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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-02

u. fl. iS1sider,
A ttorney atLaw, Bellevue, Bossier parish,
JAW. LOWRY. WIN. ". VANCE.
LOseTy n VG1ece,
A ttorneys at Law, Bellevue, La Will prac-
n tice in the Courts of Bossier, Bienville
and Webster parishes. vlS-n42
u ID. r u f. Watkins,
4 ttorneys at Law, Minden, La Will prac.
"A tice in all the Courts in Bossier and
Webster parishes vl9-nl
M C.. .uOseley,
4 ttorney and Counselor at Law, Minden,
"A La. Will practice in the Courts of Bos.
sier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville and Red
River parishes. VIC n27
JOHN McENERY. MARTIN VOORHEES,.
.WcEsee2.y n TOO1'hies,
A ttorneys at Law, Is Commercial Alley,
IA New Orleans, La n36
u Henry Shepherd,
4 ttorney at Law, Shreveport, La Win
~ practice in the Courts Of Caddo and ad-
joining parishes, also in the Supreme and Fed
eral Court of the State. viSn5l
WI WISE. E.B. HERNDoN.
Wise n He9'1ellOss,
A ttorneys and Counselors at Law, Shreve-
"A port, La. Will practice in the courts Of
Oadd0, BOssier and Red River parishes and in
the Supreme Court of the State. vl8n5l
JUDGE T. T. LAND. AID. LAND
DAVID T. LAND.
Land n Land,
4 ttorneys and Councillors at Law, Shreve.
~ port, La: Ofics-On Spring street, op-
In the parishes of Bossier, Caddo, DeSeto and
Red River, and the Supreme Court Of the State
and the U. s. Courts. v20-n2
6. w. SENTELL,
Cotton Factor
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No.iss Gravier Street, New Orleans, La.
IN vl9-n26
JOHN CHAFFE. WIN. H. cHAFFE.
CHRISTOPHER CHAFFE, JR.
JOHN CHAFFE Il SOUS,
Cotton Factors and
General Commission Merchants,
No. So Union Street, New Orleans, La.
IN vI9.n4O
cHAs: cHAFFE, Ell. HAMILTON,
New Orleans. New Orleans.
JoHNrOwELL, Grenada. Miss.
CHAFFE, HAMILTON { POWELL,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants.
IS9 Gravier Street,
w. b. OGILVIE,
Dealer in
GROCERIES.
Corn, Oats, Hay and Bran,
Texas street, between Levee and Spring,
SHREVEPORT, La.
JOS. .HcEV'OT,
Watch-Maker and Jeweler.
Also Dealer in
Fine Watches, Jewelry and Diamonds
Market Street, between Texas and Milan
SHREVEPORT, LA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired and war
w ranted. vl8-4O
DR.. ID. L. McKitrick.
SURGEON DENTIST,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-02

"1HE PRESENT FAILURE"
Ouachita Telegraph
We want an extra session of the
Legislature called and some of the
present abuses in our State Govern.
ment rectifed. We want a new
Constitutional Convention called as
soon as practical, and the present
failure amended or made entirely
new. We want, furthermore, the
people to wake up to the meterial
welfare of the country. We want
more railroads, more factories, in
fact, home enterprises of every class.
Let men of capital, men of enter
prise and men of energy take hold
of the matter and then will this
country ''blossom as the rose," and
the people be independent.
THE POOREST CONSTITUTION IT
EVER HAD"
Marksville Review.l
Louisiana certainly has now the
poorest constitution it ever had, and
We cannot see why those who cried
so bitterly and persistently against
the constitution of 1868 can re.
main satisfied under the present
wretched failure. The greatest ene-
mics the Democratic party Of Louis.
lana has ever known were the Con-
stitutional Convention and the late
Legislature. Those two bodies by
disappearing the intelligent and
better class Of the party have done
more toward dismembering it than
any opposition could ever have eff.
fected. We will not however dwell
upon a subject so disheartening and
80 we'll and sadly known to our
readers. We have ever been in IA
vOr Of an Extra Session of the leg.
islature, and as to our present con.
stitution, do not hesitate to say that
it is vastly inferior to the one which
it displaced.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-02

