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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
Private Mine Under Lock and Kew.

A very interesting little story is going
the rounds of the press which reminds
one of the charming simplicity of the
long-ago past. A fine old Spanish gen
tleman, so the story runs, Sencr Searls,
living near Batopelas, Mexico, one
beautiful day discovered by accident an
old native mine on his rich farm in pure
silver ore. In short time he took out
eighty thousand dollars and then placed
in the mouth of the workings a stout
iron door and departed to the City of
Mexico to spend his wealth in the
pleasures of the metropolis. When his
money was gone he quietly returned to
his ranch, unlocked the door of his
mine, possessed himself Of more bullion
and again took his departure for the
city. This was sixty years ago, and the
Senior kept up his alternate going and
coming until his death, which happened
only four years ago. His descendants
still have the key of their ancestors
treasury and it is to be presumed will
follow his example until some keen
young American marries one of the
daughters of the house, borrows the
key and sells out the storehouse to a
stock company from his own native
land.-St. Louis RailCay Register. H..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
NUMBER 4 35. 4a
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

-"There Are No Birds in Last
Years Nests" is the title of "a sone.l
Probably not. If it were equally sure
that there are no rats in last yeaSes rat
holes the public mind would be more at
rest. t.-Philadelphia Record. " ''''''
The saddest country in the world is
ka.-SteabenUille Herald. Wrong,
The saddest country is Wales,- Yawcob
Strauss. Wrong again. The saddest
country is Si-beria.--Keoka1b, Gate Uity.
How about mea?-Marathon hide
pendent. a '''is8 ,a49fEstfd ltsi z b
There is ? man out in Montgomery
County who is running for office, who
wishes that he had been born an octopus
so that he could shake hands with six
men while he paid for the drinks with
the other two. Two hands, of course,
you understand. There isn't much
grammar in that sentence, We will ad-
init, and yet we are free to say there is
a great deal more grammar than there
Is truth.-Burlimgto'a Hawk-Eye.. =,
A big, fat colored woman came to
the Galveston Chief of Police and told
him that her stepson had run away and
she wanted to know where he was. 'It
bodders me to know why he left. He,
had everything he needed to make him
cumfable. done all could for him. -
she observed. {" Has he any marks by
which he may be recognized?" well.
l don't reckon all de marks I made on
him wild a bed slat, while de ole man
was holdin' him, has faded out yit.,''-
GatUeston Neaos. e N ,T4siAf Il
u The fond parents of the ten-years- old
boy think it extortionate on the part of the
country landlord to charge as much for
their darling's board as their, own; and
seeing that the average ten-years-old
boy seldom eats more than two plates Of
soup. three helpings of fish and fodr Of
meat, quart of pudding and half pie,
three saucers of cream, with such 'trihinu
additions as sweet and white POTATOES!
turnips, onions, beets, carrots, cabbage
etIid genus omne, with perhaps half a
loaf OF bread and half pound of butter
the frugal repast washed down with a j..
pint OF milk, it does seem rather hard.
to place him on a par with grown folks
especially as his abstemiousness atmeal
time forces him to make incessant raids
on the cupboard and orchard from morn
to noon, from noon to dewy eve.-Bos- /.
ton Transcript. Afifiob L !
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
The Sympathetic Shepherd and the Wolf.

