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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10

"To-night!" cried Martha, aghast
Eyes, tonight. Why shouldn't t
hep" That was just what the little
serving damsel could not answer.
81 must go away this very evening y
she thought to herself as she polished
away at the claw-footed old mahogany
table. because if he should come
and and find me here-Oh, good gra-
cious!,
She dropped her duster in dismay,
for there stood Ralph Penrhyn before
her, with all his six feet of altitude, his
brown eyes twinkling mischievously be-
meath their long lashes.
''Patty !" he cried, sis this the story
OF Cinderella and the Little Glass Slip
perp"
mo-" she answered, coloring like a
whole garden. sits the story of a
naughty little girl who would not be
satisfied without finding out whether
ssWhether Ralph Penrhyn really low
ed her or not" he finished the hesitat-
ing sentence. "Wel, what do you
thinkp
The question was, what Aunt Rachel
thought some ten minutes later, when
she came in and found her nephew and
Martha the housemaid whispering be-
hind the muslin curtains. / know
what | should have thought-that a
wedding was very imminent.
So it was; and Aunt Rachel eonsoled
herself that, after all, 80. 900 was a
snug little fortune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10

In an English Sunday-school, the Vi
cars daughter, who was very proud of
her Bible class, on inquiring Of one Of
her pupils how Queen Sheba came to
Solomon, received the reply, by rail-
way, Miss" On asking for an expla-
nation she received the answer: ssBe-
cause, Miss, the Bible says she came to
Jerusalem with very heavy train.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10
PATTY'S PLOT.

s'Loves me better than the whole
world, does hep' said Patty Peronel !,
snaking her brown, tendrilly rings Of
hair over q faded rosebud and knot of
crumpled ribbon. ssOh, I dare say !;
but you see, gravely addressing space,
tive heard that sort of thing before.
Love must be an awful epidemic nova
days. And all the worlds q lottery and
I, for one, don't want to draw blank.
o dear, dear! how / wish / could readi-
" see into mans heart! How I wish
I had any means Of ascertaining wheth-
er Ralph Penrhyn really cares for me or
whether he has heard Of Uncle Hutch
inson's $10, 600! O, dear me!n and
Patty sighed deep enough to stir all the
red cinnamon roses that were noddinR
turbaned crests at the easement.
And then she jumped up and went
about her business.
Which chanced to be girl-hunting just
then; for Mrs. Maurice Peronel, Patty's
cousin, was chronically in the suds, SO
to speak, On the domestic service ques-
ton, and Patty knew the inside OF every
Intelligence Office in town.
s'It's cook this time, is it, BessieP''
said she.
"A cool, - said Bessie. 20, Patty /,
Patty, don't get married and 60 to
housekeeping. It takes all the romance
out of one.
81 don't know but what you ore
right" Patty assented, refectively
And away she went to the Intelligence
Office.
It was crowded, on this hot July day
with the miscellaneous assemblage Of
foreign femininity who are always seek
ing situations and, like the lover in the
Mistletoe Bough, - ssfind them not. y
Patty looked around obviously. She
was something Of q physiognomist, and
she did not exactly ike the looks Of the
raw material wherewith she was sur
rounded.
81 had better bide my time . little, y
she thought, and down she nestled into
. corner Of prodigious sofa, to wait
with what patience she might.
As she seated herself the shrill, pip
ing voice Of an old lady beyond made
silence vocal.
ssYou won't do for me-" she said
"No followers-that's my rule. My
kitchen amt place for all the loafing
tellers in town to smoke in. Ask every
body in Darlingville, If you want to
know what kind Of . housekeeper Ra-
chel Penrhyn is. Every body in Oar
inville knows me. No followers, no
ribbons, no hoop skirts"
II guess, thin, ma'am, ye won't do
for NE, " said the Milesian damsel, with
an indignant toss Of her jockey hated
head; 81 don't 60 nowheres 1 can't
have me young man come and see me
cf Saturday night. !"
Patty Peronel listened with mischiev.
ously sparkling eyes and cherry cheeks
lhis, then, was the eccentric Aunt Ra,
cnel, OF whom Ralph had often told
her-the grim old spinster who 'kep'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10
MIDSUMMER.

