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Reasons in favor Of Cottage Grove
for the Court House.


LIST. Health and an abundance OF
good water.
End. Natural advantages, topog-
raphy, location, &C., pine timber and
high hills on three sides, open front
to the south, admitting the summer
breeze.
3rd. Already a thickly settled
community, with the necessary sur
roundings of a village, such as
church, academy, saw mills, black
smith shops, &c.
4th. Easy of access, good roads
In every direction, and within three
miles of one of the best landings on
Red River.
9th. The prospect, in the near
future, of a railroad in the western
portion of our parish; this point is
on an air line from Hope Station,
Ark, to Shreveport, via Collinsburg
Cottage Grove and Benton.
9th. The removal of the Court
House necessitates a change in the
boundary line Of our parish, giving
the lower portion of our parish to
Caddo, and that portion of Caddo
lying opposite to and adjoining Bos-
sier above Twelve Mile bayou, should
be annexed to Bossier.
These changes are inevitable; and
as they are to the interest OF both
sections, will most certainly be ac-
complished.
Yours Very Respectfully,
j. s. MILKING.
For the above reasons, We pro-
pose Cottage Grove as the future
center, and the most desirable place
in Bossier Parish, for the Court
House. ]. s. M.
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Col. r. ]. Hancock, eight miles
south of Charlottesville, Va, having
employed graduate of the Uniyer.
sity of Virginia to teach his children
at Ellerslie School, will take two or
three boarders on reasonable terms.
Session begins first Monday Of Sep.
tember, 1882, and continues, with a
weeks intermission at Christmas.
till last Friday of June, 1883.
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The town Of Durham, N. c., with
1000 inhabitants, stands on the spot
where johnson surrendered to Sher.
man II years ago. It was then a
pine barren. The enterprise of w.
I. Blackwell and j. s. Carr, native
North Carolinians, wrought the
change.
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The "American Israeliten does not
approve Of the scheme Of the return
Of the jews at Palestine. It says
ave rather believe it is Gods win
that the habitable world shall be-
come one Holy Land, and the human
raoe one holy people,
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The New Orleans Times Democrat
says the immense crop of peaches
and apples in Texas will revive the
distillation Of peach and apple
brandies. Over twenty distilleries
have been licensed in the Fourth In.
ternal Revenue District, aud the
State will doubtless have over 200
before the close Of the year.
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B0ssier Parish Game Law.

Act Relative to the Protection OF
Game Animals and Birds, in the
Parish of BOssier.
Be it enacted by the Police jury
of Bossier Parish, in legal assembly
convened, in accordance with the
provisions of Act No. 70, of General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
approved July 9th, 1882, and enti.
tied an act to amend and re-enact
sections one, two and three, Of Act
No go, Of the regular session Of
1879, entitled an act for the protec.
tion of game animals and birds in
the State of Louisiana;
Be it enacted by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Bossier, That it
shall be unlawful in this, the Parish
OF Bossier, to catch, kill, or pursue,
with such intent, any wild deer or
fawn, or to have same in possession
after it has been caught, or killed,
between the first day of April and
the first day Of July, of each year,
uuder penalty of not less that $40
or more than $50 for each offence.
Section 2. Belt further enacted,
That no person shall catch, kiln, or
pursue, with such intent, or have the
same in possession after it has been
caught or killed, any wild turkey,
between the first day of May and
the first day Of September, Of each
year, under . penalty Of not less
than ten nor more than twenty dol.
lars for each offence.
Section 3. Be it further enacted,
1naC NO person snail catch, kill or
pursue, with such intent, or have
the same in possession after it has
been caught OF killed, any quail,
partridge, pheasant, between the first
day Of May, and the first day of
September, of each year, under a
penalty of not less that ten nor more
than twenty-five dollars, for each
offence.
Section 4. Be it further enacted.
That the provisions of the above
sections, /, 2 and 8, shall take effect
from and after its passage, and that
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with the same are hereby repealed.
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The Texas Homestead and Farmers
Association of Dallas has fled q char.
ter, the objects Of the association be.
ing to encourage immigration, espe-
cially of the negro race, and to pur.
chase subsidies and sell land. The
capital stock is one million dollars
Nesc Orleans Times. DemOcrat.
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Is it worth while to hate each 9th
err A few more smiles, few more
tears, some pleasure, much pain, a
little longer hurrying and worrying,
in the world, some hasty greetings
and abrupt farewells, and life will be
over, and the iniurered and injurer
will be laid away, and ere long for
gotten. .-GonsGles Inquirer.
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Confidence Games.


