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4 Dangerous Practice.
From the Evening Mail.


From the Evening Mail ...
We should like to see some
tolerably accurate statistics as
to the extent to which the
carrying of revolvers by young
men in this city prevails. So
common is it that "the pistol
pocket" has come to be as in
eVitable a feature Of the neither
garment as 'tthe fob" The
presumption is that a gentle
man nowadays wants stowage
room for his revolver on occa>
sions, if not as regular por>
ton ofhis outfit. Young clerks
and society men" who could
not hit a barn door at ten PAGES
elevate them selves into the
ranks of fighting men," in
their own secret consciousness,
by the simple process ofsecret-
ing pistols about their delicate
persons. Thus "fixed" they
straightway- run into perils
they had better avoided, and it
is extremely fortunate if a mos
ment Of unnatural excitement
and sudden passion they do
not kill or wound some limos
cent person whose only fault is
his vicinity to a bad shot.
For most men in New York
there is very little excuse for
carrying arms. Those who are
obliged to use the street cars
late at night, or who like physi-
clans are called to dangerous
localities, my reasonably pre-
pare for any emergency, bat
ordinary the carrying of a re-
volver involves more real dams
gers than it guards against
Unless there is very likely tc
arise an occasion for its use il
is a demoralizing thing to have
about one, and thisis especially
true of those whose passions are
hot, whose habits are not strict
| ly temperate, and whose sur
roundings are liable to be bad
The man who carries a revolv
er should have steady nerves
constant self-control, impertur
bable courage, a keenly sensi
tive conscience, and a sur
hand and aim. But such mel
generally have sense enough
and pluck enough to get along
without a revolver, even il
pretty bad neighborhoods.
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A mighty change has come
over the Government of the
United States since the late
war. We doubt, ifin all histo-
ry, there is a parallel to the
rapid and general demoraliza-
ton, which they display at this
Day. Whether it is the reign
of a fatal decay, which must
extend its rottenneSs with
time; or, like the foulest ulcers
which sometimes fret out their
humors, and restore to health
we cannot be long in ascertain
ing. The precedent in Louisi
ana, must fasten itself upon tht
body-politic OF the United
States, and eat OUT its yitals a
a free Government; or it mus
purge away the elements o
despotisn, and restore tn
People to liberty.-N. 0. Pic
ayune. ~ -a, .... d..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-28

The will of a resident of
Middlesex, Delaware, recently
deceased contains the following
clause: "And L bequeath to
nv beloved son John the sum
of 81, with which to buy a rope
long and strong enough to
hang that wife of his"
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Brain VS.. Muscle.

approaching the mousse Oh q
neighboring farmer, a few
mornings since, we observed
the old man with one of his
sons taking up the manure in
the stamp. They each had a
spade, and with every spadetul
they walked to the pile in the
fence corner and deposited it,
then off for another spadeful.
The distance walked with each
spadeful of manure varied from
twenty to fifty yards. We
made q mental calculation as
we approached, which resulted
in the conviction that a dis
tance of at least six hundred
yards was walked for each
wheelbarrow load. This is
what we would call carrying on
the operations of a farm by
main strength and akward-
ness.
Some farmer has aptly said
that "we work too much and
think too little. We make
make our hands too hard, while
our brains are too soft. The
day is long past when muscle
ruled the world. Brain is the
great motive of this age, and
muscle is but a feeble instru-
ment. The locomotive, tear
ing long, jarring the earth
below, outstripping the wind
above, and bearing in its train
the beauty, honor and treasure
of a State, represents brains
The dusty, sweaty footman
wearily plodding along, carry.
ing a pack on his back, sym
bolizes muscle. The self-rak
ing reaper, driven with glovet
and unsoiled hands, sweapins
down like a fable the COLDER
grain, represents brains. Th'
bowed husbandman, painful!
gathering handfuls ofstraw an'
cutting them with a sickle rep
resents muscle. The steam
boat, blowing its way with cas-
against the strongest curren
Of our swift and noble rivers
is brain. The dug-out, slowl.
creeping along the willow
margined shore, propelled b,
the Indians paddle, is muscle
The sewing-machine, whicI
} stitches faster than the eye ca
follow, and never eats or tires
is brain. The weary, pale an
worn wife, painfully toilin
; over the midnight task, is mu:
? cle." g.
There is certainly very littl
. brain employed by our neigh
: bor farmer, who carries manuI
s on a spade.-[Exchange.
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Cambridge, Vt, is proud of
a family which has moved
thirty times in eleven years,
has been in sixteen States and
moved seven times in one year,
The longest time they stayed
in any one place was eighteen
months.
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You can use a postage stamp
twice, now. The first time it
will cost you three cents, the
second time fifty dollars.
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He Lost His Money by Endorsing"
EDS. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
Wbor l,oo,o

