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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-11
BALTIMORE AN ID CHA II L K II q N
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
k~a THE STEAMSHIP SEA GULL,
MEAH3E Captain n P. DuTToN, will satl for
IEIMkctf3V Baltimore on nIDXY. 18th Of August,
at haltpist 10 O'Clock A. H., from
Pier No. 1, Union Wharvee.
~ Through Bills Lading signed for all classes OF
FrrIaht to BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA WILNING-
TON, DEL, WASHINGTON CITY, and the NORTH.
WRSr.
For Freight or passage. spply to
COURTENAY TRENHOLM, 4"
August 10 Union %harves,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-11

WHILE IB TIE MUHkf
Bands confession seems to fix the crime,
but, unfortunately for the Southern Express
Company, 1t has not assisted in the discovery
Ut the stolen thousands. Bland. on yesterday,
pretended to know where the money, or rather
portion Of it, could be found, and he was
taken by the police officers 10 the designated
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

To PURIFY A ROOM.-Set a
pitcher of water in a room, and
in a few hours it will have absorb
ed all the respired gases in the
room, the air of which will become
purer, but the water utterly filthy.
The colder the water is the greater
the capacity to contain these
gases. AT ordinary temperature
pail of water will contain pint
of carbonic acid gas and several
pints of ammonia. The capacity
is nearly double for reducing the
water to the temperature of ice.
Hence water kept in room a
while is always unfit for use. For
the same reason the water from a
pump should always be pumped
up in the morning before any of
it is used. Impure water is more
injurious than impure air. The
above, if true, proves how exceed
ingly careless many of us are as
regards our health, for we venture
to say that a large majority of the
people use water for drinking
which has absorbed" for hours
the noxious gases of their rooms.
Much care is requisite to preserve
health.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

u mo man has a right to
bring up his children without sur
rounding them with books. 1t is
a wrong to his family. He cheats
them. Children learn to read by
being in the presence of books.
The love of knowledge comes with
reading, and grows upon it. And
the love of knowledge in a young
mind is almost a warrant against
the inferior excitement of passions
and vices. 1t is a mans duty to
have books. A library is not a
luxury, but one of the necessaries
of life.'
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Three cid Sa VS..

If the world seems cold to you,
Kindle fires to warm it;
Let their comfort hide from view
Winters that deform it.
Hearts "a frozen "a your own
To that radiance gather;
You viii soon forget to moan,
ALI the eheerless wea ther I"
If the world wilderness,
Go, build houses in it /
viii it help your lonliness
On the winds to din it
Raise hut, however slight;
Weeds aud brambies smother;
And to roof and meal invite
Some fOrl0rner brother
If the worlds vale of tears,
Smile till raiDbows span it;
Breathe the love that life endears,
Clear from clouds to fan it.
Of your gladness lend CLEAN
Unto souls that shiver;
Show them how dark Sorrows stream
Blends with Hope bright river.
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~ An imaginative Trishman
gave utterance to this lamenta-
ton Il returned to the halls OF
my fathers by night, and found it in
ruins! Icried out aloud, My faith
ers, where are theyr An echo
responded, is that You, Patrick
Mccarthy ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

Co A new candidate f5r place
in Grants cabinet has sprung
up in Peoria. lie drank in one
day forty nine glasses Of whisky,
and was still sober enough TO say
"let US have peace
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

" The latest style of panta-
looms (trowsers, it should be), has
asmall pocket back of the right
side. called the Derringer pocket.
Thrice is he armed who hath his
quarrel just-and carries three
reyolvers.
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B o % n .aED SH0E
Emporium. sa

Nhe undersignedwould eFfH tle
l respectfully am y.as,,
nounce to the citizens of go -
the parishes of Bossier e - 7ah
and Claiborne, that he has just re-.
eeived large stock of Fly
French CalESlxins.
'Nof0ce0s, EEc.n 4aor,p
and is prepared to make Boots ana
Shoes of the best quality and most
approved style. -.
Having had many years experience
in shoe making he fattors himself thsto
he can turn out as neat a JOB "a anwr
shop in or out of New Orleans. He
promise TO give entire satisfaction, OF
no psy. Ff 83i4 -
=. P. w. PAUL. -.
Minden' La. vin6
A
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~ Cotton has not exhausted
cotton fields, but bad tillage, A
bale of five hundred pounds when
burned leaves but five pounds of
ash. All the rest goes into air,
from which it came.
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u When children are little
they make their parents heads
ache, and when they are grown
up they make their hearts ache.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

