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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06
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Noble Dogs.

\ The Great. Saint Bernard mountain i.
one of the high mountains in Switzer
land. On the highest point Of the pas,
over it is a large stone convent, which
is used as a place of refuge for travel
ersah 1t IL eight thousand feet above the
sea, and lis the abode. OF o number Of
pious men called monks.
They have.!a breed OF large noble
dogs that scent out people, lost ip ths
snow. They scratch away the drift
and bark loudly allTthe while so as to le|
the monks know what has happened
One of these dogs saved forty per |
sons and among them was a. little bGI
that the. dog managed. to restore froH
a frozenIstate, and carried ON his bad |
to the convent. p..s s.att ated
These dogs are tall, with large Limbs
and broad chests With case coRI
tanning food or cordials, slung abodi
their necks, they 60 out to seek fd
travellers. Sometimes the monks q
with them. =,
|, Being able on their four feet to crod
great sheets of snow where men ,cou4
not venture, the dogs trace out am
one who may be lost in the driftj
They supply him with food. and somsI
times take him home on their backs.
In winter there are what are calle1
avalanches. A great mass OF snesI
gathers on high place, till it gets
heavy that it falls at once down ttd
mountain. In doing SO it makes
noise like the. discharge Of a cannon.
Sometimes the snowdrifts surTout7
the walls of the convent 10 the lheigJ
OF forty feet, The deep little Lake
fore it does not NELL till July AM
freezes again in september, and II
snow falls almost every day in tl
year. sa.s sfg,g 10 1ots5.t cd
Not a tree is to be seen, but on
patches of moss, grass, and ibrigl3
hardy little flowers. The kind mon5
are cheered in their lonely life by Y
thought of doing good.-Aarssry0
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06
HOmeSickness.

