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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
Notice.

BELLEVUE, La, Sept 8, 1870
Notice is hereby given to the Tax PAYERS
IN Of Bossier parish, that have received
a commissipn and have this day given bond
az Tax CollectQr of Bossier parish, La, and
that no payment of taxes to any person ex-
capt myself will hereafter be recognized by
me after 3lst of August, 1870
j. A. HEBRON, Tax Collector
matt of bossier Parish
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Nitro-glycerine has been in nse
but five years, yet over 1,7O0 per-
sons have been killed or manned
by it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Judge James L. Orr has pub
lished a letter announcing his adj
hesiop to the Republican party in
South Carolina.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
.RgiNdese Female College.

T2his Institution will open it's regular Fall
Il Term of five months, ON Monday the
18th of September with its usual corps of
Teachers and increased facilities of Educa-
ton.
J.E. BRIGHT, A. NJ, DID,,
Principal of College
A. B. GEORGE, Pres't Triietees
September 10, 1870. ii
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2RasRA13MK.

Nhe subscriber has removed his stock of
L Staple and Plantation Dry Goods,
Hardware. Groceries, &c. from No. 81 Texas
street to No. on the Eeyee ~
Thankful for past fayors, he solicits a con
tinuance of the! tame from his former custo.
mers and the public generally.
J. II. REYNOLDS,
v8nH No. Levee Street
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

A German editor says he has
heard, lately, much of "Germany's
greatness, Gerinany's honor, Ger
many's unity-of Germany's free
dom, not a wOrd.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

A guest at q hotel in Leaven-
worth, Kansas, ate over a dozen
ears Of corn at one meal the day
before his funeral.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

from Hardeman, subject to- the
action of the County Convention.
a man named Cockerell, said
to be a refugee from jnstice in
Middle Tennessee, shot aud killed
man by the name of Jno. 7. AL
exander, at a barbecue near Wal
nut Fork, in Henry county, or
the 9th ult. He made his escape.
Both had been drinking.
VIRGINIA.
The census is expected to put
the population OF Richmond at
$4,000.
Chesapeake College has been
purchased by the Government as
home for INDECENT soldiers.
The Alexandria and Fredericks-
burg railroad has been put under
contract from Brooks Station to
Evansport, and work will com
mence at once.
The peanut crop of Virginia,
this year, is estimated at 400, 900
bushels, while Tennessee raises
100000 bushels, and Georgia and
the Carolinas from 100, 900 to 49,
900.
Gen. Terry, who commanded
the lannon's Stonewall Brigade
during the latter part of the war,
is the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Eighth Virginia
District.
The Essex Gazette says: Mrs.
Mary j. Roy, who died in this
place recently, bequeathed to the
Baptist Theological Seminary of
Greenville, S. c., a pecuniary leg
acy OF some six or eight thousand
dollars.
The census of Norfolk shows a
population of 10,36O. The Vir-
ginian says: The census taker
must have made a mistake in the
negro portion of the population,
for last May they voted over 200
more than he returned.
The Lexington Gazette says:
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
contractor will soon have several
hundred Chinese on that work.
We would like to see them on the
Valley road. This town could
supply their commissary with ca
mines for months, and it would be
dog gone good business.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Mr.. Jacob Holly saw the railroad
cars for the first time last Satur.
day i'll Greenbrier county, He
says he expected to SEQ something
resembling large houses on wheels.
The speed of the train, however,
far surpassed his expectation.
Mr.. Holly is over ninety years of
age, and is a native Of Bedford
county.
A NUT FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS TO
CRACK.-We have read a great
deal OF the transmission of mental
or physical peeuliarities from par
ents to their offspring. 1t is
known that farmers who let their
pigs run in rhe woods mark them
by cropping their ears. A brood
OF pigs WAS born op the farm of
q widow lady near town q few
weeks ago, every one OF which had
the same mark on Its ear that its
mother had, and as distinctly as
# it had been cropped Roanoke
Valley,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Samson was an eminent TRACE
dian in his day, and in his last act
brought down the house.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
Died:

AT his residence in this parish; on the 10Th
ultimo, DIR. WIN NJ BURT, of South Care.
lima, in the seth scar Of his age
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
GEORGIA.

