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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

SQUEEZING THE HAND.-Squeez-
ing the hand with some persons,
is entirely equivalent to declara,
ton of love; this is truly surpris-
ing. We must take hold of a
ladys' hand~as we would a hot 30
tato; afraid to squeeze lest we
should burn our fingers. Very
fine, truly! Now, it was onr an
cient custom to squeeze every
hand we got in our, clutches, es-
pecially fair one. And the la
dies may rest assured of this, that
man who will not squeeze their
hands when he gets hold of it
does not deserve to have such a
hand in his possession, and that he
has a heart a thousand times
smaller than the eye of a cambria
needle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

FLIRTATTOns.-For every man
whose heart is broken-we use a
phrase current in its romantic
sense among women, and which
among men denotes the state OF
mind revealed by profuse smoking
and spasmodic devotion to bill
iards-twenty have their eyes
opened, and are on the whole con
siderably improved by the pro-
cess. We forgot to whom is due
the credit Of the remark that "a
mans usefulness generally dates
from the time he loses his interest
III women; but, without going so
far, we are content to rest upon
the conclusion of our own expert
ense-that until q man has had
one or two serious flirtations he is
not to be relied on for earnest eff.
fort.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

When a lady expresses relief
at the departure of a gentle
man, it is safe to infer that he
is not regarded with a great
deal of esteem; and yet the ex-
preston is used on eight out of
ten gentlemen in every lady's
acquaintance. If gentlemen
only knew it, they are, as a
general thing, extremely great
b0res in the company of ladies.
The latter do not like to ex-
press as much, but they think
it very severely.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

New Orleans is fast losing her
trade with this section of coun-
try. She has suffered consider
able loss this winter, and from
appearances will suffer still
more next season. A member
OF one of the leading houses Of
this city is now at the West
for the purpose Of facilitating
the establishment Of a line of
steamers between this point
and st. Louis, and to make ar
rangements for q direct trade
between the two points. He
went fully prepared to show
the merchants of st. Louis the
resources of this section of
country and the business they
might reasonably expect to get.
He is a gentleman thoroughly
posted III the business of this
country, and the merchants of
st. Louis can place every reli-
ance in his statements. He
will back his statements BY
purchasing largely of Western
produce, machinery, &C., for
his own house, and for others
in the interior. Should he be
successful in getting this line
established he will visit New
York for the purpose of pro-
curing Unnecessary machine
ry for COMPRISING cotton at
this port, SO as to give the boats
a return cargo of cottou in con-
dition for shipboard. By this
route cotton can be landed in
New York in less time and at
less cost than by the way of
New Orleans, as business is
now managed in that CITY,
We feel confident that he will
be successful in his undertake
ing, and that this fall will see
a new era inaugurated in the
business relations of this city.
Daily South Western.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

THE HOME PREss.-We clip
the following from the Chicago
Republican, and commend it
to our readers:
What tells us so readily the
standard of a town or city as
the appearance Of its paper?
And its youth or age can as
well be defined by the observ-
ing, by a personal observation.
The enterprise of its citizens is.
depicted by its advertisements,
their liberality by the looks of
the paper. Some papers show
a good, solid, healthy founda-
ton, plethoric purses, and we'll
TODD appearance generally !;
others show a striving to con-
tend with the grasping thou
sands around them, trying hard
to wrench out an existence from
the close--fsted community
around them. An occasional
meteoric display in its columns
of telegraphic, or local, or of
editorials show what it can do
if it had the means, but cannot
continue in the expensive work
until support comes which
ought to be readily granted. A
newspaper is like a church; it
wants fostering at the com
mencement, and for a few
years; then, as a general thing
it can walk alone, and reflect
credit upon its location. Take
your home paper; it gives you
more news of immediate inter-
est than the New York Or other
distant papers; it talks for you
when no other will speak in
your favor; when other locali-
ties belle you, it stands up for
your rights; you always have
a champion in your home
paper; and those who stand up
for you should certainly be well
sustained. Your interests are
kindred and equal, and you
must rise or fall together
Therefore, it is your interest to
support your home paper; not
grudgingly, but in a liberal
spirit, as a pleasure, not as a
disagreeable duty, but as an in
vestment that will amply repay
the expenditure.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

u On one occasion Schuyler
COIfax visited the Tribune com
posing room. The foreman had a
rush of copy, was very busy, and
did not notice Colfax. He was
cutting up some copy and distrib-
uting the takes. Some of the
printers failed to understand how
the copy was to be set. The fore
man waxed wroth, and swore like
a pirate. AS he came to the last
take of a long report, Colfax was
standing near him, and, without
looking round, the foreman thrust
the take into the Vice-president's
hand, saying, "Solid nonpareil,
d-n you! You're not such d-n
fool as not to know what that is,
are you?" At this juncture the
managing editor introduced Col
fax to the foreman, who simply
replied, II thought you were one
of our d-n shoemakers, and went
On with his work.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

