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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-12-05


stores of all kinds have large, fine
stocks. All the Church organiza-
tions have good buildings. There
are several fine hotels, while at
the Springs proper there are six
or eight-liotels, four OF the first
class in short, the town is only |
second to Denver in wealth and
population, while it is laid out on
a much better plan. There are
several streets two miles and a.
half long, with residences through
most Of the distance, and, as they
are regularly planted with trees,
the view is both beautiful and
surprising. 1t is frequently the
case that men Of means 60 thitherI
to visit the springs aud to ascend
Pixies Peak, having no idea of
purchases; but they gradually
become SO enchanted with every
thing that they buy lots aud build
and bring on their families, and
and thus the town seems to be
occupied largely by wealthy men,
able aud perhaps desirous to pass
their days in elegant leisure !! cut
there is another class, more or
less wealthy, who are invalids, or
some OF their families are, and
the updoubted healthfulness of
the climate makes residence
anywhere in Colorado necessity.
No class of iuvalids receive SO
much benefit as asthmatics, and
it is remarkable how many OF
them are found everywhere in
Colorado. Consumption in the
early stages almost always yields
to the dry, tonic atmosphere : bn,
|, Colorado Springs is not SO favora
, BILE for this disease, as its elevation
Of about 5000 feet is too stimula
| ting, and places like Greeley,
! 1900 feet lower, should be pre-
, ferred, certainly upon the frs
arrival.
The chief attractions of Colorado
Springs, aside from sanitary con
. siderations, are Pixies Peake ant
the adjoining mountains tina
present d broad face of at least q
| miles aud from. s, COO to 14,O0'
e feet high; they are near; ans
t such are the varying conditions
{ of atmosphere, clouds and TEN
. pests, that there is a constan
! change Of views. So various ar
t the shapes, aud SO prOfllse are th
e gorges and forests, aud project
e ing eminences, that every yisito
b expressing surprise, especial,
e upon the first arrival. It is fai
t to say, however, that after a. fe,
e weeks or mouths this scenery be
t comes tiresome or other object
i attract the attention, SO chat j
q time days and even weeks pas
e during which the mountains wi
}. scarcely be seen, and fually the
K become>an old story, though whe
e strangers express admiration th
e interest in part reawakens. Tl
It elevation OF the town Is we'll iltu
by the statement that theI
8 is a small mound at no great dil
g tance from the business cente
@ which il q few hundred feet higl
! and it has been called Moul
e Washington, for the reason thu
It it is almost exactly OF tho sar
5 hight as the celebrated Modi
y Washington Of New Hampshir
Is where tempests and barrepnel
st divide the year, while here gree
ftgrsss everywhere covers Il
ss ground. aud the sun shines vii
It warm aud even hot rays durir
It 800 days in the year.
3. The minor attractions Of Il
% locality would, by themselves, |
Z I4s*R p f4xa& ~.
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its fearful wagon.way blasted
along the side Of the cliff, and the
soda and other medical springs
and Monument Park with its hun.
dreds OF acres OF curious sandstone
remains give, a rare and varied
combination.
RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY.
Something may be said of the
soil and of its agricultural capaci-
ty. The surface soil is certainly
good, since it has that purplish
cast held in esteem both by Amer
lean and English gardeners as
being every way most desirable /; |
still there Is something suspicious
in the extremely gentle lay of the
land, reminding one Of barren and
worthless plains, and upon inves-
tigation it is found that a bed OF
gravel comes within two feet Of
the surface; hence there is no
subsoil, and water passes down as
through a seive. This makes the
roads and walks always dry, and
crops are only grown By contin-
ued application of manure, and by
the most careful cultivation. Per
haps on the whole this is fOrtun
ate, since in the first place, the
amount of water that can be OBJ
tanned is but little in excess Of
what is required for Shade trees,
lawns, and ornamental grounds;
and, second, the. inhabitants are
not OF that kind who have q taste
for engaging in rural occupations,
or who are obliged to labor.
