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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

1t has been stated that a
genuine chicken leg has not
been seen for sale at The rail-
road depot in Gordonville, Va,
for eighteen months. The rea-
son is thus given in Charloetes-
vile Intelligencer: The snack
folks have lons been in the
habit of collecting tue drum
sticks OF chickens, ducks and
turkeys, thrown from tables of
the hotels and private houses,
which they fry in a stiff bat
ter of -four until a sufficient
quantity adheres to the bone.
The bone, with batter, is then
placed in a chicken leg mould
and the proper size and shape
given. The whole is dipped
in strong chicken grayy.
This recipe is not to found
in any cooking book.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

MODERN ECONOMY CT TINE. -
One man can spin more cotton
yarn now than 400 men could
have dons in the same time in
1863, when Ark wright, the best
spinner, took out his first patent.
One man can make as much -four
in day now as 100 men could a
century ago. One woman can
make as much ace in a day as
100 women could a hundred years
ago. 1t now requires only rs
many days to refine sugar as it
did months thirty years ago. 1t
once required six months to put
quicksilver on a glass; now it
needs only forty minutes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

,feans, aud a CONSERVATION OF the
public peace, l pledge my exist
ence thar ii the General Assem-
bly, give the people assurances
that they intend legislating for the
good, with stIict regard teprese nj
necessities and the future advance,
ment and good of the State and
city, they will need noguards, but
if they propose adding new 5bur-
dens upon this ruined people, or
in any manner 20 perpetuate the
frauds which have been practiced
so openly for the past years, thea,
gentlemen, they should double
their guards, until the federal
government, by martial law or by
some other means, furnishes such
protection as viii save the State
from impending ruin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

We wish it distinctly under
stood. that we charge our citi-
zens here III the State end par
ish no more for advertising,
than we do patent medicine
men and life insurance COM
panies. Any paper that does
do so, should not be patronized
at all by our people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

A Texas paper says: "we have
been asked why We stopped pnb,
fishing the list OF marriage liceu
SEES isseud By the clerk. Because
a great big stsnd-up-in -the-mud
out there in the sandhiIls said we
published his daughter as married
when she wer'n't, and that he
would hit Us on the head herd
enough to knock our ankles out
ofjoiut for it,, Is this sxplana,
ton satisfactorily
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20
That exceedingly clever college

That exceedingly clever college
paper, the Harvard Advocate,
says that an Amherst sophomore
has devised new way of telling
bad news. He writes home to
his father: ~ came near losing
thirty seven dollars last week. .
Anxious parent writes back that
he is thankful the money was not
lost, and wants to know show
near" By return mail: "Came
within one ofit--lost thirty six,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20
Bossier Banner.
VIII scANLAHD, PROPRIETOR.
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The BoSsier Banner will br ssued every
Sstardny morning. Subscription. per an
IsEffn Three DuHisrs-ir nfvarce 81 50 for
sir sarnths q tss thnes psonths
Adsertiensn= inserted AZ 81 per square
Of ten lines or less.
Cards AZ oas square. or lrss-$l2 per
apnurn Six iaonihs-s7 80 Three months
Aazouncpneu.s Of Candidates for Office
~ Obituary notices. when exceeding q
square. will be cltarsed a. advertisements.
II All articles published for the benefit
uf T,arties nt Individuals, At their own solic-
itstion,, viii be charged for as advertise
IL Editorial notices, or any matter oc-
eupying spate oitside ofregular advertising
columns, charged at the rate of - cents per
line. titt' 'I.-i' ss.th .l :.
II n b. Proceedings and resolutions
efpIblie and political meetings, &e., charg-
% az al Tsr tis en'', 81 Deb fraE rs.,'.
No dedrretiorE from tho above rates to
agents except commissions
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

The charms o. West Pointers.
whatever their color, are sabYer,
sive OF the feeble barriers which
guard the susceptible female heart.
It's said that the negro Smith il
engaged to ten white gigls. One
OF them moves in the highest cil
Giles ofthe Hub. while another be
longsIoone ofths most arristocrat
ic familiesiin Philadelphia TNeu
York World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

