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Permanent Homes.

II may be said of us, as people. that we Are
hot yet settied. Homes we have none as they
nave In the old world. There q farm passes
from one generation to another, and is settled
tnng. Associations cling there Of an ancestry
that counts scores in its record. As much as
can be on earth, this is an abiding place. Rnf
here with us is no such thing We are restless y
We are not yet settled; we are vet seeking our
homes. This Is in consequence of our nascent
eonaitlon. 1t becomes us to be active-to seek
our fortunes and establish ourselves. This has
not yet been done, and will not be TILL as a ma
uon, we subs1de into quiet. When we become
satisfied with our lot we shall have home.
., a a. nome! What is home? 1t is something
that we take qualification in-somethinQ that
viii satisfy our children. All! there Is the
Point.satisfy your children. Unless this Is
gone, there Is no home. We must make our
them SO that the sons viii be induced to stav
there-will find something to attract. to keen
them there; otherwise they cannot be said to be
t hSme s. Now what VIII is wanted9 win not pre-
fer to England, point to the cottages there.
burled-almost literally buried-wfth flowers
S atp S,ne He1e In that
the rich are homes, in the same Captivating
landscape, with the same rural life around
them, and around them forever. Here is per
mahenee. Nature and art have combined TO
AS soon as home is the chief place of attrac-
ton, so soon 1t is a home proper-a place to
stayIelse 1t is not home and win noe be CON
tinued. Let parents make their home attrac
tive and comfortable, and their sons viii NOT
pc wanting TO 60 to the cities, or going there,
the OLD domicil, will draw more than all else
bssices, and will become a possession forever.
rms Is what we want. We want our children
10 nave possession forever, or IL necessarily
absent, as some must be, the old home to 20 to,
from the newly acquired possession, which in
ITS turn Will be at home. Without home there
Is wandering, there is no real zest, no haven,
ana no heaven which home is a near approach
TO- Home is a nourisher Of the virtues But
a wandering life Is wild, q heartless life not
favorable to virtue and pure feeling.-F. G.. ia
Country Gentleman. "
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,fioessine.-Ne observe regular reports in
gate prison. This noble ckastisement. for in
stance. was Administered on the 2oth of Ia mar
e i've Sals ss s1d ths Eche says "TSe pun
way prison, and the back Of each crirrit ~.
marked By broad crimson band where ne
scet' had done its work. Watson, stronsiv
built man ss. sh,sasase oe doubt feeling ssassij
others howled pateoesiy." It nav s. nesesssr =
10 remind the reader That this e the wear Of onr
Lord 1873, and that this ycheerins i1feiiiSen 81
comes from enlightened and nslsy RnsIsnd.W
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A TROY GIRL went b see her lover. the other
night, but, as he vas busy, he made an appoint.
ment to meet her, . few hours later. Being still
detained, he sent . friend 10 tell her, and the
friend, in turn, delegated gentleman q color
suited, won't for the friend and knocked hin
down, after which she proposed to investieate
her loyer's "basiness." She Found him sampiine
d0ws ami bottles. she led him ont. and for her
rudeness ~ 20 doing she vas put In the lock- up.
where she was shortly found trying to hug her,
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CANeUCH THINGS BE?-Ths Chenaneo Demo-
crat tells of an Ellingto man who, while he was
in trance, thought that he had died. and fomnd
himself at gate guarded BY two angels. but
that they allowed him to pass. He entered n
room which was surrounded by doors. Here he
met sister who had died on, the preceding Nav.
to whom she presented him, telling him they
were his sisters who had died before his remem-
brace, and had grown up in that beautiful place.
Ihey sang MN song, and with some difficulty
Taught 1t to him. He recalls distinctly the tune
and words, and sings item now, though neither
he nor any Of the family ever heard the words
before. He also saw hls brother-in- law there.
that he must have been in Heaven,
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- Aver thirteen years Of angry separation a
a;I5ov nause couple nov sleep upon the same
s|Arkansas thinks Of declaring pone con,,r
other sort OF law. = - = "i'uet NO
Inc geatest surprise at q surprise Marty I'm
sew raven, recently. was 0ccasioned hr,be
di.covery that q thief had stolen tl,e res,.she
NIGHTS oui OF the ba * kitchen.
