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

October 18th, 1871
The Honorable Police Jury met az their
room, in the town Of Bellevue, Louisiana,
pursuant to Adjournment, with IN
James n. Plat, President,
William H Rascoe, member, .n
Isaac A. billiard,
present, when, tie body being called to or
der by the Pre- Iident, they proceeded To
pass the following acts and ordinances, viz
BE al enacted, etc., That A. ID. Wells
be appointed overseer OF the Bellevue and
Shreveport road from Rcd chute ferry 10
west bauk of Cross bayou HErl.F .fF
BE Il eRdct7E, etc., That vs. l..
Smith he appointed oyerseer of the Belle
vue and Shrev' port road from the west
bank of Cross bayou to Red river ferry, op
posite Shreveport ... .......'.
Be Il enacted ETC., That G. A. Smith.
ley be appointed Overseer of tie Shreveport
and Arkansas re ad from Beuoit bayou t.
Isaac A. Dillar,rs.
Be 10 enactee. etc.. That the petition
or memorial of { A Smiley being receIv
| ed, the said G A Smiley WAS, on motion
respectfully referred TO all the Laws o
Louisiana respecting paupers, and the clerl
! is ordered to foI ward a copyOf this act {,
the said Smiley without delay.
BE IL enacted, etc, That from anC
after this date, no warrants shall be de
hvered to any person in whose favor it shall
! be issued, or who shall claim the right {,
control it, until the clerk shall have it au
dited BY the Parish Treasurer.
The President then signed UP and deliver
! ed TO James A Heron, tax collector, tb,
| parish licenses, for which the said HerroI
gave his receipt in words and figures a
} 1olloWs; uHH . 1921 .f.sf
Received, b, Ileyue, La, October 25th
1871, Of James n. Platt, President of tn,
Police Jury OF Bossier parish, eleven Ii
censes at ten dollars each five licenses a
one hUDdred dollars each; three licenses a
I Rve dollars eacli twenty licenses at TWEEN
~ dollars each lIine lieeuses az twenty nv
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be n enacted. &C., That L commit
tee Of three be appointed by tho President
of this body. whose duty it shall he to FIRST
find the total Indebtedness of the parish of
BosSier, prior to the formation Of the parish
of Webster; and. further, that the commit
tee report the tota amount of taxable prop.
erty in Webster parish formerly B0ssier
parish, together with the total amount of
taxable property If Bossier PARISH, prior to
the creation of Webster parish, and rae
total amount of slid former Indebtedness
of BOssier parish now due by the parish OF
Webster to the parish OF BoSsiel.
BE az further eRdct5G, etc.. That the
clerk cf this body notify the Police Jury 81
the parish of Webster of the action of this
body on the matter mentioned in preced
ing act, and request them to appoint com
mittee to act and center with this commit
tee for the purpose therein stated.
in. PLATT, President.
J.. b. TAYLOR, Clerk . -.#
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FAMILY GROCERY,

line, are invited to calf and ek.mise tns
stocks which are received cons tsHfly, ~
opened for the inspect on efpui ehaselA 4
Prompt attention given to TIE nl4nz
orders. -tt'A 10 WIN
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Police Jury Room,
> Octoba,. o6th -1ST1