Several of the citizens were asked
why there were so few gardens,
and the reply was that it was
cheaper to buy vegetables than to
ralse them since u gardener had to
; hired; and therefore a large part
of the vegetables are shipped
from Denver aud the only -four
they like to use comes from Gree.
ley. Cattle and sheep owners
, have a fair representation among
the citizens. Adjoining the town
, extending east, north, aud south
! Is a tree stock range almost un
limited, where grass is to be hat
the year round, aud sheep ant
cattle are kept in large numbers
Herders are employed at from s3t
20 $40 a month, with provision,
found, while the owners live il
town, and only at a irregular peri
ods visit their possessions. Som,
: of the ventures in this line hav,
I proved disastrous, especially will
sheep, because neither master no
man understood the business, an,
the hocks wasted away from tn
effects Of storms, froui depreda
: tIons, from wolves, aud from gen
{, eral ilIattentiOn. It may pOsi
!. lively be stated that rain is quit
/. certain to attend every b1sines
inaugurated by . capitalist VIII
: does not himself understand ii
details, because there is no poss
bility Of hiring uleu who do ni
tlerstabd them, since all such al
themselves proprietOrs, OF, 80 500
: as they learn, they speedily ~
, come preprietors. The days seeI
" !. to be passed, ii they ever We,
here when men could be hired I
j do good work for others, whe
J. they could, at . greater adyal
= tage, do the same work for then
. selves.
,e From the first settlement
ID Colorado Springs . number Z
g English gentlemen Of wealth AZ
learning became interested in Il
be place. They invested largel,
be they improved wisely; and the
:. l.xl4.- n q
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Not content with investing ig>
norance and thriftlessness with
the franchise, RadicalismsoHgb
70 force n.iscegenation nponIuss
in school aud shop, theatre and
hotel. The fate Of the hybrid
South American Republics
opened before rs with a grim
vividness. The authors of all
this mischief seemed almighty.
The Head Tycoon proposed
to himself 4 third term and III.
definite terms beyond. Louis
inana cried i'll agony, with
none to respond. Soma were
heartless enough to- bid her
cease her hopeless walls. Men
high in favor, at the White
House 5 began to talk Of re~
mapding the South 70 the
naercies .ot reconstruction for
4 & K a t.3- Z
another decade. Whole States
were held responsible for the
crimes Of 4 few outlaws, which
were mayniiied a atlIonsand fold.
Men hoped Indeed, bht they
hardly dared to nurse their
hopes. We had hoped before
most fontlly, aud had seem the
cup dashed from our very lips
by acold and apparently selfish
and impertnrbable North. i
was indeed the, darkest day
that bad ever lowered over the
cause of freedom in this conu,
TRY. Again has the old adage
been verified, that the darkest
hour precedes the dawn.
lgIs4{ -----s -. il saS.
Elm a temperance man. gen
tlemen. Never was intoxicated
in my life" He was holding
forth ina bar room. s'Bnt
, take my liquor; | dispise
man that gets drunk ;he's unfi
!, for any decent company. ]
, take q few drinks; . couple be
, fore breakfast then / go dow
town. and when | reach N.
place OF business / take q cou
. pie more TO make my foo
+ digest, Abont eleven o'clQcl
f ! go out and take two or thre
, more. so that i cal, get up q
! appetite for dinner. Atdinne
!, always take q couple Of hrau
dies slhey aid to steady th
/ head aud hand for the work &
. ithe afternoon. I then retur
flto the Office ard take q nal
/ After thisanap Il write a fas
letters, aud thensI 60 out an
i take three drinks to recoye
! FROM the fatigue Of the da.
Then / go home, aud just bt
!, fore bedtime l take four tlrinl
9 more to 1nunce sleep. am
|. methodical man. gentlemen.
am d temperance man. aud
! despise q man that drinks 50
!. to get drunk. 4 He looked Ill
/, a temperance man, His 20.
was ruby-colored, and b
: breath was something ditferel
j from new mown hay. But y
!. admire = man who lives I
method. Exchange.
re In . hospital II Montepell'
u France. is q patient who b
Il. ~. -, =, :. :.
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NUMBER 81.
