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Times Changes.

The songs we sang in other years,
: Ihey greet us now 40 more;
The loves that reused our hopes and fears.
Are vanished now and Ger.
The friends We loved are scattered wide,
Familiar scenes are changed;
And hearts that once were true and tried
Are lifeless or estranged. ~
The lip the sweetest smile that wore;
The cheek that bloomed most fair;
The voice that charmed us long before,
With music rich andrare;
The eye whose lightest glance could still
Our hearts with love enthrall,
Whose smile could bless, whose frown eoult
kill
Are changed or vanished, all. 4fz
The way was bright before lis then, .a.
The coming days seemed fair;
We mingled with our fellow men,
With hearts to do and dare. }Ns*+
The hopes of youth are faded now,
Its fevered dreams are past;
And time upon our furrowed brow.
His silvery Shade has cast
We. too, are changed, but not in heart!
Old Time may do his worst,
He can not from remembrance part
The things we loved at first.
The eye may dim, the cheek grow pale,
The SHOWS ofage may fall,
Yet shall our memory never fail
10 heed affections call
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Duration Of European wars


In the Crimean war of 1856,
Turkey declared war AGAINST
Russia October 5, 1853. Rus
sia declared waragainst Turkey
Nov. l., France ahd ENGLAND
declared war against Russia
March 27-2S, 1854, The battle
of tlle Alma was fought Sept.
20; battle of Balaklava, Oct. 25s
battle of Inkerlaan. Nov. &.
Sardinia joined tie allies Jan.
rs, 1855. The Malakoff was
taken by the French, Sept. a.
Sweden joined the allies Nov
21;and hostilities were suspend
ed Feb. 80, 1856, The war be-.
tween the Western Powers and
one month. ~ y
The Italian war bega a By she
rejection Of the Austrian ulti-
matum by Sardinia April 26.
The Austrians crossed the Ii
cino April q. The Erenchen-
tered Genoa May 8. The battle
of Montebello was fought MAY
20; battle of Magenta Nav 30
81; and battle of Solferino June
"a. The peace of Villa-Franoa
was signed July H. Hostilities.
were active but ten weeks ::
The 9chleswig-Holste war
of 1864 began by the invasion
Of Schleswig by the Prussians
Feb. |. The Prussians took
Duppel April 18, and Alsen
july 8. Treaty Of peace be-
tween Denmark AID Germany
signed at Vienna October 80,
Actual hostilities covered 4
space df22 weeks.
The German-ItaIan war of.
1866 was begun by Prussia
June IA. Italy declered war
against Austria June 80. The
battle of Custoza was fought
June "a, and the battle of .Sa-
dowa July 8. The treaty of.
peace between Prussia and Aus
tria was signedlat Prague Au- :
gust %, and between Austria
and Italy, at Viepna, October
4. Actual hostilities between
the belligerents lasted only five
weeks. ~ y
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MAMMOTH TREES.-It is well
known that California has the lar
gest trees in the world, some OF
them measuring, as the fallen fa-
ther of the Calayeras forest demon
strates, $50 feet in circumference.
In the same grove are two stand
ing perfect, growing trees, $50 feet
high, which measure respectfully
80 and 84 feet in circumference.
In Fresno county a grove has re-
Gently been discovered, which are
still larger, one perfect growing
tree is 400 feet high, and 1921 feet
in circumference; a beautiful form
ed tree.
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Our Boys.

