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nowned thinker and philosophy
cal writer, died at Avignon,
France.
"a. Death of James w. WAL
lack, famous actor.
JUNE. -' I
IA. Death of Professor Won
Raumer, famous German histo-
Ran at Berlin.
20. Horace F. Clark, Presi-
dent of Union Pacific Railroad,
died at New York.
/ 81. Death OF Hiram Powers,
eminent American sculptor,
at Florence Italy.
july.
6. Death Of EX-President
Henry L. Hitchcock, Of Wes>
tern Reserve College.
10. Lord Wesbury, Ex>Lord-
Chancellor of England, died
80 Death of Rev. Samuel
Wilberforce, d. d., Bishop of
| Of Winchester, England. by a
| fall from a horse, near Leather
head, England.
%. Stephen Mollitor, Gers
man>American journalist, died
at Cincinnati.
%. RinaIdo Rina1dl, sculp>
tor, pupil of Canova, died at
Rome.
( AUGUST.
6. Professor John f. StOd~
dard, mathematical author,
: dieG at Newark, N. j.
: 10. Death of Rev. DR.. r. s.
) Storrs, at Briantree, Mass.
II. George N. Sanders, noted
American politician, died at
New York.
Is. Professor William Rus.
sell, distinguished elocutionist,
died at Lancaster, Mass.
Is. Death of Rev. Gardner
Spring, D. D., at New York.
20. Death of Rev. John Todd
author of "Students' Manual
at Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
SEPTEMBER.
9. Death Willard Phillips,
D. D., at Cambridge, Mass.
+! 20. Death of Surgeon Au'
guste Nelaton, at Paris.
&c. William Wheelwright
of Massachusetts, celebrated
builder of railroads in Soutl
:, America, died at London.
!, Death of Professor Dix Crosby
! of Dartmouth College, at Han
over, New Hampshire. .Clar;
Mundt, aprolific German nov
elist, known as Louisa Muhl
, back, died at Berlin.
%. Rev. DR.. George NJ. Ran
dali, Missionary Bishop of Col
E orado, New Mexico and Wyom
ing died at Denver, Colorado.
20. Death, at Boston, of AID
miral John A. Winslow, com
mander of the Kearsarge whe1
she sunk the Alabama.
OCTOBER.
I. Death at London, Eng
land, of Sir Edwin Landseel
the famous animal painter.
l. 6. Death at Vienna of Leo
q pold Schultz. Professorin Wen
ma Academy of Art, and emf
l. nent historical painter.
|. s. Death of NJ. Desire, celebrs
;. ted French Comedian, at Paris.
\ %. Death of A. III. Davenport
the actor, at New Orleans.
"a. Death of Beverly johnson
an eminent LAWYER of Viroinia,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Fruit dried by artificial heat
was sent for the first time this
year from California to the
Eastern States. 1t is expected
the business will prosper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

1t is said that a Washington
belle gets but three hours sleep
per day during the fashionable
season. An exchange thinks
1t is enough for her intellect.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

The Ashantee war is said to be
actually ended. Order reigns in
CoOmassie.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

The cattle drivers are busy
gathering heards for an early
drive. Cattle are In better con-
dition than ever before at this
season of the year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

The tax on lucifer matches last
year amounted to 81. 500, 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

According to an Ohio mathe-
matician, one man dies from
the use of acohol every seven
minutes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

DR.. McCosh says that self-adula-
ton is the national sin Of Ame-
RIGA.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Many Oregon maidens ar,
bowed down with humps.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

A motto at a recent farmers
meeting was. "None bat live stock
should be watered.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Mr.. Smith of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg Railway says that the
business of engineers is not SO
hazardous as is generally believed.
He has been connected with the
road for years. and of the ninety
seven engineers employed on it he
could remember but one killed and
another slightly hurt. The brake
men suffer most. In the same
time score of them have lost
their lives, and hundreds have
been pinched between cars.
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Letter postage in the United
States amounts to $40, OOo, 900 an:
nually; newspaper postage to Oh
OOO,0 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Some of the street car com
panies in Chicago take as much as
81 per day in counterfeit nickels.
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Subscription, So in Advance.

