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NO. l22.
Misfellaneons.a
RUssIA'sGRowrH. ;

Russia reached the mouths of her rivers
long ago. and has got beyond them, un-
less the Danube is also TO be reckoned as
a Russian stream. Yet the exertions of
the Russian government to augment its
military forces were never greater than
they have been in the last six years. She
had already the power to bring half mil
lion OF men into the field. But the grand
measure OF universal CONSUMPTION sane
toned by the ukase of January /, 1875,
will add another half million to that num-
Der OF her active troops, and another mill
lion to the reserve. These enormous
forces can only be raised and maintained
tor aggressive purposes. The territory OF
Russia is invulnerable. Nobody has the
slightest interest In attacking It., unless
she begins By attacking some one else.
Ii attacked, as she was in 1912, she may
rely on her climate, her extent and the
patriotism OF her population for effectual
defence. Setting aside ambitious consid-
erations, We should say that to burden
poor and thinly populated country with
the maintenance of an enormous army is
the most mischievous policy that can be
conceived. 1t is perpetual drain ON the
manhood of the Empire. 1t enormously
weakens its productive powers. 1t leads
to frightful waste of life. When the
Emperor Nicholas once expressed
his surprise at the inferiority
OF the men in his army 10 the seameu of
his fleet in point of discipline and condi-
tion. Count Woronzo replied that what the
army wanted was more food and less
drill Hundreds of thousands of human
beings have been sacrificed in the last fifty
years to the stupid pride OF exhibiting to
the world the shows and pageants Of q
great military establishment. What rem
ders this state of things still more lament
able and extraordinary is that the Rus
SLAMS are not warlike or combatiye peo-
pie. Even in their drinking bouts they do
not fight. They are entirely ignorant OF
all that goes on abroad and entirely indif-
ierent to glory. Nor can any conceivable
benefit accrue to the people Of Russia by
threatening and molesting their neighbors
or by the acquisition of territory, OF which
they have already more than enough. If
their country were attacked they would
defend it with undaunted courage. bat as
race of men there is no people in the
world less disposed TO slaughter their
neighbors Military service Is with them
the result of absolute, blind, unquestion-
ing obedience. They submit to it as they
submit to law of nature, because they
are docile and brave. Yet surely military
service. as it is understood in Russia, Is
the most detestable form of slavery; for
a peaceful peasant is converted by it,
without the least will of his own, into a
bloodhound, a destroyer or victim. And
| this burden is now hung with redoubled
weight upon the back OF every peasant In
the empire. The whole community is
crushed by it. Military service Is the pri-
mary obligation OF life, and must affect
every other relation of society.
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CATARRH.
TWELVE YEARS
OF SUFFERING.

Gentlemen About twelve years ago, while trav.
cling with Father Kcmp's Old Folks Concert
Troupe as Il ttnor sing r., took severe cold and
was laid up at Newark. n. j. This cold brough on
a severe attack Oi Catarrh, which batted with
every known remedy iOr four weeks without avail,
and was finally obliged to give up most desirable
position ami return home unable 10 sing note.
For three wears afterwards was unable to sing al
all. The fir attack of Catarrh had lett my mas sal
organs and throat SO sensitive that the slightest
cold would bring on a fresh attack leaving me
prostratcd In this way conf inued 10 suffer. The
last attack, the eeverest ever had, WAS terrible.
suffered the most eXcrn ciating paia in my mead
was so hoarse as to be scarcely able to speak and
coughed necessarily. / thought was going into
quick consumption and firmly believe tn at had
these symptoms continued without relief they
would have rendered me an easv victim. When in
this distressing condition, commenced the use of
>anloId's Radical Cue Tor CataTrh, very reluctant
ly, cenless. as had tiled ali the advertised
edies without benefit. The first dose of this won
derfn medicine gave me the greatest relief. L. is
hardly possible Tor one whose head acnes, ey es
ache, who can scarcely articulate distinctly on ac-
count of the choking accumulations in his throat,
TO realize how much relief obtained from the fl 81
application OF Sanford X dical Cure. Under its
influence both internal and external, rapidly re-
covered, and by an occasional use of the remedy
since have been entirely free from Catarrh for the
first time in tweye years. Respectfully yours,
GEO. W. IIOLBROOk.
Waltham, Mass, Jan. 6, 1875.
=. ST. purchased the Radical Cure of George
ii. Rogers, Druggist, kumiord Building.
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AUGUSTA POST UEFICE.