Once upon time Wolf observed a
Lamb feeding out of sight of the shep-
herd in charge and it determined to
have dinner of mutton. While skulk-
ing along towards its victim the Wolf
fell over cliff and was badly injured
The Shepherd heard its yells Of pain and
came running up to dispatch the animal
with club.
81 Hold on! Hold on! I want to ar.
que this casem cried the Wolf. ,..a,
'' But you are q philosopher and am
only Shepherd" was the reply.
q 1t was your Lamb who pushed me
over this cliff" said the brazen Wolf as
he sat up; and by the use of big words,
wise looks and arguments based on
'ifs," he convinced the Shepherd that
it was his duty to take him home and
heal his injuries, al. .s,I,s..- r.+.M s
When the Wolf was able to walk he
demanded lamb as compensation for
his bodily suffering and loss of time.
The Shepherd demurred, but the Wolf
quoted an old lawby which any person
harboring a wolf should be fined and
imprisoned, and he declared he would
go before the nearest official and make
complaint. This brought the Shepherd
to time and the Wolf had lamb for din
fner. To get rid of him the Peasant re-
dnced his fare to black bread and water
but the Wolf ate what was given him
and explained: sj.3 ai
81 shall not gain strength and be able
to leave you until have better food"
The Peasant then changed his fare to
the best, and the Wolf ate his full and
observed: 80 u
"As long as you can afford such fare
you cannot grumble at my staying.'
In a few days he demanded full
grown sheep to soften the pangs of
parting, and, when the Shepherd COM
planned the Wolf cried out:
"Why, am working for your inter-
est, not mine. The less sheep you have
to mind the less care you will have - q
: This sophistry silenced the Shepherd
and the sheep was killed. While eat
ing it the Wolf got bone in his throat
and called out for help, adding: ,li.
g 1t will be much easier for you to
remove this bone than to dig hole to
bury me-" ayR >Ytay M
:. By falsehood you gained my SYM
pathy,'' replied the Peasant by phi
losophy you got into my house; by logic.
you ate lamb; by subtlety you beat
me out of a sheep: by Providence YOU
have bone in your throat, and now you
must help yourself, for won'tr'
Moral.-Don't feel yourself entitled
to washtub because somebody gives
you a clothes-pin.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11

phrey Davy lecture, and Vaucanson
only took to studying the mechanism OF
clocks in order to beguile the weary
hours which he had to pass while at
tending his mother at confession. =.
Had Sir james Simpson been sue.
cessful in his candidature for the post
OF Highland parish doctor the world
might have lost the inestimable boon of
ehloroform for many years; and to the
wise discretion which the college Of
surgeons exercised in refusing their di-
ploma to Oliver Goldsmith we owe the
q" Vicar of Wakefeld'' and the .sDe-
serted Village. ."-London STANDARD.
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An Alarming Swell.

An innocent, hard-working man yes
terday lost a situation which he had
held for a year, and which he believed
secure for at least another year to come,
and if this meets the eye of his late en-
plover perhaps the man will be taken
back. A citizen'of Beach Street bought
q, cord of four-foot wood and the same
was delivered early in the morning. AS
soon as the team had gone the citizen
borrowed quarter of cord of the
same sort of wood of neighbor and
added it to his pile and then rode down
to the wharf and said: 9rSar srE
s. Mr.. Blank, see you have delivered
my wood.' - 8&I
Yes, sir-yes, sir-we always de-
liver at the earliest moment.n was the
reply.
How much did you send?''
A cord, sir--a full cord. We never
cheat on measure"
' But am not satisfied with it''
Cant help that. sir; I sent cord.
l saw it loaded myself
I've measured it and-'
Can't help your measure. There's
cord of wood there"
g was going to say
Cant help what you were going to
say. I've been in the wood business too
long to make any mistake
8 | was going to say there is over a
cord"
"Over cordP All! that's different
thing. That needs looking into. Get
into my buggy and we'll drive up and
measure it. | am glad to find one hon.
est man in Detroit
The pile overran a quarter of cord.
much to the dealers amazement. When
certain of the fact he could only scratch
his head and say: 3*s&. s&
:. Never heard of the like before
never, and I've been in the business
long time"
Within five minutes of his return to
the office one of the drivers had his bal
ance of wages and was walking off with
the remark:
8" How dat seben-eighths of a cord got
all swelled up dat way am mo- dan ]
kin tumble into, an Ize got to go bar
footed all winter to pay fur itr'-DetroI
Free Press.
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.llEy OE, La THURSDAY, NOVEMBER H. $780, r1of 4

