and laces, and silks ? Can he give her
the things which, according to her own
confessions, are the prime necessities of
her existence—and he not able to look
his tailor in the face ?
Come, now, "Diana" ; you and your
sisters have this matter in your own
hands. If you are better than you
seem, why say so to the stricken wretch
who snivels at your elbow because you
seem so far away. Talk of something
besides mere dissipation; show that
some sacrifices are contemplated in your
scheme of life ; prove your ability to
see through the coat a man wears, and
your willingness to think of existence
as something nobler than a round of
gaiety.
If you feel all this, say so. Adolphus
is not imaginative.
Willing to Help Him Off .—The
South Bend Tribune has the following
story of a wife who was not disposed to
thwart her husband's desire to commit
suicide:
"A few days ago a farmer in Madison
township quarrelled with his wife, and
left home. He returned in a short time ;
and the quarrel was resumed and con
tinuedto sueh an extent that he ex
pressed a desire to be Qiit of the world.
His wife intimated that nothing would
please her better, and offered to do her
part if the rifle was only loaded. He
went into the house, got the rifle and
ammunition and loaded it in the pres
ence of his wife, but was very careful
when she was not looking, to slip the
bullet down his sleeve. After the gun
had been capped, he handed it to her
and went into the yard, she following
as far as the door, when she took de
liberate aim and fired. The husband
dropped in the grass, to all appearances
dead, and lay there a short time before
the wife came to him. It did not take
her long to discover that he was 'playing
possur;),' and grasping an ax handle, she
attacked him so fiercely that but for the
interference of some of the children,
she would have crushed his skull. It
is needless to add that there will be a
divorce."
Surprised .—An Advertiser in
Western city, who was in the habit of
doing business with men only, was late
ly filled with astonishment to find his
establishment crowded with inquiring
ladies. "I do not sell sewing machines,"
he cried out, to the callers, in agony
But with one accord the ladies pulled
from their pockets copies of the local
newspaper and there he found that the
line which should be "horse-power,
threshing and sawing machines," really
read "horse-power, threshing and sew
ing machines."—[Newspaper Reporter,
manners on the Road—An Old
Question Revived.
[Roundabout in New Orleans Times.]
This is a subject Roundabout has long
desired to discuss. It involves a prac
tice which, in his opinion, is one of the
most senseless and inexcusable known
to the civilized world. A correspon
dent puts it thus:
Dear Roundabout —As you are supposed to
know everything, please inform us whieli is
the proper side in accompanying a lady on
horseback for the gentleman to ride. By so
doing you will settle a point in dispufe by
Equestrians.
On the lady's left ! By every law of
common sense, by every instinct of wis
dom, convenience, and safety, on the
lady's left !
Roundabout is aware that he attacks
one of the most ancient conventions of
society in these parts; but he does so
in the serene assurance that he is right,
and is able to demonstrate it tQ the
satisfaction of every reasoning creature.
For example, you ride with a lady—
first, to serve and protect her ; secondly,
for purposes of mutual enjoyment.
Some men are so exalted as to have
both objects equally before them.
Looked at from a conversational
point of view, there cannot be two
opinions. The lady, from the necessi
ties of her posture, naturally faces to
the left. If there is one thing needed
in aggravation of her cramped aud awk
ward attitude, it is the twisting of her
neck so as too look at some one riding
on the right. Of itself, this considera
tion fairly looked at is enough to settle
the matter for good and all. But there
is a far graver reason why a man should
ide on the lady's left, aud people who
don't care for a little neck twisting, will
hardly prove so indifferent when the
actual breaking of that member is in
question.
Ninety-nine men out of a hundred
can do more with their right than their
left arms, and even the other man
should be on that side, because the left
is the bridle hand. If an accident oc
curs or is threatened—if the lady's horse
shows unmistakable symptoms of bolt
ing—it is only from the lady's left that
prompt and effectual assistance can be
rendered. Were it necessary to lift
her from the horse—and it is an ever
present possibility—the service can be
rendered a thousand times more easily
and safely. Some of the most appall
ing horseback accidents on record have
occurred in an attempt to lift a lady off
the horse from the right. Her skirts
are liable to get entangled in the saddle,
tnd then the most fatal consequences
invariably ensue. Taken from the
other side, she is already half off. She
lias but to shake her foot from the stir
rup, and the thing is done.
