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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07
A Caution to. Peach Eaters.

A fatal case of poisoning by peach
stones, which has just occurred in Paris,
may serve as warning to those fami-
lies in which children are allowed to
look after themselves for hours together.
1t may be assumed that very few, chill
dren under the age, say of ten or twelve
years, have any idea that peach-stones
or peach-blossoms are dangerous. They
have been shown the deadly nightshade,
and probably the wild hem1ock, and
have canny dread of them; but nurse
maids are not nearly so fond of point
ing out the peach tree as an object of
horror and aversion. The victim of the
recent accident in Paris had certainly
not been cautioned against the attrac-
ton of the peach. He had developed, at
the tender age of five and a half, the
faculty of reasoning on inductive prin-
ciples, and he saw no. reason to doubt
that as cherry and apricot stones con-
tanned eatable kernels the nobler fruit
had, at least, an equally desirable treas
lfe In IFS Utmost recesses. Accordingly
he secreted the stones of a number of
peaches which had been. sent to the
mother from the country, and possess
ing himself of hammer, when left alone,
broke them open industriously, and then
set to upon q solid feast, 10 which he
did hasty but complete justice. The
taste, Of the kernels was not perhaps on
d par With expectations previously en-
tertained, but it would be ridiculous to
go through the severe labor of cracking
such hard shells without entering into
the fruition OF the labor when once fin
ished. So the unlucky child was found
by the parent on her return writhing in
the grievous agonies produced by
prussic or hydrocyanic acid. The ar
rival and efforts Of the doctor wereVa;n,
and another item had to be added to the
long list of tsdeaths by imprudence. y
1t is as we'll, now that the season of wall
fruit has arrived, to explain what ex-
tent of poisoning properties is possessed
by the peach-stone. The writer's on
toxicology state that an ounce of the
kernels contains about one grain of pure
hydrocyanic acid, and it is known that
one grain of the poison will almost to a
certainty kill any adult person. Two
thirds of q grain has very often been
fatal, and, indeed, may be regarded as
fatal dose for child.--London Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07
A Ferocious Bull.

Some months ago Esquire Stowell and
Simon Arnold, farmers, of Lindley,
Steuben County, N. Y, purchased q
vicious Attorney bull. On the 18th ult.,
as Mr.. Stowell entered the Enclosure
where the bull was kept, the animal at
tackled him, breaking both his arms and
his left shoulder, and tearing cash six
inches long in his left ,side.a On Mon
day Mr.. Arnold was attempting to lead
the bull out of the Enclosure BY q long
pole fastened to ring in the animals
nose. The bull, after several attempts,
broke the pole by sudden plunge, and
made directly for Mr.. Arnold, who
seized a pitchfork and called for aid.
A farm laborer ran to help him. The
bull turned on the laborer, and, catch
ing him on its horns, tossed him over
the fence. 1t then attacked Mr.. Arnold
again. The thrusts from the tines of
the pitchfork only added to the fury of
the beast. 1t at last overpowered the
farmer, caught him in its horns, and
threw him several feet in the air. Mr..
Arnold fell to the ground directly in
front of the bull, which immediately at
tackled him with horns and forefeet.
Before he could be rescued he was so
badly injured that he lived half an hour
only. Many of his bones were broken
and his bowels were torn out. The
latest reports from Squire Stowell, the
first victim Of the bull, are that he is not
expected to live. The bull was shot.
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POLONIUS TO LAERTES.

Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unpropOrtioned thought his act,
Lest he fall down and hurt himself with it.
The friends thou hast, If thou hast any,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks OF steel
Freeze to them, as 1t were, es4
Like grim death to dead niger, 5..-.
For thou may'st want them to bail thee out
Before thou art a week older. 4ss.3-s4sf
Beware of entrance into quarrel;
But, being in. get in thy hveliest ticks,
Remembering that q blow s@ 41S-'5
Well landed on thy opponents breadbasket
Followed rapidly by one on the end of his
Is great medicine for thee. "a 8. ~
Give every man thine ear,
Speaking, of course, in figurative sense;
Take each mans censure,
And his Judgment note; t.@ a+''
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
Unless the tailor is goose enough s3
To hang it up till Saturday evening;
Do not run too much to loud stripes, fgas
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
As It does the woman.
Neither borrower nor lender be,
Unless thou hast not many things OF thine
For loan oft lends his glasses s si.f
And goes 1t blind himself, 7s
And borrowing dulls the edge s-
OF another mans ak,
Which thou may'st have to turn
The grtndstOne to repair.
This above ALTO thine own self be true,
Keep sharp lookout for No. i,
And 1t must follow, as the night the day,
Thou can'st not then be left by any man.
oil CITY Derrick.
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The workmen engaged Z

The workmen engaged = y.
an oil we'll at Wyoming
County, N. Y, recently, Isa y. =
through 20 feet Of pure white ~ y
salt was struck at q depth q l X ..
At a depth Of $50 feet the am 4 /.
through q salt vein Of three "a 3. |. 7 4
ness, the water Of which, bslng
to analysis, showed the =
fiourine, chlorine, bromlns 80
aluminium, and so per co. ~ 4
chloride Of sodium. Wyon'S
miles west of Rochester.
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JOHN BRAY AND HIS KID"

s'She will be here in week." muir
INJURED Arthur Coggshall, as he looked
up from his writing; "she and my little
Lily-God keep them till they arrive
safe, hope, and happy"
The news spread through the camp.
Parsons wife and kid are coming,n
said one rough fellow to another, rum
ming his fingers through his heavy
red beard. "There's not a woman or
a baby round within hundred miles.
We Of the Roaring River'n be able to
brag but wish twas some other chap
than the parson." &.
The miner who spoke had the reputa-
ton of being the worst man in camp,
as well as the smartest. He was q
powerful fellow, over six feet tall, pro-
portionately broad-shouldered, and ex-
ceptionally though rudely handsome.
He lost no opportunity to counterfeit
whatever of good influence the g par
son was exertiDg. HsIE.t
The parson, Arthur Coggshall, was a
slender, pale, gifted man. John Bray,
in his rude health and contempt for
"book-learning," of course looked
down upon him. He never swore so
hard as when the minister was in hear
ing, and even the simple speech he
made about the parsons wife and kid
was full of blasphemy.
The minister sat at the door of his
miners hut, and looked along the
grand breadth and height of the won
derful mountains, blazing now in count
less cOlors under the midday sun.
~ Al
mire that" he said, softly, to himself,
and then dared not think of it, for fear
some unforeseen trouble or accident
should mar his too great happiness.
What dreams were his! The whole
camp of three hundred must, if possible,
be led to become honest, God-fearine
men. Long before this, he had thought
it would be done hut for John BRAY.
They had even collected the timber for
church, but Bray had ridiculed the
whole undertaking, and the result was
the men were ashamed to continue it.
Every day, now, the miners expected
the " new lot" they had heard were
coming to the mines, and the emigrants
were supposed to be within days Jour-
ney. A few of the better sort took horses
to 60 and meet them. The minister
went with them. In less than two hours
the miners returned bearing the dead
body of the parson, whose horse had
taken fright some few miles from the
camp and thrown him. His head had
struck rock, and the good man died
without groan.
"Parson's>dead, eh?'' said Bray, with
an oath, and running his great brown
fingers through his bus6y red hair.
"What's to become Of his woman and
kidpn - :
"You know as we'll as do, - was che
answer. "For my part, I'd rather be
over in the bend when the critters do
come than to meet the parsons wife and
tell her what's happened.
SO parsons dead!" muttered Bray
again, Struggling his broad shoulders,
and casting a side-glance at the hut
where the clay form rested. parsons
dead. Well, I dunno as liked him:
but l reckon he never did me no harm.
and now he's stepped ont, some way /
teel bad he's gone"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07
THE WORTH OF a KISS.

