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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30
California: for Health, Pleasure and

California; for Health, Pleasure and
Residence A book for travellers
and settlers. By Charles Nordhofr.
New York: Harper x Brothers.
Less than year ago Mr.. NorihoT
made tour of California, writing ar
ticles for Harper's Magazine; the
Tribune aud the Post. The large aud
handsome volume just published il
4 result of this tour; splendid vol
ume of 225 broad pages, illustrated
with IS fine engravings of natural
scenery. Mr.. Nordhotf's style i
smooth and easy-his book reads like
a charming story, and is filed with
fscts of all sorts CLEANED by the way
He was delighted with everything
he saw in California; its people, eli
mate, productions and resources
Like a true newspaper man he knows
how TO write for the public. Trave-
lers and settlers will find this book
TO be voluable i'll more senses than
one. He writes of farming, semi
tropical fruits. wheat, cheap farms
for the million, irrigation, beet sugar
silk, wine-growing. strengthening
cattle ranches, etc. These are sub
jects of interest to all our readers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

\ man may borrow money,
steal from Il widow, discount
his own whisky bill, sor nip
a prayer book from Il heather,
and still have some chance fol
pardon; bnt when he SwinlieS
a newspaper man ont of his
bill, We think the devil has
such a grip OF the seat Of his
pal.talO0nS that repentance
and forgiveness are utterly
out OF the question.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

The Ouachita Telegraph
says the estimated expenses of
Ouachita for 1873 is S29.70O.-
That parish has not the popu-
lation Of Bossier nor the in
trinsic wealth, yet we purpose
here to get along on $4,000.
That parish has been CONTROL
ed by the Radicals for many
years. Ours, as to its financial
affairs, has been controlled by
Conservatives. Mark the diff,
ference.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

A Detroit shoulder hitter
wanted to get married, so
everything was made ready,
the wedding feast was set forth
in d bar room, and the happy
man went for a clergyman,
While the bride and bulnmerS
inn a iently waited. He found
Il clergy man, but when told OF
the locality in which the cere-
mony was To he performed, the
holy man fatty refused to go.
The offer of double fee hav-
ing been rejected, the sport
made angry allusiOn to Man
sard roofs aud other additions
to the clergyman'S superstruc-
tnre, whereupOn the latter
gave him the worst eye in
Detroit and kicked him down
s airs, probably awakening in
his breast a healthy regard fol
muscular Christianity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30


There are now thirty two Indus.
trial colleges in the United S,atas
which received the national An.
dOwment made by Congress nm.
der the act of July 2, 1852
Massachusetts, has two; Mississin.
pi two and each of the ottsr
States one, except Florida, Neys
da, Louisiana, and Virginia, in
which none have yet been estab.
lished. Thirty six of these inssi.
tutions are in operation, and it in
expected that the remainder Win
be opened during the year 1877.
Twenty are established in con.
nectlon with other institutions
and seventeen are independent
colleges. Three hundred AID ten
professors and assistants ara EN-.
plOyed in giving instruction to
more than two thousand students
who are pursuing regular course
of study in agriculture and thu
mechanical arts. Quite a nun.
Der have already completed the
required course of three or four
years, and have received diplomas.
y large portion of these students
ARE educated free of expense of ia.
ition. These institutions have
excited the attention of not onlv
the National Government and OF
the State, but also of private in.
| diyidualS. Several gentlemen
and ladies of distinguished liber.
alities, who have had in view the
laudable object of improving the
industrial education of the nation,
have made liberal donations for
their support Agriculturalist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

John Grant, who was hang
ed at Wtstchester, Pemnsylva-
mia, the other day, didn't say
he "was going to Jesus" nor
ask his friends to ''meet him
in Heaven" bur he did smoke
a cigar vigorously mp To the
time the sheriff placed the
black cap over his face. 1t
must have been a very valua-
bic cigar too, the sheriff after,
ward sold tho stub for five
dollars. .- .....
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