ana seed that yer dore were hungry
ana ne were resi- less. Considerin' what
a good geard he is, Henderson vom
ought to feed that dorg better and S;va
him his dinner sooner. I looked atI;
and seed it warn't the rioht tina and
1 left.'' -" = = ~ 'i'iie' ana anu
Did he see you?'
Not as l knows off,
You may thank your stars for that
Len" ioi 'iia''
Better foryou and him to be a-thank.
IN O yer stars, providin' you and hem
hev got any stars to be a-thankin' -
LOOK here, Len, come now. don't
be too-that is, don't be brash I'm
thankful that Tige didn't see YOU when
you come Yesterday nor TODAY. If he
had, you wouldn't "a wanted a dollar
soon, except it mout be to help paw the
doctor, If any of you had a-been left
Set down, Len, and let me talk with Won
awhile" ""
Look here, Henderson, 1 promised
Jimmy Sharpa pan of suckers for break
1ast' and I've got to catch 'em tonight.
You re mighty interestin' talker, but
!! ham the time now to listen to Won.
Ii you say, go to Jim Hart and git the
Two dollars, and you willin' to be
laughed at and talked about at the mill.
all right
No, I'll be blam- No. Len. I've
dealt with you fairly; and if you re such
1oo-h you are determined to be so
brash. why. go ahead. But I'll 90 'Ionp
with you, for don't wants. p
:" Keep yer seat,'' said Len, in a pas
slonate whisper. Keep yer seat.
wants none O yer help. Will you keep
yer seat?"
Henderson looked at him with amaze
ment. Look here, Len, it's under
derstood that I'm clear O. the law?''
Eyes, yes, clear O. the law and every-
thing else except yer dollar; that I'm
goin' to have. Will you keep yer seat,
and say nothin' ?''
I" will.'
g. Good"
Len glided out of the piazza and down
the steps; then he got upon his all fours.
Noisely and swiftly as a duck upon the
pond, he crept to the dog, as, being
fully fI fed, he lay asleep upon the grass.
linen bending over him, he whispered
in his ear. The great beast instantly
sprang up and gave an amazed look at
his awakener, who .crouched and
grinned and chartered in his face. Sud-
denly he uttered howl that echoed far
and wide, turned, scampered to the
fence, cleared it at bound, and, howl
ing yet plunged into the woods hard by.
Goodbye, Henderson. Len said, as
he walked back by the piazza without
stopping. I'm all right amt L?
What shall say to Jim?''
:" Take it, you DEVIL
."All right
What had become of Tige? His mas
ter mourned him for three days. On the
morning of the fourth little negro ran
into the house with the news that Tige
was come back, and the cook was feed
ing him in the kitchen.
' But, oh, marster, you wouldn't
know Tige! He so POI Look like dat
little white man done bin skeered all de
lights outen Tige. Nanny say he were
a witch.'
And down to his dying day Len would
never tell what it was that he said to
the dog.-Editor's Drawer, Harper's
Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
MOST people use or hear the! word

"Mrs. Grundy,' as applied to gossip,
and meaning the female part of society
according to fashionable slang. without
knowing their origin. What Mrs.
Grundy says" means what the Cos
sips say" The original Ms Grundy
was the wife of President Van Buren's
Attorney General, the Hon. Felix
Grundy of Tennessee, and she ruled
aristocratic society in Washington with
a rod of iron. Her edicts were law,
her presence was indispensable to the
success of all fashionable gatherings,
and such an authority she became ON
social topics that the expression . Mrs.
Grundy says became so common as to-
outlive her fame.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
LOSS AND GAIN.

LOSS AND GAIN.
!. hare gained in all these years
'as saas was born, in 1910?
~. - baye lost nee to return
I'D the ways and haunts Of men?
sasned the weight of many years,
y AZ with sorrow, pain and SIM:
~ ~ ~ he hope of earthly bliss
.,ang a the road I've Travelled in.
!. ,vained the things l did not seek,
! w " am to me with great surprise;
~ - 81 the things that charmed me most,
n EN- first they met my wondering eyes.
=, rained bitter taste of life,
v, NJ once deemed SO pure and sweet;
SS{hefriends of early years,
|nsf on earth no more shall meet.
!. ea;ued the wealth that mem'ry holds
sAaeleng in the Heavenly fold; e..
/ tSM nv heart with fondness clingS
,sdoth miser to his gold.
rvkained new vision. Now see
sSinrs that never saw before.
- IN the idols made with hands
~ men and women now adore.
10 xair,ed a heart that chastn'd lies
,ntented meath a Fathers eye.
II lost the will to crave the things
I1cI1F1e inwisdom may deny.
re gainedthe hope that when at last
d the grave so gladly down,
Il faith and trust will bear me up
e rain bright, immortal crown.
"a Septudgendridn, ilr N. Y. Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
-Georoe s Walker is beinp nrosf