Oh. the sweet lies Turk in kissesl z.ss.asSs-s
Oh, the charm of make believe!
Oh, to be deceived sweet bliss is,
Bliss still sweeter to deceive!
What thou'lt grant, know, my fairest,
yQwing, T Nay, I never mustin /
Will trust whate'er thou swearest,
will swear what thou wilt trust.
-Heine.
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Mr.. James Whistler. the I

Mr.. James Whistler, tns ~ n,
painter, SO long resident - u vi M
q Marylander, and still IN ~ n
life preserves some Of bis - 80
tastes. 1t is said OF him, 49, 1870,
his pleasant Sunday breatn .e;sv
"the most courteous ana - ~
men, he is only 3 dogmaf's. = .
iect-he insists on his
buckwheat cakes -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07

The people who never , 9Itis
mistakes nor blunders have = I'm
essarys ov life, but miss INC
Josh Billings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07

A FEMALE trades-unioB organization
has just held its first meeting in Chi
cago. sF s5Tft 1913
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-07

A FRENCH actor who was taking the
part of Majol-General in q play, slip
ped and fell at the very moment he was
supposed to be leading his troops to
battle. With ready wit he avoided the
ridicule of his audience by exclaiming,
s. Soldiers, am MORALLY wounded, but
do not stay to aid me. Pass over my
PROSTATE body to victory
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ucu i WOu y swear, uOXXOuc me
if 1 will, little 'un," said John, penitent.
"But that's just as bad," said Lily,
climbing upon his knee and resting her
innocent face on his shoulder.
Then / won't say doggone, blast me
if will.'' : 81 .st.f.
She lifted her head and looked sor-
rowfully in his face as she said
81 guess your mother never taughted
you when you was little boy"
81 guess she never did, said the
miner, and his eyes moistened. "My
poor mother died afore I knew any
thing
"0h, am so sorry!" she said, at
tentively regarding him, red lips apart,
soft eyes dewy with feeling. "I know
all the Commandments, and I'll teach
'em to you, and then you won't swear
any more, because, you see, then you'll
Em0ao it's wicked.''
CAN right, little un," was, the re-
Spouse. aat
.. There came day before hong when
the rough miners stood. over another
grave, and Lily, weeping as if her heart
would break, lay in the arms of John
Bray, as in the arms of a tender father,
and sobbed herself to sleep upon his
breast. '.'st
1t became an understood thing that
John had adopted the orphan, and the
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
Dr.. PierCe's Favorite Prescription

The term, however, Is but a feeble expression OF
my high appreciation Of It's value, based upon per-
sonal Observation. have, while witnessing Its posi-
tive results In the special diseases incident to the
organism of woman, singled 1t out as the climax or
crowninR gem OF my medical career. On its merits,
as positive, safe, and etectual remedy for this class
of diseases and one that will, at all times and under
all circumstances, act kindly, am willing to stake
my reputation as o physician; and so confident am
that 1t will not disappont the most sangunc ex-
pecations OF single invalid lady who uses 1t for any
and sell il Under POSITIVE GUARANTEE. (For
The fSiicwing are among those diseases in which
my Fnvorite Prescription has worked cures, as by
magic, and with certainty never before attained By
any medicine. Leucorrh9a, Excessive Flowing,
Painful Monthly Periods, Suppressions when from
unnatural causes, Irregularities, Weak Back, Fro
lapsus or Failing Of the Uterus, Anteversion and
Retroversion, Bearing-down Sensations, Internal
Heat, Nervous Depression, Debility, Dependency
Threatened Miscarriage, Chronic Congestion, ILL.,
lammation and liberation of the Uterus, Impotency
Barrenness, or Sterility, and Female Weakness.
do not extol this medicine as "cure-alln but II
admirably fulfills slnglenees OF purpose, being
most perfect specific in all chronic diseases OF the
sexual system Of woman. 1t will not disappon, nor
Those who desire further information on these sub
jects can obtain II in TEE PEOPLES COMMON SENSE
MEDICAL ADVISER, book OF over 800 pages, sent.
postpaid, Oh receipt Of 3l60 It treats infinitely Of
those diseases peculiar to Females and gives much
valuable advice in regard TO the management OF
those affections. I.
Tevsrfte Preseriptasa solA By Drussista.
r. V. PIERCE, M. D., Prop'r, Worlds Dispensary
and Invnlids' Hotel, Buffalo, NY.
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26

