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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-27
Hoard

Heard
For gentleman and wife, or for two or three
single gentlemen, can he obtained in pri-
vate family by applying TO
l2dif STEAGALI. Il CO., Elm street.
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Coffee and Tea.

RIO. common, ale; Fair to good, Sc; Prime
70 choice, &c; y, 9. Java, SIC; Tea, per 10, 500
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Law Blanks of every description for sale,
and printed to order, at this office.
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DANCING ACADEMY.

Az The solicitation of many friends and MI
p'ls, Prof ". n. George will teach one term
more IN this city, commencing about the
nrst week in March. Positively the last term
80 by subscribing to the roll al Conner q
walkers drug store, Main street.
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Breadstufls ana Grain,

Plour-Extra Family 50 5006 CO.; Choice
NIX s. COOS %; xxx 81 7ja5 %; Xxx 81 25@
4 so.
Bran, - 100 lbs, 81 90.
Oats y bushel o. l-2@65c.
Wheat per bushel, 81 S06el IS.
Corn, per bushcl, 81 90.
Corn meal per 80 Ms, 81 0561l 10.
: Enthusiastically Rose seed 50 oO@8 80; Table
s. 2j@5 10.
Onions 50 00@9 80.
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A heavy invoice OF blank and
memorandum books received
at PIERCE ~ LYLE'S.
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Hides and Leather.

There is little doing In the hide market.
The offerings are very light, and We have no
change TO report in figures. Messrs. Schoel-
kopf Il Co. furnish quotations as follows:
Selected lie; dry sailed l6c green sailed SIC;
nat ljc deer skins 25c; Il or for grubby in all
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oioN,os.
Harness Leather-oak i0@i3c; Hemlock 500
Ale; Skirting i5@46c. sole Leather-Oak Ala
Acc; Hemlock 3Sa30c.
General business continues fair. With the
exception Of slight decline In one or two
lines, there is no change from our last weeks
quotations.
Our quotations represent cash prices for
round lots.
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Beans: Navy SIS 50.
Bacon: Clearsides ll15c; Breakfast l4-c;
Hams, canyassed, li@l7c; Hams, sugar-cured,
l5c.
Molasses lin barrels per GALLON: Fair zoe:
Prime zoe; Choice Soc; Golden Syrup Sc; Silver
Drips 90c.
Sugar lin barrels per pound: Fair l0c;
Prime ll%c; Choice he; Yellow clarified re;
White clarified l3c;Powdered l5c;CruShed lil5.
Fish lMackere No. /, half barrels $40; No.
= half barrels 50; No. |, kits S. No., kits s. 20
Tobacco, per lb, j0@S5c.
WhiSkey, per gallon, 81 O0m2 So
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16
NUMBER 8.

HUMBUa-The Americau
Agricultural. which devotes
some Of its space to "showing
up" hnmbngs, says: The
Kentucky library lottery. they
call 1t .gift concert" as Il
sounds less offensive even
published . paper In the in~
terest Of the scheme. This
sheet informs us that the 4th
'..grand concert" will take place
on March 31st. These lotter~
les will probably continue as
long as fools have money TO
throw away il the purchase Of
its tickets. In order to cloths
the affair with an air Of respecs
liability an ex-governor Is put
in as manager. But all the
governors past. present, and to-
come. will never make this
other than . disgrace to the
state.
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HOMAGE.

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Americans as Money Makers and
Ndney-Keapars.