The Titusville Press says
that Stanley. when he lectures
in this country this winter,
will be dressed in bis suit of
clothes made b. a Ujiii tailor,
consisting of a Irvine string
wound around his big toe. and
a straw hat, cut low 10 the
cOTsage.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Robert Dale Owen takes
the antiquity out of Mathuse-
lah by declaring that the years
mentioned in Genesis meant
months. A religious paper
takes up this idea and applies
it to Shem. "Shem was one
hundred years old begat Ar
phaXad." According 10 Owen
he was a little ovor eight years
old. Rather a fast youth, thai
Shem.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Il man recently broke off a
marriage because the lady did
not possess good conversation
alfpOwers! \ wicked friend,
commenting on the fact says;
ale should have married her,
and then refused her a new
bonnet, TO have developed heI
power of talk"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Before you ask a favor of
any ran, consider three things:
First, can you avoid it, Sec
ond, Can the one You apply to.
grant it9 Third, Would you, if
your places were reyerced, do
for your friend what you ask
him to do for YOURSELF 1t is
well to think Of this, as it
may change the whole ques-
ton. ...
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

1t is probable that what the
English speaking peoples of
the earth waste in food,
clothes, manufacturing aud
farming would go far towards
supporting the population of
the rest of The world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

4 recent writer says that a
half teaspoonfuI of the follow
ing mixture, repeated a few
times if necessary, will cure
chicken cholera in almost every
instance: One ounce ticnture
acetate Of opium. one ounce
tiHcture of camphor, one ounce
tinctHre of rheubaro and hall
an ounce Of cayenne pepper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

We are glad to see that IA
method of making money
which originated in Boston
some time ago has received a
check. An enterprising youth
bent on making a fortune, met
a boy coming out of a hauk,
and threw pepper. in his eyes
and robbed him of $780,
The enterprising youth has
been arrested for making such
an improper use of a good con-
diment. Pepper is excellent
in its place, but in the eyes II
i; viIlainOuS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

It is said that nine of Bar.
NUNS camels aud drometlaries
have died Of envy since they
saw some of the bumps on the
backs of SOME of our daughters
of fashion. 47H
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Governor Baker and Hon. t.
A. Hendricks will change
places on January |. Mr. Hen
bricks becomes Governor of
Indiana, and Baker takes Hen
bricks place in his law firm.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

A lady asked a gentleman
who was suffering from the
Influenza MY dear sir. what
do you use for your cold7"
Five handkerchiefs a day.
madam"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

"Who was the Ineekest man,
my son9" said the superinteu-
dent of a boys Bible calSs in
the State of Missouri. "Moses,
sir" Very well, my boy; and
who was the neekest woman7"
"Please sir, there never was no
meckeSt womon."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

An amateur editor in Indian
apolis has made a fortune by
his pen. His father died Of
grief after reading one of his
editorials, and left him $780,
600.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

NEW YORK NEwS.-Specialatten-
ton i directed to the prospectus Of
the New York Weekly News in
another column. 1t is a complete
Democratic family newspaper. Try
il a year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Some Of our citizens are pull
ing up stakes here to plant
them again in Western Texas,
We hope each one may find a
good home Oh fertile land and
close TO a railroad.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

General Joe Hooker says
Il do not pretend to be a
prophet, hut | tell, YOU that
Grant aches for another war,
that he viii make one if there
is the slightest rTe!ext."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

The Laporte Argus says:
I'm South Bend, Indiana, they
use small packages Of quinine
for change. As everybody
takes it, they look upon the
same as legal tender, and it
passes Off without difficulty"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Moore's lost PERI went to
the gates of Paradise with Il
tear in her fist and was ad-
mitted. Geo. Peri, of Chicago,
who was to have been hanged
this week, went TO Governor
Palmer with similar iachry-
nose tribute and was admit,
ted to the penitentiary fol
life. . -..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

