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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The temporary revival of the
Gueling spirit is some parts of
country brings to mind Dean
Swift's celebrated argument
against the enactment of laws
to punish duelists. Swift
maintained that as there were
plenty of other ways for men
of sense and honor to compro-
mise.their MISUNDERSTANDING
without shedding blood, and
as the laws provided no other
method for Kidding the world
of the rakes and nincompoops
who insisted on shooting one
another, the practice Of dueling
should be encouraged rather
than prohibited.
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BOssierBanner.
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TERMS

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21
Back-Salary Grabs.

Florida papers says that
Silas Niblack is putting his
back-pay into a cotton fac~
tory. If SiIas had been honest
he would have put the funds
into the greenback factory.
A farmers convention in
Washington, iowa, on the I'd
inst; and in Livingston county,
Missouri, May 31st, declar-
ed against the "salary grab,'
and tariff steals"
The farmers of Corroll Coun-
ty, ILL.,, have very clear ideas of
things. The other day they
emphatically Resolved, that
the increase of Congressional
salaries, in these hard times, is
an Internal outrage upon the
working people of the country"
1t is the st. Louis Democrat,
the leading administration
organ of the Mississippi valley,
that remarks: The amount of
the conscience fund thus far is
not much over 100000, leav-
ing over 100000 scorching
the pockets of the rascals who
carries away the share Of the
booty.
Says the Commercial ADJ
vertiser": Imagine a lot of
rats, filled with forebodings OF
punishment, all trotting back
to the lader with their stolen
Jumps of cheese, and you have
a companion-piece to the spec
tacle CT the back-pay grabberS
Fastening to restore their plum
der the Treasury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21
BELLEVUE, LA, d..
Saturday Morning, June Fl, 1873

We think the amount allow
ed for the building of bridges
under the general parish law
is not sufficient for those
bridges the building of which
the Police Jury seem to have
had lately i'll view, viz: over
Red Chute and Flat river, on
Atkins landing road; over
Cypress bayou, on upper
Shreveport road, and over Cy-
press, at the Alden old mill
site. In the building of bridges
of minor Importance, it is ex-
pected that the road hands
would furnish the labor requir,
ed, and that 60 cts. for each foot
in length of the bridge, would
pay contingent expenses. The
proposed bridges being of such
general Importance, it would
be nothing but fair that they
should be let to the lowest bid.
der, the Police Jury reservins
the right to reject even the
lowest bid, if too high. There
will be money enough in the
Bridge Fund, this fall, to Dc
the whole work. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

One of the Southern Cults
vator's correspondents advO>
Gates the erection of a small
cotton factory in every county
in the South. He says that a
factory of one thousand spin
dies, and looms in proportion,
can be put in operation for
about fifteen thousand dollars
and be made to pay handsome-
~. We are satisfied that if
the South would manufacture
its cotton it would pay double
the amount received for the
raw material, and this is a
moderate estimate when we
remember that manufacturers,
remote from the cotton dis
tricts, grow richer whilst the
producer remains poor. Surely
there is not a county in the
South that cannot build such a
factory, and the. aggregate OF
their labor would enrich the
whole South, soon doubling its
population and giving it a
political influence that will
make it a power in the land,
as the CONSERVATION of freejnsti-
tutions and Of public virtue.
If every county in Tennessee
would build a factory, of any
sort to meet the wants OF the
people, the cry of inability to
pay the interest on its debt
would soon cease, and with it
all complaints of hard times
aud oppressive taxation,
Thousands of dollars would he
kept at home which now GO
abroad never to return; employ
ees of such factories would fur.
nish a market for the farmer
and the indications of thrift
would invite immigration, and
in every way contribute to the
liquidation of the state debt to
the great relief of the people,
columbia Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