Tumultuous beating of my heart
Be still and let mine eyes behold
These Summer glories, that no art,
However bold,
Can paint in tints that would not be toe cold.
As on the tangled ferns stand.
With the eternal skies outspread,
And the calm beauty Of the land,
And hills o'erhead,
Earth softly seems to say, Be comforted.
In undulating fields see
The waving corn, the clover blown,
Promise Of fruit on every tree;
The valleys mown,
And hope Of earth's increase, in good seed
sown.
Summer sita smiling, with trace
So dazzling, that hesitate
Yet long te meet her, face to face,
Knowing how great
Her power to still emotion, or create.
The dreamy days, half peace, half pain,
With evenings shade, and MORNINGS heat,
Bring something Of my youth gain,
And the stirred pulses knew NO aching beat.
The pale wild roses grew up high
From the green wayside covered with brake;
And butterflies half drowsily
Their gold wings shake,
A. loath this Summer picture to forsake.
VII.
And grander still, when Nature stops
For one hushed moment, as to know
When the great sun in glory drops,
With overflow
Bathing the whole world In rapturous glow.
vIu.
O sweet midsummerl when I close
Ny eyes forever, / may wake,
To picture broader In repose,
Needing to make
But blinsful step, Gods outstretched hand to
When the broad fields OF heaven shall lie
In fairer beauty than our own,
No pain shall break life's harmony,
No jarring tone;
Roses most sweet, but never 0ver-blown.
-B0ston Adusstjser.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10

A MIDDLE-AGED woman fell as she
was descending pair Of stairs on JET
ferson Avenue yesterday, and the first
man to help her reach her feet was .
banker who happened to be passing.
did you fall, madam9'' he inquired as
he seized her arm. ssFall! OF course
I fell, you fool, youi You don't sup
pose I'd sit down here TO rest, do your"
she snapped. He didn't say Detroit
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-10
Treading Out the Corn.

In ancient times threshlng was a
primitive process. A circular plot Of
ground was beaten hard and firm, in
closed by slight barricade, the grain
in sheaves thrown on the earth, horses
or oxen led in and driven round and
round for hours, until the grain and
straw were trodden into an almost in
distinguishable mass. Then, by pro-
cess Of tossing and blowing or tanning
the chaff is separated from the grain,
the latter being afterwards washed to
free it from the dirt, which could not
fail to adhere to it. It was a great i'm
provement, and he was a grand invent
or who introduced the fail. Some of
the unpleasant circumstances which at
tended the use of animals were then
avoided. The farmers threshed their
grain on a plank floor, instead of the
bare ground the grain was not so much
injured as before; more of it was saved !;
the straw was more useful after thresh-
ing was done, and general advance
was considered to be made. The East
ern countries, unchanged through all
the rolling ages, still adhere to the
horse or OK threshing, and many ma
tions still use the fail.
Among the queerest anomalies, how
ever, to be found in this country is the
recorded fact that in district in Mas
sachusetts the farmers reject the use of
machinery for threshing out their
wheat, rye and oats, and keep pound
ing away with their ffty-year-old fails
as industriously as did their grand
fathers. The world has gone on; Mas
sachusetts has become the great inven-
tive State, has sent out vast quantities
of machinery to every part OF this
and foreign lands; but the farm
er of that State does not appear
to have moved peg. Sill he is failing.
There are very few places anywhere else
in this country where the fail is used.
The Department of Agriculture says
that few Marylanders thresh in this
manner, and there may be isolated
cases over the country where small
farmers raise but few bushels and do
their own threshing, but machinery is
almost universally in use. Horse and
steam threshers now do the work hui
man muscle formerly performed, and
where bushel was formerly laborious-
ly gathered up from the plank floor or
the bare ground, a hundred now pour
from the iron throat of the machine.
In Maine and most of the Middle
States horse machines are used which
turn out from one to three hundred
bushels per day. The thresher furnish
es portion of the horses and part OF
the gang, the farmer provides the re-
mainder and pays for the work, either
in money or toll ON the grain. The
cost Of threshing is least when the most
perfect machinery is employed. In
California steam threshers are used ,
and the cost is little over five cents
in South Carolina steam machinery is
almost unknown, and the threshing
costs about twenty cents per bushel.
The Western States Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebras-
ka and Iowa--use steam threshers to a
very considerable extent, and the cost
is comparatively small. Many farmers
in these States own steam machines,
and do not only their own work, but
that of large circle Of their neighbors
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17
Gov. Tilden'S $ Letter.