BLOODY WORK AT GRAND
GULF, MIss.-We copy as fol-
lows from the Memphis Ava
lanche of the Sth:
The steamer Richmond,
which passed up from New Or
leans yesterday, learned at
Grand Gulf, the particulars of
of one of those tragedies of
passion that appears more like
romance than reality. In the
country, at some distance from
Grand Gulf, reside two respect
able families, those of Gushing
and Andrews. Miss Andrews
was a lovely girl of seventeen,
well accomplished and of I'M
usually fascinating manners.
Mr.. Cushing's son, a youth of
twenty, had been attached to
her from their early childhood,
and as he grew older his affec-
ton became an ardent, absorb
ing passion. A short lineage
he made a formal offer of his
hand, when, to his intense dis
appointment and modification,
his offer was firmly, though
cOurteously refused. He brood
ed over his ill-rewarded pas
sion, and became q prey to
jealousy, and at length left the
neighborhood, vowing madly
that he would come back and
take his revenge. On Sunday
last he returned, and riding up
to Mr.. Andrews house, he beg
ged to sec Miss Andrews at
at the door, without alighting.
She came out, when he sud
denly produced a pistol. fired,
shooting her through the body,
and she fell on her face and
died without a struggle. The
infatuated murderer rode fran
tically away, but Miss An
dreWs' brother, breathing fury
towards the murderer of his
sister, sprang on a horse and
followed. He came up with
Gushing as the latter was eros
sing creek, and fired at him.
Cushing jumped from his horse
and took shelter in the BUSH
Andrews, not to be at disad-
vantage, did the same. A par
ley ensued, and the two Yonug
men agreed to fight according
to the code; to leave the cover,
fire advance and fire, and again
advance, until one of them
should fall. At the first fire
Gushing received a mortal
wound in the left shoulder, but
the men continued to near
each other and fire, until their
revolvers were empty. When
assistance arrived, Gushing lay
dead with four bullets in his
body. Andrews had. received
three shots IN his breast. He
was able to tell how the fight
had taken place, when he also
expired.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

% BOLIVIA" writes plaintively
to paper in Chicago, that unless
a woman is young and pretty
faced" she has no chance in the
departments at Washington, and
that zone with all the sweet juices
of life squeezed out Of her." must
get her living elsewhere. Poor
Olivia!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

u "It is standing rule in my
church, said one clergyman to
another, "for the sexton to wake
up any man that he sees asleep"
II think replied the other, "that
it would'be better for the sexton,
whenever a man goes to sleep
under your preaching, to wake
you up"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24


The Rev. George W. Hen
ing, of South Canton, Ohio, is
arranged for numerically
whipping pupil in his school.
1 Exchange.
It's a safe two-to-one bet
that this Puritanical expounder
of God-and-morality notions
has preached many a sermon u
upon the cruelties of southern
slave drivers" toward the "poor
colored people" Brudders let
us pray.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

JOHNNY SHRDIP'S COMPOSITION
ON ICE.-I like ice. When it's
cold | like it best. Ice is good
for a great many things. 1t is
good to skate on, and it is good
TO make ice cream. like to skate.
Sometimes | lend my skates to
Lizzie Jones, and she lets me
buckle them on for her. / like to
buckle them on for her. She
wears striped stockings, with red
and white and blue stripesrunning
around them, and her legs look
like sticks of candy.
Father says ice is good in cob
blers. [ don't know why it is bet
ter in cObblerS than little boys. |
suppose | shall be a great deal
wiser when | grow up. | like ice
cream with plenty of vanilla in it.
There is more ice cream in sum
mer than in winter, and more ice
in winter than there is in summer.
There are heaps of things | do
not understand. Mother says if
| eat too much ice cream it will
make my stomach hurt. / eat all
[ want, but [ am careful not to
eat too much because mother tells
me not to.
When next winter comes Lizzie
Jones and l are going to skate
some more. There will not be
any more winter after summer
comes until'next winter. The sea
sons are mighty odd in this coun-
try. Sometimes winter comes be
fore summer, and sometimes sum
mer comes before winter. Spring
always comes after winter. Fa
! Their says | may have a new pair
of skates when ice comes again.
When | get to be a man | am go
ing to pour red stuff on ice to
warm it before | put it in my
mouth, like father does.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24
Brooks House.
MILAN STREET.
SHREVEPORT la.
W. T. Brooks, Proprietor,

