davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

PARSONS PURGATIvE PILLS will greatly
relieve, II not entirely cure, dyspepsia when
everything else fails. They have been tried
in some desperate cases, and have given
more relief than any other medicine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

IF you want to keep posted as to the value
Of your Insurance. subscribe for THE HER
AID, published by Geo. j. Yeager, 902 La
vance. Send q cents for sam Die copy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.
have obtained another triumph over
all their competitors, and won new
honors for America. They have
just been awarded the grand medal
of honor for the best cabinet or
parlor organs, at the Worlds ex-
position in Linz, the capital of upper
Austria.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

FIRST Grand Exposition OF the Tradcsmen's
Industrial Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa, opens
Oct.7 closes N0y.6. Address Al. Nellis. Pres
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

S1UsEZog. Il. Bursos a al SOMA Bo.ssa. No.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

A 0EMTQ 20 Elegant OIL Chromos mounted size
HU6U . 0x11 for ~. Novelties and Chromos
ofsvery description. National Chrome Co.. Pha., Pa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

~ AAn month to energetic men and women
&&vbo Everywhere. BtfsiHess honorable Excel
V0OO sior Mfg Co. 15i Michigan ~. Chicago
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

GOO A DAY. HOW 70 MAKE n. SomsfASsa
DAO NEW. C0E, YONGE 4 CO., st. Louis, No
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

Hooee ana was Jerked 3 nun0rcQ rect
the first lick. Right here by the elbow
the moose frightened, and they drew me
aboard with my whole weight on this
arm. / was clear gone, arm out o.
socket, this cash here on my face and q
broken knee-cap, but there was life in
me.
], ".And the captainp" queried one as
the old man paused.
"Up there!" he replied, pointing
heayenward. "He was rough, like most
of us, but he had heart like an OK.
He died at Buffalo twenty years ago.
was there with him when he went of,
and while we was fixing the body for the
coffin there came sudden fash like, as
if hundred lamps were blazing at once
in the room, and / heard the recording
angel Of Heaven call out: Captain
Gray!' And next minute the captain
answered: Aye! aye!' And that S
where he is !n-Detron Free Press.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.

BALTIMORE AND ONO, VIA ARKERsBuRd.
Depot, Pearl and Plum. 1inie.7 minutes fast,
Baltimore Ex. ....... e:ibh.M. 2:31P M. Si41A.M,
Ba tim re Ex ....... 4.5jp.M. 7:l0p.M. 2:95pM.
Baltimore Ex daily lO30p.M. 4:5oA N. 0:45r. N.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO, VIA COLUMBUS.
Depot, kileour and Front. Time, minutes fast
Baltimore cx dairy. 7:i5A.M. 2:58A.M s:ioA.M.
BalJiHlore Tx ...... egdP.M. 4:IeA.M. l0;i5P.bI.
an, MN
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01
Court Cu[FEND0.

Enoch Taylor vs.. VIM. Stoms. Peti-
tion in error to reverse judgment.
Judgment reversed.
DUR VS.. the administrator of Spaeth.
Demurrer sustained.
Tue Board Of Education VS.. E. G. Crof-
ton. Action brought to recover 81 100,
alleged to have been paid under mis-
take. Judgment Tor plaintiff.
Judge Cox rendered judgment for de-
fenGant in the case of the Fidelity III
surance Company vs.. p. O'Hearn.
Mary Dorm, administrative OF Julius
Dorm, VS.. j. +. Mills ct al. Trial In
progress.
The will OF Conrad Hills was admitted
to probate. Herman Marckworth, exec.
utOr. Estate, ~, 250.
Osmond o. Smith was appointed exec.
utor of Lydia q. Smith
j. l.. Hayes was appointed executor
| of Fannie b. Haven. Estate, $9,800.
Jacob Maurer was appointed admins.
traitor of Magdalena Maurer. Person.
atty, $500. :.
The will OF George Becker was admit
ted to probate. Clara Becker, admins
lratrix. Personally, $4,000.
John Ritt was appointed guardian o.
Albert II. Craig.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01
ABOUT POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

