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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
A Man.Eating Horse.

We have information of a terrible
affray which occurred in Anderson County
last Tuesday with vicious horse.
John Coward, the son of the Widow
Coward, and member of the mercan-
tile firm of Worthington and Coward,
went into the stable where there was an
old family horse, which had been known
to be always as gentle as dog. Sud
denly the beast was seized with fit of
viciousness, and pitched upon young,
Coward. Before he could get away
from the ferocious animal he was al
most literally eaten up. The horse had
bitten al most all the muscles and flesh
loose from both the arms above the
elbow; had also bitten him fariously in
the sides, on the hips and other places.
DR.. Coward, uncle of the young man,
was summond, and gave all the surgi-
cal assistance and relief possible, but
the wounds were of a very dangerous
and serious nature, and it was feared he
could not survive. A negro boy went
in to the same horse afterward, and was
also set upon by it and pretty roughly
used, and it was with difficulty he was
rescued. The horse was never known
to be vicious before, and its conduct
could not be explained. Young Coward
wanted it kill d, but nothing was done
about it. The horse seemed finally te
get over the spell, and was taken out
and worked in the pillow the same day
Kno1Uille (Ienn.) Chronicle, .li.j59
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
A "Clucko and Six Kittens.

Mr.. Aarvin of West Leesport has =
"c!uck" which tenderly cares for six
kittens about three weeks old. The
cluck has been deprived Of a brood of
young chickens, and feeling the loss
very keenly she no doubt considered
the taking charge of the kittens a jast
compensation. The kittens seem to
listen to her call, and will nestle under
her wings and feathers like little chick
ems. No one is allowed to approach,
not even the cat herself, while the hen
has charge, but she seems satisfied when
the kittens occasionally creep out and
go over to the mother cat in the next
corner. This is indeed a great curiosi.
ty. Quite number of persons have
watched with great interest the old her
caring for the kittens: She s'clucks'
and calls them, plays with them and
scratches, and endeavors to find fol
them. The kittens jump about the ole
hen and make big fuss with their two
footed, feather-taiIed mammy.-ReGd
ing PA Eagle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
Behold the King.

He loved her as his own soul, and he
called on last Sunday at her residence
to put $3.50 engagement riag on her
finger.
"Can we sail down the stream of
Time, pet, in the same boatP'
"Yes, George, down to the shoreless
sea of eternity, and beyond the mystic
spirit land our souls shall still entwine.
and -. Oh, my, there he goes now!"
and the young girl, tearing herself from
Georges arms, rushed to the window
and looked out longingly for several
minutes.
"What the attractiOnp" asked the
young man, somewhat annoyed.
"He's just too sweet for any thing, "
murmured the maiden, too much ab-
sorbed to hear Georges voice. Then
he got up and looked out, and saw the
end-man of the minstrel troupe passing
along on the other side of the street, and
fully understanding the situation he
calmly sat down and waited for the show
to pass VirqiniG (NeU } Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
Victor Hugo's Way.

M. Hugo never discourages any one.
On the contrary, he always writes to
young authors expressing his admira.
ton Of their productions, and acknowl-
edging that they possess genius su-
perior to his. He has thus scattered
right and left several thousand auto.
graphs, which are previously preserved,
and which are regularly brought to his
recollection every time that there is a
question of reproducing one of his
pieces. His doors are then besieged by
a number of people who are strangers
to him, and who claim places because
on some remote occasion he wrote them
things to this effect: II love you like
a son." or depart and you arrive. l
am a setting sun, and you are radiant
constellation which is rising in the firma-
ment," or "The effulgence of your
genius illuminates your book. He must
be blind that does not read you Cor
IN. Y. Herald. flEf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
PITH AND POINT.