As money-makers, pure and
Ample, our conntlymen undonbt.
edly Outrank the world. Business
Of eli kiuds is prosecuted more
vigorously here than anywhere
else; vast fortunes are accumulated
more rapidly. and the number of
persons who range from what are
called comfortable circumstances
to great wealth is much larger.
But rs money keepers We are not,
as a general thing, a success; on
thecontrary, take the community
rs q whole, We are decided tail
ure. In England particularly ,and
to- a certain extent on the CONT
lIert, the man who establishes a
business or accnmulates substan-
tial riches, expects TO transmitthe
same to bis children unimpaired !;
aud expects, too, that they will be
able 10 retain it for the benefit OF
their descendants. Nor is he often
disappointed. Nothing is more
common abroad than to tiud com
mercial houses, or manufactures
IN. active operation which were
founded by the granfathers or
great grandtathers Ut the present
proprietors. Nothing is more
common than to find persons en-
joying, wealth which WAS gathered
perhaps . century ago, and SO
managing it that it will probably.
be in the family 4 century hence.
OF course this popularity is some
what due to the law OF primogeni.
ture, and entail, but there are
many other causes at work -caus-
e which it will do no harm for US
70 study, and, if possible, initiate.
1t is Q notorious and lamentable
fact, that fortunes in America
rarely reach beyond the second
generation, and frequently not SO
aF. The father begins at the bot
tom Of the hill, works bis way by
hard labor and systematic frugal.
ity to the top, aud, dying, be-
queaths his psoperty to bis sons
md daughters. Nine times out
g ten, however, be has forgotten
t6'ttain these sous aud daughters
y habits Of industry and thrift
Mtgotten 10 teach them the value
money, and the way to use
Without abusing it, and tue couse,
qledce is that what has cost him
lifetime q gain, is lost By them
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

gaging IN all sorts of occupations
in all sorts of places, crowding
irons into the fire until there was
no room for more, and building
up gigantic reputation for finan-
cial skill and success. But it was
only reputation. At the first puff
of the panic down went A. s. w.
Sprague, and now the sheriff takes
possession of their mills and man
sions, and they are buried beyond
hope OF resurrection. Hundreds
OF similar cases might be cited, all
teaching the same lesson-that
Americans are apparently defic-
lent in those qualities which tend
to the proper outstanding Of
money. Their zeal outruns their
discretion,and what comes quickly
goes quickly they hate the slow
and sure style, and prefer the
ssshort cuts which generally cut
them off very short. We shall
never be a truly and permanently
prosperous nation until we change
our principles and practice on this
subject.-Ss. Louis Republican.
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2 :
It is q singular and BY NO
means encouraging fact that
the foreign emigration to the
United states Is less for the last,
half year than at any tims
since the war broke out in
1861. Its two-thirds ligher
than it was from January to
April last year. The Cincin4
Inati Enquirer thinks that good
times in Europe and hard
times here may probably exS
plain the phenomenon.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The San f rancisca Bnllens
tin, of late date estimates
the wheat crop of Oalifornia az
forty million bushels for the
present.year, the rains having
been very favorable for . large
yield. The wheat growers Of
that young Stats are distin-
guished alike for their intalli~
gence and industry. z
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In connection with some re>l
!. 49,, ia str;,,a ~. the,
lt,.,a.ns IL.
$, ~ o. M raa,ct;or e tls.al
,,r,.a INA Nh, e. ,eoonos;t;o,,I
III, p.r,,h,;.s,, ss,s ..Nona
ofthe New Orleans papers have
hA.an. lsa,f.anstt ain;np dnrinc fihe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16
Lucky SIGNS.