y Z
1r-1 Bellevue, October 25th, 1871. {
The Honorable Police Jury of Bossier
parish, Louisiana, net at their roOm, in the
town of Bellevue, La, ut 9 o'clock, on the
morning of the 10Th, pursuant 20 adjourn
metn with
James n. Plat, President, ward No 1
Rufus Sibley, member, % 80
Isaac 4 billiard, . q /
VIM II Raseoe. " %"
beng present, and, after being called to
order by the President they proceeded to
pass the following acts, viz: .-..s
BE, al enacted, &c, That the Parish
Treasurer be authorized and 'equired 70
transfer what he represents as the special
fund and the Judgment fund 70 the jail fund
and keep and pay said funds on jail bonds
said funds hereafter to be knowIt and STYLED
rs the Jail fund
Be IL enacted, ETC., That from and
after this date, 10 inspection fees viii be
paid the iailer for the inspection of prison
ers or cells in the jail; all laws or ports of
laws inconsistent with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed. -.-.#. s-
Be IL enacted, eie., That t. B. Tay-
Tor, Thomas Moore and John II Keyser be
and they are hereby appointed a committee
To submit to this body, statement as to
the indebtedness " Webster pa IRISH 10 tins
parish, rs per act passed on yesterday. T.
Be az eddcted. ETC., That the Presi
dent of this body appoint a committee OF
three TO take measurement If the Red
chute Littlea and Big Mussel Shell bayous, and
Alligator bayou, and report tho plans and
Specification for such bridges, IS Should be
built aeTosssaid streams on the Shreveport
and Aiuden wire road, and that said CON
nlittee report generally all matters that
may appear meet and proper To- the action
of TINS body and that said eomnutte report
the same at or before the next meeting OF
this body.
Be IL enacted, etc., That the follow
ing accounts be allowed, viz:
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Il
den be appointed Overseer Of the road from
the east end OF He'd chute bridge TO Red
river and thence down Red river 10 the par
ish line. "a ..r-.'r
BE IL enacted, ETC., That L. X.
Hodges be appointed oversees of the Red
river road from Atkins L.aniling to Mul.
berry bayou.
BE ii enacted, etc., That x. +. Mahle
be appointed Oyerseer Of the Il ID river road
from Mulberry bayou 10 n F Ssopini's
BE it enacted, etc., That Joseph f.
Adger, Jr, be appointed oveISeer of the
road from A Buffers TO tho, junction of
the Carolina bluffs and Rocky Mount road
Be az enacted, ETC., That WIN. r.
Thornton be appointed over seer of the
Rocky Mount and Carolina blr ifs road from
the east end of tlle Alden old fridge.
The Parish Treasurer having presented
his report, III which he shows the receipt on
the ordinary fund, since last settlement. the
I sum of 50, l70 Is, and he 1Iavilg presented
jury scrip to the IImUmt OF s., 40 I3.
Ii Is hereby enacted, that the said Moore
have credit for said sum; and it is further
enacted, that all the jury SCRIP, parish scrip
and parish warrants presented during this
term be filed and preserved by the clerk
The said Treasurer further shows, that he
has on hand Of special fund, s63S 80, after
| deductlng his commissions; the sum of
| S6S2 "A of the road and bridg, fun after
| deducting his commissions, ard the further
sum of sll 40 of he Judgment funds.
Be itenacted, ETC., That the following
accounts be allowed, viz: -a
| j. n. Plat, pres't p + : % m
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Police jury Room .

On motion the body then adjourned I'm
! til Tomorrow morning.
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PoHce fury Proceedings.
PoLrcE Jury ROOM,


Bellevue, La, October 23rd, 1871 {
The Hon Police Jury of Bossier Parish
oohTened az their room in the town of Belle
vus, pursuant to q call made by the Clerk
OF the Dist Court of Bossier parish, La,
when Isaac A. billiard, James n. Plat,
VIM. H kssooe and Rufus Sibley being
present, they having been duly appointed
and commissioned by His Excellency II. c.
Warnoth Governor of the State Louisiana.
rs Police Jurors CT this parish, and after
having taken the oath of Office required by
law, were Only organized by the Clerk of
the Dist. Court. After Salot being had,
and the ballots being counted, the said
Clerk announced that James n. Platt " as
duly elected presidents Of this body. Ii vas
moved and seconded that the body proceed
by Daiiot to elect a clerk of this body, whose
term Of office shall expire on the LIST 6ay of
january, 1872. After ballot being had,
the President announced that Remic b.
Taylor was duly elected clerk of this body
The board then being organized according
TO law, proceeded to business, viz:
Beitenaeted By the Police Jury Of TIE Par
tsh Bcssier, and IL Is hereby enacted 6y Glt-
thority The same, That the north half town
ship twenty of range eleven, east of Bcdcau
lake and bayou, be annexed TO and constitute
a part of Wsrd No OF this parish.
Be ite,sdeted, dc, That the following &C
counts be and th9y are hereby allowed in
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28
A Clergyman's Workshop.

