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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31
Humors OF an Eccentric AEnsll.h...

Leavenworth City is pestered with !.
eccentric Englishman. His na,s. = =
Henry Arnold Green, but he il het...
known about town as the s.wild Enol;ss
man." Exactly where he came from ~ !.
body knows; why he struck Lesvss {
worth and stuck nobody has incu;rsS.
and what his eccentricities are pract;ss3
upon the town for nobody can imao;rs
A few hangers-on found out lthaf n.
wild Englishman received. . l.res
amount Of money quarterly from sons
unknown source, and they thought \.
must be rich and worth cultiyatinc a. -
good-fellowship. The wild EnyIiH
man does not seem to be vicious. IA i.
has caused some unfortunate accident.
to happen to other people. IA 81.
practical joker full'of English 'halho,
but some of his jokes have turned az
seriously. He. went down to .Kanss.
City one day on self Notification. and
in a jocose way shot man. He la
to pay the man a large snmsto put In
in as good running condition q ha -
before the accidental shot, but v II N
with a shortimprisonment and ia Arm
mentioned money consideration. Henert
came into prominent public notiee hv
indiscriminate pistol practice in ! houss
of no doubtful character, where soma
of his friends lived. Then the sPolics
Department took hold of him, and n
paid some heavy fines, like man. IA
displays an insane disposition to do aIl
sorts Of extraordinary and s0utlandiah
things, and is perfectly willing 10 psy
Whatever they cost. Henry GreenS
last exploit was his queerest vet. ia
went to an undertaken and told him Ia
wanted to sober up, after two-daya'
spree. He knew Of no better way than
to teach himself solemn lesson a
mortality. He hired a hearse, and !
coffin that would, fit him, and driver
and a carriage for some picked.up
mourners. He paid for these accom-.
modations, put the coffin in the hearse,
piled in the mourners and crawled into
the open coffin and gave the driver d.
rections for the line of march. The
procession started one evening Just Il
the time when people most ike to
promenade. The funeral train
was obliged to stop for
a large crowd Of people who wers
going to a festival. They remarked
upon the strange occurrence Of . funer.
al SO late in the evening. The English
man saw a splendid opportunity TO
make a sensation, rolled over his conn
and thrust his boot heel through one Of
the oval glass, sides of the hearse, at tho
same time calling loudly to the driver
| to explain why this funeral had been
thus rudely stopped on the highway.
The crash of the glass, the appearance
of a corpse breaking, out Of its coffin,
and the vocal communication OF Death
with the driver caused wild stampeds
of the festival patrons, many Of Ehom
ran home spreading alarm . thay
went. Then Henry Arnold Green, sit.
ting bolt upright in the hearse, enjoy.
| ed the terror he had created and order.
! ed the driver to return to the place
whence he came, and at rafting pacs,
toe. The wild Englishman paid BIZ
bill, regarded the exploit rs one Of the
best jokes of his life, and was cOmplsts
ly sobered up ready to utilize the nex
gay and airy within that might sei1l
him.-St. Louis Republicans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31

A LoNDeN printing -ink manufacturer
has printed his advertisements for the
Centennial Exhibition in "a different
languages on sheet 10 by "a inches.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31

The letter s.O''. is called the most
charitable of all the alphabet, because
it is found oftener than any other in
s'doing good"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31

IT has been decided by the Massa-
chusetts Supreme Court that Jew can
work ON Sunday, but he can't amuse
himself on that day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31

A PELICAN five feet high, with wings
measuring eight feet from tip to tip,
was lately captured in Minnesota.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-08-31

ABSENCE OF CASTE,
and the instructive Difference and re-
spect paid to every degree of rank.
There is no such thing in Turkey as the
separation of classes, each living shut
up by itself, suspicious of each other,
like antagonistic and hostile forces
there is no such thing, therefore, as
class divisions, class hatreds, class in
terests, and the revolutionary passions
they engender. Consider for mo-
ment, when you talk so glibly of driy-
ing the barbarians out of Europe, of
the strength which such fact as this
gives to a Nation. / am inclined to
think, deliberately, that the only Ma
tion-in. the proper sense of the term
in Europe is the Ottoman. Now, what
renders this intermixture of all classes
in Turkey possible, and the absence of
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
"LOst a Dip"