A CAPITAL NUMBER.-The
Southern Cultivator for March has
a full and varied table of contents.
In addition to editorials, interest
ing answers to inquiries, and Or
iginal articles from correspon-
dents, it contains 'Prof. Whites
Analysis of Different Parts of the
Cotton Plant" his "Analysis of
Different Fertilizers" and copious
extracts. from CDR. Pendleton's
Report of Experiments, at EX-
perimental Plat Of University of
Georgia" besides practical articles
on the varied topics connected
with the farm and garden. Terms
1900 a year. Address W. l..
Jones, Athens, Ga.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Church property has been taxed
in California, and all sects are sat
isfed.
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Phoebe Cozzins says the Queen
of Sheba was a lawyer by profes;
sion, only she was ashamed to tell
of it. i
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

A man named Schwartz hung
himself in Fort Wayne, Ind, on
the 18th.
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Blackmail.

Suit was begun in the circuit
courts few days since by Thomas
Ratclif, of Louisiana, against
Alfred W. Elicit, for 5000. Plain
tiff says that in March 1864, he
was the owner of 200 bales of cot
ton, which was at Rouduvant
landing, Tensas parish, Louisiana;
that the defendant Elicit was an
officer in the United States army
attached to the "Marine Brigade"
operating on the Mississippi river,
and had the command of a large
number of steamers; that he was
DESTROYS of getting his cotton to
New Orleans, but there was no Or
ganized civil government; Elicit
refused him permission to ship
his cotton unless plaintiff paid him
$4,000, and threatened to prevent
its removal, and plaintiff was
forced to, and did pay him the
$1,000. He now brings suit to re-
cover the amount thus forced from
him by said Elicit st. Louis
Times.
We are pleased to read such
paragraphs as the following, which
we find in the Winnsborough
Franklin parish) Sun:
eve are glad to say that feel
ing to become self-sustaining now
exists among our planters gener.
ally. The mass of them propose
to raise an abundance of corn, and
are likewise preparing to raise
meat. The re-establishment of the
spinning wheel and the loom, the
hum of the one and the strike of
the shuttle of the other of which
are almost things of the past, are
also beginning to be talked of.
In fact, the revival of all home in
dustries seems to be exciting gen.
eral attention, and the soon er they
are brought into requisition the
better it will be for the country.
The silk-wOrm egg is about as
large as pins head. How many
were there in a carload recently
shipped from San Francisco to
France via New York The total
value Of the cargo was 81, OO0, 200
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

Yellow River, Ark; has resolved
in town meeting that "the greae
need Of this town is about ~
women
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28

England spends So, OOOVO =
rear for tobacco.
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Augusta, March IA dispatch
to the Atlanta Constitution, states
that, in the town of Troy, Ala
bama, man named Douglass, a
travelling singing master, who
had recently arrived there, admin
istered chlorofOrm to a young
girl, and then attempted to violate
her person. Douglass was arrested
and Jailed. A crowd took him out
at night, and, after severe whip
ping, mutilated his person III a
horrid manner.
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Montgomery, Ala, March 49,

montgomery, Ala., Marcn To-
The rains in Middle Alabama have
ceased. The Alabama river is
very high, and ont of its banks in
many places. AS the creeks and
streams are greatly swollen, the
travel to Mobile is stopped by
reason of tire washes on the roads,
and damages to some of the
bridges. No trains have gone
out today on the track to Atlanta.
Part of the track is under water.
Trains to Eufaula will not run for
| a day or two. All trains on the
Montgomery and Louisville Rail
road have been ON time, and no
4 damage is reported. The freshet
is too early to injure the planters,
as very little of the crop has been
planted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-14