A correspondent of the Commercial Id
certiSer gives this description of the
workshop of the Rev. John Todd, of
Pittsfeld, Mass:
In one room a well-stocked library
with rare books, ancient and modern,
in different languages. In the centre of
the room is ripping fountain, and ar
ticles of beauty from kindly donors,
with relics of the war. In this study
the hand OF the owner is seen in elegant
book cases made by himself, beautiful
picture frames from his own workshop,
and little adornments turned from his
own lathe to adorn u room where 80
many hours of brain work are expended.
Directly opposite is another room OF
entirely different character. Here is the
veritable Congregationalist lathe" pro-
curedTrom the proceeds of his contrlbu-
tions to that paper, and SO most aptly
named, while another lathe, of great
value, elegant and beautiful, is greatly
priced by the owner, who points out its
various graces with the enthusiasm OF a
collector of gems. Here is a collection
of saws and screws, and clamps and
planes, and vices and gouges, and man
ulCio, ahu OIbcI LUIS, tuhI WOuiu WIN
fuse any but born mechanician, while
shelves of acids and chemicals for
polishing, with delicate anvils and tools
of great variety, are kept in perfect Or
der. One of the lathes' appliances per-
forms two thousand revolutions in q
minute, and is as delicate and graceful
in its movements as the sweep of bird
through the air. If tool is wanted for
special use, the fertile brain of the Doc
tor invents it, and his skilled hand
brings it out of the rudest elements.
He has a great variety of beautiful
woods from different parts of the world,
and steam engine so petite and fairy
like as to call forth Communications from
the dullest locker on. Everything is
arranged SO systematically that the own
er could put his hand on any one of over
thousand tools in the dark.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28
Travelling Stones.

Many of our readers have doubtless
heard of the famous travelling stones of
Australia. Similar curiosities have re-
Gently been found in Nevada, which are
described as almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as walnut,
and of an irony nature. When distribut-
ed about upon the floor, table, or other
leveleurface, within two or three feet of
each other, they immediately begun
travelling toward common centre, and
there huddled up in bunch like lot
of eggs in nest. A single stone, re-
moved to the distance of three and half
feet, upon being released at once started
off, with wonderful and somewhat comi-
cal celerity, to join its fellows; taken
away four or five feet, it remained mo-
tionless. They are found in a region
that is comparatively level, and is moth
ing but bare rock. Scattered over this
barren region are little basins, from a
few feet to rod or two in diameter, and
it is in the bottom of these that thu roll
ing stones are found. They are from
the size of pea to five or ak inches in
diameter. The cause of these stones roll
ing together is doubtless to be found in
the material of which they are CON-
posed, which appears to be loadstone oil
magnetic iron ore.
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q An Act or Justice.

: Doubling Castle was O sad stumbling
block in the path, Of Bunyan's Christian,
though it couldn't bar his way to Truth
We can sympathize with the Pilgrim,
for Doubt always besets us when we are
asked to believe anything particularly
extraordinary. Consequently, when we
first heard, some eighteen months ago,
that physician i'll California had COM
pounded, from the juices and extracts of
certain herbs found in that wonderful
region, medicine that cured almost ev-
cry human disease, We were incredulous
Since then we have had opportunities Of
testing the accuracy of this report, and
are free to admit that our doubts have
vanished. Seeing what we have seen,
knowing what We know, it is impossible
for us to question the general, nay, the
all but universal, remedial properties of
DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs. That
this famous vegetable Tonic, Alternative,
and Antiseptic, is a specific for Dyspep-
sia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Constipa-
tion, Fever and Ague, Bilious Intermit-
tents, Scrofuleus Taint in the Blood, In
cipient Consumption, Local and Gen
eral Debility, Rheumatism. Sick Head
ache, and Diseases of the Kiki.eys, seems
to be matter beyond the pale of con-
troversy--a .tred .tact in medical history.
The statements of friends, in whose ve-
rscity and int. lligence we have full con-
fidence, corroborated in many instances
by our own personal observation, COM
pels us, skeptical as we are by tempera-
ment and disposition, to admit the sur
passing merits of the preparation, and
we do so without reserve.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28
English Synonyms.