4 - 4 4 1 -
Perhaps there is no sensation 50 dis.
heartening or, so demoralizingat to the
mental and physical system as home
sickness. 1t is not. necessary that one
should be in foreign land in order to
experience the sensation In fact, one
may feel at home in the Arabian desert,
or among the ruins of Baalbec. 1t is
the uncongeniality of the surroundings
which predisposes us to the malady
rather than removal from familiar
scenes and faces. The disease has no
respect for persons; it more often seizes
the idle than the busy. The king on
the throne suffers, perhaps, from its
qualms when he remembers the halcy-
on days before the cares of state be-
leagured him; the poor-house tenant
may feel sickening yearning for the
home she has never known, which has
never existed for her; the little child
droops away from his mother; the with
cred crone has moments of unutterablei
pain when she recalls the hearth-stone
where the embers have been ashes for
half century; the old are homesick for
their youth, the days of their strength
and their prime, when the '' world was
all before them where to choose when
success was not so assured. or failure
not so certain-the days when children
hung about their knees, and daily anxi-o
cites environed them; homesick, per-
haps, for the very worries which they
have outgrown, for the little trials which
belonged to the hours of their activity,
for the hopes that time has dispelled.
for tho of
the sound OF voice that is still"
To-day seems alien and sunless to the
homesick heart which lives in the ves-
terdays. But if age is sometimes smitten,
neither is youth exempt. The Young
s1cken for what the future may bring
for the fame that is so long in comine;S
for the recognition, the happiness. the
romance, it promises. That LONGING.
baffied feeling which haunts us when
some good that has been promised or
paid is sguandered or withheld is
form OF the disease familiar to most of
us, which comes to us upon some
strain OF music which the incense of
" the meanest flower that blows" NAV
revive. Who has not been touched by
1t IN re-vlsiting scenes that were once a
f'sA - OA#OuI ONCi -utty IOpk-Oub--Jno OLD
homestead that has passed to strangers,
the orchard where we learned the
sweetness OF stolen fruit. the church
where we repeated our little PRAYERS.
the school-house where we made ac-
qualntance with fractions and the fer
ule. or the garden gate where we
parted with our first lover? 1t NAV be
that the masculine mind is less suscenti-
BILE than the feminine to this sentiment
Of inconsistencies. Man is oftener mas
ter OF the situation. If his conditions
displease him, he has the power to re-
arrange them-to give the Kaleidoscope
of life another turn; if the .madding
crowd" offends him, he can pack his
Talise. and go on ranch. where ..the |
sound OF the church-goin bell the val |
eys and rocks never heard;'' and if |
country lite grows distasteful, he NAV |
eek his fortune abroad and medicine |
lomeslckness with the infinite variety |
# the universe. Harper Bazar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1t is said that there are 500 China.
men who have become Roman Catholic
priests. .35!tJG
OF the 1865, 900 appropriated by the
Methodists to missionary work, $780,
600 is for the benefit of English speak
ing nations.
Miss Ellen Finn has been appointed
one of the Board of School Directors in
the Parish of VIM, La, the first ap-
pointment of the kind ever made in
Louisiana. ... q
One half of the necessary endow-
ment of $4,000 for the Southern Pres
byterian Theological Seminary, at Col
umbia, s. c., has been provided for.
1t is said that Mr.. Moody's meet
lngs in Salt Lake City carried conster-
nation into the ranks of the Mormons,
and were very influential for good.
Conferences of Southern and North
ern Methodists have been in session at
Dallas. Tex, and both bodies passed
resolutions looking to fraternal rela-
lions and a coalition. I'd 3-"y t
The managers of the New York
Cooking School, under the presidency
OF Mrs. Robert ID. Stuart, have this sea-
son extended their. scheme of training
to cover all branches of homework.
A class of young men and women
has been organized in Boston by Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, to study the sci
ence of Civil Government, under tie
tuition of Theodore Tyndale. rT 5!.as
DIR. William Sharswood, of Phila-
delphia, is giving his time and efforts
toward founding a great museum of
practical art and and applied science in
connection, with the University of the
South at Sewanne, Tenn. owned and
controlled by the dioceses of the Epis-
copal Church comprehended in the ten
States lying south and southwest of
Virginia and Kentucky,
"A colored girl, who is pupil in
Clark's University, in Atlanta, Ca, has
just fallen heiress to fortune of $751;
900. Clark's University was finished
and dedicated last summer. It is for
colored pupils alones Christnlan Hall.
the main auditorium, was built and
furnished in accordance with bequest
OF Mrs. Christman, a wealthy lady of
Boston. The young girl who has Just
become the fortunate heiress of $4,000
has determined to fit up an elegant par
Tor in the University for the use of the
colored school girls. Her generosity is
highly appreciated by her schoolmates
and the Professors in the University.
The Second Presbyterian Church of
Chicago has called the Rev. John Mac
lntosh, of Belfast, Ireland, at a salary
of 50, 900 a year. The committee who
chose him think it necessary to offer the
following explanation: 1--WE canvassed
the country thoroughly to find an Amer
lcan-born and American-educated m n
lister to present as the candidate for the
pastoral office of the church, and on
whom the church could unite, but have
not been able to find the suitable person
for the place who would or could be
moved. Mr.. Macintosh, whom we re-;
to you, is native born Amer
lean, of Scotch parentage and Irish ed |
ucation. and this means thoroughness
Of education that qualities him to fill. |
any pulpit in the land.''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06

PART of graveyard at M n
Kentucky, was destroyed in buildmg]
railroad. and indignant ghosts from !
disturbed collins have. taken possesslJ
of the station house, which stands
the spot. So say the ticket agent
other employees at least, and they ~ ~
proved their sincerity by resigning 'n'
positiens. .fftftT5sl si5 Esa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06

The Austrian police have recently
seized two consignments of bamboo
canes sent from London to Vienna, and
found them loaded in the hollow of each
stick with socialistic documents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06

A school for teaching the pliha
tune pianos is, in successful opera'lV..
Paris. An exhibition of the skill q y
pupils was recently given az : t p,.i1
factory, in the presence OF ? nu'l a;tr
the prominent musicians 81 tnaa VIZ
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06

THE very latest thing in dress os a g%|
ture is the caterpillar fringe. q ~
it is "fuzzy," as its name be.ohs ,d !
is made of plush or cheniiie anu
yellow and bronze mixture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-06

1t has been estimated that the total
cost OF torchlight paraphernalia used in
the late campaign, reached $4,000, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Sells Out His Interest in the Christian
Union.

