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Western Editors Descriptions
Of Pittsburgh, Pa,

A Western editor thus describes
the effect produced by the numsr.
GUS foundFies, iron works. &c, :.
Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh people never havn
fresh air except when out Of town
They live on coal smoke and float.
ing cinders. We inhaled seyan
tons the first hour We were there.
The people breathe smoke, chew
smoke and eat smoke, and carry
it loose in their pockets II n
now seventy two years since Pitts
burgh has been warmed or reach.
ed by the SUMS rays. Once n
streak Of sunshine, for several
years condensing, undertook IL
penetrate the cloud of smoke over
the city, got lost, became smoked
and fell like o standing edition Of
the Black Crook!
The ladies use smoke and coal
dust to protect their complexion
Little boys and girls stand on the
corners with wet brooms and
sponges to wash the peoples faces
for I'VE cents. Everybody is of
the same color in Pittsburgh. At
the postoffice window the clerk
distinguishes people by certain
signs, it being impossible to see
their faces for the layers of smoke
and coal dust. We saw a little
boy crying on the street because
he had lost his father, who was
SIX feet ahead Of him in all thu
blaekness.
/ Everyone wears mourning in
Pittsburgh. A barber once went
there to color hair and whiskers.
He mOre'n busted i'm q week. Men
kiss each others wives in Pitts
burgh, unable to tell which is their
own, except by the taste. Wo.
men send their children on er-
rands, first writing on their faces
with the thumb nail. People feel
their way by door knobs, and
} read by raised type. A man once
stood ID bis room with his window
raisee-chaDged his shirt nine
times IN four minutes, and only
got a clean one ON when the win.
J dow fell BY accident and kept the
smoke out. Meet man with a
: cold, who had been blowing his
J nose, and that organ looks like q
burnt stump ON which a woOdcock
! has been burrowing. A white
man once accused his wife of pre-
; senting him with a niger baby
she proved her innocence of 80
loyal a slip by plunging the little
} innocent into a eistern with q Ian.
tern tied to his neck. The hns.
band saw dimly, recognized Saxon
cuticle, clasped his wife 10 lie
: bosom and held hcg there SO hong
: in joyful embrace that the little
cuss in the cistern was ,howur,l
, the lamp went out and tho boy
was lost forever.
Bed clothes are unknown in
Pittsburgh. Leave the window
open and sheets of smoke settle
upon you like newspapers from q
machine press. Some years since,
some snow fell into the city
through a cloud of smoke. the
smoke was not hurt but the snow
looked sick. Men carry lanterns
to see how to shake hands. 1t In
the fashion to light a match when
looking at ones watch to ascer.
tain the hour. They make black
broadcloth by hanging o spiders
web out till filed with smoke, and
use hot coal dust for pepper. They
roll the smoke, sweetened. in
sticks, and sell it for liquoriee.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08
A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. |

A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
Says the New York Times of
the 14th ult:
The Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's steamer America will
sail between the Goth May and
first June, on trip round. the
world, and will return to New
York by the middle of November.
The America will touch first at
Cape Town, remaining three days
to coal, and thence proceed to
Point de Gales, in the Island of
Ceylon, which has, of late years,
risen into Importance, through be-
ing the stopping place for English
and French steamers running to
Bombay, Calcutta, China, and
Japan. From Point de Gales she
will depart for Hong Kong, and
remain there three weeks, giving
passengers an opportunity to visit
Canton, Macao, and other neigh
boring points. Seventy days will
be required to reach Hong Kong,
and a further trip to Yokohama
will require six days. The transit
to San Francisco will consume
twenty-one days, and, after re
naming there a couple of weeks,
the steamer will then land he1
passengers at Panama, whence
they can cross the Isthmus by
rail, and take another of the Com
pany's steamers at Aspinwall fol
this city. The charge of the en-
tire passage will be $3.50, includ
ing the privilege ofliving on board
while in port. A reasonably cheap
method Of seeing much of the
world thus offers itself during the
most pleasant season of the year
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

