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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-07-22


FROM Natchitoches Register: The
Iberville South is opposed to an ex-
ira session OF our Legislature, and
from the extract below, it don't seem
to have much confidence in the ca.
pacity Of our lawmakers:
+ 1--WE are opposed to an Extra Ses-
sion just as we are, and always have
been, to any other useless expendi-
ture Of the peoples money. We
sympathise with New Orleans in her
distress and would like to help the
old noble city along, but we have no
faith in the remedy. We believe it
to be worse than the disease CON-
planned of. The last legislature
worked fruitlessly on a City Charter
ninety days, and we believe that
had the session been protracted 80
days more the result would have
been about the same.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-07-22

SOMETHING ABOUT ITs BUSINESS AND SUR.
RoUNDNGs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-07-22

GEsN'ULNE 8 SHVGEk :"
Sewing Machines
Fov Sale By
e. X. MOORE & son,
Agents, ut Bellevue, La.. and
A. G, MOTT, Agent,
% Milan st., Shreveport, La
Fry the 6$e1ssslsse SSssger I!
It Is tho Best Machine for all to Buy
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
TERMS, MODERATE.
Found at Last!
THAT MECHANICAL SECRET
Which Realizes the
Highest Practical Efficiency
Beauty and Simplicity
IN THE
IMPROVED SE1ETHREABZNG
IS A M T. II &c A w.,
Self.Threading Shuttle,
AND
Automatic BOD6in Wimtlef
TT Is THE
Most Economical Machine.
Most Durable Machine.
Most Simple Machine.
No Trouble to Thread e.
NOT Z1RESOAE 70 OPERATE
r. N. oDELI, Manager.
Office and Sales Room
SO Milan st., Shreveport, La.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
A Good Voice.
lRantist WeeklY.l

One must start in youth, and be on the
watch night and day. at work and play. TO
get and keep a voice that shall speak at all
times the thoughts OF Kind heart. But
this is the time when sharp voice is most
apt TO be got. You often bear boys and
girls say words at play with quick, sharp
tone, as If 1t were the snap OF whip.
When one of them gets vexed you will bear
voice tina. sounds ss If it were made up OF
a snarl, whine and a bark. Such voice
often speaks worse than the heart feels. il
shows more i'll will in the tone than in
words I'll often in mirth that one gets a
voice or tone that is sharp, which sticks 10
him through fe, and stirs up i'll will and
grief, and falls like a drop of gall on the
joys OF home. Such as these ct sharp
home voice for use, and Keep their best
voices for those they meet else where, Just as
they would save their best cak' aud pics
for guests, and lltheir sour food for their
own board.
would say to all the boys and girls. Use
your guest voice at home; watch it day by
day, as pearl of great price, for it will be
worth more to you In days TO come than the
best pearl bid in the sea. A kind voice is q
JOY like lark's song TO hearth and home
1t is a light that sings as well as shines
Train it to sweet tones now, and ii will keep
in tune through life 81"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
HORRIBLE!
Terrible Domestic Tragedy in South
Carolina.
A Man Kills His Wife and Brother, and
Then Suicides.
[special to the CINCINNATI Cornmeroiall

Especial to the Cincinnati Commercially
COLUMBIA, S. c., March "A heart-rend-
ing domestic tragedy occurred late yesterday
afternoon at q small village called Silver
street, in Newberry county. Mr.. W. Spear
man, a respectable gentleman Of means and
well known as a successful farmer, yester-
day afternoon, upon coming into his house
inst before dark, found his younger brother
at the supper table. 81 want to speak to
you, brother" he said, and simultaneously
drew q large, sharp knife out of his
sleeve. The young man, not suspectIng
anything, bent over, and the other made a
strike and cut his throat, severing the jugu-
lar vein, and causing almost instantaneous
death. The slayer then rtshed into the ad.
joining room, with the knife in his hand,
and sought his wife. He threw his arm
around her neck, likewise cutting her throat.
With blood-stsined hands he then laid the
keen blade to his own throat and made an
ugly cash four inches long. When assist
ance came il was found that the two men
were dead. The wife shortly afterward ex-
PRED.
This is regarded as one of the most remark
able tragedies on record. Mr.. Spearman
was a sober man, and was thought to be on
the most affectionate terms with his brother
and wife. The only rational hypothesis OF
the awful deed is that Spearman was suffer.
ing under q temporary alteration. The
affair has caused great excitement through
out Newberry county.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
HOW CoNKLING WINS.