u /.
Trouble will never come near
folks whose eyes and brows
meet. Ladies with overmuch
down, gentlemen with .over-1
much hair upon their arms and
hands, carry about them ma.
lures own guarantee that they
are born to be rich some day,
as rich as those happy indi-
viduals whose front teeth are
set wide apart. Steel belong
ings, such as keys and knives,
get rusty by instinct, spite of
all pains to keep them clean
and bright, when some kind
hearted soul is laying up riches
for their owners benefit.
To find a spider upon ones
clothes indicates some money
is coming to MS. The moral OF
which, Fuller says, is this
"Such who initiate the indus
try Of that contemptible crea-
|ture may, by Gods blessing,
weave themselves into wealth,
and procure a plentiful estate =
The appearance Of a white
lspeck upon the finger nail
warns the owner Of the finger
a gift is on its way; and the
samepleasant notification is
made by the itching of the
palm of the right hand !; but il
that case it is best to make
assurance doubly sure, and
rub the said palm agains
wood !; then sit is sure to b
good"
| It is not pleasant to tumble
up stairs, but there is som'
Iconsolation for sore shins ii
/ knowing that a wedding vii
come off ere twelve months
have passed by, even if tn
stumbler has no hope of bein,
party concerned in the event
Should a spinster or q bache
i lor be Inadvertently placed be
tween q married pair at til
dinner-table, he or she viii
taste the sweets of connubia
. bliss before the year is out. ]
maiden who has constant i'll
luck at the card-table wi
'Iplay the game Of life wit
greater success partnered wit
a good husband.
Happy will be, the bride ths
the sun shines on !; and if
hen cackles in her new hom
as she crosses the threshold
she win be ! happy mother /
we'll as q eontented wife. Th
| old notion prevails ID SON
i parts Of France, that whe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The frost Of the 18th inst.
destroyed all the apples, peach-
IS pears and small fruits, to-
gether with tomatoes, POTATOES
and peas, around Portsmonth,'
Va. Tho earth was ftossh
over two Inches deep.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Six large ocean steamships
have been lost within the past
twelve months, namely, the
Atlantic, City Of Washington
Ismalia, Vile du Havre, Ep-
s
rope, and Amer que. Is,
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two marriages take place at
the same time, the bride who
grst leaves the church will I
have a boy for her first child.
Not long ago, two weddings
were celebrated simultaneous
" at Arches. As soon as the
ceremony was over, the two
couples, and their friends
made all haste. to reach the
church door, and, to use q
sporting phrase, made a dead
heat of it. Neither party was
inclined to yield precedence,
defiant looks were exchanged,
and things wore a threatening
aspect, when the mayor, step
ping in front, solved the dill
ficulty by giving an arm to
each Of the brides, and taking
them out together, to the. i'm
mense relief Of their respec-
tive friends.
Chances freakish daughter
is given to coming and going
as the fit takes her, but there
are ways and means Of com
pelling luck to do US suit aud
service. The man need feel
no doubt about triumphing
over his foes who takes care
to make an end OF. the first
adder that crosses his path.
If it is sometimes best to take
the bull by the horns, it is al
ways advisable to seize a
blacksnail by his, and toss
| him over the left shoulder, for
while the first may help US out
of a quandary, the last named
performance insures us success
in all our undertakings. In
default Of a black snail, a
money spinner will answer the
purpose equally we'll. If too
tender-h hearted to treat snails
and spiders SO uncerimonious
1 ly, the seeker after good for
tune will be just as we'll of i
he hangs an adder-skin ovel
] the mantlepiece, takes care tc
keep his fire burning through
the last night Of the year. ol
does something new on Whit
/ sunday. Farley, Of pantromi
mic fame, pinned his fame K
Ia lucky cap Of which he wa.
l. i aEs
the fortunate possessor.
J AT the first rehearsal D
Mother Goose z when all wa
ready, Grimaldi happened t
: observe to Farley that he hat
not the red cap,on his head
which he usually sported Of
such occasions II will not g
on without it," said Farley
or we shall have no luck wit
, the pantomime l'' nor woul'
he proceed to business unit
the cap of good fortune ha'
: been fetched. According I
5 the fishermen of Buckle, ful
;. nets may be insured by dress
: ing a corpse in a flannel shil
stuck over with bnrs, an,
2 wheeling him through town j
a barrow.
a correspondent writes
: sWife beating to the .effnsio
:, q blood may Z be q move
method Of securing luck
! ! the herring fishing villages 2
the northeast coast Of SEQ
lend, under the belief that 50
y cess follows the act: The a
e must Be performed on Ne
~ nnv and tho rood "a
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quite q struggle as to which
boat will reach the fishing
ground first, SO as to gain the !
coveted plize, the first shed
blood Of the year.
IF the weather is unfavor-
able for fishing. those in pos
session Of guns land a great
number of fishermen's houses
possess one are out, gun in
hand, along the shore before
day break, in search Of some
bird or wild animal, no matter
how small, that they may draw
blood, and thus make sure Of
one years good fortune. An
other Scottish plan forsecurihg
good luck for the space Of
twelve months at least, is to
draw a bncketfnl Of water
from the village we'll at mid
night on New Y ears Eve, and
after throwing a. handful OF
grass into itf to carry it care-
| fully home. If the drawer be
q cow keeper, ahelnses part of
the water to wash his dairy
utensils, and gives theremain-
der to his cows, in the rather
| dishonest hope, that he will
thereby obtain the cream Of
the cows of such Of his neigh
bors as use the we'll, and have
not been SO wise as himself. /
/ To barter away old shoes
foI the benefit Of the "transla-
i tor" is a sad waste, there is
nothing like wel-worn leather
i to propitiate fate, The time
honored custom Of throwing
], an old shoe after a departing
! friend, in order that his jour
/ ney may have o prosperous is
j sue. is SO ancient and. SO com
!, mon, that we only mention j
!, oere to remind intending
throwers that the shoe shoull
: belong to the left foot--ther'
+ is no virtue in Tits fellow; ant
+ that the harder the receipt il
y hit, the happier the result.
ii Old shoes are within every
i hody's reach, but q friend i
! not always at hand to perform
I the ceremony. However, tha
) scarcely matters much, sine
il we have lately learned success
lis, to be retrieved, whether
II be deserved or not, BY simpl,
! pocketing . BIT Of coal.
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in a comparatively short period.
Knowing neither how to work nor