Petersburg (va.| Index-Appeal.l
In addition to the very large class
Of mankind who are non-producers,
that is, who add nothing to the sum
total of the products Of human in.
dustry, there is an other and still
lsrger class who live directly by TAX
ing in the unwary, by practising on
the credulous and by judicious use
of the resources Of the willy and un
scrupulous, making in some instances
very comfortable sums.
This class embraces many varieties,
from the simple thimble-rigger, three
card monte sharper, and pocket-book
dropper, up to the founder Of COM
busible insurance company or the
director Of an explosive saving bank.
It would take history in many vol
umes to record even a few of the
greatest and most historic swindles.
The sum Of human credulity is such
that it may fairly be considered
beyond our reckoning. Certainly
as far back as the days of Judas Is
CARROT, who wondered why the box
OF ointment was not sold and given
to the poor, and 'tsaid this not be-
cause he cared for the poor, but be-
cause he was thief and carried the
bag. swindlers and confidence men
Piled their trade. The principle Of
getting ones living by the sweat Of
another mans brow is so deeply inn
planted in the minds Of some people
and the credulty Of mankind is every
whore so great that there are always
plenty Of victims The Book Of Prov
erbs says s1n vain does the fowler
spread his net in the sight Of any
bird. II is evident, therefore, that
birds are more wary than men; a view
which we find corroborated by such
adages as "Old birds are not to be
caught with chat" and the like
But insects and men seem TO have
much in common. The spider spins
her net in the midst Of the flies and
as soon as it is finished the flies inn
mediately proceed to be caught. The
capitalist lays his little snare in the
shape Of bogus bank or fictitious
stock company, opens his books and
straightway they are filed with sub
scriberR
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During the month Of June "a, ,7S6
immigrants evrived in this country.
The number Of Immigrants for the
year then ending was 7s9, ,Oo3, the
largest ever known.
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1t is estimated that the expendi-
lures Of the government have been
increased by the present Congress
from $216. .694, ss8 in 1882 to $294,-
513, ,639 in 1883; or an increase d
$115. 600, 900 over the expenditures Of
1881 and SIS, 900, 600 over last year.
The annual surplus in the Treasury is
over $100. 600, 900, and yet there is no
reduction Of taxes, and but a small
reduction Of the public debt. The
question is, what becomes of the
money 2-N. o. States.
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The outlook for crop is as good
as could be wished for. Some little
talk of worms is heard, but not seri-
ous apprehension is yet felt With
no disaster the largest crop Of cotton
grown since the war will be gathered
in this parish next fall. Claiborne
Guardian, Aug. 9.
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We continue to herald the glad IL
dings. that crop prospects in Jefferson
are very promising. The sugar crop
is unusually 30. The saccharine sticks
are unusually large and very sweet
GTetnG Courier.
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The Basic Land Company, of
Switzerland, has closed q contract
for &25, 900 worth of land in Wilson
County, Texas.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

Hard. whitening toll only, can
achieve name; and long days, and
months, and years, must be passed in
the chase Of that bubble reputation;
which when once grasped. breaks in
your eager clutch, into hundred
lesser bubbles, that soar above you
still !-Ik. Marcel.
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The Sc. Louis Fair Association
has voted to appropriate $50, 900 in
cash premiums, to be offered at their
Fair commencing October I'd.
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Judge VIM. N. Levy, Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
this State, and formerly member
Of Congress from this District, died
ct Saratoga, N. Y, on the 10th inst.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

All. what . gap in the world, is
made by the death OF those we love
It is no longer whole, but a poor half
world, that swings uneasy on it's axis,
and makes You dizzy with the clatter
OF its wreck liz. Marcel.
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One Of Georgis's greatest indus
tries this year has been the raising
Of watermelons for Northern and
Eastern markets. 1t is estimated
that the State win take in $50, 900
On this vegetable.
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Nevada was the only state in the
Union whose representative could mot
find . single stream to share in the
rich spoils OF the river and harbor
appropriation. IN. @. States.
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The increased cost Of living would
be small trouble to the country were
it not for the increased army Of idlers.
If the State laws should be so amend
ed that vagrants could be sentenced
to six months Of labor in the cultiva-
tion of unbroken land, prices would
soon be materially reduced all around.
(Northern paper.
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Said Andrew jackson, s.It is not
in splendid government, supported
by powerful monopolies, that the peo-
pie find happiness, but IN a plain gov
eminent void Of pomp, protecting all
and granting favors to none"
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