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"Iy THE TWILIGHT Of a beautiful a ar i'm the
ides Of October, an Appleing county man set
his son and heir 10 watch . fsvOrite corn-natch
Returning little later. to see If the infant was
create little commotion among the drv staIls
Ine5e Was nash and q report, and the aston
shed parent tore down two panels of fence in
gesting away. 10 MS neiehbors who called 10
vigilance OF his son, and his accuracy with 3
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STEAMER LINES.
1 n NJ A n LIN E

IMAM LINE
y ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS
TO AND FROM LINERPoOL, CALLING AT
&c. SScEENsToMN, <cAe
b.ery IhI kSDAl and sATU RDAY .AfGHS
iron PieT Is, North River, New York
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Cabin. SIS and go gold.
Excursion iickets al reduced rates.
steerage-To Queenstown, Liverpool, Giascov
Londonderry, London, Csrdih or Bristol, q % cur,
relcy. Prepaid certificates from above ports, n
currency.
.Apgly to JOHN @. DALE, Agent, rs Broadway,
New York, OF 20 ID. A, BROsNAN, W ashington Z;
street, between 9Th and lvth streets. f2s-im
THE SPRING SCHEDULE OF THE WASH
lNGI0N, BOSTON, AND PROVIDENCE
Or and sfter noNDAY, February sath, Steamer
her regular trips 70 NoRFOLK eeASh
ltouchangat the principal Riycr Land
ingsl Will leave her wharf, foot Of Sth street.
MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, ct ap m, connect,
ING a Norfolk with the n. and n. Steamship Line
Tor Boston and Providence. Through bill Of lsding
given. All freight address care Lady III the Lac
via Norfolk. For further particulars apply 10
DORSEY CLAGETr, Plants Store
Ia Corner 18th street and New York avenue
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~ Pfttsburg managers refuse front seats in
the theaters to ladies who do up their hair Z Ia
Msdss
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pressed, perhaps, by the gravity and delibera-
tion OF Mr.. Merdock's manner
his voice 1sse now to state" he continued raising
document Notwithstanding, the late Eustaee
ere DeiPratt died intestafe"
na dnere was mnrmur of surprise. Ernest
he tried to SPEAK but his voice appesred tn Ssii
"Inree years after its execution, this will was
"By deedT some one asked.
NO. BY the adoption Of another course.
not less decisive. In fact, by marriage
Its q lie: Ernest Delpratt screamed.
"The late Mr.. Deipratt," the lawyer pro-
ceeded, calmly, "was married in Janusry, 1862,
at the chapel OF the embassy, in Paris, to Hor-
that marriage ! have with me. into the details
Of the matter need hardly enter. Imay state.
however, that in early life Mr.. Delprsft had
met with severe disappointment. He had con-
member of one Of the most distinguished fSmi-
lies Of this county. To that union the stain
upon his birth was deemed BY the lady's friends
such It may be called, vas therefore sbruptlv
terminated: Mr.. Delpratt was deeply afiicted.
he determined never to marry. Some time
sfterwsrds he made this VIM bsquesfhing bis
member q tSs fsmiIy-X IN Ernss 'fS s'nqatt
BIT ne nsd reason ct Q later date TO- be much
onended at the conduct Of the man his gener-
circumstances Of the case win not further 81.
Jude; Mr.. Ernest Delpfatt left England. and
Was Tor nearly ten years absent in Australia.
in the interval my late friend and client again
turned his thoughts towards marriage. he re-
70 be Affect d BY the circumstances fhis oriein.
Chance threw him In the way Of this Horfense
Leroux. She Is now dead; I win bring 20
charge against her, therefore. win only saw
HAT She was in every wayunWorthy Of her hus.
band, and that the marriage was Z most nm
happy one. The neWly-Wedded pair separafed
forever within few weeks Of their union. She
few years, meeting her death under very Pain.
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oeeh aone, tnere must be an inducement, mo-
tive for it. Find out that, and''- =.