YNhe subscriber having A 4eM~o
Il leased the commodious kSEasfAA6
building known as the Com M ma
mercial Hotel" has had it 1E15l5- ..sss-ssES5
thoroughly renovated and opened it as a
first class hotel, under the above title, and
solicits the patronage of his friends and the
public, pledging himself that nothing shall
be wanting on his part that can tend to the
comfort and pleasure of his guests. The
best cooks have been secured, and the table
will at all times be served with every delica-
ey of the season-unsurpassed, if equaled,
by any Otner house in the Red River country.
The rooms are large andairy, and the furni-
ture and bedding new. Being located in the
centre of business, Immediately between
the steamboat landing and the Southern
Pacific railroad depot, it affords unusual in
dueements to boarders, who will at all times
find it comfortable home. Families and
single gentlemen can obtain pleasant rooms
and day boarders will be accommodated
NH w. L. BROOKS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24
Sewing Machines.


Warranted to be superior to all others for
Family use and in simplicity and per.
lection.
WTe would caution the public to look ont
w for bogus w. & w. Machines. They
are now being offered in this city as Wheeler
q Wilson, cor great Improvements on
Wheeler & Wilson" -
Before purchasing, see that the plate Ia
marked Wheeler & Wilson, NJ. FIG. Co.
bridgeport, Conn., and that the number of
the Machine is stamped on the p1ate, which
is now over 100000. All Machines represent.
ed as W. d. W, and not stamped rs above,
are COuRtcrfeits
Fifteen wears have tried the WHEEI ER
q WILSON, and rendered Judgment. IL il
the only successful Lock-stich Machine ever
made. The sewing will not ip or rayel like
the complicated two needle chain stitch ma.
chine.
Ere'g Machine Guaranteed fo,. Fire Years.
and distractions Giren Free of
Cherge.
E3g NJ We would caution the public
to beware of Counterfeit w. & w. Needles
now being offered in this city No Needle
genuine unless it has cur trade mark, w &
W. NJ. Fig Co, stamped on tile Needle.
large assortment of SILK, Cotton, Oil
and Machine Trimmings of all kinds always
on hand
We are also agent for the celebrated
DOTY WASHING MACHINE.
and the Universal Clothes Wringer. The
best and cheapest IN the world
PECK BROTHERS, q.
jan9 4ms' Sole Agents for Louisiana.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24
70 A little Quaker bow sat Il

% A little Quaker boy sat in
"silent meeting" till he got worn
out and then stood mp on the
bench and folding his arms, said !:
II wish the Lord would make us
all gooder, and go0der, and good
er, till there is no bad left" This
is better than two thirds of the
prayers offered up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

u More care should be exer
cised in what we breathe than in
what we eat. We breathe inces-
sanity and only eat occasionally.
But nine people i'll ten shut out
pure air as it were infection, and
breathe that which is foul as if
healthy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

u An old man famous for
large stories, tells of a severe
drought. Once in Pennsylvania,
he says they had to drive stock
seven miles to water, and this
was not the worst, they had to
ferry across three rivers to get to
it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

AZ allow well he plays for one
so young said Mrs. Darlington.
as the organ boy performed with
a monkey near the door; "and
how much his little brother looks
like him, to be sure"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

"a A woman in Minnesota
lately leaped down a we'll sixty
feet deep in pursuit of Truth,
which she had heard lay at the
bottom of it. At last accounts
she was pursuing a Cheyenne
editor with the same object.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24
Grocer g. Bakers
HIGHEST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH s
Family Sewing Machines.
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE.

peauty and Elasticity Of stitch.
kC Perfection and simplicity of machinery.
Using both threads directly from tho
spools.
No fastening of seams by hand and waste
of thread.
Wide range application without change
of adjustment
The seams retains its beauty and firnmess
after washing and ironing.
Besides doing all kinds of work done by
other Sewing Machines, these Machines exc
cute the most beautiful and permanent En-
broidieFy and ornamental work
g The highest premiums at all the fairs
and exhibitions of the United States and
Europe have been awarded the GROVER e.
BAKER Sewing Machines, and the work
done by them, wherever exhibited in cOmpe-
titiOn.
U The very highest prize, TEe-Cr0ss Of
the Legion of Honor, was conferred ON the
representative of the GROVER 4 BAKER
SEWING MACHINES, ut the Exposition
Universelle, Paris, 1867, thus attesting their
great superiority over all ether Sewing
Machines
Salesrooms, 1872 Canal Street, New. Or
leans feb 20, ems"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

~ There is an old lady in
Lynchburg, Va, who made a pair
Of seeks last fifteen years. She
merely knit feet to them every
winter and legs every other win
ter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

u We have known many a
young lady to be cured of violent
tooth-ache by a brief application
OF satin vest to the side of the
face affected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