New YosK, Oct. rs. Henry Ward Beecher
has sold his interest in the Christian Union
and retires wholly from connection with jour
nalism. The Christian Union, tomorrow, will
publish the following valedictory: With
this number reingush my editorial relation
to the Christian Union. My reason for SO
doing is thst other duties are 50 many and so
pressing that can't give that attention to
the paper which it needs. Indeed, since Mr..
Abbott's accession to the paper, have done
very little upon it, as his work has been so
entirely satisfactory to me, that the ends and
spirit for which the paper was established,
are, am convinced, assured. While re-
linguisii the editorial chair do not cease to
take deep interest in the paper. 1t will
continue to publish my sermons, and shall,
as often as am able, contribute articles and
editorials, and shall in every way study the
prosperity of paper that is and must always
be near my heart. In passing over to Mr..
Abbott the whole editorial control of the
Christian Union, l ought to say that for
several years past he has had the whole prac-
tical management of the paper. His industry,
good judgement and Christian spirit, have
my admiration, and I have the
fullest confidence that the Christian Union
under his management, will, hereafter, secure
for itself increasing effect.
tSigned) HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

People.
DR.. S-,the prominent Eastern medical
lecturer, SAYS: Every day sensible people
come to me complaining of their health being
broken down. The answers to my inquiries
alvays are-what eurmise-nature's laws
have been totally disregarded; consequently
the blood, the stream Of life. becomes con,
tamiuated-and - q result oil ttis oiooo
poisoning, find dyspepsia and disorderea
functions of the heart, lungs. liver, ana kio-
neys, accompanied by headache, nervous de-
biiity, and other impaired organic portions
often verging on paralysis. In order to keep
the digestive organs in proper health ana
strength, and my friends in the profession
have recommended Browns Iron Bitters-
they act so mildly and soothingly, never leav-
ing any unpleasant after-effects. strengthen
ing the organs of digestion, and permanently
r. moving every symptom of i'll health, Ian
puor, and debility. No remedy in the East
gives such good satisfaction as Browns Iron
Bitters. and all druggists can procure 1t Tor
YOU. Don't be persuaded TO use asubstitute.
This remedy contains no alcohol and is the
only preparation of Iron that does not black
on the teeth.-SrN. Oct25+&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

CLEVELAND, Oct. %. The relic bureau
having in charge the distribution of the Cata-
falque relics, fearing the floral and other
emblems may not be sufficient in number to
supply all that may apply, has decided to
prepare from the building material of the
pavilion variety of articles for which con-
tributions Of from one to Eve dollars will be
received. The original plan consists Of q
flower, piece Of grass and foliage. and square
Of black bunting with the Autograph certiA-
cate of the committee. Those who send one
dollar will receive in addition q regular
receipt from the monument committee. The
money received for these relics will be ap.
piled to the Garfield monument fund after
deducting only the actual cost Of the manu-
facture. The bureau expect to be ready to
begin to send out floral and drapery souven-
ire BY Thursday. The manufacture of the
other relics will be started at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

1t seems strange that anyone will suffer
from the many arrangements brought on BY
an impure condition of the blood, when
SCOVILL'S SARSAPARILLA AND STILL
LINGIA, or BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP
will restore perfect health to the physical or
ganization. 1t is the BEST BLOOD PU-
RIFIER ever discovered, effectually curing
Scrofua, Syphilitic disorders, Weakness OF
the Kidneys, Erysipilas Malaria; all Ner-
vous disorders and Debility, Bilious COM
plants and all Diseases indicating an impure
Condition of the Blood, Liver. Kidneys.
Stomach. skin. etc. 1t corrects indigestion.
1t ACTS LIKE A CHARM, especially when
the complaints of an exhaustive nature, hav-
ing tendency to lessen the natural vigor of
the brain and nervous system.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
PERUVIAN AFFAIRS.
Terrible State of Affairs in Lima. Assas'
sinauous and Murders a Daily
Occurrence.

