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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17
The Millionnaires Of the Future.
WHERE WILL THE RICH MEN
COME FROM.
From the Boston Traveller

COME FROM.
From the Boston Travellcr.l
What becomes Of the sons OF
our great men is a question that
is frequently asked and as ire
quently left unanswered. The IN
tellectual powers OF the father, II
predominant, seldom descend to
the son. In certain sense this
rule holds true with respect to the
ability to acquire and retain riches.
If the father possesses this in a
remarkable degree, the son, in
nine eases out of ten, is a spend
thrift. Examples Of this are not
wanting. The descendants of the
men who, two or three generations
ago, rolled in opulence, hold clerk
ships or other subordinate posi-
tons. Wealth, influence and
ability in some families descend
from father to son; but these are
isolated cases, and, as exceptions,
Only prove the truth of the rule.
Since they are so seldom retained
iii any one family for any great
length of time, the query, Where
our rich men of the future will
come from : naturally suggests
itself. They do come TO the sur
face, and, gradually unfolding
those powers which enable them
to manage vast enterprises, con
troll millions, and WELD i mighty
| influence, displays little of that in
ate power, the hidden springs OF
their success. The result is not Il
freak of fortune; they are not
, kicked into good luck. Their suc-
cess is merely the result OF long
and laboriovs years,a right appre-
citation of business and a pprsis
tent devoted application to its de
tails. Wealthy young men begiu
life Just where their fathers began
i. G. the little end ofthe horn. Oul
! future rich men are to-day ped
: ding fish in the streets, selling
oranges or papers on the sidewalk
or are engaged in some remuner
; alive employment, the wages TO
which are each week divided be
tween current expenses and say
!, ings bank, the latter general,
getting the lions share. A cas-
in point was that a candy MAJ
who owns little stand on stree
: corner, and a marble block at tn
} south end, or little boot-blacl
5 on State street, who has 5000 il
r one Of the city savings banks
! Business men appreciate the tao
displayed by this boy, and he la
long list of regular customers
bringing him a weekly income G
$40 to $50. Another case is tina
= Of a little match merchant, VIII
e frequently visits State street ant
S vicinity, and salutes you with
: "Buy some parlor matches, cap'n?
Il He is a bright, active, inteiligen
little fellow, with cherry voice
betraying the metropolitan accent
and large black eyes, that Away
= flash when he sees a chance
I
make a dime. His history is a
y interesting as i. is brief. He fol
y merly lived in New York, wher
st he was thrown upon his own r,
sources, and formed the laudabl
determination to support himsel
e and not like others become
ii drone. Borrowing S25 from
* friend, he invested the emit,
r. amount in matches, and disposin
a Of his stock at a fair profit, We
IF soon enabled to begin business Q
q the profits. Approaching none
i, at its proper value, and KNOWN
1 r.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17
Fires.

own, destroyed q whole |
square and then jumped to
Bridge street. The flames then
swept down both sides Main
street for some distance, de>
everything on the east
side OF Glover street, and the
buildings between it and Main
street were also destroyed, with
everything on Jackson street,
to near the St. Louis Hotel and
up both sides of Wood and
Bridge streets and First street.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the International and
Cosmopolitan Hotels, First
National and Peoples Bank
and the contents Of their vaults
and safes, which were thought
to he tire>proof, the Gazette
printing establishment and
many stores were burned. The
fire then jumped to Fifth ave>
nue., destroying some resi>
dences. Besides the losses
from fire, great many suffered
heavily from moving. The
total loss is estimated at $780,
900. The insurance is light.
Chicago, Jan. 9.-At Laper>
mich, Tuesday night, the house
of Jacob Maniyal was burned,
and it is believed that the fami-
~, consisting of husband, wife
and child, persisted in the
flames.
Chicago, Jan. j.-The Mari
on House, TolonO, His, burned
yesterday. Loss $4,000: in
sured in Liverpool.
| Omaha, Neb., Jan. "a fire
at Onawa; Ia, to-day destroyed
the warehouses Of Freeland &
Cleghorn, agricultural nipple
ments and lumber; Warner &
Cash, Warner s. Chapman, dry
goods and millinery store.
Loss $4,000; light insurance
on stocks and buildings. Build
ings complete loss.
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. s.
John Seddens, livery stable
burned with twenty eight
! horses.
Boston, Jan. S.-A fire al
Meedfield to>day burned the
town hall and contents, includ
ing all the records Of this an
Gent town. Loss $4,000.
Springfield, Mass, Jan. 81
The brick block corner of Mail
and Taylor streets, owned b,
: Emerson Wright and W. H
Wilkinson, burned to>night
loss 100000.
New Orleans, Jan. 1O.-Vic
tors restaurant and the adjoin
ing building, $50 Conal street
occupied by the Howe SEWN
Machine Agency and Photo
: graph gallery burned. Los.
: estimated at $4,000.
An Evansville, Ind., specis
to the Gazette reports til
burning last night at Leayen
j worth, Ind, of the Lyon
0 Whittier corner, comprisin
. Tucker & Ryerly's dry good
e store; Stoll & Perkins, boot
anu shoes; J. III. Thornbury DIR
: goods, Mrs. Gilbert, milliner,
and the r ,navnnunrtb Tnhapa,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17
--latest News.