ALLANs AETI-FAT is the great remedy for Corpu.
lency II Is purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
1t acts the food in the stomach, preventing Its con-
version into fat Taken according to directions, IL
win reduce q fat person from . TO pounds weei.
In placing this remedy before the public as posi-
tive cure for obeaty, we do SO knowing Its ability to
cure, as attested BY hundreds Of Testimonials, Of
which the following from lady In Columbus, Ohio,
ID a sample: I" Gentlement-Your Anti-Fat was duly
received. took 1t according to directions and 1t
reduced fve pounds was SO eiated over the re-
suit that Immediately sent to ACKERMAN'S drug
itore for the second bottle" Another, physician,
writing for patient from Providence, r. J., says,
-Four bottles have reduced her weight from l99
pounds to l92 pounds and there isa general mproye-
nent In health" A gentleman writing from Bos-
ton, says: without special change or attention to
diet two bottles Of Allans Ant-Fat reduced mo four
and ons-quarter poundsn The well.known Whole
sale Druggists, SMITH, DOoLIrTLE SMITH, OF Bos-
ton, Mass, write as follows: Allans Ant.Fat has
reduced lady In our city seven pounds In three
weeks.n A gentleman In ST. Louis writes: "Allan's
Anti-Fat reduced me twelve pounds In three weeks,
and altogether have lost twenty-five pounds since
commencing Its usen Messrs POWELL PLIMPToN,
Wholesale Druggists, OF Buffalo, N. T., write: "To
TIE PRoPRIET0Rs OF ALLAN'S ANTI-FAT: Gentle.
men,The following report Is from the lady who used
Aan's Anti-Fat. ut Ghe Anti-Fat) had the desired
effect reducing the fat from two TO five pounds
week until had lost twenty-five pounds ! hope
never to regain what have LOST" Ant.Fat fs an
unexceled blood-purifer. 1t promotes digestion,
curing dyspepsia, and Is also potent remedy for
rheumatism. Sold by druggists. Pamphlet on Obes.
ity senton receipt Of stamp rv
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
Sherif's Office N
CHERIFF SALE.

By virtue OF a writ OF Levarl Facias to
sale, at Lhe lafayette Hotel, 81 Shipley al
kept bv John ]. Dcugherty, in the city Of
Wi mington, New Castle county, Del, on
WEDNESDAY, the 20Lh day OF October,
1879, at o'clock p. m,
The following described real estate VIE:
AL that certain lot and brick dwelling
hOu' Q thereon, situate IN the city Of VIII
ntngton Aforesaid, bou AIDED and described
as follows to wit. Beginning on the west
erly side OF Lombard street between Sec-
ond and Third stree Is at the ceuire Of tn.
Larty wall between this and the q joining
,houne on the south, lat, Of john McLear,
now OF Lewis MAJ on, tn eace westerly along
the ceALre of the said party wall, and par
ai!el to Seco ad sire TIA feet to the easterly
side Of an alley leading into Robinson
street, thence northerly along ths said side
Of the said alley parallel to Lombar street
Il feet inches 10 @ corner of land late OF
William G. Lowe. row of Mr.. Patton
and parallel to the first mentioned line
through the Ger tire of the party wall divi.
ding this from the adjoinIag brick house.
on the north "A feet 10 tue said side OF
Lombard street. and thence the .eby south.
erly l3 feet inches, to the place of begin.
ming, be the contents thereof what they
may.
teized and taken in execution as the
properly of Al'cs M. McKenua, furyiving
nnoftgager. and I. t's, q d to be sod by
ISAAC GRUBB, Sheriff.
sherifi's office. New Castle. Oct. llth '7S
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
4 TALE OF THE STORM.
THE LOSS OF THE ExPREss-REsCUED OF.
FICERs AND CREW.