PANAMA.. Oct. Is. Dispatches from Lima
of the 9TH inst. say that the capital is worse
than ever before. Atrocious murders and
assassinations are of daily occurrence. but
as there are no police. no effort can be made
to preyept such atrocities or punish the
guilty. Occasionally the CHILEAN soldiers
CAPTURE a band of malfactors, and short
court martial decide their fate. Murderers are
shot and the thieves whipped. clan.or Is
is occasionally raised that the people shot
were innocent, and the Chilians are repre-
sented as blood thirsty monsters. A band OF
ten mountaineers was found recently near
Lima. They resisted capture by the soldiers
and were all killed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
WATERFOWL Cattle Market.

WATERFOWL, Mass, Oct. Is.
BEEF CArTLE-Receipts l5,4lO heads; stocks con.
time In good demsnd. Sales tof choice at
so 40 81; extra At 60as co. first quality at 90
66 so: second At e065 50; third 1t cog 90.
STORE CArTTE-working oxen per pair at 10OS
10; mich and calves at 2064s farrow cows at
1890; fancy COWS, go; yearling 1884, two years.
1894; three years 20a45; western fat COWS, live,
6i67i.
STANDARDIZATION dressed hogs aisasi.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts 20 .5Ss heads, ma TX.
ct fully stocked with common grades, sheep with
demand light fell of / "a to IL; fine fo.ks firm
sales; sheep in lots ct 2 so Al so each; extra
25a IS; lambs 4a6; veale calves 3a5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

The Great Eastern. the original cost Of
which was $500. 900. and which in its
days was a senaiion in its way. has been
knocked down ut auction sale for $780,
600. Her total cost to her successive
owners since the laying Of her keel in
1854. including her numberless repairs.
has been somewhere near $25, 900, 900.
She has done some occasional good SER
vice. rs in the laying Of Atlantic cables
and in the transportation Of troops. bu,
has been pecunisrily losing bargain
from the beginning. She is not only the
lar yest steamer ever launched. but prom
Uses. on account of her unpro6tableness.
to enjoy that distinction for all time. The
largest of the passenger steamers since
built are less than one-half the size Of
the Great Eastern. What disposition her
nov owners propose 10 make Of this levia-
than remains 10 be aeen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

There is fair prospect that within ten
years the United States will stand at the
head of the nations in cotton manufactures.
In the past ten years while Great Britain
has made slight gain in the amount Of
her manufacture, the gain o; the United
States has been more than 100 per cent.
The amount manufactured in the United
States in 1880 was. in round numbers. $50, :
100000 pounds; in Great Britain. 400
100000 pounds. The gain Of the United
States has been so rapid that If the same
proportion shall be kept up. her consump-
ton OF the raw product will exceed that
of Great Britain in much less than ten
wears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

WASHINGTON, Oct Is.
Affer reading the journal the oath Of ONCE
vas administered 70 acting Secretary Z. T.
Shobef.
M. Sherman called up the resolution auth
orizine the librarian of Congress to receive
and carefully preserve the papers Of Courl
DeRochambeau, to await the action OF Con-
gress on the proposition T. sell the same g
the United States government After deoese
the resolution vas adopted.
M sherman offered . resolution which
vas laid over under the rule directing the
financial committee to investigate the &C.
counts for expenditure of the several approp-
riations for the contingent expenses Of the
Treasury Department since July let, II.
The Senate then went into executive SEES
sion.
When the doors we're re-opened the Senate
at 2 so adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

The Douglass mine ut Bluehill is in diff
ficulty and its stock has taken downward
turn. A meeting OF stockholders has been
called to be held in Bangor on Monday,
Oct. 81, to consider the situation and if
possible provide measures for relief. Funds
are needed to further increase the capaci-
ty of the works, and not only is the treas
ury Of the company depleted. but fifty
thousand dollar mortgage. drawing IL per
cent. interest and falling due on the first
Of December, 1881, is hanging over their
heads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The American Board of Foreign Mission.
has received $50, 900 from DIR. f. Holden, of
Randolph, Mass.
The Union House at Nantasket, owned by
Jonathan Salisbury. was burned by an incen-
diary. Loss, $1,000.
The storehouse of Whitspere & Co., and
the railroad depot at Taylorsville, Ga. were
burned Saturday night.
Pinkeye is alarmingly prevalent among
horses in Philadelphia. and pneumonia is
again appearing the among cattle at German
town.
The American Association of College
Faculties met at Brown University, Provi-
dence. yesterday. The session will probably
last three days, and will not be open to the
public.
Mrs. Mary Bradford. sister of Jefferson
Davis, died at the residence of her daughter
at New Hope City, Ky, of general debility,
aged 81.
The convention of the Civil Service Re-
form Association was organized in New
Haven, Conn, Tuesday. Speeches were
made by ex-Govs. Andrews and Hubbart and
David Awels- Among those signing the con-
stitution were President Porter and many
professors of Yale.
Matilda and Emma Williams. two young
white girls, fifteen and seventeen years old
respectively, of Danville, Va, who have been
on trial for the murder of their father have
been acquitted.
mass meeting of the Irish land league
was held in Brooklyn Tuesday night. Mrs
Parnell, Mrs. Ford and John Parnell we're
present. letter was read from WendalI
Phillips.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

