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$4,000 90

Which report after having been
read was unanimously adopted,
and the Clerk is hereby ordered
to furnish a copy of the same to
the Bossier Banner for publication
for the legal length oftime.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury
of Bossier Parish, La, That the
following accounts be and they
are hereby allowed:
To w. j. Carter, for services
as guard to Noonan and
West, for 8 5 80
To VIM. NJ. Swami, for first
quarterage as Parish Ply
sieian to July 90, 1870. for GO so
To B. F. Fort, for services as
Clerk pro TEN. at lastmeet-
ing. and Cor the record of
Judgment in the case of
Bossier Parish ys. S, Rich
ardson, ct ais, for a IA
To B. F. Fort. agent Oft. w.
Fuller. for one-half quarter
age due to July 9Th, 1870.
as District Attorney pro
tem., for 60 so
To T. w. Fuller. for one halt
quarterage due him to July
Goth, 1870, as District At
torney pro tenn, for 62 so
To Miss Alice Pridmore, for
one Parish scrip, this day
presented, for so 90
To Miss Alice Pridmore, for
two Parish scrips, this day
presented, for SD 10
To j. N. Cooper, for three
Parish scrips, this day pre-
sented, for 63 Is
To R. o. Hill. for two Parish
scrips, this day presented,
for "a 10
To j. w. Duncan, for one
Parish scrip, this day pre-
sented, for 25 90
To E. X, Russ, Sheriff, for 9
days services in attendance
on Parish Court, at June
July and August terms of
1870, for As OO
To E. X. Russ, Sheriff. for
attendance on Police Jury,
for two quarters ending
Sept, 80, 1870. for so 90
To w. H. Scanland, editor
Bossier Banner, for I'd and
Sd quarters. printing, as
per contract, ending Sept.
30, 1870, for I25 OC
To j. l.. C. Graham, for one
Jury scrip, this day pre-
sented, for ID 7O
To w. II. Head, j. P, 4tb
Ward, for Justices costs
in various State case item
ized accounts fled, for IL 0C
To w. R. Head. Coroner, for
services in holding inquests
on the body of Jacob Sim
ons, and the bodies of three
unknown persons, for ITO 0C
To I. N. Braden, Clerk, for
Clerks costs in various
otate cases. ltemlzed ac-
counts of which are filed,
for IOl II
To 7. N. Braden, Clerk. for
amount allowed by Revised
Statutes. and for issuing
Jury serips at March term,
1870, and for Clerks costs
incase of Bossier Parish se.
s. Richardson, ct als.s for IlS /;
To j. II. Smith, for services
as Deputy Sheriff in case
ofthe State vs., NJ, Ballard.
for S 81
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Be it enacted, That the follow
lowing named parties be allowed
the following amounts for seryi-
ces as jurors, and mileage in hold
ing Coroner's inquest on the bod
les Of three unknown parties, fan
the amounts except the first were
ISSUED in one scrip, to 7. n. Bra
den, ct ais, to-wit:
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warrants, this day presented, De
allowed for the sum of $140 10.
Be it enacted, That the account
of E. K. Russ. Sheriff, for serving
Jury summons and mileage on
same, on Jurors drawn for the
September term, 1870, for s163 so
was, on motion, disallowed by q
unanimous vote of the body.
Be it tenacted, That the follow.
ing accounts be and they are here
by allowed, viz:
To r. j. Wright. for Clerks
cost, in the case of James
Ford Pres't Police Jury of
Bossier, vs.. VIM, Thatcher,
in Cadde Parish Court, No.
1892, for sa2 80
To w. Fl, Scanland, for print
ing 500 blank Warrants, as
per contract, for 25 90
To Thos Lyles, for board, at
tention. nursing and burial
Of George Wiley, for 25 90
To JAS. Ford, for one witness
scrip, for 4 80
To w. l.. Coyle, for three Jury
scrips, for Is so
To j. j. O'Conner, Sheriff Of
Caddo Parish, for board of
Sam. Hamilton and Addison
Lynch, to July 18th. 1870.
itemized account filed, for 90 80
To w. X. 0'Neal. j. P. 4th
Ward, for Justices costs in
the case of the State vs.. NJ.
Cipael. itemized account, for 25
To E. B. Taylor, for Witness
and Parish scrips present
ed, for 81 40
To E. R. Moore, for articles
purchased by E. K. Russ
and &. B. Taylor. for use of
Parish and Police Jury, for 90
To G.. 5. Rasberry, for three
Witness scrips presented.
for 81 S6
The Committee appointed at a
previous meeting, to revise the
laws Of this Parish, rendered their
report in words and figures as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Bellevue, La, Sept. 27, 1870.
To the Police jury: We, the
4
undersigned, appointed by your
body to revise the laws of the Par
ish, of a general nature, and to
propose amendments to the same,
have to report that We have now
finished the revision.
The amendments that we deem
ed necessary, we have heretofore
presented, and they have been
acted upon by your body. Many
laws we presumed to exist, could
not be found, and therefore, in our
amendments we endeavored to
supply the deficiencies. We also
proposed many laws upon subjects
under the jurisdiction of Police
Juries, which had never before
been acted upon. This being the
first attempt in this Parish, or
elsewhere as We are aware, to re-
wise and embody Parish Laws, We
fear that some errors and omis-
sions may have occurred, but by
our labors, we are sure much bene-
fit will accrue to the public, in the
furnishing ofa thing long needed.
B. f. Fort,
THos. w. FULLER,
j. r. GRIFFIN.
The said committee then tender
ed the following asa memorandum
of the laws which they had reyis-
ed or acted on, viz:
An act revising the laws of a
general nature, passed by the Po-
lice jury, and embracing the same
and in relation to bridges; in re-
lation to the Court house; in rela-
tion to the Clerk of the Police
Jury in relation to the Clerk of
the District Court; in relation to
domestic animals and Estrays in
relation to ferries in relation to
the Jail and prescribing police for
] the same: in relation to marks
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B. F. Fort.
u. D. Wsnekiaaa.