how to save, their pauperlsm IS
merely a aquestion of time. But
the instances where the maker Of
a fortune holds it until be goes
into his coffin, are by no means
numerous. Go into any city or
large town and inquire how many |
merchants or manufacturers who |
were flourishing there twnnty
years since are, if alive, prosper
GUS now. Statistics show that.on
an average, fully three-fourths-
perhaps more-Of business men
starting at any given time fail
before they retire from active pur
suits, and that to the most of
them failure is absolute and irre-
trievable ruin. Some there are
who fail half-dozen times, get
up again, and finally contrive to
get through with competence
but these are exceptions to the
rule. The fact remains good, that
the shores of American business
lie are literally strewn with
wrecks, and that the ihnumerable
multitude of noble vessels launch .
ing forth in search of gold, few
find it at all, aud fewer still bring
| it back to port.
The reason of this remarkable
fatality is, we think, to be discov-
cred in our reckless way ol doing
business. Americans, as a class,
are not content to 'smake haste
/ slowly" or to make money gradu-
ally. Everything must be done
in hurry; legitimate trade must
be supplemented BY daring specu-
lations, aud bold stroke accom-
plish what would otherwise re-
quire long and painful toll. Hence
wnen an energetic and ambitious
man gets foothold on the finan.
cial ladder, lie is seldom content
to climb it round by round, bui
endeavors tc leap at, once to the
| summit. Sometimes he cluthet
the gIittering pinnacle, but usually
he falls into the dust beneath
crippled and helpless. The prac
tice of having '.too many irons il
the fire. is especially an American
vice. Persons who, through lucl
or shrewd management, get wha1
is termed "a start in life too Otter
attempt to display their execu
I tive ability by investing their sur
plus cash or pledging their credi
in various outside enterprises. Oc
casionally one OF these universe
geninses is fortunate enough t,
win all bis bets, but the over
whelming majority ofthem sscom,
to grietn in the end. We need no
point to the fact that at least hal
the men who, from the numbe
and magnitude Oftheir operations
: are reck0ned enormously ricl
when they die, leave estates 9
burdened with debt and unfinish
!. ed businesa that when all ]
: wound up little or nothing is lefl
i Many 4 man has been heralded il
e his obituary as q millionaire
!, whose heirs have inherited 40
! much more than bankruptcy-ol
!. at best, the mere shTeds Of wha
9 might have been, had he lived
4 annie wealth.
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North GaroIinians are trying
to tempt profieable immigratioa
by the statement that B hou16
in the pine woods IS = stlrs
i
cure for consump ption.
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For sixty successive pears
Windham county O Connecticut.
llas sent an anti Desnocfat
Senator to the Legislature u
that State. At thelast elscti6n
she elected . Delnocfat.l q 'ae
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The Knoxville .,Press and
Herald" says that "the nnvills
ingness 81 she Uetno ocfatic
party to remain dead il truly
cruel. = {
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Areeent critic upcp Othellp
had the followingsa :'Thr
Moor, seizins 4 bolster fall ofh !! {
rage and jealousy, snotbsrsI
her, HI allil
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-08-07
Animal Esthetics.