Emery legislature today adopted
a resolution authorizing all mem
bers who may see fit to do SO "a
absent themselves till snch time
as the legislature shall not be pre.
vented by Federal authority from
proceeding with its Legitimate
business.
The Kellogg Legislature funding
scheme, recommended by GOV
Kellogg, with the concurrence ot
the Chamber OF Commerce, passed
the Senate to day by large ma.
jority. The bill provides for tho
funding at the option of the hold.
er at the rate ofsixty cents on tba
dollar of all outstanding indebt.
edness of the State in new can.
solidation bonds, bearing seven
per cent. interest, the exchange to
be made in New York and Europe
!! through agencies to be appointed
| A tax Of five and half mills il to
be annually levied to meet the in.
terest on new bonds without fur:
ther appropriation. The totalta
alton for all state purposes is lin.
tied to the amount of the consoli.
dation. All existing contingent
liabilities OF the State are repealed.
Three constitutional amendments
ratifying the provisions Of this
act were unanimously adopted BY
the Senate. The bin is expected
to pass the House on Monday.
New Orleans, Jan. l3.-KelIogg
feels bursted. His financial pro.
gralnme has brought Grant and
the bondiolders down on him.
New election almost certain; lib.
erals will not again fuse with the
: last ditchers. Next alliance will
be with the national republicans;
new election, new slate, and the
State is won.- Shreveport Times
+ special.
; Washington, Jan. S.-The mes.
, sage to the President Of the Sen
ate Withdrawing the nomination
. ofGeorge 81. Williams to be Chief
|. Justice, states that it is done at
: his own request. Williams ~
: mains in office as Attorney -Gener
, al, and the nomination of Colonel
E Bristow for that position in an.
4 other brief message is consequent
t II Withdrawn. I
g New York, Jan. 1O.-G. W.
K Smith, deputy collector of inter-
u nal revenue for the Northern dis
:. trict Of Mississippi, indicted On
t the charge of embezzling $4,000
$ government money, is under ar
), rest in this city, and will be taken
i in day or two to Mississippi.
t New Orleans, Jan. 13.-The ne
Q groes on Bayou LaFourclle and
q the Teche are on a strike, tho
!, landholders having resolved rot
to pay over So per montA-they
t paid $40 last year. q large 1i,fm-
J, Der OF mounted negroes go from
{, place to place, allowing none to
s work. s<'
Q San Francisco, Jan. 9.-Ma
IS legislature has passed bill az.
r. thorizing the Governor to offer a
g reward Of $4,000 for the capture
= of the notorious Bandit Vazquez
g and his band. It is reported that
! Vazquez is here at the present
a time.
Poughkeepsie, n. T., Jan. o.
Q The bridge on the Hudson River
g railroad, below Grafton, has wasbef
IS away BY storm, and trains arr
N delayed. Landslides have %
y Cured on the Poughkeepsie and
g Eastern railroad.
L.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

Caleb Cashing is in clover.
Confirmed as Envoy Extraor-
binary. to Spain, he has not
time to pack his trunks before
the ermine of the Chief JUS
ticeship is rendered him by
the President.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17
Subscription, So in Advance.

