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fame in some cases where rheumatism is
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reminded. Send One Dollar for receipt
c. s. ROBBINS, Druggist, Nicola, Iowa.
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daughter sacrificing herself for the sake
of her mother!"
1t was time to write her answer to the
letter; but how should she begin? Must
1t be with ''AIr. Somerby. sir?" Oh, no,
that was too formal. With "AIy dear
slrg That was too affectionate And
when the matter had been settled and
the letter fairly written, the equally i'm
portant question remained how she
should subscribe herself. Was she to be
''Yours, respectfully" or truly" or
sincerely" or ''affectionately?" \ diff
cult probleml
But all things have an end. and the
letter was sent. Then it was that
tannys heart began to quake. What if
Mr. >. should not fancy her handwriting?
Perhaps her note was too cold, maybe
too hot; he might not expect an answer
so soon ana would be shocked at her
haste: But all these heart-quakngs
were IN Naln-the letter was gone.
To pass away the time, which now
hung heavily upon her hands, Fanny
called to tell Julia the whole story. The
KIND friend was In raptures. ",Just the
man for you, my dear" she cried. 80
he SAYS he has met you in your walks
anu a1 church- Well, l can imagine
now he looks; he's the very image of my
husband, I've no doubt "
Fanny next called upon the second di-
rectress OF the Matrimonial Society.
young lady an uncertain age, and
informed her that for private reasons
she must resign herow office, begging
her friend to make this resolution known
TO the society at their next meeting
Meanwhile the four sisters ran to tell
the news. Each one had her own par
nc9iar friend who must not be forgotten,
and IN the course of two days, it was
known to all Fanny's acquaintance that
the fair damsel had been wooed and
won. The third day passed. and there
had come no letter from the impatient
The Hickman courier., 1881-05-13

shskspeare's Complete Work.
handsomely bound IN cloth,
biz and gold, only 30 cents,
Tsine's History Of English Lit
era'ure, 1 handsome l2mo voi-
ume, cloth, only 30 cents.
Other books equally low.
Fdi Dsscripfirc Catalogue FIRE.. I
MANHATTAN BOOK 60. I
p. o. Box fssn. I6 IS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
Pastimes.

The question of as to how a young
man should spend his hours of leis
ure is one of vast Importance anG
cannot be too earnestly considered
Pastimes aud diversions generally
may be said to be of two kinds. One
tends TO vice and folly, while the
other promotes not only genuine
amusement but good health. The
former, then, should be discounte
naEced, and the latter encouraged to
the utmost. Luxury and dissipation
are twin promoters of disease and
are often epidemical. Few young
men are there indeed who have suf-
ficient discretion to retain their
proper equilibrium amid the glitter
ing lustre of fascinating pleasure.
1t may be laid down as general
principle, from which there is but
very little variation, that a constant
round of diversions, even though
they be of an innocent character,
enervates the mind and renders it
more liable to receive injurious i'm
pressions, and it is known that these
are more indelibly fixed upon the
young than upon those of maturer
years. Allured by constant rounds
Of pleasure, many a young man can
date from them his first deviation
from the path Of propriety and per-
haps virtue and integrity.
We do not desire to be understood
as endeayoring to throw obstacles in
the way of proper and useful pas
times and amusements among our
young men and women, because, on
the contrary, we believe that they
are absolutely as essential for the
promotion of health as the food we
eat. What we desire to impress
upon them is the necessity of not
allowing themselves to be glutted.
An over round of amusement stints
the appetite for such as can be most
conveniently and appropriately
reached, and brings at last, rather
ennai than lasting enjoyment. flour
young people will make it point to
lay down as their guide such rules
as will bring with them both amuse.
ment and instruction, they will look
back, in after life, with more real
delight than is oftentimes unforlu. |
nately the case.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The shreveport Times" gives to
Lotllslanians something to ponder
over. 1t says: "Our Legis.
lators are in great part responsible
for the lack of immigration. They
were welded to penny wise and
pound foolish policy and refused to
make any appropriation to assist in
lnducingimmigration into the State.
From present indications, unless
some effort is made in that direction.
1t will be a century or two before
foreigners settle in any numbers in
Louisiana-that is when all the
available lands in every other part
OF the continent have been taken I'm. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

we are not in favor of another
constitutional Convention soon.-
We have had enough of Louisiana
politicians, for the present. Let us
De patient and enduring. Time
alone, will bring us relief. Immi.
grafton aud internal improvements
will some day redeem Louisiana.
bnt she need not expect any relief
at the hands of her SO called politi-
clans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

