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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-06
A Mules Reserved Power.

This mule looked like he was 1873
years old, and was dead standing upon
his feet. He was hitched to pine
bodied spring-wagon, with high dash
board. The "team" was standing on
the levee in mute silence, while the old
darky who "driv y it went aboard the
wharfboat. A tramp could make bar
rel of money selling pictures of that
mule, labeled "Patience. His long,
flabby ears hung down each side of his
head like window-awnings with the rods
out of them. His face wore sober
look, while out of his mouth hung a
tongue eight inches long. His tail swung
down from the rear end of his hurricane
roof like wet rope, while his whole
body seemed as motionless as death
itself. Presently a d-headed urchin,
with an old boot in his hand, walked
up in front of him, and, looking into
his face, saw that the mule was asleep.
He walked around, climbed up into
that wagon, leaned over the dashboard,
lifted that mules tail, and let it come
down in time to catch death-grip on
that bootleg. That mule woke up so
4uASh CAUb AC AiChCu bAC UOy 0uO tu0
dashboard twenty feet into the air. He
didn't stop there. He changed the posi-
tions of his ears, hauled in his tongue,
planted his fore feet, and his head
between his knees, and from the fore
shoulders to the tip Of his trunk was in
lively motion, and he didn't look like he
was more than years old, the way he
was kicking that old wagon-body into
kindling-wood with his heels. He had
it all to himself, and was doing fine,
when the old darky rushed up the hill,
got in front of him, and, grabbing him
by each ear, shouted, "Whoa! tell
you. Watts de matter wild you? Whoa
up!" and looking around at the crowd,
yelled, "Will some o. yer gemmen git
dat er bootleg out vile hole himP kase
de waggin's mine, an / jes borrowed
de male" But no one ventured, and
when we left his heels had almost reach
ed the tail-gate, and the old darky was
still yelling Whoa!" Louisville
Courier. Journal. '..
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in it fearless and undoubting. Yet it is
not the path for me. 1 could not even
enter it,except by way of deceit and hy-
pocrisy. I should stumble and fall at
the very outset. Don't you see?''
Robert nodded.
81 am like our little friend at the
church yonder. Faith will not come
and take up her abode with me once for
all. l must entreat her daily, as one
begs for daily bread. She is coy and
shy. She holds herself aloof sometimes,
and seems as if she had never known
me. Yet she always comes"
Robertgrasped his companions hand
"God has stretched out his arm to you
also," he said, exultantly. "Iknew it.
He leads you no less surely that you can
not see the way"
And beneath the great armament of
stars the two friends separated, each
feeling that the same, good, loving
Fathers hand was tenderly holding them
both.-Mary @. Bartlett, in Christian
Register. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-06
A Guardian Of Waterloo Bridge.

Until quite lately this celebrated Lon
don structure boasted the presence at
one Of its gates Of an old soldier who
had in his day been somewhat famous
as q sergeant in the Guards, and whose
hand had taught Gen. eWyndham, the
hero of the Redan, how to WELD q
sword. This veteran, who had served
21 years in the army, also passed Is
wears of his life in alternate day and
night work on Waterloo Bridge, until
he was compelled at length BY failing
health to beat retreat. While engag-
ed as above, he yet managed to ind
time to write an essay on the best means
for promoting the unity and organiza-
ton of the working classes, in competi-
ton for prizes offered by firm OF Lon
don publishers, and received an honor
able mention for the same from the ad-
Indicators among whom was John Stu
art Mill. He also studied the heavens
at night in his quiet moments on the
bridge, and jotted down his thoughts
on the different planets and the relation
of the heavenly bodies to each other
in the planetary system. Dickens had
many chat with the old sergeant, who
is still living in the enjoyment Of his
army pension, and listened with eager
curiosity to the story of his military adj
ventures. Had the great delineator OF
human character lived longer than he
did, the world would probably have
learned far more about Waterloo bridge
and its visitants than we can pretend to
| give in this brief sketch.
Journal.
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Peculiar Burial Customs.