There are truths which, for their i'm.
portance and fruitfulness, are called
"seed truths" The following incident
is one of this class, and if buried in the
head of some boy or girl, will bring
forth q harvest:
II am sorry you were not at recitation
yesterday" said college professor to
one of his students, as the young man
rose to recite. You lost dip by your
absence"
"Lost dip, sir9 l don't understand
you" said the student.
"Did you ever see tallow candles
made by dipping9" asked the professor.
"The cotton wicking for the candles
is strung on rods, dozen pieces on y
rod. One by one the rods are held over
a vessel of heated tallow, and the wicks
are dipped into the melted grease. Then
the rods are set aside for the tallow to
cool on the wicks. When all have been
once dipped, the process is commenced
anew. At each successive dipping, the
candles are little larger than before,
and so they grow to completion. We
are doing similar work in this class, day
by day. Yesterday the others of this
class were dipped again, and I trust their
minds took on something mere of our
subject of study, and are the larger in
consequence. You lost one dip by your
absence, and I fear you will not easily
overtake your classmates who were here.
If you want your mind 10 grow, you
must be careful not to lose single dip
that would expand it"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
How Dynamite Is Carried.

An exchange says: On m incoming
train on Western railroad, some pas
sengers wero together in the palace car
and discussing the Bremerhaven explo-
sion, whence they naturally digressed
to the carriage of explosives. One man
contended that it was impossible to pre-
vent or detect this-if people were not
allowed to ship nitro-glycerine or dy-
Mantle legitimately, they'd smuggle it
through their baggage. This assertion
was contradicted emphatically, and the
passenger was laughed at, flouted, and
ignominiously put to scorn. Rising up
in his wrath he drew capacious leather
valise from under the seat, and slapping
it emphatically on the cover, said:
"Oh, you think they don't, eh2 You're
playing me for a sucker, are you?
Don't carry explosives in cars? What's
this ?" and he gave the valisea resound-
ing thump. "Thar's two hundred good
dynamite cartridges in that ar valise;
sixty pounds CT deadly material; enough
to blow this yere train and the whole
township from Cook county to Chin
borazo. Thar's dynamite enough" he
continued, but he was without an audi
tor, for the pass ngers had fed inconti-
nently, and he could have sat down on
twenty two seats if he had wanted to.
And the respectful way in which the
baggagemen on the outgoing trains in
the evening handled the trunks and
valises was pleasant and ususual for to
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
Mr.. and Mrs. Young.

The registering on the books at a
Washington hotel of plain Mr.. and Mrs.
Young would never excite very much
comment, but when other guests found
out that Mr.. Young was q son OF the
prophet, Brigham, and that Mrs. Young
was wife No. 3, why! that put a new
face upon the matter, and people felt
much more interest in the lady than in
the gentleman. About thirty, slender,
graceful and ladylike, faulclessly dress
ed and wearing a charming set of fea-
lures, it was difficult to imagine her
sharing her husband with anybody else.
She is Philadelphia, respectfully con-
nected and we'll educated. Journeying
across the Plains seven years ago, she
met her "John," third son of Brigham.
It was an unmistakable case of affinity,
both were desperately in love, but John
had already two Mormon helpmeets.
In her creed they were no wives at all,
and she wanted John; SO, reaching
Utah, the conditions were made. If
John would put away the incompatibles,
she would he Mrs. Young. John made
provision for the females aforesaid ;
Miss - espoused the Mormon faith
and John at the same time, but coming
East again she was remarked in ortho-
dox fashion in Gentle church. John
is perfectly devoted to her, and she is
extremely happy.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
Braxn at the Exhibition.

