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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-10

ANNEXATION makes quiet progress in the
lands to the north of us. The Blue Noses
and the Kanucks alike are slowly recognizing
the principle of manifest destiny" and
swelling the ranks of the annexation party
The Governor General of the New Dominion
recently delivered an address at banquet
given in his honor at Quebec, in the course
of which he gave a very unsatisfactory reason
for the diminution of the British forces in the
provinces, and then announced that the Do
minion is now virtually Independent, and at
liberty at any time to break loose from the
mother country and enter into ''some other
form of alliance" We have frequently had
semi-official assurances that Great Britain
would be glad to get rid of her possessions in
North America, and now that Sir John Young
has spoken so freely and candidly, there can
be no doubt upon the subject. The rapid
diffusion of the annexation spirit may now be
anticipated. 1t will probably assume at first
the guise of a movement towards indepen-
dence, but independence means ultimately
nothing more nor less than absorption by the
United States.
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DARING ATTEMPTTO ROB
HERRING'S PATENT
FRANKLINITE BANKERS CHEST,
PERRYvILLE STATION PENNSYLVANIA RR.,(
June 12, 1869. I

PERRYvILLE STATION, Pennsylvania RR,(
June 12, 1869. I
ME5SRs FARREL, HERRING Il Co.,
No. 629 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
Gents:-A persistent but unsuccessful effort was
made on the night OF May 90 1862 to drill the
Bankers chest received from you a few month ago
From facts that have come to our knowledge it is
evident that the attempt to open It was renewed on
Sunday evening following. Finding all efforts to drill
it useless, the effort was then made to break the
lock- The hammering was heard by parties in the
nelghborhood for several hours but supposng it to
arise from the railroad men replacing defective
rail- excited no alarm. The tools, with the exception
Of the drills left 1t is evident that they were
not only prepared, but perfectly familiar with the
construction OF your Chest
That they failed is another evidence that your
Bankers Chests are what you claim for them, Bur.
gar-PrOof
Respectfully yours,
6154p j. BALSBACK, Agent
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papers will be enabled to obtain longer
and more interesting dispatches and thou
sands of messages will be transmitted by the
public at large where one is at present. If it
is found that those lines already in operation
are crowded. others will be projected and in
after years there is likelihood that dozen
cables instead of three will unite this conti-
nent with Europe; and care will be taken that
those constructed in future shall not be wholly
under the control of foreign governments.
The new tariff of charges on the old cable
lines, which will go into operation to-day, will
be thirty shillings sterling, or seven dollars
and half in gold for ten words, and three
shillings sterling or seventy-fve cents in gold,
for each extra word Press messages will be
sent at half these rates.
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LOS T..
BOARDING..

COUNTRY BOARDING FOR GROWN PER
~ SONS-Fifteen minutes ride of the city by rail De-
sirabe location. Address II. H., EVENING TELEGRAPH
Office SlO6Us
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II Y. / A [ d f R AC IA
-, CLASSICAL SCIENTIFIC, AND CoMMEH
Fall Term will commence MONDAY. t,ub.- 4
Applicants for admission will be received examined
classified on and after August o. from 10 A 81 t,5P
EhJTanee T. No 20, > TENTH Street Circular, at Mr.
=. " "NN"O NloNN' No, AD CHESNUT St So su
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CLOTHINC.


Are diligently pushing things in the great work OF
keeping the people supplied with
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

~ A former citizen of st. 10
seph, now residing near Boise
City, Idaho, writes to the st Jo-
seph Gazette an account of his
agricultural success in that Terri
tory in these words: A fair esti-
mate of the product of my labors
this year now nearly closed, will
foot up thus, in currency to-wit {:
Grain, 1880; milk, butter, chick
ems, eggs and vegetables, $1,75O;
hay, $4,000; pork, beef, calves
and turkeys, $3.50. Now take
into consideration that a little
over four years ago, l arrived in
this Territory with a S. green
back then worth 50 so, and what
| could haul with a team of COWS.
and you will see that l have no
right to complain. Ihave a ranch
with good dwelling and other
houses, q fine young orchard be-
ginning to bear, worth $4,000. 1
have 5S head of cattle, Z horses,
and pigs, chickens in abundance.
lam selling butter at 81 33 per
pound; eggs the same per dozen;
chickens 81, ducks IS, turkeys So
a head. My taxes this year are
sS4.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