The cemetery at Munich always has
its attractions to the visitors on account
of the peculiarity of the funerals and
the exposure of the bodies of the dead
for three hours before burial. The law
requires the body of every one dying in
Munich to be conveyed to the cemetery
within three hours, there to remain in
buildings erected for the purpose for
three days. During these three days a
wire is attached to the hand of each
corpse, leading to spring bell, so that
an alarm will be given to those whose
duty it is to be on guard in case of re-
suscitation. We could not ascertain
whether there had ever been case of
resuscitation, but it appears that long
time ago a case of burial alive had led
to the establishment of this custom,
which had been regularly kept up ever
since, to avoid the recurrence of such q
catastrophe. We Immediately went to
the first of these halls in which the bod
les of the poor were deposited and there
found eighteen bodies, not laid out as if
for burial but reclining in floral bowers
or resting upon beds of flowers. Spec
tators were not admitted to the rooms,
but they we're surrounded by windows
through which full view and inspec-
ton of each could be had. There were
eighteen bodies in this room, seven oi
which were infants and eleven those OF
grown persons, except one beautiful girl
of about twelve years, arrayed in white
muslin, resting on bed of flowers with
a wreath of orange blossoms around her
head; reclining as if asleep with hel
bare arms lying carelessly by her side
None of them except the infants wert
lying as we usually dispose of the dead
but in every case, whether old or young
there appeared to be an effort to plact
them in careless or half reclining at
titude 50 as to have the appearance o
being in a natural sleep.-Baltinaor
american.
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ruE gKATER'S VISION.

,,no the boy had a dream;
n ~ ~ ss,ne he thought, on crystalline
nsAs M msreury wings were of steel,
: " ~ ~ AZ rt,re screwed to his heel,
III = Tben 10! the ice broke ..
III ~ He awoke!
: ....a ss,r, has spoilt his repose,
~ ~ ~ ~ FROST was tweaking his nose.
/ " .sssny sas from the nest where he'd lain,
*. = he window and breathed on the
I'D aoh, Pll bet it's so cold
[ ~ D.,bs iee on the milI-pond I'll hold"
~ ~ ss mrrled with rapture ecstatic,
= y NJ there in the attic.
.slgdos Al he leaped down the stair
'",yotbing on but his shirt,
" y yelled at the shivering sun
sh-ne Il, the frost bitten air
oexposure can hurt
2 Il srehin that's looking for fun!
Wed an old scythe and he swung it
l; mound,
m nom the window; why, Benny !
Tbst il Il we're at in the tub?'
n Van don't appreciate wot hez acurred!
, ym,re asleep an hain't heard!
y Nj ~ more than half an inch thick!
All solid and slick
- IN aenf down the hill to the mill
~ Ijnne whistle solemn and shrill.
u men his slianks turned to pink,
: hlfOm pink unto scarlet and blue,
r ~ nailed down his skates from up over
N sdudred and caressed them anew;
- I'M X rot in the tub on the ice
Ana rnurmured, it's nice"
Tor lis safe to assert
I1ssmfort where pleasure Is won;
yoexposure can hurt
rschin that's looking for fun.
|3sr6xed and transfgured he stood,
y cherub Of Raphael; and he never
J mev
nst hblegs were all scarlet and blue,
! Mn dreams he was lost,
J hi rspt and entranced was his mood,
IN fazed on the work of the frost,
a BGm we're exceedingly bright,
D q And they flashed with delight
i .s 1t the sight!
! Rbb fair 10 say that the boy recovered
= riCusuess and went to bed again, suffer-
V1ateiy nom cold, when his father called
Shn0Eo and pick up some chips to kin
: tml-E &C, in the Graphic. .s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-06
BROTHERS.