ElCLho AMI OaG"'
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25.-Ths steamer
II uise arrived here this morning from
down the bay, bringing the following cf'
fcers and crew of the lost steamer Express
who we're rescued by the steamer Shirley:
F.J. Stone, Clerk Of the Express;
Carries W. Baily. Chief Engineer; John
D.uglass, wheelman, William Barker, son
ofthe Captain, who was supposed to have
been los; David Wyatt, fireman Robert
Hawkins. fireman; George Walker, waiter
Il. Lewis, deck-hand, and Captain Jobr
T. Walmsly, Of Cecil county, Nd, passeE'
gel; William Cant, cook; total, 10.
There were six females on board, all o
whom were lost. They we're Mrs. A. Bacor
of Baccn's Wharf, St. Mary's county; Ms
Randolph Jones, of At. Msry's county
Mrs. Tarleton and infant, Of St. 1nIgoea
St. Mary's county; Matilda, colored, cham
bermaid; Chloe Dyson, colored, a pssssn
ger, and ceIored woman named 1homsl
from Lancaster Wharf passenger TIKI
male passengers lost were Henry Ulimsn
OF Baltimore, drowned; Mr.. Leventins, o
Baltimore, peddler; and DR.. Burch, o
Fettarys county.
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
BYMAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

Cardinal. Archbishop Paul Cullen, Of
Dublin, is dead.
Two freight trains collidsd near GutL-
rie, KY, on Thursday. One car was tele.
scoped. Three tramps we're maDgled and
will die.
Bismarck, D. T., and Sidney, Neb., des-
patches say snow is falling rapidly along
that region A. d extending upthe river from
8'smsrck 200 miles. Is Is the heaviest
storm eyer known iu October.
The clerks in the departments at Wash
ington from New York, Pennsylvania, Dsla>
wsre. New Jersey ard the New England
States, will have six to ten days leave OF
abse nee to 20 homs to vote. Those from
he far West will bs allowed longer time.
Several hundred unpaid Iaborers st Su'-
liyap, Ind, who have ben at work on the
narrow gauge road, claim that Their
manager has absceDded, threaten TO raBsack
the town tonight There ais serious ap>
prehefsions of disturbance, and the citizens
have fed them during the day. s,s-
There are number Of new fever cases
reared, Of returned refue ees, at Vicksturg
Miss yesterday. From Yazoo City and
D.lta there are new cases repor ell. Ex-
sheriff Kramer and A. V. Brown, OF Delta
are reported to be in dying condition.
The Dix -Neuyieme Steele states that in
consequence of the gravity Of The situation
between England and Afghanistan and
the state Of aff,irs in Turkey, a Cabinet
council was held at Versailles yesterday,
and will meet again to-day.
The Comst took shop, large three-story
factory, occupied by E. N. Faue as box
shop, and by Rafferty, & Collins as boot
factory were burned yesterday, at midnight
The building of G cen Brss., used for the
extraction OF oil, and the boiler room ot
their heel factory, were also destroyed.
Total loss, $50, 900 partly insured.
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
SHERIFF SALES.