The popular vote OF Alabama has
ratified the new Constitution by ma-
jority of $1,000.
The New Hampshire Democrats have
decided to meet in Convention on the
18th of January, for State nominations.
1t seems to be pretty well settled
that the third term spook has been re-
tired from active service in the field, and
gone to meet Forney.
The Indiana Republicans hold their
State Convention February %, for
nomination of State officers. Senator
Morton is supposed to be engineering to
secure the Conventions nomination for
the Presidency.
in Wisconsin the schoolmaster must
be abroad, as In the recent election the
Democratic vote for Lieutenant Governor
in Buffalo county was cast for "Vice
Governor Fortunately for the candi-
date, he had enough votes to eject him
without Buffalo county.
Republican papers are talking con-
siderabIy about Elihu B. Washburne for
nomination to the Presidency. They
might 90 further and find worse man
The tact is, Republican Presidential
timber is neither plentiful nor well sea
soned, some of it rotten.
The Chicago Times expresses the
opinion that John Morrissey should b.
nominated for President, and Genera
schenck for Vice President, In order II
consolidate faro and poker, and thus
barmonize two important national inter
ests. All the Times wants is to be thei
stakeholder.
| --Kirkwood, Goyernor-elect Of Iowa
is likely to be the successful Republican
candidate for the United States Senate
4 When living in Ohio, Governor Kirk
wood was about the hardest Democra
j that could be found outside Of Berk
J county, Pennsylvania. What particu
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01
A2ltlESea1tentS,

THE GRAND OPERA-HoUsE. - "The
French Spy" was repeated last night at
this house, and ran much better than upon
the opening night. Mile. Zoe is beau
tiful and graceful woman, fine dancer
ana pantomimist, and in the use of the
broadsword has probably no superior,
which was apparent ia the grand COM
bat scene last evening. The audience,
but more especially The gallery portion
OF the audience, were wrought up by
this scene, which, as they say, brought
down the house.
The farce of the "Two Buzzards,"
which preceded the play, was good, Mr..
Fiske, especially, being big hit ss
'John Small"
"flowers of the Foresn will be given
tonight.
WOODS THEATER.-The "Two Or
phans" drew u very good audience last
evening at this house. The piece, which
is undoubtedly lhe best representation
OF the t'rwo Orphans" that has ever been
given in this city, ran very much the
same as upon Monday evening, as in
deed there was not much chance for any
Improvement. Messrs. Boniface, Lef-
fingwell and Miss Harris carried off the
nOHOrS VI tu6 eftulES, luOuSu many
others in the cast were exceedingly good,
| making the most OF the parts assigned
them. The "Two Orphans" again this
| evening.
The EATIONAL.--A most excellent
programme was offered at this hpuse last
evening, consisting oil songs, dances and
dialecL comicalities and Harry ClItford's
4 sensational drama OF "Pomp, or Way
Down South" fhe oiio was remarkably
good, the song and dance business oI
Baker and Doyle being about the best
| we have seen since the departure oi
| Primrose and West. }. IL. LArkiu and
| Miss Carrie "A I'm ong were great favor.
ties, apparently, with the audience, and
received many weli-aeseryed eneores
Of the play OF "P0mW we can not say
much, though it was well mounted AM
the characters all we'll sustained. Mr
Clifford, as "Pomp," was genuine
plantation "nig," and no mistake, while
Douglass, as ''Old Pomp', was also yei J
good. especially In make-up. On thu
contrary, the makeup OF Foster. Al
LIZA Jane" was bad. Not 30 The act
ing, however; 1t was above proof, ant
IL "a Jane" carried off her share OF ap
plause. same bill this evening.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01
lar political pill cured him we never

lar political pill cured him we never
knew.
As candidates for Speaker, Cox and
Wood do not seem to be accounted Of
much weight. Woed has become dis
gusted with the ways that are dark and
the tricks that are vain, and has retired
in good order. But Cox holds on. The
ways and the tricks that Wood despises
are congenial to him. But he has no
more chance of election than Banning
has.
Congressman III. B. Payne, OF Cieve-
land, has pronounced the John Sherman
Resumption Act an 'fmpracticable
measure" and thinks its repeal will be
a necessity. He relies, he says, son
Democratic statesmanship to light the
way to constitutional currency" But
he does not intimate which branch of
Democratic craftsmanship is to be the
torch bearer.
-Ex- Governor English, of Connect
cut, has been appointed by the Governor
to the U. s. Senatorship made vacant by
the death of Senator Ferry Of that State.
Mr.. English has twice been member of
Congress and thrice Governor of the
State; and always valuable public
man. He is Democrat in politics, and
when in Congress was particularly init
mate with Mr.. Lincoln. He commenced
life as carpenter, became a master
builder, andAiinally a banker.
| The First Illinois District has Con.
gressman named Caultield,-a name moi
very familiar, we think, to widespread
fame, but who has been Industrious in
his incubation of great schemes in Iegis
lation preparatory to his appearance in
Congress. In the first place, he proposes
to vote for Kerr as Speaker. Immedi
ately thereafter he proposes to introduce
a great number OF measures by Bill; ont
Of which is to limit the Presidency to {
single term; then to fix the Presidenv
salary to $4,000. Also resolution I,
declare no power in Congress to in
crease the currency; and will move tina
the members OF the Cabinet be require,
to appear on the floor OF the House, an,
there be compelled to answer questions
and be allowed to participate in debate
Mr.. Cauifeld will give Congress some
thing to do, and the country somethin
to pay for.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01