! n iriendship between John Spencer
lHObert Doane was singular in its
nIty, and 4 marvel to the friends OF
= John was rich; Robert was
Nj The culture and refinement of
xttions of ancestors which made
Mo thoroughly the gentleman had
binparted to him q reserve which
I1penetrsble to many of his own
Robert, whose father was "a poor
tGn farmer," had almost uncon-
~, and certainly without effort,
= ne "open sesame !" to this some
n mPproachable nature.
lasB MAS young minister of strict
Nngslical proclivities. John was a
nbsf oi no church, but his sympa-
reIe atrpngly enlisted on the side
y iberalists. Each avowed his
- fsarlessly, scorning a friend
xhich had not truth for its founda-
MF natures were essentially differ
lohs, though a real benefactor to
m the destitute around him,
nk nom being SO recognized. To
anonymously was bis delight.
sdt also gave literally of such as he
sas sympathy Of a loving heart.
.ln was giyen the rare tact, which,
something wanting in the most
ow natures. John watched those
l0m he gave from afar, none the
nppy IN their happiness that they
nm not; Robert drew them to
" his kindliness and Christian
", We delicate expression which is
q The sweetest Of Gods gifts to
fhey knew that he loved them
7 would have it SO.
e natures. though faulty, were sin
y Ms and sincere; SO perhaps it
@ @ strange. after all, that, back
nstances, back of creed, they
spu lound-eaeh other.
N upon Johns invitation that
y leard bis first ''liberal'' sermon
mon which charmed him by the
n s ~; and yigor Of its thought, while
n ume ne WINGED at what seemed
. Y lrreverence. He looked at
amesat oy his side, his eyes fixed
- seaehers Somehow he felt
- als - ease for the thought that
y. - g listening too. The minister
sss oe as irreverent as he SEEM
IS. s. soaid even pity him as a man
- rather than willfully wrong.
saea he said this to John after
III was surprised to find that his
',en a.s had far less patience with
smfmed "clerical eccentricities''
~ k1aIalant annt man, a deep thinker, and !,
~ ssleve, . good man. said he !:
S.,s'.a 4 20 y egotist. You find yourself
thinking Of him rather than
stng.n . usuaiiy iar more
y said Robert. ~ w %
esss ensssss 60 much, but not exactly in
the answer. slf
m .s;a .;snlled at the little word "our, i"
,'a ,..sayerence, as you term il, one
sasre; more's the pity" said
~ 49, ~ yon none in your churches
lsms s ~ ssnought of self seems more
i abra Una tnan the care of soulspn ,
'elactantly admitted that he
a ss.ad s sabbath 40 evening found him
] sa oy Johns side in a crowd
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A PAPER that is always full Of good
points, paper of needles,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURUA1. MARCH 80, 1873.
HON. ). {. aIACOABE.

Clapp and Hanson, our State senators, in
their earnest and patriotic efforts to adjust
the State debt, have been reinforced in the
house of representatives by Captain j. C..
Maocabe, whose recent speech is published
below. His views will be found just and
wise. He said:
The people VI Tennessee were looking anxiously
10 their representatives for just settlement of the
STATE debt He presumed every man on the floor
have the question settled as soon as possible. He
vas opposed 10 forty cent tax. but would favor a
hf0 cent tax In other words, he favored the &C
ceprance Of the best terms that could be effected
with the bOndnOlderS. The State was only able TO
ray ffty or sixty cents on the dollar. He had a
STATE 70 support measure looking TO a Reputation
or The debt. The state could be compelled 10 pay
him 10 stand " there and say that the debt should
not be paid. Il would be unjust TO his constituents
BE appealed TO the house to enact something praet-
cable. II We could compromise at fifty cents.
by all means LET rs CO IL Let US make the best set
ement that can. but let il be just TO all parties
concerned. II the governor recommends forty-cent
tax should act on that and submit 1t TO the peo
PIE for their ratification He believes that this gen
eral assembly Is honest any that had ever met
here; there had been less tampefing with its mem
bsrs IL indeed there had been any tamperlng at all
and lie appealed them 10 settle this question sat
tSfdcfOrily 70 the people and bOl0hOloerS. He be-
neya that the debt was sacred and bindng upOn the
state The bonds issued under the sanction of
the constitution, and the people would not sustain d
proposition locking Co dishonest justment OF the
debi- The morally and intelligence or the Slate
were opposed 10 Reputation in any shape.
while on the other side there was nothing but
ing an honest settlement OF this question, am
placing myself on the side of Republicans. deny
Il appeal 60 Democrats and Republicans alike to
adjust This matter honestly, ana not present the
pltiable plea that we are too poor 10 pay more than
the press? Is there nothing In the voice OF tire
editorial press of The State2 The press reflects the
sentiments OF the people, and there IS not spect
able paper In the -tate that fayors reputation OF
ANYTHING looking 10 that end.
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TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA.