George s.. Walker is being prose-
cuted in Philadelphia for marrying his
niece. The Pennsylvania law on the
subject says that '.no woman shall mar
ry her mothers brother" and Walkers
lawyer argues that it does not forbid
the brother to marry the niece. A de-
cision has not been reached.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11
What Cons titutes Fashionable Man Of
.a the World. ~

IL a fashionable man of to-day, dresses
very plainly. He wears morning suit !
OF the toughest possible material. ~ He
puts on frock coat at four. D. M and "
changes it at seven for evening dress! u
he wears no 5ewelry, except heaHysl
gold ring on the small finger Of the left
hand, W tn one or three stones set flat.
The most fashionable stones. are eat's--,,
eyes and sapphires. Diamonds and
rubies are discarded. Nothing is used
In the shirt bosom but single pearl, /,
black or pink pearls being preferred to
white ones. The scarf-pin for the tIhorh-. I
ing must be light, fancy one. In the !,
afternoon big pearl, clover, or some
ancient engraved stone is required. I
Extravagance is admitted only in sleeve 4,
buttons, which may be of great Value -
but they must look plain. ~ IaIeHE 81 "a
In the arrangement of the house the +,
main tendency of fashion is toward
pictures and books. Bric-a-brac Is be-
ing given up, as having been, conducive, +,
to a vulgar and ignorant craze for col
lections. Ii9nuo1 "A q
In France the spread of ofrepublicanism
has led to an increased civility toward"
servants. A man does not take his hat Z
OFT either in shop or in a cafe, but he
does take his hat off should he meet a"
lady's maid or milliner ons the stairs 81
Of The house. He is also quite affahle
with the men servants and has a word a
or two for every one of those wKSsegT
faces are familiar. i.
1t is absolutely naduUdis qenre to TAXI
ofmoney matters, to ask the price of any-.r
thing without being asked. This is point
to which many people in this COUNTY, q,
should pay more attention Thorougii- I.
ly well-bred men, never ask the price
paid for horse or picture. They ad-, 4
mire or criticise it without the slightest
references to the. price. They also
never enter into any kind Of bargaih =
with friend. Everything that is sold
and bought goes through the, usual
business channels and in tile open mar. 4
ket.. 1t is very fashionable to be- close
at bargains. Making numerous. pur-
chases. without showing much attention /
to the price, is regarded as the charac-
teristie of an upstart. It is accordingly
considered good taste to make pnr-H
chases alone, without being, ACCOM-
panied by anybody; for if one has with
him friend, especially a LADY, he cafI-.f
not bargain and has to give the price,g
asked for, however extravagant it may
be. tsts' fsis.4Ao-s SSsiia n ~
The basis yof European bonton lis tos.
be sought in the system of education
through which man has passed. This
has, of course, very little reference top
this country. No man is considered
thoroughbred hon,ne dss monde in Eu-sI
rope unless he has a private tutor up to
his college years, and terminated 5iiis
ctf1dfac off Is
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11

Andrew johnson and his bride
were on their honeymoon journey" He
awoke her in a sleeping car, on the,
New York Central Railroad and told
her to take care of his revolver, as lie I
did not like to have it within reach.
She put it into a satchel and fell asleep,
to be again aroused when her husband
killed himself. EI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-11

Red and gray are fashionable colors
in combinations. '---.- ss.es =
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-02

The Salvation Army in England is
called to mourn the sudden loss of ono
OF Its brightest lights. James Ward,
who had been one Of the loudest of the
leaders, has forsaken his wife and eight
children, aud has cast his lot With Q
pretty servant girl, with whom he hes
eloped. The girl was one who had been
in constant attendance On the meetings
OF the Army. and was considered hope.
fnl convert. Mr.. Ward was considered
to have made great advance in holiness.
and to be considerably hotter than OF.
dinaSy people.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-02