THE lady with new bonnet never
likes to hear a clergyman pray for rain.
A WESTERN girl broke her engage
ment because the fellow was so handy
legged that she couldn't sit in his lap
She acted too hastily; she should have
remembered that friend in-kneed is a
friend indeed. .@ .t ~ ts9t
It's all very well to talk about low
prices, and how cheap dry-goods and
clothing are; but what is all that to the
average American citizen who has to
pay war prices for his absolute necessi-
ties, such as whisky and cigars? ''%@s'i
He was hard-looking old customers;
he was blear-eyed; his hair was long
and struggling; his clothes were in rags,
and he was fearfully dirty. You never
would have supposed that he was worth
Sc 1000, 900, and he wasn't. '''"
How foolishly asks that charming old
poem, in the very first stanza: "a
Where, where will be the birds that sing,
hundred years to come!
Most of them will be dead, but the
few hens that survive at that time will
be most awfully ough.--Bartangtoa
Haaokeye. ,...,, a.t. a.,,.,g
A CLEVELAND aladysiwho has lately
passed few weeks in Paris always re-
fers to her kitchen girl as her file de
cuisine. Her son will insist on referring
to the worthy domestic as our 'pot
rassler" much to his mothers horror
but he hasn't had the benefit of fort
night in "Paree."
CoNJUGAL affection depends largely !
upon mutual confidence. 81 make it a
rule," said wiseacre to his friend, "to
tell my wife every thing that happens.
In this way we manage to avoid any
misunderstanding" Not to beoutdone.
in generosity the friend replied: "Well,
sir, you are not as open and frank asI
am, for l tell my wife a great many
things that never happen. ."ials IT
THERE is something attractive about,
the bruised, scratched and SCARED face
of the little fellow who always gives as
good as he receives and comes out OF, /,
the fight with a glistening eye and a
bright row of laughing teeth; but the
other boy that sulks and mutters and
picks up a big rock-bah You always
feel like taking him by the collar and
dipping him off the dock.-Neao Hdreas
Register. a-',fa -. s4sl ,shiigb
"SHIRLEY DARE''' dares to write,
thusly: "I wish American ladies and
gentlemen would take to the fashion of
wearing hand knit thread, wool and
silk stockings" She adds that such
stockings can be bought for $4 per pair,
1t is probably on account Of their cheap,
ness that editors don't wear them.
Newspaper men have become so aceus-,
toned to wearing stockings costing $40
and S15 pair that they will not take
kindly to the suggestion to discard them
for cheaper and iafsrior article
Norristoacn Herald. rsf 3Bs ayY
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
She Couldn't DO 1t.

The lady mentioned in the dispatches
of last Sundays Commercial as having
entered into an agreement with her hus-
band to hold her tongue ten minutes in
each quarter-hour for 1,113 consecutive
quarter hours, failed in her task. At 8
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, as she
was completing her 917th quarter-hour,
and her hackers were feeling sure that
she would win, neighbor-lady return
ing from a shopping expedition, passed
along the street in front of the window,
wearing her new purchase, a beautiful
shawl. Now, the lady who was holding
her tongue should have tightened her
grip at this supreme moment, and con-
centrated her thoughts on something
else than this new article of dress be-
longing to her neighbor; but it is said
that the ruling passion is strong even in
death, and that ingrained habit is un-
conquerable; and these axioms were
proven in this instance, for the tongue
holder, unfortunately for herself, lean
ed over and whispered in the ear of a
lady-bystander, s'What horrid shawl"
She Immediately saw her mistake, but
it was too late. The judges at once de-
clared in favor of the husband, the
crowd filed slowly out of the building,
and the first match on record of tongue
holding against time was over. One
lady at least in Wilmington will attend
church this summer in last years bon
net. The husband is investing the SIC
he saved in strong plug-tobacco. He
says he never before enjoyed such peace
and quietude as during the past nine
days. And now the other married mer
of Wilmington are hoping that the
tongue.holding fever may become ar
epidemic, and strike the country with
| emphasis. Cincinnati Commercials
Wilmington TO-. Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
Man in the Inter.Glacial Age.

