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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-12
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
lUNITED STATES, for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
rupt--in bankruptcy.
At Richmond. Va, this 18th day of Novr, 1873
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that petition has been
presented to the Hon. John q. Underwood, judge
of said District Court, in Bankruptcy, by Saml
A. Swami, assignee the estate Of said bankrupt,
to sell the real estate belonging to said bank
rupt, free from oil liens and encnmbrances
thereon. aA
This is to give notice to all persons interested
| that in the terms of said petition an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per.
sons who msy be interested in said estate. to APP.
pear before Register w. w. Forbes, at his office
in the said city of Richmond, on the 27th day OF
Nov, 1878, at 10 o'clock a. M. and show cause. II
| any you have, why such order should not be-
granted. SAMUEL A. SWAMI
/ nola-W2w Assignee.
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HARPER's MAGAZINE.

enthusiastically the best sustained work of
ss the kind in the World" 4
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,r,u,s rs To GIVE NU OF on the

gTyHIS IS To GIVE NOTlCE--That on the 9Th
i day of Nov, 1873 warrant In bankruptcy
was issued out of the District Court of the Uni
ted States for the Eastern District of Virginia.
against the estate of r. II. DibIelL of Henrico
county and State of Virginia, who has
been adjudged bankrupt on his own petit
tom that the payment ofany debts, and the deliv-
cry Of any property belonging to said bankrupt, to
him or for his use, and the transfer of any
property by him, are forbidden by law; that
a meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt, to
prove their debts and choose one or more assign
ees of his estate will be held at a court of bank
ruptcy, to be holden at Richmond, Virginia,
before W. w. Forbes, esq, register. on the
18th day of December, a. d., 1878, at 10 o'clock
DAyIDB. PARKER.
,ooI-E0w IT. s. Marshal.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

Governor Dix, of New York,
(Republican), and Governor Par
ker of New Jersey, (Democrat,
both sent letters to the late Gu
ban meeting in New York full of
sympathy with it. Governor Dix
said, II participate strongly in
the general Indignation caused by
the atrocities of the Cuban au-
thorities, and do not doubt that
our Government will do all that is
incumbent upon it to maintain our
honor and our rights, and to vim
dicate the cause of outraged hon
or and civilization Governor
Parker said, ''If Spain can not
suppress the revolution in Cuba,
nor prevent her adherents from
committing acts winch disgrace
humanity and shock the civilized
world, it is time for her to relin-
quiSh all claim of authority over
the island. l believe her destiny
to be a republic under the gov
crnment of her own people, or to
become part of the United States
"a destiny which will be hasten
ed by current events, and without
the violation of any international
law upon our part.p This express
sion of opinion by Governors of
States, widely differing in political
opinion. fully represents American
sentiment.
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the disadvantages against which
the island has contended, it has
a larger foreign commerce in pro-
portion to its population than any
other country on the globe. There
are several colleges in Havana, a
number of seminaries, aud in 9TH
er cities of the island there are
advanced schools. In 1857 forty
newspapers and periodicals were
published on the island. ...
Cuba is perhaps the most beau
tiful, the most fertile and the rich
est island in the world. 1t is
gorgeous with perpetual flowers,
and brilliant with the plumage of
innumerable birds.n Columbus
said of it: "It is the most beau
tiful land that ever eyes beheld.= :
Its acquisition by the United
States has been deemed a desira-
bic thing by leading men of all
parties in this country for seventy
years. Twenty-Five years ago
Edward Everett said, as Secreta-
~ of State: 1.-The island of Cuba
lies at our doors; it commandst the
approach to the Gulf of Mexico,
which washes the shores of five
of our States; it bars the entrance
to the great river which drains
half the North American Conti-
nent, and, with it's tributaries,
forms the largest system of water
communication in the world it
keeps watch at the doorway of
our intercourse with California by
the Isthmus.' While our Gov
ernment has scrupulously regard
ed the rights of Spain, its treaties
with that power, and the laws of
nations, with respect to that
island, it has always refused to
allow France or England to take
possession of it, and has also re-
fused to give pledges to Spain not
at some time to possess itself of
that sentinel of the Gulf and Con
tinent. a.I t-..I--H.".'. ... 3.
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Imports and Exports,

