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equations. One step up the ladder
also naturally inspires efforts to
climb higher, which not one in q
thousand succeed in doing, and
therefore nine hundred and ninety.
nine have to go back to private life
soured, disappointed and unified
for the struggle before them. Proba.
bly, majority who reach the Sem
ate become afflicted with the Presi-
dental mania, and when that once
gets hold of man it is hardly pos.
sible to eradicate it. The same prin.
ciple is true of all degrees Of office.
holding. There is q passionate,
body-absorbing, soul-destroying
mania that grows upon what it feeds.
Then modern officialdom is impreg.
mated with corrupting influences
that few are strong enough to with
stand. This is sufficiently evidenced
by the fact that it has become hard.
~ safe to speak of Christian states
men if one would avoid ridicule.-
Yet, with all these obvious obiec.
tons to office-hunting, there are
millions engaged in it, and once again
are we driven to the inquiry, why
should this be 50 fsAs Office holding
is uncertain, Improbable, and in the
end demoralizing, it is impossible to
find reasons founded in common
sense why men should so hunger to
become servants of the public. The
thing is disease for which some
radical remedy cannot be too soon
devised.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

The Alexandria Democrat says
the Constitutional Convention of
1879 did "a foolish and silly thing"
in providing for MS such a bungle.
some and useless judiciary system
We think they ssprovidedn very we'll
for themselves.
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We pride ourselves more on the
accidents Of life than on its real &C
quirements. High birth, inherited
wealth, and the like, which are en-.
tirely accidental, are much more
highly esteemed than any Of those
qualities we build up by our efforts.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

The Ouachita Telegraph Of the
9TH instant says: aCol. Scott saws
the gap between this place and
Shreveport will be finished by the
LIST Of January, 1892
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Worth should make the man, and
want of it the fellow, and, in our
opinion those who act upon other
standpoints, do 30 morei jim a spirit OF
fawning hypocrites than from honest
conviction. If there must be an
aristocracy, let as have one of heart
and mind, not subject to the muta-
tions Of dollars and cents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

There are many political shysters
who are very shrewd in getting
themselves elected to Office, and
there their shrewdness ends. After
this, the old time-honored custom is
reversed, and the Office honors the
man.
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The Raleigh Visitor is evidently
posted. It says: "Does it pay to
keep . clean record in politicsi 1t
may pay, but . man has to econo.
miize to save twenty-five thousand
dollars . year out of a salary Of Eve
thousand.n
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A "hush-it-ups policy relative to
affairs Of State won't do. The sbot.
tom facts" viii have TO be known.
sooner or later. 'The dear people,
viii be satisfied with nothing less
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A correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Times says that sthe sun never
sets on the possessions Of the United
States. When the sun is about ex-
piring on the confines of Behring's
sea it is already beaming brightly in
Maine, and in the eastern part of
that State is an hour high. From
the farthest eastern point of our
country, at Passport, Me-, to the
farthest Of the Aleutian isles, the
distance is 1917 degrees oflongitude,
or seventeen more than half way
around the globe"
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This truly encouraging item we
take from the wide-awake Natchito.
ches Vindicator: "Notwithstand.
ing there are several saw mills in
this locality, it seems impossible for
them to supply the demand made
for lumber. This indicates that there
must be a lively requisition for build.
ing material in this neighborhood.
The railroad has already largely de.
veloped the spirit Of enterprise
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