The somewhat notorious libel suit
brought by the Hon. j. A. Kasson, men,
Der OF Congress and formerly Third AS
sistant Postmaster General, against the
editors Of the Iowa State Register has
resulted in the management of the
jury. The jury stood seven Tor Kasson
to five for the defendants from beginning
to END Of their deliberations. The de-
tense relied upon the law of privileged
publications in relation to a man In
public life. And upon this the jury
split. They were kept out in deiibera-
tion for forty-eight hours, which in
cluded Thanksgiving Day, and tur-
key and turnips were not on the
bill OF fare in the jury room.
But the saddest thing of all was that
one of the jurymen was engaged to be
married on Thanksgiving Day, and was
obliged to send card Of 'regrets." &c.
Perhaps day by any other name may
prove as sweet.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01

The Board Of County Commissioners
were in session yesterday.
About one hundred bills were ap-
proved. The largest one was for $4,000,
due the Cincinnati Iron Bridge Com
pany on estimate No. 4, for constructing
the new bridge across The Little Miami
river, near Llnwood.
Nineteen contracts for bridges, cul-
yerts and other small works, at bids
ranging from S5OOto 81 90 were awarded,
They awarded to tDe Cincinnati Iron
Bridge Company at It's bid the contract
for constructing an iron bridge across
Crescent avenue, near Spring Grove.
The bridge is 10 be OF the "Whipple
Wrougbt-iron Trapezoidal Truss" pat
tern. q nd the bid at which the oonstruc-
tion was awarded Is S6,8Dl. The con-
tract for the approaches WAS awarded 70
Dracker 81 70. uttwenty oents per cubic
yard.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01

CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE has made his
declinature of u candidacy tor the Pres
idency absolute and unequiyocal. His
last letter on the subject speaks forth
the words Of truth and minded
ness. He deems anything OF the kind
as unsuiled to the position of the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States as being calculated to
bring soil upon the purity of the judi
cial ermne. Sensible TO the last. Chief
Justice Waite is clearly a man OF
weight.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01

not, what cares England for the matter OF
interest on stock or bonds that give her
at once a lawful and absolute control over
This Egyptiaa highway to India and all
the East. IN case of trouble, Alexandra
becomes hers. She Immediately COM
mauds the mouths of the Nile and of the
Red Sea, as she now does the entrance
of the Mediterranean at Gibraltar. The
island OF Malta also is hers. In fact, the
Mediterranean is hers. Her forts and
her navies would dominate the Great
Central Sea of the world, even though
the Gear were at Constantinople.
This boon of paramount ownership OF
the Suez canal was offered by the Khe-
dive to France. But his offer was but
lightly regarded. When England was
known to have become the possessor,
French statesmen saw their error, and
gnashed their teeth with rage at their
own egregious stupidity. But it was
forever too late. The golden opportuni-
ty had escaped them, and recovery had
become impossible.
And with this possessorship in Eng
land the whole phase of the Eastern
question becomes at once modified.
1t is made to assume aspects never
before known, because it is now
presented under new conditions
brought about by the recent
construction OF this ship canal across
the Isthmus of Suez. That has changed
the course of inter-continental commu
nication. And that England has now
secured by the inalienable right of pur'
chase. But. in assuming this posses
sorship, England has assumed weighty
responsibility in this great stake in the
welfare of that ancient land of the Pha
raohs, the cradle and nurse Of human
civilization. 1t may not be that En-
gland desires an acquisition of territory
along the valley of the Nile; but nov
there is no alternative must de
fend that terrlt ory against all HOSTILE
corners, and if need be against tin
world.
And should a final collapse occur II
the Turkish Empire, she stands thu
ready to seize an indemnity from tina
part of the Sultan's dominions of th
, greatest value to herself. The posses
sion of Constantinople is no longer th
sine qua mon to supremacy In the Eas
Another gateway is opened, and tina
, England has now secured. For her t
lose that, would be. tantamount to th
dismemberment of the British Empire
, Now it remainsdor Russia to lead in th
next movement that may be made
. reference to the Eastern question
4 That that question is reopened. is no'
Z made manifest. How it will be closet
s is yet among the uncertainties of
= speedily forthcoming future.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-01