That Southern people should have
political convictions is a crime that
kepublicanism can never forgive.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-02
Minden Female Collese.
MiNDEN, IA.
The 9th Session will commence ON
Monday, the 18th Ssptsnbsr, lsjl

Session-Divided into two terms oftvat
weeks each!
Course of Study Full and eempletel
Teachers-Engaged for every department
LocatiO's-UnexceptioDably heathful!
Buitdings--Large and commodisust
Grounds-Ample, retired and pleasant
Terms-Extremely low, to suit ~ tinw!
For Catalogue and faR pastieslan, a@l,s
THOS. o. BENTON, Pyesi1ept
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
The Modern Young Lady at Two Peri
DDS Of Her Life.
Behold her at IL.

Her limbs u1afettered by the long
skirts OF conventionality, she runs, she
romps, she slides on the ice-ponds. she
rolls hoop, she climbs fences, she leaps,
she kicks, she runs races and is as feet
OF loot as the boys. Her appetite is
good, her cheeks rosy, and her move
ments unconsciously graceful.
Behold her again at 20. No more
does she run or Jump or roll hoop, run
races or slide on the ice. It is not
proper" now nor ladylike, and she
couldn't If she would, for she is fettered
by long skirts, tight shoes and tighter
stays. Her movement has no longer
the freedom and unconscious grace Of
childhood, for now when she walks abroad
she walks to be looked at, which now in
her estimation is the main object of
walking. She is already in delicate
health, and has doctor who prescribes
expensive advice and prescriptions for
her, and ascribes her complaint to any,
thing and everything but the real cause.
That IS simply the lettering of the body
with fashionable clothes. Physically
she Is a prisoner. At II she was free.
The doctor advises travel, but he
doesn't advise her to take off and
keep off her fashionable letters. She
wouldn't do so if he did, and
he wouldn't advise her if he knew it
would bring relief, for she would no
longer believe in doctor who would
make her dress like a guy, and being
dressed Like a guy" is dressing differ
ent from the style prescribed by Paris
modiste. Diana never could hunt
IN trailing skirt; narrow, tight, high
heeled CATERS, and pinched, corseted
waist; but Diana with a belted tunic
and unfettered limbs would be bounced
off Broadway by the nearest policeman.
Dressing for health and freedom of body
and limb is one thing, and dressing for
fashion quite another. A man couldn't
endure the pinching and membranes
peculiar to feminine attire for an hour,
and pretty spectacle he'd make rush
ing about in such during business hours.
Yet the "weaker sex" wear double the
membranes of the so-called stronger.
To I" dress at all after the style uses
up half woman's time and two-thirds
of her strength. -NeU York Graphic
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
The M. & 8. L.

The managers of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad are now making dirt fly in
Iowa. They have large force of men en-
gagged in laying track from Fort Dodge,
the present terminus of that branch, to
Boone, connecting there with the Chicago &
Northwestern road, and thence to Omaha,
connecting at Council Bl ifs with the Chi
cago & Rock Island, the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy and the Chicago & Northwestern
roads. When this is completed they will
have a competitive line with the st. Paul &
Sioux City line which has heretofore con-
trolled monopoly between this point and
Omaha. Monday morning the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road will begin running direct
to Des Moines, using the Des Moines & Fort
Dodge route for a short distance until they
get their new line through, which will be
consummated be fore cold weather sets in.
This road is also now running as far as Cen
ire City on their Taylors Fall route.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
Wanted All the Facts Printed.

There was little shooting scrape at a
little town in the interior of Texas, and
it was not long before reporter was on
the spot interviewing one Of the princi-
pals.
$50 you are going to write it up" said
the survivor.
eyes, I want all the facts"
81 don't care a cent what you say
about the shooting, but have one little
favor to ask"
The reporter said he would grant it
cheerfully if he could.
"Well," said the shootist, 81 want
you to put down that my grandfather
was one of Laftte's pirates, and the
worst cut-throat of the gang"
The reporter stared little, but the
shootist went on to say:
Please put in that one of my uncles
was hung by the Vigilance Committee
III San Francisco, and two more of them
are making shoes in the Illinois peniten-
tiary; that another one of them is prac-
ticing law in New York, and my only
sister ran away from home with the
clown of a circus !; that as far as you can
learn there is not a member of the family
that has not done something disgrace
full"
"Why, what do you want all that in
the paper for?''
Because am sick of reading in the
papers that every fellow who has q little
shooting scrape belongs to one Of the
most respectable families in the country.
Just put it down, for once, that one of
the parties to the unfortunate affair be-
longs to highly disreputable family. If
you don't putt that way you viii wish
Won had +"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
Death from Overwork.