Roundabout could never understand
the existence of a different opinion on
this subject. With every argument of
reason, safety, prudence and utility ou
the one hand, there is not a single ra
tional plea to be urged in the other.
Even if people do not value conve
nience, and even if the lady is willing
to distort her body and dislocate her
neck in pursuance of a foolish custom,
no man, entrusted with her safety and
feeling the responsibility, should ever
consent on any terms to neglect the
plain rules of pru denc e here indicated.
plain rules of pru denc e here indicated.
Vigorous Advertising .—Mr. Bar
num, in securing another of his extra
ordinary successes in advertising, has
reawakened the attention of business
men, and has more especially startled
his rivals. It'would be interesting to
know exactly what proportion of his
success was "brought about by news
paper advertising as compared with
uhat obtained through the use of pos
ters. This cannot of course be ascer
tained, but we think there can hardly
be a doubt that, for the amount of money
expended, the newspaper advertising
brought in the largest return, as it was
also the most necessary to the success
of the advertiser. In considering the
estimate giving below it should be
borne in mind that the posters, being of
an expensive character, could not nave
been used with the overwhelming effect
to be had from newspaper announce
ment. Advertisers should also consi
der that circus business is exceptional,
and the effect to be gained from poster
advertising in that particular branch of
business forms no criterion for the
needs of the regular advertiser. The
statement referred to is as follows :
Does advertising pay ? The col
ored show bills which Barnum will use
this year cost $450,000. His small bills,
circulars, etc., will cost $50,000. His
advertising in the newspapers will cost
$200,000. Total, $700,000, the whole of
which is expended in Printer's ink.
What is the result of all this tremen
dous advertising? Receipts exceeding
$10,000 a day, with a net profit of $30,000
a week, $120,000 per month, or $840,000
for the seas on."
for seas
How to Cool Water.—As the warm
season of the year approaches, a cool
draught of water becomes a luxury
which we may enjoy with a little care.
By the following method, simple and
inexpensive, water may be kept almost
as cold as ice. Let a jar, pitcher or
vessel used for water, be surrounded
with one or more folds of coarse cotton
tobe constantly wet; the evaporation
of the water will carry off the heat from
the inside, and reduce it to a low tem
perature. In India and other tropical
countries, where ice cannot be procured,
this expedient is common. Let every
mechanic and laborer have at the place
of his work, two pitchers thus provided
and with lids or covers, one to furnish
water for the evaporation, and he can
always have, a supply of cool water in
warm weather. Any person may test
this by dipping a finger in water and
holding it m the air on a warm day ; af
ter doing this two or three times he
will find his finger uncomfortably cool.
This plan will save the bill for ice, be
sides being more healthful. The free
use of ice water often produces de
rangement of the internal organs;
which, we epneeive; is due to the prop
erty of the water, independent of its
coldness.
A schoolboy's composition bn tobacco
"This noxious weed was invented by a
distinguished man named Walker
Raleigh. When the people first saw
him smoking they thought he was a
steamboat; and as they had never
heard of such a thing as a steamboat,
they were terribly frightened."
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A young man in Peoria sought to se
cure his sweetheart by strategy î so he
took her out for a boat ride and threat
ened to jump onerboard into the lake if
she wouldn't marry him. It did not
work. She offered to bet him a dollar
that he d aren't dive in.
In a recent article on a fair in his lo
cality, the editor of a Western paper
says a brother editor took a valuable
premium, but an unkind poiicéman
made him put it right back where he
took it from.
It is a remarkable fact that the mo
ment a woman writes a letter she is
frantic to put it in the post-office, al
though she may have been putting off
the writing for six months.
of
"Malice Or Stupidity."
The following from Roundabouts
column of the New Orleans Times of
July 3d, may be out of date as to the oc
casion which called it forth, but the
remarks are as just and true now as
ever :
Gen. Beauregard leaves his critics a
rather unpleasant alternative when he
suggests that only malice or stupidity
can find anything in the unification
résolu tious which contemplates an in
terference with private or social mat
ters ; and yet his remark has the awk
ward characteristic of fitting the occa
sion pretty Avell. The General possesses
a soldierly fashion of getting to the
gist of things. He has been annoyed
by the incomprehensible public senti
ment which so palpably and so grossly
misconstrues lus action, and he hits out
neatly, but very straight, in response.