The report of the bureau of sta
tistics at Washington shows that
the total imports into this country
for the twelve months ending with
June 80 last were S662, ,4l0,597,
being an increase Of S23,000,000
over the preceding year. The
exports were S649, ,132 ,563, being
an increase of S100,000,000 over
the proceeding year. OF the total
imports S497, ,115,5S0 were dutia
BILE goods, and S166,205,O16 free
of duty. The leading articles
imported were: Coffee s44. .101, $40;
gold and silver 22,O0O,0O0; hides
and skins S16,24S, ,421; tea S24,-
46G, ,094; cotton manufactures s35.-
000,000; raw fax S16,271, ,531; pig
iron 1908, ,769; railroad and bar
iron S10,541,03 iron and iron
fabrics of all kinds 100000, 900;
silk manufactures S3O,O0O,00O, su-
gar S92, 100000; tin $1G,000,000
tobacco and cigars $4,000, 900;
lumber sI2.000,OOO; wool and
woollen manufactGress7e, 100000.
The chief articles of export were:
Breadstufs s9S,OOO,0O0; cotton
s227, ,OO0, 900; gold and silver &c.,
100000; hides and skins $685.
024; iron and manufactures of iron
$4,000, 900, leather and manufac-
lures of leather S6.000,000; rosin
and turpentine s3,631, 900; oil
cake 1861, 900; oil, chiefly illum.
! mating S40,000,000; provisions
4 SO,O00,000; candy and confec,
I tionary s9,00O,OO0; tobacco s22,.
6S9, 600; lumber and manufactures
of wood $4,000, 900. OF the i'm
ports s174,OOO,00O were brought
in American vessels, and S47S,
100000 in foreign-foreign ships
carrying nearly two-thirds of ou
whole commerce, and American
ships one-third.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

CHAPPED HANDS.-Take com.
mon starch and grind it with a
knife until it is reduced to the
smoOthest powder, put it in a
clean tin box, so as to have it con
tinually at hard for use. Then,
every time that the hands are tax
en- from the suds or dish-water,
rinse them thoroughly in clear
water, wipe them, and while they
are yet damp, rub pinch of the
starch thoroughly over them, GOV,
ering the whole surface. The rough
smarting skin is cooled, soothed
and healed, iusuring comfort and
freedom from this by no means in.
significant annoyance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06
Little Things.

One step and then another,
And the longest walk is ended;
One stitch and then another,
And the largest rent is mended;
One brick upon another, i... -.
And the highest wall is made;
Ono flake upon another,
And the deepest snow is laid.
So the little coral workers,
BY their slow but constant motion,
Have built up those pretty islands.
In the distant, dark blue ocean,
Aud the noblest undertakings
Mans wisdom hath conceived,
BY oft repeated effort a. -.s.
Have been patiently achieved.
A little-'tis little word, -........
But much may in it dwell;
Then let warning voice be heard,
And learn the lesson well;
The way 70 ruin thus begins, @ ..-.
Down, down, like easy stairs;
fconscience suffers little sins,
Soon larger ones it bears.
A little theft, small deceit,
Too often leads to more;
lis hard at first, but tempts the feet,
As through an empty door
Just rs the broadcast rivers run
From small and distant springs,
The greatest crimes that men have done
Have grown from little things.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06
Cuba.

