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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15
Mothers and Children.

OOI 10 ever lOSt, Uut ~ appears
to me that this sort Of over
done devotion of mothers to
their children comes about.
as near being labor lost as
anything well can be, not to
violate a principle of physics.
It is an injury to both mother
and children, and an injury to
other people, let me tell you. !
knew one excessively devoted
mother. I have known several
in my time; and I think I neE
er saw one yet whose children
did not look down on her as a
drudge and nothing else. I
never saw one whose children
did not become Selfish men
and Wutnen, utterly regardless
of the comforts and rights Of
other people, especially of
their families. But this moth
er was so devoted to her chill
dren that she arose in the
morning and made the fires all
over the house, and let her
grown sons lie in bed till
breakfast was ready, when
she called them very tenderly,
and when they came down
stairs; she did not exactly
wash their faces for them, but
she had soap, water and towels,
all waiting for them, as though
they ha ] all been princes Of
the blood, and she a kitchen
scnllion. And she made her
ielf a slave to them in every
thing else just the same.
They regarded their. mother
as a drudge, born to wait upon
them; and by and by, when
they had families, they re-
garded their wives and chill
!. dren in exactly the same light.
They expect their wives to
creep meekly about and
drudge for them, just as their
mothers used to do. If the
household of one of them hap
pens to be temporarily without
, a servant, his wife must arise
FIRST, make the fires, prepare
the breakfast, and then gently
; awaken the lord and master OF
the premises.
ssThere is a golden mean to
be observed in all things.
Children ought to be brought
mp to wait upon themselves
and other people, to have re-
gard for the rights and the
} comforts of others. A stupid,
affectionate drudge of a mother
is about last person on earth
to train model republican citi-
zens.
ssThere is nothing in life more
grand or heroic than to lose
ones life in trying to save thai
Iof another. Moral grandeur
can reach no more sublime
J height than to- give ones life
. to save anothers life. When
it comes to be ones duty tc
die for others, one ought not tc
: hesitate a moment. But thai
j is something very Different
from one individual being a
slave to another while both are
, living. Such self sacrifice
amounts simply to committing
suicide by inches without do
inr tho nthor 7,orcnn onyy ROOD
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

We harn that some Of our
farmers speak of doHating
lands to migrants from other
State&-FUniO Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The Wisconsin Republican State
Convention ues Thursday and
nominated . full State ticket,
headed BY Harrison Ludlngton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

Gen. A. e. Burnside Of Rhode
Island has been nominated for the
Presidency. The Woonsocket
Patriot did it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The annual SALARY Of Henry
Ward Beecher, , pastor Of Ply
mouth Church, was last Thursday
fixed ct el0O, go.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

"For want OF wateryr said an
Italian, II am forced 70 drink
water; ii / had water, l would
drink wine.' He kept q vineyard,
and the drought had killed his
vines.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The Kentucky New Era barri-
cadesf itself against au anticipated
assault from James brothers b.
placing it, snpaid subscription
list against the deer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The Snex Canal cost e96, 900, 600.
Its income this year will probably
be about q, 10000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15
Effects Of Bribery.

- 2 olach savage II Lowndee
county, Mississippi, when lii
accomplice held . white 10
man while he fred i Coils Z.
peater, the bullets penetrstin,
her face and body. Little
children Of the helpless widow
witnessed the deed, and begged
for mercy for the mother. Tia
Lieutenant Governor Of Missis.
sippi is a negro named Dawes.
and while Ames is in Boston
concentrating" Davis, nav.
ing pocketed a bride OF 1850
pardons these mnrderers 81
the white woman Ought hot
the people hang Daviss This
negro Davis is 4 barber, ana
was senator Alcorn's BODY
servant when Alcorn led
Confederate regiment in Ken.
lucky in 1882, Alcorn, 81.
course; is cognizant Of Davis's
] virtues and weakness, aud
when Davis was a candidate
for the place he now fills, Al
corn asserted, and Davis did
not denys that Davis had been
when in the State Senate, the
recipient Of douceurs for his
votes. And yet, strange as
people abroad may think It,
! Davis is such 4 good -natured
rascal and is SO thoroughly
cognizant Of the virtues and
foibles Of the people, that
they have ever preferred bis I
mastery to that Of the cold
blooaed little adventure,
AmAs Austin Statesman. n
i Nor So. By far the most B
important Of the issues nov
before the people Of the Unf.
] ted States, is that which III q
lates to the currency Pofts
J land Press. Il
I Thisis not So ffe currensy
Is an fnipoftsht thing no doubt
| but it is Of frifling consequences
Iconpared with tie question
whether the affairs Of tli6
country shall Be administered
by thieves o. by honest men
1 n plumber and swindling afs
to De the rn1e'i public life, "
makes very Little differences
ullsthsf the etst1elsey IS paper
or coin let us brst drive the
robbers Out Of The temple Of
our republican freedom, and
then We shall be prepared To-
consider whAa sort Of moneys
is asost eohrehient and
beneficial s
II. BY far tie most ilnportant
of the issues bow before the
people Of the United STATES isI
that which relates 10 honesty
! and economy in public affairs
IN. Y: Sun.
!, The Mobile Register, edited
! BY Col. John Forsyth, ssys 8
'.When times are hard and tl'e|
! people are moneyless, the tap
$ talist also feel the hardship
, for while the people are una
bic 10 borrow, the capitalists
are unable to lend. Irredeem
able currency is the trouble inf
M a s.. e
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The newspaper editor who
cringes in unhallowed awe be-
fore dietatorial politicians, or
the golden calf of wealth and
pomponsness, sins against the
noblest Of all professions,
against his known duty to
community, against his nsan4
hood.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