In almost every paper we have opened for
the past iou~ or five days we find the follow
ing: "In the Virginia legislature the
senate hill for the settlement of the
State debt passed the house to-day by
vote of rs to so. The afternoon papers are
iubilant oven the passage Of the BILL" How
proudly does this information contrast with
daily dispatches from Nashville, announcing
thai every proposition for settlement OF the
state debt has been defeated. Virginia has
increased the rate of taxation, in order to do
Justice to creditors and sustain the credit of
the State The people of Virginia are al
ready taxed FIVE dollars on one thousand dol
lars worth OF property, while Tennessee i'm
poses only one dollar of taxes on thousand
dollars worth of property. To show how
other southern States are taxed TO sustain the
credit of the State, we publish the following
figures:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29

These figures should eat to The vitals and
blister the eyes of those who oppose settle
ment of the State debt at any price. The
total assessment of property IN Virginia is
only three hundred and sixteen millions, that
of Tennessee Is two bundled and twenty
three MILL ms. The bonded debt of Virginia
Is nearly ifty-two millions; that of Tepnessee
is nearly twenty-five millions, and the bond
holders propose to reduce it forty cents,
which would reduce the State debt to only
fifteen millions. Governor Porter, in a letter
which we published a few weeks since, showed
the dishonesty of repudiating the debt on the
plea of poverty. He SAID: at is not true that
Tennessee is too poor to submit to greater
tax than ten cents on the one hundred dol
lars of taxable property. The State has
more abundant resources than Ala
bama, where one hundred IS paid, with no
exemption whatever from taxation; or Flor
ida, where ninety cents is paid; or louisiana,
where one dollar and forty-fve cents is paid;
or South Carolina, where seventy cents is
paid Tennessee escaped congressional re-
construction, and was never subjected to the
ignomlny of carpetbag rule, and yet we shame
the State that bere the heat and burden of
that disastrous time with claim of inability
to meet our obligations that is not we'll
founded. The State tax In Texas is fifty
cents, in New Jersey it is thirty-fve cents on
the hundred dollars of property, and no State
debt to be provided for in either, and in the
golden State of California the State tax is
seventy three and half cents, in Kansas fifty
cents, in Ohio twenty nine cents, and in all of
the States named, the local or municipal tax
is equal to our own. Times are hard alike in
all of these States, agricultural productions
bear the same price that they do in Tennessee.
Labor is no more nor less remuuerative, while
the business of manufacturing has brought
better returns in Tennessee than In the States
north of u.s. These twelve States pay an
average State tax OF sixty-fve cents; it is not
put upon them by any foreign or despotlc
agency, the ballot is as free there as it is with
US, and their governments are administered
by their own chosen officials. You ask for
an explanation of our Indifference to public
obligations in the face of an ability superior
to that of most of the States named. l an
swer that this indifference is only apparent,
and if the public debt is not adjusted now
upon terms that are just and acceptable to
the people and to the creditor, the State will
rouse herself like a strong man after sleep
and vindieate her own good name"
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parently, the money had better have been
expended in satisfying the juvenile cravings
for fire-crackers. candy, tin-trumpets, etc.
Some of Rev. Mr.. Moffat's old pupils, and
all of their children, are fighting the whites,
butchering innocent women and children,
and playing smash generally. In all the
wagons captured by our forces from these in
corrigibles, bibles, prayer books and hymn
books, both in the Kaffir and Dutch Ian
gua0es have been found" How the mission
ary's efforts to save souls comes to nought,
because the Zulus resist injustice, we cannot
see. A sense of manlines as an immortal be-
inc. and a love of freedom, are among the
things christianity arouses, and the chris
tian Zulu would be none the less defender
of his country and his rights than his heather
brother. This is not the light in which the
matter is regarded however, as the following
verse. from song now popular In London,
discloses:
"Tomorrow! God hasten tomorrow
THAT with sabre and rifle and gun,
We may wipe out this chapter of sorrow,
And slaughter each Zulu-boTn SonP'
The New York Herald has for some time
admitted into its columns a discussion of the
question sis christianity failureP How
will the London song and the clergyman s
sons assurance that the money given in aid
of Moffat's mission had better been devoted
to fire-crackers, candy and t1n-trumpets, as
sist in giving reply to the question:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29
CIarksvIIle Pro.pering.