The copiousness of the English tongue,
as we'll as the difficulty of acquiring the
ability to use its immense vocabulary
correctly, is we'll exhibited in the follow
ing array of synonymous words; which,
if not new, is yet capital illustration
of the nice distinctions which character
ize so many of our vocables. 1t is no
wonder that we slip occasionally, even
the wariest of US.
A little girl was looking at the picture
Of number of ships, when she exclaimed,
"See, what a flock of ships" We cor
rected her by saying that flock of ships
is called feet, and that feet of sheep
is called flock.
And here we may add for the benefit
of the foreigner who is mastering the in
tricacies of our language in respect to
nouns of multitude, that flock of girls
is called bevy, that bevy of wolves
is called a pack, and pack OF thieves is
called gang, and gang of angels is
called host, and host OF porpoises is
called shoal, and shoal of buffaloes is
called herd, and herd of children is
called troop, and troop of partridges is
called q covey, and a covey of beauties is
called galaxy, and galaxy Of ruffians
is called horde, and horde of rubbish
is called heap, and a heap of oxen i;
called a drove, and a drove of black
guards is called a mob, and mob Of
whales is called school, and school ot
worshippers is called q congregation
and congregation of engineers is called
a corps, and corps of robbers is called
band. and band of locusts is called 6
swarm, and swarm of people is called
crowd, and crowd of gentlefolks il
called the elite, and the elite of the city,
thieves and rascals are called the roughs
and the miscellaneous crowd of the city
folks is called the community, or thu
public, according as they arespoken of by
the religious community or the seculal
public.--American Educational Monthly
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Advice 70 Writers.

"Gris gives the following truly phi
losophic advice to people who have an
inkling for the pen:
Ireceived the other day the following
note of inquiry:
DEAR Snail think have got tallunt
into me to write. / want to try il, but don't
know how to begin. Yu, no, hev had speri-
anse. Will yu plese write and give me infor-
mashun on the following pints, two wit,
namely
What to rite on.
When to rite.
Where to write.
How to rite.
How much to rite.
What to rite for.
With any other hint on the subject that may
occur to you. Your truly, u
ANBIsHuN.
1 am always gratified to be able to i'm
part any information in my power to
one about to begin to write, although be
may never begin to write with me.
Struggling genius am prone to encour-
age. Lam not like some in the profess,
sion who keep all they know about
writing so closely to themselves that
poor people would not suspect they knew
anything about it, As far as writing
is concerned, photographic pugilist that
/ am, l always stand ready to "let go my
write"
"What write on" Igenerally write
on table or desk. prefer desk when
I want to desk-ant profoundly. Some
of my desk-antics are fearfully and won
derfully made.
Don't try to write on multiplication
table, unless you are complete master
of figures, especially figures of speech. 1
have frequently written on my knees,
but am aware that many people have
q repugnance to getting on their knees,
either to write, or to do anything else.
There may be occasions when you will
be compelled to write on the top of your
hat, but it hurts ones (s)tyle 10 do it
habitually.
Literary men often affect eccentrici-
ties regarding what they write on. Shell
ley, / believe, wrote his "ShelNie)s of
Ocean" on his thumb nail. Byron wrote
on gin, and Edgar A. Poe wrote on
drunk. .-...
When to rite" Write when you feel
like it, but be sure you feel like it. Some
people think they feel like it when they
don't, which produces good deal of suf-
fering among readers. would lay it
down as a general rule for young men of
ambition like yours, when you can't
find any employment that will pay for
your salt, then write.
"Where to rite" That depends good
deal on where she is. If she is in Chica-
60, it would be manifestly absurd to
write to Montreal.
Chow to rite" Is it possible that in
this land of common schools there is any
young man who doesn't know how to
writer You should consult a writing
master and not me.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28
A Million Strokes in a Month.

A wager lately came off, the terms of
which were as follows: 81 will bet any
man e100 that he cannot make million
strokes with pen and ink within q
month" They were not to be mere
dots and scratches, but fair down strokes,
such as form the child's first lesson in
writing. A gentleman accepted the
challenge. The month allowed was the
lunar month of only twanty-eight days,
80 that, for the completion of the under
taking, an average of $4,000 strokes per
diem was required. This at 60 per min
ute, or 5000 per hour-and neither the
human intellect nor the human hand
can be expected to do more-would call
for ten hours labor in every twenty
four. With a proper respect for the
Sabbath, the gentleman determined to
abstain from his work on Sundays, and
by this determination diminished by
four days the period allowed him /; at the
same time. by SO doing, he increased the
daily average of his strokes to upward
of 4l.000. On the first day he executed
$4,000; on the second day nearly as
many. But at length, after many days,
his hand became stiff and weary, the
wrist swollen, and, without interrupting
its progress over the paper, it required
the almost constant attendance of some
friend to besprinkle it with lotion cal
culated to relieve and invigorate it.
On the twenty-third day the million
strokes, exceeded by some few thousands,
ito make assurance doubly sure" were
accomplished. These interesting papers
are not placed in the archives of the
Royal Society. of which the gentleman
is Fellow, but were claimed and re-
ceived by the person who paid the wa
ger.-Lond0n Paper.
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How 70 Enjoy Good Health and a Long
life