The boys of this day are more
specially the representatives Of
the features of the age than
anything else. We sometimes
say it is a railroad age, to ex-
press its fastness and it's fierce
ness; but the locomotive does
not begin to compare with an
average boy, as a reflex of the
features of the age. At fifteen
years he is as Independent and
self-supporting as a young man
of 21 was in our fathers day.
He imagines himself equal to
any enterprise from running q
steamboat to commanding a
regiment. He possesses all the
vices of the times, and reflects
all its characteristics. Such a
thing as reverence hei is q astran-
ger to, and can not be made to
understand it, He can not COM
prehend that old men are en-
titled to his humble respect, or
even that his parents have any
rightful authority over him.
Their duties are limited to fur
nishing him the means of going
to college, or Of maintaining
himself in the position of a
well-bred young gentleman at
home. He affects cigars and
pipes, and what he doesn't
know about meerschaum and
Turkish tobacco is not worth
knowing. He may be pale,
fragile, nervous, thin-chested
and dispeptic; but his eye is
cold and fierce as a brigand,
and he is as reckless in the use
OF his tobocco as an old tar. He
may, in spite of his vices and
evil habits, have a substratum
of genuine principle in him; if
So, the hard knocks, trials and
sutferings oflife will develop it,
and make good citizen of him,
through much tribulation; but
if his principles are fraif, he will
most likely become a helpless
and irreparable wreck before he
is 80; and live out his days in
dependency and uselessness,
And yet, the fault is not that
of the boys themselves; it is
their fathers. Men have so
much to do, that they imagine
they have no time to look after
their sons. They buy their
clothes and books, and send
them to school and college
and that is all. They do not
inquire into their boys habits
and associates; they give them
selves no concern about how
they are spending their leisure
hours. Indeed, they know lit
tie about their boys after they
have passed into their teens.
They do not seek to gain their
confidence, but allow a feeling
of estrangement to grow mp be-
tween them and their sons, at
that critical period in the lives
of the latter, when they most
need direction and advice. II
boys are independent, it is be-
cause they are left to them
selves, and forced to become so
They choose their own asso-
ciates, pleasures and occupa-
tions, and if the choice is fire,
quently bad, it is because they
have no paternal. counsel to
guide them. -Ifmen would de.
vote to the care and discipline
of their children a portion Of
the time which they giveexclu.
sively to business, they might
notaccumulate much money
but they would have bettel
sons and daughters.
MAMMOTH TREES.-It is vel
known that California has the lar
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Notaries Public, Sheriffs, Re-
corders and others will do we'll to
read the subjoined extract from
State Laws, now in force:
EXTRACT FROM ACT 1856, SEC.
3147.-''Hereafter, neither Sher-
ifs, Recorders, or NotariesP Public,
throughout the State, nor other
persons authorized to convey real
estate by public act, shall pass or
execute any act for the sale, trans
fer, or exchange of any real estate
situated within said Parish, unless
the State, Parish and Municipal
taxes due on the same be first
paid; to be shown by the Tax Col
lectors receipt, or certificate to
that purpose.
"Sec. 1854. The Sheriffs, Re.
corders, Notary Publics, or Others
violating the provisions of the
preceding section, shall upon con.
victiOn thereof, be fined a sum oi
not less than $50, nor more than
5000 for each violation, to be re
covered by the District Attorney.
for the use of the free schools, be
fore any competent tribunal"
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WoMANLY MoDESTY.-Man
loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky, the full blown rose,
leave him unmOved, but the yio-
let which hides its blushing
beauties behind the bush, and
the moon when she emerges
from beneath a cloud, are to him
sources Transportation and pleas
ure. Modesty is to merit what
shade is to figures in painting
it gives boldness and promi-
nence. Nothing adds more to
female beauty than modesty; it
sheds around the countenance
a halo of light which is borrow
ed from virtue. Botanists have
given to the rosy hue which
tinges the cup of the white rose
thename of the "maiden blush"
This pure and delicate hue is
the only paint Christian virgins
should use; it is the richest or
nament. A woman without
modesty is like a faded flower,
which diffQses an unwholesome
odor, and which the prudent
gardener will throw from him.
Her destiny is melancholy, for
it terminates in shame aud re-
pentanee. Beauty passes like
the flower of the albo, which
blooms and dies in a few hours,
but modesty gives the female
character charms which supply
the place Of this transitory
freshness of youth.
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It is said that there are 400, 900
acres of land III the Yazoo Basin,
Miss, liable to overflow. which it
properly protected, is capable of
producing more cotton than has
been raised in the United States
in any one year since the war.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-08-20

A Texas editor has had present.
ed to him, by his admiring lady
readers, an embroidered shirt.
which presents a pictorial history
ofthe State, including The Mexican
war. The editor wears the shirt
outside of his coat, and wherever
he goes he is followed by a crowd
of admiring boys studying from
the back OF it the fine arts and
booking themselvs in Texas poll
tics.
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The Piano as q PestiIenca.

