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ist, low barometer, cloudy threatening
weather, with storms in places; ID to ID, rising
barometer, falling Temperature, clear or fair:
18th to 9TH, falling barometer rising tempera-
ture, ending in clouding, threatening weather
with storms in places; 7th to 9th, rising barom-
etor falling Temperature, clear or fair; 10Th to
18th, f. b. r t., elouding threatening westber.
with severe local storms; 18th to 18th, r b. it..
fair; 18th to 18th, f. b. :. t., olouding, with
rain; lsthto 18th, r b. T. t, clear or fair; 10th
70 18th. b.r. t, elouding, threatening wealth
or, with heavy storms; 18th to 9th, :. b. It..
clear or fair' 9th to 3oth, f. b. \. t., cloudin9
and threatening weather, with heavy storms
in places. Ths comparative warmer DAYS .re
about lst, 9Th, llth. 18th, 9th and aoth. Tia
comparative cooler days win be about "a. 9Th.
i4sh' 18th and 2th. The earthquake period.
are about 5th, 10th, 18th, 22d and 18th.
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UNITED States Senator Thomas r. Baysrd.l
Parties are only means to an end.
# the cause 10 a worthy one, Of course
euery soorthy means that scoxd tend to
make It ssscceed Is to be ckeyished.-
If politics Is to become nsere matter
Of personal ambitions aad partisan
scrangle, taex the fstsre Of the conn.,
try Is not scortk talking a6owt.
Bat my sense Of admiration for
oar system Of government s0as accom-
poSied By an epprehessive realisation
Of the conditions assdev schick only it
oo~ BE- practically and permanently
nsaistas,sed. AID the conviction
groscs stronger and clearer daily that
s'sca government can only be main
tasned By the erereise and employment
Of tie higher and better qualities Of
human natsre. It Is a government
Of loscs ensasati~g from popular COLL,
bat that sosU mast Be for honest and
soorthy ends, accomplished By konoss-
bic means. IT is controlled By pxblic
opinion, bat that opinion mast be the
intelligent result Of knovledge eorefal.
y acquired, and elaboration, and not
the unstable tTota Of tssxH and gwsty
passion. And to ssake public primci-
pies secure they mast be e1grat5ed on
priUate honor; the soiskes Of an imtelli-
gent aad .prigM constituency mast be
reflected By an Intelligent asd xpr;gkt
representatives. A. faithful yepresex.
tative shoan rather d;splease his con-
stitsests than consent to that sohich
Injuries them. 1t Is his dsty fully
and freely to account to them, bat not
to conceal his true opinions for fear
cftheir displeasare, for HE enlightened
conscience oasnot be d;sregarded so;ts-
osst isvssy to them and his entire loss
Of ssef slness. To nsaixtasn this GOO
e'mssest Of oars ssch are some Of the
conditions, and It Is s.pon tie se!tpro-
tecti.g elements Of soc;ety that zoe
mast rely. As Barrie, the great Irish
statesma~ and philosopher, finely said,
"F1ottery Is not .friesdship, and to
nsisle0d Is not to seyre.n
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lEx-Governor Horatio Seymour, New York;
Whe. zoe have secured good gove,m-
n'e"t IN tosons and counties, most of
the objects Of goueymmext are gained.
In the ascending scale Of rank, IN the
descending scale Of Importance, is the
Legislature, sehich is, or shoxd be,
limited to State affairs. It's greatest
scssdom Is shosen Ly the smallest
0rsoNnt Of legislation, and its strong
est claims for gratitude grosc ont OF
sch0t It does not do.
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tEx-Gov. Lucius Robinson, New York;
+" The fasscti0ns sohick zoe exercise
are committed to US as a sacred trust.
The Government sohich zoe control as
public officers Is not oar osca, it be.
Io'gs to those soko placed Ne here. The
Ia'os zoe esact do not erpress oxr so;A,
they are the uosces Of the people. The
money scAich zoe handle belongs to
them asd not to sss. We can only take
1t from them for the legitimate er-
pesses Of Gorevamext. More Ma,s
this Is robbery. Official generosity 10
official crime. Eee,y ~sedless tao
cuts some comfort from a tAossaad
homes. 1t sseans less food, less fuel,
asd less cheer IN many tamilses."
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STOLEN.