1t is said that iron is q good
tonic for debilitated young
ladies. That may be, but iron"
ing is a better one.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Misfortunes never come
singIy. Geo. Francis Train
has gone and offered bis SYM
patty TO burned Boston.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

The city Judges, Clerks and
Sheriffs, lately elected, have
been commissioned by the
Governor and indicted into
Office. This has not been done
in the parishes. 1t seems that
the Governor intends to obey
the injunction issued by the
United States Judge, Durell,
as he states under oath that he
had not gone counter to it up
to the signing of the new elec
ton bill. The signing of that
bill is generally thought to
have settled all the contests as
to which is, or rather was, the
legal election board. BY that
bill the Senate is to elect a
board; consequently it is pro-
bable no other commissions
viii issue till after the organi-
Zation of the Legislature on the
9th of next month.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Thiers is emnlating Grant
He has inst accepted the pres.
eHt of a pair OF bull pups from
the Marquis Of Manchester.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30
Tine Conyers tGa) Examiner

ihe OonyefS tGa,) examiner
prints this:
Mr.. Dilnmock who resides a
short distance from Conyers,
has succeeded, for the past
seven years in preventing rust
in wheat. He sows his wheat
in the usual way, and ADDS
(broadeast) 100 pounds Of salt
per acre, which is plowed in
with the wheat. The expert
meut, he says, (and his neigh
bors corroborate his testimony
has proven an entire success
for seven years. 1t is worth a
trial. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

The Empire with Emperor
Ulysses may be among the
things in store for this land.
We says the people can avert
it. We have faith that there
may he among the eventual
ties of the next four years
something that will cheer the
heart OF the patriotic people of
all parties, something that will
change the present drift of
events and bring abOut a reac-
ton. The story of Tuesday, is
black, but Hope throws over
the sable page some faint
| CLEANS Of light. We must not
despair, but leaving the future
in the hands of the God of His
tory, go about our daily work
with uncrushed hearts and
strong, steady, self reliant
hands. We of the South have
little to hope for from Grant
But it may be that now he fan,
cies himself secure in the pos,
session of coveted power and
patronage, he may relax some
what Of his grip upon oul
threats. At any rate the phi
losophy of events is deeper
than the mad designs of any
despot. 1t is our hope tina
there will be somewhere, a
some time, some evolution O
good for those who keep thei
, souls white against the da,
of deliverance.- Wilmington
Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30
BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday Morning, Nov. 80, 1872.
Spseial Notice.

have engaged B. F. FoKT. Esq,
10 edit this paper for and during the
four months following, "a for
most of that time | expect to be alb
sent. W. H, ECANLAND.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

We learn that Mr.. I. C Kirk,
who was shot on the 9th inst.
at Dixie, by one of the Dick
SONS, died on the 18th from the
effects of the wound.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

A little girl was tenderly
nursing her sick doll the other
day, and on her mothers ask
ing what ailedit she replied.
"It'S got the Alabama claims"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Never use profane language
in the cars. Go out on the
platform. Profanity is never
thrown away on 8 breakman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Peter lux, an old citizen of
Knox County, Ohio, was blot
ted ont the other day, aged
seyenty-fve.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Grant is receiving the con.
CALCULATIONS ofhis subjects with
his usual sobriety.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30
The Congressional Elections.


bility that it restores to
Grants party more than q
two thirds majority in both
the House aud Senate of the
United States. Here are the
elements of immense partisan
mischief, especially when we
consider that the same party
will have control of three
fourths of the State Legisla-
lures. This gives them OPP
portunities to make amend
ments to the Federal Consti-
tntion, which we donbt not
they will improve. These
amendments, if made, will be
Of the most revolutionary char
acter, and will virtually multi
fy all that remains Of that
Government that was establish
ed in 1889. Those who think
there is no danger of dictator
ship being established by Gen.
Grant should take heed Of this
fact, that his friends have
the power in their hands to
give il. in the form of amend
ments TO the Constitution, a
sort OF legal aspect.
This two thirds majority has
been obtained by the throwing
away Of nearly all the Tennes-
see members by the Andrew
johnson split, and by the un-
expected reverses sustained in
+ Virginia, Georgia, Alabama
aud other States through the
detection of SO. called Demo
} Gratis, which not only slaugh-
, tered Mr.. Greeley but beat the
Liberal Congressman. If the
, present rule of the bayonet is
made permanent over them
r VINO will they have TO blame
but themselves Most of the
: Southern Grant members Of
r Congress are ignorant, worth,
less characters, white anC
black, far inferior in talent anC
intellect to the men who have
been sent in the same interest
! from the North. They are o
d Il class who will do any thing
j to please the President, with
I out question of what it is
> They will be the body guard.
> oil the Administration in Con
greSs. Thus secure and suS
, tanned in Congress with the bes
II and most conservative as wei
: as the most honest Republi
i cans, who have heretofor
II manifested some independ
ence, discharged from tina
s body, what is there to resist o
: oppose any barrier to the via
S ltnce of party, the encrocaL
It ments of executive power o
II the march OF corruption! Tn
IS next Congress will he as de
te. voted to Grant lis the Frenc
r Chambers were to Napole'
N Ill, or a Roman Senate wa
rs TO the Caesars in the latte
At days of the Roman Empire
IT will simply register his bt
hests and commands. If "
:, have a vestige of the old Coz
1t stitution left at the end of til
}" term it will have to he attribl
a, ted to Providential interpoS
" tion.-[Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

afternoon and three or four
hundred at night. Many have
found fault with the circns de-
pertinent because certain great
feats that they had seen per
formed in other shows We're not
performed in this. For our
part we did not expect to see
every possible feat Of agility
or deNterity performed. Such
an expectation would have
been unreasonable. We did
see, however, several remark
able feats. One Of these was
very simple thing that at
tracted no attention, but is
very difficult TO do, and we
never saw it done in a circus
before. The strong man ofthe
troupe hung by only his left
| hand to a pole with all mus
cles, except the grasping ones,
relaxed. From this position
he drew his chin up to the pole,
To know the strength required
to do this, let any one try the
experiment. The skill of the
man who spun the gilt globes
on sticks while riding, was
hard to beat. And whoever
saw a nicer set of tumblers
anywhere than was exhibited
1t is a treat any time to SET
such fine specimens of the ami
: NAL man as is shown in circus
men. They are undoubtedly
, the noblest animals Of thu
! whole menagerie. There wa
) a grand African lion just Oh
, the left TO whom the Grove
gave but q casual glance. Th'
beautiful birds, the trim ante
lope, the funny monkey, eacI
held it but an instant Eve
e that greatest of all humbugs
the Cardiff giant, could nc
keep it back from the arena
But its twelve hundred eve
were ririted on the tumbler
a and the flying female. Som
d call the human form divine
This is a greaTadjective to az
= ply to any animal shape. W
y will not go so far; but We wi
d say that the perfect man is, i
II our opinion, a tiner specime
e of natures handiwork tina
5 even the horse. This is goin
Il long way in praise, and mo.
Il of our readers will disagree
= with us, but we stick to it.
: Very likely this show hs
taken as much as two thousan
: dollars out Of Bossier from i
= points of exhibition at Bell
vue and Benton. Still We thin
the fun, and the informatic
obtained by our people ",
"a cheap at the price. All Of l
% We're hungry for just such vi
le tnals as it sold. We have q,
1t our gorge Of it and can lie u
y like an aniconda, for a ye;
lie before We viii need any mo,
j, OF the same sort. The sho
ie has cured US all of the bile e.
y gendered by the election;
now nothing remains for dt
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30
Suggesting a Remedy.
rom tho n. .. Republican,
Why rot adopt the viva voc,

