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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12

with good effect when IN 1861 he
was instrumental in having treaties OF
commerce and extraditiOn ratified between
our Government and Mexico. He resOlutey
opposed the French invasion, and by his adj
ministrative ability enabled President Juarez
to reestablish order after the overthrow OF
Macmillan. His own administration was con-
Quoted creditably, and was attended with as
much success as the disturbed condition OF the
Republic would admit. When last November
the fortune of war went against him, he
retired decorously from the capital, and now
awaits the establishment of constitutional
government in Mexico Should he regain power
or political influence, the knowledge he will
acquire during his soiourn here will enable
him to disabuse the Mexicans of many false
notions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12

Eleven persons in Crosswicks, N. j., send to The
TRIBUNE protest their sign manuals against the
Justice of our criticism. They passed great num-
Der Of preambles and resolutions calling for reform
in tho mana cement Of the public schools OF New
jersey. We found their work full of errors in spell
ing and in grammar, and we suggested that it was
little dscouraging to encounter educational reform
ers deficient in photography and syntax Now they
write to us to say that they expected the proof
reader or editor the cOmpOsitOrs in the Office OF
The Trenton state Gazette, in which newspaper we
discovered the resolutions to correct them for pub
lcation They give us to understand that they con-
slider il to be the business of prOOfreaders and edl
tors and cOmpositOrs to correct Ms, and that they
regard failure to do "as base, cOwardly, ana
cOntemptible." Perhaps it would have been more
obliging in the present instance if this Kindness had
been shown to the unfortunate resolutions; but our
good friends in Crosswicks must see that this docs
not affect our point, which was that those who busy
themselves with reform of the methods of educa-
ton should have at least tOerable knowledge OF
it's elementary branches. 1t is hardly worth while
to publish the letter. Its sgners only wish us to
state that the Trainer of the resolutions does not
know how to spell, and we have willingly complied
with their request.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12

Democratic assertions that Mr.. Chaffee, one
of the Republican electors of Illinois, still
holds the Office of L. S. Commissioner prove
true, but Republicans raise the point that he
has not performed the duties of the office for
long period Should the Senate finally plant
itself OH Judge Bradley's reported position
that an electoral college is the sole judge of
the qualifications Of its members, Mr. Chaffee's
vote can hardly fail to be counted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12

President Lerdo, who has arrived in this
city. is entitled to the consideration due a
statesman who for twenty years has played a
prominent part in public affairs. During his
official career he cultivated friendly relations
with this country, and exercised his influence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12

If the practice of hazing still exists at the
Naval Academy, it is likely to get Its quietus
from Senator Sargents report on the petition
for restoration made by dismissed cadet
While admitting that the case i'll question was
not a fragrant one, he shows clearly the ne
cessity of adhenng to the stringent law adopted
TO break up the pernicicls practice, and of
retaining from all interference by Congress
sional caprice with its just operation. Ger
tainly if the pupils of any institution of learn
ing in the country might be expected to
abstain from brutal amusement of this
kind. they might who are training themselves
for the serious business of their cOuntry's de-
Tense. We ought TO hear no more OF it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
The Editors Valentine.

We have already received our yalen-
tine for this year. 1t is not very pref
ty one, but what it lacks in beauty is
made up in mastery coloring and skill
full handling. The title is ga Newsph-
per Man," and represents dropsical-
headed chap with a green coat and
red pair of trousers, going through
piece of 10-cent muslin with formula
bic pair of shears. You may have no.
ticed that all editors wear green coats
and red pantaloons. A quill inserted
behind a comprehensive ear exhibits
much feeling, and is unlike any thing
found in medieval art. Very much un-
like it. The color in the nose is laid
on with p reckless layishness and a
brush, and doesn't suggest the Colt
tesque style of painting to airy appre-
eiable extent. The abbreviated coat
tails are remarkable for breadth of eff
feet and absence of feeling, and Gre
painted in rather low tone. The pose
of the figure is easy and graceful, as is
natural with editors. The delicate
modelling of the feet reminds ore more
of pair of gunboats than the early
Christian freseoes. They appear to
cover the whole ground-or perhaps we
should say the whole floor. The but
tons on the coat lack strength and
holes to push the needles through, while
the shirt-color is terribly real and
happily conceived. The artist has
thrown considerable soul in the news
paper mans shirt-collar. The legs of
the table are patterned after the Gothic
style of architecture, and are rather
weak; but the paste-pot on the floor is
full OF tenderness and fceling-and
paste. The brush, which reposes gen.
tly on the pot, betrays master hand
and shorthandle. The shears, with
which the editor is supposed to be
molding public opinion, are bold,
sharp and vigorous, the rivet being par
t;cularly well painted and oiled. His
head is so bare that it barely invites
criticism. All the details of the pic
ture are faithfully worked out, with one
exception. There is a marked absence
of newspaper bore going through the
pile of exchanges in the right-hand fore
ground. With this defect remedied,
the whole picture would be so real and
life-like that tramp printer would
naturally salute the counterfeit editor
with 'sHave walked from Reading
haven't had bite for two days; can't
you give an old typo little help to &c
to Philadelphia ?"-Norristoaon Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
A $4,000 Nose.