w hSh L OSS0lhO ChOllt -OiC,
my father began occasionally
to divide around among his
children a nice little sum to
each, always accompanying
the gift with the assurance
that if we ever endorsed for
others, or in any way became
responsible for their shortcom-
ings, it was the last money we
should ever get from him.
This condition during his life
was of great value to me, and
since then | have been so accus-
toned to view the invitation of
of my friend to endorse for him,
in it's true light, that my refus-
al rarely fails to be properly
received.
My neighbor isin active busi-
ness, and l am only a farmer
out of debt, with a little at inter-
est, bringing up and educating
a family of children. He
comes to me, holding out a
note, large for me to sign,
saying
81 wish you would just write
your name on the back of this /:
Ineed the money very much
it will be a great accommo-
dation to me, and you will only
have to write your name."
My answer is-"My friend,
do You really understand what
my position would be before
the world and the law, if
were to do this7 | shonld
instantly proclaim that from a
state of complete independence,
and without the slightest, reason
for a similar favor from you
and for no consideration what.
ever, except friendship, [ have
agreed to take upon myself
the risk of your business, will
the difference against me, that
I if you lose l lose, and if yor
gain 1 do not. / share in YOU
| losses and not in your profits
Now if this is true, ought l no
, first to ask the consent of IN!
wife, Her interest in the risl
is as same as mine-her judge
ment is just as good, and he
friendship for you is the same
But not only this; l shoul'
affirm before the public tina
you arc responsible, when
l really know nothing of you
> circumstances, and in so ia
help you to deceive others.
give you a false credit. 1
> short | should do that whic
i no honest man, true to himseI
4 and to his family can do an
be blameless. Will any righ
# minded, real friend, with th
a view of the case, ask of me sue
). a possible sacrifice 2" {
u A correspondent, of the Pr;
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81 think earnest people ought
to be strangled in their cradles.
Then there would be peace
Miss Field.
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NUMBER tx.
Sewing Buttons.
ON the Danbury News. !

LII Is udru enough 10 see a
bachelor sew on a button, but
he is the embodiment of grace
alongside of a married man
Necessity has compelled ex-
perience in the case of the for
mer, but the latter has always
depended upon some one else
for this service, and, fortunate
ly for the sake of society, it is
rarely he is obliged to resort
to the needle himself. Some
times the patient wife scalds
her right hand, or runs a silver
under the nail Of the index
finger on that hand, and it is
then the man clutches the
needle around the neck, and,
forgetting to tie a knot in the
thread, commences to put on
the button. 1t is always in
the morning, and from five to
twenty minutes after he is eX-
pected to be down in the
street. He lays the button
exactly on the site of its pre-
decessor, and pushes the nee
die through one eye, and
carefully draws the thread
after, leaving about three
inches of it sticking up for the
lee way. He says to himself:
"Well if women don't have the
easiest time lever see." Then
; he comes back the other way,
Z and gets the needle through
: the cloth well enough, and
| lays himself out to find the
| eye, but, in spite of a great
| deal of patient stabbing the
!, solid part of that button, and
4 finally, when he loses patience,
F, his finger catches the
: thread and that three
. inches he had left to hold
f the button slips through the
b eye in a twinkling, and the
t button rolls leisurly across the
j floor. He picks it up with a
+ single remark, out of respect
). for his children; and makes
It another attempt to fasten it.
V This time, when coming back
k with the needle he keeps
:. both the thread and button
+ from slipping by covering
, them with his thumb, and it is
4 out of regard for that part of
= him that he feels around for
7 the eye in a very careful and
malicious manner, but event
ually losing his philosophy as
- the search becomes more and
more hopeless, he falls to jab-
: bering about in a loose and
II savage manner, and it is just
IL theu the needle finds the open
u ing, and comes up through the
L button and part way through
is his thumb with a celerity that
IN no human ingenuity can guar6
Y. against. Then he lays dowI
a. the thing, with a few familia
ks quotations, and presses tn
ID injured hand between hi
bv knees, and then holds it unde
,it the arm, and finally jams j
90 into his mouth, and all tn
os time he prances about the fool
20 and calls upon heaven an
earth to witness that there ha
,ro never been anything like
,ts since the world was create,
a and howls, and whistles an
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-28

