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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-05-13
The Tragedy of Life.

The Tragedy Of Life.
Life is a monstrous disap-s
pointmenk and death the only
portal of peace. There is not
a day that passes in which vir-F
tue does not sell itself for
bread; in which some poor,
harassed or frenzied creature
does not rush madly upon
death in which the good are
not prosecuted and the weak
trampled upon. Behind win,
dows you look heedlessly as
tragedies, red as any history
or fiction ever painted, are be-
ing played, and faces You adj
mire mask with smiles an in
ward tortue worse than the
fagony of the rack.
Whoamong our readers have
realized the fulfillment ef their
early hopes. Whose life has
not it's notifications, it's bitter
concealments, is studied eva
sions, its poignant humilia-
tions, its wild uneasiness, its !
wrestling and defeat7 But we
90 not representlife. We repre-
sent the. fairest portion and
the highest level of it. Be-
meath us is the great mass OF
humanity, and they writhe and
moan and weep; they toll and
starve, and curse, and fight,
and die. The world gees roar
ing on rs needless of those who
fall as the gale in autumn is
needless of the leaves it strips
froni the trees or the branches
it wrenches away. a
t UNHAPPY NARRIAGEs,-The
universal expectation of mar
!, ried people is, that their marri-
f ed lives will always be happy
r ones. Deludetl dreamer! They
!, imagine they are different from
d other people, and that when
u they enter the portals of fmatri-
u mony, love peace and prosperE
ty will ever be- their attendants.
Such had better by far consider
a themselves the same as others,
r bnt form iron resolutions, to do
y differently from other married
3 -people--resolutions that will
10 keep from dangerous coasts on
IS which SO many have been
sr wrecked and ruined. Unhap-
le py marriages depend on many
W causes. Previous to marriages
IN many try 10 appear more intel
le lectual; more amiablej or more
ID accomplished than they really
Y are. Depend upon it, that the
id love brought into existence by
It's a moonlight stroll, strengthens
1g ed by deceit and fashionable
he displays, and finally consIm'
TX mated through the influence o.
ut intriguing friends, will fade il
al after life almost as fast as tllt
lat flowers Which compose the bri
ne dal wreath.
ve- m .i .-..--... ~ 9
ad He who has not learned tn
to lesson of resolute selfHelp ha
He made little progress toward rea
et- manhood. t.,.
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How to Swarm and Hive Bees
TFrom the Prairie Farmer. !

have kept bees for thirty-one years I;
have had good luck with them, and great
deal of pleasure from them.
You have, no doubt, often heard bee
men speak of bees hanging out or, in
other words, coming out on the outside Of
the hive and play there for several days.
have had them commence making combs
under the hive for fear should lose a
swarm l have spent great many weeks
in watching them.
Two years ago, | thought, as | was
Watching, could hear them whispering
and saying. ado give us home." So 1
went and got an empty hive, and washed
it out with salt and water and molasses,
and set it close by the other hive where
the bees were hanging out; took big pan
and house brush, wet the pan and brush
with the sweetened water, then brushed
the bees very carefully into the pan and
turned it up against the empty hive, and
let it remain there, while l took the old
hive away about ten or fifteen feet. Then
l returned and shook the pan very gently,
and the bees all went in and went to work
like busy bees, assure you.
4
and never had bees work better. Last
season had but two swarms they came
out at the same time and settled on tree
close by, and l hived them in the old-fash-
Toned way.
use the Phelps hive. think they are
the handiest, neatest and most agreeable
hive that | ever saw. use also the square
hive, Is inches square and IA inches high,
with pane of glass on the back side the
whole bgness of the hive, covered with a
slide. For cap l make box Sx10 on
the back side, with slide SO that l can
look in aud see when the cap is full. |
have two-inch hole directly in front, un-
der the cap, through which the bees go
into the cap.
Had | made the above discovery of
swarming bees thirty years ago, could
have saved hundreds of dollars.
For my caps on the same hive, have
tin frames 7x9, filled in with glass, except
the lower part, which sets on the main
hive on the two-inch hole When l take
off the cap have tin cover to fasten on,
with little wire hinges. / have caps for
the Phelps hive fixed in the same way
put the 8x10 wooden cap over the glass
caps, and putty them down SO the milers
cannot get in. My square hives are set or
wire-cloth, raised one inch, with drawer
under each hive for the millers to work in
| l have taken out fifteen millers in one
morning CHARLES GILBERT.
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containing very little carbonate OF lime"
The existence of phosphate formation
below the surface goes back to the year
1895, when the fossil remains of the shark,
whale, seal, phocodous squalodus and por-
poise were discovered at depth OF sixty
feet by an exploring party. OF land anil
mails, at later period, the bones and teeth
of mastodon, megatherium, dinotherlum,
elephant, deer, horse, COW, hog, muskrat,
&C., were found mixed up with the re-
mains of marine animals; but the real
value of the phosphate seems to have been
unknown. Biologists, indeed, found here
an ample field for study and research,
and their labors were stimulated by the
discovery In 1914, of several stone arrow
heads and one stone Ratchet. A little later,
in the same year, some human bones were
discovered in the Ashly bed, and
1 may add that, in 1857, parts OF
femur and tibia were also found
in the post-gleiocene beds. 1t was
not until the year 1867 that the true value
of the phosphate rocks as fertilizers was
fully realized. Northern capital was en-
listed to aid in the enterprise, and the
phosphate rocks have now become staple
article of commerce. Over six millions OF
dollars have already been invested by
Northern capitalists in mining and manu-
featuring the rocks into rich fertilizers.
In regard to the thickness of the stratum
and the yield per acre, Professor Holmes
says: "Fifteen or eighteen inches may be
considered the average thickness of the
stratum of the phosphate rocks; though
there are many places where it has
been found three feet thick. Here and
there a pocket occurs, extending several
feet and to as great depth. 1t is
safe, therefore, in making estimates of the
yield per acre, to take the lowest, that OF
fifteen inches. Should the stratum be
uniform, six hundred tons may be safely
calculated upon as the yield; though
there are many 'diggings' now returning
eight hundred and thousand tons per
acre" The process of manufacture is not
particularly complicated, as it merely con-
sists in grinding the rock and then subject
ing the finely pulverized rock to the
action of sulphuric acid. The raw ma
terial, ground of course, is slow in its
effects, but will gradually afford supply |
Of food 10 the crops, and its fertilizing |
properties extend through several years.
In the neighborhood of Charleston thirteen |
companies are now at work, and you can
not drive far in any direction without
meeting the cars, drawn by mules, coming
from the mines to the river or the mill.
The odor does not affect the value of the
material.
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ALL
By Grubbs & Williams, Auctioneers.
ssIGNEE's SALE
$50 ACRES OF LAND IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY,
AT AUCTION
In compliance with decree of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. of
April A. 1871, in the matter of Rob't Kidd, bank
rupt, will sell at auction, on
Thursday, the 4th day of May, 1871,
at IL O'Clock NJ in front of the United States Court
House, in the city of Richmond, $50 ACRES of LAND
in Brunswick county, 10 miles south of the Court
House.
ALSO,
LIFE INTEREST in 1876 acres in same county, with
BUILDINGS, &c.
full description of this property will be given on
day of sale.
TERMs-0ne third cash; the balance on a credit
of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes, interest added from day of SALE for the de-
ferred payments the title to be retained by the as
signee until said notes paid.
VIM II ALLDERDICE,
ap li--aawSw Assignee.
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Phosphate Rocks.

A correspondent of the New York 1ri-
bune, writing from Aiken, South Carolina,
says: In my last letter | alluded to the
phosphate rocks of South Carolina as add
ing another to the many resources of the
State. 1t would seem as though cotton
would have to abdicate its traditional
crown, and that phosphate" was to be
the coming king. AS this subject is at
tracing considerable attention, and much
capital is being invested in it, propose to
write of it somewhat at length, as being a
matter of interest to all. A work recently
published by Professor Holmes, of Charles
ton, furnishes valuable data with which to
assist what "mine eyes have seen and my
ears have heard"
These phosphate rocks have been
known by variety of names, and no
noted criminal could ever have had more
aliases than have these unoffending rocks.
They have been called mari rocks, mari
stone, bone phosphates, phosphate rocks,
coprolites, congomerates, and sometimes
bone rocks, from the number of fossil re-
mains found in their strata. Many have
believed phosphate rocks to be masses of
true bone fossilized, but, as Prof. Holmes
says, "they never were bones at any time,
but were originally calcareous rocks. This
is evidenced by the shells, corals and cor
ralliness Of which they are composed, and
by the general character Of the mother
earth from which they were taken to be
redeposited in basins, where they were
converted from carbonate OF lime rock,
or mari, into phosphate of lime rock,
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GALE OF GIT ACRES OF LAND IN FRANKLIN
- COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
ON TUESDAY, MAY %, 1871.

for the District Of Virginia, issued the 9th day OF
April, 1871 we will sell assignees of Thsoderck
I. Webb, ST., bankrupt ON the premises, 6lT ACRES
of LAND. in the county of franklin Va, lying on
the waters of Chestnut creek adjoining the lands OF
Julia Wade and others-beng the land purchas ID by
said Webb. and conveyed to him by deed date 30
day December, 1856, from NJ @. Carper trustee, and
g. A. WiDgfed, attorney.
TRRMS-0ne fourth cash balance six and twelve
months, bonds with approved security, and tho title
retained until the whole Of tho purchase money ID
paid
This land will be sold undivided, or in lots, rs the
assignees may think best day Of sale.
AloKiNSEY & BROWN, Assignees
Danville, April 10th, 1871. OF ll-Tu3w
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$1,000 REWARD

DEBING'S VIA FUGA cures oil Liver Kidney and
Bladder Diseases, Organic Weakness Female Attic
tions General nebilitya nd complaints of the Uri
nary Organs, in male and female.
1000 will also be paid for any case of Blind
Bleeding Itching PILES that pRBING's Pua RAN
zBy fails to cure.
Pains, Sprains, DruSes and Swsllod Joints in nls.
and boast.
Sold everywhere Send for pamphlet.
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An 18--ly
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ASSIGNEE SALES.
4l23
By Grubbs 4 Williams, Auctioneers.

| 4123
By Grubbs Williams, Auctioneers.
A ssIGN EE'S SAL
ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN HENRIoo
COUNTY, VA. A FEW MILES FROM THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, ONE HOUSE AND
LOT IN RICHMOND, AND $50 FEET
ON SIXTH STREET, IN SAID
CITY,
AT AUCTION.
In compliance with decree of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. of
April 4, 1871, in the matter Of Hassel, bankrupt,
will sell at auction, on
Thursday, the 4th day Of May, 1871,
at IL o'clock H. in front of the United States Court
House, in the city of Richmond
100 ACRES of LAND In Henrico county, on the
Darbytown road, five miles from the city of Rich
mond, with Dwelling and other buildings thereon.
A FRAME HOUSE and LOT, in the city Of Rich
mond, corner of Smith and Clay streets.
$50 Feet of LAND on Sixth street, Navy Hill, be.
tween - Streets city of Richmond.
TERMS-One-third cash the balance credit
of six and twelve months the purchaser to give
notes. interest added from the day of sale, for the
deferred payments the title to be retained by the
assignee until the said notes are paid.
VIM II ALLDERDICE.
ap 14-2aw3w Assignee.
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A SIGN EES' SA L Il

The undersigned, who have been appointed as
signees of the estate of Aaron Brunn who has been
adjudged bankrupt, will SELL on
Thursday, tine 9th day of April, 1871,
commencing at 10 o'clock NJ, at the storehouse, on
the southside of Main street, in the town of Char
lottesvle, which was lately occupied by said Aaron
Brunu, all the DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, and other
articles of MERCHANDISE, which passed to us by
said assignment, and which shall come into our pos
session assignees aforesaid.
Sale will continue from day to day till completed.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums under twenty dol.
lars cash of twenty dollars or more on credit
of ninety days. discount of elk per cent added and
to be secured by negotiable notes. satisfactorily en-
dorsed.
DRURY WOOD,
ap lids @ FISHBURNE.
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ASSIGNEE SALES.
414S
By Grubbs & Williams, Auctioneers.

SSIGNEE'S SALE
81 = ACRES OF LAND In KING AND QUEEN
COUNTY, AT AUCTION.
In compliance with decree of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District OF Virginia. Of
April a. 1871, In the matter of John Hoskins
bankrupt will sell at auction, on
THURSDAY, THE Arm DAY OF MAY, 1871,
at 10 o'clock NJ in front of the United States Court
House, in the city of Richmond, the following
TRACTS Of EXCELLENr LAND, and Improvements
thereon
No. 1--364 ACRES near "Mlllers,"
No. 2-lss ACRES adjoining the above estate,
bounded by road leading from st. Paul's Church
TO Burlington.
No. 3-75 ACRES bounded by portion of the
Midway estate.
These lands are valuable. Full description of each
will be given on day Of sale.
TERMs-One third cash; the balance on credit
of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes. with interest added from day OF sale, for the
deferred payments, the title to be retained by the
assignee until said notes paid.
VIM. III. ALLDERDICE,
ap 13-2aw3w Assignee
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AUCTION SALES.
CoMMIssI TONER'S SALE
VALUABLE LAND IN YORK COUNTY, VA

VALUABLE LAND IN YORK COUNTY, VA.
BY virtue of an order of the District Court of tn
United States for the District of Virginia. made the
10th day of April, 1871 SHALL as commissioners of
Geo. W. Bryan, bankrupt sell at public auction, at
Yorktown, on
Wednesday, the 9Th day of May, 1871,
commencing at IL o'clock NJ, all the right, title
and interest of said bankrupt in the following de.
scrbed TRACTS of LAND, surrendered by said Geo.
W. Bryan in bankruptcy, to.wit:
TRACT No. 1.-Two hundred and eleven acres Of
land situated in York county on the main road from
Yorktown to Williamsburg about Ave miles from
Yorktown, bounded as follows:-on the north by the
lands of Jas. ii. Kirby's, west by W. H. Wooten's
south by I. O. Newman's and east by W. B. Moore's,
with good improvements thereon.
No. 2--TRAcT of WOOD LAND, estimated at four
acres with old millpond thereon
No. S-TRACT of LAND, eighty three acres more
or less (hs ght of courtesy in said real estate)
bounded as foliows-on the north by the lands of
Il. III. Lees, west by Jas. II. Kirbys east by w. B.
Moores About thirty acres of said land is cleared,
and the remainder wooded.
No. 4-B0NBS, &c, due the bankrupt, as filed in
petition.
Schedules B-2 and B-3 sold for cash.
The above named tracts or parcels of land will be
sold free from all liens and encumbrances except the
contingent dswer interest Of said bankrupt's wife.
TERMS-Three hundred dollars cash the balance
on one, two and three years, credit. with
interest and good personal security from day of SALE
and the title to be retained by the commissioners un-
til the purchase money paid in full with power TO
resell if the lance of the purchase money is not
paid.
JACOB COHN,
VS.. PEACHY,
ap 14-2aw3w Commissioners.
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DATCHELOR's HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best In the world
the only true and perfect Dye harmless reliable in
Simultaneous; no disappointment ridiculous tints;
remedies the effects of bad dyes; invigoratos and
leaves the Hair soft and beautiful 'black brown
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers and properi,
street, New York. decS-ly
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Thursday, the 4th day of May, 1871,
ap 14-2aw3v
ssIGNEE's SALE
IA
| VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN PATRICK ooUN-
TY, VA,
| AT AUCTION.

By virtue of decree of the United States District
Court for the District of Virginia. will SELL as as.
signee of Green r. Conner, bankrupt, at Patrick
@. H., on
Monday, the Oath day of April, 1871,
A TRACT of LAND containing 200 acres lying in
Patrick county, Va, the hesdwaters of Smith g
river the base of the Blue Ridge The improve.
ments on the property are good
TERM5--0ne hundred dollars In cash, and the
balance upon credit of six and nine months equal
instalments, the purchaser giving bonds, with APP.
proved security for the deferred payments and title
retained till whole of purchase money is paid.
NH 27--1aw3w TH0S X. COBBS, Assignee.
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4.57
By Grubbs Williams, Auctioneers.
A sSIGN Il Els SALE
HOUSE AND LOT IN AMELIA COUNTY, VA,
AT AuCTIQN

In compliance with decree of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
of April 4, 1871, in the matter of Wright, bank
rupt, will sell at auction, on
THURSDAY, THE 4rH DAY OF MAY, 1871,
at IL o'clock in front of the United States Court
House, in the city of Richmond, one HOUSE and
LOT containing five acres, situated In Amelia county.
full description of this property will be given
day of sale.
TERMs-Ope-third cash the balance on a credit
of six and twelve months the purchaser to give
notes. interest added from day Of SALE for the de-
ferred payments the title to be retained until said
notes paid.
VIM II ALLDERDICE,
ap 13-2aw3w Assignee.
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ssIGNEE's SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN PATRICK CoUN.
TY, VA,
AT AUCTION.

By virtue Of decree of the United States District
Court for the District of Virginia, will SELL
signee OF Abraham Adams, bankrupt, at Patrick
@. H., on
Monday, the oath day Of April, 1871,
A TRACT of LAND containing 100 acres, lying 10
miles north OF Patrick c. H.. the waters of Smith 9
river. The improvements on the property are good.
TERMS-0ne hundred dollars in cash. and the
balance upon credit Of six and nine months, equal
instalments, the purchaser giving bonds, with APP
proved security for the deferred payments and title
retained till whole CT purchase money ia paid.
NH 27-1aw3w TH0S C0BBS, Assignee.
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DY AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED MARCH
ID 3,lST1, in relation to the State Department,
it was provided as follows: "The building to be Of
such kind of stone may be determined by the con-
current decision of the Committees of Public Build
ings and Grounds of the Senate ard House of Repre-
sentatves." Now, therefore, in order properly to
determine this question, the Committees aforesaid
will meet the 26th day of April, 1871, at the
Capitol, in the room of the Senate Committee on
Public bulldogs and Grounds, and they hereby in
vte parties who may desire to urnsh either granite
sandstone to the amount now required, supposed
to be about 1850 600 cubic feet, which may hereaf
ter be required to submit before the day named
samples of not less than IL inches cube Ito be sent to
the of the Supervising Architect of the Treasu-
ry) and the terms in writing addressed to either OF
the undersigned upon which they will contract with
the Government to deliver the granite sandstone
at the site of the said Department
JUSTIN 8. MORRILL,,
GEO. A. HALSEY,
Chairmen.
WAsmNGroS, D. c., April 10, 1871. ap loot
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4165
By Grubbs & Williams, Auctioneers.


By Grubbs Williams Auctoneers.
ssIGNEE's SALE
IN OF
81 ACRES OF LAND IN CAROLINE COUNTY, VA,
AT AUCTION
In compliance with decree of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,
of April A. 1871 in the matter of Levi Stern, bank
rupt, will sell at auction on
THURSDAY, THE 4rH DAY OF MAY, 1871,
at IL o'clock NJ in front of the United States Court
House, in the city of Richmond, so ACRES of LAND,
in Caroline county, near Chesterfield Depot, with a
STORE-H0USE, DWELLING, 0UTH0UsES, &c.
A full description of this property will be given on
day of sale.
TERMS-0ne.third cash; the balance on a credit
of six and twelve months the purchaser to give
notes. interest added frem day Of SALE for the de-
ferred payments the title to be retained by the
signee until said notes are paid.
VIM H ALLDERDICE,
ap 13-2aw3w Assignee.