not over five days last winter when loo
formed across the Columbia, aud now
in the middle Of June, Isml sleeping
under the same clothing slept under
10 January. Bnt it raius necessarily for
about five months, beginning with De-
cembcr. Mount Hood. 60 or 65 miles
distant. is often hid from view for wSsASl
at time. But when the weather il
good, it is good indeed. It - pleasure
merely to exist. This wet climate does
not extend beyond the Cascade Monn- !
tains, which divide, Oregon and sWash-
ington Territory into Two regions on
tirely unlike each other in climate, coil
aud natural productions. West Of tho
Cascades the climate is wet, there being
90 annul rain fall Of so TO rs inches and
productions Of certain kinds arc impos.
sible. A heavy fir forest overspresds
the country, except where the settler
has cleared it up. The land belongs, I
must say, to the geological sge-cslled
the g'acialv II is made up largely Of
drift" that is, Of the wearing away of
mountains far away from this, which
have been brought down by glsciers in
the ages long gone by. East Of the Cas-
cades is an enormous region which pro-
duces the finest wheat in the market.
The land around Niles belongs to the
drift period, as was evidenced by earth
brought mp from different depths "A
boring the oil we'll at the lower end Of
the city. but | must not write You .
treatise on geology, and / must bring
this already, too long letter to . close.
My heart is constantly turning back to
Niles. In imagination l SEQ your shady
streets, the pleasant faces of your peo-
pie, and l long for the time when I can
10 excused from this remote service long
enough to come back and spend a few
weeks at least in your midst. Sc
With kind regards to all inauirinr
friends, am, dear Judge, yours very
truly, HENRY A. MoRRow
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-02
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER O. 1880

other times ! rode horseback at the side.
Usually our jaunt would take us FIVE or
six miles into the country, and whom
safe, beyond city limits, the carriage
was opened and for time the fresh
country air and scenery allowed the
prisoner. ,t.,
Naturally, it soon became current
gossip that l had mysterious prisoner
in charge, and frequently parties over
curious made strenuous efforts to obtain
information concerning the matter,
'"rhe Man Of The Iron Mask be was
called by some whose loossd imagina-
tions overdrew reality. mo. TO-" how
ever, for reasons l was never able to
comprehend, was the title most gener-
ally accepted. ! was besieged on all
hands for data relative to the prisoner
representatives from Cincinnati, Chica.
60 and New York newspapers besought
me repeatedly to tell the story of The
mans life and furnish an outline of the
cause of bis imprisonment. 1--WE will
give you $500 simply for his name," sa,d
ono newspaper man. But, of sourse, l
was obliged to turn deaf ear to all en-
treaties and was not little amused
some time subsequently to find in the
columns of Western Journal that the
celebrated No. 1O.' under confinement
at Libby, is no less parsonage than
John Wilkes Booth, whose reported
death was q sham" Then followed o
lengthy imaginative article, the gist of
which was what purported to be the |
result of an interview had with me, in
which many statements made were
most Interestingly ridiculous.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-02
MYSTERY AND ROMAl,,CE,
PROF Il. S. MCCUlLOCll, NOW OF TIE
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND A. d NJ. COLLEGE,
A PRISONER OF STATE IN CASTLE THUNDER
AFTER THE SURRENDER or THE
CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

The accompanying narrative, which
we have cuiIed from the Philadelphia
Times, relating to the imprisonment of
Prof, r. S. McCulloch, of the Louisiana
University, will doubtless prove Of great
interest to the many friends of that
talented gentleman, who, outside of the
rare attainmonts that have won him an
enviable reputation in Europe and
America, is to have been numbered
among tho most ardent and devoted
supporters of the "Lost Cause"
Prot. McCulloch was member of the
faculty of the University of Virginia
under the Presidency Of our immortal
General Robert Il. Lee, who held him
in such high esteem that he caused the
Board of Control of that institution to
send the learned professor to Europe
that he might there make such re-
searches as would rebound to the bone
fit of the students aud tho advancement
of science in this country. ]
The many friends of Prof. McCulloch
will easily recognize in the picture
which is drawn of him at the time of
his confinement the same earnest reso-
Lutte, though polished gentleman, they
know him to be at this time.
Those of our readers in whose hearts
are enshrined the memories of the strug-
gle for Southern Independence, and
whose love for the heroic mon who
fought for the"bonuie blue hay," First,
Last and All the Time, will be proud to
know that the Board of Supervisors of
the Louisiana University aud A. Il NJ.
College ratified, at tlleir last meeting,
tho endorsement of General Lee by
electing Prof. McCulloch to fill ono of
the most prominent chairs III that in
stitutiou: