The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-02-22


IN the Prosecution of this great work, which
Is OF equal importance with the Suez Canal.
IN the long run the most comfort
able people are the most moral. Those who
live ngood houses and are well fed are they
who most obey the decalogue Ithas been mo-
ticed in New York, as well as in London,
Petkin, and other large cities, that over
crowding produces moral degeneracy. Ten
years ago Glasgow, Scotland, suddenly awoke
to the fact that the criminals in densely pop-
alated districts were peculiarly reckless and
ierociOus; whereupon the city authorities
ordered the destruction of those neighbor-
hoods and a redistribution of population.
In five years four thousand rookeries were
condemned and removed, and during the
next three years the crimes fell off from TO-
S99 to 1863, those who removed to comfort
able houses giving up their vicious habits.
There seems to be as much science in the
history Of crime as in the perturbation of the
stars.
A raspy Cincinnati woman thus
speaks her mind, after ride on the railroad :
eve have seen the married man, after seat
ing his wife, leave her and go into the slnok-
ing car, which is prima .tdcic evidence that
AAAc AVFO tOUdGCO pfetlOllulatJcS over the
entertainment afforded by his travelling COM
panion. We have also observed married
man comfortably seat himself alongside an
other masculine, while his wife, Tor the want
of seat was left tolean on the arm Of the
chair. We have noticed married men, when
accompanied by their wives on the train,
occupy their time by reading, or looking
vacantly out of the window, instead Of con.
yersing with their wives !; while at other
times, and in company with other ladies',
their merry laugh and repartee could be
heard oyer the shrin whistle Of the locomo-
tive."f 5 a
The difficulty between England and
China, which seriously threatened at one
time to lead to war, has been adjusted. The
Chinese government, yielding to the demands
OF the British ambassador, consents to send i
political mission to England, charged with
the delivery of letter to Queen Victoria
containing a public and full apology for the
past;aa commission Of inquiry is to be dis
patched from Pekin to INQUIRE into the cir
cumstances of Mr.. Margarys murder: this
commission is to be composed Of high rank
mandarins a line Of communication between
Hind0Ostan, Birmah and China is to be OPEN
ed; and foreigners and the foreign trade in
China are to be treated henceforth in a lust
and liberal, spirit. These are very large con-
cessionss and denote the conviction on the
part OF the Chinese government that "out-
side barbarians" can no longer be treated
with contumely and injustice.
The recent attempt Of the Turkish
government to extricate itself from financial
embarrassment by an act OF Reputation has
stirred up the creditors to such an extent
that if the Porte holds to the plan of sun
pressing half the interest on the debt of one
thousand millions and giving the bondhold-
ers bonds at five per cent. at par, in lieu
thereof, it is very likely that the governments
who have been furnishing the Sultan money
for his harems and summer palaces will
come to the conclusion that it does not nav
to uphold o rotten, Asiastic government in
Europe. Turkish five per cents. are now
down to %, and holders Of those securities
who take ~ per cent. in each and az in
bonds will naturally suffer very materially
It will be hard for Turkey to obtain a new
loan. -
The Temecula Indians are all right
now. Commissioner Smith has authorized
the expenditure Of $500 to relieve them.
This is about seventeen cents and fraction
apiece. It is to be hoped that they won't
spend the money in reckless extrayarance
and riotous debauchery.,