OFFICE Hours.
For delivery Of letters, from 7.30 A. III. TO $50
On Sundays, from els A. NJ. to 1915 An.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE or MAILS
MAILS ARRIVE.
Boston, Portland, AID West, $50 A. Nj. 3.45 and
20 Z. NJ.
Lewiston and Auburn, 345, 6 and $40 Pm.
Bath and Rockland 3.45 Snd $40 T. NJ.
lockard stage, via Washington, z. NJ.
Walooboro stage, via Jefferson, 6 p. NJ.
=, Belgrade, Vest Waterville, Norridg gewock and
Madison, 80 P. NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth, 6 P. NJ.
Pennington stage via Readfeld, l.30 p. N.
Belfast, l.35 A. NJ. and 1858 p. NJ.
Ballast stage, ll.35 A. NJ
Skowhegan, IL .35 A. NJ.
Grand Trunk X. X. and Canada, 3.i5 and $40
IN.
Soldiers Home ll.35 A. NJ. and 100 P. NJ.
NAILS CLOSE.
Portland, Boston and West, $40 and IL 20 A. NJ
l0P M.
Lwl,ton and Auburn, $40, $50, 1I.2o Am.
d .th aud Rocklsnd, $40, and IL 20 A. NJ.
X lland stage, via Washington, 700 A. NJ.
W .ldoboro stage, via jefferson, 700 A. NJ.
Be grade, West Waterville, Norridgewock, and
ad,,on, 80 z. NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth $50 A. NJ
Farninston stage via Readfeld, l.30 p. NJ.
Belfast, 3.35 r. NJ. and 1000 Z. NJ.
Belfast stage, $50 z. M.
Dxowhegan, 3.35 p. NJ.
Grand Trunk K. X. and Canada, $40. 20 AM
Solners' Home, 7 A. NJ. and 3.35 z. NJ.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE.
Drop Letters, per l-2 OF. / cent.
Mail Letters per l-2 OF. 3 cents.
Books, transient newspapers and other transient
printed matter Except unsealed ciTcuars) in pack
ages not exceeding lbs. in weight, per ounces,
| cent.
Unsealed circulars, merchandise, and samples,
npIckages not exceeding lbs. in weight, per
ounce cent.
All matter not prepaid at letter rates must be SO
wraop ed that it can be examined, and must con-
tain no writing whatever, except the address.
Liquids, glass and explosive chemicals ex.
eladed from the mails.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
Especial attention is called TO the Money Oruer
system as q safe and cheap method of transmitting
small sums OF money through the mails. Orders
are issued for amounts not exceeding $50. Larger
amounts can be sent to the same person at the
same time by additional orders.
RATES
Orders not exceeding SIS, Iocents.
=" over sI5and not exceeding $780, is "
[" SO" $50 Is
Money orders are also drawn by this office on
Canada, Great Britain, Germany, andSwitzerland.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
Letters, and other valuable packages, may be
registered to any post-ofice in the United States,
on the payment of letter postage and fee of ten
Oct. .. 1876
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SkNFORD'S RADICAL CURE
Is Prepared by DislillatiOu.

LIVERY plant and herb that yields its medical
~ essence to it is placed in an improved still and
there mingled with solvent liquid.which, by heat
Is made to pa over into the receiver, bearing with
it the heating juices Of these plants and
herbs, free fiom every contamination, pure and
colorless. Thus the active, medical constituents
of thousands of pounds of herbs may be condensed
into verv small compass. In this way Sanfords
Radical Cure is dvested of the nauseatng worth.
less features of all other remedies while its cnra.
tive properties are increased teniold. 1t is posi-.
lively the greatest medical triumph OF the age.
Each package contains DIR. Sanlord's Improved
Inhaling Tube, with full directions for use in all
cases. Price slto. For sale by all Wholesale and
retail druggists throughout the United States.
WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents and Whole
sale Druggists, Boston.
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SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
For CATARRH,

HAS worked a revolution in the treatment Of
II Catarrh 1t has demonstrated beyond all doubt
that this disease In its severest forms, is cur
able, and that comfort and happiness may be made
to follow years OF misery, years of suffering, by
persistent oft. The method OF treatment orig
mated by Dr. Sanford, viz. the LEGAL and constitu.
tional, BY remedy prepared by distllation is the
only one ever offered to the public that will bear
the test of time,
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Aennsbfe yournal.

iuoishcd at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
o,toi Court by sPRAGUE. OWEN NASH
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15aily 8eunehse Spmrual,