Hon. John w. Daniel is the Dem.
ocEatic nominee for the Governor.
ship OF Virginia.
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The Iberville South favors q paid
fire department for New Orleans
and says 'sthe present fire brigade
has entirely. too much to do with
pilitics.1
Hon. Geo. 81. Wells, the accom-.
plished gentleman and talented edi
tor of the Lake Charles Echo, in
search of wild game and recreation
generally, has shouldered his Win.
hester rife and gone to the wild
woods of Calcasieu-
'Where the willy bass and catfish swim
Meath the bending twigs Of the rivers brim,
The Morgan City Review is not
very sentimental. Itremarks: "The
country people are beginning to
wonder how long before the citizens
Of New Orleans will begin the work
of ornamenting the lamp posts and
telegraph poles of their city with
h0odlum carcasses. There seems no
other way left to get rid of that ele.
ment.n
The Iberville South says: "The
election in the parish of st. Martin
for the removal of the parish site
from st. Martinville to Breaux
Bridge, held ON the 10th July, re-
suited in retaining it at st. Martin
vile. A wise conclusion, we think.
Besides it saves the parish a heavy
outlay for new buildings. Move.
ments of this kind are generally in
stigated by interested parties who
have speculation in view.s
This is indeed a gloomy picture
from the New Orleans City Item:
"The control of city politics should
be taken out Of the hands of hood
lums, and secured to the law.abiding
and honest element of the commu-
nifty; and there is ample reason to
believe that after administering
some sharp discipline to the hood.
lums, the Augean stables of small
politics would be temporary purified.
The stencil is really becoming I'M
bearable.n
Here's what the City Item has to
say about lawlessness in New Or.
leans: "The press has warned the
rioutous and brutal element in vain.
The law has been powerless to &C.
complish anything. The police force
is worthless and demoralized. The
authorities pardon men who ought
to be hung. Murders and brutal
actions are becoming matters of dali
" occurrence. Outdoor resorts are
becoming unsafe. It is dangerous
to walk certain streets after dark
Citizens feel as ifthey were carrying
their lives in their hands. Finally
it is becoming recognized that some.
thing must be done to teach coward.
ardly rufians and treacherous muir.
derers a severe lesson; and unless
there be some very improbable
change in the present state of affairs,
we shall not be surprised to see the
lesson given.n
Tho fCl1nrsnrp 20 r~<>s,H <Ao n-1-~.
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The Mexia (Texas) Ledger has a
little kindly advice to ministers
which might be acted upon with
good effect, particularly during hot
weather. Itsays: ssThe Ledger, as
. real friend to ministers, young
ones especially, would advise short
sermons, or what is the same, stop
when you have said all You have
prepared. Repetition will wear out
any congregation, and 80 will long,
tedious and prosy sermons.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

The plain.spoken "Sparta Ish.
maelite" says: "Senator Hill has
discovered that this is q Federal
Nation, with patent adjustable N,
made so by the fact that the world
whipped the South in the late war.
fla man who thought the moon was
made Of green cheese should whip
the man who disputed it, the result
would show that the green cheese
bully was right This sort of logic
does not do violence to Senatorial
courtesy though it deals rather
harshly with common sense.n
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From the Ibervillc South
Several Of our exchanges are very
earnest in advocating the call for a
Constitutional Convention for the
purpose of framing a new organic
law. That our present one is mis-.
cradle failure no one will gainsay,
but how to remedy the evil is the
question to be determined. We
would like to see many features in
the present constitution eliminated
and others inserted. The mannerof
drawing juries and compelling them
to serve lin New Orleans) one entire
month without compensation, is the
first item We would have stricken
out. We do not believe that the
State has the least particle of right
to force any citizen to neglect his
business and devote his time to her
interest unless he is fairly remuner.
ated therefor.
The Circuit Judge system is anoth-
er expensive and useless appendage
of our present judiciary, which We
think could be dispensed with. Is it
not really farce to see two circuit
judges travelling around their dis
trict hunting for something to do Z
We venture to assert that, outside
Of New Orleans, there have not been
sufficient cases in the balance of the
State to require the attention of the
judges OF any one circuit an entire
month.
We would also favor the old plan
of fixing reasonable scale Of prices
for performing the State printing,
and requiring the Legislature to
elect a printer on joint ballot.
The collection of the public reve
nue. is another feature which requires
doctoring.
But the question arises right here,
How are these desirable changes to
be accomplished with the least ex.
pensef The finances of the State
are not in condition to admit of
the calling of another convention.-l
Therefore we would respectfully sug-
gest to our contemporaries that their
object can be accomplished at little
expense by the Legislature submit
ting these proposed amendments to
the people at any general election. |
In this way the people would have
the privilege Of accepting the good
and rejecting the bad.
There is no guarantee that anoth. |
er convention would not do worse,
and for that reason we would prefer |
the plan Of submitting such amend. |
ments as are actually necessary to |
the people for final action. The |
fewer general elections we have the |
better for the people and the State. |
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