Secret of the New York Senator's Success
His Prodigious Memory.
Utica Correspondence Philadelphia Bulletin.l
to friendship. He never deserts a man who
espouses his cause under any circumstances
whatever. He never drops an old friend to
make a new one, and the man who does his
work is absolutely certain of reward when
the power of comforting It is within Conk-
liDgs reach. The appointment of Justice
Ward Hunt was in exact accordance with the
policy of Conkling's life. He never forgives
an enemy and never forgets the man who has
betrayed him. No second endeavor on the
part of such an one to secure his friendship
counts for anything with him Perhaps ex-
Lieutenant Governor Stewart l.. Woodford
illustrates this truth as well as any man.
ConkliDg is an incorporating man, and 1t
is said that in psrtisanship the man who
fights and never compromises never lacks
followers He is an attractive speaker, but
is not one to awaken any enthusiasm, while
he may and does appeal 10 admiration
perhaps because he always seems 10 be
speaking from the head and never from the
heart. Ii is said that he nev yer extemporiz 3,
invariably committing to memory every
word tia. he utters. To his work be brings
a rare skill and apparently is able to fore
cast speeches OF his opponents anu to pre-
be appears tothe nearer as a most cspa-
BILE controversialist The defects of an
early education, that was by no
means finished, still cling to him. and
in 1872 he rounded rhetorical period with
1.-The harbor of Madrid" H speech max
ing power is the accomplishment of life of
study in that direction. At % he is said To
have been able to repeat from memory
which is q prodigious faculty with him
two-thirds of BuTke's speeches and q fsir
portion OF Grattan's; and in 1869, while
riding on a Pullman car to the Pacific, be
entertained his company by Teciting the
whole OF Scott's Lady of the L ike without
the dropping of a word. His industry is
marvellous, and it is said that from his youth
he has worked more hours every day than
the mass are accustomed to in two; ard
finally, his neighboIs say that he has few OF
the smaller vices of mankind, and only one
of the larger.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
High Art of swindling.
IChambers' Journal.I

Two fellows whose money was almost en-
tlrely expended, determined that a wealthy
hotel keeper should be the means of Ieplen-
ishing their purses. Accordingly, one of
them, giving up what money he had to the
other, entered the premises OF the selected
victim, while his confederate kept out of
sight. The visitor inquired for the land
lord, to whom he propounded the query !:
Can you give me a good dinner?' or
course the resources of the establishment
we're equal to such demand, and in a few
minutes the good dinner" was served and
duly discussed. Then came the question of
payment; but the guest had no money, and
pointed out to his host that, bad he pos
sessed the 'needful,' he should have ordered
what he had consumed in the usual manner;
that he had simply sought information con-
corning the ability of the house and the in
clination OF its owner to supply him with a
good dinner, and was much obliged for the
same. policeman was called In, but his
decision leaned toward the impecunious
diner-it might be considered debt, but
the criminal Law could do nothing. The
guest departed. The landlord ground his
teeth.
Not long after this number two arrived
with the query: 'Can you give me good
dinner A smile of terrible meaning
crossed the landlords face. Yes yes " he
replied; take a SCAT" He hastsne1 out
dnu Win a OuChcb Vi WdlcI, WnlCn
with his own hands he dashed over the ap-
plicant for the good dinner; who thereupon
jumped TO his feet and demanded an ex
PLANTATION of such extraordinary treatment.
Hal ba!' laughed the incensed Boniface,
as be glared about for something wherewith
to chastise the object of his wrath-'ha, ha
You fellows can't fool me twice in the same
way" The visitor appeared sstounded; toe
irate landlord appeared anxious to kick the
visitor out
A violent scene occurred. The would-be
guest was denominated a swindler and q
robber The officer of the law was again
summoned. Each made charges against the
other The ,nfuriated host called in his
solicitor. The visitor declared that he was
perfectly able and willing to pay for what
he required; exhibited his money, threat
ened proceedings for assault and battery,
and vowed he would bring his action for
SANDER as well. The landlords solicitor
considered his client was getting cheaply
out of the tcrape by paying down ESQ as a
solatinm for the wounded feelings and the
wet clothes of swindler number twol
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
MADISON CENTENARIAN.