MY dear Pixley, hadn't you better leave it
All TO meI Don't keep dog and bark Yourself
III III atts nd to It, 4'm going to the funeral on
..Hou are? ThenI'ye nothing more to saw:
only keep me Informed of everything"
Ofeverything. And mind you do thessame
That night Mr.. Merdoek left London.
On the morning of the 9TH of November a
carriage from Lupton Manor was waiting on
the Andoyer station to meet the early train from
London Mr.. Merdock, however, stood ON the
platform OF the station some time before the ar
rival OF the train. He was dressed in deem
black, and looked worn and ANXIOUS. Among
the passe myers brought down from town was
Mr.. PiSley. Mr.. Merdock hastened towards
HIM, and drew him aside.
''lou got my letter, of course? Now be very
CAREFUL, Pix'ey. Don't say word more than
take us to Lupton, a pleasant drive over the
Hampshire downs. The drivers been resting
at the Andover Arms; he only drew up to the
siafion when the train was in sight. He sup
ou're understood to be my clerk. You would
be very careful what you say. Not q word more
meet gentleman from fondon es's oniis risai L9
They entered the carriage, and were driven
Pull mp that window, Pixley. That fellow
mustn't hear us This Is q delicate matter, and
We INST proceed very cautiously :
"Wellf Ana what's beendone?''
I've not been idle, but, I'll own, I've but q
picion. cannot arrive at proof. StiIl. I'VE
set two or three at work, and something may
come out at any moment. Il couldn't appear
actively In the matter myself, for many reasons.
We must iuil suspicion as much rs possible.
The criminal, il there Is one-and, mind, 1
won't yet say that there Is one-will then grow
boil er, impr adent, perhaps, and then we have
"The funeral win proceeds,
/" Not so loud. Yes. You know, or. perhaps,
you don't know, what country coroners are.
And we've scarcely pretext for demsudiur An
to his aBeuFismal hypertrophy. what can Ve
DO In the face Of his Certificate? YheJ servants
lave been got at, not BY mel did not dare 10
near the house-and questioned skilfai1y
,no1gh, without awakening their suspicious.
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PROFESSIONAL.
IL. W. Baker,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue. La.
A VIII practice in any court in the State,
,,cept the parish court of BOssier Parish.
vlln46ly.
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NUMBER 4S.

THE NEVADA SENATORsHIP.
John P. Jones of San Francis
co, who has bought Senate
rial franchise of Nevada, ad-
mits a large expenditure, but
says it was "only for legiti-
mate campaign purposes"
Item: To James W. Nye, to
get out of the way, $4,000.
Item: To William Sharon, to
get out Of the way, $5OO,OOO.
Item: To Republican State
Central Committee, for unami-
nous primaries in September" "
S5O0,OOO. Item: To set 'em
up for the boys, after the unan-
imous nomination in Septem-
Der aforesaid, $4,000. Item:
To make it more binding after
a Republican Legislature had
been elected, $4,000. 1t was
as well understood last June
that Mr. Jones would pay $780,
600 for the Senatorship as it is
now that he has paid it.-[N.
Y. News.
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The Paradise of Palms.

The purchase of a country
by The Company of the Bay of
SANTANA of San Domingo is
either a dangerous monopoly,
on the one hand, or is a subtle
scheme for annexation on the
other. The annexation of San
Domingo was opposed by wise
and patriotic men, partly be-
cause symptoms of a great job
accompanied the project. The
purchase of this eminent do
main by American speculators
does not involve the United
States in immediate complica-
tions, but that the movement
is an insidious one there can be
little bOubt. There is excellent
reason to believe that the pur-
chase of this Ell Dorado by a
company of American capital
lists representing S20,0O0,00O is
only a modification ola scheme
for the annexation of a tropical
island which is almost rs old as
the American Constitution.
The plot to annex San Do
mingo is no new one. 1t is
nearly as old as the Union of
States. About eigfty-five
years ago, as soon as the Re-
public was likely to be well
grounded in the Constitution
of 'S7, there was a strong party,
one-balf of the
shareholders of the island, that
sought the admission of this
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New Zealand Flax.

a New Zealand correspond
ent OF the London Times states
that an important discovery has
been made in connection with
the New Zealand flax, (Phor-
mium te1a.) the value of which
has been tested by experiments
made by DR.. Hector, chairman
of the Flax Commission. DR..