Why is a newspaper like an
army? Because it has leaders,
columns and reviews. ....
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T. NJ. FORT.
y. WATKINS
Watkins fort,

tturneys at Law, Minden, La VIII
a practice in all the Courts for Web
ster sd Bossier parishes, and in the
S1pre1ae Court of the State vl2n1
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A correspondent, of the Pra-
irie Farmer writes that ticks
my be kept from sheep, and
even driven from them, by
putting sulphur in their salt
once a month. He keeps lice
from his cattle, horses and hogs
by the same means. If lice
troubles hogs, he puts sulphur
in their food. If chickens are
troubled with them, he put:
sulphur in their food, ant
sprinkles it in their nests.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-28

The Congress Of the United
States adjourned without taxi
ing definite action on the Loui>
siana question. Consequently,
the nation has been much ag>
gitated over the muddle affairs
in that long-suffering State.
As it is important to have the
matter settled as speedily as
possible, and as the Board of
ofAppaels ofthe National Asso-
citation for the Promotion of
the Interests of the American
Trotting Turf is clothed with
authority to regulate all things
in the heavens and in the earth,
we would most respectfully
suggest that President. Grant,
and Kellogg and McEnery be
summonsed to apper before the
august body to explain, to the
best of their ability, why peace
does ngt reign in Grecent City
and the State ofLouisiana. A
decision from the Board on this
matter would be final, as il
would be sure to receive the
cordinal support of the aston
ished people of an astonishet
country.-[Turf, Field ant
Farm. ...
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Indiana drug stores sell
whiskey on Sunday under the
name of lavender" ...
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.E. IL. Scott,

"A ttornev and Counselor at La. Will
A practice in the parishes of Caddo, Bos
s;er. beSoto and Red River, aud in the Su
,V,rpme Court of the State, and IN the Federal
Courts and Court of CLAIMS.
Office 1t Court House, in Shreveport, La,
.seocsi door Oh the righl of front entrance.
Vllnll
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A. II. LEONARD.
T. n. MUTT.
Matt q leonard,

/. FTORNEYS At LAW, Texas Street,
A Shreveport, La viii practice in the
Corrts of Caddo, BOssier, Claiborne and
Bicurille. Nluh"
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A Kansas paper refers to the
spectacle of a cat fight as 'a
view of fur-in-parts." -a'-
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Upland Rice.

The Franklin Sun says:
"This is an important crop, not
only for home use, but pays
well for its cultivation, should
be more generally looked after
than it is. 1t will pay to grow
it as a feed crop, for it bears
two cuttings a year below 81
degrees north latitude, and
makes a hay which sheep,
horses and cattle prefer to the
best grass product known.
The fact that a rice-huller has
been invented that will cost
little more than a coffee mill,
and enable the good woman of
the house to grind out a mess
of rice with as much ease as
she would grind her mess of
coffee, and always have rice, or
rice batter cakes or rice pud-
ding on the table, will make it
a greater enducement than
ever for every family to plant
a patch of rice, Sandy landy,
level and fertilized is best for
upland rice. Laud that will
yield twenty-five or thirty
bushels of corn per acre will
produce fifty bushels Ofrough
grain, that will, when hulled,
leave twenty-five bushels OF
clean rice say 1900 pounds,
that at 10c. a pound would be
worth S12O, and the straw is
worth one-third more"
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DIR. II. I'll KNAPP q son,
DENTISTS,
New Orleans.