Piano-drumming is an ism of
the United States rather than
of New York, but it has, proba-
bly,, its highest point of devel-
opment here. There is no other
city in the Union where the
scales are more mercileSsly run,
the gamnt more implacably
prosecuted, than in New York.
If the census takers would only
put down the number Of piano
players, they would crafty the
curiosity and receive the thanks
of hundreds of invafids. IAba-
lieye that many a convalescent
has beep pianoed into a relapse,
and thence to the grave. Many
a moribund has been FASTENED
to the tomb at a much quicker
pace than he would otherwise
have been by Days Of Absence
executed by one digit. More
than one brain fever has been
generated by a long course of
"Shoo Fly" There be nervous
sufferers who will not survive
Captain Jinks, Of the Horse
Marines I dare say typhoid
has been promoted by "Walk-
ing Down Broadway" and ]
have little doubt that mental
imbecility has been caused by
''Tassels on her Boots.'' | do
not know that the piano has
ever figured in health office re-
turns as cause of death, but |
have my suspicious that as
many die from it every year as
from sunstroke or drowning.
You can not treat it as you
would a fat-boiling establish
ment, and 1ndlct 1T as anui-
sance. You may gag over the
melodious death, but-you have
to swallow it, whether you will
or not. You are like the drunk
ard whose physician Furnishes
him by condemning him to
have the taste and essence of
whisky inserted into everything
he eats and drinks. With every
mouthful swallowed his disgust
grows more intense, until he
frantically begs to be given his
natural food again.-N Y. Cor.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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The weary world wants wo-
men. It has had enough OF
those who call themselves so;
enough Of those who frown on
worth and culture, and make
fashion, and family, and posi-
ton override all other claims;
enoughof indolent self-indul-
gence and pretence, and it
groansin travailfOr the genuine
woman, representative Of all
that is possible, high ami noble
in her sex, 1t waits for those
who shall dare to be true to
every Womanly instinct, assert
and defend every womanly con-
viction in the womanly spirit,
and send out into society and
through all the earth the light
and grace, the healing and
power that come of woman.
Everywhere in society it is
woman that we want. AS the
reach and crown of mans life
is to be manly, as that sums up
and includes all that we have
to say or aspire to, so to be wo-
manly is the one worthy OBJ
ject OF feminine aspiration; and
the true womanliness is not
only the eliminating of the sex,
but the diyinest beauty that
God gives man to see. Iplead
for it, for the beatitude that it
may be to one and ali. I plead
tor it, because so many in the
glare of the life that now is
have forgotten the glory it
might be made to be; because
so many are looking for peace,
Satisfaction, award where they
never can De found. / plead
for every day, and more and
more, / feel the want of women
for every need and deed of life,
women not of genius but OF
character, not of position but OF
influence, women sanity and
tender and true. It was a gen.
uine outburst that broke from
sweet lips, and many a woman
says i'll want to be above
the little meanness and follies
and frailty that spoil so many
women Only let that he the
broad want, only let women
see to it that these are uproot-
ed and flung away, only let wo,
mahly grace and virtue abound
and the work is done, and she
who is said to have lost us Eden
will have gained lis Paradise
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Mr.. Jefferson Davis is said by,
the Aberdeen Examiner to be the
author ofthesGheme which contem
nlatesthe construction of a railway
from Canton to Mississippi City,
between New Orleans and Mobile.
This is the chief means of aggraxl-
dizing Mississippi contemplated
by Governor. Alcorn. F
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"Can we be happy in heaven,
with our friends and relatives in
perdition ?" is now asked from a
Cincinnati pulpit.
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~. B. Watkins.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Minden. La. win
n I practice in the 10th and I1th District
Courts Prompt attention given TO all legal
business entrusted to his care. v7n23
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It is true that the Queen was
desir0us Dickens should accept
some token OF royal favor. More
than one overture was made to
him on the subject, but to all the
proposals OF the Sovereign he ne.
turned a refusal. have reason
for stating that the highest dignii
tyof all was fieyer rendered to
him. He might have been made
q Baronet. but.to have made him
a peer Of the realm would have
been contrary to precedent cr.'
Chicago Tribune. sgse
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AsGov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin,
and a friend were riding by rail-
from Madison lately, two young
ladies with their beaux entered
the crowded car, and the distin:
gnished gentlemen surrendered
their seats to the fair ones. But
great was their surprise to see the
young men occupy their seats and
take their companions upon their
laps. "By George said the Gov
ernor, tive might have done that
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:. NJ. MUTT.
Il. MUTT. All TEoNApn
Mutt = Leonard.

A TToRNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street,
n Shreveport, La viii practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
DlehVllle' V7n40
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A description of a late fight, in
which twelve sayages were killed,
thus concludes: "Conversion and
death Of twelve more heathen,
glory to God and our cavalry. =
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The English debt is now less
than it has ever been since 1913
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RiGgtO Drinking Saloon.
S ~ D. sF4stt
Family Groceries.
g. S. Raspberry, Proprietor,

Beteeae, Id,
NKyishes to inform his friends and the rest
w of mankind, that he has just received
fresh supply of Bar Liquors, of every
kind. Tobacco, Cigars, Candies, Oysters,
Sardines, Pickles, Candies, and q great va
riety of other articles too numerous to emu
merate All of which he will sell IS cheap,
for the cash, as they can he bought elsewhere
IN the market, andto which hp invites the
attention Of buyers. as.F vSn41
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DIR. W.. .M. SaC0ssa,

Has. resumed the practice of Medicine.
AI in Bellevue, La. n4I
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W. IL sEE0DEey, ~. d..

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Having permanently located at Bellevue
- for the practice of his profession, re-
sl,ectfully offers his services to the citizens
Of the town and vicinity. y9n10
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R. =. Eoa.r.

A TToR?EEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
IN parish, La. y6nI6
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Hayes City, Kansas, has . TO-
male constable. Wnsn she has
ali attachment for a man, especial
~ a young man, she sticks TO him
like spanlding glue. q isyI.T
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The Aberdeen Examiner, of
July, says that negro women
was terribly, if not fatally, burned
By the explosion of a kerosene
lamp, which she was carrying in
her hand from one room to another.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-29

General j. II. Lewis Democratl was yes,
terday elected TO Congress Rom the thirsl
lIsentucEyi district--lhe seat vacated by
Golladay. The latter, it Is Thought, VIII con-
test the seat, he claiming to be still MEM
ber of the Forty-First Congress- 0snct,s'sat1
Commercial aa
1t can never be pleasant to be stoned TO
death by mistake. A poor man VINO ifYel
at Middle Village, Long Island, has expe'
rienced that unhappy fate. lie irst inl-
agined that some men We're pursuing h,,d,
and took to his hep,s to have o. run for hf'
,ifa; Seeing him f4ih, q couple of teamsteis'
concluded Tint he must certainly be bnf-
glar. Presently crowd joined In the pur-
suit, and peited the fugitive with stones,
bricks, and clubs, until he was at the point
Of death, when. they kindly turned bi1i
over to q doctor. People who visit MidHN
Village had better not 60 beyond slow
walk. 1t is evidently US much as mans
lie Is worth to run a few yards in those be-
nighfed payts,-yNes0 York Times.
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General Assembly Of Virginia.