Mr.. Sydney B. J. Skertchly, of the
British Geological Society, has been
contributing series of interesting arti-
cles to the English Mechanic on the
everf fresh topic of the antiquity of man.
His closing essay he sums up as follows:
1.-THE question whether man was or was
not in existence during the great cycle
of the glacial period is settled in the
affirmative. The evidence is so clear,
and has been obtained in such widely
separated areas, that it would be aston
ishing it is not universally accepted, did
we not know that such has been the his
tory of all scientific discovery. In the
year 1888 the evidence of mans con-
temporaneity with extinct mammals was
as complete as it is to-day, but for thirty
years it was disregarded. Can we won
der, then, that the belief in the inter-
glacial age of man makes but slow prog
RESP" Following Lubbock's Prehis-
toric Man." Mr.. Skertohly has these
great divisions: (D Historic Period,
(2) The Iron Age, (3) The Bronze Age,
(4) The Neolithic or Stone Age, and
(5) The Palaolithic or Drift Age, the
most ancient of all. The first four Pc
RODS, Mr.. Skertchly classifies as post
glacial; the last he belives to be glacial.
This galcial age he subdivides in
to four periods of excessive cold and
ice, represented respectively by the Low
er Bowlder Clay, the Chalky Bowlder
Clay, the Purple Bowlder Clay, and the
Hessle Bowlder Clay-the first-named
being the earliest. Between these forma-
tions Mr.. Skertchly places three inter-
glacial periods, the Early, intermediate,
and Late Paleolithic. Accepting Croll's
theory of the origin of climatic changes,
the glacial period began about 100000
years ago, and ended about 80, 900 years
ago. This would make the age of the
early Palaolithic period about 100000
years, and to this period Mr.. Skertchly
believes the first traces of man clearly
belong, r
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
Story Of a Pet Deer.

For years past an old hind used to fire.
quent the house of Donald Gillies, un-
der gamekeeper to the Duke of Argyll,
beside the beautiful fall of Linagh.utain,
on the river Array, about half way up
the glen. Coming and going every
day with the utmost freedom, and al.
ways sharing of the best, this pet-a
large specimen of the red deer-was
known far and near by the name of
Jessie, and enjoyed free range of the
neighboring grounds and uplands.
Last autumn, a little one appearing on
the scene, soon became as familiar in
the gamekeeper's house as its mother,
answering readily to the name of Kitty.
At feeding time both would freely help
themselves, occasionally even raising
with their noses the lid of the meal
chest; and after their feast they would
walk away with a satisfied air, their
muzzles all white with meal. Matters
went on thus till one day lately, when
neither of the pets paid the accustomed
visit to the house. Next day Mrs. Gil
lies was surprised to see the little one
come alone, and on Offering it some
food as usual she noticed that it did not
seem to relish the solitary meal. Kitty,
on walking slowly back to the adj )in-
ing wood, was followed by Mrs. Gillies,
who felt curious to know what had be-
come of the mother deer. Guided by
her young favorite, which kept close by
her side. Mrs. Gillies proceeded
through the thicket for rather more than
a quarter of mile, when in slight hol-
low she discovered the lifeless body of
the hind. This the little one began to
snuff at, every now and again looking
up inquiringly into Mrs. Gillies's face.
Kitty is now greater favorite than ever,
and comes regularly to be fed as before.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
All About a Bulldog.

A bulldog that was stolen from Lord
Dufferin in Canada, a year ago, turned
up lately in Terre Haute, Ind, where
she killed Texas steer in street fight
Col. Burns of Evansville bought her for
$110, and fastened her in his stable.
The Evansville Journal of Wednesday
said: Yesterday, while the Colonel
was leading horse worth 81 900 past the
dog, she leaped toward the horse with
such tremendous force that the collar
snapped like a string. She buried her
teeth in the horses flesh. Col. Burns
seized the dog by the throat with both
hands, and hurling her back, threw him.
self upon her as she fell. She tore his
shirt into shreds. At last, with his heavy
boot heel he planted blow on the
forehead which stunned the beast -
The Journal of Thursday said: "Col.
Burns was sitting on horseback at his
front gate yesterday morning, when the
spotted bulldog dashed out the side gate,
having snapped the cast-iron chain. He
whipped his horse into a gallop and fol-
lowed. Capt. App, of the police, was
coming down the street in his barouche
when the dog dashed toward his horse
and made leap at his throat. The
horse SHE'D to escape the danger, over
throwing the barouche, and hurting
Capt. App against shade tree with
such force as to dislocate the right ell
bow. On Parrett Street the furious dog
met lad and seized him by the collar
of his coat. Both rolled on the plank
walk and down the embankment. Col.
Burns attacked the dog with the butt of
a heavy whip and knocked her sense.
less. The horse ran away during .he
fight and has not been recovered. The
dog was hauled home still senseless."
The Journal of Friday said: Mar
shall Langolf went to the stable to gee
the dog yesterday. She lazily yawned
and pretended to fawn, while her great
red chops, hanging down, were opened
and closed indolently. Langolf went
to pat her head gently, when she leaped
at his throat. The stout trace held her
back, though her paws caught in the
Marshal's vest and brought him down
on his knees. He drew his revolver and
put two bullets through her head. With
a few struggles the ferocious beast died."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
BELLEVUE, La, THU URSDAY, JULY 3, 1879