There are now in Australia,
says the Mark Lane Express,
some four millions of cattle
and forty million ofsheep, while
there are not a million consum-
ers, and the live stock, with
abundant pastorage, increases
enormously.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

TINE REGULAToR.-"How late
10 it, Tom 2" clock at master
and see if he's drunk; if he amt,
it can't be much after sleven.r-
"Does he keep good timef" Splen-
did! they regulate the town clock
by his nose.o
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

A project is on foot to form
. new State out of Delaware
entire, two counties of Virgin
ia and eight counties of Mary
land. The proposed new State
viii have a population approx
ting three hundred thousand
souls.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

4 large boot and shoe facto-
r. mas been established by
Messrs: Mckenzie, Willis &
20. at Corinth. Miss, and will
com mence operations about
the 10th inst. The finest and
most improved machinery is
used and skilled operatives
nom Boston, Lynn, Cincinnati.
louisville, &c, have been en-
ployed. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

60 The other day X. called an
Madam @. 1Madam, can I ses
your husbandis "No, air; no isout
at present. He went ont TO buy
. cigar.S Did he say when b
would return, MADAME s;1Eo,D
"Has he been gone longqp 'sNors
than twenty years" sAh, I sed.S
said <; "he wanted to get q gocd
one"
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THE BOSSIER BANNER.
w. Fl. Scanland, Editor.
7 z Z NJ S.

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

, GAPEs IN CHIcKENs.---In an.
swer TO J. @. Allison, a subscriber
says: That equal parts of fresh
butter and black pepper made IN
pills, and forced down chickens,
with q little water, is q sure rem.
edy for the gapes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

~ koslna D. Richardson is the
New Hampshire giantess, and
mas married John A. Wood.
VINE weighs 40 to her 400.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

a man in Milwaukee was inn
prisoned for cruelty beating
his wife. Poking his nose
through the csll-bars, he ejacu-
lated: 81 thank God I'm not
locked up for any mean, dirty
crime like getting drunk"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

u Stacey & Poland, at
Shreveport, have removed to
the old stand of Phelps s. Co.,
corner of Commerce and Crock
cit streets.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

a blade out in the Western
wilds writes home "The re-
port ofmy marriage is ground
less and | shall continue to live
on the European PLAN"
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BELLEVUE, La
Saturday,iii'''iiiii''May8 s, 1869.

e THos MCINTYRE is our only duly
authorised agent at New Orleans
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

~ The velocipede, it ia now
said, produces hernia; and young
men and boys are cautioned not
to exert themselves imprudenrly
upon the new vehicle in trials Of
speed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-08

~ Old Maids--Ismhers from
which the sparks have fed.
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= The Bolivar (Tenn.) Bulle,
tin is offered for sale.
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The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
improvement In Arkansas.

A letter from Little Rock states
that the citizens in many counties
have at last awakened to the neces-
sity Of coming forward and helping
the civil anth0rities to suppress the
KuKluk. Thewriter says:
1.-THE cilizens-tanght q salutary
lesson by the militia-are now or
ganizing in each county from two to
an high as Ave companies of State
guards or home militia. These com
panies so organized take the place of
the regular militia. and are 10 assist
the civil authoritiea in the enforce
Inent of the law In many sections,
TOO, in addition TO such State guards,
the entire able. bodied force Of the
people are being enrolled into q re-
serve militia. Throughout the whole
immense tract Of country lying south
of the Arkansas, such Is now the
hopeful condition Of affairs, as also IN
almost the whole OF the entire State.
In Sewer county, where but a short
time since no officers could enroll
militia, for some time past not q single
complaint OF lawlessress has reached
the Governor. In the place of tho
militia just withdrawn a suitable and
effective force of State guards has
been organized and placed at the dis
posal OF the civil authorities In Lit
Ito River, too, ono Of the most law.
less counties ia the State but a short
time since, at present, a decidedly
hopeful condition Of affairs exists--
Lately, several Of tho despeiadoes,
driven out Of the State by CAtterson's
militia into Texas, returned to their
old haunts. They we're At once
seized BY tho State guards and placed
10 jail"
Now let the people Of this State
initiate The good example Of the citi.
zeus Of Sewer county, Arkansas, and
anticipate the presence Of militia by
arresllng tho blood Thirsty villains,
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
On the Flying Trapeze.

