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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

Josh Billings says; "Most
men will concede that it looks
foolish to see a boy draggin' a
heavy sled up bill for the fleet
in pleasure ofridin down again.
But it appears to me that the
boy is sage by the side of a
young man who works hard all
the week and drinks up his
wages on Saturday night"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT
At the Italian Unity celebra-
ton in New York, Col. J. a.
Signaigo said: "As 1 love my
mother, so | love my native
land; but as / love my wife, so
| love America. Make the dis
tinction for yourselves"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04
Down on his Luck.
BY FRANK CLIvE.

lhls var luck sometimes runs In way
that's surprisin'.
There's days, now and then, when
mans luck is pisen. ..... .r.
And days when the clussest can't lap
up a cent. r... -...
Along of things souring to such an ex-
tent. ...-i .r.- .H...'.
Twas in Yicksburg. one evenin' that
Joe Bannon struck
One of these var blamed streaks Of or
merry luck: -.-.
Which Joe himself 'lowedhe was never
TUX down
Any wuss than he wus in that ram
shackle town. -r ...
For the liveliest muscle and sassies-
lip, ag ..a . r..
Joe kerried the broom oil the Missis sip;
And--pervidin' he hadn't tux more'n
a Gag in ,naruH a
He wus hull team m dog under the
wagin. .... "
Ye mought seek 4 month without find =
in limb
That vas able to git away with him.
The night / allude to Joe was OH a
small toot,
N he swore he was spiIin' to whop
some galoot!
He went around town, from saloon to
shebang,
Sayin', Il am Joe Bannon, N don't
keer dang" . a.. ..
Such remarks seldom fail of perjucir'
snarl, 7~ .r
M Joe wus quite sudden drapped over
a bar'l. .l=4a. aras
.Wnl gt 3rr Esl ynsfrf IBID
He was harnessed so lively he hadn I
no show, ..fEit w..
By scienc'd pill, which he does it to
Joe;
And ne eVerlastin'ly mopped that aoor
With Joe. till he didn't prefer any
more.
Five times that night Joe tried it on
But each muss ended like number one
Hetwas disappointed and sad and mao
Along ofthe shocks that his feelin's hpC
S had. ......
Gwoing back to the ltvee, he ken
across
A. cripple, which one of his legs he bat
: lost.
Says Joe, "You's Grip, which know
/, kin whop him.
m just for change reckon I'll POI
him."
But I'm cussed if that Grip didn't purt,
much
:, Bust Joe's geraneum with his crutch
Leastwise that is what two do ctor
N they chucked a half dollar n tn
top of his head
How come Joe Bannon to lose hi
!, grip?
1t couldn't ben whisky that spile't thi
g Z, trip;
Fur hit was his native element;
lf'twasn't jist luck, don't want
cent
Tba Droyi,Ianoa ToY,rpal ror
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

A sick man was told that his
wife would probably marry
again. "All. right" said he,
"for there will be cne man to
lament my DEATH"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04
GRANT WON'T Do.-Horace

GRANT WON'T Do.-Horace
Greeley used the following Ian
guage at Chicago few days
ago:
If we nominate Grant, we
shall certainly be defeated.
The public will have no more
horse Jockey and present taking
presidents; we have had enough
of them, l tell you, gentlemen,
we must take a new departure.
L can assure you that we of the
east are determined that it shall
be done. / have been rather
quiet about it so far, but l want
every body to understand what
think. When we take hold
of Grant, it will not be with
silk gloves on our hands. 1t
has got to be done. We must
throw Grant overheard or we
shall be defeated. wt
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

1t is said that Joaquin Mill
er dresses slightly in the Pa
cific style" That is to, say, he
wears only two pairs of six
shooters in his belt and but one
bowie-knife in either boot. gg
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

BY an old error a Western
paper says Andy Johnson is
going to take a "swig" round
the circle with Ex-Governor
Randall.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04
CITY HOTEL.
CORNER OF
CAMP and COMMON Streets,
NEW ORLEANS.
R. S. MORSE, PROPRIETOR.

