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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-07-09
Straw Sale.

ENstrayed before the undersigned, ON the
~ 18th day of january, 1870, BY WIN
Allen, and will be sold at Belle, ne, La
for cash, to the highest bidder, on Saturday
the 10th day of July, 1870, small BAY
HORSE PONY. Appraised at $50.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, &c
J. II. LOTION, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, Jan IS, 1870.
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Sgs.Ny Sale.

E1Hstrayed before w j Bush, j. p, by VIM
- Walhng, en- the 18th day of March
1869, and win be sold for cash on the 18th
day of June, 1870, at Bellevue, two steers
one pale red and the other brindle dun
each marked with swallow fork in both
ears, split on under side, and branded with
the letter w. Appraised at $l2 50, each.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay ehrages, &c.
j. III. LOTION, Stray Master
Bellevue, La, March Goth, 1870
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Who Would be a Boy Again.

In company one evening when
the song "Would I were a boy
again." was called for, a gray
headed "old boy" discoursed |
thus:
"a boy againl Who would be
a boy again, if he could? to have |
measles, itch and humps; to get |
licked by bigger boys and scolded
by'older brothers; to stump toes;
to slip up on the ice; to do chores;
to get your ears boxed; to get
whaled by a thick headed school
master; to be made to stand up as
the Ounce for the amusement of
the whole school and tell you how
miserable, weak, and stupid you
were when you were born, and to
ask you what would have become
of you at that interesting time in
life if your parents had not been
so patient with and so kind to you;
to eat at the second table when
company comes; to set out cab
bage plants and thin corn because
you are little, and consequently
it wouldn't make your back ache
much; to be made to go to school
when you don't want to; to lose
your marbles; to have your sled
broken; to get hit in the eyes with
frozen apples and soggy snow
balls; to cut your finger; to lose
your knife; to have a hole in the
seat of your only pair of pants
when your pretty cousin from the
city comes to see you; to be called
a coward at school if you don't
fight; to be whaled at home ifyou
do fight at school; to be stuck
after a little girl and dare not tell
her; to have boy too big for you
to lick to tell you that your sweet
heart squints; to have you sweet
heart cut you dead and affiliate
with that boy John Smith, whom
you hate particularly because he
set your nose out ofjoint the week
before; to be made to go to bed
when you amt a bit sleepy; to
have no fire crackers on the 4th
of July, no skates on Christmas;
to want piece Of bread and but
ter with honey and get your ears
pulled; to be kept from the circus
when it comes to town and when
all other boys go; to get pounded
for stealing roasting ears; to get
run by bull dogs for trying to nip
watermellons; to have the canker
rash, catechism stone bruises; to
be called up to kiss old women
that visit your mother; to be scold-
ed because you like Maggie Love
better than your own sister; to be
told of a sorching time little boys
will have who tell lies, and are
not like George Washington; to
catch your big brother kissing the
pretty school mann on the sly, and
wish you were big so you could
kiss her, too, and-and-why
who'd be q bow again?1
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&E2.0u Sole.

Nstrayed before the undersigned authori.
and will be sold to the highest bidder. for
cash, at Bellevue, La, on Saturday, Septem-
Der 18th 1870, d Bay Horse Poney, about 4
years old, with white ON right hind and fore
feet, and branded on both shoulders with
ring Appraised at $50
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c
J. H. LOTION, Stray Master
June Is, 1870
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-07-09

Jerrold said one day he would
make a pun upon anything his
friends would put to him. A
friend asked him whether he
could pun upon the signs of the
zodiac; to which he promptly
replied, "By Gemini, I Cancer"
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"Mamma," said a little fellow.
whose mother had forbidden him
to draw horses and ships on the
mahogany sideboard with a sharp
nail; "Mamma, this amt a nice
house. At Sam Rackett's we can
cut the sofa and pull out the hair,
and ride the shovel and tongs
over the carpet; but here we can't
have any fun at ALL"
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Fond mother, with a son of a
very open CONFERENCE.-THE a
pretty good boy, but he don't take
to his letters" Squire-'sWell, he
oughter, for his mouth is like the
slit Of a post Office box"
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We copy the following good ad-
vice from an exchange paper: 'EBe
content as long as your mouth is
full and your body warm-remem-
Der the poor-kiss the pretty girls
don't rob your neighbours hen
roost-never pick an editors peck
et-Hck dull care to the deuce
black your own boots, and pay for
your newspaper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-07-09