Be sure and call for DR.. Bulps Cough
syrup, if you are troubled with a bad
Cough or Cold. 1t will give you reliet.
For sale by every respectable Druggist.
One bottle 70 cents; five bottles for VI
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14
tion but wW abide by the Golden R as e Would be Done B
WITTICISMS.

|
A Watertown reporter was sacked
by his girl because he did not have
beard enough to tickle her face.
Itwas once said of an inveterate
gossip that, "she even trimmed her
bonner with the feathers of a flying
rumor."
Precocious boy munching the fruit
of the date tree: mamma, if / eat
dates enough will | grow up to be an
almanac 81"
Ever since we heard of that Maine
editor named I. Pot, we have been
filled with anxiety to know if trife
would make him boil over.
| The other evening student was
visiting q young lady, and after a little
while she shivered, remarking that she
ought to have something around her.
The soph with creditable sagacity, put
the sleeve of his coat around her.
Colorado item: Lately mountain
lion made raid on ranchman's house
in Left Hand Canon. He tore the
family dog to pieces. He pulled the
strings out Of the family cat.
He finally succ6mbed, however, to the
family rifle"
Eye-ronical. Waiter Beg pard'n,
sir Languid Swell We-elI, what is
it, James : Waiter Beg pard'n, Pm
sure, sir but d you know sir, is there
a gentleman here with one eye named
Walker? LanguidS Swell Don'tknow,
IN sure. Say, what's the name Of the
other eye?
John Henry says that when your
four-year-old attaches d clothes pin to
the nose Of your one-year-old, and
stands back critically examining the
expression and listening to the
music he has evoked, a parents heart
1ilates with pride at the precocity of
his offspring.
A colored preacher remarked
. When God made de fust man He
'ot him up agin de fence to dry.
who made de fence?" interrupted
IN eager listener. Put that man
,ut (" exclaimed the colored preacher;
such questions as dat'd destroy all
heology in de world.
An honest old gentleman from
ural county, who came down to New
York to spend the Sabbath with friends,
vas asked by one of them what the
'eople up his way thought Of the
3eecher scandal. He replied that he
ever tried it, and didn't know any |
hing about it--that he and all his
eighbors burned kerosene.
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14

CHAMPION LIGHT MOWER I'M OPERATION
successful in particular Thousands
the United
cutting
For Of
hiy, quality of work. chalange the world with this
splendid
admiration of mechanics farmers and
fitting operator
tangled instantly
ground Price, $l15
CHAMPION REAPER
No COMBINED SELF RAKE REAPER and
BRINLEY PLoWs, WILLIAMS PLoWs STEWART & KIRKLAND
PIOWS, GARDEN PLOWS, and GRANGE
COTTON PLANTERS, For Sale.
Machinery Implements,
FURNISHED IT LOWEST RATES -Da
and tell us what you your will
Nsatsfacton ap93m
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-31
A 10000 Pound Lead Boulder.

The Greenfield (Mo.) Gazette says
"On Saturday last Joseph and William
Burnett, Jr., who were engaged in TAX
ing up zinc for the Dade Company,
struck, at distance of only four feet
from the surface, a chunk of lead which
has not yet been taken Up, but has been
uncovered sufficiently to show that it is
six feet in width, about two feet in
thickness, and, so far, about nine feet
in length. Parties who have examined
it estimate its weight at from q, 900 to
$4,000 pounds. The discovery of this
mammoth mass of mineral was the oc-
casion for intense excitement among the
miners in that vicinity. Some sixty or
seventy have applied for lots on which
to prospect for lead, and quite num-
berhave already commenced prospecting
without the formality of a lease or of
any writing whatsoever It is reported
that the zinc mines at Engleman's Mills
are almost deserted, every miner being
anxious to make an early trial of his
luck in digging for lead. There are a
number of experienced Joplin miners
present, all of which unite in the opin-
ion that the prospect for lead in i'm
mense quantities is excellent. The
company has determined to survey fifty
five acres more of this tract into lots.
These lots are 96x98 feet, and it is pro-
posed for the present to let each alter
nate lot to miners. A large number OF
prospectors. will therefore soon be at
work, and there is good reason for be-
lieving that the miners of Dade county
will soon be exporting lead in nearly as
large quantities as zinc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-31
Ducks.