The Oldest Living Person i'm the State of
Indiana-Mrs. Sarah Mosely-Aged 10.
Madison Qnd.) Correspondence to the Cincin-
natl Gazette.l
Having made an appointment to call upon
Mrs. Sarah Mosely, the subject of this sketch,
and who is undoubtedly the most wonder
full old person in the State. in company with
a friend, / wended my way to the residence
OF her sop-in-law, Mr.. Owen Bare, which is
situated on the northwest corner of Presby-
terrain avenue and Poplar Lane. Entering
the house we were pleasantly entertained
by Mrs. Il 8 Hill, q granddaughter of the
centenarian, until the old lady awoke from
q nap, which was not very long. Entering
another room was introduced to her, and
to her daughter, Mrs Naomi Bare. Although
not very we'll, the old lady was sitting by the
fire, and communicating to her my errand. l
learned from her and the other members of
the family the following brief outline Of her
history:
Mrs Mosely, whose maiden name was Bal
lou, was born IN North Carolina, February
Is, ITO, and is now, consequently. in her
one hundred and eleventh year. Her father
was OF French birth, and the family OF which
he came was noted for the longevity Of lie
members. Although he died at q compare
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

said, will be held under the direction OF Mr.,
Tuckett, the well-known medium lecturer
and merchant, whose place of business on
Franklin avenue, near Ninth, will be the
starting point Of the expedition. If any one
IN this city can unravel this mystery, Mr..
Tuck tt is the man, as his experience and
ability in this line, as in many others, are
without equals.
The college buildings were to-day the scene
OF much fruitless exploration, and doubtless
a crowd will be in attendance again tonight
in siunless search of something startling. Ii
the people could only control their curiosity
so as to give the spiritualists achance TO eluci-
date the mystery, it is quite possible that
the secret of the college will be made public,
and several troubled spirits laid TO rest.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
Fraud ON Virtue.
rNaW nrk Sunl

Mr.. Richard w. Thompson, of Indians, who
holds the post of secretary of the navy in
the fraudulent administration, came over
here from Washington the other day and de-
livered a speech on the observance of the
Sabbath. There Is no use, he said, in the
peculiar English which appears to be spoken
in the pawpaw and perslmmon groves of the
Wabash valley. 'in talking about morality
and virtue and propriety without you have
the Sabbath as the basis upon which they all
rest" and he contended that the observance
OF Sunday after the style which he prefers
should be enforced by means of penal legis
lation.
We shall not here undertake to debate
this proposition OF Mr. ompson's; but we
desire to intimate that he is hardly a proper
person to argue about morality or virtue or
religious observances before any audience
whatever. The man who holds a public
Office as the result of fraud. the man who
knowingly becomes the assistant and sub
ordinate OF fraudulent president, had bet
ter hold his tongue whenever morality and
virtue are publicly considered.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

They were sitting silently by the parlor
fire, intently watching the bands of the
clock as they slowly crawled around to the
biggest striking place. Suddenly she said
Mr.. Lourdand, can you tell me Why you
are like century plsnt?' Mr.. l.. nervously
adjusted his eye-glass wri9gled about in his
chair and stammered: "Be-be-caw-ceuse
| sh-sh-shall I-I-live for-ror-forevtr."
No, you Ounce; it's because it takes You so
long to leeve!"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

A son of the Emerald Isle, meeting q
countrymsn whose face was not perfectly
remembered. after saluting him most cor.
daily, inquired hls name. Walsh" said
the gentleman. "Walsh--Walsh," respond
ed Paddy; fare ysu from Dublinf / know
two old maids there of that name. Wa
ither OF them yeur mother7'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

The people may talk about humbugs and
patent medicines as much as they please,
but we stick to the plain fact that DIR. Bills
Cough Syrup will cure a cough quicker than
any physicians etcription.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

More men brake In the railroad business
than in any other.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
OUR PREMIUM INDUCEMENTS

Every subscriber TO the Weekly State Sent-
MEL at 81 25 per year, will receive q copy of the
Sentinel's very able law treatise, by James B.
McCrellis, ESQ.,, entitled
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
THE LAW OF THE FARM
Rose Darner and Name Write
RoPP'S EASY CALCULATOR ~

In connection with the Weekly Sentinel. IL
embodies a new system OF calculation, by
which a vast amount OF figures and mental
labor required by the ordinary methods, and
fractions with their complexities, are abso-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
A GLASS GOURMAND.