displeasure of the mother. who declared
tnat the little one had reached a poin
where visions of spirit life betoken The
nearness OF the expected change.
PORTSMOUTH,, N. H., has an imita
Tor OF the Pocasset (Mass.) fanatics ir
Gharles Goodwin, a middle-aged man
de went crazy through religious ex
cltement during Elder Waite's recen
revival, and has indulged in variou,
antics. Recently he has insisted tha
the Lord had ordered him to imitat.
Freeman by sacrificing his children
and he has begged to have them taker
from him before he did so. He is now
in the Concord insane asylum, and ht
is considered dangerous. He is the sec
ond person that the excitement at the
late revival has upset, and other cases o.
less pronounced character are report
ed. .
The Princess Louise is reported to b.
a lady Thoroughly accomplished in do
mesticltles. She superintends every
detail of the entertainments at Govern
ment House, and has vigorously direct.
ed the repairs going on there. She
has good artistic ideas in regard te
household decoration. The other day
not liking the paint prepared for some
woodwork, she mixed it over with he,
own hands until she got the tint she
wanted. The result showed that he1
taste was perfect. The Princess has
taken the lead in very sensible reform
that of not making extreme changes
In dress at a time of mourning. She
has worn since the death of her sister
dark costumes, to be sure, but no tech.
nlcal mourning of any kind.
DERMAToPHoNr, myophony, tendo.
phony, and osteophony, are medical
terms introduced since the discovery OF
the microphone, and imply that by the
microphone doctors are able to hear the
sounds from the flow of blood in the
skin, and from the contraction of the
muscles and tendons, and from the
vibration of the bony structure. Through
this invention an Inflammation in any
of the internal organs should be easily
discovered, for Inflammation is always
accompanied by the increased activity
OF the circulation. Since we can thus
hear the rush of blood in the tips of the
fingers, it may be presumed that we
shall soon be able to realize the old
notion about listening to the growing OF
the grass.
On May "a, Queen Victoria complet-
ed her Goth year, an age which has been
exceeded by II only of the sovereigns of
England, dating from the Norman Con-
quest, namely: Henry l., who lived to
the age of 81 years; Henry Ill, who
lived 65 years; Edward l., who lived to
be 81 years old; Edward Ill, 65 years !;
Queen Elizabeth, who reached SO years !;
James II 68 years; George L ,67 years ;
George H., II years; George ILL.,, 50
years; George ". 68 years; and Will
liam w., who lived 70 years. She has
reigned AZ years on the Goth of June, a
period which has not been exceeded by
more than four English sovereigns,
namely: Henry I'LL, who reigned Sc
years; Edward I'LL, who reigned so
years Queen Elizabeth, who reigned 45
years; and George ILL.,, go years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
Appearance of a Tornado.

Various descriptions were given of the
"features" of the storm. One of the
most graphic was furnished by Mrs.
GAYLORD, who saw what we may call the
"onset," from one of the mill buildings
ON the river. The cloud seemed, said
Mrs. G., as if built up of successive lay
ers of ashy smoke. 1t came on with a
roar that could be compared to nothing
save that of an immense mass of tower
ing flame, yet without any of the crack
ling sound usually associated with fire.
In the brief moments of its passage it
brought with it darkness like that of
late twilight. In its circle it was re-
sistless. A farmer was coming toward
the mill, the wagon was torn to pieces,
but the horses were unharmed. Not far
from the mill is, or was, the iron bridge
across the Blue, built some years ago at
a cost of $4,000. This was torn down
by what if known as the "first" storm
The superstructure was torn from the
piers and thrown yards away, mass of
twisted iron and broken timbers.
Mr.. Robert Patterson, who preserved
his GOODNESS Gas all his neighbors say
throughout the storm, and rendered val
liable assistance, advanced the opinion
that this "pillar of cloud" was hollow,
and drew up every thing movable into
its center. Its movement was describ-
ed as eccentric, zigzagging in its on
ward course, and bounding up and
down just as every soldier has seen a
solid shot richochet. In this connec-
ton vOur reporter NAV state that he
repeatedly heard of wells that suddenly
became dry during the passage of the
storm.-AtchiSon Champion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
No Hiding in Paris.