Says the DeSoto Democrat of the
10th instant: "Work on the New
Orleans and Pacific road is progress
ing favorably. The trains are now
running over the road the distance
OF "a miles, and we learn the track
will be as far as Grand Cane, in this
parish, within four or FIVE days, and
the cars will be running to this place
by the first of August. Work on
the entire line is being pushed Wig
orously, and it will not be long be.
fore we will have through trains
from New Orleans to Shreveport
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

During trial for assault in Ar.
kansas club, a rock, a rail, an ak.
handle, a knife and shotgun were
exhibited as "the instrument with
which the deed was done.n 1t was
also shown that the assaulted man
defended himself with revolver, a
scythe, a pitchfork, a chisel, a hand
saw, a fail and cross dog. The
jury decided that they'd have given
So apiece to haye seen the fight.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

To develop the resources of this
State we need an influx of good.
practical farmers-not mere laborers
and tenants for plantation purposes,
but bona fide citizens. If our acre.
age of titled land was doubled or
quadrupled by a class of thrifty
farmers occupying and identifying
their own homesteads, as it ought to
be, what difference it would make
in our, revenue and in the times
Our churches and schools would
multiply and prosper as they never
did before; mechanical labor would
DC i'll better demand; manufacturing
establishments could be more profit
ably carried on, and general pros
perity would result.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The "Minden Democrat is a
straightout, and utters some sound
truths in the following: "Political
wrongs as party expedients or me.
cessities,' are both fallacious and
dangerous and the press should be
progressive enough and independ.
ent enough to condemn such prac.
tees no matter in what political
camp they exist.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

Said Senator Lamar in a recent
speech at Oxford, Miss: "When
the South is solid she is strong
enough to ward off all measures detri.
mental to her best INTEREST," And
he might have added, the best in.
terests of the entire country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The Staunton (Va.) Times hits the
nail on the head thusly: "When a
lodge or society cannot afford to pay
ten cents per line to have resolutions
on the death of a brother published
in a town paper, it leaves the i'm.
preston that the Lodge is weak, e.
nancially, or that the departed was
not very valuable MEMBER
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
The Credit System.

VI tuiuSS drought ABOUT from TIT
late war, is an abridgement of til,
universal credit system. We remem
Der well the time when business mer
never thought Of collecting theil
bills but once in twelve months, and
frequently accounts were only closed
by ''long range" notes. The result,
OF this ''go- -you-please" credit sys
tenn was injurious in many respects
People who have license to run their
credit are likely oftentimes to OK.
pend far more than their actual ne.
cessities call for. The laws were
such prior to the war that any man
who had property was liable to be
pushed to the uttermost by his
creditors. A few articles of furni-
ture, small quantity of provisions,
&C., were all that were exempt from
execution, and it was no uncommon
thing for person to find themselves
at the end of the year far greater in
debt than they dreamed of.
The Homestead provision and per-
sonal property exemptions of the
present day are so large that the
credit system is comparatively lin.
tied, and we believe that it is one of
tho most fortunate things for people
of slender means that the case
stands as it does.
While the cash system is in our
opinion the best for all, we think it
is peculiarly beneficial to young men
just starting out in life. There is no
condition in which man can be
placed so disheartening and distruc-
tive to the energies as to be loaded
down with debt. We think that it
should be the first consideration of
our young people to avoid such en-
cumbrances. There are, however,
some persons who run their credit
just because they think it looks big
to do so, and go in debt for hundreds
OF things which they would be far
better off without, merely because
the day of settlement is in the future.
If our young men will take the pains
to investigate the matter, they will
come to the conclusion that "pay as
you gon is indeed the philosophers
stone, and to strictly abide by the
system is eminently wise in all re. |
spects.
Of one thing we are sure, and that |
is, the road to wealth lies in the di |
rection of we'll directed economy and |
and he is not a wise man
who goes in debt merely to make a
show. The man who has to pay |
cash down for what he buys is far
more likely to husband his resources |
than he who is allowed to postpone |
The evil day of final settlement. The
credit system is, as it were, cancer
gnawing at the vitals of genuine
prosperity, and our advice to the
rising generation is to avoid it as far
Is possible. 1t brings no peace of
mind, and is scorpion in the path
If the man who seeks to better his
in life.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The heat thus far has been unpre.
cedented in the Western States
The number of casulties from the
extreme heat, as reported by our ex-
changes, are simply fearful.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

