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THE BOY MAGICIAN;
The Secrets of the Sea.
CHAPTER I.
TIE PRISONER OF MuD-oCEAN.


THE PRISONER OF MID-oCEAN.
Tat, one summer afternoon. dozen
roars 400. n solitary white man stood be
fore an idolatrous temple on an island In
the South Pacific. -,
He was of middle age, tall, thin, ant
c,nnt with rugged features and sorrow
fal ewes. and with every sign Of goodness
and Intelligence. 80, ;
Beside him was n grim stone idol. II
crotc.due human form. more than twice
nc tall rs himself. which he had Just finish
ed. a, was indicated by the mallet ant
chisel in his hands.
at Is done,n he muttered. "And thes'
heather little suspect that have cut m,
name and story into the base Of this idol.
He ran his eye rapidly over the inscrip
ton in question. 1t was as follows:
.srbe sth OF May, 1854. I, David Lester. OF
tho firm % Lester Nichols, OF Norfolk, VIZ
Sr Hong Kong, via Cape Horn, In the ship
'IIeclA. A cyclone struck us In mli-ccean,
the ship f6unlered. aud We took 10 the boats,
which all AIDED. with IN. exception Q, the
during which my companions perished,
reached this island. The idolatrous inhab-
itants made me slave In their temple, and
iOs %oIs st man a 1 :sSyar msres haTs
been chained every night, and watched con-
tinuAlly by day, but have nevertheless made
three attempts at escapc, and shall son
resolved 10 succeed or die, prcferring death
TO longer captivity. Therefore write
these words upon this Idol. praying any one
who may see .nI% 70 !sSSss f nSsS
this inscription this 7th day Of July, 1851"
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American and Foreign Patents.
r. n. EDDY,
Solicitor Of Patents,

SOl1ClCOI' Oh = uUcIlUSs
Late AGENT Of ns Usnsd States Patent o6es, WssA
fsgfo~, sntr ns <ef Of 1851,
~ State ST., opposite Kilby 81, Boston,
AFTER an extensive practice Of upwards Of 20
n years, continues TO secure patents In The Unit.
10 s, coun s Ca" CsVs sp:eas.os. bS"S
Assignments, and oil papers or drawing. fbr Pat.
snb, executed on reasonable terms with dispatch.
Researches made Into American and Foreign
works, 70 determins the validity and utility OF
Patents Of lnysntions, and legal and other sdvice
rendered on ,li matters touching the SANE Copies
OF the claims OF any patent furnished. BY remit.
Ing one dollar. Assignments recorded In wash
ington.
faeL,fiss Is' stisinias Psfssn o. sseerfsss,ss hs
.gafssfsktlifSs Of fspsnfpsrs.
During eight months the subscriber. In the
eoa,s q b: TS. Prsssics sds 90 ,s; ; az
Of which was decided ~ An ysro'by the comnis.
sloner Of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
Tregard Mr.. Eddy ~ one Of the most esrssis
''"''' CHARLES MASON, Con'r OF Patents.
IL have no hesitation In assuring iuventofs that
they cannot employ . man se,s sssssfssi and
piicstion. In . form 70 secure ior them an Early
and favorable consideration g The Patent Ofnes.
Late Com'r Of PatentsL.
@ H. ESp, b. su a. Sss 90 d shsh S.sss
have been granted, and that one " sss rss<ssg.
such unmists kabls proof OF great talent and abil
lily on his pait. leads me 10 recommsnd ALL In
ventors TO spPly 70 him to procure their rstsntA,
As they may be sure o. having the most iAi,hiul
sonsble charges. JOHN TA0HABT."
Boston, Jan. Z. 1869. iy3
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beidv ssssrfs land q canpo be coorsdisd, ercept By
quacks who win say do anything, even petars 1sm
selves, 10 lmpose upon patientsJ that be
10 ns oaiy Rsguisr Grs<ssfs PAysiesss sfserfis.
A.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-07-31