Possibly Roundabout hears as much
of this talk as any one man in New
Orleans, and on purely benevolent
grounds it troubles him. He will hear a
very respectable person say :
"What right lias lie to force social
equality on us?"
"Buthe don't say anything of that
sort."
"Yeshe does; I guess I read it. I
rather think I know what a man means
when he tells me."
" You don't appear to, anyhow. Gen.
Beauregard advocates nothing but the
concession of civil and political rights
already granted by the law. The colored
people can claim and obtain them any
time. The law leaves a judge no alter
native but to decide in their favor. All
Gen. Beauregard wishes is to acknowl
edge these things frankly. They exist
and you can't help yourself. What
sense is there in fighting against a fait
accompli ?"
"I don't recognize any such laws.
They were not made by us, and I don't
see why we should obey them."
" Perhaps you don't ; but you'll have
to, sooner or later, and you'd better do
it now while there is some appearance
of volition on your part.. The time is
coming when it will be forced upon you
whether you will or no, and then you'll
be quick enough to wish the advantages
now offered you. It will be a little late,
my boy. We were late on reconstruc
tion, late on recognizing the political
existence of the negro ; but you see we
had to come in, however ungracefully.
Where are we now ? In a hopeless mi
nority, without a fraction of political
power, at the mercy of the opposite
party, and yet we have the preternatural
impudence to argue about conceding
rights we never gave and cannot with
hold? If it were not so horribly suici
dal, it would be the most laughable
thing on earth."
" I have heard all that before, and it
may be so, but I know this much : if we
are downtrodden and oppressed, we can
at least bear out our troubles like
gentlemen, and not kiss the hand that
smites us "
"Yes, and you've heard all that be
fore too. Some one was talking for
effect or in the way of business, and you
think it sounds fine. You talk about
enduring your troubles like a hero.
You don't do anything of the sort.
You're always crying and sniveling
about taxation and usurpation. You
appeal to Northern sympathy and fill
the Northern press with your lamenta
tions, and yet you thiuk that is bearing
it with dignity? Pooh ! The thing is be
coming disgusting and we're all getting
to be held m deserved contempt. W é
howl and bellow every time we're hit,
but we haven't the courage to make up
with the enemy. It strikes me that if
we are whipped we ought to confess it
if not, we ought to prove it by helping
ourselves.
The only thing is that Gen. Beaure
gard being a gallant soldier, knows
when he is in the wrong and lays down
his arms while it can be done grace
fully."
This is a sample of the stupidity line
of opposition. The malicious is much
more offensive, though not so hopeless,
perhaps.
Yet it is plain to every clear-headed,
dispassionate man, whether he favors
the move or not, that Gen. Beauregard's
address states nothing but the simple
straightf orward, ugly truth
straightf orward, ugly truth
Oatmeal in Drinks .—Some time
ago Ave presented some statements re
garding the use of oatmeal in water as a
beverage. We find a reproduction of a
commendation of the preparation in
another journal. The editor says :
Last summer we attended a field
trial of plows, and for a drink in the
field we had buckets of cold water with
oatmeal stirred in, which we found to
be both victuals and drink, and mighty
refreshing."
The Medical Journal, of Edinburgh,
says : " That in its raw state, when it
is mixed up with water, it is becoming
a favorite dish. The brose of 'Aula
Scotland'is becoming a favorite dish,
and we are glad to note this, because
we believe it to be a healthy and muscle
forming commodity—by the hunters
and trappers in the West, who are sub
stituting oat meal in this form for
Earched Indian corn. The same
rawny fellow whose powers of endu
rance are proverbial, whose scorn of
fatigue is known to all readers of travel
and natural history—have found out
that a very acceptable drink is made by
putting about two teaspoonfuls of oat
meal to a tumbler of water. This they—
the hunters and trappers—aver to be
the best drink they can use, as it is at
once nourishing, unstimulating and
satisfying^
Correct—Eli Perkin's Views of
Bridal Tours .—Eli Perkins writes
thusly to the New York Graphic what,
he thinks about bridal tours. "The
other day old Mr. Thompson—Bald
headed Thompson, the fellows call
liim—of Lexington, took his third wife.
He was just as happy when he led this
cn * * ■ •
lamb to the slaughter as when he led
the first—apparently. After the cere
mony he started on the proverbial trip
to Philadelphia, by way of Jersey City.