Hector'S attention, it seems,
had been attracted to the dura-
bility of the ishing-lines of the
natives, whiclNere not rotted
by the wet, as were other articles
Of the hempen manufacture.
Meeting an old Maori woman
one day, he inquired how these
fishing-lines were prepared, and
was told that the hands of the
makers were always kept
amounted with the oil of the
weka(the New Zealand wood
hen) while they were plating
the lines. DR.. Hector, upon
this hint, proceeded to inYesti-
gate the matter, and instituted
a series of experiments, the Fe-,
suit of which was the discovery
in question, that oiled phor-
mium, in the form of rope, was
vastly stronger and more dUra-
bic than the common phOr-
MUM, or even the manila.
The experiments consisted in
running over a revolving shaft
three pieces OF rope of the same
size, made respectively of com
mon phormium, manila, hemp,
and oiled phormium, with
weights attached to them, wet
ting all of them occasionally
with both fresh and salt water.
The result was that the COM
mon phormium ran % days,
the manila 45 days, and the
oiled phOrmium 95 days, the
latter becoming more supple,
and, as DR.. Hector expresses it,
more like catgut in its wear,
after running for a time.
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There's Danger in the Town.
BT JOHN N. YATES.

There John, hstch Dobbin to the most
come near Inc and sit down;
1our mother wants TO talk to you before
you drive to town:
Ny hairs are gray, l soon shall be at rest
within the grave;
MOI long will mother pilot you DER Efe's
tempesUuous wave.
I've watched DER you from infancy till YOU
are a man,
Aud l have always loved you as mother
only can,
AT morning and at evening have prayed
the God Of love
To bless and guide my darling boy to the
bright home above.
A mothers eye is searching, John, old can t
dim its sight,
When watching Ger an only child to see il
he does right;
And very lately have seen what has
aroused my fears,
And made my pillow hard at night, and
moistcned it with tears.
I've seen light within your eye, upon
your checks glow,
That told me you were on the road that
leads to shame and woe,
Oh! John, don't turn away your head, and
on my counsel frown,
Stay more upon the old farm, there's dan
ger in the town.
Remember what the poet says-long years
have proved it true
That Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands TO do
If you live on in idlencss, with those who
love the bowl,
You'll dig yourselfa Iruukard's grave, and
wreck your dcathlcss soul,
Your father. John, is growing old his days
are nearly through,
Q! he has labOred very hard TO save the
farm for youi
But it will 90 TO ruin soon, and poverty
Will frown,
If you keep hItching Dobbin up to drive
into the town.
Ionr prospects for the future arc very
bright, my SOL
Not many have your start in life when they
are twuIIty-Oue;
Your star, that shines so brightly now, i'll
darkness will decline,
Il YOU forget Your mothers words, and tar
~ Ut the wine.
Turn back, my boy, now, in youth your; stay
10y the dear old farm;
The Lord Of of Hosts Will save you, with
His powerful righI arm.
Not long viii mother pilot you DER life:
tempestuous wave
Then light her pathway with your love
down 10 the silent grave.
Rochester Democrat.
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No MORE INFANT STATES

No MORE INFANT STATES
The rotten-borough State bus
mess has been kilied-for the
present at least. Thanks to
the large proportion of Demo
Gratis in the present Congress,
when q bill to admit Colorado
come to a vote the other day,
it was defeated by a decisive
majority. This decision also
puts the Utah and New Mexi-
co schemes at rest. Neither
Of the three Territories named
have the population of a Con-
gressional district in the State
Of New York. Colorado had
but $4,000 population when
the census of 1870 was taken,
and last year the apportion-
ment bill fixed the ratio of
population requisite to entitle
a State to admission hereafter
at 138,OOO. The attempt to
force Colorado into the Union
in the face of the law was
sheer impudence, and has been
well rebuked. 1t was a Re
publican scheme to strengthen
the party in the senate.