Cuba is the largest of the West
India Islands. and the sentinel of
the Gulf of Mexico. 1t has an
area of 1884 square miles. which
is larger than that of Ohio bv
nearly 6,000 square miles. Its
northern coast is distant $50 miles
from the southern coast of Flori-
da, and its southwestern point is
equally distant from Yucatan. It's
greatest length is given from 75O
to 500 English miles. It's greatest
width is about 127 miles. Its length
of shore line is not far from 1000
English miles. 1t had six wears
ago a population of 1,4l4,50S, Of
which number 760,512 were white
2S3,043 were free colored and
330,55 were slaves. Havana. the
Iicapital, had more than 100000 in
-habitants ten years ago, 0,000
of these people being white. Five
years ago 403 miles of railroad
track We're in operation on the is
land. a backbone of mountains
extend through the central por-
tons of the island from which
streams in abundance flow to the
sea. Its mountains are rich in
mineral wealth, and its forests
abound in the mohogany, the lig
mum vitae, the cocoa wood and
Humbold says that we might be-
lieye that the entire island was
originally a forest of palms and
wild lime and Crangs trees. In
1869 the imports of the island
amounted to s43, 900, 900, and the
exports to $500, 200. Three
yeas ago the value of the sugar
and tobacco crops of Cuba was
estimated to be 100000 pounds
and the capital invested in the
production of these staple exports
of the island was not far from
100000, 600 pounds. Ten years
ago the annual total of the import
and export trade waSSl30,000,00
The temperature is warm through
out the year, but in the interior it
is at DO time oppreSsively hot, and
it is not variable. In the interior
it seldom varies more than four
or five degrees from eighty, and
the difference between the mean,
/ temperature of the hottest month
of the year and that of the coldest
is twenty one degrees in Havana
and fourteen in the interior. Fires
are needless; children can play
out of doors unclothed in midwin
ter, bnt only once in thirteen year:
at Vera Cruz was the thermome
ter observed to indicate so high
temperature as 500 degrees, ant
for three years at Havana it
range was from sixty-one to eigh
ty-six degrees. Notwithstandini
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

Love plays the ID with people
in all conditions of life. There is
the case of Henry Ray, of Califor,
MIA, Missouri, VINO loved Mary
WaIline, and was beloved by her,
but the parents objected. There
upon Ray fatally shot Mary, and
blew out of his head something
which served us a substitute fol-
brains.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

And now the California papers
complain that in spite of every
thing, three .'railroad' judges
have managed to get themselves
elected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

An Atlanta cynic was observed
recently sitting on rail fence
looking the picture of''thoughtful
wretchednesS." Upon being quest
iOned as to the occasion of his
melancholy appearance, he said
he was trying to think ifany Office
could be created that Sam Bard
wouldn't be candidate for.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

A Missouri clergyman's fees for
marrying fourteen couples amoun-
ted to fifty pounds of dried apples
and due bill for eighteen bushels
of buckwheat.
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Mr.. BradlaugI, the distinguish
ed English Democrat, says, IRE
publicS can not be made in a day;
they must grow; they must be al
most the work of centuries. The
first genuine Republic we shall
have in Europe will be iu Great
Britain. While France is a mon
archy under republican form, Eng
land is almost a republic under
the guise of monarchy. Slowly
and by degrees the monarchical
| principle is being trod out of the
British Constitution. 1t has been
going on ever since the revolution
of 1859. No people are fit for
freedom unless they understand
and can maintain what the Eng
lish race mean by the habeas cor
pus, the right of trial by jury and
! the freedom of the press. Gov
ernments where the are respected
are essentially republican, no
matter what they may be called.
Where they don't exist there is no
liberty. One of the worst results
of our late war was the education
of our people into the setting
aside of these great principles,
| We became accustomed to seeing
ing military tyrants, without the
least reason or justice, violate
every thing that had been previ
ously considered the bulwark o.
our freedom. 1t was justified up
on that most miserable of all pleas
State necessity, under which al
the odious tyrannies the worlc
j has ever seen have been created
1t should be the aim of ever!
American to do his best to eradi
cate the idea that in times of wa
individual liberty is not to be pro
tected just as vigorously as it is il
times of peace.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

The Washington correspondent
of the Evening Post thinks it set
tied that Senator Conklin will be
made Chief Justice.
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j. u. Scott,