A TT0RNEY AT LAW, Minden. La. WIN
IN practice in the 10th and llth District
Courts. Prompt attention given to all legal
business entrusted to his care. y7n25
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
Eating too Much.

1t Is related Of Roman ruler, that af
ter eating hearty meal he would take
an cmetic in order to eat another. TSsis.
perhdps,is seeking for pleasure at dear
er rate than most people are inclined to
indulge in; vet the principle Of the thing
exists in more people than we are dis
posed at first to admit. II is very com
mon, as warm weather approaches, to
continue our usual allowance, though
there is less need than during the cold
weather; and we only feed the bad effects
after the stomach has been ovprtaxed
sufficiently long to cause headache, diz-
ziness, lassitude and general debility
Great varieties a. meals lead to it, be-
cause eating a little of great many
things will make great deal in the end,
and thus we often eat more than we real
ly need. Eating when the system is
weary will lead us into the same error,
for the very weakness existing in the
body, influences the whole body, so that
the stomach cannot digest what it other
wise would; and in its weakened condi-
tion 1t frequently presents inordinate de-
mauds, and we eat too mReh. Eating
bits at all hours of the day leads us into
the habit of eating too much for by this
habit the normal condition OF the stom-
ach is subverted, and while thus used it
cannot he faithful monitor the wants
of the system. Thus, the constant ten
dency of both adults and children is to
eat too much for health, and it is 10
doubt a fact that more people die from
gluttony than from starvation. The
multitudes ofdyspeCtics are not general
ly made so by short allowances of prop
er food, but by inordinate stuffing Of rich
viands, or by improper diet and imper-
feet nourishment. Thus the principle of
the Roman continues to work, though
we may not go as far as he did yet We
love to eat, and often love to cut too
much
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
WHOLE NUMBER 1918.
The Wealth Of Job.