u A ladyin Z AiiaGelphia lost
her lie in Consequence of her
physician ''iTav,lg wr. ten AZ, as
the Authorization OF asSaaeCida. !"
The prescription clerk readit AT.
and sent A,rOpia. Fr
4 physician Who "abbreviates"
n that style ought to write Ass
at the bottom OF eli his prescrip-
tons.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

n Gov. Warmoth recommends
the old Mint for a State House.
He probably wants to see it once
more full of Hyellow boys" says
the Crescent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

u Put the droppings ofgrain-
fed animals on corn and wheat
fields; of hay-fed animals on
grass lots and the droppings of
forests ON orchards.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

"htll sage OiySSeS, safe from his
ten years warfare, with denolisl-
ed Troy; secure from Ncptune's
vengeance Oh stormy seas, after
innumerable tolls by ocean and
land, reached his rock bound
kingdom, he was welcomed by a
loyal people and woman's firm,
constant love- n. 0. Times.
R9y 4 true and noble success is
within the reach of every human
being who rightly apprehends and
will diligently seek it. It may
very well be quite other than the
aspirant meditates-it may even
seem defeat to tie superficial ob
server-out Col still reign5, and
no heroic and ua5eltish aim can
ever be really defeated. II five
thousand aspire to ill the Presi,
dental chair, it is very certain
that all cannot have precisely that
outward and visible stamp Of sue
cess they covet; but, were they
fifty thousand, and their aspira-
ton rather essential than circum-
stantial, to enlighten and bless
their countrymen rather than rule
them, there are ample work and
scope for them al. One may be
privileged to teach til ousands to
loatle Incidence, frivolty, display
and vice, and love Industry, So
briefly, modosty and virtue, while
another inculateS the same lessons
only in a narrow, secluded neigh
borhood, appraised, unsung, un-
chronicled, save in the books Of
the recording angel. The scope
Of influence in these two eases is
different, but the measure of es.
sant,al success Is the same. Wac
ever has learned to ind delight in
doing good, and in nothing incoa-
slateat there a'ita--Jo 90 whatever
good is within his reach, and not
repine that his opportunities are.
such only as Heaven mas been
pleased to vouchStfe him-can
never esteem lis life a failure
Should sickness or casualty con
iile ain t32 years to a bed OF SUI
lef;ng and dependence, he viii
thencaforth radiate a gov Of
heartfeltrcsi grafton, or BEN n hd-
nifty, Of grateful piety, wlereof
the Influence viii be d:tfused more
widely and endurinrly than he
could have imagined. In the
everprocee;iiag warfare OF Good
againstEFil, R g'ltagainst wrong,
Truth against Error, there can be
no real defeat, no absolute dis
comiture-only postponement, re-
palse, and the iIl-succass Of mis-
directed attack--an unwiSely
planned mangrre. In that great
contest, whoever plants himself
firmly on the side ofGood is allied
with all all the moral forces the
universe. and is certain of ulli-
innate triumph. The evil and
the base, the selfish and the syco-
phantic, mas seem to flourish for
season but their verdure soon
passes away and IS forgotten, leay-
ing the good to stand forth ike
the evergreens of The forest in
Winter, when the Summer foliage
which dwarfed ard obac'.red them
lies shriya,ed at their feet. Happy
they who learn in childhood, ana
treasure farough after trials and
temptations, The grand lesson Of
the age-the philosophy of living
to nb0Ie ends.- Horace GreeIy.
~ The Postmast General coin
=, - = =
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Fitn1less.