There are a considerable number
OF persons who have very little, if
any idea, of the cost and labor of
conducting newspaper, and there
are many also who belieye it is the
duty of the editorial and publishing
fraternity to serve them free of
charge. Men who would not think
of going into a grocery store and
asking the proprietor for a pound or
SO OF sugar or some article, will walk
into printing Office and request a
publishers services without ever Of
fering any compensation. Ofcourse
it never occurs to them that the pa
per, ink and composition, have to be
bought and promptly paid for as any
other article of merchandise.
We hold that newspaper is as
necessary to the comfort and conye-
nience of a man as almost any other
commodity, and the publisher of a
newspaper ought to expect and re-
ceive as much in proportion, for Ca
tering to the reading public, as
dealer in any other line. We think
it high time for all classes to under.
stand this matter and act in accor.
dance with a reasonable view of the
subject.
The more enterprise Louisiana
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
The Comet.

The astronomers tell us that the
comet is sailing away from the earth
in a northward direction at lnarve-
lousy rapid rate, so that the WISE
acres who were predicting that it's
tail would sweep the earth as with a
bosom of destruction have nothing
to fear. No heavenly wanderer ever
had more distinguished attention
paid it by the yotaries of science
generally, or by the learned astron-
omers ofthe press in particular, than
the young comet which, oven though
departing visitor, is the talk of the
time. But, after all, comets are not
what they used to be. The middle
portion of the century was remarka-
BILE for the appearance of brilliant
members of the family, and, per-
haps, princely and supreme among
all was Donati's comet, whose latest
appearance was in 1858. There have
been few since, but none to COM
pare with or even suggest the glory
of that one. 1t grew from day to
day until its flaming train illumined
the whole heavens like q grand &C.
lestial banner, and made the moon
seem Insignificant in comparison
But because it came into plain sight
from all points, and displayed its
beauty and grandeur to the world,
it was not talked about half as much
as this latest elusive little wanderer.
1t is the sly comet that excites curl
osity and provokes comment.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

A Republican paper says: ssThe
Republican party is not dead YETI
No, it is not. But it is on its last
legs; both legs are going in opposite
directions, and the strain will prove
too much for the rest of the BODY,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
Another Constitution.
From the Shreveport Standard

From the Shreveport Standard
Our esteemed contemporary, tn
States, in harmony with the view
expressed by many other journals
argues in favor another convention
to frame such a constitution as til,
people of Louisiana can safely liv,
under. The editor says he voted
against the ratification of the consti
tuition of 1879. How the STANDARD
exposed the miserable botch- work Of
that convention, from the first to the
last, is fresh in the memory of all.
We doubt not that the admission
made by tho States, and by others
of our contemporaries which are call.
ing for a new constitution, that the
present constitution is amiserably
bungled failures" will meet the al
most unanimous approval of those
who have witnessed it's operation
Nor would there be any serious op-
position to q movement looking to
the substitution of new one, pro-
vided we could have any guarantee
that it would end in any better man.
ner than that of 1870. But, unfor.
tunately, we can get no such guar
antee. The plan suggested by the
Madison Journal to have the Gov.
ernor appoint a commission com.
posed of Zone of ablest men from
each Senatorial district" would new
er do, as the States conclusively
shows. Gubernatorial appoint.
ments, which are generally made up
and arranged in the back room of
some party organ, hardly ever man.
age to alight on the sablest men.n
The method by legislative amend
ment would prove a failure unless
we can secure better Legislatures in
future than we have had in the past.
A constitutional convention, which
,he States advocates, would be the
BEST under all circumstances. But
,he prospects of getting from anoth-
Al convention a better constitution
han that of 1879 are gloomy indeed.
There is every reason to believe that
new convention would be turned
nto debating society in which am-
bilious young pettifoggers could air
heir oratory, as the last one was,
Ind that the work of it's hands would
'e as crude and as clumsy as that of
he convention of 1879.
1t is disgrace that an unoffend
ng people should be compelled to
i've under such a constitution as the
me we are living under to-day. But
We despair of any amendment for
ONE time to come. We fear we
hall get no relief until this genera
ion OF incompetency and ineficien |
y shall pass away.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The San Antonio Express affects
20 be alarmed at the rapid develop.
ment of railroads in Texas, and re.
marks: elf all the railroads char.
tered in this State within the last
year are built, and the same ratio of
Improvement of that kind is kept
up for twenty years, Texas will be
covered with such network of
roads that a man can't secure a de.
cent sized watermelon patch with
out having locomotive running
through and tearing up the vines
We would have a little too much of
a good thing.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The printing department at Wash
ington is said to be a nest Of corrup-
ton. Is there anything there that
isn't?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
Fanaticism Rampant.