SENATOR SPRAGUE ON SoUTH-
ERN MANUFACTURE.-If our PEG.
pie will not believe us, let them
listen to the words of Senator
Sprague, of Rhode Island. At a
dinner party given to him the
other day at the Charleston Hotel,
by a few of our leading citizens,
ne said that "it would surprise the
people of the South, and still
more surprise the people of the
North, to know, what is a fact,
that the best cotton factory of its
size and kind in America, is to be
found in Augusta, Georgia; and
that looking at the subject in a
manufacturers point of view.
taking the productions per hand
and per spindle, and comparing
them with the work ofother mills.
running on the same class of
goods. he found that these South
ern goods were equal to any of
the kind seen in the Northern
markets" Senator Sprague went
on to say that. "you," meaning the
people, "can do what we,' mean
ing the people of New England.
"can not do. With your great
advantage you can complete with
England for her Indian yarn
trade. You ought to spin a large
partof your crop and ship it in
that state instead of shipping the
raw material.-[ Charleston Neacs,
Dec. Is.
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Never Satisfied.

A man in his carriage was riding along,
A gaily dress'd wife by his side;
In satin and laces she looked like queen,
And he like king in his pride.
A wood-sawyer stood in the street as they
ST passed.
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And he said, as he worked with his saw on a
- log,
v ish was rich, and could ride.
The man in the carriage remarked to his
.... wife,
One thing | would give i'll could,
Id give all my wealth for the strength and
Vp' The health
Ofthe man who is saving the wood.
A pretty young maid with bundle of work,
Whose face as the morning was fair,
Went tripping along with smile of delight,
While humming alove-breathing air
She looked in the carriage the lady she saw,
Arrayed in apparel so fine
And said, IN a whisper wish in my heart
Those satins and laces were mine
The lady looked out on the maid with her
work,
So fair in her calico dress,
And said, I'd relinquish position and wealth,
(, Her beauty and youth to possess.
Thus it is with the world; whatever our lot,
Our mind and our time we employ
In lounging and signing for what we have
not
Ungrateful for what we enjoy
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

RICE BREAD.-Boil half a pint
OF rice in three pints of water till
the whole becomes thick and pull
py. With this, and yeast, and
SIX pounds of flour, make your
dough. In this way it is said, as
much bread will be made as if
eight pounds of flour, without the
rice had been used.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

70 The following is the terri
torlal extent in square miles of
the corporation of several cities
IN the Union: New York city, %;
Philadelphia, 1863; Buffalo, 81 /;
pittsburgh, "a; Louisville, 1910;
Chicago, 238; Brookly, %; Gin.
cinnati, Z.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

ROMAN -CEMENT.-After max
ing common mortar, add one fourth
Of fine unslacked lime, mix and
at once. This is said to be the
cement, which resists water, and
becomes as hard as iron.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

q Our criminal record is as
black as that Of the South, with
out as much incentive OF provoca-
tion.- NesS York Express.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

1.-THE undersignedwould "a sdt
Il respectfully an, e..
nounce to the citizens Of aD -
the parishes of Bossier;
and Claiborne, that be has Just re-
ceived a large stock Of u
French Ca1f-Slxins.
.WorOceos, Etc,
and is prepared TO make Boots and
Shoes of the best quality and most
approved style.
Having had many years experience
in shoe making he ffatters himself thai
ne can turn out as neat . lob az any
shop in or out of New Orleans. Hs
promise to give entire satisfaction. Or
no pay. N
p. w. PAUL.
Minden, La. v6pS
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~ Women who make up their
faces deceive themselves if they
think by SO doing they are more
likely to tempt men to make up
their minds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