Forty miles above Little Rock,
Ark, . slate quarry has been devel.
eped equal in size to any in the Unit.
cd States.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

A wen has been opened at Palat.
Ia, Fla, which is 200 feet deep and
discharges 5000 gallons of sulphur
water every II honrs.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

/ A FooLrsH MIsTAKE.-Dont make
the mistake Of confounding Z remedy
Of merit with quaek medicines We
speak from experience when We Say
that Parkers Ginger Tonic is q ster.
ling health restorative which win do
ell that is claimed for il. We have
used it ourselves with the happiesl
results for Rheumatism and when
worn out by overwork See adver-
tisement. -ISnss.
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Morrillton, Arkansas, has q fruit
banning establishment which en-
bloys 10 hands, and is now canning
from 4OO0 to 5000 cans of peaches
weekly.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

He who is drunk with the love d
the world is never free from tempta-
ton; he win pull down his soul te
build up an estate.-TAomas Watsox
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

Z. A. Foster, the Montgomery,
Ala, jeweleT, has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for three years for
robbing himself
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

To know exactly how much mis-
chief may be yentured upon with i'm
punity, is knowledge sufficient for a
. little great man.-LaccR.
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Success rides On every hour: Crap
pie it. and you may win: but without
. grapple. II win never 60 with you.
Work is the weapon Of honor, and
who lacks the weapon, win mover
triumph. III. Marvel.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

Arkadelphia, Arkansas. has
spring Of water which is said to be
a cure for kidney disease, sore eyes,
etc.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

The river and harbor bill, passed
over the Presidents veto, appropri-
ates a, ,0O0. 900 for the Mississippi
River and $75, 900 for Red River.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

A man may have good intentions
aud bad life. His head may be an
inn where q noble idea enters to stay
over night, bnt packs up and is off
again in the morning.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

One million dollars worth of i'm.
provements are now in course of con-
struction in Birmingham, Ala.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

GRATEFUL TO MvAI1ps.-Florestou
Cologne is grateful to invalids, be-
cause it is refreshing without the
sickening effect Of most perfumes.
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BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY, ,::::::::::::::::AUGuST II, 1882.

It is said THAT there is not dis
tillery or brewery in the State of
Mississippi.
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Uriah B. White, treasurer of New.
berry county, 8. O., a defaulter to
the amount Of $4,000, was arrested
on the 9Th instant, near Selma, Ala.
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jackson, Miss, will soon be the
center of four or FIVE railroads.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

A Rappahannock man with his
wife and baby walked ~ miles to
Luray, Va, to see the circus.
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". sEIIDET,

Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Sakcs this method of announcing g q
4 his old friends and patrcns sss
The public IN general, that he win ~
feund on Market Street, near bcseFs ~ ~
store, Shreveport, La, where be 70 pss,,r,i ps,r W
To repair watches, jewelry, &e, promptly y Y
at moderate prices Satisfaction gusrsnsfss
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The Jackson Comet says thou
sand hands are at work on the Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad.
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A lumber expert says Missouri
gum-wood is going to supercede
everything for interior finishing.
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j. McKILLIE,9'
BELLEVUE, La,

Wead respectfully call the attention 9 =
w public 10 tie last that - has o.
neatly established WORK Shog p Ie..sss ~
whefe ho win be CONSTANTLY f6sn4 s.l9,uS a >
Ise q January, prepared % a. ~ ~. k.s
Work, snch . making md repairmg s.E
i1g Flows, Go. He win also ksep Tse1y ni
Hubs, Spohes, Yelloes, Tongues Shai.A
everything for Wagons, Buggiee, 10. ~
y his line promptly executed.
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The Lexington, Ky, district has
in bond ID, ,000, 900 gallons of whisky,
on which 9l3, 500, 900 taxes are due.
The Bossier banner., 1882-08-17

Anger begins with folly and ends
with repentance.
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WISE. E.s. HRaxDo
Wise n AerseSge,e.