The man who is venial himself.
believes that everybody has his
price.
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The Trihes of Life.

cidents of life, and to forget all
about its great duties. Indeed, the
idea ola duty as connected with
existence in this world seems never
to occur to them. Eating, drink
ing and dressing might almost be
set down as constituting the three
chief employments of the larger
portion of civilized society. How
to eat has become one Of the diff
cult accomplishments, and how to
prepare food for eating is one of
the most cunning of all arts.
Drinking is less substantial, but
more refined and particular bust
ness. The name of different wines,
their qualities, properties, prices
and ceunterfeits, and the innu-
merable supplements of wine in
the shape of spirits, cordials, and
sherbets, make up a department
Of science and nomenclature. The
man who can speak fifty different
languages is scarcely more accom-
plished in the eyes of good society
than the man who can drink fifty
different kinds of wines, and tell
the names of them all. The war
rior who makes up an army out of
poor material, or the economist
who exhibits substantial budget,
with meager resources, is esteem
teemed a great man; but no one
feels for him that keen personal
affection and admiration accorded
to the fertile cook who can get
up course of fifty dishes at two
hours notice. This is called an
intellectual age, and, perhaps, it is
so; but the palate and the stom.
aeh play a very important part in
it. Who can tell how much time and
genius are wasted in discussions
about oysters, and soup and roast
beef, and the sauces and condi
ments that accompany them7 Who
will estimate the number of books
that have been written on wine
the amount of money and time
that have been consumed in wine
drinking, and the sum total Of
anxiety and thought that has beer
expended on the preparation o.
liquor for fastidious palates, Some
persons will make a journey tc
the seaboard to eat Holsters OF
crabs fresh from the brine. Thous
ands go out of their way to eat
oysters at a Baltimore hotel
; Others will send to New York, OF
even to Paris for a dress pattern
or suit of clothes. This is vast
, ing life on trifles. We do not, or
at least we ought not to live tt
i. eat and drink and dress; it is 6
j, perversion of life to dedicate it Il
any Of the pleasures incidental,
given to sweeten its disappoint
f ments and alleviate its hardships
$ This is sensuality, something dit
f ferent from, but not better thar
+ the brntishneSs of barbarians
4 There is no harm in eating anC
/, drinking with good appetite
0 and enjoying the varied Wand,
]. that commerce and intercourse be
Q tween different climes have mad,
D possible on almost every table
They are the good things of tn,
earth, given to cheer the hear
: and comfort the spirit of man
: There is no harm in dressing we'll,
: for we all owe something to per
sonal appearance. But life is {
probation of stern duties, and
every person who lives on the
earth is under all obligation to dc
: something for the benefit of man
kind, to solace the woes of the be
4
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How much worrying those evils
cause us, which never happen.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06
A FEW REASONS FOR COMING TO
KANSAS.

lst. Because it lies in a belt of coun-
try most favored in soil, climate and
agricultural productions. You can
raise all the staple grains here in abund-
ance and the soil and climate are IN
surpassed for fruit and grapes.
I'd. Because the lands here can be
bought cheap and the rapid develop
ment of our railroad system is fast en-
ing easy access TO markets.
Sd. Because the mildness and dry
ness of our winters make it superior
stock raising country. In the Northern
and Eastern States it costs much to win
ter cattle from five to eight months of the
year. While here on the great prairies
you can herd or pasture your cattle
about nine or ten months in the year
with but little expense or trouble.
No where else in the United States can
cattle be raised so profitably.
4th. Because we have a liberal edu-
cational system two sections of land
in each township in the State having
been set apart for school purposes.
Good, substantial school houses are
found in every district. You can have
as good facilities for educating your
children here as in most sections of the
older States.
9th. If you are rich come to Kansas
with your capital lis needed, and you
can double it by investment here.
9th. If you are poor, come, and your
industry, skill and energy will coin you
competence if not wealth. Unless
you have all you want come to Kansas
and get it.-RedE Estate Bulletin.
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KANSAS ABROAD.