The arrival Of the Emperor Dom Pc.
dro, OF Brazil, attracts general attention
to the Brazilian section Of the interna-
tional exhibition. Brazil has been as
signed q floor space containing 6,879
square feet in the northeastern section
Of the main building, extending from
the central nave to the north wall, be-
tween Belgium and the Netherlands,
larger space than that occupied more
extensive countries. No less than $780,.
600 has been expended by the Brazilian
government in handsome wooden en-
closure with snowy facade on the prin-
cipal front. II contains all the exhibits
from that country and compares favor.
ably with the enclosures OF neighboring
nations. The Brazilian coat OF arms Is
represented on either side OF the main
entrance and near the top in the glass
tiles, and the tiles will also be used In
placing the names of the various Bra
1ilian provinces on the frieze running
around the structure. Near the top OF
the facade is the word +" Brazil, also, in
colored tiles. The colors chiefly used
in the ornamentation are green and vel.
low (the national colors OF BraziD, red
and blue. The extreme height of the
structure is about forty feet. Within
the enclosure is a series Of very hand
some plateglass showcases in ivory and
gold, lined with maroon or some other
dark color. Near the entrance is very
large showcase placed on square space
paved " .th marble. This case contains
artificial flowers made from feathers
taken from the brilliant plumaged birds
OF Brazil. Inside the enclosure the
walls are elaborately decorated inarabes-
que with the tiles.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
Five Years at Hard Labor.

Prof. Garland, who shot and severely
wounded his wife on the thirtieth of
September last, in New Brunswick, N.
j., and then shot himself through the
head, cut his TIN oat, hacked his wrists,
and fractured his skull with hammer,
has been sentenced to five years in State
prison. Prof. Garland is an Englishman.
Some twenty-five years ago he obtained
work as farm laborer in Freehold, N.
J. 1t came to the knowledge of his en-
ployer accidentally that he could play
the piano like ma ter. This led to his
teaching classes in music first in Free
hold and afterw rd in New Brunswick.
He married q niece of ex-Mayor Con-
over, of New Brunswick, in which place
he settled down as teacher of music.
He was organist for several churches in
succession; she was leading cheir sing
er. Garland was very successful with
his conservatory of music and music
store until few years ago, when dis
cord arose in his family. Mrs. Garland
had him bound over to keep the peace
a few months before the tragedy oc-
Cured. A separation was arranged for.
Mrs. Garland was packing up her things
preparatory to leaving, when he appear
ed before her pistol in hand.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
A Soldier without Nerves.

A correspondent of the Manchester
IN. Fl Mirror thus discourses of Gen.
Stark Gen. Stark was never hilarious,
though his hospitality was sincere, and
he enjoyed his guests. 1t is related of
him that he was never known to show his
emotions in word or expression of face,
an old resident averring that he was
never seen to laugh or shed tear. On
one occasion, to test his strength of
nerve, a townsman offered to fire a
pistol close behind his back while the
general was busy conversing. A party
in the experiment agreed to watch the
generals face in front and report the re-
suit, and see if he were startled or not.
There was no visible alteration in his
expression Or manner, but he turned
very quietly to see tho cause of the ex-
plosion. He was quite as much noted
for vigor in the management OF his farm
as in the management Of troops, and
could never endure Incidence in any one
who had the strength and capacity to
labor. At the time Of the arrival of the
courier bringing news of the battle OF
Lexington, Stark was hard at work in
his sawmill, taking advantage of the
spring floods to finish the saving of logs
drawn in the winter then just past.
This mill was on Bay brook, near the
site of the dam that produces DORIS
pond, and the remains of it are still dis
cernible when the low water will admit
Old settlers assert that the log left half
sawed by Stark, as he mounted his
horse to beat up recruits, was never dis
turbed afterward it decayed with the
mill in the eight long years of fighting
that ended with the surrender of Corn
wallis. Stark's integrity and economy
in government contracts and the dis
bursements connected with army sup
plies was never questioned. He sacri-
feed his private interests and the enjoy
ment of domestic life through the Revo-
luton without any hesitation, and en-
couraged the same spirit in his sons.
He was incapable of dissimulation, and
even when blunt, rough and eccentric,
meant kindness where his manner might
belle his heart.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
To-Day and Hereafter.