A bill for the admission of
Utah as a State, is now before
Congress, with a fair prospect
OF passing. Utah has more
than double the population of
the State of Nevada, which is
adjoining. This State and Ter.
ritory have good intercom-
munication through the Pacific
railroad, and in Justice to the
rest of the Union, should be
united. Both together would
not indeed have the population
requisite 70 entitle them to a
Representative. ~ > ''---'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

SMALL Pox.-Tbis disease
is raging at the North, and in
all probability will soon be
prevalent mere. Our ph:ysi-
clans should prepare them
selves with vaccine matter and
all who have not been vaccin-
ated for several years, should
be as soon rs possible. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

The trouble still continues in
New Orleans. Still two Houses
OF Representatives and no quo
rum in the Senate. On one
day there was a quorum in the
Senate, when that body and
the Wafmoth ring of the
House repealed several bills, az
eau be seen from a telegram
we publish. The next day
again the Senate was without
a quorum. '.. "
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

... = t.s..'r. 1893 FIT. 3D. #'|L
We publish in another col.
umn the prospectus of the
Southwestern, and here cal
attention of orr readers to the
fact that it has reduced its
rates of subscription to three
dollars. 1t is a fine old paper,
and deserves the patronage OF
overy one in this section. Some
year or more ago, it was a
little too mira Democratic, we
thought, but now its policy
suits us exactly. l .....-.......
This farm, consisting of the
North West Quarter of the
North-We quarter of Louis
lana, has been run for some
time with a three-quarterte team,
consisting of the South-Wps-
tern and Times, Staid old road
sters as wheelers, ana the Ban
ner, sleek fat pony, in the lead.
Mind you, in a team, the d.
recting power is not in the
leader, but comes from the
wheel-horSe under the saddle
Sometimes, however, from
doubt or drowsiness, we don't
get direction from behind, and
then we gaily drag the wagon
our own road /; as for instance
in the new departure. Before
they knew it, we bad the wa
gon clear out of the old track
and on the new. That walked
them up behind, however, SO
that when we spied still an
other new runte-the Passive
Policf-ilnd would have turn
ed into it, we were duly re-
minded BY a strong pull on the
rein, not to do SO. We have not
done SO but continued to
whicker, for our old colnpan-
ions, Hoffman and j. @. Adj
ans, who are capering along
on the new route with their
new found associates, Schurz,
Trnmhull and Brown. DIV.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

The Museum owned by the
recently deceased Snowman,
Col. Ames, has been purchased
for Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge. 1t is a valu-
able collection of natural, his
torical and other curiosities,
and will add greatly to the
Institution.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

The Carrollton, KY, Demo
crat tells of "a half way shoot
ing affair" in that vicinity. The
senil-occurrence consisted of a
premature shot that barely miss
ed a man, who was then prompt
ly Drained with a spittoon. Evil
IDENTIFY the result of a Kentuc
Ky scrimmage with pistols is
two dead men.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

Hon. Wni. III. Seward says
that Java is the garden spot OF
the world, excelling in elabo-
rateness and cultivation even
Japan. The colonization OF
the Dutch in the Oriental Ar
chipelago, Is great success.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

.NDoes Isaac manifest any lasts.
for poetry, Mrs. Partington!r ask
ed the schoolmaster's wife while
conversing on the merits of the
youthful Darlington. Tho old
lady was basting chicken which
her friends had sent her from the
country. "Oh, yes.n said the old
lady, smiling; she is very parti-
ally found of poultry, aud it al.
ways seems as if he can't get
enough OF it.p The old spit tnrBsd
by the fireplace in responce to her
answer. while the basting was
going on, Il mean,n said the
LADY," does he show any of the Di,
vine affiatusi" The old lady
thought for .noment. "As for
the divine fatncSs, l don't know
about it. He's had all the com.
piaints of children; and, when be
was baby, be fell and broke the
cartridge of his nose; but hardly
think that he'd had this that yor
speak Of The roasting ch:ckep
hissed and sputtsred, and Nh.
Darlington basted it again.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