At a recent temperance meeting in
the East End a reformed drunkard
arose to make a few encouraging re-
marks to those who had not yet pledged
themselves to abstain from the flowing
bowl. The man possessed remarka-
BILE nose-remarkable for being Dubious
and of brilliant crimson-and it at
tracted considerable attention as he
stepped TO the front and stated: ala
dies and gentlemen, 1 am not here to
make a speech, I am not much of a
speaker. In fact, I never made a
speech in my life. I have, however,
been hard drinker, which you will
probably infer after casual glance at
my nose but" Here the audience
began to litter, whereupon the speaker,
feeling the organ in question tenderly,
resumed: 'sBut l assure you, ladies
and gentlemen, although it1nay strike
you as being very funny, it is no laugh
ing matter. To bring my nose to this
state of blooming perfection has cost
me, at the least calculation, 100000
Hereupon there was perfect howl, and
the new recruit stepped down and gave
place to the next speaker .-PiHsburgh
Leader. ...s.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
Hot Water for Bruises.

The New York Medical Journal re-
ports this case: The patient was en-.
gagged in machine shop, and while his
hand was upon the anvil of trip ham
mer, the Misunderstanding 700 pounds
fell 1t SO happened that file was
on the anvil, and in this way the force
Of the hammer was arrested about half
an inch before itreached its bed. When
the hand was examined it was found
that the whole palm was mass of
pulp. The metacarpal bones were COM
minuted extensively, and there was ap-
parently but small chance of saving the
hand. 1t was, however, placed in hot
water, and kept there for two or three
weeks, and then taken out and dressed.
In three months the patient was suffi-
GENTLY well to leave the hospital, and
now-nine months after the accident
he is able to move the fingers, and has
quite a useful hand. Bruises and in
juries do much better when treated
with hot than with cold water. The
temperature should be about 103 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Another case is re-
ported of compound fracture and dislo-
cation of the ankle joint, in which the
proximal end of the first metatarsal
bone protruded from the foot. The
dislocation was reduced and the foot
placed in hot water. At the end Of a
week it was taken out and dressed in
the ordinary manner. The foot is now
doing well and'premises a good result.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
An Arab Tournament.

Boon after our. arrival, i've horses
were brought in, richly caparisoned in
the Moorish style: powerful Moorish
bits, with the ring encircling the lower
jaw; short stirrups, serving also as
spurs; the high saddle, covered with
velvet housings, embroidered and firing
ed with gold; heavy gold fringes on the
neck and breast of the horses. All the
horses were good, some very fine. Five
sons of Sheik Achmet, all clad in ORR
entail robes of brilliant silks, all wear
ing the, turban, now mounted, and the
sport began. 1t consisted mainly of
dashing across the court at full speed,
and suddenly bringing up the horses
on their launches, and of riding
rapidly around one another in
various circles, lunging and par
rying with long, light lance
poles, one endeavoring to gain the
unguarded flank of another. 1t was
an admirable display of horsemanship,
and with the fine carriage of the ami
mails, the superb riding, the rich and
graceful robes of the men, and the
housings of the horses, formed a re-
markable spectacle. 1t was scene of
another age and of another race, and
the first thought that occurred to all of
us was that at last we could realize the
games that graced the festivals of the
Alhambra. Among those who took
part were two. very marked men who
happened to be the best and most dar-
ing riders; these were the Oldest and
youngest of those who rode. The elder
was a powerfully luilt man of about
40, perhaps five feet eight in height,
with an intelligent and very determined
countenance, though there was nothing
unpleasant ini The other could not
have been more than twenty; light and
graceful as possible, with a charming
face full of intelligence and good ma
ture, yet strong and full of courage, he
was the beau ideal of a noble young
man, while the elder looked like sol
der hardened by many campaigns.
The youngsters horse was trained to
kneel and lie down and rise again to
the sound of drum, and this was the
amusing part of the exhibition. A brace
of wild Arabs danced frantically in
front of the noble bay, wildly beating
their drums until he knelt, and at last
stretched himself at full length On the
ground, the young sheik keeping his
seat until the horse rolled over on his
side.--Gef. Mcclellan, IN Scribner's for
MGrch
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
Broken YictuaIs at the Hotels.