even virtues,) may lose its excel
lence when carried to excess, yet,
as opposed to vacillation and
fickleness, it is one Of fhe nOb!est
qualities of man. How absolute
is the trust, how mistaken the
confidence of woman, weak by
nature, in those lords Of the crea-
ton who are known to possess this
quality, inseparable from true
greatness! She may be variable,
Like the shade
By the light quivering aspen made
but manliness calls for fxedness
of purpose, calmness Of resolve,
and consistency OF action. Rocks
remain immovable, whila oSiers
bend at every breeze. The fickle
man usually becomes a slave TO
circumstance, which sways him as
a weathercOck-his enigmatical
conduct betrays the wierd work
ing Of an unbalanced mind, inca
pable of decision, governed by
contingencies. Wo to the faith
that reposes on such an one! and
wise were the words of Israel's
dying patriarch to that son in
whom he saw this fatal deiinquen-
cy. "Unstable as water thou
shalt not excel"
The irresNute man oftner acts
than speaks falsehood, being chary
of commitment by words, and silly
enough to be unaware that ac-
tions, to use a homely yet verlta-
bic adage, speak louder than
language. Like Iago, he suggests,
and bis victims imagination does
the rest. Perhaps one of the most
pertinent illustrations Of this fail
ing amongst men is exenpiifed
in the character OF the male flirt;
the man who condecands at first
to those arts (inexcusable even in
woman), by which hearts are won
and hopes destroyed, esteeming
himself conqueror, while, in
reality, knave Of SO cold and
cruel a type, that the thief or
murderer is less odious than he.
On them tic strong arm Of law
is laid with its iron grasp; i'm
prlsonment or death expiatcs their
offences against property or life.
Bat he fears no suit, no! had he
even given the hetrothal rug.
whose charmed circle indicates in
violable faith, he knew, it may be,
that delicacv would eschew a claim
backed by houor void of loye-he
was, therefore, safe, and none
could throttle the villain. walking
at large with withered hearts and
blighted youth his ghastly spoils.
Conscience is a dead letter-man-
kind reproachless; but the agony
of which he is the author, stands
registered in that eternal book Of
justice and of doom, only to be
found in the archives ofheaven.
Filtration, in either sex, denotes
a want of principle. Hearts are
dangerous playthings, and we
confess to no sympathy with that
fineSse which makes woman trivial
and robs man of truth. We may
be over-strict in our morality, but
innocent Irritation seems to US a
contradiction in terms, the slang
of a fashionably depraved life, (be
it high or low and we are sure
that all right thinking minds will
concur in the sentiment that ,ex-
allied natures never condescend
to its insilious nothings or en-
courage its dangerous receptions.
A noble sincerity, averse to in
trigUe and vain display, should
mark the yirtuous OF both sexes
in contradistinction to that heart
less levity which deals in worth
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

~ When God means to pun
ish o nation he deprives the rulers
of wisdom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23

u He who will stop every
mans mouth must have a great
deal of meal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-01-23
Brooks House.
MILAN STREET,
SIRE TEPORT La.
W. T. Brooks, Proprietor.

Wa T. DIUoaGi AIupL15eurs
TEyae subscriber having A Xxi -
4 leased the connections a--LS
building known as the Com aIsSI.A3
marcial Hotel" has had it k-iEl 1I1sss1ss5Z
thoroughly renovated and opened it as a
first class hotel, under the above title, and
solie.ts the patronage of his friends and tie
public, piedging himself that nothing shall
be wanting on his part that can lend to the
comfort and pleasure of his guests. The
best cooks have been secured, and the table
will at all tires DC served with every deliea-
cy of the season-unsiirpes sed, if equaled,
by any other house in the Rel River country.
The rooms are large and airy, and the furni
t,lre and bedding new. Being located in tho
centre of business, Immediately bet xeen
thu steamboat landing ard the Southern
Psciie railroad depot, it affords unusual in
duoements 20 boarders, who will at all times
find it com Portable home. Families and
single gentlemen can obtain pleasant rooms
ana day bOarders will be accommodated.
MAI w t. BROOKS
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SHREVEPORT, La,
Office at the store of L. c. Carter, No. 3 on
tie Levee.
THOS. W. SCOTT, Agent.
Dr.. joe L. MOORE, Medical Examiner.

