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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-30
Value OF New York Bank Stock,

! One OF the best tests of the financial
condition of the metropolis is the value
OF bank shares, some of which NAV be
given as follows: The North River has
advanced fromlpar to lii, and the Park,
which was a so down to par, is now l5S.
The Phoenix has risen from 93 to 19i
The Bank of New York, tyhich is the
oldest in the city, stands 145. The In
! pofters and Traders is quoted ati155.
the City is 26l, while the Chemical has
reached the dizzy height of 1852 The
latter presents the most remarkable ex-
pansion in the records of finance. Its
capital is only $500, 600. being divided
into 5000 shares of 800 each. A. the
present quotations this capital is worth
80, S55, 900. This, repeat, is unequaled
in the history OF banking. hdH 80 5<,is
The Chemical is the great note buyer
of the metropolis. Having a surplus of
$1,000, 900 and an average of deposits of
nearly double that amount. it, is ready to
discount or purchase all the good paper
that can be offered. AT any time from
twelve o clock to two O clock you can see
the note brokers rushing into the Cash
ier's rooms to display their array of
names, over which he rapidly elances
and checks off, all that meet his ap-
proval.. Business is done rapidly, and a
transaction of S250,ooo may be finished
in fifteen minutes Year after wear the
Chemical has been buying paper. and
its former Presidents( John q. Jones)
could call o off, the, gilt-edged names as
readily as he could repeat the alphabet.
He knew all the first-ciass men in the
city. and they were always under close
surveillance which insured the bank
against loss. AS soon as any anan,s paper
was offered too freely suspicion was at
one aroused, and purchases were.
stopped; The question always before
him nas how much paper tt = gilt-edeed
houT es were issuing, and this could
easily be learned by the Offering made
by the brokers' Hence the Chemical
made but few losses, though. it's pur-,
chases were estimated at $4,000, 900
year. Ont of town banks frequently in
vest their funds in the same manner. the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, of AL
bany, being the oldest and most extensive
of this class. There are half dozen
first-class note brokers who clear from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year, and a score of
smaller men could be mentioned who
make a living at the business. W Y.
Letter. =.-Et 90 r II
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-30
PUSGENr PARAGRAPHS.

+ Most any man can grab 4 GUN bv
the muzzle and pull it over. a fence or
ont OF a boats but the second or third
time will leave the gun without an owner.
- Detroit Free Presst giens z.u.a...
l. When a man has debt that he can
not pay short of three months, and the
creditor is importunate, u the only thing
for him to do is to make, a note of it,
Lo,oeu Citizen. s'ii o'ii' s's'i''F'
I The Englishman who addressed a
letter to ttThe Pieayune. ESQ.,, New Or
leans" was not SO far out of the way.
There are in this country good many
picayune esqunes. Louisville Courier
Journal.
Said railroad engineer to an Irish.
man, whose COW had been killed: s.But
she didn't get out Of the way when 1
rang the bell. !" ''Faith, thin," said
Pat, "ye didn' tshtop when she rang her
bell, naythur, ''-HoteI Mai.
ii say, when does this train leayep''
'.What are you asking me for? Go to
the conductor; Pm the .engineer.'5 81
know you're the engineer; but you
might give civil answer" /" Eyes, but
I'm not a ciyil engineer.''l lg4 J., go
o "A woman in Marietta, Ga, killed
large black snake, and observed that
stwo live mice scampered out of the
snake 9 mouth. = The killing of the
snake, did not at all alarm this brave
woman, but the appearance of the mice
caused herto faint dead away. i,r..sest
IA physician who is yestryman in a
country church was called upon to sug-
gest q remedy forreducing the swell of
the new organ, which had been pur,
chased, and which drowned the minis
ter's Amen The. wretched man pre-,
seribed arnica. He had always used that
for Producing organ swelling. lfh aI0 y
IAN. Illinois woman, recently discoy-
cred that her husband proposed to clone
with the housemaid. Did she weep anil
shed tears and kick up fussp Not a
bit OF it. She just wrote letter purport-
ing tor arrange for her elopement with s
neighbor, and let it fall into his hands.
And it, about drove him wild. He fired
the servant girl out Of the house, and sat
up all night with a shotgun to shoot the
villain who was after his wife, and has
been since then the most devoted hus
band in Illinois. Boston Post. ...,. I'D,
A certain member of Parliament.
who owned extensive estates, was spend
ing few days at the residence of a
noble family. Their We're several inter-
estihg and accomplished young ladies II.
The family. to whom the honorable mem
Der showed every attention. Just as he
was about to take leave the nobieman' 5 9
wife proceeded to consult him upon a
matter which, she alleged, was causing
her no little distress ait rs reported,H
said the Countess, THAT you are to
marry my daughter Lucy, and what
shall we do' What shall we say about
t?' "O," responded the considerable
u. F., ''just say she refused mer'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-30
HER r1JESTY CHRISyJvE