On no other theory than that

whom the gods would destroy,
they first make mad, can We
explain the continued Mfanlies
Of Radicalism in Louisiana. Il
and this fresh start Of Federal
us,rpation at Memphis. In
Massachusetts ii has for years
been just the thing to vote min
operatives by the thousand fur
the Radical ticket under threat
of instant discharge. We have
indeed heard Of United States
Navy Yards being guilty Of the
same thing on various aud sum
dry occasions. We do not
mention those incidents as pre-,
lcedehts, but merely to show
how aboninabty sectional and
|one-sieled Is the administration
of the Inv lnder Radical rule.
a Memphis merchant threatens
to discharge 4 single porter.
where the Massachusetts mills
lowner threatens his hundreds
The latter goes lnmolested
while the fpr'n'sss .'ss is dragged ha be.
fore a Federal Commissioners
and compelled to give bond for
his Appearance ON ] triat. In
geniously cruel as the Enforce-
ment act is, il doessnot authors
ize such oatrages, and superb
cious ofice-holdefs, dressed Id
"a little briefsanthDsity, ,may set
learn the fact pf their e, cost.
The discharging, Of employees
falls exclusively under the
State laws for enforcing cons
tracts. BY no legal sopkiatry
con itbe twisted into a distintl
iion Oh account Of color. when
the charge Itself Is ! distinction
on on account Of IpeliIics. II Rad
icalism vert permitted to 80 go
on with is social leyelisnl, Il
would. soon punish men and
women for selectllnlg their coln-' PM
panions opxthe score pf intelli,
gence. worth. orreligiouss safan-
tiles II Il se5s 4 }ssssstFs1a iSssgts
9yst
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-12-05

,PREsERylxG EG The fol-
lowing receipt from aWffsht's
Poultry Book. !" Is recommends
ed very highly -
'sro four gallons of boiling
water add half 4 peck Of new
lime, stirring It some time.
When cold, realove any hard
lnnpsiwith q coarse seive, Add
ten ounces of salt threeotlnces
cream Ifartars and mix
thoroughly. The miyture is
then fo'stantl y fortnight before
using. The eggs are itunhs
packed as closely as posables
and toibelkepf closely cOrensd
mp. Ifput IN when new laid
they willskeep nine ip0ntllss is.i
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-07-02
1.-THE DEVIL Is AN ASS"

Under the above head we published
sermon, some years ago, in which the
preacher undertook to show how the
devil generally acts the fool. in OVERRIDING
his work.
1t will be remembered that in the lat
ter days of slavery, the devil, who no
one can doubt, had full charge of slavery
and its great defender the Democratic
party, entirely overdid his work, and
made an ass of himself 1t is. the same
in the case of the devil of intemperance.
We were informed short time ago by
man who ought to be ashamed of such
an argument O that one great objection
he had to the liquor law, was the fact
that it led men to commit perjury. 1t
seems that the blundering ass, the devil,
is determined to push this argument
through Hence we find all over the
State that men are rather proud of COM
mitting perjury in favor of drunkenness
At Circleville the Prosecuting Attorney
is accused of fatty refusing to perform
his sworn duty. Grand Juries in Chilli
cothe, Waverly, and many other places,
chuckle over the fact that they utterly
disregard the obligations of their oath.
Judges in nearly every district glory in
their shame, when they refuse to have
the law faithfully executed. Petit jurors
also rejoice to come in and add their
contribution to their master, the devil.
A case is reported in the Gallipolis Jour
nal, where a beer jerker was tried under
the City ordinance, and the evidence, if
correctly reported, made case beyond
any possible doubt; yet the jury brought
in a verdict of not guilty. A liquor case
was recently tried in Columbus, with a
similar result.
But the last case of the kind, and
where the devil clearly overleaped him
self, was before Judge Marchant, of the
Police Court of. Cincinnati last week.
One of the City Council, named Alf, was
indicted under the fourth section of the
liquor law. A clerk of the defendant
was on the witness stand, and he was
asked if he ever saw Alf sell whisky to
be drank on the premises. He refused
to answer. The Judge ordered him to
answer, but he again refused, when the
Prosecuting Attorney asked to have the
witness sent to Jail for contempt, but the
Judge told the witness he need not an
swer, and the case had to be dismissed.