Ut. Joe. Il. MOORE, Med1cal Examiner.
This Company issues policies on lives on
al 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 its policy holders. Its policies are all
issued on the non FORGETTING plan.
II is prompt in the payment of losses
This Company renewed, aud continues in
force, Life Insurance policies held by the
Southern survivors of the late war-formiag
an exception, in this respect, from the ma
,jOrity, if not ali 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
Letting Southern support. The ST. LOUIS
MUTUAL never, during the whole progress
OF the late civiIwar, refused to receive the
premiums on policies from its Souther policy
holders.
references Col. Is. NJ. johnson, Presi-
ident Of Home Insurance Co, Messrs Walsh
q Boisseau. DIR. G. C. Catlett, L. b. Carter,
j. {. Elstner, Dew. L. Tally, James w How
ard, Drury Lacy, and DIR Joseph Wilder,
Rev. l.. s. Trippett, d. D., Capt +. P. Leav-
enworte, DR.. ID. N. Anderson, Col. W. r.
Shivers, Shreveport, La.
NEW ORLEANS REFERENCES:
z. X. Walker g. Co.
Il. 'NMansen,
Il. Macdonald, firm of Brooks & Macdonald.
U. p Logan fra of Felluwes g. co
Julius Nairan, firm OF 5. II. Kennedy & co.
Jennings, Weeks d co.
4. II. Harris, =. firm of Jas Il. Connely 81 co.
Messrs w Il. Green q co.
II Won Phul. .ir. s; 90.
Geo g. CARR s. co
Jno. II. Phelps &c co.
Chenovorth, Casey & co.
Henderson, Peale g. co.
j. w. Huntington,
Iessrs. s. b. Newman g. CO
Woods, Mathews & CO.
Warren, Crawford 81 co.
Ethel a. Thomas,
Barnett & Shepard,
Geo W. Banoker * co.
Gen. s. b BuclIner, f
3 ID. II. Maurv,
Mossra. Lamb, Quinlan & CO.
VIM. Ball,
H. II. Bryan, firm of Given, Watts g.
MANSFIELD REFERENCrs:
Rev. Charles B. Stuart; Jno. w. Stuart.
Esp DR.. r. T. Gibbs; DR.. W G. Thomas,
Dr.. j. P. Reeves. Rev John Pipes, Rev. H.
c. Thgeatt, D, D, Messrs Dubois &, Doug
lass, Rev. &. +. Alexander.
BELLEVUE:
w. II. sCANLAND,
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ors and hoping On till tie wished
for return Of her warlike lord
Consistency met its reward, and
when sage Ulysses, safe from his
ten years warfare, with demoiish-
ed Troy; secure from Ncptune's
vengeance on stormy seas, after
innumerable tolls by ocean and
land, reached his rock bound
kingdom, he was welcomed by a
loyal people and woman's firm,
constant lovely. 0. Times.
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Dig estio21 OF Food.

- ~@~'a-- ~ --eSOAAs
Rice, Boiled; Pigs feet, boiled;
tripe, boiled, will digest in one
hours time.
Venison steak, broiled; salmon
broiled; whipped eggs, raw; and
sweet and mellow apples raw,
will digest in one and one-half
hours
Beefliver, broiled; dry Goldfish
boiled; apples, sour and mellow,
eaten raw, and cabbage with vine
gar, viii digest in two hours.
Roasted turkey, roasted goose,
and roasted pig, broiled lamb and
boiled beans, roasted potatoes
and boiled parsnips, will digest in
two and one halfhours.
Roasted beef, boiled mutton,
boiled apple dumplings and Indi-
an corn cake, will digest in three
hours.
Roasted mutton, Indian corn
bread, and boiled carrots. will d.
gest i'll three and one fourth hours.
Stewed oysters, raw cheese,
hard boiled and fried eggs, wheat
bread, boiled potatoes and boiled
turnips, will digest in three and
one-half hours.
Fried beef, boiled ard roasted
fowls, roast duck and boiled cab
bage, viii digest in four hours,
while roasted pork requires FIVE
and one-tourth hours.
- The World says that Gen
eral Grant in fiiling the Offices at
Washington and theappo;ntments
abroad ought to make an equita-
BILE distribution Of them among
all sections Of the country, as was
done by our former Presidents
previous to the late civil war.
participation in the rebellion
should "be no bar, provided he is
satisfied Of the "pfesent loyalty
Of the appointee." Undoubtedly
this is what should be done; and
what real Statesman Wculd do.
But the leaders of the Radical par
ty are not statesmen. They are
bigoted fanticS, ike Sumner and
Boutwell,; corrupt, like Butler /;
worshippers Of success, like VII
son; timid, like Chase; or indiffer-
ent, like Grant. They 80 not de.
sire the paci6catioa of the coun-
try, nor the restoration Of good
feeling, i they are to lose the
leaves and the fishes. Congress
is perfectly willing to remove the
disabilities Of the veriest scoun-
drel in the Southern States if he IS
a Radical; bat not willing to re-
move those of any Democrat or
Conservative. The Worlds sug-
gestion will go for nothing. The
people who are angry because
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson shook hands
with Mr.. Laird will not allow
Gen. Grant to treat the Southern
people as brethren. They are
enemies in peace as in war.
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u The postmast General coin
plains that the department has
been defranded Of not less than
8 10000 OF revenue by the Use
Of stamped mutations OF the ranks
of members of Congress, while
they were absent from Washing
ton, on the political documents Of
both parties. II there is any one
who can ex,)lain wherein this diff
fers from forgery, We shat be glad
to hear from him. Cogressmen
are privy TO the oaense IN two
ways: in conniying at the use Of
their stamps; and in refusing to
amend the laws OF the franking
privilege, so as 10 confne it to
legitimate purposes.
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IT WUUU and TI-17 al = -
s.. WILLOW wARx
Staple and Fancy GrocerseshR
and al kinds Of ,sYgh YITT3,