"Speaking OF shooting ducks says
DR.. F., ''puts me in mind of great
storm that occurred when I lived on the
island. AS you are all aware, our island
was near by Casco Bay. An awful
storm arose, and was SO fierce that it
drove all the ducks in the Bay into a
pond, covering about an acre, near my
house. In fact SO many ducks crowded
into that pond that I could not see a
drop of water. ''Sho," says Smith,
''did you shute any Of emp ''That's
what was coming at. / went into the
house and got my double barreled shot
gun, and discharged both barrels in the
midst of them, but to my astonishment,
they rose in the air leaving not solitary
duck in the pond!' ''Good gracious! ye
don't say" says Smith, "didn't ye hav
any shot in yer gun, or what in thnn-
der was the troubled" "Well, I was
coming to that" said DR.. F., sit aston
ished me at first; but as soon as the
ducks rose, few hundred yards in the
air, and commenced to separate little,
believe it or not, [ picked UP twenty
nine barrels of ducks, and it was poor
season for ducks, too. You see, the
ducks were wedged in SO solid i'll the
pond that when they rose they carried
the dead ones into the air with them,
and when they separated, down came
the twenty-nine barrels of dead ones"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-31
A Striking Sun-Dial.

A sun-dial that strikes the hours has
been invented by Able Allegret. It is
simply a modification of what is termed
the solar counter, for registering the
times which the sun shines or is OBJ
scured. To effect this there are two
balls, one black and the other yellow, fix
ed at opposite ends of lever sustained
by center pivot. When the sun
shines the black ball absorbs more heat
than the yellow one, and the vapor Of
of a liquid contained in the former is
elevated to a higher temperature than in
the latter AS result the vapor
leaves the one ball, and being condens-
ed in the other, this becomes the heavi-
er, overbalances the equilibrium, andi in
doing so sets free weight, giving mo-
ton to the requisite clock work. In the
snn-dial referred to pair Of these balls
is fixed at every hour mark. When the
shadow of the gnomon reaches any par
ticular hour-mark one of the balls is
shaded, preponderance of liquid en-
tiers the ball, the lever tits, the mech
anism is set going, and a gong sounded
as many times as the number of the
hour to be indicated. Of course the
sun must shine at the time of the hour
marks being passed by the shadow, OF
the time will not be struck.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-31
The Confederate Treasures.

A writer in the Atlanta Constitution
tells cur lous story concerning the fate
of the money in the hands of Davis
and the high officials of the Confederacy
after they left Richmond. The fugitives
halted III Georgia, near the Savannah
River, and it was resolved to make an
equal division of the amount in the
treasury, something over 100000 in
gold and silver, which gave to each officer
and man $28.2 But there had also
been carried off from Richmond S4OO, 900
of funds belonging to the Virginia
Bank, and this was an immense tempta-
ton to the defeated and de perate sol
diers. 1t was in charge of some bank
officials, and was stored for few days
at Washington, Wilkes county, in
Georgia. After the country had become
somewhat quiet, the officials started to
return North with the money. Some of
the ex-COnfederates who were idling
around the neighborhood heard of the
wealth and laid their plans to capture
it. About a dozen of them, dressed in
Federal uniforms, rode up to the small
guard accompanying the treasure, and
demanded it's surrender in the name OF
the United States Government, claim
ing to be acting under orders from
General Stoneman. It was handed
over to them and they made off with it.
| But one of the party was tempted to
display some of the money in a town
near by, and as the fact of the robbery
had become known, the possessor OF
such rare thing as gold or silver at
that time was Immediately suspected of
being in the transaction. When arrest
ed, he confessed and disclosed the
names Of the whole party. The greater
part of the money was recovered, but
two Or three of the men could never be
found, and were supposed to have got
ten off successfully with their share of
the plumber.