Issued every morning, except Sundays. 1t con.
i is the latest news by telegraph and mail, gives
sJorts Oh the Markets, and has carefully prepared
ltlcal and local articles, and u generous amount
1 .arming, home and mlsce ellaneous reading with
Ill compilation Of State news.
.ernis, TPer ahnuHs in advance, t5 IL payment
OF made within the year. Single copies cents
=" &c had at the bookstores and al this Office,
advertisements inserted on reasonable terms
es may be had on application at this oflice
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peekly 8ennebee Sonrnal,

sibiished every Wednesday morning, is the
a. Isl iollo paper In The State, containing news
p1 ical ARTICLES, agricultural and scentdc matter
q -, poetry, anecdotes, household matter, marx.
Z. CO., &c.
Ierms, per annun in advance
Transient Advertisements o. 90 per inen for nrst
80 iion, - -
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'a rs per week for each subsequent week
1Sincss Notices, In reading columns 20 cents
50 ';lucnt ns crtion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-12
Slaerif's Sale.

Lydia Watson No. 26i2. In the Di+
VS.. trict Court Of Bossier pa,.
T. NJ Gilmer. ct ais ish, La.
Ry virtue of writ of fieri faeias issued from
- the District Court of the parish Of Bos
sier, La, in the above named suit, and to ma
directed, have seized, and will proceed to
sell at public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, on the T NJ. GlLMER PLANTATION,
on Red River, Bossier parish, about four miles
above Shreveport, within the legal hours q
sale, on Saturday, the 5th day Of May, 1877,
the following described property, to wit:
The north half of section seventeen; tho
south half of section eight the south half Of
section nine; east half of northwest quarter
of section nine; south half of northwest quar-.
ter of section eight, and fractional section
eighteen, east of Red Biver, in township eigh.
teen, of range thirteen, on Red River, in the
parish of Bossier, Louisiana, known as tho
Tom Gilmer Plantation and containing nine
hundred and sixty acres, more or less, with all
improvements, and to be sold in Subdivisions,
as the law directs.
Also, "a head mules, 2gray horses, yoke Of
oxen, about 1900 bushels corn, $500 pounds Of
fodder, l3 plows, log chain, Il set pillow gear,
shovels, two "a wagons, and l3singletrees.
All seized as the property OF the defendant.
I. M. Gilmer, and to be sold to pay and satisfy
said writ
Terms of Sale-Cash, with the benefit Of
appraisement Act of sale ut the expense Of
purchaser.
J.B. ONEAL, Sheriff
Bellevue, La, March -, 1877. lpr'sfee y
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It's Advantages:
ST. Saves one half or more Of the 1uei