ROAD LAw.-The Revised
Statutes of Louisiana, page 5O7,
section 139, reads:
"In case of failure OF neglect
of any overseer ofroads, to dis
charge faithfully the duties
herein imposed, it shall be law
full for the different Grand Ju-
ries of this State to present the
said overseers to their respec-
tive District Courts, for neglect
or refusal to perform their du-
ties; and upon such present
ment, it shall be the duty of
the District Attorneys to pros
cute the said overseers and
upon trial and conviction, they
shall be fined by the Court in a
sum not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dol
lars"
This is a good law; but it
has never taken effect in Bos-
sier-not because we have good
roads, as the travelling public
can testify. Road overseers in
this parish would do well, per-
haps, to remember the penalty
the law imposes, as the atten-
ton of the Grand Jury to de-
linquencies might prove rather
damaging, pecuniarily.
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HORSES DRowNED.-Texas
droves usually make their hor-
ses or cattle swim the river at
this place rather than pay the
ferriage. A drove of horses
was made to swim across on
yesterday. About an hour af-
ter crossing, the dead bodies of
20 of the drove driven into the
river, came to the surface and
floated away, the poor creatures
having been drowned in the
effort to swim the river. The
entire drove could have been
ferried over for $40. 90 horses
at $50 per head amounts to10O
times that.-[Ouachita 1eEe-
graph, 2Sth.
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scourge we shall in time learn to
obyiate altogether, have given our
State a bad reputation. The want
of statistical information, on the
other hand, has kept from the
world the knowledge of our real
~ healthy climate and remarka-
BILE immunity from disease, ex-
cept those of a febrile and accli-
mating character. New Orleans
has had but one visitation of the
yellow fever since 1868.
The statistics of 1860 show that
Louisiana is as healthy as Massa-
ShusettS. A more robust and
healthy race of men cannot be
found than the planters and far
mers of Louisiana. The thermom-
eter rarely rises about ninety de-
grees in summer, or sinks below
thirty degrees in winter. The
mean temperature is about seven
ty degrees-that conducive to the
most perfect physical health, de
velopment and enjoyment the
world over. A table of carefully
prepared statistics before us,
shows that the ratio of children
to the whole population. as also
the ratio ofpersons over sixty, even
over 100 years of age, is greater
in New York and Boston. The
ratio of annual mortality in Bos
ton is given as l to 41.26; New
York l to 26.S4; Philadelphia l tc
2S.65; London l to 40; Paris / tt
80; Havana L to SO, and in New
Orleans, the mean Of three years
not affected by yellow fever. as
to 47.4S. When these facts come
to be known Louisiana will prove
to be as healthy, if not mucl
healthier, than any of the newly
settled States of the Northwest
IN. 0. Republican.
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We would direct special atten-
ton to the fact that the Agricul.
tural Society has been formed,
and at the next regular meeting,
which is the first Monday in Au.
gust, the question of wheat cul.
ture will be eliminated, and we dc
hope that every man who intends
to sow wheat this fall will be pres
ent. Come one! come all! and
try the exchange of opinion. The
question of Cody labor is to us a
very important question. New
worlds of light are bursting open
before you, fellow countrymen.-
Come and see.n-I Claiborne Ad
gOcGte.
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he Booster Banner.
W. e. Scanland, Editor.