Why not adopt the viva voce
system at once, as it prevailed
III Virginia years ago, where
each voter declared for the
man of his choice in the face
ofall his fellow men, and stands
by the recording officer until
his decision is written down.
1t is universally charged that
the ballot box plan is a failure,
and that it is expensive. Then
why maintain it7 IT the peo-
pie can be depended upon, as
they say of themselves that
they can be, thier desire should
be 10 deliver an honest vote
and to have the result announc-
ed in accordance with the will
Of an honest majority of the
voters. Why eau not this re.
suit be arrived at snrer, quicker
and with more accuracy by the
voters declaring their prefer,
ences at the polls, in the pres.
euce Of scores of witnesses
rather than by their despositing
their choice in the shape Of {
ballot where rascalIy orincom
petent hands may change it
At an open election Of thi:
description the independence
Of the voters would he upheld
the purity of the returns woult
be inspected by scores of wit
neSses, and the result would ht
known to all as the last vote
announced his selections. TIL
expense would be less, the I'm
certainty would be done ava,
with, and the virtue of publ
: elections might be improved
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

If a topper and a quart Of Whlssy
were left together, which Eoah
r" Srrrh Hrstf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

Henry Ward Beecher thinks
young preachers are too apt
nowadays To fossilize as soon
as they have secured an in
come and a wife.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-11-30

On the day of the show Mr..
VIM. Sandlin brought in for
sale several bushelsIofsplendid
apples raised ten miles from
this place. His apples are
equally as good as those rails,
ed North.
Those who emigrate from
this section to find a better
country may go far and fare a
a great deal worse. All ou1
farmers need here is increasing
the variety of their products
and in being coutented and
studying their profession.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-05
GOVERNORS SALARIES.

Illinois and Massachusetts, are talking
about raising tho salaries of their Cover.
nors. 1t is about time that some of the
eastern states paid their executives decent
salaries. Pennsylvania deals out 5000 a
year which is little enough for governor
to live on decen,ly without having to rely
on his own or his wifes private fortune
New York, Texas and Louisiana follow
with $4,000; Connecticut thinks her gov
ernor ought to get along on 81 100 year,
and Delaware sees her only two hundred
better. California nays her governor the
highest salary, $1,000 year and we are
sure they wouldn't grumble il it were
double that. a good governor ought to
receive good salary. and only good gov
ernor's should be elected. But what
must be thought of the state of Delaware,
which pays her chief magistrate less than
twenty dollars week The New York
Tribune in commenting on this fact,
says it appears that the trade is not very
profitable one in some of those states. We
beg to differ. The trade must be profita-
BILE, or men wouldn't work ut it for such
nominally small wages,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-05
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.

A YOUNG GIRL BURNED TO DEATH ny
THE EXPLOSION ~ COAL OIL CAN.
From the st. Louis D-moc,s', Saturday.
Miss Emma johnson, fifteen years Of
age. was fatally burned about six o'clock
yesterday morning, while endeavorng to
kinde n FIRE at her house, No. 2 Hicks
street. The oil had been recommended
and sold us non-explosive, and the girl,
needless of the danger attending the act.
poured small quantity Of it ON the coal
to make it burn more freely. terrific
explosion followed and the heavy can was
torn to fragments. The burning oil, OF
which there was nearly gallon, was
scattered over the room and the unfortun-
ate girls person, ard in un instant she was
envelored in flames.
Her sister, hearing her shrieks, rushed
to her assistance, aud, snatching up some
bed-clothes, wrapped them around her.
In doing this she was so severely burned
on one of her hands that she will probably
never fully recover the use of 1t. Drs
Samples and Gregory were Immediately
summoned. and did what they could to al.
leviate Miss Emma's sufferings, but 1t
was evident that she could not recover
Her face, breast and limbs were scorcbed
and blistered, and after lingering until
nine o'clock last night she died.
The mother Of the deceased is q widow
who is in reduced circumstances, but hai
evidently seen better days. Miss Emm'
was employed in the shoe factory Of Bro
laski & Co, while her sister worked il
Farcbild & Fox's shoe store on Div
street, and both contributed largel,
towards the support Of the family.