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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


sTHoU Hast Loved Me and Left Me,
for 25 cents" is the latest case of heart
less desertion, and may be seen in the
window of music publisher.
JUsf about this season of the year q
good many women imagine that they
know how to whitewash q ceiling as
well as any man who ever wore boots.
THERE are ten widowers in the United
States Senate. When they pass the
Treasury building they hear musical
murmurs Of $50 noble looking ;"ssSuch
a boyisn walk - -
THEY say that !" Mr.. Moses Ray, Of
West Virginia, claims to have discover
ed q better motor than Keely's." That
he may have done, and have merely dis
covered blind mule. IL
An exchange asks "who is to succeed
A. T. Stewart as money prince of
American" We know who has been
spoken of for the place, and feel gratii-
ed for the compliment, but we do not
want it.-Noys0ich Bulletin.
SALT mackerel for breakfast at this
season of the year clears the complex
ion, invigorates the intellect, and inn
parts a flavor to the mustache that will
vanquish the most obstinate odor of
hair dye.
THE first day Artemus Ward entered
Toledo, travel worn and seedy, he said
to an editor who was on the street,
Z" Mister, where could I get square
meal for Is centsp" He was told. "I
say, Mister" said he, sswhere could I
get 25 cents p''
A BEAUTIFUL female lobbyist says that
one tear, if it can be so shed as to reflect
the light of bright setting sun, will
have more power over the average Con-
gresham than all the arguments that
could be compressed into two hours
conversation.
A ST. JOSEPH man, one year married,
says that there is great deal in the ex-
preston of a back-comb to denote the
state of the domestic atmosphere.
When his wife's comb nestles quietly in
its proper place, all is well with him !;
but when it is lifted and leans forward
he says: "Look out for squalls"
An Indiana woman recently sent the
following note to her husband, who is
serving out three years. sentence in
State Prison: ssDear Tom: have OBJ
tanned q divorce from you and am about
to marry again. But never mind; for
when you come out will run away with
you if you see any way by which we can
get living II
| THE WIDOW.
Her smiles are temperd by her sighs,
Her garb scarce wallis her glory,
The tender glamour Of her eyes
Enshrines her and her stoYyl g
No greenling girl, nor spinster tart,
| She's all things that become her;
Her life, her beauty, and her heart
Are in their Indian summerl
| -Galary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29
OUT OF MY dAND.

One by one, one by one
In the kindred light 81 the April sun,
While primrose AZ II snowdrop gem the ground
And the oras u e mating and building around,
While vlolets blossom their steps to gr ct,
With lauS' .ing voices and dancing feet,
With We .xening fancy and budding hope,
9eyor II my reach and beyond my scope
The :, PASS while in fear and doubt stand,
0At of my hand, out Of my hand.
Bsby pleasure and baby care.
Not one OF them but was mine to share;
Not Q tear, but dried it with kiss;
Not smile, but Joined in its eager bliss.
Nov the young knight arms for the coming strife,
hi sweet girl. fances start to life;
Tlley neGtle, the maiden shyness beneath.
n the bright buds hide in their silken sheath,
" spring dews nourished, spring breezes
out Of my hand, out of my hand.
I fdsre not trench on thy realm. my boy,
Nor rob thy sway of one virgin joy:
The blooms where the light of sunrise fingers,
Nor dra1 to the garish light of day
what youths proud reticence would delay,
can but wait outside it all.
where the cold Winds sigh and the brown leaves
OIL the castles builtl oh the Joys planned,
Ont OF my had. out Of my hand.
Yet did : not bear them in peril and pain;
Did not lavish and watch and refrain;
Q4itting the pleasures of paI ting youth.
fhe gi0res Of science and art and truth,
That the paths for those little feet might be
Fresh and sunny and safe and free?
scheme and vision and hope of mine,
They were but those golden heads to shrine.
Now, alone and tired. slow drops the sand,
Grain BY grain, from my failing hand.
Father Of all, Savior of all,
Behold at thy altar. steps l fall.
Thou wilt not disdain that come at last,
With my treasure spent and my MONDAY past.
Take thou the guidance that resign;
Take this hard, embittered heart Of mine;
Take the bafned ambition, ungranted prayer,
Baseless terror, rcpining care;
Guide each fairy bark to the heavenly strand,
Take my darlings. my darlings to thy hand.
All the Year Round.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29