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A London detective put his
head into an omnibus one day
just as it was starting off, with
the remark, Passengers will do
we'll to look out for their pocket
books. There are two members
of the swell mob in this bus"
Thereupon a grave looking old
gentleman with eyeglasses and
a goid-headed cane hastily got
out, saying, "If that's the case 1
won't go in this bus" He was
followed by a clearical-looking
gentleman with a white choker
who remarked that he wouldn't
ride in such company" And then
the detective closed the door and
shouted to the driver, GAIL right;
drive Oh; they've got Out.'
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All do not know that lemons
sprinkled with loaf sugar almost
completely allay feverish thirst.
They are invaluable in the sick
room. Invalids affected with
feverishness can safely consume
two or three lemons a day. A
lemon or two thus taken at tea
time is recommended as an entire
substitute for the ordinary supper
of summer, and will often induce
a comfortable sleep through the
night, and give a good appetite
for breakfast.
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Forney, in the Sunday Chroni-
Gle, in an article on the present
Southern complication, concludes
as follows: ID
The president has wisely made
up his mind not to interfere in
the Louisiana embroglio. There
is but one course to bring relief to
the South First, Get rid of its
corrupt importations, and then
let the president grant a general
amnesty, thus bringing to the sur
face material that will at least be
able to inaugurate u period of
peace. Louisiana is but a fair
reflex of the entire South, and it
is time the general government, if
obliged to interfere, should see
that its opportunities are turned
to more substantial purposes than
the creation of bastard statesmen,
who, since the war, have bank
rupted aud disgraced every state
they have pretended to repre-
sent.
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A COW which fell into an ice
hole in the river at Bethel,
was extracted in the
following manner:
a man caught the unfortu-
nate animal by the horns and
held her head above water till
a rope could be procured; then
another man put the rope
around her neck with a slip
knot, and tightened it around
her throat, causing her to sud
denly fill with air, and rise to
the top Of the water, when
with her struggling and a lit
tie assistance she came out Of
the ice safely. This practice
is said to be common in New
England when horses or cat
tie fall through the ice into
the water.
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OUI JiCsIdi Id anu uCdjH ~ IuC
sturdy American lurk in the
midst of this tropical luxuri-
ance. Plenty and war have
never abandoned the soil OF
this new Atlantic. The mex
orablG law of compensation OBJ
tains in San Domingo as else
where. Such marvellous beau
ty and abundance would not
dwell beneath the eye of the
Yankee untouched and almost
in land of solitude, if there
were not sufficient reasons for
it. The equator drives away
not only the North American
but the Spaniard. The effem-
macy of the white race on this
island has always rivalled that
of the Sybarite of the ancient
time. 1t is not likely that a
land lying for centuries under
the shadow of a civilization so
hardy, so enterprising, and so
foresighted, will speadily
change its conditions, or popu-
lation, under the auspices OF
the Company Of SANTANA Bay.
From this happy land the
rumors of more wars are al
ready coming. Luperon, and
Cabral, and Baez will, no doubt,
be presently involved in the
brOils and warfare native to
that island. And what then?
American citizens are now in
terested in this matter, and
American citizens must be pro-
tected, and the National hon
or guarded. The SANTANA Bay
Company will, doubtless, pres
emily claim that they have SO
Americanized this country that
the American eagle will suffer
if they are not protected in
their rights. 1t will probably
take that shape. The object
of this Company is to make
money, but whence and howl
Not off the natives. Not much
OFT foreigners. Probably not
by the developments Of the
resources Of an island where
the health and life of the North
American are imperiled
Whence are their profits SC
likely to come as from the
United States Treasury, sooner
OF later!
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"Do you think 1 am fool p
a violent man asked the late Rev.
DR.. Bethune. ''Really," replied
the doctor; "I would not have
yentured the assertion, but now
that you ask my opinion, l must
say that am not prepared to de-
nv it, .a.' ... .
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j philosopher who married
4 vulgar but amiable girl, used
10 call his wife brown sugar,
because. he said, she was sweet
but unrehncd.
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An Indiana Sunday-school man
writes to a bible firm in New
York: "send me on some Sunday
school papers and books. Let the
books be about Pirates and In
dians as far as possible"
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A Pittsburg paper wants a
real printers monument erect
ed to Horace Greely, to be
cast from wornout type, which
newspaper Offices from all
over the country can contrib
ute, and be mounted On a
granite base.
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rHE BOSSIER BANNER.
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