The population, floating or perma-
nent, of every reimbursement or ward
in Paris is counted officially every
month. Be your abode at hotel, board
ing-house or private residence, within
48 hours you are required to sign reg
lister, giving your name, age, occupation
and former residence. This, within the
period mentioned, is copied by an Of
fetal ever travelling from house to house
with the big blue book under his arm.
The register gives also the leading char
acteristics of your personal appearance.
Penalty attaches itself to host or land
lord who fails to get and give to the Of
fetal such registration of his guests.
There are no unmarked skulking holes
in Paris. Every house, every room is
known, and under police surveillance.
Every stranger is known and described
at police headquarters within few days
of his arrival. Once within the walls of
Paris, and Historically, so to speak, your
identity is always there. In case of in
jury to any person, the sufferer is not
dependent on the nearest drug store for
temporary hospital, as with us. In ev-
cry reimbursement may be seen the
prominent sign, Assistance for the
Wounded or the Asphyxiated or Poison
ed" Above always hangs the official
tri-color. say "official," because a
certain slender prolongation of the flag
staff denotes that the establishment is
under Government supervision, and no
private party may adopt this fashion.
The French flag is not hung higglety-
pigglety to the breeze like the stars and
stripes, SO that none can determine
whether it indicates United States
Government station or beer saloon.-
Paris Letter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03

SPEAK of mans marble brow and
he will glow with conscious pride, but
allude to his wooden head and he is
mad in minute. Language is slip
perry thing to fool with much.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03

IT is always the big fellows that get to
the front in the crowd. Look at the
strawberry. box for instance; the little
ones are always at the bottom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03

MAN is a gudgeon-woman Is the
line; her smile, the float; her kiss, the
bait. Love is the hook, And marriage
is the frying pan. .-s..- ,s.- r.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-25
Newspaper Laws.

l. A postmaster is required to give
notice by letter, (returning paper
does not answer the law when a sub
scriber does not take his paper out of
the Office, and state the reasons for its
not being taken; any neglect to do so
makes the postmaster responsible to
the publisher for the payment.
2. Any person who takes a paper
from the pOstOffice, whether directed
to his name or another, or whether he
has subscribed or not is responsible for
the pay.
8. If any person orders his paper
discontinued he must pay all arrear.
ages, or the publishers may continue
to send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount, whether il
be taken from the office or not. There
can be no legal discontinuance until
the payment is made.
4. If the subscriber orders his paper
to stop at a certain time, and the pub
Usher continues to send, the subscriber
is bound to pay for it, if he takes it Out
of the post office. The law proceeds
upon the ground that man must pay
for what he uses.
5. The courts have decided that re
fusing to take newspaper and peri
odicals from the post-office or remov
ing and having them uncalled for, ii
prima facia evidence of intentiona
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-25

BAD WoRK.-Last week a sheep be-
longing to Mr.. Robt Brefitt died in
the pasture near Port Barnett, and
after its death some one put strychnine
on the carcass, using the poison very
freely, so much so that several other
sheep belonging to the same gentle
man were poisoned and died from Its
effects. The dogs of the neighbors
also Jared badly, one belonging to Mr..
Geo. Keizer one of Mr.. James Humph-
reys', one of Mr.. Jno. Brady's, one of
Mr.. J. G. DeMott's and two or three
others were poisoned, several of them
not getting away more than few rods
from the carcass. There was also a
small bottle found near the place
where the poison had been distributed
having in it considerable quantity OF
strychnine, enough to have poisoned q
hundred people, and considering the
fact that the Port Barnett school is
only little way off, some of the chill
dren passing through the field every
day, it is most fortunate that it did no
fall into their hands, as it is not easy
to conjecture what might have occur
red had they taken it to school or trie6
to wash it out at the spring. We un
derstand that an effort will be made t
discover the perpetrator of the deed
and have him answer for his action a
the next term of court.-Brookvil
| Republican.