More depredations by Mexican
cattle thiever are reported from
Texas. Cortina is to be sent to
Vera Cruz.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

AN EDITORS APPEAL.-As
the report that we are very
wealthy has gone abroad
alnCrg CTR subscribers, and
has made them awful slow
about pxying up, thinking
doubtless we don't want the
money, we hasten to say that
the report Of our wealth is false
in every particular. If ocean
steamers were selling at q cent
a. dozen we couldn't make the
prst payment on a canoe. The
lightning of poverty has struck
us square, and had it not been
for an armful OF hay our devil
managed t0sBteal from a blind
=
mule, our large and interesting
family would be without a
mouthful to eat atthis moment.
Is not this a sad picture. aud
can you, delinquent subscri-
bers, look upon it without feel
ing the greenbacks rustic with
indignation in your pockets
books? We do not like to dun
but we must, it you fail take
the hint fSLenandoah (Va.)
Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

Ten lives were lost BY e marine
collision Tuesday near Fortress
Monroe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

It is reported that General
Sherman is . grandfather boy
uansed Fitch, June "a.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15
Tho Grange.


The introduction of this ORR
der among the agricultural
class has been, and will still
further become, a means Of
much social and mental inl>
provement and culture. They
are SO many centers of fine,
elevating Influences. They
quicken thought among the
members, provoke pleasant
discussions on business mat
ters-bring mind in contact
with mind, enlist public atten-
ton in questions of local, State
and National Importance, and
otherwise immensely benefit
the farming community.
/ +
The Grange is the means of
bringing farmers together, af>
fording an opportunity not on>
~ for interchange Of ideas, the
J dissemination Of thought and
the cultivation of their social
natures, but affording themes
of family Thought and CONVEX
sation intervening Grange
meetings. The duties and
privileges Of citizenship become
better known, the amenities Of
life more thoroughly under'
stood and appreciated; a vasl
amount OF useful information
lis obtained concerning agricul.
tnral pursuits. etc. Wisely
conducted. and circumscribet
within proper limits, theGrangt
Twill be the instrument Of iur
mense good, and we hope tina
it has many yearsof usefulness
before 1t.
Let the members uhitedl,
, rally around it to increase 1t
usefulness. Gather into it
ranks men and women Of char
acter. Hold regularly th'
stated meetings, and In al
matters build up around it
wholesome public sentiment
-[Southern Agricnlturalist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

An English editor calls a Ger.
tain kind of American religion
'spewism.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The richest banks Of coral,
and the most beautiful speci-
mems in the world. are to be
found off the coast of Algeria.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15
Subscription, IS Per Annum,
~ In Advance. Ba
BELLEVUE, LOUISIANA:
Thursday ,::::::::::::::::::::::::::july IS, 1875

Yellow fellow still prevalent al
Key West, Fla.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

Gentlemen Of the American
Rifle Team, the eyes Of the
United States are upon yon.
-EN. y. Mail.
8 GeHslemen Of the American
Ride Feain if you we're all to
die Of the cholera mOrbns to-
morrow, tho United States
wouldn't weep q minute and q
half louisville Cour-Jonr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