quences, for wherever we place our
selves, either by our own foolishuess, or
by obeylng the law of nature, which
forces everything TO find is own level
there we must stay. Let me show by
illustration and comparison that such is
the fact.
Take for instance, piece of cork and
throwjt@iito the river with all the force
you are master of how quickly it rises
to the surface and glides lightly along
with the current of the stream. Now
throw in piece of rock-dowa it goes
with sullen plunge-wherc it strikes,
there it lies. Place drop of oil in a
glass Of water and shake it well, does
it mix with the water aud become or
the same nature, or does it remain OILY
Nothing more, nothing less.
We will suppose a man Of calcula.
ton, endowed with a goodly amount of
intelligence to be placed on farm; he
may TIL the soil with his own hands,
or he may not, as circumstances may
require; his external appearance may be
rough, and his hands be brown and
hard; is he not man "for all that?'
We will dress a clown in Gnery-
barber his hair, sprinkle him with
delicate pertumery, and place him in a
situation of ease and luxury-is he the
less clo,cn?
There are some natures that, put them
where you will, it matters not how adj
verse or murky the surroundings may
be, will rise TO fill honorable places,
while others with better advantages, will
sink like the stone, never to rise.
This world is wide, this country Is
free, thank God; choose the occupation
which suits you best, and, if you find
you have made mistake. don't annoy
others by your careless grumblings; or,
if you feel that you are on an equal foot
ing with slaves, or any ignorant, uncul-
tiyated people, don't seek to pull others
down to your level, because they happen
to earn their living in the same manner
that you do.
Tvr IT,
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"I Wish L was Rich"
ny BERTHA.

81 wish was rich" says one;
''How many nice dresses I'd buy!
And cloak, and furs, and an elegant
hat,
And I'd carry my head so high"
II wish l was rich, (" says one;
"What a splendid house I'd build,
With marble front and polished halls,
With modern embellishments filed"
81 wish was rich" says e;
"pd travel the Continent Ger;
And see the sights, and tread in the
paths
OF others who've gone before"
~ wish was rich, ;" says enc,
"Pd hoard my silver and gold:
And count oft times, and treasure it up,
Till it reached to sums untold"
81 ish wac rich. vain wish:
For riches may take themselves wings,
And leave me distressed, fcrsaken, alone
And tortured with conscience stings.
III wish was rich?" All, no!
If, with wealth, must lose my soul;
But I'll lay up treasure in heaven
above
That will last while ages roll.
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If you are thinking

If you are thinking
OF selling out there with the idea of
coming to Colorado to live, my advice
is not to do it, for do not think you
would like it here. l do not like it
well enough to stay very long. l do
not think the chances are as good for
making money here as they are there,
ard | do not like to live here half as
MI. In fact would not go to any
country where it is necessary to irrigate
You can not have a tree or spear of
grass without digging a ditch to run
water to it, aud about all the trees You
get then are little stunted cotton.w wood
that white man would be assumed Of;
and as for tame grass if a fellow gets a
little spot secded and growing nicely,
about every other year the grasshop
pers will come along and eat it down
about two inche, below the top of the
ground, so that " will never show itself
again. 1t would take four times as
much work to have place here that
would seem anything like home as it
would in any other country that / was
ever in. The towns are full Of people
who came here for their health and
they are mostly looking for something
that they can make living at so that
the chances are poor in towns. Stock
would pay if a man had a good lot of
money to statt with, but person wants
to get away of by himself, for it wants
100 acres ofthis upland to pasture a
goose, aud livilg in I'll Paso would be
city life compared to it. I have not seen
anything yet that | like we'll enough
to stay here for and for cold weather we
have some in tits country. More than
halt oftlie men that went down on
that Buffalo hunt froze their ears, and a
good many their noses. l froze one
of my ears worse than | ever did ID
Wisconsin. We don't have near so
much cold as you 10 there, but have
very sudden changes, SO that a person
feels it, The weather is much like Ohio,
with the exception of rain think
that is one trouble in raising fruit here;
it is hot one day and cold the next.
We have very poor water here also, the
worst | ever drank There is not a
well in this part Of the country and there
is 50 mucl alkali that it spoils the wa
tcr--we have to use ditch water, and
at this tine Of year 1t is'awful. These
are some Of the reason why ] do not
ike this country, and they arc good
ones, i n ny opinion.
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J. A. TYLER.