evil it pay" to start cotton
mills in the South is answered
in the affirmative by The Ra-
leigh Sentinel, which cities a
case in point. a -
In our sister State of South
Carolina, there is a manufac~
turing company known as the
"Graniteville." 1t has recent
ly published its annual report.
From this report we learn that
its clear profits during the year
just ended was 264 per cent on
the capital stock of $4,000.
And, mind you, this is not all
the stockholders have made.
Their property has also grown
CRAFTY in value because of the
great proftableness of the
business. Now, what bank, or
railroad, .or cotton farm makes
that much annual dlVldend7
Where is the corporation that
clears as muchl -. ...
the Sentinel, from the fore>
going and other facts, conclud~
ed:
l. That cotton manufacture
ing pays better in the South
than any other form of the in>
vestment. 2. That it is more
certain andpermanent, because
it has paid we'll ever since the
war. 3. That it is more profit
able in the South than in the
North. 4. That every factory
must pay a good dividend if
well managed.
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Miscellaneous.

. SHERIFF'S SALE
j. L. &. Graham, !
VS. No on,
John NJ. Arnold. w.
In the District Court of p.
Parish, La. s~.sv--- Soassef
by virtue of a writ of fiera f...-
u issuedout of the Clerk, ! css aaeas
Bossier PARISH, and tonne direosoSs
have seized and will proceed to al
at public auction to the LAST ISL
highest bidder, at the Court So1 ua
door in the town OfBellevue. Ia arS
within the legal hours Of sale ~
Saturday the End day of AnSnou,a
1873. the following described nreU us',
ty, to-wit: op'i'
The whole of the northeast ouo...
of section 36, township 10, range % 8
North West Louisiara-containiD.,
100 acres, more or less; ard the nN
divided one-eight part OF the oss ~,
half of section 16; the west halls !.
section 81 the south half of ~
southeast quarter of section o.. NJ
northwest quarter ofnorthwest ana.
ter of section SO; the north half o. ~
northeast quarter of section 10 and
the southwest quarter of northeast
quarter, same section, all in town
ship 10, range Is, n. w. Louisiana
the Sth part being 10 acres, more or
less. y
Said property was seized and n
be sold to pay and satisfy the sum
of S25, 900, less various credits. with
interest. in favor of the plaintiff and
costs. " H.. f.Fl
Terms of sale-On a credit ofJs
months for whatever the property
may bring, purchaser giving bond
for price bearing interest from day d
sale, with vendors lien and mort.
gage retained on lands bought.
Act of sale at the expense Of bur
chaser on ltT
B, F. ONEAL, Sheriff.
Bellevue, La June p, 1873.
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STRAY SALE.

Estrayed before L. W. Brasher, j P. on
II the 18th day of April, 1873, BY
Reuben Williams, and will DC sold at Belle
vue, La, for cash, to the highest bidder. on
the 18th day of September, 1854
BAY HORSE, about years old, III hands
high, and branded with Mexican brands on
the.ieft shoulder. Said animal came TO bis
premises March, 18th. 1873.
Appraised Mt $40.
Tie owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges BEL
j. A. THOMAS, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, June IA, lS72-'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The Poughkeepsie Eagle
says of Josh Billings (Henry
w. Shaw: "An Essay ON a
Mule was the small beginning
of his popularity, eight years
ago, and he has since accumu-
lated in cash, above all expen-
SEES, and now has at interest,
S4I,00 1870 .-as alulTs.eT
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

ENstraTed before the undersigned, author
II ity, on the 18th day. of June, 1873.
by Henry Stone, and viii be sold at Belle
we, La, for cash, to the highest bidder, on
Saturday, the 9th day of September, 1871,
small BAY MARE Colt, about 3 years old,
with white spot in flank. Came to hin
premises about one month ago.
Appraised at $40. --4r.
The owner is requested to come forward.
prove property, pay charges, &c. ,,.rr.s
j. II THOMAS, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, June2l 1875. = sr<s
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There are three cotton mills
in Augusta, Ga.,l and, three
more have recently been start
ed in Columbus, Ga, all of
which are yielding liberal prof
its. The shares of one mill in
Augusta sold lately for double
their par Value
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21
TAX COLLECTORS SALE.
&c Head, Tax Collector,
Unknown owner;
n w Rrasher. curator adj Ind