E...assE -e ~ 80 IA
New Orleans, Jan. 15.-In the
Senate 1S members were present,
including the President, and deci-
ded to be a quorum. After other
business the rules were suspended,
and the registration, election, con
stabulary and printing bills were
all repealed. sd
In the Honse the repeled bills
from the Senate were taken up
and passed without dissenting
voice, and the senate notified of
the fact. At three O'Clock the re-
pealed acts, as passed 10y the Sen
ate and House, were presented to
the Governor, aud at once signed.
The Carterites declare this hasty
legislation a trick.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

the negro a fair trial. Eiu-
cafe'him, or allow him to,edn-
cate himself, for he he should
be free now, and if the will
power can be developed in
him, SO let it be. There is
room enough in the world for
the three races. .r-. r ...r.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20
In the stumps" Caiifor,,=

+ q AnCaifornia
A correspondent write, from.
Redwood" Eegion of sono,a'
County, in California.
You can see here what proban,
can be seen nowhere else in C.r
fornia, to wit, town built il, Il.
stumps. After you come d,,.s
below Green Valley, the prai,;.
lard along Russian River gradual.
ly disappears, and is replaced h.,
belts OF redwood, and finally u.
bottom land al togethercesses. and
the river winds down very crook,
eddy between low red woetl mon.
tains to the ocean. StumptOv,
IS about ten miles from the sao
aud a funnylookiug town il :,
with a little shanty and a migbtv
stump alternately-the lat..,
nearly as large as the former, and
about twice as numerous m.
streets dodge about in "a most a.
commodating manner, for tye r..
spect shown to the stumps BY tbs
engineers and graders is very con.
spicuous.
The problem of finding a given
shanty by its street and a nmb.ri,
more dlscouraging than q Chimes.
puzzle, and it is very bad plaza
for man who is slightly ..bulged,
to attempt to navigate in afser,
nightfall. a
Most of the redwood trees arc.
so enormous that they have to 81.
cut off at a height of eight or ten
feet from the ground. First tbs
woodman cuts inches in thu
tree abeutas high ashis head, and
then constructsa scafo.d on which
to stand while choppiug. A skill.
full chopper has two axes, one with
which to cut through the bark,
which is gritty, and would spoil
his best axe, and another where.
with to fell the tree. 1t takes .
very long pair of arms aud "a long.
handled axe to reach across thu
''scarf,' and happy is that wood,
man who Is ambidextrous and can
make a '.scarfn as smooth AS y.
saw-cut with either hand, for he
Is Certain of the best wages, as.
he alone can cut down, without
an assistant, the largest trees by
swinging his axe first in his right,
then in his left hand, and so reach.
ing all the way across. After q
day or so the monster begins TO-
culver a little, away up somewhere
about the region of the sun, and
at last he bows his head for the
fall. |
A few miles above Stumptown,
is redwood clearing of a few
acres, on which this year there
was harvested a crop of wheat,
and a curious looking place it was
with the enormous fire blacksd
stumps sticking up all over it like
a burned village These stumps
must certainly occupy a fifth of
the space, yet the owner gathered
of it about thirty-five bushels per
acre. Bnt the best use to which
these redwood lands can be put,
Is to let them grow up again il
forests.
."Does Isaac manifest any lasts
for poetry, Mrs. Partington.r ask
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

We have for sale, a splendid
puff for Life Insurance Com
panies. Strictly middling fair.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20
The dark side of he colored
Ismsass cha ractersa4e ihlin&s,
laAhes& fHfhess and Eplfhfift,
layiIIpl HieHinr an dE'IecberI