~h seventy, gray and staid.
So <ieee well little maid,
3 g And she rules me like queen.
% She has such royal way.
Whatsoever she may say,
am eager to obey
Her small Majesty Christine
she has robes of wondrous white,
she has sashes gay and bright.
Lsce and ribbon for a queen:
sfts Golden crown is not so fair rt.
Dos As her crown of golden hair
An. what maiden can compare
With her Majesty Christine!
nave seventy summers told:
she exactly five years old;
'7@+ promptly still obeys mamma, :
VI But no one has ever seen
,fi such slave to any queen
As i am to sweet Christine
I. "hen she calls me grandpapa.
MdfB Il. Burr, in Harpe,'s Weellu,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-30
The Baptist IKeektil. reterrit,o ot tn, tha

The Baptist ,lKeekiy, referring to the
common demand upon preachers to ''be
short says: The sclamor for short
sermons stints pulpit power by hamper
ing free andfult expression Of thought.
There is great danger that the preacher,
in endeavoring to obey this arbitrary
demand to contract his discourse NAV be
driven to the Huse Of such flirnsy plati-
tudes that, to his modification, the SER
mon will be not only long but thin, and
so lis infrmity be doubled 80
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-30
: An article is: going the rounds en-

- SSoIIIE, TUufItIS E1-
titled ''How to Make Home Happy"
The article doesn't state that the follow
ing is the way. but it is, though just the
same. One grand piano, ST 200; opera
tickets, $50; summer at Newport, $1,000:
sealskin sacque, $3.50; tea gowns, $500;
season tickets for opera, $500; fashion
able jewelry. $4,000; fashionable dogs.
$500; sundries, $4,000. Total, S34, 200.
--Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

Courage. FAM said tho Professor !;
there Is no way out of this mess but to
get married as quickly as we CAM
A meek-eyed minister wife answered
their summons. Her husband was at
home and sick in bed; not so i'll, how
ever, but she thought he might marry
them. though he had been somewhat de-
lirious during the day. They might fol-
low her into the bedroom; she was sure
no license was required. And so the
Professor in his snow-fecked ulster Fan
thought Historically of her sisters
words, His presence would give pres
tige to any occasion'') and Fan in her
damp rubber waterproof stood together
hand in hand by the good man bed
side. Fever had left him little incohe.
rent. He made the Professor promise tc
obey Fan, and Fan to support the Pro-
fessor. but otherwise they were soundly
and sacredly married, and the minister's
wife was made to smile by crumpled
bill OF large amount, pressed into her
thin hand. A telegram announcing the
event winged its way to Fans mother,
and long sleigh-ride of twenty-seven
miles across the country carried Fan the
next day to her new home. But Mrs.
Sue Hathaway never, never forgave them
their unceremonious wedding.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

Nowadays an invitation to dinner is
like draft. It is to be honored at sight,
but usually with three days grace.
Unless the receiver honors the demand,
or furnishes unreasonable excuse, he may
be said to have repudiated his Obliga-
tons. It is purely business affair, this
dinner giving and dinner accepting
transaction. Most families keep set Of
books in which all dealings of the sort
are posted with mathematical accuracy.
Single men, who have no helpmate to
remind them of their engagements, post
their dinner cards where they may be
seen every morning. stern monitors of
the days "pleasures." Then there is the
the call which must be paid by the in
vited guests within seven days after the
dinner has been eaten or declined; and
when this obligation is discharged the
honest member of society thanks his
stars and takes courage. How different
all this is from the visiting and the un-
constrained social intercourse of the
older time! The country knows no more
the hearty and natural manners of other
days. Country festivities have taken on
the ''airs'' Of the city without their COM
pleteness and polish. There Is no heart
left in the city entertainment" as we
call it, with unwilling sarcasm, and the
freedom and genuineness of country ivs
ing are going out with the good old GUS
toms. And, BY and by, we shall come
to such melancholy pass that when one
enters house without q ticket he shall
be ignominiously handed over to the po-
lice as . social xamp.-N Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24
What Matter I