I say this because he might have gone
by way of Niagara Falls. He took his
bride with him. That was kind and
considerate of Thompson. The most
heart -rending thing in the world is to
see a man go off on his wedding tour
and spend his entire honeymoon, leav
ing his young wife at home. No honey
moon is complete without a bride."
Correct,
On last Wednesday night a horrid
murder was committed on the planta
tion of Mr. Hood, near this place. The
circumstances as near as we can learn,
are about as follows: A little after
night some one fired into a negro cabin
and killed a negro man by the name of
Jack Davis. No clue to the murderer
has yet been discovered, but we hope it
will be thoroughly worked out, and the
fuilty parties punished. It is thought
y some that he was shot by another
negro, and that jealousy was the cause.
Mansfield Reporter Ju ly 19th.
More wealth is gained by good man
agement than by hard licks.
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Practical Wine Making,
(From the Rural Southland.]
Dr. Stayman, in the Western Planter,
gives the following plain, common sense
directions for the manufacture of wine.
As the season for wine making is at
hand, we cannot devote the same space
more profitably to our readers. As Dr.
Stayman is both practical and scientific,
whenever he writes upon wiue making
he may be regarded as entirely reliable :
If you have much wine to make, it is
best to use large casks, as it ferments
better in large bodies ; but if you have
only a few hundred gallons to make,
good, clean whisky barrels will do.
Pick your grapes when perfectly ripe,
only in dry weather, and when the dew
is off, aud as many at one time as will
fill a cask ; pick oft' all decayed and
green berries.
If you wish to make wiue of your
C oncord grapes, in quantities of a Dar
rel or so, run your grapes through a
omuion hand cider mill, and press im
mediately, until the must begins to col
or, then remove the half pressed grapes,
and put, them into an open barrel, and
so continue mashing and pressing, un
til your cask is full of must. The half
pressed grapes or mash in the open bar
rel should be covered with a blanket
and left standing from 24 to 48 hours to
ferment, according to the state of the
weather, then they should be thorouh
ly pressed and put into a separate cask
to be made into red wiue.
If large quantities are made into white
wine, the grapes may be put under a
strong press, without mashing, and
pressed. Many black grapes will make
white wine if made in this manner.
It would be better to put some of the
seed or racked stems into the must when
fermenting, to give the wine more tan
nin, which will make it clear better.
If red wine is to be made, run the grapes
through the mill, and put them into
open barrels or hogsheads, and let them
ferment about two days before pres
sing. They should be covered while
fermenting. Fill your casks nearly
full and let them ferment over, which
will cast off much unnecessary mucila
ginous matter, but when this first vio
lent fermenting is over, let the balance
of the sediment settle in the barrel and
not work over. You can place a sack of
sand, or put the bung in loosely, while
it is thus working. As soon as it is done,
which you can readily ascertain by
placing you ear to the bung hole, then
drive the bung tight, and let it remain
until clear weather in December, then
rack it oft'.
To produce a perfect fermentation,
the temperature of the room should be
kept up to the the temperature of the
musk iu the cask while it is working,
but after it is done it should be put into
a good cellar and kept there. The casks
should be full and bungs air tight. It
should have a second racking in March,
aud it should then be clear, if everything
should be properly done, but it should
not be bottled until the next fall ; then
will it be ready to sell.
By the "air treatment," it is claimed
that it can be made clear and perfect in
a few months, and fit for bottling.
This may be the case, but we have not
seen it tried, and it has not come into
general use, however good it may
be.
As some may wish to make unfer
mented wine, a few directions may not
be out of place. Press your grapes and
let the must stand about six hours to
settle some. Then draw off the clear
est and put into a boiler ; heat it to the
boiliug point, and skim it. Then put
it up into wine bottles, hot as you put
up fruit, and seal air tight, while hot,
and keep it in a cellar. To keep the
bottles from breaking, place a wet cloth
several folds thick on tue table and set
the bottles on it while filling them with
hot wine.