& On the LIST instant, at the
ripe age of tifty-seven years,
the Baton Rouge Gazette Com
ct was suspended.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

In speaking Of gambling we
leave out Of the question such
thieving devices as bunko, three
card monte, etc. They should
be crushed out unrelentingly
and if the law is so framed as
not to reach them, the people
themselves should organize a
vigilance committee and eXpel
from our city all those who
practice this mode of robber Y
The manner in which the con-
fldence game Gf it might be
called a gaine) Of bunko has
been carried on in this city for
the past month, is not only a
disgrace but a serious injury
commercially to Shreveport,
and the city authorities are re-
sponsible for it.. The men who
practice it, or their ropers, have
been constantly on the streets
OH the look out for unsuspect-
ing victims whom they would
entice by various pretexts
(most generally that of profes,
sing to sell railroad or stage
tickets) into the room on Mil
am street, where they would
be robhed-not exactly b,
force, but by practices almos
as bad.-[Shreveport Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

: A Maine Justice indicated
The dignity of the law by send
ing a newspaper editor to pris-
OH for calling him a "muddle-
headed manikin."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

7 A Cincinnati paper SANDER
ously asserts that the fashion
able ladies of that city would
rather stay from church than
wear a pair of single button
gloves.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

In 1882, in the Parish of Or
leans, 542 votes were east for
Jackson and 374 for Clay. In
the State jackson received
1908 and Clay 2212. What a
change since then!
q The good people of Hartford,
Connecticut are unreasonable.
They expect all citizens to at
tend church and want to pre-
vent horse cars from running
OH Sundays.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-17

Always going to the dogs
Bones.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03

furniture. except the piano, was taken
of, together with the express books and
safe of the steamer. Life-preservers were
plentiful, and the passengers were made
to put them OH Immediately upon the
collision, and before the other boat came
alongside, all the boats of the steamer
were found in working order, and were
promptly lowered and manned, and all
the passengers and crew could have been
saved if the colliding vessel had been un-
able to render any assistance. The night
was clear and the vessels were in sight
of each other for five miles, and there
was channel way for many miles in
width. Signals were exchanged in time,
but misunderstanding on the Charles
ton steamer caused the accident. There
is to be judicial investigation. The
Louisiana sunk in forty feet of water.
There were seven officers of the navy OH
board, and these, with all the gentlemen
on the steamer, have united in a card,
in which they say: ave desire to ex-
press our unanimous approval of the
conduct, bravery, and GOODNESS of Cap
tain Wyndham r.. Mayo, her COM
mander, and her officers, and of the
thorough discipline and organization of
the crew, which resulted in the entire
safe transfer to the steamer Falcon, of all
the passengers without confusion or ac-
cident, together with all their baggage
and valuables, under most trying circum-
stances and amid great danger, owing to
the rapid sinking of the steamer"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Secretary Stanton's Death--A Strange
Story of Suicide.

What Jerry Black has darkly limited
is now boldly stated in some of the pa
pers, that Secretary Stanton fastened
his death, during the last days of his
Responding illness, by partially unsuc-
cessful attempt to cut his own throat. 1t
was one of his customs, runs the now ex-
traordinary revelation, to be shaved at
home, and the duty was performed by a
colored barber who came regularly for
the purpose. In Mr.. Stanton's private
apartment stood an improvised shaving
chair, and to this the trusty valet would
20, at the appointed time, to perform his
duty. Mr.. Stanton had been apparently
failing gradually in health for a week,
and had become so respondent as to al
most excite fears of an alteration of the
mind. On the evening of the 23d of
December, the colored valet called to
shave Stanton. They were left alone in
the private apartment, and Stanton took
his seat in the chair. The barber had
partly finished his task, and, laying down
the razor on little table beside Stanton,
stepped across the room for some water.
A movement startled him, and he turned
just in time to see the glistening steel
flash by the bare throat, leaving streak
in its wake. Rushing to the side of
Stanton, the barber caught the razor be-
fore another stroke could be made. He
called for help, and in few moments
there were at the bedside, the Surgeon
General, a few trusty attaches of the
government, and one or two members
of the family. The work had been done,
however, and the life-current reached.
At three o'clock next morning Stanton
was dead. How well the secret of his
death has been kept, those who read this
may know.--SprinqtieM Republican.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Timely Rhymes.