THE coming summer will be one Of
dryness and dampness; there viii be
thunder storms at intervals, and the
sun will Sc. regularly every twenty -four
hours Matching out new day after an
incubatIng period Of about ten hours.
There will be seven days in week ''all
summer" Lightning bugs will carry
red and white lights aft, to avoid COLTS
ion in the rear. There Will be signal
lights at both the upper and lower ed
dies when RATS are running.
There will be "mu5ic on the waters
during moonlight evenings if the boys
can hook skiffs and coax the girls to
sing the "sweet by and BY" Cranbcr.
ries will blossom and yield, but on what
nights they will freeze we leave to the
wisdom of the lesser Probabilities to
determine. There will be much ''com-
ing in" among the female cows in April,
and the festive frog will skier chug'
",er chug," making all the marshes
full Of melody. Men will wear linen
roirigerators during dog lays and little
boys will catch smokers witt pin hooks
as heretofore. There is much more
that we know, but we don't choose to
tell it all. We ar'n't inclined to be
selfish in these matters pertaining to
the weather and future events. We
leave the destiny of the fall and winter
seasons in the hands "Powers above. F"
- Wood County Reporter.
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One of the unpleasant features of an
election, especially local election, is to
find two good fellows running in hot
opposition for the same office. This
brings the eleetor to a stand; he would
vote for one, were not the other
running, and he dislikes to make the
necessary choice. He hesltates; he
would fain find some good reason for
voting against the one, or the other.
He finds plenty of them for voting for
either, but none for voting against
He makes his choice, and what then?
Too often-quite too often he offends,
and yet without reason.
But politics make strange bed fell
lows, and it lieth not in the prophetic
eye ofman to predict at one election
who will be found in the same bed at
the next. Hence candidates for office
should never be offended; they should
lay no more TO heart than can easily be
shaken of at the heel; they should for.
get seeming ingratitude, and forgive
seeming Indifference.
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From III PasO.

Robins and blue birds have made
their appearance.
We learn that S. Anderson will
soon remove to Black River Falls.
AT the election, John Hurley was
elected chairman Of the board, T..
Fitzgerrold clerk, aud Ed. Welch treas
urer.
james Preston and Clara Hooker
were recently hurlad into tho saa Of
Matrimony by Red Wing party.
Much JOY.
livery house in our village is now
occupied, and more are wanted. We
suggest that some of our enterprlsing
friends would do well to build a house
or two.
Father Herman babe his church
farewell last week, as he is TO remove to
other parts. His donation Of $50 toward
the church fund was returned, with a
resolution Of thanks for the interest he
has manifested here.
About 50 $50 have now been sub.
scribed toward the erection Of a Catho.
lie church at this place; most Of the
material for the foundation IL already
upon the ground. There is TO be
spire l00lt high, from the ground.
The building will be 3GxGj feet, and,
we are told, will cost when complete,
about $4,000 or upwards, accommodate
ing 375 to 100 people.
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Spring.

Our winter was a long one, but it
sped gladly and gaily away. Its pleas
ures were many, and its profits unusual.
And now the sprlng.time has come
again, but not in so joyous a garb as she
has been wont to appear. Cold, dry
and dreary have been the days of her
opening, and sad have been TIE hearts
Of many who were patiently awaiting
her advent The bleak surroundings
Of winter are seen on every side, and
the prairies look like cherries waste,
And this is a freak of nature. 1t is al
ways darkest just before day-break, and
morning shines brighter in the contrast.
While nature seems to slumber in ST.
ence, revolution may be going on be-
hind the canvass. Dim and gray may
be the curtains, but sweet and smiling
may be the scene in the back ground.
Nature is not always what it seems to
be, and we shall soon hail with rejoic-
ing the smiling beauties of spring.
Warm sunshine and gentle showers will
then scatter gladness abroad in the
land, and the heart that pinned in sad
ness will again rejoice in hope. Sor-
row will be dispelled and fears will be
banished as we behold the rich carpet
of green which will ere long cover the
now desolate earth.
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For the Journal.