RICHMOND, April %. 1870

hpTl &c 1SlU.
A conference of the Two Houses Of the
General Assembly was held at the Ballard
House this morning for the purpose of ma
king arrangements for the future sessions OF
the respective Houses.
Mr.. WADREtL, senator fro4 Augusta,
was called to The chair, aid Mr.. j. BELL
B,GGER,, clerk of the House of Delegates,
was appointed secretary.
On motion Of Mr.. BuDD, delegate. from
Louioun, Il committee OF three senator's and
five delegates was appointed to ascertain
what rooms and accolnnoda tions Gail be Oh:
tailed ior the two Houses Of the General
Assembly, with instructions 10 report to this
conference ut 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
A substitute to Mr.. BUDD's resolution,
proposed by Mr.. SEGAR, of Norfolk, pro-
Viding for recess Of the Legislature for
fifteen days, and directing the Governor to
make necessary repairs at the Capitol in
the mean time, was voted down.
Senator's Courtney FERRY, and Smith Of
shaw, Hill of AIbemarle, and Graham Of
Washington. /
On motion of Mr.. PoRHAM, delegate from,
Bath, it was ordered that fhe cQmmittet
alfeaty appointed shan CONSULT General
NcwBerry rs to the proper steps to be taken
fortle recovery Of papers, documents, ETC.,
of the members Of the House lost by the
eatasirapbe az the papitQl Yesterday:
On motion Of MIR. MeCAp!L, it was re.
solved that as many as were able to do so OF
the members Of the General Assembly
Would meet vt Az II. NJ, in this room, to
attend in body tho funeral OF John Turner,
the page Of the House who was killed yes
terday. a
Lieutenant Governor MARYE stated that
a meeting Of the citiGens Of Richmond
would be held oItho Cdbttol Square at l.
NJ, ald he'was requested to invite the at'
tendance of the Legislature.
Mr., Bunn, delegate from Loudouns offered
Il resolution accepting the invitation and
declaring that the members Of the General
Assembly will cordially unite With the Aeo'
un lnotiau, the Conference then. nd.
journod to meet again ut 10 A. NJ. tomorrow
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House of Delegates met at the clerk 3
oflice-Mr. WooDsoN in the chair--at l.
O'Clock, and adjourned over until II O'Clock
to-day, when it Is hoped that a quorum
viii be present, ih order that an arrange
liaeflt may be made for future meetings
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The Richmond Calamity in wash
iRgrOn.
FrOM ONT KcEUIar Corresponding:
" WASHINGTON, Aprll 81, 1870

FIoll hCEuisFl
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1870.
The terrible calamity that has fallen upon
the long-Sutlering city of Richmond is the
topic here tonight that outweighs all others
in interest and mournful anxiety. In the
hotels. ut. the telegraph and newspaper
offices. and in all public places, crowds of
eager nien arc ghturred,' discussing Wlti,
sad faces the various reports which are
being received from time to time Of the sad
calamity.
Mr.. platt announced the disuSter in the
House of Representatives about 3 O'Clock
THIS afternoon, and the anxiety to hear the
itieerams he iaa received read was ilniYef-
sal, many members rising in their seats and
others moving towards the recipient of the
kilograms. When Mr.. Platt commenced to
read, but his voice was not audible to the
whole number present, and cries Of
"iouder' were heard over the hall.
This city is full Of friends TO Virginia ard
Yirginians, anu i'll this trying hour their
an%ietieS and sympatllies are fully aroused.
The senators and representatives from
Virginia are among the most eager inqlircrs
for details but in that respect no comlnri-
sons are co be inaue. Alotrning and sad
ness are eueryauherc evident-fr0m the
highest to the lowest there is every ihdica-
ton of sympathy and sorrow. TIMoN.
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sREsHAE N0T1CEs.

+ ~ LADIES, DREss GooDa-We
have now In store 80 "a.
JAPANEsE PoPLINs and SILKS.
PLAIN and FIGURED JAPANESE or .fyrus
LIMOS MozAMBIpUES, -. -
PLAIN and PRINTED FRENCH CAMBRIcs
PLAIN aud PRINTED LAWNS. n -
9INGHAMA PTQUEs, f&
DRAB and BUFF LINEEa. ~
ALPACAS, DELAINEs,
IRON GRENADINES, BAREGEs,
LINEN LAWNS;
r0PLIES, checked and striped; lEE
NAINSOOK; +.
NULL and SWISS MUsLINS;
|. cos; .f -.
BRnLIANTs, MARsErLLEs. &C., at
= = LEVY BROTHERS.,
7erg1 -. r No. 1213 and LIS Main street.
MARsEILLES TRIMMINGS at IS, rs, so, and
,1se., Just one-haR the regular prices. apps