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Advertisements inserted at 81 so pei
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Cards of one square, or less-$l2 pei
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Announcements of Candidates for Office
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To Obituary notices, when exceeding 9
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To All articles published for the benefit
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ments '2 Hs
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Treasury department has informa-
ton of the seizure of 100 barrels of al
cohol at New Orleans.
Ex-Governor Sharkey leaves this
evening for the North. He represents
the condition of affairs in his State
as very hopeful. Says there is great
anxiety among all classes TO have the
State back into the Union. Conserva'
tive Republican convention will meet
in September. He thinks that there
is no doubt about Judge Dent receiving
the nomin alton. In view of partial
" incorrect dispatch telegraphed at
noon to-day, Rev. Mr.. Lynch, colored,
desires the transmission of the follow
ling: Mr.. Lynch has arranged for an
interview with Jndge Dent and Gen.
Grant Thursday next. Lynch declares
that all further efforts at reconstruc-
ton should be based on universal am
nesty; that the white people of Missis-
sippi have as thoroughly abandoned
resistance to the doctrines of the Re-
publican party as they did to the gov
eminent, when the armies of Gen. Lee
surrendered; that they do not feel an
interest in common with the national
Democratic party; that when the
Southern white man conceded to the
colored, equal political rights, there is
no issue between them, and to create
one, will be a curse to both races
Lynch has conferred with many of the
leading Radicals.
Delano decides stamped signatures of
collector on liquor stamp unauthorized.
Hereafter actual signatures required.
Washington, July 26.-Gov. Hahn
Of Louisiana, is here. Judge Sharkey
visited Judge Dent, assuring him of
cordial support.
Postmaster General Creswell en-
dorses Stokes, of Tennessee. Large
Mississippi delegation has gone to
Long Branch.
Postmaster General Creswell broke
his arm in falling from chair.
Rev. Mr.. Lynch, coloied, Of Missis-
sippi, who arrived in Washington some
days since, preached m the African
Methodist Church. He is said to be
tbs most eloquent and impressive d.
vine in that Church South. lie called
on Judge Dent yesterday, and assured
him Of his earnest and hearty sup
port of that gentleman in his can
didacy for the Governorship of Missis-
sippi.
| London, July Runored treaty
is concluded between France, Austria
and Italy, in case Of war, is to support
France with $4,000 troops, and occupy
| Viterbo. Rumored that Prussia has
offered the Pope I2,000 troops if the
French vaeate Rome.
| Brest, July 26.--Great Eastern ar
rived. Dispatch from Constantinople
says Egypt is arming extensively.
Memphis, July 26.-Severe earth
quake two o'clock this morning. Sew.
eral large meteors fell during the
night.
Shreveport, July 25.--It will be
seen that cotton yesterday was not as
well up as when the last weekly state
ment was made. We quote: Good or
binary 26aO27c.; low middling 25c.--
Gold 1859 1876.
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I WELL NAMED.-The village OF
Sheridan, in Kansas, is said to
contain fifty houses, forty-six of
which are whisky shops. The
place certainly has itspropername.
II Exchange.
Yes, indeed; for nowhere could
one be more apt to find his "little
fill"
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The magnolia Flower" says
the crops-corn, cotton and
hogs-all seem to be thriving
we'll in that section of Arkan-
sas.
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Our new parish treasurer can
neither read nor write, says the
Natchitoches Times. Perhaps
he can steal. IT so, he is "duly
qualified agreeablet to radical
ethics.
Any more great moral ques-
tons of craftsmanship for solu-
ton q ~ fu
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The many accidents among
children with swings show
that it is an amusement that
has its dangers, but the most
dangerous swing to men 10 the
gallows. People don't gener-
ally try it but once.
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Magnolia, Ark, has a colored
free school numbering So pu-
pills.
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Upon reading our proposal
to publish free of charge, short
marriage and obituary notices,
the astute editor of the Caddo
Gazette, like the late lamented,
is reminded of a little anec-
dote.p The Gazette's joke is as
pointed as the Frenchman's
tapSus ltnguee, who, hearing the
expression, "other fish to fry"
excused himself from atten-
dance upon q party of ladies,
on the ground that che had to
go home and fry some fish,"
The editors bon mot is as lucid,
A. aa ------..aa>-- be
The ouachita Telegraph, OF
the 2Sth inst, has very favora-
bic reports of the crops in the
uplands west of the river. Two
new store, havejust been open
ed at Monroe, and the editor
learns that two OF three others
are soon to be established. The
Telegraph looks for a lively
trade next Fall.
The health of Monroe is ex-
cellent. Not enough sickness
in the country to keep one ply
stefan busy.
Ex-President johnson, is be-
ING brated soundly by the
press generally. for not kissing
thehig girls at Howard Female
College in Tennessee, instead
OF the little ones-as reported.
81 Ssa -------s-s..s----A-----. aF8
Gen. Thos. P. Collins, a mer-
chant of Crockett, Texas, since
1S41, died at his residence near
that place on the 9Th inst.
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STATE FAIR-Winois.-Th The
annual Fair of the Illinois
State Agricultural Society will
be held at Decatur, ILL.,, Sep
TENDER 9th to October I'd, in
elusive.
NeaC YorI;.-The annual Fair
of the New York State Agri-
cultural Society win be held at
Elmira, N. Y, September 14th
to 18th. According to a new
regulation, no entries sCiU be re-
.ceived after August 21st. For
premium lists send to the Sec
rotary, Albany, N. Y.
st. Louis FGir.-This Fair
commences Monday October
4th, and continues six days
Apply to g. o. Kalb, Secretary,
cor. Fourth and Washington
avenue, for premium lists.
The California State Fair
opens at Sacramento on Sep
TENDER 9th. $4,000 in prem
iums are offered.
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From the LoEisiGaGise of st.
James parish, we extract the fol
lowing resolution of the Police
Jury of that parish. Those gen.
tlemen were evidently disposed to
be complimentary:
On motion of A. Domi0, the fol.
lowing resolution was endorsed:
Sin as much as his Excellency
Governor 81. g. Warnoth has,
without any regard to the wishes
of the people of st. James, ap-
pointed a perfect stranger to the
position of Parish Judge, and, by
30 doing, has treated the inhabi-
tants Of this parish with thorough
contempt.
And in as much as Governor
Warmoth has entirely ignored
the fact that we have our ewn
parish gentlemen learned in the
law who are thoroughly compe-
tent to perform the duty, and who
are absolutely more interested in
the welfare of this parish than
any stranger can possibly be,
Resolved, that we, the members
of the Police Jury, regarding the
interest of the parish, and being
certain that we are expressing
the general opinion of both politi
cal factions, do hereby express
our disapprobation and contempt
for the action taken by the Gov
ernor."
n. UNDERWOOD, Pres't,
L. DUGAs, Secretary.
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An appeal to the Supreme
Court has been taken in the 9th
District Court from the order OF
Judge Cooley, mandamusing
Gov. Warmoth to sign the
bonds for the Red River i'm.
proyement job, says the N. O.
Republican.
The Governor has been id
SO much oflate, that man-dam-
using will hardly have any eff
feet upon him.
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The present week has been
decidedly a rainy one. Mon
day, Wednesday and Thursday
it poured down in earnest. AS
we 60 to press, Friday even
ingl, apparently, ''the end is
not yet"
AS the fodder-pulling season
is at hand, the heavy showers
we have had, were not needed.
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Gen. Thos, P. Collins, a mer-
chant of Crockett, Texas, since
1S41, died at his residence near
that place on the 9Th inst.
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BELLEVUE, La,