John Paul has been to see the @o-
man on the flying trapeze, In New
York, and thus he reports; 'She was
quite pretty woman, nearly and
simply dressed in girdle made Of a
stripe or two from small American
flag, encircling her waist ] never felt
so proud of my eountFy's flag before.
1 had seen it waving over thriving
cities, happy villages and majestic
mountain heights, but this was the
first time that | had ever seen it
generously protecting the waste
places. | shan't attempt to describe
what that plucky little woman did on
the trapeze, the rings, and the Incl
dental ropes She accomplished feats
that made my hair run cold and every
drop Of blood in nay veins stand on
end, She swung head downward by
one foot from the trapeze bar, holding
her husband by one ear, with the
tips of her thumb and forefnger, and
in that post position turned ten somer-
saults over the bar, swinging her hus-
band over her head each time. This
feat she afterward repeated, varying
it slightly BY holding her husband in
her teeth, and Messrs. Jarrett and
Palmer by the hair-one in each hand.
Then she supported herself by twist
ing her black hair round the bar, fas-
tening it with a single hair pin, and
afterward fearlessly ate mince pie,
which the programme assured us was
bought in Fulton Market-whie a
shudder OF horror ran through TIE ap-
dianna
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
miscellaneous.
written for the JonOsbotO', (Tenn.) Union FlAg
Interesting Travels OF an East
TenneSSeean.
T0rEEA, kanlas. Jauuaty liIlh, lssa.

ToPEKA, Kansas, January nth, 1885,
Editors Union Flag The life Of the wan
derer is a strange combination Of joy and
sadness, for while natures Beautiful works
pass in review before him, he loses himself,
for a while, in admiration, and quAffs deep Of
pleasures cup, while communng with ma
turs's God. Yet, there never was a wave on
times great ocean, who did not at times feel
a sense oflonelness and longing :or home
and friends; there is void in the heart that
strangers canEot fll. A mothers gentle caress,
a sisters love and r'sadYics and conn
sci are all left behind by him who wandsrs
from the old familiar scenes Of home, to seek
life among strangers. Do you ask why
thus preface my letler2 Writers Of books
generally attempt to foreshadow in their pre-
face the merits and contents o. their pfodhc-
lions. But as Ipropose 10 give you synop-
sis OF my eanderings since my last letter, my
preface will hardly be considered appropriate.
Kansas, from wheneeI write Jou, Is one 0.
the youngest in the sisterhood Of States. II
was admitted into the Union in the winter OF
IseO-6l. The inlernecine struggle between
the Free-soilsrs and The Pro-slarsry party, is
a matter Of history. The Kausas-Nebfaska
bill, as every one knows, was passed BY Ooni
srsss in 1884 The passage Ofthif bill opehi
ed Kansas not only to immigration, but 10
slavery. While the bill was pending beiors
Congress, the North opposed 4 with bitter
energy snd after sustaining dsfsst "a Con.
srsss, they q, onco Transferred the contest 10
the Territories, effected and determined 70
meet the STAKEHOLDER On bis own chosen
ground, and on hll own terms. For ibis pur.
pose Immigrant aid societies we're formed Ia
different States, 10 assist immirrsull 70 this
distant 6sld, and thus hastsn the settlement
Of tbs new territory With men favorable 70
freedom. The ensuing troubles have al been
recorded By far ablsr pens than mise, sufaee
Il. that ihrss regular invasionS from Missouri
wsfe made during The three hrS, years. Pol
loving close upon ,hs heels Of these inva-
,ions, came ,hs grss, anaBeial crash Of 1857,
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
A Snlart WidOw.