FARMING IMPLEMENTSm =,
which they offer to the trade Ut az Low
rRlCGS , as.they can be obtained oltside q
New Orleans. FN4faf4g @rtfe 'saeo ~
Having had their commodious WARE
HOUSES thoroughly overloaded ana =. !,
paired, with entire new brick walls aroma 4
their Cotton Shed, their facilities for sTSss-&ro
purposes are unsurpassed, andgtheir charTss
Shreveport. .tff. f.s,. f'.~.r., - - -
This, with their long experience IN n.
business, leads them to hope for ~ on.;.ss
uanee OF the patronage heretofore 50 libesai.
~ extended to them, and for which ths., ).
return thanks to their friends and custs.
iAioi'' v6n40ly
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To A Radical correspondent
Of the ST. Lonis Democratic is re.
sponsible for the statement that
Gen. Grant, in a recent interview
with a Louisianasenator and Judge
vehemently opposed government
Endorsement of leyee bonds, and
in answer to an expostulation that
''millions of acres OF the best land
IN The world are subject to over
how," remarked, "let them over
flow, and let thcm stay under wa
ter until their owners are willing
that Northern men and Northern
capital should come in and pro.
tect and Improve them"
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TIE ST. LOUIS MUTUAL
Life Insurance Co.
Assets, May l, 1868, over
$3,OOO,OOO.

DIRECTORS:
James III. Lucas, VIM 7. Selby,
Samuel Will, Mich Sehaeffer, t''
Chas. II Petk William T. Gay,
Robert X Woods, w C. Jamisen.
Jules Vale, r. P. Hanenkamp.
Geo. K. Robinson, l.. H. Baker,
Robert Il. Carr d, A. January,
John F Thornton, VIM j. Lewis,
David Furguson, James o. Carson,
Hon. John Hogan. Jacob Tamm,
Theodore Layeille
MCMAHON & OTIS, General Agents,
. No. AZ Madison street, DeSoto Block,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Medical Examiners ~. s. White, NJ. D.,
w I. Irwin, NJ D.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-04
Various Interesting Facts and Hints

Various Interesting Facts and Hints.
Why is it that many farmers are so
cruel towards their animals? Some who
are kind to their families seem to think
it would be undignifed in them to treat
their stock with any degree of kindness.
They scold and whip their horses for the
most trivial faults, and kick and beat
their cows, calves, hogs and sheep. APP
parently for the mere qualification of
tyrannical disposition. The practice can
not be too strongly condemned. 1t is
not only wicked, but it is Improbable.
Animals kept in constant fear of their
owner, so much so that they always run
at his approach, cannot grow or thrive as
well as those that are more humanely
treated.
1t is curious fact that very rich and
highly MANFRED land has rarely produc-
ed a grape that would yield high quail
ity of wine. The grape that contains the
most saccharine matter will make the
best wine, and the different varieties diff
fer widely in the proportion of sugar.
In Italy and in Sicily the very finest and
sweetest grapes grow on the rocky rub
bish of volcanoes, and those that grow
on loose rocky soils or along hillsides
covered with rocks are often the best.
These facts ought to teach us not to
select the richest ills, and not to stuff
them with organic manures, for the
grape.
A farmer, more than most men, needs
pluck, faith in himself and in nature,
and above all patience. He must wait
for results; and, while doing so, it is inn
portant that bis surroundings should be
as pleasant as he can afford to make
them. A cheerful healthy location is of
more value than fine house. Farming
is trade; and man has to learn it,
however much he may know the knowl-
edge must be applied, and made the
mans business. He cannot learn it in
day, but must expect to improve con-
stantly. - m
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-04

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