THIS well known house has been
IL refitted and improved and for
elegance, convenience and comfort is
not surpassed by any Hotel in the
South. Every attention is paid to the
comfort of guests and nothing is want
ing to render their stay in The city
pleasant v4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04
Put to the Test.

man suffrage is not the rene
dy for human ills, that TheO-
dore Tilton, Mrs. Stanton and
other sophisticated old ladies
wonlG have us believe. Put
to the test, woman suffrage
does not reform the drunkard,
reclaim the ballot, or, in other
respects, purify or elevate so
ciety. Mr.. Wilkie has been
sojourning in that paradise for
female suffraeists, Wyoming.
He is a newspaper writer of re-
pute, who observes closely and
thinks profoundly. His views
upon the experience of WyOm-
ing with woman's suffrage are,
therefore worthy of attention.
In a recent letter to the
Times he says:
Speaking ofpurification leads
me to remark that Laramie is
in Wyoming, and that in Wyo-
ming, women vote. They are
not here the down-trodden vas
sails that they are in the east,
according to Mrs. Fernando
Jones and Mrs. Livermore.
On the contrary. every woman
in this territory walks erect, as
should an equal Of man. She
goes to the ballot box; she sits
on intelligent juries, while her
husband stays at home and does
something temporary, in the
case of the last infant, with a
teapot or a rubber tipped bot
tie.
How often has Anna Dick
inson told us that if woman
had the ballot she would shut
up the saloon and gambling
house aud vote all human kind
directly into the millennium,
Well, the dear creatures vote
in Laramie, and every third
building on the main streets is
a whisky saloon. They vote
in Cheyenne, and any building
there not a whisky saloon is
doirg q very unusual business
To this let rs add the sim.
perative cry of our Mormon
sisters" for the ballot,> and the
further fact that there are not
four Mormon women in Utal
who, now that they have tht
ballot, will east a vote agains
that "twin relict," polygamy
and we have the practical effec
of woman suffrage in these ter
ritorieS.
From the above it would ap
pear thaG in, Wyoming aut
Utah. at least, woman'S suffrag,
has not accomplished what it
advocates claim for it. No
will it do to answer that in tn
localities named. it has beel
tested under disadvantages
; The same writer settles this b.
describing the people in Uta
and Wyoming as apparent
no worse than those farthe
east. He represents them a
industrious, intelligent an
:, thrifty, but fails to discove
: that the ballot in the hands {
women has extirpated vice an
immortality from society or nj
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

VERY GOOD PAY.-Persons
curious about the wages of roy
al folks abroad, may find it
consolitarv to know that there
is paid to Alexander III. S.
250,OOO, or $4,000 a day; Alb
dul Axis. $4,000, 600, or $751;
600 a day; Francis Joseph,
S4,000,000, or S10.O50 per day;
Frederick Wilhelm l., s3,000,-
900, or sS,210 per day; Victor
Emanuel, S2,40O,000, or s6,-
$40 per day; Victoria, S2,200,-
900, or Sc, 6,270per day; Leopold,
100000. or s1,663 per day.
In addition to this salary, each
sovereign is furnished with a
dozen or more first-class houses
to live in withou5 any charges
for rent. Z
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

Experience without learning
does no more good than learn
without experience.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04

A comical passage appears
in a letter from the Rev. j. 2.
Newman to the Methodist, de-
scribing the voyage of the uni
ted States steamer Congress to
and from Greenland. DR.. New
man says; "On our home ward
voyage two seamen were re-
ported for fighting, and they
were sentenced to hug each
other for four hours, with q
sentry over them to see thai
they did it affectionately."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-11-04
ADRoITLY HIT.-A cores