AV'Dsy SuV uoSUSipSs
Upon my lips rhe laid her touch divine,
And merry speech and careless laughte
died;
She hxed her melancholy eyes on mno
And would not bo denied.
sax the west wind loose his cloudlets white
In Aocks careering through the April sky;
could not sing though Joy was at its height,
For she stood silent by.
watched the lovely evening fade away,
A mist was lightly drawn across the stars
She broke my quiet dream--I heard her say,
Beh d. your prison bars
Earth's slsdness shall not satisfy your soul
Tho beauty Of the world In which you live,
Tho browning grace that sanotinss the whols'
That alone can give.
I heard and shrunk away from her afraid,
But still she held me, and would still abide
Youths bounding pulses slackened and obeyed
With slowly ebbing tide.
Look thou beyond the evening sky" she
said,
Beyond the changing splendors Of the
day;
Accept the pain, the weAriness, the dread,
Accept and bid me stay"
turned and olarped her close with sudden
strength,
And slowly, sweetly, became aware,
Within my arms Gods angel stood at length,
White robed, and calm, and fair.
And now, look beyond the evening star,
Beyond the changing splendors of the
day,
Knowing the pain He sends more precious
far,
More beautiful than they.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
Story of a Rag Baby.

Charlotte's fate was so peculiar that l
am impelled to relate it for my baby
friends. Sitting alone with Charlotte
one day, the little child thought to feed
this dear creature, and with pair of
scissors she dug q hole in the mouth
and adjacent country, then she dragged
out cotton till the hole went far enough
below the neck to answer all the early
purposes of stomach. Into this ar
rangement was speedily crowded cold
chicken, bread and milk, baked apples
and mince pie. Charlotte never closed
her ewes for four days. On the fifth her
condition was terrible. Whenever poor
Meg appeared Juggling Charlotte, every
hoiy nolitely vacated the room. Finally
the case became too outrageous, and the
trouble was chased ND and landed in
Cbarlotte's defective fiues. The baby's
father was away, so the mother one day
did her nose with clothes-pin, and
carried Charlotte by one leg and threw
her over the fence. Did this tiendish
..t noss unnoticedS Far from IT,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
A Good Counterfeit Nickel.

The smallest and meanest of an coun-
terfeits is now circulating in great num-
bers throughout the country. 1t is a
counterfeit five-cent piece, and it is
worthless only because the counterfeit,
although it is identical in weight and
fneness with the genuine coin, and
worth Just as much, is not made at the
government mint. The five-ce9t piece
is sham and deceit at best, fofit costs
the government, including material, la.
Dor, etc., less than half cent apiece, or
ten per cent. of its nominal value. Some
of the counterfeits were recently sent to
the superintendent of the mint in Phila-
delphia by the treasurer, for the pur-
pose of making inquiries and to test
their value. The superintendent says
the counterfeits have been assayed and
found to contain copper and nickel in
the legal proportion, that the coins are
of proper weight, size and finish, and
Just as valuable as the good coin.
The only way to detect the spurious
coins is by the imperfect impression of
the legend "In God we trust"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
A RUDE AWAKENING.
Painful Experiences Of q Peansylvaala
Party Seeking Geld In the Black Hills.

Painful Experiences Of a Pennsylvanis
Party Seeking Geld In the Black Hills.
The Scranton (Penn.) Republican
prints extracts from a letter addressed
by John J. Davis, Of Hyde Park, to his
wife, Mr.. Davis having been one Of q
party OF men who recently left that SEQ
tion to obtain gold in the Black Hills.
He writes from Laramie, Wyoming Ter
ritory. Having seen enoug b Of the
golden dream at Cheyenne to assure
him that it was delusion, he left the
expedition and proceeded at once topro-
cure employment az best he could, leav.
ing his companions to the pursuit Of the
golden phantom. He says:
"We all arrived at Cheyenne, Thurs
day, at. three o'clock in the afternoon,
and il I ever saw q poverty stricken
place in my life, this beats them all.
The first thing did was to find out the
news Of the Black Hills, and it did not
take me half an hour to make up nay
mind that it was not the place for me.
There are about four hundred people in
Cheyenne; they have been there about
seven weeks trying to get to tho Hills,
but have been forced to return, owing
to the snow. 1t is twenty feet deep on
the Hills as far as they got, and what is
beyond that they don't know. There
are also many at Cheyenne who have
been to the Hills and endured the hard
ships, and have not made gold enough
to pay for their -four, and returned dead
without a cent in the world, and
broken hearted. The accounts of the
Black Hills published in the Pennsyl-
vania papers are frauds, as will prove
further in my letter, and letter by a
Welsh lawyer that resides at Laramie
City, where / am now stopping. In
Cheyenne our party from Scranton had
to pay dollar day each for board, and
sleep on the bare floor, not knowing
when they can get to the Hills. I wished
them goodbye, and begun to think
where I should strike out, for they
charge eleven cents mile fare on the
cars So came to Laramie City, which
is forty-seven miles from Cheyenne;
fare, So. 20. We got snow-bound, and I
did not get here till Friday night. There
were four feet of snow when came in
the city. The first thing heard here
in the morning was boiler explosion in
the rolling-mill, killing eight men on
the spot, among them a man named
Riley, from Scranton. am promised
job at the mill when the inquest is
over"
The writer then goes on to give the
opinions of persons with whom he has
spoken relative to the Black Hills, and
all agree that the affair is "the biggest
humbug in the world" He says those
who went from Pennsylvania will "come
back in crowd and hang the leaders
who induced them to go from Scranton.
It stands to reason that if gold was SO
abundant in the Hills. men would not be
for 81. 70 day on the railroads
in and around Cheyenne, when they
might make their fortunes" He adds
hat if any more intend going they had
better remain at hons, "unless they
want to starve to DEATH"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
The First Trader.