This man was the greatest of all the
men of the East.-,Job /, 3.
At this distance OF time. snpposcd IN
he 1900 years since he existed, Il is diii-
cult TO estimate Jobs wealth but as
some items are given, it may be attempt.
ed, although the relative value of money
at the extremes of the 5000 years, leaves
us at a loss to calculate the precise
amount.
l.. The extent Of land he owned may
be found from the support his stock
needed. 1000 sheep would require q
range 6 az many acres 5000 camels
would need i've acres each. 1000 yeke
OF oxen, an equal range Of five acres
with the camels. 500 asses, about two
acres each. And his household, which
was "very great" 1000 acres. In all.
10000 acres. TIE value of this amounf
at S. per acres, $l5O,0OO.
2. The cost of Jobs cattle--7,O0o
sheep at 81 each 5000 cameis at proba-
bly, 500; 1000 oxen at $40 each ); and
500 asses at the same price. This would
equal $4,000.
3. To tend such vast herds, according
to the custom of the East, the number
Of laborers must have been large. Abra-
ham, contemporary with Job, could
muster in his own family retinue 3l8
trained men at arms. AS many more
must have remained at home to attend
to his flocks, &C., when the Patriarch
went in pursuit of the invaders of Lots
territory. Job may have had 300. Their
pay and support $4,000.
4. The necessary houses for living
and shelter and the folds could not be
less than $4,000.
The whole value of the above would
be $37O,O00.
All this wealth seems incredible, were
it not declared by the voice of Inspirs-
,ion. AT the close of the book we are
told that even this amount was dupli.
Gated, or S74O,OOO.
When we compare this with the reia-
tive present value of money and that OF
Jobs day, his wealth was enormous.
Episcopalidn.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
from the Christian Union
Chinese Domesties.

The Chinese are so quick toiearn, ant 90
fond Of appearing skillfull, that they will at
tempt things for the first tune, and do them
well, with the air of an old expert A friend
Of ours, who had q Chinaman for a cook, feels
sure that good many of the dishes that he
prepares are extemporaneous, but wonderfully
successful limitations that lie has never pre-
pared them before, but simply kept his bright
little eyes, at some time or other on the oper-
alton. This man-seryant is a marvel. He
keeps the kitchen Immediately clean, but the
lady of the house sarcely ever sees him work.
ing. And all his culinary operations are car
ried on without fuss, confusion or dirt. 1t is
almost like being in heaven.
Another friend, in illustration of the quick
ness of our Celestial visitors, tells us what he
saw at church in San Francisco. Two stran-
gers entered and took seat in front oF o
Chinaman. He had no book, but upon seeing
one of the strangers searching for the hymn,
he leaned forward, took the book from him.
turned down the leaves between his forefnger
and thumb, and in a twinklng opened il at
the right place, and politely handed it back.
The man was so surprised that he could hard.
ly sing. But he was destined to still greater
astonishment. for not having noticed that the
second verse of the last hymn was TO be omit
ted, lie began to sing it, and was tapped on the
shoulder by the vigilant Chinaman, who qui.
etly put his finger on the third stanza We
need not add that this time the stranger Lost
his breath entirely.
Cinnamon learn the language With wonder
full celebrity; and they are neat, industrious,
frugal and harmless. Surely, there IL room
for some of them in such roomy country as
this, where so many families are boarding In
great discomfort, and at high price with their
servants.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
Superstition of the Alaska Indians.

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin writes as follows from Sitka =
1t may be unknown to your readers
that the Indians OF some portion of this
Territory have been in the habit of sac
rificing the lives of one or more slaves
on the death of any one of their chiefs
or medicine men. The custom is based
on the supposition that in the spirit land
the services of such slaves are necessary
TO the comfort and well being of the de-
parted, and to avoid the trouble of en-
ploying such in that happy hunting
ground. they dispatch one of his human
chattels at the same time the spirit of
the warrior chief takes its upward fight.
An instance of this occurred here three
weeks ago. About ten o'clock, the SEN
tinel on the palisade gate, leading to In
diantown, was attracted by the wailing
cry OF squaw. Inquiring the cause Of
her distress, she informed him that her
son was tied mp preparatory to being
stabbed-the usual mode of dispatching
them-for the purpose above mentioned.
The eommandant Of the post was notih-
ed, and an officer was sent TO rescue the
intended victim OF such barbarity. On
the officers arrival, strange sight pre-
sented itself On a bed lay the dying
chief; an intelligent looking boy OF ten
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
ASHTABULA OHIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST o. 1870