Il takes some men . lifetime to
learn not to fly higher than they can
roost
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11

A mans heart is his headquarters
for good or evil.
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!. WISE E. B. HERNDos
WISE n HerMdOaa.

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law. Sb,as.
~ port, La. Will practice in the con,.s =
Caddo. Bossier and Red River parishes ana y ~
the Supreme Court of the State. yaOns 81
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A ttorneys and Counselors at Law. sbrsr.
"A port, La. Office-On Spring street ~ -
positc Bank Of E. & B. Jacobs. win nras. NJ.
in the parishes of Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto any
Red River, and the Supreme Court of the STAT
and the U. 8. Courts. yo, S 20
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Agreat shipmusthaye deep water.
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v. SHIDET,

Matchmaker and Jewe1er.
Takes this method of announcing to ~
4 his old friends and patrons and "a
the public in general, that he viii be ~.
found ON Market Street, near BogePs DIsg
store, Shreveport, La, where he il pfepassJs
TO repair watches, jewelry, &C., promptly -
at moderate prices. Satisfaction guarantees
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The following is from the Calves
ton News:
Notwithstanding the sweetness
OF it's name, the Honey Grove indie
pendent is characterized by its last.
1t does not give taffy free, but says:
Items Of public interest are al.
ways welcome; others, of interest
only to the individual, are welcome
only when accompanied with the
cash.
"These are brave words,n adds
the News. Another Texas paper
lost subscriber the other day by
neglecting to chronicle the arrival of
a distinguished citizen. The indie
pendent should read an article in q
Cincinnati paper about the proms;-
rent citizen, and what he expects of
the press. He has something to say
in ell public meetings, signs all pa
pers that are to be printed at the
bottom for publication, takes his
place on the platform at the public
assemblages, takes . place in a car
rage at possessions, and as the pa
per last alluded to says:
IF . series Of interviews should
appear in a paper, headed, what
our prominent citizens think of it,
without his name appearing, it
would mako him sick, and he would
probably call on the editor and ask
for an explanation. Instances have
been known where he has written
out an interview himself and put it
in q reporters hand.,n
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Call ON w. A. Stroud.

E(Ocky MOunf, La, for REED'N CHTTT,
II CUBE. A box Of pills free with eeeh
Do'''e' OF
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y. Henry SAeDlte,.1,.

A ttorney. at Law, Shreveport, La. wm
~ practice in the Courts Of Caddo ana % ~
joining parishes, also in the Supreme and MA nj
eral Court of the State. ,.oss ee
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Land r. Land.

JUDGE T. T. LAND.
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y. n. Ssssder,
A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, Bossier pa,,..
v20ni0
~ MI WIN. W. VAN,
L0sUry n Vance.

4 ttorneys at Law, Bellevue, La. VIII n,.,
aud Webster parishes vo0 enssile
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u ID. 81 II. W:Ntkims
A ttorneys at Law, Mindeh, La. W,rln,..
"A tice in all the Courts in Booster =. "a ~.
Webster parishes. vIa ana
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-09-29
Be of Good Cheer.