In the fair and heroic form of Jason,
says the New York Tribune, we have
tho mythical presentation Of the first
trader; but the moro comprehensive sys-
TEN of commerce which the PhNnicians
originated, and the Carthaginians con-
tinued with such success, has left us
scanty records OF individual enterprise.
Neglected by the naughty citizens of
Rome, and interrupted by the wars of
the empire, commerce very slowly grew
into its place as m element in the politi-
cal economy OF nations. For centuries
its spheres OF operation were both
limited and uncertain; and the annals
of personal daring, intelligence and
success date from the rise Of the repub-
lies of Venice, Genoa and Florence.
Then, first, merchants learned to plant
the first sources of their power in far
off regions, and secure that power by
the control of broader markets at home.
But this was, in all cases, work of
time; one life never achieved the high
est distinction. The work was trans
mitted from father to son, slowly en-
larging its bounds, and constantly
checked by the difficulty and danger of
communication with distant tlands. The
lawlessness of Tartar tribe in Central
Asia, sand storm on the Syrian desert,
or the breaking ont of plague in the
ports Of the Levant, might sweep away
tho frnits of many years of watchful
toll. The Medici traded for hundred
years before they were naughty enough
to place the pills symbolizing their name
upon an aristocratic escutcheon. A
century and half intervened between
poor Fugger, the weaver, and his de-
scendant, Count Anton Fugger, who
kindlcd fire of cinnamon wood in the
chamber of the Emperor Charles V. and
burned therein the evidences Of the
great loan by which he had enabled that
monarch to undertake his expedition
against Algicrs.
In all the eminent commercial fami-
lies of the middle ages thero grew up a
business policy, which, i'm
pressed upon the subordinates en-
ployed, both at home and abroad, bore
some resemblance to the organization
of a State. The head of the firm, in
the course of three or four generations,
higher culture and prouder
instincts, directed his enterprises very
much in the manner of reigning
prince; and professional as well as per-
sonal ambition led him to seek positions
of social or political influence. The
transition from a commercial to politi
cal field of activity, as in the case of
Cosmo de- Medici, was thus natural
one. Tho recent political history of
England abounds with instances of
similar transfer of administrative tai
ents developed in trade or manufac
Luras
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
Glad to Hear Ii.

Iceland is better off than was believed.
The volcane-vomited pumice dust that
was to destroy the pastures, on the con-
trary, makes the grass grow where it
never grew before, and the islanders who
were threatened with famine are found
flourishing on fish. We are very glad
to learn these things, as man attempted
but little to relieve the threatened want
which nature, in her own mysterious
way, removed from the sturdy people
who WOO her in her most repellant fast
neesae
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-29
The Emperor of Brazil.

Dom Pedro, emperor and perpetual
defender of Brazil, grandson Of Dom
John vi. of Portugal and Dom PedroI:
of Brazil, is fifty-on years OF age, and
was married to his present wife when
only seventeen years old. He became
emperor in 1881, when he was only in
his fifth year. He is the second emper-
or of Brazil, which country was created
a separate kingdom under the Portu-
puese crown in 1916. He visits the Uni
tod States and Europe, aking an ex-
tended trip, and wishes to do it as quiet
" as possible. All who have met him
ans much pleased with the emperor.