For years, the fragments from the
cook and carving rooms of the differ
ent hotels in the city have been eager
ly and readily sought for by poor pee
pie, who are only too glad to get the
leavings from tables of their more for
tunate fellow creatures, at the merely
nominal price charged them. In most
of the hotels this business is thoroughly
systematized, and the basket brigade
marshals itself at the proper back door
with the regularity of old soldiers on q
parade. At the Parker House, where
the greatest amount of this trade is
carried on, an average of sixty people
make daily calls, not far from three p.
m, and presenting their baskets to the
lady in charge of that department, get
about fifteen cents worth of provisions
each. Some call for but ten cents
worth, and others even less, but the
majority are regular corners, and buy
tickets at 81 per week. The provisions
distributed are stale bread, carcasses of
fowl and joints of meat, on which the
carver has exhausted his skill, cold veg
etables, indeed any thing and every
thing which, having run the gauntlet of
the guests table and the servants
board, is ready to be cast into outer
darkness. OF course there are many
rich and relishing morsels in the scraps
thus given out, but it is not intended
that any thing shall go which could be
used to advantage in any other way.
There has been but little change in the
line of back-door custom at the hotels
for years past, save that at the present
time the number of callers is steadily
increasing. Frequently the demand is
so great that the supply is exhausted,
and this is becoming not unusual &C.
currence, for while the buyers of broken
victuals are growing more numerous,
the closeness of the times and the fall
ing off in hotel rates leads most~Wana-
gers to cut closer and practice little
! economies from the range to the waste
baskets. The Revere House, Young's
Hotel, the fremont House, and the
American House, as well as Parker's,
have their regular lines of cheap call
ers, as does, probably, every other pub
lie house in the city.-Boston Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
Mstrimony In Washington.

Washington is poor matrimonial
market, and anxious chaperons are fof.
ever on their guard against army ana
navy officers and department CLERKS
anxious to win an heiress and retrle's
their fortunes. Attaches OF F0reign
Legations are generally the degenersa
second sons of noble families, and set
dom ever carry off an American vls
when they return home from their asr
els.J AT one time, some few years ~
Washington was a regular Botany ~
for foreign scapegraces, but now sns
Diplomatic Corps contains worthy "
resentatives of the youths OF other isnds'
who are not all here waiting Tor soms
thing to blow over or die out, oelOIs
they can return to their families. ~
Gently an engagement has nee @ Z &
nounced between Mr.. Bakmetoh, osy
retary of the Russian Legation, sna
Miss Beale, a great society belle. Is ~
marriage will occur soon after LLh
and will be celebrated with great sPlsr,
dor. Mr.. Bodisco, formerly kusl.a
Minister to this country, and DIS s NV
both married Washington brides. ~ ~
elder Bodisco was one day esq., IA
through the Georgetown Convent 4 -. III
among the pupils was . beautiIul s v
whose blonde charms went stralgDs !. X
his Muscovite heart. 9. That lady sns :.
be my WIFE" said M. Bodisco s!,si .v =
admiring gaze, and in less snsn h ~.
years the young lady took nm ,oi !, 81 81
ter or worse, and from her nome y, = II (,
Petersburg come glowing acc %sa an !
her life at the Russian Court. ny N,
Bodisco, Jr., wooed and won u M. =,
usual way, without any strlkps trus
dents to embellish the coqrss = o..et
love.-Cor. 81. Louis Gtooe- Ds'"0s :
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
The Old Tragic Story Of Pooling
With Loaded Gun. ,-E >,

Near Pegram's Station, on the North
western Road, a negro named Caesar
Woodward was accidentally killed by
Steve Pegram, also colored. Both men
were at least sixty years of age, were
always joking with each other when
ever they happened to meet. Pegram's
wife's mother was sick and q good
many eolored people had called to see
her. While Cesar Woodward, was
coming toward the door, a negro wom-
an suggested that Pegram should get
down the gun and scare him a little.
So Pegram took down the gun, and,
while removing two sun-bonnets from
the barrel, it was accidentally discharg-
ed, the load entering Woodward's
cheek, breaking the jaw-bone in three
places and killing him instantly. An
inquest was held and the jury pro-
nouncd the killing accidental and ac-
quilted Pegram.-NashuiUe american.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

up these cases in the spring, and most
of those enclosed-all but few-say
two per cent.-are alive and we'll after
their resuscitation.
There can be no doubt about the
facts here stated. -
We publish the above somewhat re-
markable story precisely as it comes
from the writer, who is evidently more
accustomed to the practical details of
life On the frontier than to describing
them in print. 1t is not the work of a
professional writer of sensations.-Ed.
Call.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22
Self-Reliance Necessary to Succe IS.