ADROITLI HIT.-A cores
pondent of the Herald and
Presbyter, writing from Mime
sofa, tells the following:
81 have pikced up "a little
story which l think too good
a reproof for disturbers of the
peace in churches to be lost. A.
presiding elder of the United
Brethren Church approaching
in this same neighborhood, and
was much annoyed by persons
talking and laughing. He
paused, looked at the disturb
ers, and said, Il am always
afraid to reprOve those who
misbehave in church. In the
early part of my ministry l
made Il great mistake. As /
was preaching, a young man
who sat just before me was con-
stantiy laughing and making
uncouth grimaces. / paused
and administered severe re-
buke. After the close of the
service, one of the official mem
bers came and said to me,
'Brother-, you made a
great mistake. That young
man whom You reproved is an
IDIOT Since then | have al
ways been afraid to reprove
those who miSbehave in church,
lest l should repeat that mis-
take, and reprove another idiot
During the rest Of that service,
at least, there was good order"
Were it not for the slaught-
er incident to it, the last Mexi-
can insnrrection would be pos
itively funny in some of its de-
tails. Four generals, holding
commissions from the Govern
ment, released eight hundred
criminals from prison, and with
these and fonr hundred troops
for an army, undertook to Sc
cure possession of the capital
city. After fortifying them
selves in the citadel, the four
generals quietly withdrew,
abandoning at once their cause
and their followers before test
: ing their strength in a conflict
with the national forces. With.
) out leaders the insurgents were
easily overpowered. and two
or three hundred of them sum
marily shot. What the gener
ais meant by organizing the
revolt and then abandoning i
in its most hopeful hour, no
body, except perhaps a FeniaI
leader, can possibly conjecture
A comical passage appear
in a letter from the Rev. j. P
Newman to the Methodist, de
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15
AHhirIrind or Flames.
From the Green Bay AdvOcate.I

From the Green Bay Advocated
[ There are some phrases Of the great
calamity which fell upon this region
last week worthy of scientific inves-
tigatiOn. The testimony Of the cool
er-headed survivors of the fires at
PeshtigO and Sugar Bush and Will
Evansville Is united as to one phe-
nomenOn. The say that the fires did
not come upon them gradually from
burning trees and other objects to the
windward, but the first notice they
had Of it was a. whirlwind of flame.
in great clouds, from above the tons
Of the trees, which fell upon and en-
veloped everything. The atmosphere
seemed one Of fire. The poor people
inhaled 1t, or the intensely hot air,
and fell down dead. This is verified
by the appearance of many of the
eorpses. They were found dead in
the roads and open spaces where there
were no visible marks of fire near by,
with not trace Of burning upon their
bodies or clothing. At the Sugar
Bush, which is an extended clearing,
in some places four miles in width,
eorpses were found in the open road,
between fences which were only
slightly burned. No mark Of fire
was upon them, but they laid there
as If asleep. This phenomenon seems
to explain the fact that so many were
killed in compact masses. They seem
to have huddled together in what
weIe evidently regarded at the mo-
ment as the safest places, away from
buildings, trees or infiamable materi-
al, and there to have died together.
Fences around cleared fields were
burned in spots Of only few rods in
length, ahd elswhere not touched.
Fish were killed in the streams-as at
Peshtigo.
We hear the universal testimony
that the, prevailing idea amOng>the
terr0r-stricken people of those places
was that the last day had come. They
needed not to be terror-stricken for
such imaginings. What other Px-
PLANTATION could be given to that i'm
minent time, when there was an
ominons warning and sound coming
from the distance when the sky, so
dark just before, burst into great
clouds Of fire, the beasts Of the forest
came running for succor into the
midst Of the settlements, and the
great, red, consuming, roaring hell Of
t1re fell upon all around? The dread
fuI scene lacked nothing but the
sounding Of the last trump-and, in
deed, the approach Of the awful roar
ing, and the premonitions from the
distance, supplied even that to the
appalled, imaginings of the people.
The Espy theory. we think it is,
that continued and widespread fires
viii bring on rain, seems to be ex-
ploded in this instance. These fires
had lasted nearly or quite four weeks,
ravaging forests over great area, and
still not q drop of rain. The rain
only came with a change Of wind to
the nOrthward, and several days after
the worst burnings were over with.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15

A galyanie battery Of great power
is deeribed in the French journals.
Two carbOns are placed together in a
large porous vessel with a mixture of
biehromates of potassium aud sodium,
and perchromate and persulphate of
iron. In the outer vessel zinc and a
satuated solution of common salt are
used. The poles are to be placed as
near as possible, and to beiOf the great
est extent Rttainable. 1t is easy to
see that such battery must be Of great
power. Indeed, for equal size, it is
said TO have twice the power Of the
bichrOmate battery with two liquids,
snd eight and a half times the force
of the single-liquid bichromate bat
terry. The uses for such q battery are,
of course, not numerous, but when
great intensity Is required and an in
strument of small bulk is convenient
this combination is appropriate.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15
DEVILS IN DETAIL.
Speakingof the Chicago disaster n.
W. Beecher says:

Speakingof the Chicago disaster h.
W. Beeeher says:
1 have been very much struck with
the predatory wiekedness of those
men who, insensible to the suffering
around them, resorted to steal and
rob. There are great many who
say that there cannot be q devil that
Good is too good to have such a mon
ster. 1 only say thatifthere is not any
there are very good materials to make
one out of. Laughter lfGod is too
good to have a adevil-in-chief, he amt
too good to have them in detail. Az
the fables that ever monks put tOgeth-
er do not equal the Nervousness of
men who prey on their fellows like
that. They are like men who follow
a battle that stab man that they
may rob him. You do not see any
great catastrophe but you see what
men creep out to show how wicked
wiekedness may be, and inhuman
inhumanity can be.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15
ALICE CARY 5 ONLYLOyE.
MARY Ciemmer Ames.


In the profoundest sense Alice Cary
never loved but once. The man
whom she loved is still alive; yet gos-
sip with its keenest scent, has never
found or named him. With all her
fullness Ofaffection, hers was an eelec-
trio and solitary soul. He who by
the very patent of his being was more
than any other mortal could be
might pass from her life, but no other
Could ever take his place. A proud
and prosperous family brought all
their pride and power to bear on a
son to prevent his marrying q girl
unedueated, rustic and poor. II
waited for one who never came back, -
she said. "Yet 1 believed he would
come till read in q paper his mar
rizge to another. Can you think
what life would be, loving one, wait
ing for one, Who would never come ?'
He did come at last. / saw him.
His wife had died. Alice was dying.
The grey-haiFed man sat down beside
the gray-haired woman. Life had
dealt prosperously with him, as Is
wont with men. Suffering and death
had taken all from her save the luster
Of her wOndrOus eyes. From her wan
and wasted face they shOne upon him
full Of tenderness and youth. Thus
they met with life behind them
they who parted plighted lovers when
life was young. He vas the man
whom she forgaye for her blighted
and weary life, with smile of parting
as divine "a ever lit the face OF wO-
man.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15

and liabilities under which we labor
often, especially for lack of time.
Our dish must be on hand at stated
seasons, whether well cooked, half
done, or rare, or else scolding will be
done at our expense. The lawyer is
expected to miss his aim half the time
because he has but one side to werk
for: the preacher may err in trying to
instruct his hearers, but his mistakes
are soon forgotten; the doctor lucky
fellow it is said, often hides his er-
Iors under the ground. Notso with
the printer, especially the newspaper
man. A thousand critics scan the
work, and perhaps not one in ten can
spell the word chestnut or February
correetIy-but they can tell when the
letter q is upside down. To all these
the printer weekly submits, and tries
to do better. Keep everything in its
proper place, aud these carpers
will have less to do.
The position OF a country editor
Is any thing but a sinecure, If he does
his duty well. If faithful he scarcely
knows what rest is-his work seems
not done till death comes with his
dagger and writes finis to his career.
In the good time coming it may be
this cOnsummati) ii
is our duty to labor and to wait.
In this desultory and very imper-
feet essay. gotten up at odd times,
not withOu thearing the word "copy"
pronounced at intervals, have at
tempted to put together such ideas as
occurred to me during their prepara-
tion, and if they serve no higher pur-
pose, will answer to while away few
minutes in their reading. We have
come together for business, not amuse-
ment, so bring this piece to close.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15

After one of John Randolph's Pc
euliaT speeches, which he interlarded
with eopious quotations Of Latin and
Greek, Kremer rose and, in strain
OF well acted Indignation, poured
forth torrent of Pennsylvania Ger
man upon the head of the amazed
and startled Randolph. His violent
gestieulatiOns, his loud and bOisterous
tones, his defiant manner, were not
more annoying to the imperiOus
Sontherner than the fact that he could
not understand a word that was
spoken. And when honest George
took his seat, covered with peTspira-
ton, Randolph arose and begged the
honorable gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania to enlighten the House and the
country by translating what he had
just uttered. Kremer retorted as sol-
lows: Il have only to say in reply
to my friend from Virginia that when
he translates the dead languages he is
constantly using for the benefit of Us
country members, into something
like English, I will be equally liberal
in translatingmyl living Pennsylvania
Dutch into something that the house
can understand" The laugh was
completely against RandOlph--F0r-
Rey's Recollection.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-15
Household Sins.