! A story is told of a bare-footed, hatless
boy, who, one hot day in August, 1886,
was plOdding his way along the tow-path
of the Delaware & Hudson Canal. He
had forty miles of his journey vet before
him when canal boat overlook him,
and he was offered ride by the driver.
On the boat was another ragged lad, the
son of Scotch emigrant, who had Just
landed and was on his way to the coal
mines in Pennsylvania. The two boys
became chums on the long, tedious Jour
ney, and then parted at Honesdale, the
first to find work on the canal, the other
to drive mule in the coal mines.
Last summer the President of this
canal company fell into confidential chat
with its General Manager, and the gray
headed men recognized in each other the
boys of forty-six years ago. In the mean
time they had achieved education, power
and the sincere respect of their fellow.
men.
Such instances as these-a1d there is
no lack of them in American ife-are
often held up to our boys to show them
what may be done by energy and indus
try in this country, and to stimulate
them to exercise these traits of character.
Yet they should take care not to confuse
success with merit.
A man may put forth all his energies,
and labor faithfully, yet conquer neither
wealth, fame nor power. Circumstances
may inexorably keep him in poverty and
obscurity. Yet his work may be as well
done and as enduring as that of his sue
cessful brother.
A great Scotch divine, whose influence
was powerful in guiding the thought of
his times to higher levels, when congrat-
ulated in his old age on the work Of his
life, replied:
IF I have been of any use in this |
world, the credit is due, under God, to |
blind Sammy Lindsay, that taught me
when I was boy. He made a man of |
me, and put me to work IS completely
as if had been tool of his making. n
never shall shake off the influence Of that |
man. When in the opinion of my hear
ers I have been most eloquent, have
said to myself: There's auld Sammy
threepin' againr'
Sammy Lindsay died poor and un-
known, but his work lived.
what matter whether crowned or
50 that God work be douep'
.Howkrs Compression. -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24
The Black Bears Cunning.

I really think that Bruin possesses the
sense of humOr; at all events his actions
point that way, and there is no doubt
that he is extremely cunning and obser-
wing. / once had an English friend
visiting me, who played the flute. He
was in the habit of marching ND and
down, while playing, near tame bear
l had at the time. The bear had q piece
of stick about two feet long, which he
tossed about for amusement After a
time, he came to handle the stick very
much as my friend did his flute. This
annoyed my sensitive friend, and in re-
venge he teased the bear with uncouth
noises. Bruin shifted and whined, and
waited his opportunity for delivering =
tremendous blow with his paw at his
enemy, whose tall hat was Knocked
completely over his eyes. He escaped
being scalped by dropping fat and roll
ing out of the reach Of the bear. This
bear spent Huch of his time in the tree
to which he was chained, and when
climbing usually got his chain twisted
over and under the branches in . most
intricate manner, but never failed to
take out every turn as he descended. A
friend who owned tame bear told ma
that, for long time, he could not ac-
count Tor the mysterious way in which
the poultry disappeared. Observing,
at different times. good many feathers
around Bruins pole, he began to sus-
Pect that the bear was the culprit.
Close watching confirmed his suspicious.
When Briun though he was unobeeryed
onsr 4
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

The other night q professional mes
meri1er found great difficulty in per-
suading any one to come on the stage.
Finally one young man concluded to
risk it, and the first experiment was with
. glass Of water !! the youth being made
whisky, champagne, ETC., and drinking
it with great gusto. In five minutes
thirty-seven men were on the platform
asking to be mesmerized.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24
TIE UNBLDDEN GUEST