There is one remedy which has
proved itself to be priceless boon
and true friend to suffering human
ity. 1t has saved thousands of nerv-
Gus, debilitated, headaching mortals
to lives of usefulness and the full en-
joyment of robust health. If you are
weak, nervous and debilitated, or suf
fer from indigestion and dyspepsia,
you make serious mistake and do
yourself great injustice if you fail to
try this excellent medicine. You will
find it perfect panacea for all your
troubles. In few weeks time your
shattered nervous system will be re-
stored to q natural and healthful con-
dition, all symptoms of dyspepsia and
indigestion disappear, and the posi-
bility of paralysis, apoplexy, and other
disorders that lead to sudden death,
will be removed forever. This meri-
torious compound is a preparation of
Iron that does not give headache or
blacken the teeth. 1t is called
Browns Iron Bitters. Demand it of
your druggist, and take no substitute.
1t will give the greatest satisfaction,
for its effects are lasting, and not tenn
porary, as is the case with alcoholic
preparations. Browns Iron Bitters
contain no alcohol.-Enquirer.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-09-29

Our old friend T. B. Dickson, of
Hiawatha, Kansas, in writing to re-
new his subscription, says:
"Our corn crop will be short about
one-half of the usual crop, though we
have plenty, and to spare. Many
fields Of corn will yield 60 to IS bush
els to the acre-felds that were plant
ed early and well cultivated, and had
the benefit Of an occasional shower,
that was not general over the country.
We are having quite boom in
building, this summer, in town and
country. The extension Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad from Atchison
Kansas, to Omaha, Neb., crosses the
St. Joseph 4 Western Railroad on our
town site Track is now being laid
at this point-steel rails, and we will
therefore be on through line from
the Pacific by st. Louis thence east. "
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-09-29
Point Pleasant Register.l
Concealed Weapons.

A well directed public opinion, we
are glad to observe, is now getting
abroad touching the dangerous habit
Of carrying concealed deadly weapons.
This practice is frightfully common,
and is the parent of many of the
murders which are chronicled in the
daily press Rash young men with
pistols and knives hidden upon their
persons start upon a Clark" as it is
called, and before they know it land
in a lookup. A few drinks of the
wretched poison sold at the miserable
groggeries that abound in all places,
madden the revelers and make them
ripe for any outrage.-Then follow,
in quick succession, disturbance, a
shot from pistol, a prod from a
knife, and human being passes to
his final account. If murderous
weapons had not been at hand no fatal
result would have happened. A few
angry blows exchanged, and then the
end would have been reached. 1t is
the facility Of handling death dealing
instruments which causes so many
murders, and those intrusted with the
administration Of the law should make
men sensible that to carry pistol or
dirk knife concealed upon the person
is very grave and serious offense.
The full extent of punishment author
lied by the statutes of the State should
be meted out to all offenders of this
character. If this is done in few
instances young men will be careful
how they indulge in this rufianly
practice.
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[Scientihc Americana
Give the Baby a Drink of Water.

A city physician attributes large
part of the excessive mortality of chill
dren in hot weather to the failure Of
nurses and mothers to give them
water; indeed more children are said
to die directly and Indirectly from
deprivation of water than from any
other cause. Infants, he says, are al
ways too much wrapped up, and in
any case would perspire very freely.
The water lost by perspiration must
be supplied. AS Dr. Murdoch stated
in his paper on cholera infantum, "The
child is thirsty, not hungry; but not
getting the water, which it does want,
it drinks the milk, which it does not
want" The consequence is that the
stomach is overloaded with food which
it cannot digest, and which soon fer
ments and becomes source OF severe
irritation. Then follow vomiting.
purging, and cholera infantum."
Toprevent this, the principal sceurge
of infancy, the doctor says: "Have
water-without ice always accessible
to the child, who will then refuse soul
milk and will eat only when hungry
Water is the great Indispensable article
for the preventive treatment of chill.
dren in hot weather 1t is important
enough to nursing children, but is life
itself to those reared on the bottle.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-09-29

"-I-I was just going to see you,
sir" stammered a young man in Jer-
sey, who was suddenly interrupted in
his courtship by the sudden entrance
of the loved ones parent. II was go
ing to ask you for your daughters
hand, and he chuckled inwardly, to
think how beautifully he had done
the thing. 'Were you, indeed" OBJ
served the stern but cynical father, as
he first gazed upon the lapel Of the
young mans coat, where two golden
hairs were peacefully reclining, and
then casually remarked the somewhat
tumbled condition of his blushing
daughters pale blue sash. Were
you, indeed! Well, you may take her
hand, young man; but nothing more;
Let your little pleasantries stop there.
1t broke up the young man on the
spot.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-09-29