A. ttorney and Counselor at La. VIII
"A practice in the parishes OF Caddo, BOs
sier. DtSoto and Red River, and in the Su
preme Court OF the State, and in the Federal
Courts and Court Of Claims.
Office at Conrt House, in Shreveport. La,
second door Of the rishI OF front entrance
yiinl1
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Before states we're used people
multiplied on the face of the
earth.
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Frank p. Blair believes in man
ifest destiny and Guba's capture.
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Z = SN ~ SOAhOhNOU - gu
other.
| A Boston lady says she has
solved the servant girl question.
Her little son is washing the
dishes. ---
A liquor war RACES in Ypsi-
lanti. Michigan. If the liquor
dealers ara the victors it will be
TipSilanti.
! 1t has been decided by an Iowa
judge that it is necessary to health
10 chop wood on Sunday if a fam
lily has any to shop.
A ACleveland dry goodsdrummer
has during the last season, sold
SG0, 900 worth of goods, travelled
l1,O00 miles, and married four
wives. .... ~..... .......s 1850.
! y subscription has been started
in New Orleans for the benefit of
the family of Captain Joseph Fry,
the maSSacred commander of the
Virginius. #.rf E9Tal1
Write your name with kind
ness, love and mercy on the hearts
of the people you come in contact
with year by year, and you will
never be forgotten.
Oliver johnson, of the Christian
Union, an old chap of sixty-nine,
has recently married a girl of sew
enteen. Editors will occasionally
make fools of themselves.
A loquacious blockhead, after
babbling some time to Lord Ersk-
inc, observed he was afraid he
was obtruding on his lordship's
ear. "Oh, not at ALL" said Ersk-
inc, II have not been listening.n
Travelling along the seacoast of
Florida, tourist, noting the bar
renness of the country, asked a
native, "What do you live on
here9" "Live on" replied the
man, "why, We live on fish and
strangers"
Six thousand stars'are comput-
ed to be visible to the naked eye
on a clear night. Lord Rosse's
famous REFLECTOR increases that
number to millions, and so do a
Ouple of glasses of Cincinnati
whiskey.
/ The citizens of Lost River, CAL,
the scene of the Modoc troubles,
will petition Congress, through
their representative, Mr.. Luttrell;
for a reimbursement of their
losses at tho hands of the savanes.
| A Judge in Alabama recently
interrupted very fowery young
orator with, "Hold on. hold on,
my dear sir! Don't go any higher.
YOu are already out of the juris-
diction of this COURT "
An intelligent ''bolter" in Bur
lington, Iowa, in scratching the
name of Mrs. Hagar, a candidate
for school superintendent, wrote
upon his ballot: "Doant want no
wummun in mine.7
A Western paper has the fol-
lowing very suggestive puff for
advertisements: "You might as
well try to champoo an elephant
with a thimtlefull of soapsuds, as
to attempt to do business and ig-
more advertising"
Daniel Andrews, a rich old res
ident of Delaware, died the other
day, and his will cut his brother
off with six cents, because the
aforesaid brother once pulled
away % clair and let Daniel have
the floor. -f4t lf
t Said Landor, 81 have no all
!. ments, but why should /? i have
eaten well prepared food; / have
drank light, sub-acid wines, and
thre9 glasses instead of ten; have
liked modest better than immod
e est women, and have never trieC
Q to make shilling in the world.n
In Golden, COL, an editor wrot,
some advice to a newly married
J. friend, and was foolish enough t,
print it. After his wife ha,
looked over proof of the advice
the editor felt compelled to ad,
n this postscript: 'Have your kai
cut close TO the skiu.n 'so14-'i 9i''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06
IT.. R, W'0sEiHS,

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Minden,
A Webster parish, La. Will practice in
Courts of BosSier, Webster, Red River,
BienvilIe, Claiborne, Union and jackson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

N. MUTT.
Mutt & leonard,

TTORNEYs AT LAW, Texns Street
A Shreveport, La. Will practice in the
Courts Of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
BienvilIe. .--- vlOn4O
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

1873 will soon be of the things
that we're,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

A paper miII-a fight between
rival journals.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06
J. H. AeySer.
IL. w.. Baker.
T. N. FORR
!, D. WATKINS.
H'Gfk.i7lS s. Fort,

A ttorreys at Law, Minden, La. VIII
A practice in all the Courts for Web
ster and Bnssier parishes, and in the
Supreme Court of the State. vl2n5
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The Sranish Volunteers.

Cuba is governed virtually by
the Spanish-born residents of the
island, who have formed them
selves into militia organizations
somewhat analogous to our target
companies. They permit the reg
ulars to do the fighting, while
they do the clustering and the
butcherlng of defenceless prison
erS. The visitor to Cuba will see
these fellows swarming in every
direction, in uniforms of white and
blue stripped cotton CLOTH, with
straw hats ornamented with red
cockades. They are intrusive,
insolent and noisy, and evidently
feel that they are masters of the
island. The officers of the vOlun
teer companies in Havana have
a club called the Casino Espanol,
and it is from that institution that
the DEGREES for the government of
the island are furnished. No Cap
tain General dares for a moment
TO oppose the Casino EspanoL
DuIce tried it and barely escaped
out of the country with his life.
Compared with the whole number
of inhabitants in Cuba, these
Spanish residents are but as a
handful. If the Cubans and slaves
had arms in their hands they
could destroy them in a night.
These are the men whom the
United States have to deal with
directly, whether Spain likes it
or not. They are ignorant, brutal
and vile, and, like all people of
that character, they are vaporing
hraggarts. The average Volunteer
has no more doubt of the ability
of his military corps to whip the
American army than he has of its
power to butcher American pris-
Oners who fall into its hands. He
will continue to boast and butcher
until we take the conceit and APP
petite for blood out of him.-N.Y.
News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

jealousy is only the art of
tormenting yourself, for fear
you should be tormented by an
other.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-06

A Boston lady says she has
solved the servant girl question.
Her little son is washing the
dishes. ---
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NUMBER 81.
omnium Gatheruna.

A seventy-fve-year-old Ken
tuckian has just been made the
happy father of twins-both girls.
As Chicago judge expOunds
the law, betting on elections is
not gambling.
Joe Graham, of Portland, Me-,
has started to wheel his wife TO
New York. on a wager of $500.
A New York editor says sugar
has gone up so high as to induce
a slight increase in the price of
sand.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-31

Not one person in ten complies with
the desire of the post office department
that letters and papers be addressed to
the county, as well as the town and
State, of their destination. OF course,
the department has TO live up TO It's own
rule, and official letters are sent TO the
village down on Massachusetts Bay, adj
dressed to Boston, Suffolk County,
Mass" Might not know where it was,
If the county wasn't named, you see.
There has been considerable nonsense
as well as some sense emanaling from the
post Office department for the asst year,
or more, and the request from the post
master general that the county shall
always be put on with the address on all
mail matter is portion of the nonsense.
Besides emitting the county on all prom
inent cities and towns, altogether better
known than any county can be, it should
be omitted on all matter addressed but
few miles distant, otherwise the lum-
boring and increasing the length of the
address will very likely increase the
chances of delay, and also makes an un'
necessary increase of work for postmast
ers and postal car clerks in reading the
long addresses, especially in instances
where towns and counties are of The
same name.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-31

Vermont Dairymen's Association.
The fifth winter meeting of the YER
mont Dairymen's Association, will be
hela on the third Wednesday after the
first Tuesday of January 1874, and the
two succeeding days, at some place TO be
determined by the executive committee.
The executive committee invite proposals
from the citizens of any towns desiring
the coming meeting. 1t is expected
that they will, without expense to the
Association, furnish a suitable hail,
properly warmed and lighted, and guar
antee some stated number of new men,
bers. The secretary, Mr.. G. S. Bliss CT
Georgia, announces that all other things
being equal, preference will be given to
towns remote from former places of
meeting.