The following will be recognized as an
old acquaintance by most of our readers,
but will interest and amuse them to read
again:
Ye friends of moderation, who think
reformation or moral renovation would
benefit our nation; who deem intoxica-
ton, and all its dissipation, in every rank
and station the cause of degradation, of
which your observation gives daily dem
onstration; who see the ruination, dis
tress and desolation the open violation
of moral obligation, the wretched habita-
ton without accommodation, or any
regulation for common sustentation; q
scene of devastation unequaled in crea-
ton; the frequent dissertation of Sabbath
ordination, the crime and depreciation,
defying legislation the awful profana-
ton of common conversation, the men,
tai alteration, and dire infatuation,
maniac DESPERATION we who, with con-
sternation, behold this devastation, and
utter condemnation of all inebriation,
why sanction its duration or show disap-
probation of any combination for its ex-
termination? We deem q declaration
that offers no temptation, or any pallia-
ton of this abomination, the only sure
foundation, and under this persuasion,
hold no communication with noxious
emanation of brewers fermentation, nor
any vain libation producing stimulation.
To this determination we call considera-
ton, and without hesitation invite
cooperation. Not doubling imitation
will raise your estimation, and by con-
tinuation afford consolation. For in
participation with this association you
may, by meditation, insure the preserva-
ton of future generation from all con-
tamination. And may each indication
of such regeneration be the theme of ex-
ultation till its final c0nsummstion.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Slang In Good Society.

We allow ourselves to say of rich
man, that he has got " stamps" of the
drunken man that he is eight" or
"boozy;" of anything that pleases us,
or is satisfactory, that it is stunning;"
lawful" is considered abetter word than
very, and we are awful cold, or hot, or
sick, or jolly, as the case may be; it is
finei to say "you bet" than to answer a
question by a simple yes; everything
that annoys us is Internal" or "beast-
ly;" bank bills are greenbacks." /
heard lady in good society say, recent
ly, that her dressmaker had disappointed
her, and that, in consequence, she was
Regularly up tree :" we threaten, not
to humiliate or mortify man, but to
take the starch out of him +" we rack
our brain to invent slang words for va
rious drinks, and bring out such names
as forty rod, "tangle foot, A" rot gut"
"blue ruin" and Jersey lightning"
words that would more than puzzle a
foreigner; man is not cheated, but
"done brown" OF" bamboozled;" rail
road conductors do not stealth fact we
are getting little sensitive about using
the word--but "knock down." bank
cashiers do not swindle and steal, but
commit irregularities !" we hear of a
house being" burgled," and that two
foot-pads event through" belated
traveller; fair dealer is spoken of as
"square man," most wonderful lusus
nature; substantial dinner is spoken OF
as "square NEAL" VIC hear invitations
given, not to take a drink, but to "hoist
in some poison" anything antiquated
or.exhausted is "played OUT" an insig-
nificant excuse is said to be too thin,'
or we are told that it "will not wash :"
we buy stocks on margin" or sell
them Short" or "bull" the market, or
"take flyer" or scoop in a long line
of stocks; !" we do not stake sum OF
money, but bet our pile" after con-
vivial party we next morning find our
selves "precious seedy;" our railroad
trains telescope" or pullman
breaks wheel; party Of rowdies
"clean out" drinking saloon; big
man threatens to "wipe out" a little
one; we do not outwit or circumvent an.
other, but "cuchre" him; we take
the shine out" of rival, and fix his
flint" for him; carpenter "runs up
cheap house in week; an Investigate
ing committee in Congress "white,
washes" the character of some defaulter
and so on and so forth. In all the de-
partments of business and social inter
course we permit ourselves to use words
and phrases which are of no authority
often vulgar, and always needless.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Increased Efficacy in the Railway Postal
Service.