It was saying of Sir George Lewis
that, although he had heard of many
persons killed by idleness, he had never
met with genuine case of death from
overwork. 1t cannot be denied that ILL
nesses attributed to excessive mental
labor are often due to other causes of a
less elevated kind-such as Indigestion
produced by want Of exercise, or neglect
of simple rules as to diet /; but, on the
other hand, deaths from oYerwork are
by no means unknown In the present
day among those engaged in physical
labor.
A melancholy case of this description
formed the subject of a Ooroner's in-
quest at Sheffield, England. The de-
ceased was striker at some steel works.
Striking" is an occupation that involves
q great strain on the physical powers of
those engaged in it, and may be de-
scribed in every sense of the term as
"hard labor" It being necessary to
get out an important order at the works,
the men were told one day that they
must work all night. The deceased
continued TO work accordingly through
the night without cessation, nor did he
cease from his labors until noon on the
following day, when he fell down and
died suddenly, his death, according to
the finding Of the jury, being due to
exhaustion caused by oyerwork.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
COUNTRY ROAD-MAKING.
AMatter That Is IndifferentIy Under
stood Everywhere.
From the Hartford Courant. ]

From the Hartford Courant.l
1t Is q matter of universal comment
with travellers that country road-making
in the United States is either a lost art
or to-be-acquired science. The aver
age selectman OF road agent of country
town is usually deplorably ignorant of
the first principles of making q good
road. Nothing will so surely advance
the growth and we'll being of town as
well-made ard well-kept roads. No part
OF its domestic economy will more GER
talnly repay the outlay Nothing more
bespeaks the intelligence and character
or public spirit of its citizens. In En-
gland and most of its dependencies the
roads are made directly by the state or
under It's supervision. AS result, the
contrast between English roads and
those OF this country is much in favor of
the former. A common and natural
mistake of most towns in this country is
that an intelligent farmer must neces-
sarlly know how to make q good road.
but the reverse is the fact. Road-mak
ing Is subject requiring study and
knowledge OF the nature of soils. not
often considered by any but engineers,
or those to whom such knowledge is a
necessary adjunct of their business in
life. A well-made road even in our
climate and with the wide differences in
soil ingredients, will last for years.
whereas ordinarily the item of repairs on
our roads means an entirely changed
thoroughfare, the pitch, watersheds and
general character being more in
the way of experiment. than q scientific
and practical renovation. The
country road-maker commences by
throwing out the "big stones" on to the
side OF the road, retaining the smaller
ones, when by thoroughly "bedding"
the big stones the best possible founda-
ton is had and. with covering of
smaller stones mixed with gravel, or
even with good loan carefully narrowed
and scraped, road-bed is formed which
will defy both rains and heavy teams
Generally the tyro devotes his time tc
heaping up the material in the center
with such slope as often to interfere
with locomotion, and which heap the
first heavy team resolves into deep ruts,
vltlating Its usefulness for any but sim
harly heavy team, and for it only with
constantly-increasing strain on the
horses. Yankee ingenuity has invented
capital road-making tools, which need
but intelligent application to developing
such thoroughfares as would make them
admired. In place Of being reproach
and shame. Our country is rich enough
to place the roads in the hands of such
government as will insure their perfec-
ton, instead of leaving them to town
officials without the education or expert
ence necessary to an accomplishment of
the object. Most of the roads east of
the Connecticut river are sandy, and
this fact, together with the indifference
or ignorance of those in charge toward
improving their character, necessarily
impedes and retards the natural and
growing tendency of city people for
building and living in the country.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
Supervision of the Poor