or twelve years Of age, bound hand and
foot, looked the incarnation Of dispar.--
Around him with drawn knives, stood
tiie relatives Of the dying man, at whose
signal they would be buried in tho vitals
of the trembling yout,. The sombre
gloom Of the apartment, lit up 6tfuily
by the smouldering fire; the wild, un-
earthly sound Of the G1-tjn, and wailing
dearli-cry Of the tribe outside the house,
made up picture to be appreciated on
ly by witness Of the scene. The officer
Immediately released the boy and brought
him TO rhe GARRISON, where he was kept
until the family of the departed warrior
prosnised not 10 molest him in future.
This has been the second instance Of the
kind occurring here since our occupation
of the Territory.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

Thus is LIFE.-If We die to-day, the
sun will shine as brightly, and the birds
sing as sweetly tomorrow. Business
will not be suspended a moment, and
the great mass will not bestow thought
upon our memories. Is he dead win
be the solemn inquiry of few, as they
pass to their work. But no one viii
miss Us except our immediate connec-
tions, and in short time they will forget
us, and laugh as merrily as when we sat
beside them. Thus shall We all, now
active in life, pass awy, Our children
crowd close behind us, and they will
soon be gone In few years not q
living being can say, 81 remember him r.
we lived in another age, and did busi-
ncss with those who slumber in the tomb
Thus is life. How rapidly it passss
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

] know of an instance, says a corres-
pondent of the WOn,d1's Journal, where
a fashionable dress-maker in New York
urged an economical young girl, about
to be married, to buy of her a costly
trousseau, or wedding outfit. "But I
have not the money!" said the maiden.
"No NATTER said the complainant tempt
er, Il will wait four years, and send in
the bill to your husband by degrees
Many ladies do it." Fancy the position
OF pure young girl, wishing innocently
to make herself beautiful in the eyes Of
her husband, and persuaded to go into
his house with trick like this upon her
conscience Yet it grows directly out Of
the whole theory oflite which is preached
to many woman-that all they seek
must be won by indirect maneuvers, and
not by straightforward living. .e
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL. 1t is not long
since medical materialist sought to sustain
against famous preacher, the doctine of the
non-existence of the soul; upon which subject
he asked the Rev. Father three questions;
Have you ever seen a soul ?-No.
Have you ever h6Qrda soul mo
Have you ever tasted soulP-No,
Did you ever feel soul''-"Yes, thank God"
said the Father.
SThen see," continued the doctor, "here we
have three of the senses against one, in proof
that there is no soul" 1ss
The Rev. Father replied with these gus
tions.
"If you are doctor OF medicine tell me-
Have you ever seen pain ?--No. .
Have you ever heard pain p-Ro.
Have you ever smeLled a pain?-No.
Have you ever tasted pain ?-No.
Did you ever feel a pain l-Yes."
"Then," continued the Father, "here you
have four of the senses against one, which
show there is no pain, and yet you know ihat
it exists, and in the same msnner me sous e.
Ssts."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
Select Poetry.
AsDinner and a Kiss.

II have brought your dinner, father"
The blacksmith's daughter said,
AS she took from her arm the kettle
And lifted it's shining lid.
"There is not any pie or pudding,
So will give you this"
And upon the tlme-worn forehead
She LEFT the childish kiss.
The blacksmith took off his apron
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food,
While all about him were visions
Full Of prophetic bliss;
But he never thought of magic
In his little daughters kiss.
While she with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
Stopping at sight of squirrel,
Catching some wild birds lay.
And ] thought how many q shadow
Of life and fate we would miss,
If always our frugal dinners
Were seasoned with a kiss
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