He Devours Tumblers as He Would Plea
New Way to Get Sober-BenevenuteC Gel
lini Outdone-A Valuable jaw for the
Coming Campaign.
New York Mercury.
A burly man, with full, ford face, sat
behind an empty beer glass in How's saloon
in South Washington Square last Wednes
day evening, and chewed something which
crunched hsrshly between his teeth, as IL il
might be brick or paving stone, or some SIM
liar material of resisting force. The Mercury
reporter had just stopped to look at him,
when he picked up the broken half of a com
mon Rhine wine glass. and took bite as big
as quarter out of it, as unconcernediy as q
hungry tramp would rip elk square inches
out of bakery pie. There he sat grinding
and champing the glass up with noise
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29

the dark soon died; those exposed TO the
electric light only pr 10 daylight only thruve
about equally and those exposed To both day
and elegtflo light thfOve far better than
rUts exhibited to the soolety showing the dlf-
ference Id very remarkable way, Dr.. Sic
mems only. considers himself az yet on the
threshold Of the Investigation, but thinks the
Justify the following conclusions: 1. That
eleCtfic light - efIlcaclOug In producing uhlO-
rOpbyl III the leaves III plants, aud lii pro-
noting, growth. 3. That ai, electric centre
u light equal to t4O0 candles placed at die
appeared 70 Be equal In eject e average day.
liRht at this season Uf the year; but that
more economical effects can be- obtained by
more powerful light centres. 0. That the car
bvne agld and I,ltto9e tio!is ooinpoilds gstier-
produce no sensible deleterious effects upon
plants lnclOsad In the same space. 4. That
plants dO not appear ID require \ period Of
rest during the twenty.iuur hours Of the day,
6ut make actsaaa ad Vigorous progress \
during the night u electric light. }. That the
radiation Of heat from powerful electric ares
cai, be made available oeounteract the effects
VI night frost, and IL likely 10 promote the
Ths s While n sea tRe ns us u one d P eer
light plants can sustain Increased stove heat
Without cullapsing, a circumstances favorable
10 forcing by electric light. I. That the ex-
penHe VI eleotro-hprticultur depends mainly
upon the cost 81 mechanical energy, and
VI such energy, such % waterfalls, can
be made available. The paper gave
rise TO q highly interesting dseussloi, In
which Il waa pointed out that the EVIDENCE
afforded VI the practical Identity, az regards
sides the probability that IL would be turned
10 immediate account by hurtiuulttiriHts,
would afford great facilities for the scientific
investigation Of the influence exefted by
light as compared With other agencies. In
piles or int,st valuable constituents of plants,
such aa the qulnine III the cnphona bark, the
gluten OF wheat, etc, Before concluding hls
observations, Dir. Hieinpns placed a pot III
tulips III the full brightness. Of an electric
minutes the buds had expanded Into full
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29
9entlemon'S List.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Landry; J < Carr, Lower Coast: D Kline. II.
Oineinnati; Chas T Stanton. r. Lower Coast;
d q Lnders, philadelphia; a Mclean and wife,
1 Osgood. coast; q n Bosrdman. Boston; Jas
Brown, city; Hassencamp; y, Belumore; Geo
3 Porter. = a Cooper, New York: 3 Cooper
Murray. St Louis Miss Jeannette Ballard. Robt
Pugh. Louisiana: Major A Stickney, wife and
chile, Q A: BENZ stiGkpsy. st Louis: D 8
lily. Mississippi: Thos p Williams. New York !:
O d Hones steamship City OF Mexico: 3 r Col
OIirY HoTEL-W A Rutledge. Lower Coast;
Miss N Hannin. Trussilla. Central America:
W Long. Texas; A W Curtis. La: g Brenrs.
q I'D Dalrort. New Orleans: n Meyer. New
York; p Meyer. Parts: B 8 Nor and wife.
Portland. Ne: T i johnson. Nav York: W B
Jones. Madison. Miss: Emmet L Boss: Can
q r Chandler and wife, ] Abbntf. city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29
Nnw ORtrArs, NIareh IA. I'M
A nDeterstlm ea anlcine,
NEW York T'ribune.l

young farmer living In New Scotland,
near Albany. N. Y, left his fathers house,
last Wednesday afternoon. walked up the
road about quarter Of mile and cut his
throat with q razor. He also made cash
across big right wrist, The cut being deep
main artery. Then he placed a pistol to his
head and fired, the ball entering just above
the left ear. He also shot himself lii the right
side under the sixth rib, aud then fired an
der the nth rib. With blood streaming from
oil these CHASTITY wounds he walked to his
fathers house and presented himself 10 the
affriRhtsd members III the family When the
shot was fired lito the head the inuzzle or the
pistol was held so close that the hair was
burned Off. The mans clothing was set on
fire from the powder. and when he reached
home bis shirt WINS In a blaze, and the first
thing the family did was to throw pail OF
water over hltn To put out the Hire.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29