LIZ ON01UUEN GCEST. =
WITHIN my home that empty seemed sat
A ma prayed for greater blessings. AG
1nas was mine own seemed poor and mean
And cried out rebeliously for that 4.
had not, saying if great gifts of gold
We're were only mine, journeys in fsr-on lands, !,
were also mine, with rest for burdened
hands;
Iflove, the love carved would come and fold
Its arms around me; then would joy abide
With me forever; peace would come and
And life would round out from this narrow
into fullness new and sweet and wide.
And SO prayed for fairer, broader WAYS.
Making burden OF the very days,
In mad regret for that which had not.
And then one came unto my humble door
And asked to enter. Art thou lover cried
"Or wealth or fame? Else shalt thou be de.
She answered, "Nay, my child; but am more.
Open to me, pray; make me thy guest,
And thou shalt find, although no gift of gold
Or fame or love within my hand hold,
That with my coming cometh all the best
~'That thou hast longed for" Fair, tho grave,
Soft was her voice, and in her steadfast eyes
saw the look of one both true and wise.
MY heart was sore, and SO, with tardy grace.
j babe her enter. How TRANSPORTED
Seemed now the faithful love that at my feet
So long had laid unprized? How wide and
sweet
Shone the small paths wherein had been led!
Duty grew beautiful; with calm consent
saw the distant wealth of land and sea-
But all fair things seemed given unto me
The hour clasped the hand of dear Content.
-CdrOtd PERM.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

1t is better to pay letter carrier a
fair salary than to have him feel obliged
to help himself. Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

ScSN4 RAooCuSOk WIZ ClACIkCu 1KOLu lue
cars. Her Professor had not come. In
experienced in the ways of travel, she
began to be nervous. She still sat in
the corner of the big room, outwardly
calm, but inwardly quaking. An old
gentleman by her side, who, like her,
had watched the crowd with meditative
interest, his stubby chin resting pensive-
ly on the horn handle of his umbrella,
turned to her and remarked: s'Such a
power of people!-such q power of peo-
pie! Nary two on 'em alike; nary one
on EN- you ever see afore."
At last she stepped to the ticket Office
and inquired the last train from the col
lege station. Yes, one would be in at
eight o'clock, but no trains going out
after that to Edgecliff, her mothers
home. Could she not go at nine O'Clock
to - Junction, and catch the night
express at that point? Eyes, that was
possible" and Fan sat down again. and
waited. The eight o'clock train brought
the Professor, weary and anxious. He
had lost the earlier train, and feared all
would 60 wrong in consequence. The
idea of the express at Junction raised
his spirits at once.
They set out in high glee, only to be
delayed by the heavy drifting storm suffi-
GENTLY for their train to reach the iunc-
tion five minutes after the express had
left. Here was predicament! Thev
stood together on the platform, stranded,
upon q stormy Saturday night ina strange
town, the last train left for everywhere.
and the station-master locking his door
for over Sunday. There were no carriages
IN waiting; and inquiring the way to the
nearest parsonage they set out for a
ramp together through ths storm.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24

OesAo Ou AssO Atsu ~ AhuSh w AAOt yO0s
"'Tell her to take them down. I re-
piled, in a choked voice and then burst
into tears. 1t was the last straw, and
Charlie and I came nearer to quarreling
then and there than we ever did in our
lives, hadn't the heart to 20 on with
my dressing. but sat and boohooed until
Charlie came to the door again to say
that the company was waiting. Then
dashed into my clothes. had no time
to comb my hair, but Charlie pinned the
lace veil over it rather awkwardly, so
that we deluded ourselves into the idea
that it did not show, and stood up in
my creased and second hand gown, with
unkempt hair, and face and eyes swol-
len with weeping, and was married, with
the glare of MONDAY displaying all de-
fects. They say that the consciousness
of being well dressed gives q peace Of
mind which even religion cannot impart.
Imagine, then, my torture to be gaz-
ing stock at such time before all these
people! Ihad it in my mind to murder
them all and then kill myself. Then
We had thought, of course,
that the company would remain and dine
with our family, and then take the even
ing train for the city. But no. Adelaide
thought it would be so jolly for all to go
down en- masse. Ned had to drive like
mad to the livery stable to get convey
snces for them all, and Charlie and 1 got
TO the station in separate carriages. The
engine was decorated with evergreen and
flags in my honor, but the conductor
thought Adelaide was the bride, and
gave her my seat, and was very nearly
eft. for Ned came driving me up
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-22
A Snake In a Court Room.