At the meeting of the board of supervisors
of the poor Friday afternoon, resolution
was passed aut horizing the removal of the
patients from Cottage hospital to proper
quarters, unless the board is assured that
the patients will hereafter receive better at
tention. The resolution also limits the
charge in each case to S. per week, and
recommends that no bill of the institution
be approved until audited by The city physi-
clan. 1t seems that heretofore the patients
at the hospital have been sadly neglected.
One man has had as many as ten patients
on bis hands at once, both night and day.
1t Is charged by some of the officials that
the hospital is run solely for lis profits, as
far as the city poor is concerned, and this to
degree of utter neglect. There are at pres.
ent large number of cases of fever in this
hospital, at the expense in each case of So a
week, and the supervisors propose to have
them properly attended to.
resolution wss adopted calling the at
tentIon of the city council to the need of q
hospital under the control of the city, and re-
commencing that location for such a build
ing be purchased at once, and provision
made for the erection of the hospitaI.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
A Merry Heart.

"Pd rather be poor and merry" says
q writer, than inherit the wealth of
the Indies with discontented spirit.
A merry heart, cheerful spirit, from
which laughter wells up as naturally as
bubble the springs of Saratoga, are worth
all the money-bags and mortgages in
the city. The man who laughs is doc
tor with a diploma indorsed by the
school OF nature; his face does more
good in sick-room than pound of pow
ders or gallon of bitter draughts. IF
things go right he laughs because he is
pleased if they go wrong he laughs be
cause it IS better and cheaper than cry
ing. People are always glad to see him.
and their hands instinctively go half
way to meet his grasp, while they turn
involuntarily from the clammy dyspep-
tic who speaks on the groaning. He
laughs you out of your faults, while you
never dream of being offended with him,
and you never know what a pleasant
world you are living in until he points
out the sunny streaks on its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole-souled,
genial Laughter? Not the buffoon, nor
the man who classes noise with mirth.
but the CHEEKY, contented man of sense
and mind A good-natured laugh is the
key to all breasts. The truth is that
the people like to be laughed at in q
genial sort of way. IF you are making
yourself ridiculous you want to be told
of it in pleasing manner, not sneered
at. And it is astonishing how frankly
the laughing population can talk without
treading on the toes of their neighbors.
Why will the people put on long faces,
when it is so much easier and pleasanter
to laugh? Tears come to us unsought
and unbidden. The wisest art in life
is to cultivate smiles, and to find the
flowers where others shrink away for
fear of thorns.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
A TICKET ATLAST.

The County Committee Meet at Last ana
Close zap the Gap Iva the Ticket tcith MacI
Wisdom
| The Democratic county committee held &
meeting yesterday afternoon to fill the va
| cancies in the county ticket. There was 6
full attendance, and the committee went &c
| work in earnest, to select men for the offices
who would merit the support of the voters
The vacancy in the ticket for the office OF
county clerk was first taken into considera-
ton. After discussion of the probable
strength of James Bryant as a candidate
| for this office, there was only one opinion,
and that was that he was the man for the
place. Accordingly his nmae was agreed upon
for county clerk.
This in an important Office in
the county, and word or two as to the
merits of the candidate will not be out of
place. James Bryant came from Indiana
many years ago, settled in this county, and
up to the time of the war was chiefly en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted
| in the First regiment OF Minnesota yolun-
teers, and served three years in the war He
was in the major part of the battles fought
by the army of the Potomac and WAS made
prisoner by the rebels before Petersburg.
Mr.. Bryant was wounded in the battle of
Gettysburg For gallant services he was
promoted to a captaincy, and at the close of
the war retired with that distinction.
In 1866 Mr.. Bryant was elected register of
deeds, and reelected in 1868. He was ap-
pointed deputy clerk in 1876, we believe,
and has since held that position. He is thor.
oughly familiar with the duties of the Office,
and no one will question his efficiency or in
tegrity.
But Mr.. Bryant has always been stead
fast Republican. He served in that battle
where Hancock was instrumental in turning
the tide of the war, and knowing the quail
ties of the man, he could not do otherwise
than give him his support, no matter by
what party nominated. Mr. Bryant is a
Hancock man, and will be a supporter of
his administration. This is enough to sat-
isfy any Democrat, and he will receive the
full vote of the party. His nomination is
strong one, and there are hopes of his cleo
ton.
For county surveyor but one name was
presented, that of b. F. Christlieb, of Me-
dina. Mr.. Christlieb is farmer and en-
gineer, and was elected two years ago to the
legislature. No better name could have
been selected by the committee.
For register of deeds, Charles Robinson,
the candidate of the Republicans, was in
dorsed by the committee.
The work being done, the committee adj
journed with determination to go to work
for the success of the ticket, and make hot
fight against the Republicans.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
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The clergy and the press have com piimented il
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list and get trial bottle free of cost, or a
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Biggs. st. Paul, MINI.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
A Frequently.Married Woman.