Saturday, ;;;;::;;::::;;:;::'#:##July 81, 1869,
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

! B@l7@ The Pension Office at Washing
ton, D. c., has recently taken steps to
purge its rolls Of all who are not strict
ly entitled to pensions. 1t seems that
many pensioners, whose pensions were
justly and properly granted at first,
have since entirely recovered from their
original disability, but surgeons still
continue to give them certificates be-
cause suffering from some disability
though it be not the one for which the
pension was allowed, and in no way
contracted in tho Military or Naval
service" Lists of original disabilities
have been sent to all the pension agents
throughout country, and hereafter they
will be required to rigidly examine all
surgeons certificates with these, and if
they differ, to refer them to Washing
ton for decision.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

zOB1ruARY Mr.. William II. Ross,
Secretary of the Eiizabethtown Water
Company died at the residence of his
father in West Jersey street, this morn
ing. For q long time past Mn. Ross
has been in failing health, and last fall
he with several friendsey visited Florida,
in the hopes of being benefited, but
he only, returned to die among his
family and friends, who mourn his ear
ly lossa Our deceased friend was a
member of Trinity Church, Washing
ton Lodge, No. 80, F. A. M, the Young
Mems Christian Association, and seyer-
al other societies. He was known for
his virtues, and his friends had predict
ed bright future for him.
Notice OF the funeral will be found
underline appropriate headlA Y e
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

PEACHES. The immense crop Of
peaches this year, their low price and
consequent popularity, coupled with
the fact that all other fruit and yege-
tables are SO plentiful, have tended to
reduce the price of the latter to SO low
q figure that many farmers will not
bring their produce to market. The
best qualities OF peaches continue to be
sold from 81 to $3.50 per basket The
crop Of tomatoes, especially has been
wonderfully abundant this year, and
they are now selling at from ten to
twenty cents per basket, besides thou
sands OF baskets Of them are allowed to
decay on-the vines. The supply OF
peaches still remains unchecked.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

B&sssn We call the special attention of
Baptists to the fact that the friends of
the South Jersey Institute meet at
Bridgeton, next Wednesday,, the first
day of September, on the occasion of
the laying Of the Inscription Stone. .
Drs. Weston and Henson will deliver
addresses, and probably other clergy
men.
The. ladies will provide dinner for
Those present in the Institute Grove
A pleasant time is anticipated, and it is
hoped many will be present to partici-
pate, 81 rYr afg II afT
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

r1aP The. New Brunswick Friedman
says that 6 the next Legislature ought
seriously to take into consideration the
matter Of enclosing all the RAILROAD
tracks. 80 rs to render it,,impossible for
pedestrians to use them as public
highways" Doubtless this plan. which
is the English one, is the only one
which will effectully guard against tho
most frequent kind of railroad acct
dents: but what could be done here,
where the railway tracks gridiron the
city, occupying not only crossings but
whole streets? III only relief here,is
to run our tracks under the streets and
this ought to be done.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-28

NATIONAL GUARD MATTI5Rs. IL It is
stated that full sets of regimental and
company books will soor. be issued to
the National Guard This has never
before been done in this state. and no
uniform system of keeping records has
ever been exacted.. II is expected that
these books will be subjected to strict
annual inspection =. h3.al' 80
The interest Of the state in the uni
forms of the National Guard, is occupy
ing the attention Of Governor Randolph
1t is expected that his decision viii be
promulgated in general orders at an
early day.OS Hat Il g4I'L