Robert Boyle, who says he resides
at Front and Spruce streets, yester-
day afternoon amused large crowd
of spectators at Eighth and Market
streets by allowing large snake to
coil around his body and limbs. This
scene attracted to the spot a vast
number of passers-by who, however,
gave the man and his snake plenty of
room, none daring to step within sew
eral feet of the performer. Soon the
highway was blocked with people,
thus impeding travel on both thor
oughfares. Reserve McCloskey con-
STRUNG this breach of the peace
took the man into custody and
marched him up before Magistrate
Smith for a hearing. but on the way
to the Office never did the officer dare
to take his eye off the snake. The
Judge watched with evident fear
every movement of the reptile, which
was slowly coiling itself around it's
master, and made up his mind to dis
pose of the case quickly. So after
the officer had made his statement
the Magistrate committed Boyle in
default of $500 bail to keep the peace.
The charmer and his ugly pet were
locked up at the Central Station in a
cell together for few minutes. while
bail was being secured.-Philadeiphia
Record, FEB. l5.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-22

The PENNSYLVANIA Institution for
the instruction of the Blind" will re-
ceive applicants between the ages OF
10 and 25.
The pennsylvania Working Home
for Blind Men" will receive those be-
tween the ages of 25 and so, to learn
trades and receive employment there
in. and the Pennsylvania Industrial
Home for Blind Women" will instruct
and employ blind females of 21 years
and upwards.
The last. two institutions are sup
ported mainly by legacies and benev-
olent contributions.
1t is very certain that large num-
Der of the blind in the counties know
nothing about these institutions; and
also thai very many who do know of
them have not had the friendly hand
to prepare the way for their coming
here
1t is obviously the kind office of
every good citizen and certainly the
official duty of the Guardians of the
Poor to look faithfully into this mat
ter. WILLIAM CHAPIN,
Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution
for the Instruction of the Blind.
H. L. HALL,
Superintendent Of the Pennsylvania York
ing Home for Blind Men.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-22
MURDERED BY HIS DAUGHTER.

Rock RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 16.-Yes-
terday, before the Coroner's jury en-
gagged in investigating the murder of
John Lanahan, who was killed while
sitting near window in his own
house on Saturday night, Maggie, the
murdered mans oldest daughter, con-
fessed that she did the shooting. She
also implicated her mother, her sister
Anna and the latters lover, a young
man named Birch. The girl testified
that it had been agreed upon between
them some time ago to put the old
man out of the way" at the earliest
opportunity. Birch furnished the
pistol, and when her father came
home from the Farmers Club meet
ing on Saturday and was about to sit
down she stepped up behind him and
fired, killing him instantly. She then
arranged the body SO as to appear as
if some one had shot him through
the window, while her sister Anna
went out and broke the glass. As to
the motive for the crime Maggie tes-
tiled that Birch wanted to marry
Anna, and that her father refused to
sanction it, and did not provide well
for them. The mother and Anna cor
roborated this testimony.
Birch at one time lived with the
family, and was driven from the house
by Mr.. Lanahan, who suspected him
of criminal intimacy with his wife
and daughter Anna All the parties
implicated are under arrest, and the
greatest excitement prevails
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-22
A STEP-FATHER'S CRIME.

At Scranton, II. G. Potter, of Mos
COW, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for term of two years and
eight months, in addition to paving
a fine of $1,000, for the betrayal of
his step-daughter, Lulu Swartz, the
daughter of a military chaplain who
died during the war Lulu's father
went away when she was child, and
never returned. Her mother mar
RED Potter two years ago, and a year
later Lulu returned home from the
soldiers orphan school. where she
had been educated as the ward of the
State. A short time ago her mothers
husband Potter decoyed the girl
away to Bethlehem, where they lived
as man and wife. The members of
the Grand Army of the Republic en-
ployed a detective and Potter was
arrested and brought back for dis
grazing deceased soldiers child.
There was great Indignation in the
neighborhood and it was feared at
one time an attempt would be made
to lynch Potter, but the case came to
speedy trial, with the result already
stated. Lulu is pretty girl of sew
enteen, and great sympathy is felt for
her distressed mother.