Small lots of new cotton are ar
irving freely at Savannah.
Brick are in greater demand at
Columbus than can he supplied.
The fair of the Wilkes County
Agricultural Society will be held
on the 18th QfOctober.
President James r. Thomas. it
is said, has been rendered his old
position as President of Emory
College,
A lad in Savannah had his hand
badly injured by the explosion of
a torpedo which he picked up on
the street,
n Columbus hardware firm of
fers a stove as premium to the
young lady between l3 aud Is
years old, that will cook the best
dinner at the approaching fair.
Ludlow Cohan, of the firm of
Cohan & Wilkins, of Savannah,
was mOrtally wounded on the
10Th, by Richard Aiken in a duel
growing out of a boat race. He
has since died.
In Epson County on the 18th,
Mr.. McCord, a prominent citizen,
was murdered in consequence of
an old grudge, by a man named
Taylor, whom he met on the high
way. Taylor's brother was seri-
ously wounded in endeavoring to
prevent the murder.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says
that $4,000 copies of the first vol.
ume of Mr.. Stephens history of
the late civil war have been sold.
The North Georgia coal region
is estimated to extend through an
area of $40 square miles, expected
to yield ] 300, 900, 600 tons.
The Atlanta Era says that tour
young men hold unsettled opin-
ions on the subject of religion,
and none at all respecting literary
questions, but when it comes to
black dress coats, cravats and
walking canes, you will find their
views on these vital matters are
fixed with all the rigid tenaclty
of grim death itself.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
Notice.

Wishing to make change in mn bust.
W ness, will sell at private sale from
this day, my Livery Stable outfit, consisting
of HORSES and MULES of all description.
CARRIAGES, HACKS, HEARSES, BUG-
GIES, WAGONS, &c, on reasonable terms
Also, will sell or lease my stables from Jan.
l, 1871.
nl9tf JOHN CALDWELL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Villiany that is vigilant, will be
an Overmatch for yirture, if she
slumber on hec post; and hence it
is, that 9 bad cause has often
triumphed over a good one; for
the partisans of the former, know
ing that their cause will do nothing
for them, have done every thing
ortheir cause; whereas the friends
of the latter are too apt to expect
every thing from their cause, and
to DO nothing for themselves.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Some read to think, these are
rare; some to write, these are com
mon; and some read to talk, and
these form the great majority.
The first page of an author not
unfrequently suffices all the pur-
poses Of this latter class, of whom
it has been said, they treat books
as some do lords; they inform
themselves of their titles, and then
boast of an intimate acquaintance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

T. TAYLOR. j. McELRoY RYNo.
Taylor, sMcEgrOy ~ Co.,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
q L o II HI II NJ q
No. 70 Canal Street. New Orleans.
TAYLOR, RlNO Il CO., Manufacturers,
No. 30 Chambers Street, New York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10
hoistad the name of Gen. William

hoistad the name of Gen. William
A. Quarles for Governor.
The Wing and Tribune under
stands that the Mississippi Cen
trail Railroad is to be extended
from jackson 70 Milan.
Ten convicts escaped from the
Penitentiary last week. They
were hired out to work on the
Tennessee and Pacific railroad,
Moses r. Parrish, editor of the
Bolivar Bulletin, reports himself
a candidate for the Legislature
from Hardeman, subject to- the
action of the County Convention.
a man named Cockerell, said
to be a refugee from jnstice in
Middle Tennessee, shot aud killed
"a man by the name of Jno. I. Al
exander, at barbecue near Wal
nut Fork, i'll Henry county, or
the 9th ult. He made his escape.
Both had been drinking.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-09-10

Perry county, Alabama, has
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
Latest Advicss from Moab.