King Theebau, Of Burinah. has very nearly
fallen 4 Victim to hls motherin-law. She at.
tempted ID poison him. She had lot OK
sweetmeats prepared and laid on his table
the STORY Ia told by correspondent Of the
Duttu Ne,es at Ran9oon- but crow happen
Ing to invade the verandah Just at that mo-
ment the King threw one Of the sweets at It..
The bird ate the sweet and died.
handful Of the things was then thrown
out, aud the too greedy crows ate and
atralghtway died Iii considerable numbers.
The would-be regicide was walked off to the
dungeon under the palace nost, where she
will probly suffer tho same fate aH the crows.
This, Il seems, Ia tho second attempt made on
the lifeof his Burmese Majesty recently.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29
OTHER sOuTHERN STATES.

The Tilden tide has Bprlnkled the Kentucky
Ntasn exchanges
Increasing attention IL being given bee
kueping In Georgia.
Considerable attention " being given ID
grape culture around Charlotte, N. G.
Tobacco plants have grown All winter near
HrepkEvillc, Fla, and are now blooming.
The State Medical Association of Missis-
Mrpi will meet In VlckaburH seventh Of
ApriA
Nine new tobacco factories have been con-
xxNcted for, and Will be built this year III
Danville. Va.
Roth political parties In Florida are having
seosistderHhle trouble In deciding upon candl-
dates for Governor.
rualt Or Immigration lii q few years 10 the
South from the North.
several gold mines near Charlotte have
Ssarn eold I'D Northern capitalists, and will be
s,rened on an extensive scale.
There ID 20 much water Ia places on the
nsrnpike between Nashville and Lebanon.
Tenn. that persons travelling the road have
~ tho transported In boAts.
Telephone exchanges are IN operation n
xkshmond. Danville. LynchhurH, Norfolk
and Petersburg, Va. and In Raleigh, Char
Aatte and WILMINGTON. 20.
Elder Morgan, who has been preaching the
toetrines Of the Mormon Church In East
MNklHVNsGHVs eAVHCV6 w HVS HIS CAuEGu ia
creased this spring by over 400 new men,
nprE.
The Gainesville (lal Eagle says that cot
ssa1 stalks In that section are sproutlng from
the old roots. the weather during the whole
winter not having been cold enough to kill
them.
The contractors for the public buildings at
Memphis have been notified that unless they
Cake Immediate steps TO complete the work
Tho government will revoke the contracts
end take possession Ok the buildings.
I'm the North Carolina Legislature the bill
tr sell the interest OF the State IN the West
<xn North Carolina Railroad to w. j. Best and
others OF New York, hae been fAvorably re-
ported upon and doubtless will pass by q
large majority. Mr.. Best claims that this
purchase is made In the interest Of no other
xaliruAd combination.
Yaxoo (Miss.) Sentinel. we have been In
formed that stephen Williamson, a colored
man. who left Mrs. Sharp'e place, In the east
<rn portion OF this county. III January last,
Cor the Ethiopian paradise, sometimes called
Kansas, has written letter back to his wife
10 hold on to dat mule and COW, for Use
xspsntns back Il seems that, In order to get
"a Kansas, he sacrificed all he had except q
muie and COW, and he admonishes his wife not
{ % mart with them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-29

Recently one OF the children Of the Prin-
oess Royal Of England, now the wife of the
heir OF The German Emperor. has been all
ing, and with maternal sollcttude the Prin-
cess personally supplied the little invalid
with many Of lts requirements. The innova-
tion ON German court etiquitte produced ut
tor dismay. and wss brought TO the notice Of
the Empress, III ans wer TO whose expostula-
tion the Princess replied: "If my mother. the
Queen Of England and Empress Of Indla can
carry milk III 10 one Of her children, who like
Ii 10 much more because given by her. think
may do 80 without forgetting my position"