To secure clear, fresh skin, bright
eye, active limbs. quick brain, and a
cheerful, pleasant temper, and if You
would enjoy long life, you should live
about as follows:
BREAKFAST.
Oat meal porridgc, with milk and
sugar.
Or, Graham mush, with little good
syrup.
Or, cracked wheat, with milk and
sugar.
Or, baked potatoes, with bread and
butter.
Or, beef steak or mutton chop, with
baked potatoes and bread and butter.
If you are thin, and need fat, use the
first three; if you are too fat, use the
last-named two.
Drink cold water, or a little weak
coffee.
Beef or mutton, roasted or stewed,
with any vegetables you may like (though
tomatoes should be used very sparingly),
good bread and butter, and close the
meal with a glass of weak lemonade.
Eat no dessert, unless it be little fruit,
and eat nothing more till the next
morning.
There is no rule in regard to diet
about which 1 am so fixed in my con-
victions as that nothing should be eaten
after dinner, and think that the dinner
should be taken early in the day not
later, if it can be so managed, than two
o'clock. In regard to the precise hour
for the dinner, / am not 80 clear, though
for myself one o'clock is the best hour ;
but in reference to the omission of the
third meal, 1 have, after long observa-
ton, no doubt whatever.
Hundreds of persons have come to me
with indigestion in some of its many
forms, and have experienced such relief
in a single week from omitting the sup
per, that have, for number of years,
depended upon this point in the diet as
the best item in my prescriptions for in
digestion. have never met the person
suffering from indigestion, who was not
greatly relieved at once, by emitting the
third meal.
Eat nothing between meals, not even
an apple or peach. If you eat fruit, let
| it be with the breakfast and dinner.
Cooked fruit is best for persons Of
weak digestion. / have met hundreds
of people who would digest large beef
steak without pang, but who could not
manage single uncooked apple.
I think certain dietetic reformers have
somewhat overrated the value of fruit.
Avoid cake, pie, all sweetmeats, nuts
raisins, and caudies.
Manage your stomach as above. and
at the end of ten years you will look
back upon these table habits as the
source of great advantages and happi-
ness.
For thirty years l have been a con-
slant and careful observer l have nc
hobbies about diet), and in the light Of
my own experience and these long OBJ.
servations, assure you that the table
habits have advised, are vital to your
health and happiness.
Pimples, blotches, yellow spots, nasal
catarrh, biliousness, liver torpidity, con.
stipation, sleepiness, dullness, low spirits
and many other common affections
would generally disappear with the
adoption of these rules.-Dio Lesois, IN
"Or Girls"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28

1t is great mistake to suppose that
the cause of rheumatism, neuralgia and
gout exists where the pain is expert
enced. The source of these diseases is
generally urea in the blood, and it is one
of the special properties of DR.. WALK
ER's VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERs to
neutralize this deposit, while it renovates
the relaxed kidneys, and thus prevents
them from permitting a portion OF their
secretion to escape though improper
channels. Torpidity of the stomach has
also much to do with the vitiation of
the blood, and upon this organ the Bit
ters act directly as a stimulant and in
vigorant.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-28

A TURKISH BATH SToRY.-A Wis
consin paper, the Oshkosh Northwestern,
says: "a gentleman from near Stevens
Point, Ole o. Wogsland, whose weight
was 800 pounds. and lady residing in
Oshkosh, Mrs. Dougherty, who has been
reduced by disease and drugs to less than
fifty pounds in weight, are both taking
Turkish baths in this city. The gentle
man is being reduced at the rate of one
pound per day, and the lady increased
at the same rate.