lST. Saves one half or more of the fuel or.
l. dinarily used in ironing.
End. Saves three-fourths of the walkingan
changing of the old fiat iron process.
Bird. Can be heated in either coal or wooo
fre-stOves or CRATES
4th. We use all sides of the iron and nsillze
all the heat, thus gaining one half on old pro-
cess
5th. Always clean-never rustiDg usSef
being exposed to SCOT -.
9th. One single heat will iron from ~ niln,
utes to II hours, according to weight ana
moisture of the goods.
9TH The fire you cook with can be used tof
ironing, even while the stove is covered VIVA
vessels, thus saving the entire amount Of 'uei
used ordinarily in ironing. -.
9Th. Does better work, imparts more smoosn,
ness and gloss from the niekeled face ane
rounded CLOSING heel than any other iron "
the world.
9th. Saves time, fuel and labor. thus saves
money; is the only practical Patent Iron on w =
market, and will eventually take the place
the old one-faced irons
DlRECTIONS.-Heat the plugs red nos,
brush the ashes of, close the door and CON-
mence ironing as soon as hot
WIN. l. CAUSELAND, PATENTED;
g For sale by Z. \. Moore & Son, bene-
yue; Cornell & McDade, Fillmore; WE; =;
Hughes, Rocky Mount, and j J. SwiDdle, nea
Land. MARI I'm
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Cattle run out here the year round.
As soon as we get our native fruit
trees all planted we intend planting
some blackberries, and raspberries
and currants.
Tampa is our nearest town Of
any note, a place of about 1900 in
habitants. 1t is distant about %
miles by water and 30 miles by
land. We are about three miles
from the gulf coast, and one mile
from Tampa bay. Our place takes
in part of a lake, which is from to
10 to 40 feet deep and is literally alive
with choice fish; bass over two feet
long are caught with hook and
line. A gentleman here gave us a
boat for our lake which comes in
very good play.
1t is but very little hotter here ia
the summer than in the winter and
we do not suffer one fourth with the
heat that we did up north. Every
morning breeze springs up and
every evening for a week or two at
a time We have a nice shower, then
perhaps We will not have any rain
for a week but always have the
breeze.
We have no mud here at any time
to amount to anything. My little
girl has worn shoes but two or three
times this wint r. The thermone
ter has averaged about 20.
The woods now are alive with
birds of all kinds more than ever
saw up north in the summer.
In June my husband and one of
the neighbors are going to some sea
bird rookery after eggs. He went
last year before we came and got
about 400 eggs. They say they are
better than hens eggs.
Among the best fish that swim is
the Mullet. "a salt water fish,, they
get so fat in the fall that they can
be fried without lard or butter;
smoked they are good.
1t some of the hard working PEG
pie of the north were here they
could live with half the work and
in a few years have an income that
would keep them comfortably the
rest Of their own and their children's
lives. Five years will see us out of
the mire, and now we are not going
to starve and there is no danger of
freezing. When arrived here nine
months ago l weighed 100 pounds,
now | weigh 14O, my catarrh, is
entirely well, none of us have been
sick an hour since we have been
here. We are enjoying the best of
health and we are living in one of
the finest climates in the world and
nothing would induce me to 90
back north. Write soon.
Your loving sister,
f. w.
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Of Kellogg Re egs the most contenss
OF all the carpetbaggers. Is 4
Joe Bradley result by Har =. a1o',
lana commission BE ris tss n n
his belief on the ground t fa'y =
who who had fewer votes than '1 PIG IA
Will not dare to 60 back , u ses1
Kellogg Packard machine spo a1
made Hayes President. Nv w
long oppressed people Of Iou u.
are IN no mood to put up with
more humOngging and tomso .,a
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'he public are notified that have ~,
New Saloon at Moore l. Son,s Iisease
IN Bellevue, and assure them in,sa o,u ~
f9r those who may call on me, frat s .I. . g
eies OF all kinds usually kept in Con- ass y
looms. Ii You wish a good drink, / am a.I
Ell to furnish it, and if you desire sa a plsl
! have Oysters, Sardines, LoLsters wy ialfl
Devilled Ham, &c, Sc. '' oalns
Give me call and try what offer
Re,,oruo r J. H. LOTION
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SheriH's Sale.

c. E. Mcdonald In Parish Court d
VS.. ) Bossier p,r;.L y =
Cain Drummond )No. 574 A'@'
by virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued fra,
- the Parish Court of the Parish Of Bessie,
Louisiana, IN the above named suit, and TO M
directed, have seized and will proceed to seI
at public auction to the last and highest b;S
der, at the Court House, in the town Of BelIs
yue. La, within the legal hours Of sale. d
Saturday, the l4th day of April, 1877, one sn,a]
solrei horse mare, and one small mouse color
ed mule 'o'''
Seized as the property of defendant. Can
Drummond, and to be sold to satisfy said wri
say sum thereof $40 00) besides interest N
cost =
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit of a,
praisement. =
j. B ONEAL, Sheriff
Per CHAs. A. DEvEKEux, Deputy.
Bellevue, La, March 90, 1877. Ipr's fee
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Bossler Parish
Stray Sale

strayed before z. X. Gilmer, ID
~ 18th day of March, is71 o,j
SOLD to the highest bidder, for sa. alu W.
yue, Louisiana, on Saturday ths SAL az Y
June, 1877. a Brown Mare Mn1a @sth da
high, and about 20 years old T. ABOUT
brands. oiu' NO marh
Appraised at so.
The owner is requested to cou. i.
prove property. pay charges &" 'ie iorvl
HENRY STONE St..
March 18th, 1877. '''ay Masts
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Too AMBITIoUs.-An Iowa man
has spent $1,000 in having over his
81 hog, which was shot while kill.
ing chickens in a neighbours coop.
The courts decide against him all
the time, and he wishes he was a
Returning Board.
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McCausland's
SeIf-Heating, FIuting and
POLISHING IRONS,