The Clarksvllle correspondent of the Louis
vile Courier Journal states that from the
present outlook there will be but slight dim
mutton in the demand for laborers and arti-
sans in GAINESVILLE the present season. The
erection of the new courthouse, to cost near
ly sixty thousand dollars, upon which the
foundation work is already in progress, the
completion of Elders operahouse, and the
tobacco exchange, upon which work was
discontinued during the severe winter, the
covering in and finishing up of the two pub
lie high-sohools, as we'll as the erection of
quite Fl number of storehouses and private
and tenement residences, will give to Clarks-
vile almost the same appearance of brisk
ness which was visible upon her thorough
fares during the past building season. Count
ing the cost of building the water works, 1t
is estimated that from one hundred thousand
to one hundred and twenty-five Thousand
dollars will be spent here in building this
season. This sum, added to the money paid
by our buyers for our great staple-tobacco-
will make GAINESVILLE one of the liveliest
places south of the Ohio river.
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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
excellent Harvest PrOspects-W0Ol
Crop Better-Strike Against Obi
nese Beamen-Other News.

SAN Francisco, March 27.-Australian
advices to February 9th: Harvest prospects
are excellent; more space has been applied
for at the New South Wales exposition than
can be given; the deficiency in the wool crop
is not so great as thought, it is now estimated
at E6fty thousand bales; at Queensland
the strike of the seamen against the China
men still continues.
New Zealand news has been received to
March 4th: A fre-damp explosion in Kait
Ingota mine, near Otoga, February 21st,
killed thirty men who were in the mine at
the time; subscriptions for the benefit of the
widows and orphans are being collected.
Honolulu advlces to March 18th: States
sugar crop good; Governor Xiii is dead: the
native population of the kingdom has de-
creased over four thousand since 1872, it is
now fifty-eigh thousand.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29

WHEELING, w. VA, March 27.-The an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the Pitts
burg, Wheeling and Kentucky railroad was
held to-day. The road connects this city
with the PIttsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
railway at Steubenville. The business for
the first year, ending twenty fifth ultimo, is
The probability is that it will
The following persons were elected directors
for the ensuing year: G. D. Hubbard. presi-
dent; John M'Lure, vice president; VIM. I,
Haw, Thomas d. Messler, Michael Reilly.
ii. G. Logan. Secretary, j. M. Bellville;
assistant secretary, Frank Sample.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29
On orr Most Distant Frontiers.

As In our busiest and NEST pOpulous cities of the
seaboard and interior, HOstetters Stomach Bittere
is pre-eminently popular. Wherever civilization
plants its foot on this continent thither the great
tonic soons finds its way. Nor is this surprising for
1t is the medicine of all others best adapted to the
wants OF the western emigrant be he miner or agTi
culturist. 1t is incompatible remedy for this
diseases TO which he Is most subject and which are
liable TO be brought on by change of climate
hardship exposure, unaccus toned air and diet and
miasmattc atmosphere and water. Among these
are disorders of the stomach and bowels Pneumatic
ailments and maaIiOus feVers, for ali of which
Hosteter's Btters is certain specific A course of
the Bitters be- ore departing for the new Held of Ia
bOr or on arriving will have the effect of preyent-
ing the evils for which it is such a signal remedy.
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VOLUNTARY
TESTING my .
EXTRACT from the Baltimore az. srioan,"

December q, ls7s.l
"The Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
mended to general use for the following rea-
sons: First, for It's wonderful properties for
the cure of diseases of the kidneys, stomach
liver and blood; secondly, for its extreme
simplicity, and the fact of its being applied
outside, precludes all possibility of any in
Jury being done to the patient, as external
remedy is universally acknowledged to be
safe. Another advantage is the facility with
which the progress of the disease and cure
can be watched, and If the Belt be not quite
in the right place, it can be very easily read
iusted so as to cover the parts affected The
Pulrermacher Electric Belt, and its perfec-
ton, has been hailed with delight, not only
by the sufferers who have regained health,
enjoyment, and a new lease of life through
its benefcent qualities, but by the medical
profession, who very frequently prescribe its
use to their patients"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-29

OTTAWA, March 27.-In the tariff debate
last night, Mr. Tilly, the finance minister,
SAID Canada was ready to fight for England
if need be, and the present tariff was not
disloyal one. For twelve yeas we had re-
Trained from imposing reciprocal duties on
products OF the United States. If now we
have imposed such duties, We do so with the
public assurance that if the United States
would reduce their duties we would follow
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a CARD.

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