At . recent meeting in the
parish Of Natchitoches, resolu>
tons were passed by the car
pet baggers aud negroes, de>
claring that they would all
leave the country unless they
were guaranteed protection in
their rights. For Gods sake,
let them go, let them go &!
Mansfield Reporter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The reports of recent storms
and tempests in Europe were
far from being exaggerated. !,
At Agen and Toulous the loss
of property amounted SM 900,
GOO, and the number Of lives
lost at the latter place is esti-
mated at 1000. Contributions
Of the most liberal kind are
being received for the suffer
ers. Since the disaster at
Buda- Pesth, Austria q hum
dred and twenty bodies have
been taken out Of the Danube,
and it is thought many more
must have been swept away.
by that river.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

A Frenchman intending to
compliment . young lady by
calling her as gentle as q lamb,
"She is one mutton as is
small ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

Tho cause of woman suf-
frage scarcity Of husband.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-07-15

The last criticism on mark
Twain's' professional stand
ing as a pilot seems to us con-
slusive Mark Twain used TO
rnn a boat here, didn't he r.
inquired a traveller Of a Missis-
sippi pilot lately. MARK
Twain do you mean him as
was Sam Clemensg Wa'aI,
yes, he did try pilotin' yer
awhile, but he couldn't do
tall I; hadn't the genius. But
I tell We what. continued the
grizzly veteran, giving his
wheel a twist, 1if ye'd q gin
him boats 'nough while he
was a-practicin', he'd . clared
the river q snags for shuah. =
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
Disraeli Upon O'Connelps Last Speech.

In speaking of the debate on the coer-
cion bill, in 1916, the year before the
Liberator's death, he (Disraeli) tells us
of the "acute points" for which Mr..
O'Connell was Justly distinguished. And
there is much Of genuine pathos in his
description of the effort of his old and
inveterate enemy in the House of Com
mons: His appearance was Of great
debility, and the tones of his voice were
very still. His words, indeed, only
reached those who were Immediately
around him and the Ministers sitting on
the other side Of the green table, and
listening with that interest and respect
full attention which became the occasion.
1t was strange and touching spectacle
to those who remembered the force Of
colossal energy, and the clear and thrill
ing tones that had once startled, disturbed
and controlled Senates. To
the House generally, it was a perform
ance in dumb show, a feeble old man
muttering before table; but respect for
the great Parliamentary parsonage kept
all as silent as if the fortune of a party
hung upon his rhetoric; and though not
an accent reached the gallery, means
were taken that next morning the coun-
try should not lose the last, and not the
least, Interesting of the speeches Of one
who had 20 long occupied and agitated
the mind of nations" a
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
The:Autumn House Cleaning.

She has got on torn dress, hitched up
at one side sufficiently to reveal an un-
buttoned shoe; there are flakes of white
wash in her hair and on her chin; her
dress is wet, her fingers are parboiled,
and her thumb has been split with a
hammer, but her eye is as clear and
bright as that of Major-General on
field day. She picks up handful of
skirts and skins through the apartments,
seeing five hundred things that should
be done at once, and trying to do them ;
and every time she comes in reach of the
dresser, she snatches look into the
glass and shoves fresh hairpin into her
dilapidated coil. And thus planted in
the debris, like a queen on her throne,
she unblushingly asserts that cts an
awful job" +" Everything is in wretched
shape !" "Pll be so glad when this is
over )" =" 1t does seem as if my back will
snap in two;" 9" Pm a good mind to say
I'll never clean house again so long as ]
live" And then her mind unconsciously
scars heavenward, and she wonders
if there will be a house-cleaning season
there, and If not, hew a heaven can be
made of it. 1t is this speculation which
gives her that dreamy expression when
she is cutting your bread with the soap
knife.-Ddnbwy News.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
Don't Do It.

Don't dun worthless debtor. He
has done you, and that should settle it.
Don't rush into lawsuit if your
pocketbook be empty. You have reached
the point by another route. ....
Don't claim that man excels woman in
the fine arts. Our women paint remark
ably we'll.
Don't attempt too much. The man
who masters the law has no business
with the gospel.
Don't apologize for poor preacher by
saying "he is good man." There is
not pulpit for every good man in the
country, and VICE versa.
Don't say that an idle man can not
make reputation. A Logansport gro
Ger has the reputation of being the lazi-
est man on the Wabash.
Don't turn up your nose when you see
a man reading Godey's Lady's Book
The poor fellow is not responsible for his
sex.
Don't imagine that you can make a
fortune in the show business. In the
outcome you will have nothing to show
but your ears. -HH H'e
Don't fail to be polite on all occasions.
No well-bred lady will intrude when
gentlemen are smoking.
Don't dream that God gave you more
than your share of brains. Those whom
you think he has sighted will be content
after taking your acknowledgement
Phdr0s.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
Former Treatment OF Insanity.