We have heard a good deal said
about Bookwalter's operations in the
mining regions Of Hooking and Perry
counties. We are slow to believe
sensational stories started by. name
less correspondents, but here is an
account which we find in the New
Lexington, Perry County, Tribune,
very respectable paper:
"Bookwalter with his political
menagerie is moving through the
State and last wceA took in the min
ing towns Of Perry county. A relia-
BILE gentleman who witnessed his
maneuvers at New Straitsville. says
that the great monopolist was there
about one hour, during which time
he and his retinue visited every saloon
in the place, in each of which he
treated the boys Andy McDevitt a
saloon-kreper of Corning, acting as
cashier and paying the bills. The
beer was free for all and was guzzled
by large crowd who followed the
would be Governor of Ohio, from one
drinking place to another, nor lost. a
single drink" The same perform
ance was repeated at Shawnee, where
a large crowd drank at his expense,
much to the disgust of the better
class of citizens Of the place, regard
less of politics, who denounce the
tactics adopted by the great runner of
free trains, to secure votes.
At Corning Bookwalter's agent set
it up lively to the boys, and beer
flowed like water, in fact much more
freely than water flows at Corning,
just at this particular time.
At Carbon Hill, Buck and his crowd
alighted at Hall & Smiths aloon,
when Mr.. B. was introduced as the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
After a shake all around the beer was
ordered, of which one Of the citizens,
a Democrat, refused to drink, and
said that Buck and his crowd were
drunk. This Mr.. Buckwalter denied,
stating that he was never drunk in
his life. The beer consumed on the
trip through this county would run
turbine water-wheel for week. And
this is the man who heads the ticket,
styled by the Herald, the temperance
ticket.
Mr. Bookwalter must place a very
low estimate upon the intelligence
and morals Of the people, if he thinks
his course while in the county, will
win them over to him. He never
made a greater mistake in his life,
and it is matter his litearary bureau
will be compelled to handle very ten
derly.
Evidence for the truth of the above
statements will be produced if called
for.
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M EDIcAL.
An Interesting Account
Stone in the Bladder Expelled by Using DR..
Kennedy's 'Favorite Remedy"

Mr.. S. w Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co.,
N. Y, the of Mr.. E. S. Hicks, whose name may
have appeared in this journal in connection with an
article similar to this like his father, afflicted
with Stone in the Bladder, only that his case was
more serious than his ather's On the appearance of
the disease the father advised the TO write to Dr.
David Kennedy. Rondout, N. Y, who he said, would
tell him what to do. DIR. Kennedy replied suggesting
the of 'Kennedy's Favorite Remedy which had
worked successfully in the fathers case. Mr..
Hicks, who had been assured by the local physicians
that they could do nothing for him, tried Fa-
vorite Remedy at a venture. After two weeks use
of it he passed stone q of an inch long and of the
thickness of pipe-stem. Since then he has had no
symptoms of the of the trouble Here is sick
man healed. What better results could have been
expected? What greater benefit could medical SCI
ence confer? The end was gained; that is surely
enough. DIR. Kennedy the public, by reputa-
ton which he cannot afford to forfeit imperil that
the ''Favorte Remedy does invigorate the Blood,
cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder complaints, well
as all those diseases and weaknesses peculiar to fs
males. ''Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for sale
by all druggists. 15sep1m
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A gushing young lady, who pur-
chased a bottle of DR.. Quaque's health
bitters (none genuine unless the Doc
tors name is blown on the wrapper)
sent him the following testimonial:
Dear Doctor: | think your bitters
are too awfully lovely! After taking
half a bottle, | could sleep until 9
o'clock in the morning, while Ma was
getting breakfast ready. My health
is just too sweet for anything, and
your delightful medicines are just too
supremely nice" etc.