II When the late Robert Kee-
ley, the comedian, first heard and
saw an limitation of his acting.
he remarked: ssWell, if that's ike
me, | don't think much of it,n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

I A late divorce case in Chi
cagO develOpes the fact that an
old man, after nineteen years Of
welded life, married three other
women in rapid succession, and
maintained fOurseparate establish
mentS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

~ False teeth may be sneered
at by those who do not wear
them, but in man or woman they
are infinitely preferable to false
tongue.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

Strength in man or woman
is grand and lovely, but in
cheese or butter it is grim and
terrible.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

~ A young woman in Monta.
ma is charged with putting on airs
when she refuses to go to a sball
barefooted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

10 Thirty years ago, A. T.
Stewart was rated on the mercan-
tile reports, "Said to be worth
$4,000; credit Al; cautious and
safe.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

rs What is the difference be-
tween homicide and killing a pig?
One is the assault with the intent
to kill; the other, kill with the in
tent to salt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

1t is prophetically said there
is something very child-like
about marriage.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

y "You ought to lay up some
thing for rainy day." said an
anxious father to a profigate son.
"And so ! have, replied the youth.
"What n Gan umbrella
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

% ''Leave you, my friend,n
said a tipsy fellow clinging to a
lamp post, one dark night; 'leave
you in a condition not to take
care of yourself? (hic) never.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

~ 'My DEAR" asked John, on
observing new striped hose on
our only heir, E*why have you
made BARRIERS poles of Ernie's
legs ?" Because he is a little
shaver.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-04-24

70 Grant was forty-seyen on
the 25th ult.
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SHREVEPORT, La
Office at the store of L. c. Carter, No. 3 on
the Lcvee.
THOS. w. SCOTT, Agent.
Dr. Joe. L. MOORE, Medical Examiner.


This Company issues policies on lives on
all the different plans and at as favorable
rates as any other, while it has no restrie
tons in regard to either travel or residence,
and all its profits are divided annually
among its policy holders. Its policies are all
issued ON the non-forfeiting plan.
IL il prompt i'll the payment Of losses
This Company renewed, and continues in
force, Life Insurance policies held by the
Southern survivors of the late war-forminr
an exception in this respect, from The MA
jority, if not all the Eastern companies,
which while the war was going on, refused
to receive premiums, and thus preserve i'll
surance on Southern lives, but arc now so
Letting Southern support. The ST. LOUIS
Mutual never, during the whole progress
OF the late civil war, refused to receive the
premiums on policies from its Souther policy
holders.
References Col b. NJ. johnson, Presi-
ident of Home Insurance Co., Messrs Walsh
u BOisseau, DIR. G. e. Catlett, l.. L. Garter
j. C. Elstner, Dew. L. Tally, James w How
ard, Drury Lacy, and DIR. Joseph Wilder,
Rev. Il. s. Trippett, ID. d., Capt. f. P Leav-
enworte, DR.. ID. NJ. Anderson, Col. w. Il.
Shivers, Shreveport, La.
NEW ORLEANS REFERENCES:
Il. X Walker s. Co.
G. w. Manson,
Il. Macdonald, firm of Brooks & Macdonald.
ID. Z. Logan. firm of FellOwes a co
Julius Naran, firm of s. II. Kennedy & co
Jennings, Weeks q CO.
f. III. Harris, firm of Jas II. Connely a O.
MeSsrs. w X. Green & co.
=" II. Won Phul ,iF. g. co.
Geo. G. Garner & co
!" JnO. II. Phelps g. co.
:" Chenoworth Casey g. co.
" Henderson, Peale & CO.
b. w, Huntington,
Messrs. S. b. Newman & co
6 Woods, Mathews & co.
& Warren, Crawford g. co.
&C Ethel & Thomas,
g Barnett & Shepard,
g Geo w Banekcr g. co.
Gen. S. B. Buckner,
" d. H. Maury,
Messrs. Lamb, Quinlan s. co
VIM Ball.
II. II. Bryan, 49, firm of Given, Watts g.
MANSFIELD REFERENCES:
Rev. Charles B. Stuart Jno W. Stuart
Esq; DR.. Il. T. Gibbs; DR.. W G. Thomas,
DIR. \. 2. Reeves, Rev. John Pipes, Rev. H.
q. Thweatt, d. d., Messrs. Dubois s. Doug
lass, Rev. b. F. Alexander.
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McMAHON.& OTIS, General Agents,
No AZ Madison street, DeSoto Block,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Medical Examiners j. S. White, NJ D.,
w T. Irwin, NJ. d.
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W. b. WALKER, Sole Pr
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