The annual report of George Bangs,
Superintendent of the Railway Postal
Service, is completed. The increase of
this service for the fiscal year has been
the addition of four lines, with 4,274
miles of daily service. New York origin
ates from fifty-fve to sixty tons of mail
matter daily, forty-five to fifty tons Of
which are forwarded on the trunk lines
leading South and West. Three of these
lines, the New York Central and Hudson
River, Erie, and Pennsylvania, carry
daily over their entire length an average
of forty-six and a half tons, and most of
this is distributed in transit. OF the daily
New York mail matter nearly eighty
three per cent is composed of publica-
tions sent to regular subscribers. OF
merchandise, concerning the carrying of
which so much has been said, there is
only nine-twentieths of one per cent.
Statistics of large offices throughout the
country show that nine per cent. of the
mails are frst-class, chiefly letters; near
ly seventy-seven per cent. matter to regu-
lar subscribers, and nearly thirteen per
cent. of third-class, ut the rate of one
cent for two ounces.
The increase in the mail matter of the
country is shown by the fact that in 1867
the largest freight of daily mail carried
on any one road was $4,000 pounds, and
only upon 345 miles of road did the
amount carried reach 10000 pounds. In
1874 as high as $4,000 pounds were car
ried on one road, and on 2,450 miles 90
600 pounds were carried, and 10000
OH 100 miles.
The civil service examination in postal.
cars is of a very practical kind. 1t con-
sists of a record of the actual distribli,
tions of each clerk. Every package OF
letters made up has slip attached, with
the address of the proper office of the
delivery, route upon which it was made
up, and the name of the clerk preparing
it. AT all Offices the bundles are care.
fully examined for mistakes in distribu.
ting. All errors are noted on the slip
and this is returned to the Superinten.
dents Office. By these methods careless
and incompetent clerks have been weeded
out The increase in efficiency is shown
by the fact that while in 1878 one letter
went wrong in no, in 1874 one in 1,5OC
went wrong
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Old Dutch Proverbs.

We must row with the oars we have
and as we cannot order the wind we are
obliged to sail with the wind that God
gives.
Patience and attention will bring us
far. If a cat watches long enough at
the mouse nest, the mouse shall not
escape.
Perseverance will obtain good cabbage
and lettuce where otherwise nothing but
thistles grow.
The plowman must go up and down,
and whatever else may be done, there is
no other but this long way to do the
work well.
Learn to sleep with one eye open. As
soon as the chicken goes to roost, 1T is a
good time for the fox.
If weary with walking, your portion
soon will be meager.
Grind while the wind is fair, and If
you neglect, do not complain of Gods
providence.
God gives feed to every bird, but he
does not bring it to the nest; in like
manner he gives us our daily bread, but
by means of our daily work.
Rise early; then the fisherman finds
his worms.
The dawn of day has gold in its mouth.
lie that lags behind in road where
many are driving always will be in n
cloud Of dust.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03
Professor Tyndall Not an Atheist.

In the course of lecture to working
men at Manchester, England, on the 2Sth
of October last, Professor Tyndall took
occasion indirectly to put himself right,
or at least to reply to the charge of athe-
ism to which his address at Belfast gave
rise, some time ago. In his usual inter
esting way, he demonstrated the crystal
izatiOn of atoms and descanted upon the
way atoms build themselves together as
play of power almost as wonderful as
the play of vitality itself. He added:
eve are surrounded by wonders and
mysteries everywhere. have some
times---not sometimes, but often---in the
springtide watched the advance of the
sprouting leaves, and Of the grass, and
of the flowers, and observed the general
Joy of opening life in nature, and have
asked mysel. this question: Can it be
that there is no being or thing in nature
that knows more about these matters
than do? Do /, in my ignorance, rep
resent the highest knowledge of these
things existing in this universe? Ladies
and gentlemen, the man who puts that
question to himself, if he be not shallow
man, if he be man capable of being
penetrated by profound thought, will
never answer the question by processing
the creed of atheism, which has been so
lately attributed to me.
Il am afraid that many of the fears
that are now entertained on these subjects
really have their roots in kind of skep-
ticsm. 1t is not always those who are
charged with skepticism that are the
real skeptics; and | confess it is matter
of some grief to me to see able, useful,
and courageous men running to and fro
upon the earth, wringing their hands
over the threatened destruction of their
ideals. l would say, il l dared, to such
men, l would exhort them to cast out
this skepticism, for this fear has its root
in skepticism. In the human mind we
have the substratum of all ideals, and as
surely as string responds to string when
the proper note is sounded, so surely
when words of truth and nobleness are
uttered by living human soul, will
those words have resonant response in
other souls; and in this faith l abide
and in this way leave the question"