That whisky Judge, and his satellites all
over the State perhaps may look honest
men in the face and justify such con-
duct; but we think the devil himself
would be ashamed of it, and drop his
tail and hang his head in very dis
gust at such conduct on the part of his
poor, miserable, contemplate tools.
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Columbus is another place where per-
sonal liberty is respected, and where it
is considered good joke for grand juries
to commit perjury by refusing to indict
whisky sellers.
Last Saturday we noticed the following
in the journal:
"a man and wife named Crane were
hauled to the station house last night
sadly intoxicated. The man was so far
gone that he laid quietly down in his cell
and went to sleep. The woman, who
was in cell to herself, was just drunk
enough to be mad. About ten o'clock
Mr.. Clifford, the keeper, heard a strange
noise in her cell, and upon examination
found that she had hung herself by tying
her apron to the top of the cell and
about her neck. Mr.. Clifford hustled
about and got hold of an edged instru-
ment and severed the strings and reliev-
ed her from further danger. The opera
ton didn't hurt her at all, and the re-
lease only served to enrage her After
the apron had been taken away she pro-
claimed loudly against the man who
wouldn't let her carry out an expeditions
method of getting away from this wicked
world
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Letter from California.

CALIFoRNIA, June 25, 1874.
To the Editor of the Standard:
1 understand that the people of Jackson and
several other towns claim the ordinances
passed in their towns in regard to the whisky
laws doing an injury to all kinds of busi-
ness. A citizen of this place was in Jackson a
few days ago and heard man say the flrmers
had quit coming to Jackson to trade, or to the
mills, and assigned their reason for so doing,
that they would go to Beaver or California,
where they could get drink of whisky. Now
it is strange they cannot get whisky in jack
son, with its fifteen or twenty saloons and five
drug stores. but have to come to Califor-
where there are no saloons and only one drug
store. Now do not think there is place here
that person can get glass of whisky. DR..
johnson keeps drug store, and sells whisky
by the pint for medical purposes and there is
not drug store in Jackson but what man can
get whisky for the same purpose.
Now we do not want il understood that when
other towns and villages are fighting the curse
of fintemperance, that California is furnishing
whisky without any restraints. l am sorry to
say there are a few persons in this community
who imbibe too freely, but those persons have
to go to Jackson or somewhere from here to
get their grog. GEO. L. MONAHAN.
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the hospital for the ambulance to be
sent down, and upon its arrival; he, with
Col. Kiersted and others, went to the
barracks. Still the family objected to
the woman being removed, but the
officers saw that none of the lnhab-
itants were able to think Alright, so the
woman was carried down to the hospital,
where she was put into comfortable
bed. and made as easy as possible.
THE WOMAN DIES.
1t was found on examination that her
arms were broken and her shoulder dis
located Yesterday morning Dr. Conner
started to set the bones, and as the wo-
man seemed to be suffering greatly he
administered some chloroform While
setting the bones the woman moaned
slightly, and in an instant was a corpse.
There was great CONSERVATION in the
room the death of the woman was so
sudden.
Her name was Mary Honlahan; she
was fifty years of age, and leaves behind
seven children, some of them very
young. Her husband, Michael, is a Ia
boring man, generally laboring under
the influence of liquor.
Col. Jones, Superintendent of the Hos
pital, sent for Coroner Maley, who
ordered n post mortem examination to
be made, and the inquest will be held
to-day.
There is some doubt as to how the
woman received her injuries, some say
ing that she fell down, others that she
was kicked down. She herself told the
driver of the ambulance that a peanut
vender, who had a room adjoining tried
to entice her daughter into his room for
criminal purpose, and, upon her re-
monstrating, the man put out his loot
and tripped her down stairs. 1t is also
said that the husband had kicked his
wife down the stairs, and he was arrested
for the deed, but there seems to be slight
grounds for the suspicion. However,
whether the peanut man or the husband
kicked the woman down stairs, or
whether she fell down herself alcohol
can fairly claim another victim.