Small Farms in Louisiana .—Al
luding to the unification resolution in
reference to small farms, the St. Charles
Herald says :
When our large landed proprietors
t\ill be willing to divide their planta
tions into small lots, and give the poor
man a chance in the race of life, Lou
isiana will have more taxable property,
the heavy burdens now imposed|to meet
the demands of the government will be
proportionately reduced, capital will
come among us, new life and energy be
infused iu our population, and a happy
change from poverty to prosperity will
manifest itself, We are glad to see
that the new party, intended to "unify"
our people has spoken out on this ques
tion, and we trust that planters and
capitalists will in good faith carry out
the principle of allowing every person
who is able and willing to own and cul
tivate a small farm of his own to do
so.
The principle has been practicably
carried into effect in our locality for the
past year and a half. The plantation
on which our village is located was di
vided into small lots by ex-Gov. Halm,
in the winter of 1871-72, and many lots
were sold on a small cash payment and
long credit for the balance of the pur
chase price, to poor people, white and
black. We have noticed here that as
soon as colored people acquire real-es
täte, no matter how insignificant in size
or value, fix up their shanty, erect a
chicken house, plant a few trees, etc.,
they become different people—they feel
more honestly interested in public
affairs, study the question of State and
parish taxation, talk against unfaithful
officers, aud show an honorable and
conservat ive tendency.
Atmospheric Influences on Luna
cy .—A very interesting paper on the me
teorological facts of insanity appears in
connection with the recent annual report
of the Brighton (Eng.) Lunatic Asylum.
According to this report, there is very lit
tle difference to be discovered in patients'
fits between the average n umber of those
days on which the moon's changes oc
cur and for the days composing the rest
of the month, and what little difference
there is is in favor of the days on which no
such change occurs. An examintion,
however, of more than 200 accessions of
fits showed that, with five exceptions,
they were preceded or accompanied by
considerable alteration in atmospheric
pressure or solar radiation, or both. The
legitimate inferance, therefore, afser all,
is, that it is not the moon which directly
affects the epileptic patients, but the
change of weatheT ; and that it is the
coincidence which not unfrequently oc
curs of a change of weather with a
change of moon which has led the pop
ular mind into the notion of the moon
affecting both the weather and epi
leptics. _
The Advantages of Underdraw
ing .—Ogden Farm finds encourage
ment in the following passage in the
Hon. George Geddes' Essay on Wheat
Culture : Un drained clay lands are
never worn out, for the owner that
lacks the energy to free them from stag
nant water never has force enough to
exhaust their fertility by cropping.
Manure on such land is nearly thrown
away. Draining is the first thing to be
done; next, thorough cultivation, then
! manure. Whoever reverses this order
J throws away his money and his labor."
The Humorists' Column.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men.
The latest conundrum from Georgia
is : " Why is South Carolina like a piano?"
" Because the darkies (dark keys) are
above the whites."
A W estern editor says at the begin
ning of his leader: "We are living at
this moment under absolute despotism."
He was married.
At a dinner of shoemakers the follow
ing toast was given : " May we have all
the women in the country to shoe, and
all the men to boot."
An Indiana Suuday-school man writes
to a bible firm in New York : " Send me
Sunday-school papers and books. Let
the books be about pirates and Indians
as tar as possible."
"What are you doing there, you ras
cal?' Merely taking cold, sir." "It,
looks to me as if you were stealing ice."
"Well—yes—perhaps it will bear that
construction"
Dr. Parr thus characterized a de
ceased prelate: "Sir, he is a poor,
paltry prelate, proud of petty populari
ty, and perpetually preaching to petti
coats.'
An old lady ou a steamship who had
seen the sailors pumping up water to
wash the deck, said : " Captain, I'm glad
you ve got a well on board. I never did
like the nasty sea water."
A girl of twelve and a boy of four
teen are about to be married in Galves
ton, lexas, Vegetation was never
known to be farther advanced there
at this season of the year.
A short-hand writer has seut fifteen
hundred words on a postal card. A
young man we know says four was
enough for him. She wrote: "I shall
be out, and he didn t call.
"What are you doing for Jesus?"
asked a zealous clergyman of a Wash
ington reporter, " Well, to tell the truth,"
said the reporter, I ain't doing much.
I am on the Chronicle now."
A young man, lacking experience,
borrowed a gun to go sparrow shooting,
and not understanding, the breech
loaaing system, commenced to ram
down the cartridge. He writes with his
lett hand now.