A correspondent of tho Journal
ONc'ei, writing from Jerusalem on
the 18th ult., says: i" An archaeological
monument Of the greatest imporfauce
has just been discovered l,y NJ. Cler.
mont-Ganneau, interpreter to the
French consulate here. 1t is large
basalt pillar, found to the east of thu
Dead Sea, on the territory Of the
ancient Moabites. On it is engraved
an insert ,tion of more than thirty
lines, in Phpnician characters, com.
mencing by these words Il, Mesha;'
son of Chamos.' -. Now Chansos
was a king of Moab, mentioned in
the Bible, and contemporary Of tho
Prophet Elisha and Jel,osl,aphat. king
Of Judah, and with Ahab. Ahaziafi;
and Jehoram, kings Of Israel. The
third and fourth chapters of the see,
ond book Of Kings give a detailed
recital Of the campaign undertaken
by Jehoram and Jehoshaphat against
Mcsl'a, the king OF Moab. The mon
olith relates, also, the struggles Of
Meslla against the Kings Of Israel,
and enumeratcs the towns constructed,
and the temples raised by Mcsl,a, and
consccratcd I,y him to the good OF his
nation ut Chamos. The ago Of this
monument is fixed by its synoclmisitii
with Jewish history it dates from
nine centuries before the Chri.tfih
era, and from about one hundred
years after Solomon. 1t is nearly two
centuries older than the celebrated
sarcopllagns Of Ech,nonnazar, King OF
Sidon. The Phnnician characters III
which it is written present an Archaic
aspect, not hitherto found to u similar
extent in any of the Plpnician re.
mains discovered. The writing. how
ever, can be translated with almost
absolute certainty, because all the,
words are separated by points and
the phrases divided by vertical bars.
The language is, with the exception
OF few slight orthograpl,ical differ
cnces, pure Hebrew, and any one in
reading this text might believe that
he was perusiny page OF the Bible
The adoption of the principle Of
writing inverse and the paralIelis,n
of the phrascologv, complete the H.
lusion. The Moabites, as..is known,
belonged to the same race ns tho
Jews. This precious text, wicl, per-
nlits the value of the histori,.al.;state
mcnts in the Scriptures to be tested
by Il document contemporary with
the events, and which will bring to
cthnographv, mythology, geography
the study Of languages. and Paleo-
graphy, the richest contributions, has
Just been sent to the Academy OF
Inscriptions by N. Ch. Cler,nont-
Ganneau, with memoir, which will
be Immediately published
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
Curiou, Trees and Fllnts.

In Caracas, in South America, grows the
COW tree; when its trunk is wounded. it
furnishes an abundant supply Of milk, OF
which the traveller can confidently drink
freely, for it unites all the qualities of our
domestic animal, which it entirely replaces
in some countries OF America.
There is also a butter-trce in Africa,
which furnishes tho negroes of the Niger
with a secretion, which they substitute
for the ingredient used in our kitchens,
and with which they prepare all their
food. 1t is sold abundantly in their
markets, where it is known as shca-butter.
The Islanders Of Otahcite prepare bread
by simply placing upon gridiron slices OF
a large fruit, which grows in their island.
These when taken from the gridiron have
precisely the taste Of the bread made by
our bakers. The fruit Of the bread frui,
tree reaches an enormous size, weighing
from two to eight or even ten pounds. 1t
only requires to be sliced and exposed to
heat in order to be transformed into genu.
inc warm bread.
Plants, like animals. exhale moisture
abundantly by their whule surface 1t Is
this which. condensed upon the leaves by
the cold Of night, forms on them limpld
drops of water. The pcrspiration OF
plants is much greater according to the
extent Of their surfaces than that from
the human body. In some plants wate'
actually streams from their pores.
The leaves Of the pitcher-plant end in
an elegant cylinder cup provided with
hinged lid, which spontaneously opens and
closes according to the state OF the atmos
phere. During the night this lid sinks
down, and h,metically clses the litl'
vases which then fills with limpid wate'
exulcd by rs walls. brring the day the
lid is raised and the fluid evaporates more
or less completely. The refreshing draugh
thus provided. has often brought rei'c
and succor to the traveller.
In the marshy forests OF South America
Providence has iutrusted this task to anoth
er distlling plant, the structure OF whicl
is 10 less eccentric. Its large leaves unit
ing at their edge, are transformed into e'e
CANT vases, the narrow opening OF which
is surmounted by ample green auricle Of
ear.shapcd top, decorated With scarlet REQ
yinas.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
To Tell a Cows Age,