eom t5e Undersigned, 1t Bellevus,A
HoR q me s @sn inssset, : soRREL -
high, about l2yeaxs old, largo blaze IN MI.
,ncs, tno osner 1nazAs) short gated, and psces
VII pay . reward Of TWENTY DOr..
LARS tor any Information that vim LEAD to nv
-. ..Coxosy OF saad horse Any information reIs.
April Is, 1880 ak on u,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15

The great curse of this State
ana OF all States-is over-legisla-
ton. The immense mass Of local
and special legislation which now
oncumbeEs our statute books should
Do swept away, and their pie % be
supplied by one or two general stat
utest 30 framed a. TO render unnec-
essary any sort Of local OF special
enaotments.
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Is h tAe duty Of the Democracy
In tha South and West b deter 10
the East in the selection Of the Pres
idential ticket. New York, New
Jersey, and Connecticut 60 together
and constitute the whole fight.
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No. 55.-An act empowering police
juries to declare hedges and fences
made Of posts, planks and barbed
wire to be lawful, and empowering
police juries to authorize the use
Of the same.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the
General Assem6ls Of Losisiana, That,
the police juries throughout the
State are hereby empowered to de-
clare in their respective parishes
that hedges of such height and
thickness, and possessing such other
requisites as they may establish,
and fences constructed with posts
and barbed wire, and possessing
such other requisites a. they may
establish, shall be lawful, and said
police juries may authorize the use
Of said hedges and fences through.
out their respective parishes, or in
certain parts only of the same.
r. N. OGDEN,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
8. d. ECENERY.
Lieut. Gov. and Pres,t of tho Senate
Approved April l, 1880.
L. A. willie,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
WIN. A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
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article 116 Of the consultation; to
provide the qualifications and foz
the selection Of competent and in.
telligent jurors throughout the
State.
Section I. Be- Il enacted b. TIE
General Assembly Of Lowisiasa, That
the qualifications of . juror through.
out this State to serve in any Of the
courts of the same shall be the fol-
lowing: TO be a citizen of the Unit.
ed States and Of this State and q
bona tide male resident Of the parish
in and for which the court 10 to be
holden for one year next preceding
such service, not under Introduction
or charged with any infamous crime
o. ofense punishable by hard labor,
nor convicted at any time Of any in.
famous crime or of5snse, punishable
BY hard labor, unless he has been
pardoned, and to be q competent and
intelligent person, having capacity
to serve ~ grand juror and try and
determine both civil and criminal
cases; provided, that there shall be
no distinction made on account of
race, color or previous condition;
and provided further, that nothing
in this oct shall be 90 construed ~
todeprive the judges Of the district
courts Of the discretion to decide
upon the competency Of jurors in
particular cases, when from physical
iniirmity or from relationship within
the fourth degree, to be computed
according 20 the civil law, or from
ignorance Of the English language
and inability to understand the
same, when read or spoken, or other
cause, the person called may be in
competent to cit upon the trial of
any particular case.
Sec. Q. That jurors shall DO drawn
in the manner provided BY law; pro-
vided, that for the terms Of ell the
districts courts in the several par.
ishes Of this State, fixed by law for
the first Monday in April, 1880, ia.
ries shall be drawn 40 soon as prac.
ticable after the PRONUNCIATION of this
act, and for the first terms of said
courts in all the other parishes Of
the State, Orleans excepted, juries
shall be drawn after the said first
terms are fixed BY order Of the sew.
eral district judges, as provided by
lsw, and al the lists Of the said sew
ersl jories need only be published as
often - practicable between the
time Of drawing and the time Of the
commencement Of the said several
terms Of court and oil Of said juries
shall be - valid % if drawn and
published 30 days before the begin
ming Of the terms Of the said sever.
Il coarta
Sec 3 That It shall be the duty
Of jury commissioners throughout
this State to select ~ jurors none
but peesons having the qualiaca-
tons provided for in this oct, and ali
talssmen and special jurors shall also
possess said qualifications.
Sec. 4 That oil laws or parts of
lava in conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
R.N. OGDRN,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
Sd. MCENKRY,
Lieut. Gov. and Pres't Of the Senate.
ApFsoved April /, 1880.
l. A. WuTZ.
Governor Of the State Of louisiana.
Il time copy:
VIZ. A S1RoNa,
GeccetAry Of State.
No. A-An net defining certain
misdemeanors arising out Of cruel
" 10 d00esticated animals and
prescribing the punishment there
for.
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and shall be punished as hereinafter
provided.
See. q. ANY person who shall i'm.
pound or cause to be impounded, in
any pound or yard, for safekeeping,
sale or slaughter, OF shall confine in
any stable, shed or in any place
whatsoever, any domestic or domes-
ticated animal, shall supply the
same, during such confinement, with
q sufficient quantity Of good and
wholesome food, water, and give to
such animal proper attention, and in
default thereof shall upon convic-
ton, be adjudged guilty Of q INSIDE
meanOr.
Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for
any person or corporation, engaged
in transacting live stock on railway
trains, steamboats, or otherwise, to
detain such stock in cars or CON-
partments for longer continuous
period than "a hours without sup
plying the same with necessary food,
water and attention, or to permit
them to be so crowded together as
to overlie, crush, wound or kill each
other; any such person or the agent
OF such corporation, on conviction,
shall be guilty of q misdemeanor and
shall be punished as hereinafter pro
vided; provided, nothing in this Sec
ton shall apply to owners or officers
or crew Of watercraft who shall be
detained on the navigable waters of
this State by storms and prevented
BY bad weather from reaching port;
nothing in this act shall
be construed to apply to poultry
shipped on steamboats, or other
craft.
Sec. 4. That any person guilty of
any one Of the misdemeanors defin.
ed or set forth in any Of the forego-
ing sections of this act shall, On
conviction thereof, be punished by
ine or imprisonment, or both, at the
Of the court, which fine
shall not exceed 800 nor the i'm.
prisonment three months.
R.N. OGDEN,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
s. D. MCENERY,
Lieut. Gov. and President of Senate.
Approved March 20, 1880.
LOUIS A. Wilt,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy:
WIN. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15