The Grand Rapids (AIich.) Daily Ea-
gle, of the 9th inst, contains an able and
truthful communication on Kansas, de-
scribing at length the fertility of the
soil, the beauty of the climate, adYan-
tages for stock raising, fruit culture,
and the great sources of wealth imbeded
in the coal field of this State. Speaking
of the atmosphere, the writer says:
s'As water kept in constant motion
becomes purified and clear, so the air of
Kansas, waited to and fro over the
boundless prairies in the northwest and
to the south, possesses those clear, bfac-
ing, heaith-giving properties noticeable
in the atmosphere of Minnesota and
Dakota. Diseases of the throat and lungs
are rarely known, and many sufferer
from the more humid atmosphere OF
Eastern and Northern States, has there
found unexpected health During the
summer, the nights are always cool and
refreshing, owing to a light wind which
comes over the faE-of prairies, bringing
welcome repose after the heat of the
day.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06
PAPER HANDKRRcHIEFs.

The japanese paper handkerchiefs
are assuredly coming, if contempora-
ry be right. The paper collar manufac-
ture now has been extended to less
prominent but more important gar
ments of great strength and fexibility,
which can be sewed with a machine,
giving seams almost as strong as q wo-
ven fabric. The inventor has particu-
larly applied it to the production of pet
ticoats, which are either printed in i'm
itation of the fashionable skirts of the
day, or stamped out with open work OF
such beauty and delicacy as no amount
of labor with scissors and needle could
initiate. The marvel is that these real
ly beautiful productions can be sold at
retail at fifteen cents each.
q Imitation eretonHes and ehintz for
bed furniture are also made, q set cost
ing at retail about S1.50. The feIted
material is SO flexible that a curtain
may be twisted into rope and shaken
out again, showing as little cFeasing as
chintz similarly treated. There are also
table cloths embossed with designs of
great beauty. This felted paper may in
the end have a serious influence on the
production Of the woven fabrics it Is
intended to displace. Imitation leatlI-
er, impeFmeable to water. is likewise
made of it, and produces cheap and
useful covering for furniture, and even
serves for shoes.-Pdper Trade Repor-
ter.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06

JUSTICE TO CHIEA16EE.-The acts of
injustice to which Cinnamon have been
subjected in our Territories has long
been . disgrace to our civilization.
These people have for years been beat
en-, GENEROUSLY taxed, deprived of the
protection of even the very inadequate
territorial laws, and to their credit be
it spoken they have borne these indig
mites In q manner that would have
done honor to Confucius himself. The
bill which has been prepared by Mr..
Coilum, Chairman of the Committee on
Territories, and which viii be reported
at an early day, begins the work ofren-
dering justice TO the Chinaman. by re-
pealing the disgracefui statute passed
by the Legislature of Idaho, imposing a
tax Of Eve dollars . head on all who
sheuld come into the Territory. 1t is
admitted on all sides that the Cinnamon
arc industrious, and in all important
respects, useful Iaborers. 1t is to be
hoped that Congress will not stop short
of wiping out of the territorial statute
books each and all of the unjust enact
meats against the Cinnamon, s.ars
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06

THINNING OUTs-Plenty of seed, and
that " hich is good, is certainly desirable.
But there is danger OF having too much
even of good thing, especially with
garden seeds, for If seosyn with liberal
hand, and all grow, the plants are liable
TO be crowded, and none come to ms
turity or full development. A dozen
melon seed is none too many to put into
a hill, for bugs, worms, and other enc
mics will usually take their share, and
we have to be content with what is LEFT.
Sometimes all the seed put into the
earth will grow, and If 40 enemy ap-
pears, we must become q destroyer our
selves, and pull up aud thin out or tie
plants fail from being too much crowd
ed. There il probably no one operation
which L. so difficult TO get properly per-
formed as that of thinning out plants.
At first they are small and appear TO
have plenty of room, aud il seems to be
almost sin to destroy such fine, healthy
promises of future good, but they are
often left with the vain hope that the
necessity for destroying may be In some
way avoided II every persof who has
ocoasioastt to work among psanta this
spring will look back . few months he
may call to mind those mammoth
souashes, melons, and cslcumbefs, and
perhaps remember how much space they
occupied. Give plants plenty Of roonls
and feed tOiaid them in dlling Il. 4sa s
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NUMBER IL.
WESTWARD BOUND.

The Chicago 1i-i6Eae, in speaking of
emigration through that city, says that
in the last three years it has gone chief
ly to Kansas, Minnesota, Northern Iowa,
and Wisconsin, Missouri, and Califor-
mia, with slight sprinkling to Nebraska,
Dakota, Montana, and the Territories
beyond.
The present season opens with pros
peet of heavy emigration. The trains
that go west and southwest from Chica-
go, are heavily laden With the seekers
after new lands.
The s'Canucks" are coming by the
thousand, and spreading themselves all
over the Western States, and Kansas is
getting her share of the emigration.
The principle objective points this sea-
SON, the Tribune says, fare Missouri and
Kansas. OF the two, the latter is the
favorite. The rush to this State this
year, it is predicted, win be enormous.
The favorable crops which Kansas has
realized for the last several years, and
cheap and rich lands, the healthful cli-
mate, and the numerous railroad enter
prises which are being pushed forward
and rapidly approaching completion,
seem to offer emigrants more advan-
tages than any other State. Missouri
and Kansas are reached by three routes
from Chicago-the Illinois Central via
Vandalia & St. Louis, the Alton & st.
Louis, and the Burlington s. Quincy.
The average emigration to these States
| by these three routes is now about 700
per day, and is increasing as the season
advances"
The European emigration has not set
in, and will not reach us before the lat
ter part of May or June. All indica-
tions are one way, that it will be larger
than ever before. Of the estimated
emigration for 1870, our Chicago cotem-
pOrary says:
at is estimated by those who are well
| posted in the matter, that the emigra-
| ton, both foreign and domestic, which
| will pass through Chicago the present
| year, for the States west, will be consid-
erably upward of a 100000. In Penn.
sylvania, Maryland, Delware, Virginia,
and New York, whole neighborhoods
are making preparations to come West
as soon as the season opens, while the
New England papers are complaining
that their agricultural districts are being
depopulated. While hundred thous-
and people are good many to set down
in one place, to scatter them through
Illinois, or Iowa, or Minnesota, or Wis
consin, or Missouri, or Kansas. is so to
dispose of them thatslhey would never
be observed. Instead of the driblets
that we now get from there, if the entire
population of Great Britain, Germany
and France were to migrate TO what is
known as the Western States, there
would then be less Inhabitants 10 the
| square mile than there are now in New
Y ork or Massachusetts,
''Those who are coming West this
year are avoiding the cities to a great
extent. The majority are bound for the
nearest part of the newly settled States
such as up the valley of the Kaw, OF
the Kansas Pacific Road, Is far West 81
Saline, Dickinson, and Riley counties
or down in the southern part of tina
State, on the borders of the Indian Ter
ritory, where grass grows rich and lux
uriant for cattle the whole year, and thu
SHOWS of winter scarcely ever fall"
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+. j. wORrDIcK.
NILES q GRAY.

A RClIITEC'T Is prepared to furnish plans. spec
IN incatiouS, &c. May be found at corner OF
Finh avenue aud Seosho Street. Orders promptly
attended tn.
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TEMPORAL NEWS.
HOW THEYoUARREELED.
BY ALICE CAREY.

BY ALICE CAREY.
To begin in things quite simple
Quarrels scarcely ever fail
: And they fell out, Dan and Di1Hpbe,
All about 4 horses tail!
So that by and by the quarrel
Quite broke up and spoiled their play
Danny said the tail was sorrel,
Dinple said it was gray!
"Grdyl'' said Danny-'You are a simple!
just rs gray as mothers shawl,
And that's redP' said sauey Diznpie,
Ia You're fool, and tn st Is alp
Then the sister and the brother
AS indeed they scarce could fail,
In such anger, struck each other
All about the horses tail!
''Red!" cried Dimple, speaking loudly,
GLOW you play at fast and lOose"'
'sYes." said Danny. still more proudly,
"When I'm playing with goose" 5.
In between them came the mother
what is all this fuss oboutr'
Then the sister and the brother
Told the story out and out.
And she answ cred, 81 must label
Each of you little Ounce,
Since to look into the stable
+ Would have settled II ut oneew E.
Forth ran Dan with dimple after,
And full soon came hurrying back
Shouting, all aglee with laughter,
That the horses tail is black!
So they both agreed to profit
By the lesson they had learned,
And to tell each other of it
Often as the mt returned. -r
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NOTICE

rs hereby given to Daniel Eikenberry that he
has been sued by WIN. II. Eikenberry and
Margaret Ann Moss; that their petition was
filed against him in the Office Of the Clerk of
the District Court Of Lyon county, Kansas, on
April 23d, 1870; that he must answer or denur
TO sale petition on or before June TO- 1870, or
said petition will be taken as true, and judg-
ment rendered accordingly, partitiOning to
VIM. IL. Eikenberry, Margaret Ann Moss and
Daniel Eli enberry, each one-third Of the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in Lyon
county. Kansas, tO-wit: The G y OF e y sec.
20, and the W u of W u of see. 81, town. IS,
range 10. Also lot block SO, in the town of
Americus; also block l, and lots 100, lii block
8, lots So 81 block g. lots A. 43 block g. lots %,
81 block ID, lot SO block 15 lots Is, 81 block IS,
lots 81, 70, 81 block II, lots 11S, 120 block 10,
lots 32l, 1923, 325 block 3D. lots $780, 1872, 1884, 1885,
1873 40 block 2 lots 245, PAT block &c, lots 102,
104, I06 block q, lots Isl, 1855, 157 block g. lots
10. 80 block 81, lots ia, 176, 49, $50, 1856, 1873
block 40. lots FL % block Al, lots 8, block AZ,
lots 290, 1872 block A. lot 272 block 40, lot IA
block 80, lot I26 block 81, lets Is. Is block 50,
lots IL 10, %, 81 block &c. lots A, 46 block 81,
lots 49, 81 block 5S, lot 10, 80 block So lots 80,
co. o. "a, Sc block co. lots lbs, 127 block 90, lots
1866, 1853 block 65, lots $50. 152 block ST. lots g.
block IL, lot 70 block 16, lot 81 block II. lots
3I5, 31T block "a lots So 81 block %, lots 81 %
block "a, lots 10. 20, block A. lot "a block 53.
lot g. block 81 lot lat block 81, lot 149 block 40,
lot 14S block Ga, lot SO block IS, lot TIA block
- lot ISL flock AS, lot 70 block L lot 2G3 block
%. lot 3 block 35, in the town of Plymouth, and
for costs. WIN. II. EIKENtiERRY and
MARGARET ANN MOSS.
1918 By ALMERIN GILLErr, their Atty.
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SheriRs Sale.

AYOTICE is hereby give that the undersign-
IN ed, sheriff OF Lyon county, in the State OF
Kansas, will, by virtue Of an order OF sale to
him directed, from the District Court Of said
county, ut the door Of the Court House. in the
city Of Emporia, in said county, on the 23d day
Of May, A. d. 1870, between the hours OF ten
O'Clock a. m, and four O'Clock p. of said day,
offer for sale at public auction, TO the highest
bidder the following described real estate, to-
wit: The northeast quarter of section (29)
township (19) nineteen, range
(I2) twelve, in Lyon county, Kansas, 10 be sold
as the property Of George w. BalIou, to salts
~ Judgment OF said court in favor OF Jona-
than Pierce.
E. Fl. COATS,
1920 Sheriff Lyon Co. Kas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06
MARK TWAIN on AGRICULTURE.
Oh, that blessed dayi

Main Twain having been engaged to
conduct new department. in the GALAXY,
with the first ''copy," for the May num-
Der, sends the following characteristic
letter tn the editor:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06

WHEELOCk q WILSON,
0IvII. ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS are pre-
Y pared to furnish elev ati0ns and working plans
Tor all kinds Of mechanical structures houses, pub
lie buildings and bridges. Especial attention CIV
Ia land surveying. Arc prepared 10 DO cArpen-
Ter and Joiner work either by the day or contract
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-06

The Indianapolis correspondent of
the Cincinnati Cof9mercidl thus writes
about the recent accident to Mrs. Seiia-
tor Morton: a''Mrs. Oliver Morton has
so far recovered from her injuries as to
be able to return to Washington. The
wonder is that she was not killed.
Starting down the steep and narrow
back stairs of her fathers house, with a
child In her arms, she turned, made q
mis-step, and fell to the bottom. AS
she turned she put her niece down, and
she thus escaped what must have been
instant death. AS Mrs. Morton fell,
her head was thrown back almost IN
der her shoulder, in which position
it remained for twenty-fouf hours. For
some hours it seemed as If her neck
was certainly broken. Senator Morton
remained I'm Ce8terviile until she was
pronounced out of danger Her nu-
merous friends will be glad to hear of
her certain recovery.