The age of 4 COW is known by the teeth
aud horns. The animals is furnished with
eight cutting teeth in the lower jaw; at
the age of ten III ,nths the two middle most
of these fail out, and are replaced by 9th.
c.s that are not 50 white. but broader; a;
the age of sixteen months the next two
milk white teeth fall ont likewise. and
others come up in their room thus at the
end ol every six months the creature loses
ana gains. till, ut the age Of three years,
all the cutting teeth are renewed, and
then they are long, pretty, white and
equal; but in proportion as the animal ad-
vance, in years, they become irregular ANA
black, their inequalities become smoother,
aud the animal is less capable of chewing
its fool. Thus the COW often decline,
from this single cause for a~it is obi ycd
to cat good deal TO support life, and as
the smoothnc.s of the teeth makes the diff
ticuliy Of chewing great. II sufficient guam
,ity Of food cannot be supplied to the
stomach. Thu, the poor animal sinks in
the midst of plenty, and every year grows
lcancr, till i, dies.
The horns are another and surcr
method of determining this animals aye.
At three years old, very slight external
shcll-coatins falls off at the places where
the horns arc about arising. At fur
years Of age the COW has small, pointed,
nett, smooth horns, thickcst near the
head at five the horns become larger,
and are markell arounl with the former
ycr's growth Thus, while the animal
continues to live. the horns continue to
strengthen, and every year new ring
is added at the root; so that allowing
three years before their appearance, and
then reckoning the number of rings, we
have, in both together the animals age
exactly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

KILLING FIsu.-Thc paper called
Our Dumb Animals" proposes that We
shall kill fish, instead of allowing them to
die by slow process after having been
taken from their native clement. Tie
Dutch kill the fish by making a slight
longitudinal incisison under the tail, aud
the operation. which is performed with a
very sharp instrument, cln be done so
quickly that it is praciiceI even in the
largest fisheries, not excepting those for
the herring. 1t is the custom in Holland
I" kill the fish as soonas he is drawn from
the water, while We let him lie in an agony
which proluces the ctfec, of Il sickness ol,
the animal economy, snitcns the flesh and
gives it to the principles Of dissolution
The Indians Of this country kill the fish
they catch Immediately after they are drawn
from the water, by hitting them with q
small stick on the head directly back of the
eyes The fish appear to die almost on the
instant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
a Noted Knot ti,r Gone,

John Shelton, better known as
Squire Shelton, died at Aberdeen,
Ohio, a few days ago. aged about, 20
years. 1t is said Of him that during
the tlliriy-fve years he was magis-
tratc at Aberdeen. he performed tho
marriage ceremony for four tlonsatd
couples. His fame as tier Of the
knot matrimonial extended far and
wide, and the mai,y runaway matches
that found his house a stopping place
gave to Aberdeen the name /" Grerna
Green Of America" He, was not
very particular about whether Of NOT
all the forlns of law had been com.
piled with by loving hearts, seeming
to have adopted, as his rule Of action,
the single one, Z" Love knows no law -
lie Ind performed the ceremony for
so many who were not married in
strict accordance with the law, that,
tho Legislature Of Kentucky, q year
.or two ags, found it necessary to pasg
Il special act hgalizing all his mar
riages. - =. J. !.
In eases where there was q great
object, in consequence Of tho Gloss
pursuit of enraged parents, = he has
been known to get ont OF his bed In
the middle Of night and, tot sayp
time, actually perform the cerenonx /.
switl, no other clothing on his persois,
h,aii' lis shirt. Again, he has per-
formed the ceremony from llis. Vim
dow, at night, while parties ~ che
marriage contract were standing ID
front OF his house. But, no n,attsri
what was the occasion for ibnrrys
Squire Shelton invariably made q.
bargain before heinb was cominenced
his fees ranging from 81, up to =.
800, according to his own notion by
observation of appearances of wltfk
the groom was able to pay. AZ eedee
before, he had been iilagistsAtes -
Aberdeen for 35 years, eontinnonh1y,
to the day of lis death. No eppaeb
ton candidate for the o6acec could sser,
be elected. no matter how popnlaT nj
might bc, personally orYelitiea ssa'
9 y ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
Death Valley-Enter Not.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune,
who is writing sketches Of trip through
the south eastern portion of Nevada and
southern Utah for that paper, gives the
annexed account Of remarkable country
near the Nonolimbo Pass through the
Black Rock range of mountains Of southern
Utah:
While riding slowly ahead with Nick
and our Indian guide. my attention was
attracted to a small valley in the gorge Of
the mountains. \ light, blush looking
vapor was ascending from large number
of hot springs. The valley was not par
ticularly inviting, but as the men and ami
mails were tired, I thought l would camp
in it for the night. The guide, however,
assured me it was certain death to inhale
the deadly vapors. We went into camp
elsewhere but the next morning the
whole party started down the slope to the
valley, feeling, as well as smelling our way,
cautiously. The doctor had provided him
self with a couple Of Indian dogs and sew.
cral live rabbits, for the purpose of max
ing experiments. After scrambling down
abou. two hundred yards, the doctor, who
was in advance, detected the absence OF
oxygen in the air, by the sudden change
in temperature and the increased difficulty
he experienced in respiration. A nausc
Gus, suiiocating smell was also perceptible
every time the wind blew towards us
The valley was about quarter Of mile
in circumference and oval in shape. Not
solitary saycbrush, not even Il single
blade Of grass, nor living thing was
to be seen in it; but ghastly human
skeleton lay beside one Of the nearest
springs. Scattered around were the skcle
TONS Of buffalo, deer, aud other wild ami
mails. The bottom Of the valley appeared
to be hard, sandy soil, dry aud cracked
as if by heat, in various places. One OF
the Indian dogs was fastened to the end
of Il ariat and lowered down, while some
Of the party, with watches in hand, OBJ
served the effect. In fourteen seconds
the dog fell down motionless and in three
minutes was dead. The other dog, which
now trottcd down to his companion, was
motioncss in twelve seconds and lived
about five minutes. Our guide Informed
us that the existence Of the valley had
been known to his tribe for several years
Two OF their braves perishcd in it while
endeavoriug to corral some antelope, all oil
which perishcd too. These springs gene.
rate such large volume Of carbonic acid
gas as to completely poison all the sur
rounding atmosphere. We had no oppor-
tunity Of obtahin: any water for analysis.
As the place is entirely out of the way OF
overland emigration, there is but little
danger that it will ever be frequcnted BY
bands of pioneers or pleasure parties, We
named this canyon on our field book, the
Valley of the Shadow Of Death. While
some of the men were erecting stone
pyramid on commanding position, We
cut from an old pair of saddle bags stout
piece of leather, burnt in the warning
:. Death Valley, Enter Not" and fastened
it to the pillar in 6rm position.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

THE Purity OF IcE.-In addition to the
fact that ice is lighter than water, there is
another curious thing about it which many
persons do not perhaps know, viz, its
purity. A lump Of ice melted will become
pure distilled water. Water in freezing
turns out Of it all that is not water, salt,
air, coloring matter, and all impurities.
Frozen sca.watcr makes fresh water ice. If
you freeze basin Of indigo water, it will
make ice as clear and white as that made
of rain water. When the cold is very
sudden, these foreign matters have no time
to escape, either by rising or sinking, and
arc thus entanglcd with the ice bat do not
make any part Of it. .....