g.N Ia 4
BY virtue OF q writ or Ais. yend,,,.-,
sxponss TO me directed, gtll be eInnsn eoni
% Public Saie at TIE lafayette Hotel s
ST. Shtplsy street, kept by John S'nrtSo 70
-riy IN the City OfWtlI ipglon, New ~.
tie County, st on "7s'
SAT URDAY. the and day Of Kovembsr A
ID. le7os at2 &c Oc6, p. IN,
The following described real es.a'e vi.
No. All that certain IO' place or D ,ree, nr
land with two story br.ck me ssuaee tha,ooi Vi
on erected situate ia the city OF Wi.mino
On, Del, b 'urded ana ses sri ed as ~
lows, Il, wit. b cunning at the corna,
formei by tue fntcrsec ION I the I orth.ri',
ii Of Ff n III. with the ess Or ado
Wa nut st lhrnte cas- eriy aloe .he nor,h
.r y 8 de Of Flf b st.: ~ T.. 10 10, to tha
westerly side Of an alley leading into FIFE
~, the ,ce n ,rth..ly p,rtllel - salant
It. along sa d sids Of sAid al .ey q IN
CD &c lie e5 westsriy taralisl % Fifth
- 72f. ala. 10 tn. eR,tefly 81 Q Of Walnnt
st.. ard thence ,ouibeIl ly o. ., Id side oS
said 81, SO ft TO the cor, er aiuIe I'd ana
placs Of b. ginning, b. The contents theraof
what they may, with tho r,vi ege and use
Of aid alley. DC. ''
Se;zen ami tsken in exc u.ion m tho
oropei ty { + Da IT. "c' uiliu I'd a bs q, IA
by ISAAC 0RUBB. eher1fr,
sher!n's sffice New Caste, Oct. Is, ~
The Morning herald., 1878-10-26
TELECRAMS.
FAMILY MURDERED.

4 pArHKR, MOTHER AND TWO BOYS
KHLHD FOR MONEY.
A special dispatch from Evansville, Ind.,
or Oct. -, d q follows: W.
A horrible murder Of . whole family was
perpetratsd four miles east of Yincennes 81
an early hour this Haorniug. The viet ms
we're John D. vacelCt, his wife and two
children. The murdered man was fifty
years old and had lived in the vicinity for
thirty years. His chsraater was good and
he was not supposed to have any enemies.
His wife was any years Of age. The two
sons Frank and John, we're respectively six
teen ard fourteen years old. Pierre Proves!
tas susp cted murderer, is As ye,rs of sge,
and has only been In Vincenpes few
months, and has beea resisting Vscelot In
farm work. Provost declares he was awak,
I'd at hslfpast three o'clock by noise III
th house, snd saw Eve meh struggling with
the inmates. He Immediately escaped by u
window and rsn to a n,ighbor's house to
give the alarm. With others he returne
10 half an hour The house consists oi
three yooms. Pr,-v.st and the two boys
occupied the two boys occupied one, Vacelo1
ard his vile no o. the other room was d
lumber room. Three axes and pruning
fork we're fonnd inihe rooms; all Of them
had blood on them, but only one axe bo-e
evidences Of baving been used. 1t had
blood and fair on 1t, the other had blood OF
II, sides, but not on the edge of the blade
or ON the poll. The Two boys were discoy-
cred on the bed with their heads horribly
cut and gsshed. Tho old man was lying In
the doorway between the two rooms, evi
dently having heard the noise in his sons
rooms. His body presented fearful and
s,ckening appearance. Nine gashes were
found In the head and face and three on the
arms, shoulders and breast. There had ev
ID ptly been desperate struggle. Ths
wife was on the bed with ave ghastly cuti
ON her face and head and across her throst
severing her jugular vein, as If done by
kLife. With the floors covered with blood
b-d clothes soaked, walls and ceilings spat'
tered with blood and brains, it looked like
0 Slaughter house. Provost, the alleged
murderer, is in jail in Vipcinnes. Immense
crowds Of pee pie are in the streets to-light
. aid frequent threats are uttered OF lynching
9 Vacelot was known to have recently collect
I'd few hundred dollars, and II is believed
that this WAS the incentive for murder.