The appearance of the comet; the
so called prediction of mother Shin
ton; the unusual hot spell of weather
and the attempted assassination OF
the President, has aroused a feeling
OF fanaticism and superstition in
some parts of the country. Vile and
unprincipled imposters are taking
advantage of the peculiar condition
OF the times to work upon the fears
of the credulous to an alarming ex
tent.
The split in the comet seems to
have worked up a regular boom
amcng the colored classes in Rich.
mond, Va, and it is announced that
what is termed the "salvation armyn
is receiving large accessions. The
plain unadulterated religion of our
fathers should be sufficient as the
guiding star for all sensible people,
and we trust that in no part of Lou.
isiana will the people allow them.
selves to become the dupes of desig-
ing frauds. No matter what may be
the peculiar condition of the heaven
" bodies, and no matter what stir.
ring events may be taking place
around us, it becomes all sensible
people to preserve their equinimity
and remember that the guidance of
the Universe is in the hands of Him
who is wiser than us poor worms of
the dust.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

Fool ONCE MORE" For ten
years my wife was confined to her
bed with such complication of all
ments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and
used UP small fortune in humbup
stuff. Six months ago l saw a U. s.
flag with Hop Bitters on it, and I
thought would be a fool once more.
| tried it but my folly proved to be
wisdom. Two bottles cured her; she
is now as well and strong as any
mans wife, and it cost me only two
dollars. Such folly pays.-IH. W.,
Detroit Mich.-Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

Lieutenant General j. e. Pember.
ton, who was in command of the
Confederate forces at the fall of
Vicksburg, died on the 18th instant,
at Penllyn, a suburb of PHILADELPHIA.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

AGeorgia editor says: "Gold is
found in SO counties in this State,
silver in 8, copper in IL, iron in 43,
diamonds in rs, whiskey in all of
them, and the last gets away with
all the rest {
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The world may be a vile place to
live in, says an exchange, but it
would be a little less vile if you
would become little less vile your
self.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The Cincinnati Gazette grows in.
quisite, and asks: "But are liquors
poisoned 2 Of course they are
Four-ffths of all the liquors drunk
in Cincinnati, including wine, beer
and cider, are poisoned. And these
poisons are not confined to common
drinks, such as whiskey and beer:
they extend to aristocratic drinks
that are most costly. The French
wines are nearly all adulterated and
contain poison. They are not real
wines, but imitations.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

= Chief Engineer Green informs the
Shreveport Standard that the entire
line of the New Orleans Pacific Rail.
way will be completed by the first
part of October.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

A scientific editor exclaims =
"What shall we drink?r He might
wait until somebody asks him up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

A favOrite aphorism of Stonewall
Jackson's was: "Never take counsel
of your fears.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

Some men, in striving to be fa-
nous, BY a slight mistake become
infamous.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The Georgetown CTexas) Record
has discovered that mo editor can
do his duty and please everybody. =
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28

The Webster Tribune has wore
osay about the Enforcement 81
Che Law" as follows: eWhat We
especially need in this country is the
rigid enforcement of the laws. Every
man who violates Che peace and dig
nifty OF a community, or appropriate
to himself that which belongs to
another SHOULD be speedily ard AIDE.
quately punished. Whenever it be.
comes a settled understanding that
men cannot escape punishment nor
get off light crime will materially
lessen in our country. Let us
have no favortisms, no over.
sights, no negligence, but the laws
enforced to the letter against all bull.
dozers and offenders, whoever they
may be. We must necessarily de.
pend upon our Grand Juries, our
officers and courts alone for protec.
ton, peace quietness and safety
This seems to go to the spot. The
way to stop crime is to execute the
law with prompt and unspairing
hand. Impartial enforcement of the
law destroys crime and promotes
justice, and it is the duty of the
press to arouse and aid in solidify.
ing popular opinion on this question.