IL w brasher, curator ad noe.
DY virtue of the authority confer.
u red on me by law, have seized,
by recording in the Recorders Office
of BOssier parish, Louisiana, accord
ing to law, and will proceed to sell,
at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, at the Court house
door, in the town ofBellevue, within
the legal hours for Sheriff's sale, on
Wednesday,, June 18th, 1873, the
following described land, to-wit:'
The east half of southwest quarter,
section 6, township %, range II.
Sold to pay State and parish taxes
due on said land, per tahleax of 1871
and 1872, and cost and penalty.
Terms of Sale-cash.
-. .--s &c HEAD,
- --.--.-.-.s Tax Golleetor-
Bellevue, June IA, 1878. 90
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The Prussian Government
intend to bring in a bill TO
make the violation of contracts
by workmen with their en-
plOyers a criminal offense.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

A Radical paper announces that
it is in charge of the Devil. We
were under the impression that
the Devil had charge of all of them,
and was running them in his own
interest.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The Ohio Legislature at the
close of the last session passed
resolutions denouncing the in
crease of salaries of congressman,
as well as the President and
others The resolutions passed
by a large vote. -- ...
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

tits estimated that, owing to
the rain, the California wheat
crop will be one-fourth less
than last year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The Dalton (Ga.) Citizen
says more cotton has been
planted in that section this
year than ever before, all of
which, it is stated, looks flour
ishing, giving promise as a
heavy crop.
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Louisiana.


address to the people of Louisi-
ana, counseling them to obey
the recent proclamation of
President Grant, to attend to
their business peaceably and
to await the action Of Congress
upon the contest, in December
neXt.
The country is not satisfied
with the condition of affairs in
Louisiana. is not only a
scandal which goes abroad to
the injury of the entire nation,
but it keeps alive in the breasts
of all Southerners that spirit of
antagoniSm to the North which
should long ere this have been
buried deeper than plummet
ever sounded. Over eight
years have passed since the
war ended and the last rebel
laid down his arms in submis-
sion. No more than one year
had passed when the South
recognized the fact that its
future prosperity would be best
secured by loyal devotion to
the General Government. 1t
was, at the period, frightfuilly
impoverished, and whatever it
wanted to develop its re-
sources the North could offer
it in abundance. The interest
of both section were indentical;
so are they to-day, and these
mutual interests helped recon-
struction forward as no other
influences could have done.
There is nothing moreconserv-
alive than trade, and trade
early decided for a restoration
of the Southern States TO their
former status in the Union.
The present Louisiana troub-
les never would have occurred
had it not been that there
was an imagined political
necessity for keeping Louisiana
under certain restraint. The
carpet-baggers, who represent
ed only themselves, seized the
early provisional government,
and they have kept it evey
since. The people of the
State have not been permitted
to elect their own officials, and
the inevitable sequence has
been dissatisfaction and disor,
der. The active troubles have
been confined to Louisiana
but the sympathy for that
Commonwealth extends Over
the whole South, and is a direct
injury to the whole North
| The South wants our capital
and the North wants its trade
The more perfect the union
the more closely knit the feel
ings of the two sections, the
greater will be the prosperity
OF the country. The injustice
that is visited upon one State
causes bitterness in all others
and tends to separation anC
consequent loss OF that friend
ly and commercial interiors;
which is so desirable.
The people of Louisiana vii
do well to adopt Gov. McEn,
ery's counsel, and similarly il
will be the duty of Congress.
at its earliest opportunity tt
Thoroughly examine into thi.
whole business, and to set i
right promptly and permanent
ly. The war is such a very ole
story now that it is a goot
deal worse than folly to pre-
tend that it is still going on
eff the people Of Louisiana ar,
permitted the same RIGHTS O
self-government which ar,
accorded to those of Masachu
sets, there will be no furthe
troubles there. That the,
have not been permitted tn,
exercise of such rights in til,
sole cause of their presen
unhappy political condition.
A young man dropped int,
a store the other day anC
bought g pair of metallic gar
L
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