The foregoing cases are nothing strange
or novel. We take five daily papers, and
a large number of weeklies, averaging at
least twenty papers every day. We look
over all of then, and assure our readers
that the above cases are only samples of
what we see every day. What troubles
US is, why pay any attention to such
matters What business have the tenn
perance fanatics to want to regulate what
any man may want to put into his stomachH
True, the honest, sober man, who pays
his taxes to board Mr.. Timothy Sullivan
while in prison, and to support his destl-
tute family, and to pay fees of officers
for prosecuting him, may be such fanat-
ic as to regret that said Timothy does
not pay his own way but then he must
not meddle with Timothy's personal lib
erty The same kind of fanatic in Gin
cinnati may squirm when he thinks OF
part of his earnings having to go to the
support of the seven children of the
drunken parents.
Personal liberty must not be invaded
by fanatics, and the business of making
drunkards must be made legal and re-
spectabla by having it recognized in the
organic law of the State.
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During the war nearly all the copper
head papers pretended to be loyal to the
country, and would take offense if called
rebel papers; but they were known of
all men. 1t is precisely the same in the
present crisis in the issue between tenn
perance and the whisky interest No
one who reads Democratic papers need
have any doubt where they stand
yet when such open and avowed advo-
Gates of the whisky ring as the Ports
mouth Times and the Chillicothe Adver-
tiser are classed as whisky organs, they
pretend to become offended, and resort
to their natural course-~blackguard
1t will not avail. The ass never can con-
ceal his ears, no matter how many lions
skins he may wrap around his head.
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RANDOM THOUGHTS.
BY THE EDITOR.

A friend of mine whom 1 very greatly
respect Christian gentleman in every
sense of the word-took me to task last
Saturday for some of my remarks in last
weeks paper. He said that my remarks
were the most unfortunate that l ever
made-that 1 charged that to preach
salvation through faith made men low
browed scoundrels-that made a thrust
at cardinal article in the faith of all
Protestant denominations-that the par
tiular preacher to whom I referred was
not preaching the truth, and would not
listen to the truth, and many other hor-
rid things.
1t is pretty well known that 1 place
little or no faith in professions. If
want to know what man is, l do not
pay much attention to what he says, but
watch him for a long time to see what
he does. He may deceive the world for
a time, but he will eventually find his
level Therefore 1 will not say that 1
have the highest regard and esteem for
the Christian religion, for the churches
and their ministers. 1 have resided in
Jackson county for ffty-three years
What my conduct toward the churches,
their members and ministers has been
during the past half century must deter
mine what my faith in them has been.
If admit, as most freely do, the vast
amount of good that has been accom-
plished by the church organizations and
their ministers, why may 1 not suggest
that in my opinion a course might be
pursued that would accomplish double
the amount of good that is now being
accomplished Is my friend satisfied
with the amount of good now being
accomplished l am not. 1 am pro-
gressive man.
What said about the preachers not
being convinced by anything I might say
is true, and my friend knows it to be
true. They have their minds made up.
But honestly believe they might double
their usefulness. The preacher to whom
1 referred has done much good in Jack
son. 1 have publicly spoken of this.
But believe his pure life, his Cody
walk and conversation, have been more
eloquent aud effective sermons, and have
had more good effect upon the people of
jackson than all his pulpit efforts, al
though they have been able. In other
words, his aoorks have done more good
than his faith When 1 spoke of his
sermon on faith,I did not singh him out,
because all the ministers, not only here,
but elsewhere, preach in the same way.
on this point. AT least twenty preach
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For some time the papers have been
telling about comet that has made its
appearance in the north. 1t can now be
distinctly seen without the aid of glass.
At o'clock it is between the North Star
and the constellation known as the
Dipper, down below them, lines drawn
from these two points forming an angle
of ninety degrees. At o'clock at night
the comet is directly under the North
Star. 1t is coming directly towards the
earth, and SO does not seem to be mov-
ing. 1t will appear very large about the
1st of August.