rect and the necessa " result of
his life as a slave through the
whole tract7of time lying be-
tween the landing of the set
tiers at Plymouth and Lin
coins proclamation Of enamel
patton. .. ... r....-
On the other hand, the black
man has traits which belons
to his race, and not to his con-
dition. These race-traits are
lasting, whereas the traits that
got their bad deyelopement
under slavery are eylnescent-
the cause is gone, the effect
will ga. Among the good
traits Mr.. Smith named, socia-
bility- in a high degree, cheer
ftllness even under the most
trying circumstances a strong
emotional nature with IL lively
fancy and a vivid Imagination,
a remarkable capacity for mu-
sic as well as time ia melody,
and a great relish for form and
color, which gives the ground
work for excellence in the fine
arts. All things considered,
Mr.. Smith thinks the black
man capable of becoming rath-
er distinguished in oratory, in
the fine arts, and in social life.
AS To being a teacher, while he
certainly now lacks will-power
yet training will strengthen
the will ; and with this gain
Mr.. Smith believes and insists
that the color-d inan will make
All uncommonly good and suc-
cessful teacher.-[No. Demo-
Graf. -...-.... 49,. ... r..
We take the above from the
Missouri Democrat as the opin-
ions of a teacher of negro
schools. The dark side, he
says arises from the former SER
vile condition of the negro
Perhaps so; for the negro has
been a slave throughout all
history, except for six years
here. His good qualities are
also pretty correctly given.
But the deduction that he will
become distinguished in orato-
~ and fine arts, With his ac-
knowledged want of will-pow-
er, is bad. Volubility is not
oratory by a great deal. II
we are to believe Deniosthenes.
Cicero and Horace it takes
great labor aud will-power TO
become a finished orator. And
what an immense deal of cou-
centrated thought and bodily
labor is necessary to become
al excellent painter or sculpt-
Or As TO becoming distiu-
crushed in social life, we hard
~ understand the term. If it
means becoming distinguished
for big families like Brigham
Young, we can agree with the
writer. There are three dis,
tlnct races OF men-black, red
and white. The black has ma
tive intelligence, but without
the gift of continuane 90 or will
power. The red man has this
gift with perhaps feebler in
telligence. The white man
has the intelligence and will
power both combined. The
black has never raised HIM
self above the savage state.
The red has advanced consid-
erably in the arts ard knowl-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

Gntieman Of the Grand Jury
Wearethreatened with revolution
In such eases, the people look to
the conservative branch of the
government, the judiciary, with
its auxilliaries, of which "a grand
inquest is the most important, to
check violence and prevent dis
turbance of the peace. Complaints
are made to me, as Judge of this
court, that violence and bloodshed
are still being committed i'll our
midst. | charge you. gentlemen,
that it is your duty to make due
inquiry, and ifyou find such CON-
plants well founded, toindict and
bring such offenders promptly to
trisl. In the discharge of your
duties in tie suppression of crime,
and preserving the public peace
and order. you should strictly OBJ
serve the clause in your oath which
requires that You shall present no
man for envy, hatred or malice,
neither shall you leave any man
represented for fear, favor, or af.
lection or hopeof reward - $50
Gentlemen, it is not our province
nor in our power TO avert public
ca!amifieS, Or wipe out the dis
grace brought upon the State; but
We can and must faithfully dis
charge our respective duties. As
citizens and taxpayers we can
mourn the sad state of affairs. A
city burdeued with twenty mil
lions, and the State perhaps forty
millions OF dollars OF Indebtedness,
the people taxed with more than
they can bear, public credit is com
pietely prostrtted, but public i'm
proyements necessary to be done
costing at least one hundred per,
cent. more than it would be done
for cash with fair Snd honorable
competition. The taxes collected
have been used to. enrich aud cor
rupC others.
Yet We ind little or no improve
nent in this State or city. Added
to this state OF things, some of the
servants of the peope are said to
have a press for. altering and
raising State warrants from one to
five thousand dollars, etc. Two
such are said 10 have made their
appearance in a mandamus suit in
the Eighth District Court, mum
beled Oh the docket of the court.
BY consent of counsel they were
Withdrawn. They were seen and
handled, as | understand, by the
Attorney General, counsel for the
defendent, and the clerks of the
court Gentlemen, forgery, and
even uttering forged Instruments,
knowing them to be forged, is pun.
ishable in the State Penitentiary
for a term not exceeding fourteen
years. d eH0aa."as.y.' AAf II
Gentleman, unless fraud and ra-
pacity can be checked, Republication
coniscation of the peoples proper
y Is imminent. With fifty or six
ty millions of Indebtedness, State
and city, public credit DESTROYED,
the taxes collected of the neople
appropriated by spectators, with
a total disregard of the future
well-beihg Of the people, declare
to you that we are in the midst
OF real, not Imaginary ruin. Nor
is this all. The proud and pro
life State of Louisiana, with her
seven hundred thousand strug
Cling inhabitants, are humble at
the sad Spectacle that presents it
self TO them. She beholds in
those who claim to be her repre-.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-01-20

ma BELLEVUE, La. .r
Saturday, January 90, 1872.
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No dedlrrtiors from tho above rates to
agents except commissions
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Charge of Judge Abel on the,
Present State of Pub q
Lie Affairs.