A man must have selfcontrol 10
do what ID right, but he can do what
u wrong BY just letting himself
alone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15

Watchmaker and Jsweler,
Wakes this method of anno.r.;..
= his old friends and patrons and On
the public in general. that he v;,i ~ ga
. .cund On Market Street, near BopePs k1n1
to tcU $500 shreveport, La, where he Is prenared
=. :" repair watches. jeweIry, &c, promntIr anJ
at moderate prices. Satisfaction guarantsad dnu
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15

Il b something singular how .
email thing Ike the Fifteen paxzle
became epidemic oil over the coan-
Try. Is = voase than the episootio.
Is b a exempdAeation Over one oe
thoss capgioes q fashion whieh no
philosophsr On explain.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15

No man ever repented living Q
Christian on his death bed.
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Minden Female College.
MIPsDEN, Ia.
The 26th Session will commence on
Wednesday, the 10th Sept, 1879.

NessiO11-Divided into two terms Of twenty
weeks each!
Course of Stssdy-Full and complete!
ZeGehers-Engaged for every department!
Loc0tiOn-Unexceptionably heathful!
BHildings-Large and commOdious!
GrOunds-Ample, retired and pleasant!
Iesms-Extremely low, to suit the times!
For Catalogue and full particulars, address
THOS o. BENTON, President.
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A smile on the face is worth two
in a tumbler.
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HAMILTON & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Dry Goods ssse6
Plantation Supplies,
Nos. s and Z Texas Street,
Shreveport, La.