A woman who has buried seven hus-
bands before reaching the age of so
would, it might be thought, experience
some difficulties In persuading an eighth
to lead her to the altar. The Pesth
newspapers relate that Catherine Cesas-
sia, now widow for the seventh time,
has found courageous Hungarian will
ing and anxious to marry this oft-mar-
ried lady, who contracted her first union
at the age of II. Within fifteen months
she was widow, her husband having
died of consumption but q year later
she donned bridal attire again AID we'd
ded widower Of 50. Considering the
advanced age of this second bridegroom,
there is nothing surprising in the fact
that he survived his wedding day but
thirteen months and just month after
the funeral Catherine went to. church
again with another widower, who was
carried off by dropsy four years later.
She mourned him nine months, and then
replaced him by a young man of SO, who
lasted four years only. The young man
was not apparently regretted so much
as the old one, since eight weeks after
his demise the widow married butcher,
who, IN his turn, succumbed OF the end
of six years. Nine months had not run
their course ere Catherine found him a
successor, and this one, her sixth hus-
band, was SO robust and stalwart that
the neighbors predicted he would out,
live his wife. This prediction was not
realized, Catherine being widow for
the sixth time four months after the
marriage had been celebrated. Number
seven having followed his predecessors
to the grave, this untiring widow is max
ing the requisite preparations for the
tying of the eight nuptial knot. This
wife Of many husbands must, we would
think, have some difficulty in recollect-
ing what her name is, having changed it
eight times in the course of thirty years.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
MINNEAPOLISNEWS

The business men of the city of Minneapolis and
vicinity will find it 10 their advantage in advertising
in the DAILY GLOBE, it being the only Democratic
daily paper circulated in the city and vicinity. 1t
gives full report of all the telegraph news OF the
world aud, with an efficient corps of reporters vii
always publish q complete report of the Minneapolis
news with full account of the political movements,
etc., in the city and State. Everybody reads the
GLOBE, which makes it the best advertising medium
in the city. Alphonse Demeues, well known IN this
city, and j. E. Ward late of the CizeR, are the ari-
thorizsd agents to solicit business for this depart
ment.
The office of the Minneapolis department OF the
DAILY GLOBE is in rooms !, and 8. second noor, at
No. 2lS Hennepin avenue ]. B. BoTTrNEAU,
Manager.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
Alexandra DouaIas nonntxl Nan. o.

Alexandra douglas county, Meas, DC
tober IA: Last Monday evening Mr.. Adrian
Johnson and wife, accompanied by son OF
P. 6. Anderson. left town for their home in
Ida. As the oxen we're going down a hill in
the woods west of town they commenced
running, and Mrs. johnson. supposing they
were running away, leaped from the wagon
and fell, the wheels passing over her breast.
She was picked up and placed in the wagon
and taken to the residence of P. G.. Ander-
son. A few minutes after being taken into
the house she breathed her last. Mr.. John
son arrived in this country from Sweden
last spring and settled in the town of Ida.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.

Regular Nights for the Ward Meetings.
The presidents of the different Democratic
ward clubs, at meeting held on Monday after
noon. Sept. 20, for the purpose of maksng ar
rangements so that there will be but one Ward
club meeting on the same evening, have decid-
ed on the following evenings for the different
clabs:
Fifth and Sixth ward clubs. Monday night
Fourth ward club. Tuesday night
Third ward club. Wednesday night
Second ward club. Thursday night
First ward club. Friday pight
For the central club. Saturday night
This arrangement. TO begin on next Monday
Sept. u. SO that = will not come in cor tact
with any resolution which may have been
passed by any club to meet on any particular
evening this week
q. j. scHURaEIER. First ward club.
@. IT. MCNAMARA, Second ward club.
81. IL. MILLER Third ward club.
G. +. FLANDRAU. Fourth ward club.
WM LEE, President Fifth ward club.
+. 4. WILDE. Sixth ward club