Particular Attention to the Preservation of
t3N Decayed Teeth.
Whey have the newly improved Liquid,
IL Nis-ens Oxide Gas. which Is superior
70 the gas heretofore used. Being perfectly
pure, less is required to produce insensibili-
" TO pain. and no possible injury can result
10 the patient fran its use. DIR. Knapp will
explain It's advantages over ether ancsthetlcs
70 Surgeons, and fe those who may wish
Teeth extracted without pain. illn5l ly"
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H.. W.. Baker,

TTORSEY AT LAW, Bellevue. La.
"A Will practice in any court in the State,
except the parish court of Bcssier Parish
vllni6iY.
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THE BoSSIER BANNER.
Advertising Rates :

Advertisements inserted ut the rate of
Al "a per square for first insertion, and IS
sar each subsequent insertion up to one
..opth. Ten lines or less constitute a
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sarh but they will be counted as squares in
syery instance. For longer periods, as fol-
lurs-
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n. R. Griffin,

TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, La
A WIN practice in the Courts Of Bossier
c.dde. Webster and Red River parishes
fon;.isna g.. vllnll
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Professional Cards.
B. F. Fort,

, ,,cr7rey at Law, Bellevue. Bossier par.
a ish, La yln9
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-28
FAITH WELL FOUNDED.
Interesting Sequel to an Irish-Amcrican
Romance In Real Life.

Anterost1ng sequel to an Irish American
Romance In Real Life.
About SIX weeks ago the police OF Newark, N. J.,
made one OF their periodical swoops on haunts of
vice, and, In police parlance, "puledn low UNDER
ground den OF infamous repute on the corner of
Broad and Bridge streets Seated at the squeaking
rattle-trap dgnifed with the name OF piano. was
young woman Of striking personal appearance
about twenty-five years OF age. On such occasions
the police are not respecters Of persons and SO
the pianist was marched to the police station with
the rest OF the unfortunates found in the den
Next day she was liberated but soon after was re-
magistrate, who is also gifted with penetrative
mind, saw the woman was
NOT IN HER PROPER SPHERE
and by kind words induced her to disclose her
identity and history. She stated that she was the
daughter OF distinguished Irish soldier OF the
British army, Colonel John Hutchinson Garner, of
Gainesville, near Belfast Ireland. When quite
young she married wealthy young bank cashier
OF that neighborhood named Charles +. Howe, and
for years lived happily BY and by dissipation and
high living drove Howe to America. She followed
with two children. but rued the day that she left
Ireland. Howe continued his dissipation, until
finally she led with him the life OF dog. All the
money they received from opulent. friends he
drank, and then as she AYERS, beat her because
she could not get more. At last
HE DESERTED HER,
and, her children being taken SICK she was forced
to place them on Wards Island, In the Emigrant
Hospital. She tried her best to earn honest
living but to those who understand how utterly
incapable Of helping themselves Irish ladies are,
owing to the ornamental character Of their train
ing and education, 1t will easily be understood why
she failed and why, finally she drilted into a low
den as piano player. Justice Lambert took her
case in hand ana wrote to her father the particu-
lars as related. Meanwhile he took Mrs. Howe to
his mothers house, where she has ever since been
well cared for 1t Is pleasing to relate especially
in these days when so many confidence frauds,
male and female abound and sour the milk OF hu-
man Kindness, that within day or 80 Judge Lam
bert received
ASSURANCES FROM IRELAND
that his faith in Mrs. HOwe's word OF honor was
not misplaced. Her father and other friends in
Canada wrote corroborating her story, and enclos-
ing funds to pay Gil incurred expenses and the
OF forwarding Mrs. Howe and her little ones to
Lucknow. Canada, where DR.. Garner, her brother
lives. On Saturday the tickets for her Journey
were furnished, and Mrs. Howe will proceed as
soon as the two children are obtained from Wards
Island. AS IS natural, Mrs. Howe declares herself
utterly incapable OF expressing her appreciation Of
Judge Lambert's generosity and purely dislnter-
ested Kindness.
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Charles A. Collins.