ALBANY, July 3l, 1876.
 GENTLEMEN " hen 1 had the honor to receive the personal de- livery of your letter on behalf of the Democratic National Conven- tion held on the 2Sth of June, at St. Louis, advising me of my nom ination as the candidate of the constituency represented by that body, for the office of President of the United States, l answered that at my earliest convenience, and ill conformity with usage, 1 would prepare and transmit to you 2 formal acceptance. now avail myself of the first interval in unavoidable occupations to fulfill that engagement,
 NEEDED REFORM.
 The convention before making it's nominations adopted a declar- ation of principles, which on the whole, seems to me to be q wise presentation of the necessities of our country, and of the reforms needed to bring back the Govern ment to its true functions, to re store purity of administration, and to renew the prosperity of the people. But some of these re forms are SO urgent that they claim more than passing approv. al. The necessity of reform in the scale of public expenses, Fed. eraI, State and municipal, and in the moues of Fedora! taxation, justilies all the prominence gwen to it in the declaration of the St. Louis Convention. The present depression in all the business and industries of the people, which is deprIving 'abor of its employment and carrying want into so many homes, has it's principal cause in excessive governmental consump- tion; consumption under illusions Iof suspicious prosperity epgen- aesed by the false policies of the Federal Government. 4 Waste of capital has been going ou eyer sWCc tlt pcpcc 1f lS65 Wbteh
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17
RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. THURSDAY, AUGUST IT, 1876.
THE ACCEPTANCE.

The rendered positions offered Samuel J. fildcn and Thos. A. 1 Hendricks, have been formally ac- cepted by these gentlemen, and we to day give their letters of ac- ccptance to our readers. Altho' the two letters together take up much of our space, we consider there is no apology due, for pub lie documents of as great weight as these should bercad by every voter. The letter of Mir. Tildeb; although lengthy, is full of sound, terse facts and logical reasoning which renders it fresh and un- wearying. We have only tc scan the outset of MT. Tildcn's letter to see that he is fully in sympa- thy with, and alive to, the spirit of reform and retrenchment so strongly advocated in the St. Loms platform, and his letter is so clear and definite on these points that new strength and pith is added to the principles of the platform. No one can read MT. Tilden's letter without being for cibly struck with the plain, prac- tibility of the man, and thous ands who have thus far halted will now readily acknowledge that of all men, Samuel J. Tilden is THE man for the present cmcrgen- cy. As the New York Sun says, MT. Tilden's letter is the strong est, clcarest, ablest, most states manlike, most suggestive and most satisfactory political docu- ment which las been laid before the public within a long period of time"
 The letter of Mr. Hendrick' s is no less satisfactory than that of his associate on the Presidential ticket. His letter leaves no ground for doubting that himsclfa and Mir. Tilden arc thoroughly in co-ope- ration in all the great measures which are now enlisting public attentisn. The position of MT. Tildcn is fortified and sustained by Mr. Hendricks letter and the country may well rejoice in hay ing a man of Mir. Hendricks head and heart combined on a ticket with Samuel J. Tilden. The ticket backed by the St. Louis platform and the two letters ofac- ccptance is a pillar of strength, and will remain firm, sure and safe against all opposition.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

The Democrats of Perry Co.,, had a split in their convention on the 6th inst, which resulted in the putting out of two seperate county tickets
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

The Radical convention No. } tendcrcd A. w. Bishop, nomi- nee for Governor by Radical con veption No. l, q place on the cleo. toral ticket. He didn't accept.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17
For Coroner: C. N. BENNEFIELD.