One hundred years ago Count de Grasse
commanded the French feet that rendered
America snch valuable aid at Yorktown.
Eighteen years afterward, two of his
daughters. refugees from Santo Domingo.
died in Charlestown, S. c.. and were bur-
led in st. Mary's churchyard. Their
tombs have now been decorated with
arches of evergreens. flowers and the sill
very Southern moss. and Wednesday the
cemetery gates were thrown open that the
public might visit the spot and pay trib-
utes of regard to the memory of the chill
dren of the countrv's benefactor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

Senator Hoar read at the recent meet
ing of the American Antiquarian Society
an entertaining paper on President Gar
fields valiant New England ancestors.
The facts we're compiled last summer for
presentation to Garfield during his intend
ed visit to New England. Senator Hoar
said that it was while examining the early
records ut the town hall Of Westminster
that he first heard of the assault upon the
President.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26

The Washington correspondent of the
Tribune says; Among republican Sena-
tors only one opinion is expressed re-
garding the Presidents selection Of ex-
Governor Morgan as Secretary OF the
Treasury, and that is very favorable. 1t
is not only regarded as wise choice. but
rs fine stroke of political policy and ID
meets the hearty approval of republicans
OF every shade of opinion. The selection
Of ex-senator Howe is received with less
enthusiasm. even by many stalwarts-the
kind Of republicans with which Mr.. Howe
has been and is so closely identified.
There is an impression in some quarters
that. when reorganization Of the Cabi-
net shall take place. Mr.. Howe may be
transferred to some other Department. :"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
ON THEIR WAY HOME.
The Connecticut Troops Delighted at
Their Reception.

CHARLESTON. Oct. 25. The LIST Connec-
ticut Regiment and the Governors Foot
Guard. of New Haven, left here this morn
ing for home by rail. They will stop at
Columbia several hours and be entertained
by the citizens and military. They may also
stop at Charlotte and other points on their
route, but probably will reach home by the
end of the week. Gov. Bigelow and staff
and many of the Carolinians with him, will
leave here tonight for Augusta and Atlanta,
to spend a day in each place. The visitors
are delighted at the cordially of their recep-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
ATTEMPT To ROB A TRAIN.
Three Unknown Men Board a Train but
Failed to Get any Booty.

PrrrsBuRo, Pa, Oct. %. An attempt was
made by three unknown men to rob the
Chicago Express of the Fort Wayne & Chi
cago Railroad on its way to this city. About
l2 O'Clock last night ~ the train had just
left Bucyrus, Ohio, and was running about
fifteen miles an hour, when the men boarded
the train and attempted to force their way
into one Of the Pullman sleepers. They
were met in the vestibule by the conductor,
who tried to eject them, when one of the
party drew q revolver and fired several shots
without injuring anybody. The passengers
were aroused and the thieves becoming
frightened, escaped by jumping of the train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-26
O'Connor at Fltchburg, Mass.

FIrcHBURG, Mass, Oct. %. T. P. O'Con-
nor, NJ. p, had rousing reception here this
evening, A procession was formed and in
cluded the Ancient Order of Hibernians and
land league of this city. O'Connor joined
the procession at the depot and proceeded to
City Hall, which was crowded. The mayor
and a majority Of the aldermen and many
prominent citizens were on the platform. Del
egates of land leagues from adjacent towns
were present.