Some cooks will throw Out the
water in which meats have been boil
ed, without letting it cool to take of
the lat.
Bits of meat are thrown out which
would make hashed meat or hash.
The -four is sifted in a wasteful
manner and the bread pan left with
the dough sticking to It.
Pie crust il laid by to sour, instead.
Of making few tarts for tea
Cold puddings are considered gOod
for nothing, when oftentimes they
can be steamed for the next day.
Dish cloths are thrown down where
mice can destroy them
Vegetables are often thrown away
that would warm nicely for breakfast.
The serubbing brush is left in water.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun
to dry and fall apart.
Nice handled knives are thrown
into hot water.
Silver spoons are used to serape ket-
ties.
Cream is allowed to mould and
SPOIL
Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are
left to stand open and lose their
strength.
The cork is left out Of the molasses
jug. and the flies take possession.
Vinegar is drawn in tin basin aud
allowed to stand until both basin and
vinegar are spoiled.
Dried fruit is not taken care of in
season and becomes w0rmy.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until they
become useless.
Pork spoils for want Of salt, and
beef because the brine wants sealding.
Bones are burned that would make
soup.
Clothes are left on the.line to whip
to pieces in the wind.
Brooms are Eever hung up, and sOon
are spoiled.
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How the Disaster Was Brought On.


Tie following comments by the IFi-
6une upon the condition OF Chicago pre-
vious to the FIRE, and the probable causes
that lead to its destruction, should be
borne in mind in the growth Of smaller
cities.
No city of its size and wealth was ever
built in such q helter-skelter manner as
Chicago. The West Side, which, by
favor of the wind, still survives the gem
eral wreck, affords a thousand striking
examples of the folly which brought the
great conflagratiUn upon US. We have
been putting up fire traps on every fifty
feet of ground in thirty square miles of
populated area. We haEo been allowing
Tom, Dick and Harry, who wished to
coin a few thousand dollars in q few
months time, to squat for the purpose
in the heart Of the city, and put up any
where and everywhere whatever COM
binations OF blazing furnaces ard dnder-
boxes they chose, nor did we afford any
protection to those citizens who were
disposed to erect structures and establish
business, with a view to permRnenee
and the general safety. We have been
stretching among all these infiammable
structures a system Of elevated wooden
sidewalks which served as fuses to con-
vey flames from house to house. We
have been strewing lumber piles and
shaving stacks through the town to make
fires out of, and distributing shingle roofs |
among the more valuable brick and stone |
edifiees, to receive the burning brands |
as they came from the place where we |
had arranged to have them kindled. !
Even in the quarters where men paid |
lavish sums to have edifices erected /
which were massive and. lat least 70 ap- |
pearance) solid, our architects have been |
vieing with each other to see which could /
make his pile of limestone the most top /
heavy, and surmount it with the most |
kindling materials in the way of Man |
sard roofs and wooden cornices. We /
have built fire proof fronts with touch /
wood rears. We have crowned all by |
placing a wooden roof on our city Pump |
ing Works, so that whoever would burn I
up the city speedily and surely had only /
to wait for fresh wind and throw some /
brands against the caves Of the Water l
Works engine house to disable the Fire |
II was only few days before the great /!
fire that the President of the heaviest OF
the English insurance companies (the 4
Imperial, of LOndon) was in Chicago |
with view to establishing an agency /
here; but was so impressed with the /
precariousness of our situation that he /
declined to yield to the temptation of |
high premiums and establish an agency /
here. "I cannot do it," said he; lyon /
have some fine buildings, but you haYe /
them surrounded by very bad ones. |
The first time circumstances combine 4
against you. your whole city will burn I
up" This experienced underwater I
had hardly time to get out Of the country (
before his predictions was terribly veri- I
fed.