A poor man on his death bed made
his will He called his wife to him,
and told her Of the provision be had
made.
4 haveleft, he said, my horse to
my parents. Sell it and hand over
the money YOU receive. / leave yon
my dog; take good care of him and
he viii servo yon faithfully
The wife promised to obey, and in
due time set ont for the neighbor-
ing market with the horse and dog.
How much do you want for your
horse" inquired a farmer.
Il cannot sell the horse alone hut
YOU NAV have both at a reasonable
rate. Give me hundred dollars for
the dog and one dollar for the horse
The farmer laurhed but as the
terms were very low, he willingly
accepted them. Then the worthy
widow gave the husbands parents
the Cellar received for the horse, and
kept the hundred dollars herself
Right shrewd widow, that.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
Encourages RascaIIty.

Andrew Johnson encourages his
official thieves to rob the nation Of
hundreds Of millions of dollars, and
then endeavors to injure the national
credit by stating that our expendi-
lures are exceeding our Income
Johnson's "whiskey ring has taken
more than half the revenue justly due
the government from the tax on
whiskey. Grant will disperse the
forty thieves as soon rs be gets in
power, and then we may hope for a
better report from tho Treasury, II
is hoped that some Of the plethorie
rogues may be made to disgorge, If
there is any way to reach them.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

A license no license fOr Lieense. /.


There was afhnny little episode
on The carthat helped 10 arouse al.
At Montana a young nah and y6nng
woman came on board oi the sleeping
car, aud the former said "See here,
Mr., Conductor, l wantohe Of your
best bunks for this young woman
and one for myseRindividually One
will do for us when we git to thoBlutgs,
hey, Marier? "a playful and atfec-
tionate poke at 'MaFiara with bis Ell
bow, to which she replies, Now, John
quit )for you see We'er gone to git
married at Mariar's uncIes when we
git there. We might been married
at Montaby, but we took habit to
wait till we got to the Bluffs, bein' as
Mariar's uncle is minister, and they
charge go'fred price for hitching
folks at Montany.' Maria was assigns
ed to one of She 'best bunks,' and
John was given one not far away.
After time th5 inmates ut the cat.
were all slowed away In their berths
to 20 through tho inevitable altefna.
tions Of sweltering and freezing.
During stoppage of the train at
one station; tho voice Of John waa
heard, raised in pleading accents, all
unconscious that tho train had stop
ped and that tones which the noise of
fattling wheels had drowned while
the cars were moving, could be dis
tinctly heard by all when they had
stopped
Now Mari, you might give a fel.
Ter es one kiss.
John, you quit, or I'll git right ont
here and hoofit back to Montany III
the snow storm.'
Only che little Hiss, Marier, and
I'll 60; hope to def / dont'
tJohn !-2--s
Just at that interesting moment, q
gray head protruded from q berth az
the other end of the car, and an old
man cried out 90 that all could hear,
'Marier, for God's sake give John ono
kiss, 80 that we can 60 to sleep son0
time Tonight
1t isneedless to remark that a peai
oflaughter rang from one end of tho
cars to the other, under cover Of
which John skunk back TO tho solitary
secusion Of his abnnk," leaving
Maria to the hndistarbed possession
other marriage license, which she H.
tOrpretcd TO permit no license, TO John,
FuntiI accompanied by the proper Ger
tifcate. And Marier was right
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
Labor a Necessity.

We are III this world to do. Did
ever people. realize this-lhat VIZ
were pat here to actY The curse put
upon Adam effects us alive must
all work in some way. Idleness is
rust, deterioration is death; il is de-
feating Gods purpose; shrinking ones
duty. We are made 10 work; every
thing indicates tbis--our hands, our
feet, our brain, our necessities, oui.
enjoyments--all point to the first CREST
intent, labor So the bee tolls, the birds,
to perpetuate their species, provide
their food, to sing, to sit still, only 70
rest Labor is motion. The world is
motion. That which is most active
is the most healthy and enjoyable
Stagnant water is foul living water
pure. So with the air so with man,
pre- eminently. Ah, what health
comes from action what strength
what beauty beauty of expression,
agility, and the power to please and
delight. This is what we want--we
want 1t everywhere. We want st.
mark you, not over done. We want
it done as God ordered it, according
to human progress-not TO exhaust
and injure the body, aud at the samS
time the mind as well, to say nothing
Of the most important of all, the
morals, for which we were oil made.
Work mentally, morally, physically
exercise the body, the mind, and the
affections that is their cultivation.
But do not strain them, and thus
hurt them avoid extremes. Il is,as
bad to be too active as to be lazy. Aes
then, as the wind acts, the brook
fows, the stars course. Here is no
clash, no hurt.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

