The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-03-04

RSDAY, MARCH a4,al
fortune Iaweuld die in twenty-fou1
hours. ',,s n.sssssss..a.sg -
4 Chow did you come to be called
Texas Jackp (" inquired the Capita
man. assS sssg as&s s# - saszseasss
"John Cockerin wrote me up in the
! Cincinnati Gazette in '7733. '773 It was head.
! ed The Texas Editor Itwas a beau.
tlful article. A column and a hall
4 solid minion. s,rhere was a knock d,
the door, - continued Jack, trying to
recall the way the article began. &C. and
he came in and stood by the desk, and
he paused and looked at o picture OF
Horace Greeley and remarked, "There
is a man after my own heart, - and we
went down in cur pockets and gave
him our last five-dollar bill,' and so on
Oh, it was beautiful thing 1t told
every thing about me where Iashad
been, the wars I had sft and died in,
and every thing Talk of a clever gen
tleman. There's John Cockeril. He's
fine =
"Does he agive upp inquired the
CopstaI. s4 ~ usaae hssss mssss
!" Give up! He's an angel. I wish
was in Baltimore tonight John is
there, you know.I / wouldn't be- walk
ing about this way
!" Were you ever ON the other side Of
the globep @s sss zsns "a SIS ss.sszss
Il Was in Australia in 1862, in the
mining districts. Then / went to Calf
fornia, and then stowA AspinwalL i put
y ,SOO 10 a newspaper there, and lost it.
ali III one night by fire. Tint was i
hard country then.xThey were build.
ing railroad across the .Isthmus. If
the bones OF. the men aWho died while
building that railroad were collected
they would reach from San .Franciscoi
to Omaha. 1t was a sort. of fever,
They called it shaggers.' They tried
men of all nations on that road, and
finally got Coolies from the Indies. A
man dropped dead for every foot of
work doneon theroad. They buried
them four deep.n Szsa ais - ..,,as,..s
!" Have you been at work recently ?'-'
asked the Capsta1, coming down to
the dull and prosy present. 4. q ..-s.sz.s..
"Oh, yes. / worked three months
steadily over here onst the Rock Vile Sen
tinel-getting small pay and living ex-,
yagantly-sticking type, and writing
locals and stud-horse advertisements. $,
!" Did you ever Try any other bust
aYes. I tried canvassing once, but 4
couldn't make money enough 10 buy
whisky. There were lunkheads who
madeatwenty-five dollars dayat and
couldn' 'tmake money enough to buy
whisky. l had good book, too-sOur
Country. ~ went as an acrobat in a.
circus once when was hard up. I could,
turn hip-faps all around 250- foot tent.
could drop from a four.ssory house and
bound Ike an India rubber, ball. Then
| could whip my weight in wildcats.
am a good fighter yet, but am getting
9 little weak. eak.ss = gsssw sssz eaass v.sysugaj
what are you. prospects, Jack?
IS ans just waiting for that $3, ,000
Mexican pension which. the Goyernment,
owes me. I would have died four years
agosif It wasn't for that @G6dla knows
what IH do 1--WE are all the creatures of
circumstances. I have good friends in
Baltimore. / have cousin there who
IS an Episcopal minister. He never sent
me any money, though. He won t give
me money, siie says, unless cone ste
him sober 4 never got. sober enoughto
go to him. If I have to pad the hoof
this time though 1 will be sober enough,
because Twill havsa to sslsiak- from the
babbling breokss never do much waik-
Ing, however, j always manage to get
on The railroads and steamers.'' s3@ 3s
"Why did you leave Rocky iAePn szssI
"Sick.. Didn't think the doctor there
had science enough TO tackle my case
50 I,earne to Washington and went to
S~What vas the troubleess T>aaaaaa'S@ !
IS There Is snodeeling like it-4shutting
down or. drinking suddenly. If | could
keep It up-had capital enough YOU
know-I Wouldsbe all right. AZ friend,
do you know there are men here who are
worth heaps OF money who were pau
perssins MY day?s There is q SENATOR
here who used to borrow quarters from
me IN Ca1ifornia twenty four wears asso
RI mean Sargent.sI used to work with
him. We stuck type together. -
The Cdp5tdl man was about TO depart,
whenyack hailed him, = Cap, saren'
you going to give up Have | wasted
al this talkes Now, don't 90 away IKE
hat; whenI getthat SSs00O ! will open
q bottle Of the best brand. am going
away TO- morrow, you know, and I don Z \
mite go away utterly des stitntes When
get that $4,000 I will build, a log hut,
beside some babbling brook and lead
Hhe life of aahermit. NOW, come, Caps
give ups'' And the CqpitaA gave up.
ssse A Califernia Dog Story. as
Michael Sullivan, employed at South
Vallejo, Cal, toswatch the depot and
clean out the passenger coaches,S has
wonderfully intelligent dog which is
called Mickey. The animal became
the property Of Sullivan when puppy,
and he concluded to drown hip.s It
being very warm day, he called at a
for glass of beer, and put the
pup on the counter while he quenched
his thirst. While he was talking to the