KEEP TT BEFORE TIE PE0PLE. ''It ig ny pyQfoqad coaojotio9s that ths 'corst tsD,no,g,tt 1rbose no5aindti0A Gt .S. Louis is ,.po.-iBle, is saflg toy Me copatry hdn the "d,sf RepHJIiodn 'odoss nomiadf3on ts iosN'- "b}, a4 C;aciaBatj. The ia,Pcrutice, tho Sot- ',,a,, need of tdo country is chdngS (" he "rafj0aaG administration. .'-Hoa' r. ". lGirl. a NasSacbUSetts RepH6iicaa.
 Let every Democrat in the United states con,mit inc above lines tomomory and act upon thom. IL is the only salvation for the Country.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

The anti-new dealers have spoken out on the dog question, and declared themselves opposed to the dog law.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

Eighty thousand young shad from tic United States Fish Com mission, have been dumped into White river at Newport.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17
Democratic Conservative Ticket.
FOR rREsIpESrIAL ELECTORS

FOR PRESIDESTIAL ELECTORS:
 Stafs ot Large, JAMES n. WALKER, of Washington. MARCUS l.. BELL, of Jefferson.
 First DiS'rict, POINDEXTER DUNN, of St. Franc
 Second District, DANIEL W. JONES. Of Hampstead.
 Third District, BENTON J. BROWN; of Crawford
 fo"rft D'A4fict, $. II. WITITrHORE, of Conway.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

State Electlon-Sert. 1, 1876.
 For GorerRor: WILLIAM R. MILLER, of Independence. For SecPetdrB or .S'dte: BENTON B. BEAVERS, of saline,
 For Auditor of State, JOHN CRAWFORD, of Howard.
 For 7Fedsures ot .Sfdtt: THOMAS J. CuU RCiiILL. of Pulaski.
 For Atto,wcy- GcacrGl: WILLIAM F. HENDERSON, of Randolph. Fur Conlaissioner of State Lrn9s: JAMES '. SMIruEE, of Pulaski. 10, Superintendent of Public IastyWotioR, GEORGE W. HILL, of Calhoun. F0i. Jsdgc of Pafashi Cidnceyg Court: JoilN E. EAKlN, oE licmpstead. For Cierk ftGo Pai,ski Chanceyy G7wr'' 5OHN ATTAIN GALLOWAY, of Ouachita,
 
 Enr proSnrptiuo AttolnCV of tbp 5t h
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

What has become of the Rus
 scliyille DEMOCRAT? We have not received it for two weeks Come to time, Bro. Battenfcld, we miss you,-Forrest City Times
 We mall the DEMOCRAT regu' lariy, ahd ifyou do not get it, Bro. Morris, it is the fault of the mail.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

We sec from the Gazette that after the Republican convention adjourned, few of the delegates met and nominated John A. Will Hams, Of Jefferson, for Congress from the 2d district, and Samuel Murphy, of Boone, from the 4th.
 In so much as we are in tho 4th, we would like to ask, who in the
 is sam Murphy? If he is not rowcd up salt river according to Gunlcr, then you may put ne down a, no prophet.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

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The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-17

For CIe,'k oftEo Pai,ski ChaWceyy G7~yt' 5OHN ATTAIN GALLON of Ouachita.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-30
Gong Out of its Way.

Senator JONES Los Angeles paper
affects to regard the Senate's refusal
to accept the Assembly amendment to
the O'CoNNoR, Railroad Commissions
er's bill as manifestation of the deter
mination of the Central and Southern
Railway Corporations, not to recognize
the right of the State to interfere with
the management and control of their
roads. 1t very probable that the San
ia Monica organ has been instructed to
attack and detract these railroad COM
panies on any reasonable or unreason-
able preteXt, but in holding them re-
sponsible for the acts of the Senate,
we fear it has permitted its zeal to
outrun it's judgment and place itself
in position of antagonism with at
least twenty-five of of the forty Sena-
tors. But aside from this view of the
matter the charge is false as any one
will see who reads the synopsis of the
OCoNNoR bill printed in the HERALD
of Tuesday morning. That bill
specifically and distinctly claims
the right of the State to exer-
else authority over the railroads
within its borders. 1t not only
claims the right but it provides for
the appointment of commissioners
who shall as servants of the people
exercise this right. Yet we have the
assurance of the owners and manag-
ers of the Central Pacific, the Southern
Pacific and the North Pacific Rail-
roads that they offer no objections to
the passage of the O'CoNNER or any.
other bill that proposes to deal fairly
and equitably between the people and
the railroads. The refusal of the Sell
ate to accede to the demand of the
Assembly was probably intended as
rebuke to the fanatics and extremists
of the Lower House. That the rebuke
was felt and bore good fruit in evident
in the fact that at the last test vote
between the distructionists and the
sensible, practical members the once
large majority of the first named class
dwindled to one lone vote.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-30
Woman's Work.

Mrs. B. G.. WHITING of this city
has favored the HERALD with copy
of circular issued by the Woman's
Centennial Executive Committee,
Philadelphia, which calls for informa-
tion relative to the various forms of
religion, philanthropic and patriotic
work, organized or conducted by wo-
men in America or in Foreign coun-
tries. The object sought to be attained
by the collection of this information
is to illustrate and demonstrate the
fact that large proportion of the
charities of the world are now con-
Quoted by women. The information
desired embraces homes of all sorts
mission work in its broadest sense,
both at home and abroad-industria
schools and sisterhoods, temperance
organizations and every other or
gasized form of benevolence. The
committee request the cooperation
of persons or associations in charge of
any of the following named benevo-
lent institutions: Homes for Aged
and Infirm, Widows and Single Wo-
men, Children, Orphans, Blind, Deaf
and Dumb, Church Homes, Boarding
Homes for Young Women, Magdalene
Homes and Hospitals, Soldiers Or
phans' Homes, Nurseries for Children,
Lying-in Hospitals, Founding Hos
pitfalls, Childrens' Hospitals, Womens'
Foreign Missions in the various relig-
| ious bodies, Womens' Home Missions,
Female Bible Societies and Bible
Readers, Female Tract Societies, Sun
day Schools and Bible Glasses, He
brew Benevolent Associations, He
brew Hospitals, Hebrew Homes, Sis
terhoods, Nurses Training Schools,
Industrial organizations, Ladies' De-
positories, Sewing Schools, Wo-
mems Societies for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Animals.
All information should be addressed
to Mrs. AUBREY Fl. SMITH, office of
the Centennial Commission, 903 Wal
nut st.eet, Philadelphia. 1t is impor-
tant that these reports should reach
the Committee at as early a date as
possible. They therefore recommend
that every charitable association OF
the class here indicated shall, at their
next meeting, take measures to have
this work done and forwarded imme.
diately. The Women's Executive
Committee hope by this to draw into
fellowship many of the foremost wo.
men of our country to take part in the
Women's Department, that in theil
meeting and working together, to eel
ebrate the hundreth birthday of oul
beloved country, they may gain new
strength and love to continue women's
best work.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-30
Favorable Notice.
From the Los Angeles Republican

From the Los Angeles Republican,
The Herald of this city commenced
its sixth volume this morning, and
the self congratulaton of the editor is
perhaps pardonable. AS an outspo-
ken Democratic paper the Herald
gives forth no uncertain sound, being
in marked contrast with the good
lord, good devil papers of this section.
On railroad matters we can not agree
with the Herald, but must cordially
endorse such efforts as the last two
annual pamphlets, which have done
so much to make the prosperity of
this section. AS Democratic paper
the Herald is a success and as an ad-
vertising medium for Southern Cali
fornia it has done great good. We
hope its sixth volume may endas aus
piciously as it has begun.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-30

AND robson too. The committee
have discovered that the Secretary of
the Navy drew black walnut, cherry
and other valuable lumber from the
Navy yard with which to build his
Washington residence. He also paid
for the frescoing and painting of his
house out of the government funds
and forgot to charge himself with the
amount. Already twelve thousand
dollars worth of work and lumber has
been discovered. Still RoBEsoN has
always been counted among the faith
ful. A. A. COHEN forced MEIGs &
GAwLEY to give him lumber to build
a mansion, but this member of the
cabinet and shining light of the Re-
publican party, out CoHEN's COHEN.
He st eals the lumber from the Navy
yard and pays for the building and
ornamenting of his house out of the
Government Treasury.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-30
Bills Approved.

The following bills pertaining to Los
Angeles and San Bernardino counties
have received the approval of the
Governor.
Enabling the Trustees of Spring
School District, Los Angeles county,
to levy taxes for school purposes.
For the better protection of the
county treasures of Los Angeles, Sut-
ter and Butte.
Authorizing the issuance of bonds
for construction of sewer in Los Ange-
les.
Concerning the salary of District
Attorney of San Bernardino county.
Authorizing Supervisors of San Ber-
nardino to levy tax for the erection
of Court House.