BY mail from Europe we have record of the death,
in the fortysxth year OF his age OF Charles Aston
Collins, son Of the late artist and academician,
William Collins, and younger and only brother OF
wike Collins, the novelist. Mr.. Collins began his
career as painter, and would probably have taken
a high place in art but for his extreme astidious-
ness and his declining health. He exhibited several
pictures in the Royal Academy, among which
'sConvent Thoughts" and "May In Hyde Park" are
remembered. He afterwards took to literary
work, and wrote IN many Of the leading English
periodicals. Besides q description Of tour in
Dickens youngest daughter, Miss Kate Dickens).
which he called "A Cruise Upon Wheels as IL was
in part performed in cabrioet, he wrote q novel
called 1.-THE Bar Sinister'' and another entitled
.'Strathcairn." lie had singulary fine and dainty
sense Of humor and rare delicacy OF feeling and
perception, without corresponding power, or
rather, perhaps, with o degree OF mental power
limited by bodily weakness.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From B. B. Russell, Boston 1.-THE History of
Napoleon H., Emperor OF the French" BY John
s. G. Abbott.
From Harper & Brothers --"Kenelm Chillingly:
His Adventures and Opinions" novel. BY T..
i. Bulwer, Lord Lytton.
From 7. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia =
s'All For Love; or, the Outlaws Brde.n BY Miss
Eliza A. Dupuy.
From Henry Hoyt, Boston:-"Sequel to the Old
Manor House,"
From Lynch, Cole Mehan:-"Treland and the
Irish: Lectures on Irish History and Biography"
by Very Rev. Thomas n. Burke, p.
From Dodd h Mead 1.-THE Dead Sin and Other
Stories" BY Edward Garrett.
Prom J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Philadelphia =
~Poems." BY Clara Augusta.
From George Routedgc Sons, New York.
sOur Seamen: An Appeal by Samuel Plimsoll,
M. P.
From Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Estab-
lshment :-"Sketches OF jewish Life and History y
By Henry Gersoni
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Herald Special Report from the East
by Way Of London.
Important Discovery Of New Inscriptions Illus
trative Of Royal History.
Proverbs Recorded in Two
Languages.
New Keys for the Reading Of the
First Found Tablets.


The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our CORE
spondent in the British metropolis
LONDON, April ~, 1873.
Mr.. George Smith, the London Daily 7ele-
graph explorer in Assyria, has met with great
success. He has found eighty new inscrip-
lions, including histories of known and
hitherto unknown Assyrian kings. He has
found also highly important tablet, recording
collection of proverbs written in two Ian
guages, which will aid the further calculation
of the whole class of Assyrian inscriptions.
THE TIME OF WRITING.
Many Of the inscriptions which have just
been brought to light have definite dates.
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FELoNIOUS ASSAULTS.

At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
John Fay, a longshoreman, residing on Tenth ave-
nue.. was arraigned on charge OF disorderly con-
duct. While the examination was going on Ter
renee Molloy, OF S26 Tenth avenue, appeared in
Court and complained OF the prisoner for ieonious
assault in staDbing him on the back OF the head
and on the forehead In February last. Fay was
committed, in default OF $4,000 bail. TO answer.
stephen Travis, OF IS Horatio street, was charged
with a felonious assault on Terrence Ryan, who
keeps saloon ON Eighth avenue. The complain
ant testified that the assault In furtnerance
the design OF party Of men, oil which the prisoner
was one, to assassinatc him. Travis was hell "a
answer,
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apparently In despair,
WEATHER REPORT.
WAR DEPARTMENT, \
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WASHINGTON, April Isl A. M.
PrObdbHitie

The temperature will further very generally In.
crease east OF the Mississippi and the pressure WIFI
diminish; for the Northwest and the Mississippi
and lower Missouri and lower Ohio Valleys south
easterly and sOuthwesterly winds. threatening and
rainy weather; for the Gulf States southerly wins
partly cloudy weather. higher temperature and pos
siby occasional rain; for the South Atlantic States
winds back to southeastery, increasing cloudiness
and falling barometer; from Michigan and the
Lower Lakes to Kentucky and West Virginia. part
ly cloudy weather, southeasterly winds and lower
pressure for the Eastern and Middle States,
clearing and clear weather, with southwesterly
and southeasterly winds and higher temperature.
Cautionary signals continue at Duluth, Chicago,
Milwaukee, Grand Haven, New Orleans and Mo-
bile
Reports are missing from the Upper Lakes and
generally west OF the Mississippi.