While men believed that madness
meant possession by demon, it Is not
difficult, perhaps, to account for the
superstitious and brutal treatment shown
to those possessed; but the reader will be
amazed by the details ofthe scientific de-
vices, happily of past age, planned for
the cure Of the unsound. One Of these
was to entice the sufferer to walk across
o floor, which, suddenly giving way,
dropped him into bath, where he was
half drowned. Another mode of torture
was to let the patients down q well, in
which the water, made gradually to rise,
frightened them with the prospect of an
awful death. Within the memory Of
men living, the patients of Bethlehem
Hospital (Bedlam), chained TO the wall
like wild beasts, were shown to the pub
lie on certain days of the week at
the charge of twopence a visitor and
here were to be found In their cells,
crouching on straw, women with nothing
but blanket for covering. ...t d
George III in 1888 was subjected to a
use,essly severe treatment, being con.
stantly tortured with, the straight waist
coat, and denied the society OF his wife
and children. He recovered in n few
weeks after the substitution Of kindness
for severity. nT AIT
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
Progress OF Work on Western Custom
Houses.

Supervising Architect Potter, in his
annual report, which is just completed,
says of the Cincinnati Public Building:
"On June 80, 1874, the site was acquired
and the excavation commenced The
excavation has been completed, the
granite foundations laid, and the base
ment area walls carried up to their full
height. The red granite, of which the
basement area walls and the first four
courses of the superstructure are Com
posed, is very nearly supplied, and the
contract will soon be completed. The
gray granite for the superstructure of the
first story is all cut, and also large por-
tion of the second story. The total
amount appropriated for the work is
1850, 900; expended to September 80,
1876, $1,772,O64; balance in treasury
September 80, 1876, $685., ,839. ~. ,,.,..
At Evansville the title to the addi-
tional land necessary for the Custom
house has been perfected. ;oao..ir
At Covington the excavation Is COM
pleted, and contracts for material award
ed. The total amount appropriated for
Covington is $305, 900; amount expend-
ed, including site, $S4, ,467; Balance in
treasury September 80, $270, ,532. MN
On the indianapolis public building
the work is completed, and the building
finished. The amount of the appropria-
ton is$194, 900; amount expended, 1885,
339; balance available, 81 1850.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
Michael Faraday.

Among modern scientists Michael
Faraday, who died in 1867, stood in
some respects almost alone. He was an
eminently religious man. Usually, in
this generation, science and religion have
not gone hand in hand. Religion often
opposes science. Science almost always
has half imperceptible sneer for relig-
ion. But Michael Faraday was devout
and humble believer. He came into the
world the son of a blacksmith, whose
highest ambition was to make his boy q
bo0kbinder. At the age of thirteen
Michael Faraday entered upon his ap-
prenticeship. But he was not satisfied
to deal with the outsides of books alone.
At odd moments he possessed himself of
their contents. In this way he dipped
into some scientific treatises, and 30 his
future career was determined. Through
a customer of his masters he obtained
an opportunity to hear some of Sir
Humphrey Davy's lectures; and after
wards wrote to Sir Humphrey asking
him to help him by some means to leave
trade and enter the service of science.
Through Sir Humphrey he obtained the
post of assistant In the laboratory in Al
bemarle street, and thus commenced his
scientific career. How eminently sue
cessful he was, what honorable distinc.
ton he won, the world knows well. II
should know, also, that he never lost the
simplicity and sincerity of his character
The main characteristic of his life wai
his utter self-forgetfulness-his devotion
to truth for truths sake. The pursuit
of science was to him its own reward
and he saw such infinite and unexplored
vistas of knowledge stretching out before
him as filed him with profound humili
ty.l There was no affectati0n in the re
grets he so frequently expressed in hi
last days fhat he had done 90 little TO
science.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25

THE New York Journal of Commerce
notes the fact that the discovery of an
asteroid is thought Of sufficient. impor-
tance to have thenewst telegraphedaround
the world, but that the discovery, ,last
month, of new metal called 3Gallium,"
in honor to France, was not noticed
in the cable dispatches. Gallium"w was
found by spectrum analysis in zinc, and
although its physical properties are not
yet known, the Journal, reviewing the
history ofother metals such as Aluminium
and Magnesium, thinks its discovery
matter of much more. prospective
Importance than the discovery of new
asteroid. T'yH