BoYs on THF FARM. - The Prairie
Farmer, in speaking of "boy's rights
on farm" talks in this truthful way:
"We are strongly inclined to the opin-
ion that there are no offices SO poorly
appreciated as those performed by boys
on farm. They stliom get any credit
when things go well, and ordinarily incur
all the blame when the contrary is the
case. If anything is lost, it is always
the boy that has been neglectful. If the
gate was unfastened, or the bars down,
it is the boy who was to blame. If the
hens don't lay, it's because the boy hasn't
fed them. If dinner is late, it is for the
reas On that the boy did not prepare the
wood in season. If the COW gives
bloody milk, it is because the boy threw
a stone at her, killed toad in her path,
or raced her in driving her home. Cattle
get into fields because boys break down
the fence in climbing over them. Roofs
are leaky, tor the reason that they have
been running on them. If a pitcher is
broken by some older member of the
family, the cause Is to be traced a crack
made by the boy the last time he used it.
All of which is sadly true The most
uninteres,ing work, sorting potatoes
rainy days, setting out caobages after a
shower, turning grindstone by the
hour to grind dull scythes and duller
axes, running for water while the men
rest their iron legs, working with the
poorest tools, such as dull scythes, and
old, worn out hoes, manure forks with
two tines, and like treatment with refer
ence to almost everything, is too often
the lot of boys who are expected to love
farming and grow up to be farmers.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

COOPERATION OF WIvEs.--No man
ever prospered in the world without the
cooperation of his wife. II she unites
in mutual endeayers or rewards with an
eadearing smile, with what confidence
will he resort TO his merchandise or his
farm, fy over the land, sail upon the
seas, meet difficulty and encounter dan.
gers if he knows that he is not spending
his strength in vain, but that his labor
will be rewarded by the sweets of hemef
Solicitude and disappointment enter the
history of every mans life, and he is bnt
half provided for the voyage who finds
but an associate for happy hours. whils
for4nonths OF darkness and distrees no
sympatbizips partner Is prepared sss
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

HARD WATER.--Dr. Letheby. in an AZ.
tlcle Oh the water supply of London.
states that water of moderate hardness,
like that used in London, Paris Vienna,
and some other European cities, is always
to be preferred to that which is entirely
soft, as being best suited for domestic
purposes on account of being brighter to
the eye and more agreeable to the taste.
He also makes the singular announce
ment that the French authorities are so
well satisfied of the superiority OF hard
water that they pass by that of the sandy
plains near Paris, ard go far away to the
chalk hills of the Champagne, where they
find water even harder than that OF Lon
don; giving as reason for the prefer
ence that more ofthe conscripts from the
soft-water district are rejected on account
of the want of strength of muscle, than
from the hard-water dirtricts, from which
they conclude that the calcareons mat
ter is favorable to the formation of the
tissues.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
Address of the Republican Congress
slonal Committee.

Repiew Of the History Of the Purity What it
has AcoOmplished- Work get TO be Done
Success of President Grants Administration
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27
IMPROVE YOUR SIGHT!
BY THE USE OF
PYKE'S PARAB0LA P SPECTAOLES
Manufactory at Utica, New York.

(TEORGE WILLARD,
Dealer in Drugs and Medicines Hardware &c, Ashia-
bua Ohio appointed agent for the sale Of tho abo~s
celebrated speefaeles.
Persons wearing glasses, or those in need OF them,
Will 30 well 70 ea for In every case We guarontes to
suit hle Sight Perfectly.
rs d- tB- No Psddlsss Bnploysd. IA iaa
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II CEr @IC EII

w E have good supply of excellent
Lake Ice which will deliver three days each week.
at 80 cents hundred pounds We sell for 50 cents at
the Ice House. F'i-'Tlli Hili ofNt n NJ ~
; Please send in yoar orders. . a..,,ss,.2.. =
% Ashisbpls Depot May ssh, lsTa - = - iO6S1
sHru" N Z ,drcaDI z
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-27

Trains do not stop stations where the time is omitted
in the above table.
CHARLES Y. HATCH
1898 General Sup't, Cleveland.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-04-07

Act u provide for the publication Of the laws
Of the L aited States and for other purposes" do
hereby certify THAT THE FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT AFORESAID HAS BE-
CONE VALID TO ALL 1NTENTS AND
PURPOSES AS A PART OF THE CON
SrITUTiON OF THE UNITED STATES
In testimony rphereof. have hereunto set my
hand AMI caused the seal of the Department Of
State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington. this both
day Of NJ rch. in the year Of our Lord 1870,
ami Of the independence Of the Uai'si Stats 8
the 9Ith
(Signed.) HAMILTON FISH.
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