The famous Continental
Dam" is not worthless, but cuts
oft the outlet of Loon Lake,
Minnesota, very effectually.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21
Il. B. Watkins,

A ttOrney and Counselor at Law, Minden,
"A Webster parish, La. VIII practice in
Courts Of Bossier, Webster, Red River,
Bicnville, Claiborne, Union and jackson.
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Giittaring Ganaraiitias.

III 'OAttbS l'1iSO-A"
Two daily trains now run
from Memphis to Little Rock.
Stone coal has been found in
Sherman, Texas, by a we'll
digger.
A memoir of Gen. Candy is
in preparation by his brother
in-law, Gen. J. r. Hawkins.
The Boston Fost says: MRS.
Grant is said to be an Emma
Grant"
Mr.. Byron Scott, ofSt. Louis;
isn't SO much Of a poet as he
is a horse thief.
The assessed valuation of
Davenport, Iowa, in 1851, was
$500, 900. Now it is S8,000,O00.
The San Francisco Alta
gives glowing accounts Of the
California grain prospects.
Cattle men report from Texas
that grass is abundant and
water plentiful.
Pine lands in southeast Mis-
sissippi are now worth from
% to 30 cents per acre.
An Iowa farmer is the proud
possessor of a pig with two
mouths and three eyes.
Several Farmers Oranges in
the West are building Touring
mills. . .."
A Pennsylvania paper pro
claims Iron as King. Steal
ought to be called its prime
minister, then.
Lavacca county, Texas, pro,
duces figs measuring seven and
three-quarter inches in circum,
ference.
A subscription ofS2O,OOOhas
been raised toward the cree
ton of a cotton factory al
Greenville, Ala. n.n-
A valuable silver mine is re
ported within 100 miles of Mil
waukee, in the western part O.
Washington county, ..
/ A minister at Chebance, Eli.
has been suspended for put
ting up his own watch on thre,
card monte.
Baffalo has a police dos
which has saved several per
sons from drowning. The cor
oners have not yet presented
him with a gold melal.
Eight thousand dollars /:
| year for fuel for the President
= house is what the Government
| pays. ..........
In New York there are gang
Of thieves who enter house.
during funeral ceremonies ant
pick up what is handy.
l He who is only in gooc
health, and is willing to work
has nothing to fear in thi
} world. IT, .. .a
r A Pennsylvania paper cor
} graduates itself on the fac
that Tom Scott can't contro
the through route to Heaven.
| A Sedalia, Mo-, servant cir
lost her place merely by strain
, ing four gallons of crab appl,
: jelly through an SIS veil.
r An Iowa man has nursed t,
; vigorous growth 80 muller
plants, under the halucina
ton that they were tobacco.
1t is estimated that Soutl
Carolina, Georgia, Florida anC
- A
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

Vermont yearly produces
food Of various kinds to the
value Of S107 20 for every man,
woman and child.
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Another trapeze performer

Another trapeze performer
has narrowly escaped breaking
his neck for the amusement of
the public. He was in st.
Louis and fell some fifteen feet
upon his head and shoulders.
That it should afford amuse-
ment to rational beings to see
a man risking his bones by
these hare-brained performan-
ces is one of the marvels of
psychology. We are not quite
sure that they ought not to be
porhibited as demoralizing
exhibitions. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