For the Journal.
THE social, moral, intellectual, or relig-
ious stature of person is not measure.
ed by the manner in which he gains a
livelihood. Being farmer, or a farm
ers wife, or anybody else, is neither 20.
ing to depress nor enlarge the intellect
ual capacities; and, providing the EN-.
ployment be honest and humble, there
is nothing degrading about it.
We are governed, IN a measure, by
the amount Of common sense we possess,
not by the will or opinion ofothers, nor
by the richness of our attire, for, al.
though we know that "fine feathers
make fine BIRDS" we also know that the
sweetest songsters are dressed in sombre
colors; but, five level ourselves with
the slaves Of the south, before their
emancipation, BY comparing our con.
dition with theirs, claiming to be an OF.
pressed people, because we are engaged
in the business Of farming, and cannot
command the prices for our produce
which we think we ought TO have. I say
if we 50 10, we must abide the conse.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE,
A. MORSE, As agent


200 acres, with 10 broke, for
$4,000. With this farm will be sold
Horses, Cows, Farming Tools, etc,
If wanted. Also 80 acres, with 20
broke, for $1,000. Also, 80 acres,
with ten broke, and 20 fenced, for
5000. All within six miles Of town.
Terms easy. Also, a fine farm Of
240 acres. for 100000. Also. a
fine farm Of 100 acres. for $4,000.
Also, n fine farm of100 acres, for
$500.
These farms are among the choic-
est in the st. Croix valley.
Other lands, too numerous TO
mention, for sale at fair prices
and on long time.
A. house and two lots for sale, or ex-
change for farm Of forty, sixty, or
eighty acres.
Inquire Of
A MoRsI.
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The Western Slxetcl
Book.

18OOEhe
We desiie to call attention to this new
and decidedly original publication, to be is
sued as soon and as fast as the numbers can
be made ready for the press; Bella French,
Editor; Sketch Book Company, Publishers.
II cannot properly be called a Magazine.
Ii is to be work published in a series Of
numbers, each number containing about
forty pages Of reading matter, printed on
heavy, tinted, book paper, and twelve num-
bers co shutting a volume. II viii be the
aim Of the publishers to make an average
issue Of one number per month. The first
half, or more, Of each number ofthe Sketch
Book will be devoted TO the description,
history, advantages and business OF some
Western town, illustrated with full page
fronispice engraving Of view Of the whole
or portion Of the place described The re-
naming pages will be fllel with choice lit
erary matter; comicalities, and so forth.
Each number will be complete in itself, but
twelve numbers, making a book u about
500 pages, with twelve or more dne engrav-
iags will be volume, and will be sold 10
subscribers for $500 in advance. Single
copies will be twenty-five cents each. Each
town represented will be required 10 pur
thhst ~ &NArt ttV NsF4N'f -" WV iiAN Va
penses Of the nngrauing, etc, Of that place.
All business men can see at n glance
what good medium IL will be for adver.
Using, as il will have q portion OF It's list
ever changing
Persons who will work up this matter IN
their respective towns will mad il one Of
the best paying agencies offered, as no live
man would object to paying IS conts for
an engraving and q valuable historical
sketch Of his own town, aud the majority
will want several to send to friends and
TO persons looking for locations. A good
commission will be allowed, increasing With
the amount Of sales made by the agent.
10 assist the work, IL the necessary mr..
rangements are made, Mrs. French will
deliver one or two lectures in any town
interested, aud will use tho proceeds, ex-
elusive Of her travelling expenses, ia OBJ
tang ongravings Of views, &C. for the
book, Of said place; the engravings TO be
long TO the town after use.
For further information address:
SKETCH Book PUBLtsmSG CoMpAvY,
Drawer 1913, la Crosse, Wisconsin.
------s -
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Al his mill on the Trimbelle River, is
prepared TO shell Germ, grind the same in
10 meal for family use, or for feed. Also,
manufactures Grahsm Msa' from wheat.
&c. " yl7n30
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\ letter from Colorado.

We have the permission to publish the
following rather racy epistle from our for
mer townsman, Racellus Collins 1t will be
read with interest by hundreds who have
he'd the Colorado fever, or symptoms of it:
LoNGMoNr, Cot, Feb. II, 1874.
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CORNISH s. HUNT,

formers. All kinds of Ornamental Turn
ings for Houses, and Fancy Work, What
Nots and every thing made of or embel-
lished with WOO |. Shop in Fosters Mil,
Riv or Falls, Wis. 1870