WE call attention to our COTTON SEED
w OIL FACTORY, with Carver & Co.'S
yield and sample for the seed, and one quar-
ter cent per pound On lint produced from all
cotton sent to gin. Win furnish large sacks
and Irvine for transportation; also sacks and
Irvine for cotton seed, free Of charge. Bsgging
and Ties 1T market price. We also call atten-
ton to Cotton Seed Meal as . feed for cattle
and as fertilizer, and will exchange same on
favorable terms for seed. vl8n42
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AUG USTUS u. BOGEL.
p r y G ClST,
Dealer in
PURE DRUGS,
GARDEN SEED,
PAINTS,
OILS AND
Window Glass, Fancy Goods,
Wines and Liquors, for Medical Use
All Patent Medicines of the day.
Being the only graduate in Phar- a
W macy established here, Physicians~
and others can rely on having their
q Medicines properly compounded. a
Corner Texas and Market Streets.
Shreveport, La.
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JOHN MCENERY. uAvSvv -
McEsses.y r 1borAte..
A ttorneys at Law, - Cenner,;., -
"A New Orleans, La. ~,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01

HUMAN Work AND HUMAN WASTE -
Work means waste, equally to u human
body and locomotive engine. " More
work. more waste" is motto alike true
of the mechanics apparatus and OF the
mechanic him self Not an action, we
repeat. is performed by us which is not
accompanied by an expenditure OF force
derived from and accompanied by Il
proportional waste of substance. Inc
movements of muscles, the beating OF the
hear, the winking of IN eyeld, the
thinking thought, entail wear and tear
upon the muscles that work and the brain
cells that think. Every action pecessltates
bodily waste and corresponding physlc al
repair. Waste, however, cannot OF neces-
sty he IA single and final process in u
living body-unless, indeed, we were
horn with a full complement OF matter,
and were PERMITTED in the order OF nature
to live on the principals with which we
had been provided, instead OF wisely US
ing that principal as means OF gaming
livelihood through the interest IT acquired.
That we are not so constituted is an evident
fact. hence our bodies demand pretty
constant repair as n companion ACT on
| In that of work, labor and duty. lnls
process of repair consists in the reception
IF matter from the outer world, In the
trans formation of this matter into our
Solves and in its utilization in the work
and repair of the frame. ouch matter we
shortly name food, ana the Processes
whereby it is converted INTO our own
bodily substance we term digestlon'-
Chambers Journal,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01

Il wouldn't for the world" returned
Mr.. Raymond. "only that | know of a
situation nearer home which you can have
if you will accept it. Come into the
reception room, and | will tell you about
it,"
Martie was all eagerness now. How
delightful if, after all, she should not be
obliged to make an exile of herself.
ut is companion, not teacher that
is wanted" Mr.. Raymond continued.
Would you be willing to take a situation
as companion"
Martie's face fell a little, but she
answered.
Il should be very glad to take such a
situation, if l could fill it. Do you think
| couldP"
"a IN sure you could"
"Do you know the person who wants Il
companion?"
Yes"
"Who is it?"
YOURSELF How-what-"
The exact question which Martie intend
ed asking just here must be left to the
imagination, since she did not seem to be
clear about it herself
Mr.. Raymond cotinued:
Yes; it is [, Martie. want you for a
companion-my wife" The gray eyes
twinkled as he asked. "Will you take The
situationp"
An hour later Mrs. Allen entered the
room, exclaiming, BLESS my soul" as
she stumbled upon an unmistakable pair
of lovers.
MY dear Mrs. Allen" said Mr.. Ray
mond taking his blushing companion"
by the hand, and leading her to the
astonished old lady, :" | know you will be
glad to hear that Martie will not be able
to make an engagement with that old
lady; she has already made one with
me-"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01