We are delighted to learn
that some use has been discov-
cred for mosquitoes. 1t has
been found worth while to
strain them out of the water
before they get their elegant
plumage, their tuneful voice
and their blood-thirsty appe
tite, and feed them to young
trout. We are in favor of rails
ing trout on a large scale. This
utility of the diabolical insect
treasures our Wavering faith
that all things are created for
some beneficent purpose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

- Gov. Austin, of Minnesota,
after serving two years in the
Executive Office, declines, a
denomination because it costs
him $4,000 a year more than
his salary to live. "This," he
says with some show ofreason,
"when a man has made what
little he has by hard knocks. is
not very satisfactory" 1t is
very gratifying to hear of a
Governor who has made what
he has "by hard knocks ~
and who has never thought of
any way Of supplementing his
meager salary by advantages
derived from official position.
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@ The Chronicle learns that
the organization of an Agri
cultural Association at Delhi
is being talked of.
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r A very sensible law has been
passed in Massachusetts and
should be copied in every State
III the Union. 1t prohibits,
under severe penalties, the
DETACHMENT of natural scenery
by quack advertisements or
otherwise. If human nature
We're properly constituted, the
advertisement of any nostrum
or device or appliance of mans
invention by the DETACHMENT
of rocks, trees, or other natural
objects would secure its utter
condemnation, and no one
would buy it. f &C. I'D.
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The dreaded cotton worm has
appeared in Central Georgia and
near Eufaula, Alabama. A few
fields have been entirely destroy
ed, and some farmers have repIow-
ed their cotton lands and planted
corn. How widespread this YER
min is to be found is not stated,
but as it has come early in June,
while it appeared so late as Au.
gust last year, there are grave
apprehensions. -a~-r-. -.
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With commendable consid-
Grafton the Lawrence (Mass.)
mill owners have enacted a
rule that girl operatives under
ten years of age shall not be
required to work more than
fifteen hours per day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-06-21

A widow lady in Chester
county, Pa, recovered $40
damages from a neighbor
whose chickens did violence to
her garden. n"r-nT ads
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The Blue Root, Shoe, Hat

AND TRUNK STORE,
No. SIS Magazine Street,
Opp. Magazine Street Market, Sgn'sf
the Big Boots z
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NEW ORLEAl

LOUIS cIMBEL, Agent.
TOnstsntly ON hand and receiving from
~ the cheapest Market. the newest style
Gents Boots, Shoes, Caters, 81, and La
dies Misses and Children's boots; shoes 4
CATERS of every description, at impress
denied low prices. nIl:j0 6ms'
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A young man dropped into
a store the other day and
bought q pair of metallic gar
tiers, supposing them to be
something new in the bracelet
line. He presented them to his
girl, and only discovered his
mistake when he requested
her to try them on. He has not
been to see her since.-[Natch-
itoches Times. -..- - ...H
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.JCHEAD,
H. n,IIoat.,-
STRAY SALE

OO4IINNNI~
Bellevue, June IA, 1878. 20
The Hickman courier., 1873-07-05
Shallow VS.. Deep Flowing.

Rural" of the Chicago Tribune,
Mr.. l.. Dunlap, has at last length be-
come a convert to shallow plowing, or
as much of convert as a cautious con-
servative may be, to new and startling
departure out of the line of ancient rou-
tine and method. He confesses thus
the experiences of the last few years
have shown that an upturning of the
soil is of little or no value, if it is not a
positive injury. Narrowing answers a
better purpose than plowing, and if
plowing is necessary, it is mechanical
necessity, having for its end the des-
truction of weeds rather than the
growth and development of the platss.
/ suspect the mechanical genius and
force of the country is far In advance of
the agricultural, and that our machine
makers have forced upon us a thousand
tools of doubtful use and value. 1 sus-
pect we plow deep quite as much be-
cause our plows that plow deepest do
the best work, in a mechanical point of
view, as because deep plowing is neces-
sary to successful agriculture. The fer
tile and inventive minds of the country
seem, in many instances, to have crea-
ted tools, and then invented the scien-
tific reason for their use.