minutes later half dozen strong arms
were aiding them, and the raft was
slowly drawing to the shore, when the
rope suddenly parted.
With wild scream, the mother rose,
with her babe in her arms, as if to
plunge in the river. Then, seeming to
remember the children who chung to
her garments, she sank down again,
and the next moment the fierce current
had swept them away in the darkness.
There was but one hope more. If
the ferry, five miles lower down, could
be reached in time, they might be saved;
and the almost distracted father and
son, mounted on horses provided by
sympathizing friends, galloped there.
Too late! The ferry-keeper had seen
some black object rush by in the dark
ness, and heard cries for help, which he
was unable to give. They were in the
hands of God, and he only could help
them.
All that night Farmer Allen paced
the floor of his desolate home. The
friends who came to comfort him found
their endeavors vain. He wished to be
alone with his sorrow. Tom had re-
manned at the ferry, determined to take
boat at early daylight and follow down
the river.
There was little sleep that night in
Woodstock, and long before the usual
time for the village to be astir little
groups were abroad in the rain, dis
cussing the sad event of the preceding
evening. Suddenly there was a stir
in the direction of the little telegraph
Office, and the operator, who slept
there, came rushing out with q sealed
envelope in his hand, in q state of great
excitement.
Who'll carry this over to Farmer
Allen'sp" he shouted.
"What is it? Amy newsp Is it about
his folksp,
"He'll tell you. It's his news. I've
no right to tell you. I wish I had!
Who'll take it?''
"I will! 1 Wilt" exclaimed half a
dozen, eager to be the bearer of the
news.
The message was entrusted to one Of
the fleetest-footed boys of the village,
who sped over the mile which lay Be
tween the efice and Farmer Allen 8 like
greyhound.
there's something for you," he pant
ed, as he burst into the house, without
knocking.
The farmer took it mechanically,
without thought that it concerned
those whom he already looked upon as
in Heaven. Breaking the seal, he open
ed the folded slip of paper and glanced
at its contents. Then with q fervent
"Thank God!" he fell upon his knees
and the feelings so long pent up found
vent in tears Of thankfulness.
The message was brief one. Itran
FREDERICTON, N. B., April 10.
JOHN ALLEN: Your wife and children
| were picked up at light this morning, on .
shingle-raft, three miles above this city. AL
safe. Answer.
Swift as were the feet of the messen.
ger, they had hard work to keep pace
with John Aliens ON the return. Ths
news spread like wildfire, and within
half an hour every body in Woodstock
knew the contents Of the dispatch.
/ Little more need be said. Farmer
Allen followed the message he sent with
out the loss of an hour. Thatwas Sun
day morning, and it was Thursday nigh
before the parted household again me
beneath the roof whose few hours desc
lation made it yet the more sacred ant
precious to all.-The Independent. ] t''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29

TIE rapid and smphatic recital Of the
following il said to be an infallible cure
for lisping: Hobbs meets Snobbs and
Nobbs; Hobbs hobs to Snobbs and
Nobbs; Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and
robs Nobbe fobs. "Thio b, says
Nobbs, "the worse for Hobbs's Jobs. >
and Snobbs sobs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29
4 PERILOUS VOYAGE.
BY CHARLES e. HURD.

Those familiar with the lumber re-
gions, not only of the United States, but
Of Canada, know that the great streams
which float the huge RATS of timber
down to the various ports and mills
along their course are often made SER
yiceable for other purposes. Some
times the lumberman or shingle-maker
takes his family with him to the scene
Of his winter labors; and in the spring,
when the seasons work is ended, places
them-women and children, sometimes
. round dozen---on raft of logs or
shingles, and, keeping close to the
shore, floats down ten, twenty, or thir-
ty miles, to his home. The hunter, who
has for weeks hunted and trapped in
the vast forests along these streams,
binds his package Of furs together,
makes himself conveyance by lashing
half dozen logs firmly to each other,
and accomplishes his journey of hum
dred of more miles in twenty-four hours.
As . general thing, there is little risk
in such journey. If the weather is
fair and the river clear of floating lum-
Der, there is hardly more danger than
there would be in making the distance
behind . pair Of farm-horses in coun-
try wagon. People, however, if they
live in constant contact with danger,
grow careless in time, and often risk
their own lives and those of others
where there Il no apparent necessity.
And SO it happened in the instance !
am about to relate.
John Allen was a well-to-do farmer
Of Woodstock, on the st. John River,
and, besides the income derived from
his land and dairy, he owned, in con-
nection with his son, tract of wild
timber, some dozen miles up the river.
Beginning to tarn its advantages to &C
count in asmall way, the two had erect
cd asmail shingle-mill near the shore
and kept half q dozen men at work
during the winter. The result the first
year was SO satisfactory that it was re-
solved to increase the facilities of the
manufacture, and, that it might be done
understandingly, they determined te
visit the mill for personal 'examina.
ton. .sss
They were to have one OF the farm.
hands drive themup as far as they could
get with . team; and from that point j,
was hardly more than mile to the mill
More than half the way the road was
merely rough cart-track through thu
woods, making the journey rather {
tedious one; but by starting very early
N the morning they calculated to make
~ the necessary Investigations and ge1
oacksearly in the afternoon.
Inn was the plan agreed upon, ant
NE time setwas the following Saturday
- soon - il became knownin the hous,
Me two youngest boys. Harry and Jack
Were Wild with excitement.
"Mayit We go, tooP" they shoutet
N concert. Please let us go. w,
aever saw q shingle-mill.
"Ashinslc mill isn't much to see,
aasslssed sheir father. "And, besides
yoQllhe getting into all sorts of dan
l98asf {8& s xfS ss3sa
'0h! no., we won't, Wen be 8,
0lelul + you'll let rs 60. twould b,
such anice ride.''
Why don't you let them 60, Fa
Mer said Mrs. Allen. 2. They won
kssp much room and they'll enjoy i
n0ch. .Haioa l
Melwell, - said the farmer, good
feoly, "let 'em 60, then; let 'en
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29

Her smiles are temper'd by her sighs,
Her garb scarce walls her glory,
The tender glamour Of her eyes
No greenling girl, nor spinster tart,
She's all things that become her;
Her life, her beauty, and her heart
Are in their Indian summerl
-nnlnaA
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
EN0hA119l0l sl7laKf INTERVIEWER
s :'':'i::i:I'' FREE ''''.I''


Pick up almost any newspaper publiSh,S
north of the Red river and you Will see the
word FREE in big black letters. Read Le-
low IL ana you VIII ilnd request for the
names and address OF all thesons ami dauglr-
trrS OF tho North and East to he sent To
TEXAS EMIGRATION AGENT" Sedalia,
Missouri, who viii mail them without cost u
"FREE GUIDE TO TEXAS" the lwnd OF
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it2 THE MISSOURI, hANSAS 4 TEN AZ
RAILWAY, They are sending thousands 10
MI parts OF The United states and Europe.
This goes 10 show what they are doing for
Texas. They have lately reduced their rates
OF fare Tor emlprHuts almost One-half, Their
trains arc crowded, and special trains arc
| frequently run TO accommodate the people,
They are spending thousands of dollars in
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men employed distributing neoinf0rmation
concerning Texas throughout the United
Stntes. They ask our aid In their efforts.
Patronize the. MISSOURI, KANSAS a
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don't compel You To ride three or four miles
through the back streets and alleys OF n.
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coaches and sleepeS through TO st. Louis
aud enter the Union Depot. Is there any
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They nls9 run coaches and sleeping cars from
Texus To Hannibal and Quincy. Have you
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So, send their address TO the undersigned md
hc Will with pleasure forward them (and you
ALSO beautiful pamphlet and other inter-
estug matter well worth the mere request
Address, JAS, ID. BROWN,
Genl passg'r Ag't NJ, X; &T, Ry,
iune-dSw-tf SodRlia, Mo.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-08
p,Elas Challenge Accepted.

,,..,n,IrAKrERs or rdE FIRST TILpEN AND)
HEnHp@" ,'n,ti,,s CLuB or THE SIXTH WARD.
ST. LovIs, sept /, 1910.
,,. r,r,rs b. simpson, Barnett Gibbs, V. "
aInhs and j. D. Keeford, Presidents OF the
W.rocrntic clubs Of Dallas, Texas,
a,yrrruaN ON behalfof the Dcmoc.
,,u. Of NJ j,souri, we accept your chal.
i'na. TO furnish q silk banner to be civ.
.n IN trust to the State giving the Mrg.
,.r majority, etc. and in accepting, we
Giving YOU fair warning that to capture
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
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CONCENTRATED
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Natures Own Remedy.

THIS valuable Preparation nut M bv DIR
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~ VIII relieve the worst cases of nervous
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by analysis this preparation will be tnuud
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eAGh pint being equal ~ Two gallons
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-08

TrnInB arrive aud depart rom DpIIaB az
follows:
Accommodation" Through Expire"
Leaves eth ll:20 A. NJ Leaves a'th 7:46 A. II
Leaves s'th 800 p. N Leaves s'th 0:25 p. n
j. WALDO, J. DURARD,
Genn Ticket Agt. Gent Hnpt.
New York City Freight and Ticket 0fiico
3+5 Broadway.
+. l.. MANCHESTER, Agen..
Visitors TO ABOVE cities will find these Of
fees pleasant place of resort their leisure
hours, where the latest Texas papers will be
fopnd.
j. DURAND, Genr. supt
j. WALDO. Gem Ticket Agent.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-08
MhntIIIr Pnnmie NnN.

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having used nr. Culcman'S Concentrated
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ms the full dose.
knowing the merits OF this valuable pre-
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q X, MERl W ErHER,
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&. V, VAUGHN,
s. d. BROWN,
ALFRED KENT,
A. MARSHALL,
l.. b. UAZER,
VIC. SlCKLES,
IL. TIIlERMAN,
jyl6-dw0m AND MANY OTHERS
COMMON q WALKER,
Wholesale Agents, Dallas, Texas,
o whom all orders Sh ould be aidreS seq.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-13

for him, but he gave tho detectives a
chase and escaped, in spite of a run.
ming iusladc Of hall a mile. A little
later the officers got spon him again,
and after some moro shooting over.
hauled him. lie was brought to trial
and Shelly's evidence convicted him
The sen.cncc was ten years, and lii.
tie moro than half Of the term has OK.
p'rcd.
At the pcnitcntiary Biebush had
charge Of the engine and machinery.
His pardon arrived unexpectedly, and
.tL,Ss..s; 49, = szs;il ls.iiA.sO.s
'sssSsstt Is Va g'sEet iAIm, Sar' ~ ~.
NAMED in the place nearly wcck in
str1cting novice 10 the duties and re.
16irehents d in5 position ne wis Just
vacating. Biebush is now Sc years
old. lie came from Wcstphalla, prus-
sin, and has lived in st. Louis, barring
his sojourn in Jefferson City, since
1914. His children have grown TO
maturity one of the boys is n clerk
in business house, and one Of the
daughters was married some time
since.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-13
Pullman Palace Cars

are run on all through trains Of this road.
This is the ONLY LINE running these cars be.
tween Chicago and ST. Paul, Chicago and Milwna.
kcc, or Chicago and winona.
AZ Omaha our Sleepers connect with the over
land slecpers on the Union Pacific Railroad for
all points West Of the Missouri River,
On the arrival Of the trains from ,he Fs., III,
South, the trains Of the Chicago a NorlL .wcstera
Railway LEAVE CHICAGO as follows
For Council Biufs, Omaha and California.
Two Through Trains daiiy, with Pullman Palace,
Drawing Room and Sleeping Cara through 10
Council Bluffs
For St. Paul and Minneapolis, Two
Through Trains daily, with ruiiman Palace Car.
attached on both trains.
For Green Hay aud Lake superior. Two
Trains daily, With Pallman Palace Cars attached,
and running through TO Marquette.
For milwaukee. -Four Through Trims d.ilv
Pullman Cars on nigh, trains, Parlor Chair Cars
on day trains.
For sparta aud " lnona aud poipt. IN
Minnesota. One Through Train daily. with
Pullman sleepers to winona.
For Dubuque. via frecpori, Two Through
Trains daily, with Pullman Cars on pight trains.
For Dubuque and La Crosse. via Clinton.
Two Through Trains daily, with rullman Oars
On night train 10 Mcaregor. Iowa. aiII I'm NJ
For Sioux City aud Iankton. Two Train.
daily Pullman Carsto Missouri Valley June,,nn' elton
For Lake Geneva. Pour Trains daily. NJ
For Hcchford. s'eriing, kenosha. James,.
shies and other points, you can have from two
TO ten trains daily.
New YORK 0nhce, No. AIS Broadway, Boston
Once, No. State Street Omaha oalce. pss
fsrnhsm Street, San Francisco Once. isI Mont.
komsry street, Chicago Ticket 0nioes, 81 Chrt
street under Sherman House, corner Canal and
Madison Streets Kinsie street pepot eorne, ~
Kinsie and Canal Streets; Wells strcet pe.o,'
corner wehs and Kinsis ssreess, lTSf
Rot rates o. information not sttAinstls frcns
yeur hons agents, apply 70 -. - :
". n. 1snHSsrr, MAnv.s uro.,,,
Gen. Psss. As't Chicago. Gen s.pr
Jan. "a, is7siy uhlssss
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-12-13
LOUISIANA.

Tho conduct Of, the Returning Board
in this State, surprises but few. The
knavcs who do the counting in that
State are on their third heat, in the
counting line. They counted the Dem
ocrats out in 1872, and again in 1874,
and OF course they would not hesitate
to do again what they have done on
two former occasions, because their
masters require them TO perurc them
selves SO as to keep them out of the
penitentiary. The Democratic citizens
committee sent from the North, by
Chairman Hewitt, have issued an ad-
dress which will be found below
NEw ORLEANS, Dec. |, 1876.
TO the people Of The United States
On arrival here, in casting about for
approaches TO the officials who control
the elections in this State, we discov.
cred that they were all OF one political
party that the Governor had appoint
ed none but Republican supervisors of
elections, and that the returning Off.
GERS, constituting the State board,
were of the same political school In
fluenced by these inauspicious sur
roundings our thoughts and hopes
were turned toward the eminent gen.
tlemen who have been selected by the
President TO be present and see that
the board of canvassers made q fair
count Of votes actually cast, and on
the l4th Of November weinvited these
gentlemen to meet and confer with us.
This cooperation was declined, butwe
have reason TO believe
that TO this correspondence may be at
tributcd the invitation to us on the 18th
ultimo by the Returning Board to at
tend and be present at its meetings as
spectators and witnesses of its proceed
ings. Through this courtesy and the
service of competent stenographer
we became possessed Of all the essen
tial facts developed on the face of the
official papers. We have been furnish
cd with certified copy of the dupl-
cate statements OF votes made by the
commissioners ofelection at each place
of voting in the State. From these
statements ii appears that the Tilden
electors received the following votes,
nil