Yesterday morning Judge Abel
delivered the following charge to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-14

KEEP THE HAIR UNBLEMIsHED,-fI am
like an old hemlock-wjthered at the top"
said venerable Indian Chief, pointing 20
his thin and bleaching locks. Thousands of
men and woman in civilized society, much
younger than the old Sycamore, are like
him, "witherod at the top" simply because
they have neglected so use the means of
preserving and beautifying the hair which
Gcience had placed at their disposal. II
LYoN's kATRARIoN be faithfully applied
once or twice day, to the 6bers and the
scalp, 1t is just as impossible that the hair
should decay, wisher fall ont or become
harsh and fuzzy, IS that meadow, duly
refreshed with nightly dsws and sunlit rains,
should become arid and barren of green
blades. This matohless preparation not
only keeps the hsir slive and the skin Of
the head 10 healthy and clean condition,
bus actually mulsiplies the flAmeuts
and imparts to them q lustre, fexibil-
ity and wsvy beauty, unsttAinAble
by any other mode of treatment
II does not, Ike the metallic and sulph-
urous hair dyes, dry up the natural
moisture of the scalp, but supplies nulri
ment TO the roots of the hair and vigor to
the ibsrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-14

WHERE shall go?" said Daniel Web
sser, when his party repudiated him, and
where shall l go?" is the thought OF she
invalid who has tried the dispensAry and the
hospital in vain. The answer of GONZALES
cent thousands, if thus questioned, would
undoubtedly be this: "Go, poor sufferer
TO the nearest drug store, procure a supply
of DR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITrERs and re
cover health and strength, as we are doing.
Among the respondents will be found many
whom the faculty had pronounced incurably
bilious, dyspepsic, rheumatic, consumptivs,
nervous or debilitated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-14
second district destroyed dozen houses on
Marie and Phillips streets. The loss is essi-
mated at $25 900.

second district destroyed dozen houses on
Marie and Phillips streets. The loss is essi-
mated at $25, 900.
New YORK, May l4.-This evening FIRE
broke out at No. SO Throop avenue, Brook.
lyn, and extended along ,he avenue to No.
lO5. About one hundred families are rem
dered homeless and have loss most of their
household property. The loss is 100000;
partially insured.
BERNE, May l4.-An election was held
yesterday to rasify the revised constitution,
which sbolishes capital punishment and i'm
prislonment for debt, and excludes Jesuits
from the Swiss territory. The popular vote
was 239, l40 ayes, and 223, ,023 nays, but as
IL out of p CAntons vote against the new
constitution it fails of ratification, msjori-
ty OF the Cantons being required. The
Catholic Csntons all voted against it.
LONDON, May l3.-The Standard this
morning. in an artical on the Presidential
contest in America, is quite severe in de-
nouncing President Grant, accusing him of
nsposism, fribbery and improper use Of the
military in the administration of civil affairs
LONDON, May l3.--Tn the House of Com.
mons this evening Mr.. Gladstone made his
promised explanations of the negotiations
regarding the indirect claims. The House
was full and the galleries crouded. Mr..
Gladstone, on rising was greeted with
cheers. He gave q detailed history of the
correspondence, since the 18th Of January,
when it frat become known that the claims
for indirect damages had been presented
He concluded by saying the question was
approaching satisfactory solution, and said
he thoughthe was not too ssnguine in predict
ing that the negotiations would result in q
settlement which would rebound to the
credit Of both parties.
Disrseii followed, expressed desire for q
peaceful and honorable settlement.
In the House of Lords, Earl Granville
made statement similar to that of Glad
stone.