A WRITER in Land and Water gives
some curious instances of the sensibility
of ducks to colors and musical sounds.
He once had in his garden border of
China asters of the most brilliant colors.
The ducks would congregate round these
and lie there for hours. They never
pecked at them, as they found snails or
slugs among them. They appeared sim
ply gazing at them, as if attracted by
the gay colors Another time he had a
large clump of very brilliant violet
flowers, which by their brightness shone
out from the rest of the border. This
clump was like magnet to the ducks
some Of them were always around it.
One evening the writer had a, party of
friends. 1t was summer time, and the
doors of the sitting-room were open to
the lawn. One of the company
commenced playing on the piano.
No sooner was there a pause in the
music than two ducks, which had by
some means got into the room, rose from
under chair and waddled all over the
apartment, quacking loudly. On the
music commencing the ducks crouched
down, perfectly silent while it con-
tinued. The experiment was made sew
eral times with the same result. That it
was not surprise or fear which induced
this behavior was afterward proved, for
on subsequent occasions the same ducks
would, upon hearing the piano, leave the
field and come into the room to listen.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-08-07
The Chinch-Bug.

PROF. G. V. RILEY, the State En-
tomologist of Missouri, thus, in a recent
number of the ST. Louis Republican,, cpl
tomiZes the information concerning the
chinch-bug:
The chinch-bug- Injuries by suction, not
by biting. 1t winters in the perfect
winged state, mostly dormant, princi-
pally in the old rubbish, such as dead
leaves, orn-shucks, corn-stalks and un-
der weeds and PROSTATE fence-rails and
boards that generally surround grain
fields; also, in whatever other sheltered
situation it can get in adjacent woods
hence the Importance of fighting the
pest in the winter-time by burning it
with it's aforementioned shelter. Such
burning will not destroy all the dormant
hosts, but will practically render
the species harmless-especially where
whole communities combine to practice
it, 1t issues from its winter quarters
during the first balmy days of spring,
when those females which were impreg-
mated the previous fall, and which are
most apt to survive the winter, COM
mences ovipositing at once, if suitable
conditions are at hand. Others take
readily to wing, and Scatter over our
fields, attracted by preference to grain
growing in loose and dry soil, into which
they penetrate to consign their eggs.
The eggs are deposited on the roots, and
the young bugs, which are red, remain
underground, sucking the roots during
the early part of their lives, or until they
are forced from necessity to travel from
one plant to another. These spring
Matched bugs, constituting the first
brood, do not as a rule acquire wings
till after wheat is cut. 1t is, there
fore, during and just after wheat har-
vest that they congregate and travel
In such immense swarms as to at
tract attention. In July as these
acquire wings, they scatter over grass,
late grain and corn fields, where they Law
their eggs; but the second brood, hatch
ing from these eggs, attract less atten-
ton and do less injury than did the
first, because of its more scattered ma
ture and the greater maturity and re-
sisting power of its food-plants. Any
thing that will prevent the mother-bu
from getting at the roots of the grain
VIII prevent the injury of her progeny;