One whole set of Irons in one. One Iron win
two plugs will do all the Ironing and Fiasins
1t is a nickel plated cast Iron, heated ana
continually kept hot by two east iren pings
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The republican party has sue
ceeded in one thing. 1t has de-
oauched the public morals, po-
litically, morally, and financial
ly.
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BELLEVUE, La,
Thursday, ::::::::::::::::::::::::ApriI IL, 1877.
Life Insurance,


fresh evidence of the insecurity of
life insurance investment-says
the Western Rural-and more
and more convinces us of the ut
ter rotteness of the system. Some
of the most trusted companies
have tottered into bankruptcy,
recently, as suddenly as a sheet
oflightning flame bursts from the
Summer clouds and spreads it.
self upon the skies. 1t is char
acteristic of these failures that
the insolvent companies do bus
mess with their accustomed en-
ergy for months, if not for years,
after their wholly hopeless insol-
vency has became known to
their officers. Indeed, it is not
unfrequently the case that the
condition of a company becomes
so bad that its weakness comes
to the knowledge of outside par
ties, but if any attempt at ex-
posure is made the cry of "black-
mail" is raised by the company,
and with this sort Of wool the
eyes Of the public are completely
blinded. If it were not for the
"blackmaiP' defense it would
be difficult to say what the in
surance business would do.
When attacked in sound earn
est it resorts to this defense as
quickly as it can possibly write
the word. Now a man or cor
poration doesn't spend much
time in making statements that
he or it is blackmailed, if it is
really true. An attempt at black
mail will result in one of two
things-either entire silence on
the part Of the victim or an i'm
mediate prosecution of the
blackmailer. Any other result
is an exception to this very gen
eral rule. This stereotyped
shrek of insurance companies,
therefore, not only does nothing
to increase the public confidence
in them, but it places them in
the popular estimation on the
level with those who are guilty
but are loudest in the cry of
stop thief"
Ii life insurance is safe it up.
sets all the supposed well set
tied principles of business that
were ever known. The careful
economy which is practiced, and
which is necessary in almost
every other kind of business, is
not only mildly neglected, but
an extravaganza which would
alarm a Rothschild is one of the
special characteristics of the bus
mess. Fortunes are squandered
annually in magnificent rentals,
interest on elegant furnishings,
exhorbitant commissions and
prlncely salaries. Other kinds
OF business can not afford these
things. AT the present time the
private business man is compell-
ed to economic in every posi-
BILE way, and even large corpor-
atoms find it necessary to re-
duce expenses to the lowest
limit; and even with the most
fnancierinp. general
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most into the jaws of bankrupt
cy for the past half dozen years.
But Notwithstanding that such
economy has been found neces-
sary in nearly every quarter,
nobody has ever heard of the
life insurance business manifest
ing any feelings of uneasiness,
or of it's seeking to conform it.
self to the demands of the hard
times. 1t occupies it's palatial
buildings, and is transacted
among its plush furniture and
over its velvet carpets, with the
happy carelessness of a gambler
watching a game of faro in
which he is not interested. Moth
ing disconcerts it, while there
are no losses to pay. The Off
Gals which manage it, draw
their immense saleries with
clock-like regularity, and live in
their mansions with an appear
ance of ease that couldn't be
excelled if they possessed a
clear conscience. If life insur-
ance business can do this and
do justice to its patrons, why is
it that other business is unable
to do it! Is it a fact that the
profits of the business are so
immense that it can afford these
Injuries when other business
is scarcely able to survive? If
so, it assumes the character of
swindle, in that it is drawing
from the insured a greater
amount than it gives an equiva-
lent for, and if it is not so, then
it is equally a swindle for the
reason that it is exhausting in
illegitimate expenditure the
money which should be pre-
served to meet the demands of
the assured; and this latter is
doubtless the case. At least
the recent failures in life insur-
ance circles would seem to sus
tain this view.
That there are companies ia.
diciously and safely managed
does not admit of doubt, but
they are like stars in a cloudy
sky-few and far between. It
is only a matter of time, in our
opinion, when the whole system
OF life insurance will collapse,
and the millions of dollars which
have been invested in the sup
POSITION that dependent families
were abundantly provided for,
will be irretrievably lost. With
the exception of savings banks
deposits the trust funds held
by these companies are the
most sacred in the world, and
the recklessness with which thew
are managed is a species of in
humanity which can scarcely be
excelled in cruelty. And while
dishonesty is prevalent in every
phaze of trusteeship, the life in
surance business seems to at
tract not only it's full proportion
OF roguery, but even a little
more. Taking all things into
consideration, therefore, the best
advice we can give our readers
is to be more than ordinarily