THE PRIME OF LTFE.-Between the ages
of forty-ive and sixty, Il man who has
properly regulated himself, may be con-
sidered in the prime of life. His matured
strength of constitution renders him almost
imprevieus to An attack of disease, and
experience has given soundness to his
Judgment. His mind is resolute, firm
and equal. All his functions are in the
highest order He assumes mastery over
his business, builds up competence on
the foundation he has laid in early man
hood. and passes through period of life
attended by many qualifications. Having
gone n year or two over sixty, he arrives
at standstill. But athwart this is the
vaduct called "the turn of life," which
if crossed in safety, leads to the valley Of
"old age" round which the river winds,
and then beyond, without boat or cause
way to effect his passage. The bridge is
however, constructed of fragile material
and it depends how it is trodden whether
it bends or breaks. Gout or apoplexy
are also in the V ciniLy to waylay the
traveller, and thrust him from the pass
but let him grid up his loins and provide
himself with filter staff, and he may
trudge on in safety and with perfect
composure. To quit metaphor, 1.-THE turn
of lfe'' is turn either into prolonged
walk or into the grave. The system anC
powers having reached the utmost ex
pansion,.. now begin either to close like !
flower at sunset or break down Mt once
One njudicious stimulant, single fata
excitement, may force it beyond it
strength, while IA careful supply of props
and the withdrawal of all that tends t.
force plant, will sustain it in beauty ant
vigor until night has entirely set in.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01
MONTREAL,

A HEROIC LIGHT HOUSE KEEPER. The
Acadians have a tradition that God en-
joined perpetual silence and desolation on
Labrador and Anticosti when be gave
them to Cain for heritage. However
that may be, it is certain that while other
wids of the earth yield to mans conquest
these vast wastes remain ever void and
empty. The Indians called the island
Natiscotte-the country of wating-and
under the modern corruption of Antcosti
it has added to its terrible renown. Its
whole history, from the day it was discov
cred by jacques Cartier in 1884 to the
present, is record of human suffering.
Here and there, however, is tale Of
heroism worthy OF a nobler scene
In August, 1869, the family of Edward
Pope, keeper of the Ellis-bay lighthouse,
was stricken down by typhoid fever, and
to add to his mistortunes, the revolving
apparatus of his light broke The gov
eminent steamer had gone, and Pope had
no means of communicating with the
marine department of Quebec or else.
where. The light revolved or flashed, as
the technical phase is, every minute and a
half; and if it flushed no more it would
probably be mistaken by passing vessels
in that region of fog for the stationary
light ut the west point Of the island, and
thus lead to dire loss of life. Pope found
that with little exertion he could turn it
and make it flash, and at once determined
to fill the place of the automatic gear.
Accordingly, this humble hero sat in
the turret, with his watch by his side
turning the light regularly at the allotted
time every night, from p. M. until Z A,
M, from the middle of August until the
first of December, and from the first o.
April until the end of June, when the
government steamer came to his relief
with new apparatus. All through tho
first season Popes daughter and grand
children were i'll unto death, with nobody
save him to nurse them. He waited or
them tenderly during the day, but as
night fell on the iron bound coast he
fastened to his vigil in the turret, doing
his duty to the Canadian government anC
to humanity with unflinching devotion
In the second season his daughter, who
had lived through the fever, took turn
with him in the Light room. This ma,
have saved thousand lives. He died IL
1872, and his deed has never until thl
day been chronicled, for of the heroes o
Anticosti, as of the long roll of her vic
tins, the world knows nothing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-01

D
DARKNESs,-It Is dark when an honest
ana honorable man sees the result OF long
years swept cruelty away by the knavish,
neartless adversary. It's dark when he
reels the clouds or sorrow gather around.
anu SHOWS .1as a;. tne ;lh uoPe anu happiness OF
0tne[s tLnt h are iaoins wIIn us own: : nut IN
1naS l;i, % houi @ .ne uy uleanJry Vi PSsI in.Pgrily
WILL w.li pe saa 'rue s oonsolAso1' anu assure nun
91en I ne.o u, G"l1n, vi SIealhs vi l!Snl III
lfeaSeh ave. II, IL Is ;1I uaIh Wneh tce ue1r voice
vi o Una. Swee' S o.,.lu onGe 80 iouuly 'oyeu Is
h1 lnoIe re-. nGaIu ,;a arouna III . mutlll'r9' DARK
wnen tne llsu' h Pa''erlng .h Leet no more re-
SCUM, SOU. w. ",'nouI ~ Clie InresIo.u, OF ascend,
sIeP py sVep' tne sValrs' DaIh when some
well known ar recalls 'he sVr"lh once olG