Self-relianee, cenjoined with prompt
itude in the execution OF our under
takings, is indispensable to- success.
And yet multitudes live life OF vac
iIlation and consequent failure, be-
cause they remain undetermined what
to do, or, having decided that, having
no confidence in themselves. Such
persons need to be assured; but this
assurance can be obtained in no other
way than by their own success in what
ever they may attempt for themselves.
If they lean upon others, they not only
become dissatisfied with what they
achieve, but the success of one achiev-
ment, in which they are entitled to but
partial credit, is no guaranty to them
that, unaided, they will not fail in their
very next experiment.
For want of self-reliance and decis-
ion of character, thousands are sub
merged in their first essays to make the
voyage Of life. Disappointed and
ohagrined at this, they underestimate
their own capacities, and theneefor-
ward, relying on others, they take and
keep a subordinate position, from
which they rise, when they rise at all,
with the utmost difficulty. When a
young man attains his majority, it is
better for him, as a general rule, to
take some independent position of his
own, even thong the present remuner-
alton be less than he would obtain in
the service of others. When at work
for himself, in business which re.
quires and demands foresight, economy,
and industry, he will naturally develop
the strong points of his character, and
become self-reliant.
A glance at the business men of any
community will show who have anC
who have not improved the opportunity
of their earlier years. The former
| transact their business with ease
promptitude, and profit. They rely up
on themselves, and execute what they
have to do with energy and dispatch
But those who shirked every thing il
their youth are compelled to rely OF
their clerks and statesmen for advice
and are never ready to act when &C
casions of profit arise. Many parent
commit a lamentable error in this re
spect. They lead their children to be
lieve that they can do nothing withou
the constant assistance of their supe
riors, and after awhile the child be
comes impressed with that idea. For
tunate will it be for him when. b
energies from the parental roof, if h
can at once acquire the self-relianc
which has been kept down at home
otherwise he must necessarily fail il
whatever Independent enterprise h
undertakes; and in such case, Will
the misfortune is his own, the fault lie
at the door of misjudging parents rath
er than at his own.-,Scieastifc Amer'
| can,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

A LAWSUIT over q meteor is an event
undoubtedly without q parallel in the
history of Jurisprudence. Two years
ago a large meteor went splurging
around over Iowa, and finally burst to
pieces in Iowa County. A man named
Mas found one of the pieces, weighing
some IS pounds, in a road that he was
travelling over, and. took it home, only
to be soon notified thatait didn't belong
to him, but to society which owned
the lands through which the road ran.
He refused to give it up, and the society
brought suit. Mas claimed it was his
by right of discovery, but the society
insisted that it had fallen on their land,
and belonged to the realty by accretion
from natural causes, and the court sus-
tanned this view. The society will pre-
sent the chunk to the Iowa State Uni
versity, and it will 60 into history as
the meteor that there was a lawsuit
over. $500
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

A GOOD example for long-winded
lawyers and judges was afforded in an
insurance suit tried before Judge Daily
at New York the other day. The plain
tiff's counsel summed up in four, sem
fences, the defendants counsel said he
didn't want to bore the jury with any
more remarks, the Judge merely said,
" If you believe thesplaintiff, you will
find verdict in his favor,'' and the
Jury so found without leaving their
seats-all in less than three minutes
from the conclusion of the evidence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

IT has recently come to light in San
Francisco that hundreds of people in the
city have become addicted to the using
of hydrate of chloral, and, mixed with
sirups, it is working into fashionable
society and the heightened saloons I'M
der the name of ssschloral cocktail, ~
though women oftener take it in this
form. The juices of the stomach turn
it into fchloroform, which produces
sleep, its slower action having differ
ent result from opium, in that its VIC
tim just recovering from spree is its
greatest admirer. Like opium, howev-
er, it makes slaves Of those who uses it,
and the dose must be constantly in
creased; but it is more treacherous
than even opium, in that it.can be read
lily procured, kills suddenly, and, un-
less the fact of its use is known, the
death is unusually attributed to natural
causes. - .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

= 3 .
ENGLISH butchers have adopted an
ingenious method of disgusting their
customers with American meat. They
are buying up all the old worn out bulls
and emaciated cows, and labelling them
when dressed, sReal American beef,
not frozen" The price charged for the
meat thus labeled seems low to the
purchaser, but is really very high for
the stuff given in exchange, and leaves
the seller about three pence per pound
profit. It has also the advantage of
thoroughly sickening the purchaser,
who, finding it quite void Of nutrition
and tough as a whipthong, at once
swears 10 eschew American beef for the
future, and goes back to beef at the old
high prices, when he often really gets
unconsciously American beef, which
the willy butcher sells as English, and
thereby reaps increased profits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-03-22

"A COMPANY OF antiquarians has 49,
formed in Switzerland for the n 49, /,
of unearthing the village OF riu I, (,
Graubunden, which was coyere - "a
fall of rocks in 1918, entailing 'n y. II /,
Of nearly 1900 lives. A rich D s,or?,s,
anticipated from the shops la''"
and churches,