~ An excellent cure for dys-
pepsla is to give a hungry dog a
piece of meat, and chase him till
he drops it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

R Why should Ireland be the
richest country in the world3 Be
cause its capital is always Dublin.
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Greece, Past aud Present.

correspondent says, it would be
easy to sketch a sentimental pic
ture Of Greece as it ought to be,
and indicate some traces that it is
striving to attain moral perfection
as well as Hellenic greatness in an
imaginary future. But the pro-
gress Of the Greek nation must
be worked out by increased pro
duction and by an augmentation
in the numbers of population
Greece is now in q condition to
become the fountain head of an
increasing population, but this can
only be effected by material pro-
gress. Better plows are more
wanted than better speeches.
The subject is not entirely over
looked by the Greek press, though
it receives little attention from
the literary classes and the poll
ticians who pretend to represent
Hellenism. There are men who
see with regret that a cart cannot
pass along the road fIom Pylos,
Sparta, where a carriage could
travel in the days of Homer, and
a mule climbs with difficulty over
rocks through which Pyrrhus led
train of elephants. The Greeks
of today think more Of blockade
running than of road making, but
the day is approaching when block.
ade running will be useless and
road making useful. An intelli-
gent and commercial people can
not fail to become sensible of the
great addition made to profits of
production by the dimunition of
the expense of transport. The
Greeks of to-day ought to copare
their Greece with the Greece of
the classic ages in it's material and
physical aspect. Even vegeta-
ton has withered and decayed.
Mountains once covered with thick
forests are now bare rocks. Wa.
ter is sought for vainly in the
channels of "streams immortal
lied in song" The cork tree has
disappeared, and the forest of oak
and chestnut are yearly diminish
ing in extent. The quantity of
valonia-is decreasing, and the fruit
of the chestnut trees already de-
generated to such a degree as to
be mere ball Of fibre. The ap-
pies of Lombotina, once an article
of export, are now almost unfit
for sale in the domestic market.
The best land remains uncultiva-
ted, because it requires an expen-
diture of capital to drain it in
winter, to irrigate it in summer,
and to clear it from weeds and
grasses, the roots of which, form
Gordian knots three feet below
the surface of the soil. The vege-
table earth that enabled ancient
Greece to support millions in
abundance, from the. produce of
districts where thousands now
laborously obtain a hard subsis-
tence, has been washed into the
sea or into pestiferous marshes
since the terraces that supported
it on the sides of the mountains
have been destroyed. These
things must be taken into serious
consideration, for the future great
ness of the country will be better
assuredby attention to the internal
affairs of Greece than trusting to
the generosity of Russia or the
diplomacy of France Exchange
Paper. E
RICE BREAD.-Boil half a pint
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30
W. T. Brooks, Proprietor.


TTNho subscriber having ksssN~A
L leased the commodious @S
building known as the Com - 49,
naereial Hotel" has had it4ssssaz
thoroughly renovated and opened it as a
first class hotel, under the above title, and
solicits the patronage of his friends and the
public, pied ging 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.
cvof the season-unsurpassed, if equaled,
by any other house in the Red River country.
The rooms are large and airy, 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
ducements 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
n4 W. I. BROOKS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

" A boy skated from Buffalo,
Iowa, to Davenport, a distance of
10 miles, in 40 minutes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

~ Stock of all kinds should
be we'll fed and cared for at this
season of the year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

GRAPE VINES ON TREEs.-It is
an easy matter tolead grape vines
on to single trees, and in this way
considerable fruit may be grown
at little expense. Low headed,
spreading trees are best for this
purpose, like the apple or butter
nut. The vine should be planted
In good soil, several feet distant
from the trunk, and a single cane
led up pole to some strong limb,
whence it will soon spread over
the entire head of the tree. The
stem of the vine should be pro-
tected against injury from stock.
Vine-covered trees would add to
the picturesqueness of many land
scapes, and repay the cost, aside
from the fruit; but we would not
advise any one to grow less vines
in his garden or vineyard on ac-
count of covering a few unsightly
trees with them Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

70 A gallon of strong lye put
in a barrel of hard water will
make it as soft as rain water.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

- Common shellac dissolved
in alcohol makes the strongest
cement for wood; it will unite
the fractured legs of your chairs
and tables as firmly as if they had
never been broken.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

How TO CURE HAMs.-At the
Ohio State fair, held in Dayton,
Mr.. J. w. Mumma, of that place,
received a premium for the best
hams, which were cured after the
following receipt: Rub the fresh
hams with best salt; put them in
barrel and cover with brine
made of the following proportions
for 100 lbs. of meat: lbs. OF salt,
2 OF. salt petre, 4 gallons of water.
Leave the meat in this brine for
three or four weeks; then take it
and rub again with dry salt, and
put it back into the brine for three
or four weeks longer. IF, you
want sugar cured hams, use 2 lbs.
sugar to the above quantity of
brine. When the meat has been
in the brine as above directed.
take it out and smoke it with half
green hickory wood, if this can
be had. Corn cobs make a good
smoke where hickory cannot be
had.
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WHAT'ST THE UsE?-What's the
use of minding what "they say p
What's the use lying awake
O nights with the unkind remark
Of some false friend running
through your brain like forked
lightning? What's the use of
getting into a worry and fret
over gossip thath been set afoat
to your disadvantage by some
meddlesome busybody9 These
things can't possibly injure you,
unless, indeed, you take notice of
them, and in combating them
give them character and standing.
If what is said is true, set your
self right at once; if it is false, let
it go for what it will fetch, until
it dies of inherent weakness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30
WILLOW wARr
Staple and Fancy GrOcefie,''
and all kinds Of 7eY s1eq

which they offer to the trade At a. ror.
New Orleans. --z-, :. = 1''O VI
Having had their comlnodiOus Wipr
HOUSES thoroughly Overloaded 49, 49,
paired, with entire new brick walis 49, "
their Cotton Shed, their facilities for ssSrs.
purposes are unsurpassed, and their charSsss.
viii be as reasonable as any other hensa;S 4
Shreveport. 1857
This, with their long experience Il n.
business, leads them to hope for 4 aoa. IN
uance of the patronage heretofore sO liSes ,sa
~ extended to them, and for which thsr
return thanks to their friends and essts.
Hiefs' a v6nA0lyI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30
What we Begin to Believe.

We begin to believe that now
a-days greenbacks make the man,
and dress the gentleman.
We begin to believe that the
purse is more potent than the
sword and the pen together.
We begin to believe that those
who sin the most during the week
are the most devout upon Sun
days.
We begin to believe honesty is
the best policy-to speculate with
until you gain everybody's conf
dence; then line your pockets.
We begin to believe in hum
bugging the people out Of their
dollars. lis neither stealing or
begging, and those who are hum
plugged have only themselves to
blame.
We begin to believe that man
was not made to enjoy life, but
keep miserable in the pursuit and
possession of riches.
We begin to believe the surest
remedy for hard times and a tight
money market is an extrayagant
expenditure on the part Of indi-
viduals-to keep the money NOV
ing.
We begin to believe that none
but knaves are qualified to hold
Office under the Government
with the exception Of a few natur-
al born fools and lunatics.
We begin to believe that piano
fortes are more necessary in q
family than meat and potatoes.
We begin to believe that boy
who doesn't swear, smoke and
chew tobacco, may be a very
good boy, but is naturally stupid.
We begin to believe that if the
devil should die, one half of the
world would be thrown out Of en-
ployment.
We begin to believe that he has
most merit who makes the most
noise in his own behalf; and that
when Gabriel comes-not to be
behind the times-he, too, will
blow his own horn pretty loud.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

70 The Chicago Republican
speaking of the large extent of
of territory required for the sub
sistance of the wandering and
game-hunting Indians, says zone
negro would live where one hun
dred Indians would starve.7 Pro
badly the clear-headed editor
thought he was saying that one
hundred negroes would live where
one Indian would strave.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30
SHREVEPORT. LA.

Office at the store Of L. G. Carter, No. 8 on
the Levee.
THOs. W. SCOTT, Agent.
DR.. Joe. L. MOORE, Medical Examiner
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This Company issues policies on lives on
all the different plans and at as favorable
rates as any other, while it has no restric-
tons in regard to either travel or residence,
and all its profits are divided annually
among it's policy holders. Its policies are all
issued on the non FORGETTING plan.
It is prompt in the payment of losses.
This Company renewed, and continues in
force, Life Insurance policies held by the
Southern survivors of the late war-formiHg
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 in
surance on Southern lives, but are now so
hciting Southern support. The ST Louis
MUTUAL never, during the whole progress
OF the late, civil war, refused to receive the
premiih,5 on policies from its Souther policy
holders.
References Col. B. NJ. johnson, Presi-
ident of Home Insurance Co, Messrs. Walsh
Il Boisseau, DR.. G. c. Catlett, L. f. Carter,
]. G. Elstner, Dew. L. Tally, James W. How
ard, Drury. Lacy, and DR.. Joseph Wilder,
Rev. R. S. Trippett, D. D., Capt +. p Leav-
enworte, DR.. D. NJ. Anderson, Col w. r.
Shivers, Shreveport, La. i
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% On certain occasion Hon.
Alexander Fl. Stephens, of Geor
gia, was engaged in a political
discussion with Hon. Benjamin II.
Hill, of that State, when the latter
charged him with saying that he
[Stephens could eat Judge Cone
for breakfast, himself Mr.. Hill
for dinner, and Governor Cobb
for supper. To which Mr.. Ste
phens quietly replied: ~ never
said it; but if had, the arrange
ment of the meals would have been
somewhat different. I should not
have taken Mr.. Hill at dinner,
where he has placed himself, that
being the heartiest meal of the
day. In fact, I should prefer him
for supper, in accordance with
that wise rule of incidence which
prescribes a light diet to sleep on y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

~ A boy found holding a horse
by the roadside, near Ithaca, N.
Y, recently, was asked whose
animal he had in charge, and re-
piled that it belonged to "a crazy
Dutchman looking for BIRDS nests
over yonder in the wood" The
crazy dutchman was Agassiz.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

~ A devotes Of Bacchus was
overheard the other night address
sing his hat, which had fallen
from his head: eff I pick you up
| fall; if | fall you won't pick me
up; therefore 1 leave you," and he
staggered proudly away.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-30

n The jury in the case OF
Daniel Dechert, editor and pro.
prietor of the Hagerstown Mail
gave him a verdict against the
Hagerstown (Id.) corporation of
$500 damages, for allowing his
Office, types, ETC., to be destroyed
by a mob in 1861, and driving
him out of town as a secessionist.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-29
FREE TERRITORY,
: HAVE FOR SALEM FREE TERRI.
In EdgeGeld:

Two beautiful brick residences at 81, 600; one
At Sl5.0JO; one at 81 900; one at So 500; one at
So,OJJ; one at 5000; one at 1850; two at
Sl,O0O; two at $500; two at 5000.
Also. one beautiful frame residence at So. OOO.
one at 300; one at $4,000; one at s12 co., two
at $3.50; one at $500; FIVE at $1,000; two at
s3.50J three at s, 900; five at $2.5Oi; four at
$500; three at 1880; one at $1,000; all with
beautiful shade trees and green grassy yards,
and in good neighborhOOds.
Also, large number of vacant lots all over
the town of Edgefeld, at prices to suit the hOst
fastidious.
Also, large amount of COUNTRY PROP
EKTf, at almost any price any one could de-
sire.
ARLINGTON, FARRAR 4 WEAKLEY.
81 N. College ST., over Hicks China Hall.