Bea.ANNoUNcNa CANDIDATEs-For Mnnici-
ipal offices, So 90 County S5 OO State,
$40 90.
JOR.PRISTINa, of all descriptions, neatly
executed.
DeAr All communications tending to per-
sonal agrandizement or emolument will be
charged the same as advertisements.
Advertisements and Subscriptions con-
tinUed unIeas Rrrearages are paid and
ordered 70 he stopped, and they will
be charged for necOrdinglY.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
The COkeF Creek Gold Mines.

The Athens Post learns through
a responsible party that some rich
developments have recently been
made at the old Coker Greek Mines,
in Monroe county, and that arrange.
ments for more extensive operations
in the spring are being made. One
Of our citizohs, saws that paper. who
owns several gold lots In the vicinity
OF the ow'discoveries, is good deal
excited and expects to die a million.
aire4and no doubt will, il he should
live long enough.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
The Last Poke nn Erle.

A prominent broker in Wall street,
who had been indulging in rather ex-
travagant speculations in Erie, return
oil home one evening lately,aftor hard
days work among the Bulls and Bears
very much detected, and merely re-
marked TO his wife,-"1 am ruined,
my dear, ruined !"
tIrretrievably ruined, my husband"
"Erie-trievablytf
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
}DOrtrp.
Written for the Jonesboro', CTenn) Union Flag,l
The Church In the Hollow.

Long years ago, down in the glen, l
Beside valley walk,
There stood Church. Devoted men
We're members, was the talk.
The Church is standing steadfast still,
The storms and foods have passed;
omnipotenee has made wills
The Odiaee should last.
but many pew that once was filled
With pious men, twas said,
Is vacant now some one has willcd,
Their voices should be dead.
But man ia prone to hcklensss
Sometimes they 90 aAtray
Ambition's pride, those Cod would bless,
Embitters all the way
The poor in spirit, nOtths proud,
Was Jesus sent to bless;--
The wicked sink beneath the cloud
or their own righteousness.
The Chureh-houss stands monument
OF Providence, to-day;
But loss Of members, some lament,
The piOus members pray
Within Its walls fow are found,
Who worship with the poor.
God help the balance they are bound
Religion to ignore.
Except itbo for worldly gain,
Or honor's fading light,
Ths hyPocrite, too late the stain
Dyes deep in endless night. --wmTBR p.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

who have been committing numerous
outrages. The people dare not be
inactive. They have too much at
stake TO be so. Let them prove their
hostility to KuISlux by arresting them
and bringing them TO punishment
Press and Times.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

nJ The Paris Figaro says: Two
friends met the other day in the street.
what a shocking bad hat you wear,
exclaims one of them.
rMy dear friend, wear il only be-
cause / love my own liberty.
But what on earth has your liberty
TO do with the hatP
'Ob, great deal. My wife has
sworn she would never walk out with
me as long asI should wear such hat
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

"a A Bridgeport paper tells story
Of young sonnambulist in Strattprd,
Conn, who went down to the dock
aud fishod Cor an hour without having
bite, and then went back TO bed, and
in the morning was entirely unvonsci-
Gus Of his excursion.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

~ Josh Billings says am tio-
lently opposed tew ardent spetits as .
beyridge, bot for manufacturin pur.
poses | think little Of II tastes good.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

~ The distinguished Frenchman,
N. Theirs, says that all Europe will
be republican in twenty-five years.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05
Religious Denominations In the
United States.

From published statistics Of the
principal denominations in the Uni
ted States for 1868, we give the fol-
lowing synopsis of tho numbers Of
zach.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-02-05

Har A boot-blaek in Moriden. Con-
nectieut, has $4,000 on dePosii n
bank.