» À" ^isl'man who had just landed, said :
1 fie first bit of mate I ever ate in this
country was a roasted potato, boiled
yesterday. And if you don't believe it
1 can show it to ye, for I have it in my
pocket." J
An Tennessee lady presented her hus
band with twins, and in due season ad
ded triplets. "Dear me," exclaimed
an astonished neighbor, " I 'spose Mrs.
stebbmg will have quadrupeds next and
then centipedes."
. A Kentucky paper gives the follow
ing warning: "Delinquent subscribers
should not permit their daughters to
wear tins paper for bustles. There be
ing so much due (dew) on it there is
danger of their taking cold."
A remarkably dirty man stepped in
front of a small boy sitting on a fence,
expecting to have some fuu by chaffing
him. He said: •' —-i- j - -
weigh?" The
How much do you
~ —, answer was, "Well,
about as much as you would if
were washed."
you
A very wealthy farmer of Titusville
has this notis posted up in his field :
it any man's or woman's cows or oxen
gets m these here oats, his or her toils
Iii i < r} lt off as the case may be. I am
a Christian man and pay mi taxes, but
dam a man who lets his critters run
loose, sa y I."
Two sparks from London once came
upon a decent-looking shepherd in &r
gyleshire, and accosted him thus •
You have a very fine view here—you
■n see a great way."
« ï?, aye ' aye» a ferry great way."
pose?" y ° U Can setl America here, I SU p.
"Farrar than that."
" How is that ? "
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and yu'll see the muue." y
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Pittsburg has had a modern comedy
A y°V ln P wif e suspected her
loid ot too great an intimacy with the
comely mulatto cook, and so one night
when he acted suspiciously, she watched
him. Sending the cook off, she covered
her head with a shawl and waited in the
kitclien tor the confirmation of lier sus
picions. Some one rapidly enteml
shortly after, and she felt an arm around
her waist and warm kisses on her lips.
Ihen she threw off her di guise to trans
fix the villain on the spot, but instead of
her husband, she beheld the biggest
blackest negro in all that city. It was
the cook s sable particular," and he had
heA &a She no longer anapecta
A Li vTîly Letter —The following
letter was written by a man in Arkansas,
to a friend in St. Louis, and shows in its
terms the gentle spirit that pervaded the
bosom of 'the man of the period" im
mediately after the war :
Dear Boy —The double-barrel
that yon sent came safely to hand, and
I was only shot at once while I was car
rying !t. Bill Shivers popped at mo
from behind the fence as I was passing
by his house, but I had loaded the two
shooter as soon as I got it, and he didn't
jump from behind that fence but once.
I am glad that one of the barrels is
rinea as I needed it for long rciiiire nrn.c
tice The other I can filT wittfffik
shot, and can riddle a man nicely at close
quarters. I mean to try both barrels on
those Jetts when I meetthem. Yousee.
old man Jett stole a inule from us in the
war, and when it was over pa laid for
him and killed him. Then Nigger
Tom Jett, as we called him—the black
faced one—he laid for pap and plugged
him. Then I picked a fuss with Tom,
and cut him into giblets, and since that
time his brother Sam has been laying
for me. I know it is his turn, but I
think my double-barrel will prove too
much for him.
If you want too see fun, come down,
for a while and bring a rifle. It don't
make any difference which side you
belong to, and it isn't even necessary to
join the militia. It is easy to get up a
grudge against somebody, and all you
have to do is to lay for your man and
knock him over.
Behind my pig-pen is one of the
sweetest hiding-places I know of, and
it is so handy! a good many people
come within range m the course of a
week, and a man cau pass his time
nght pleasantly.
! wish you would send me a catalogue
of. Sunday-school books, with the
prices, if there are any in St. Louis.
If we can get them on time, we will
take a big lot of books. I am Superin
tendent of the Baptist Sunday-school
now, and am running it under a full
head of steam. Old man Byers, who
was turned out, is right mad about it,
and swears he will chaw me up ; but
he will chaw lead if lie don't keep clear
of me.
My wife wants to know if yon can't
send her a set of teeth without her
getting measured for them. Her $25
set was busted all to flinders by a pistol
shot that went through her mouth; but
it didn't hurt her tongue. Write soon
to your friend and pard.
P. S.—That sneaking, ornery cuss,
Sam Jett, crept up last night and fired
at me through the window, but ho
didn t happen to kill anybody except a
nigger girl. I mean to go for him to
day, and will be glad of a chance to try
the double barrel.