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law. s1,.,.
n port, La. viii practice in the cos.-ss Y
Cadd0, B0ssier and He'd River parishes 80 y y! e
the Supreme Court Of the State. vse.ss rsS y
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to live without Tom. any way in this
mortal world p And the clear voice
broke down as If the thought of such
contingency was too much.
Aunt Marcia smiled.
1 expect there is faults n all hu-
man creatures. Male and female cre-
ated he them, though; and We can't set
out greatly to better the Lords plans.
We couldn't really get along, thee
knows, without menfolks, and they
could not, without us; but I expect il
they could hear them talk amongst
themselves, Miss Patty, thee would
hear, quite frequent, Just like a
woman"
Miss Patty could not deny it.-Rose
Terry Cooke.
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/" Cured"

One would suppose, to read the ad-
vertisements of the "cures" by every
kind of patent medicine nowadays,
that no one need suffer longer with any
kind of disease. The trouble is these
so-called "cures" are apt to be only on
paper. We remember when boy no.
ticing a comic picture Of one of the
many writer's of "recipes" for covering
bald heads. The old man had pate as
smooth and bald as pumpkin with the
exception of two or three stray hairs at
the lower rim of the back of his head,
and he is represented as in the act of
writing: "Two or three applications
cured me and have now fine head of
hair" But the "raising of mus
tache" is perhaps as good an illustra-
ton as any, where the boy, with
cheek and lip as smooth and fair as
girls, writes that he has now fine
growth" of the desired article, stimu-
lated into being by the wonderful prop
critics of the hair raiser. The following,
on stammering, as told by Miss Fox, in
her journal, is not bad, and illustrates
the value of these certificates of cure.
She says:
Mr.. Gregory told us that, going the
other day by steamer from Liverpool to
London, he sat by an old gentleman
who would not talk, but only answered
his inquiries by mods or shakes of the
head. When they went down to dinner
he determined to make him speak if
possible; so he proceeded:
"Yol're going to London, Isuppose2"
A nod.
"I shall be happy to meet you there;
where are your quarters |"
There was no dispelling this, so his
friend, with the energy of despair,
broke out:
"I-I-I-I-I-rm g-g-g-going to ODD
Doctor Br-Br- Br- Brewster to be GOO
cured of this ST. sl-slight im-impedi-
ment in my sp sp-sp-speech."
At this instant little white face
which had not appeared before popped
out from one of the berths and struck
In: "Th-th-th.that's the SESAME m-m-
m-man wh-wh-who c-c-c-c cured me |"
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THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Onions as Medicine.

II there were any way of avoiding the
long continuance of the odor of onions
after eating them, the consumption of
this vegetable would be vastly increased,
great as it is at present. In addition
to the almost universal fondness for
them (which in some European nations
has become sort of passion), they have
always been highly esteemed for their
medicinal propertieS There is not,
in the whole vegetable world, more
effective anti scorbutic. Sailors
at sea are protected against
scurvy when having plenty
of onions, and scurvy is driven away
when they come upon them. One who
ought to know, says: "Taken regularly,
they greatly promote the health of the
lungs and the digestive organs. An ex-
tract, made by boiling down the juice of
onions to syrup, and taken as a medi-
cine, answers the purpose very we'll; but
fried, roasted or boiled onions are bet
ter" But, oh il we could only obtain
some antidote to the odor when our
neighbor sees fit to indulge in theml
CAUSE OF HEADAcHE.-Dr. Foote'S
Health Monthb says the many head
aches are caused by straining the eyes
either because of poor light or because
the individual ought to wear glasses to
assist the visioL.
ASUGeEsT1oN.-Don't A keepyour rooms
full OF steam on wash days, for that is
sure way to have your children down
with colds or Group the day after. Open
the window at the bottom, and place a
board in the vacant place; then sufi.
cient air can come in through the space
between the upper and lower sashes
without causing too great draft. Keep
the children out of doors as much as
possible on wash days.
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Killing Dogs in Philadelphia.

The painless process by which about
1000 dogs were killed last year, and as
many more are likely to be killed this
year, is simple injection into an air
tight apartment, into which the dogs
are driven, of carbonic-oxide gas, gen.
Grated by means of two charcoal fur
naces. On every day except Saturday
the city dog-catcners send to the shelter
in the latticed wagon the days catch
of CANNES, which are placed in the
pound. This is spacious, comfortable
place, with cool running water, in which
the imprisoned animals may bathe on
the hot days, and where they are we'll
fed up to the day of execution. When
seventy-five or hundred of them have
accumulated the death.room is pre-
pared and they are driven into it. De-
scribing how one days accumulation of
homeless CANNES were disposed of, a
Philadelphia paper says:
There were ninety-six Of them. Lame
dogs, blind dogs, dogs little and dogs
big, poodle dogs, bulldogs and spitz
dogs, good-nAtured dogs and dogs which
would bark-and bite, too, il they
found chance. All OF this lot which
had been condemned were driven-a
barking, swapping mass-into the death
trap, which was then made air. tight.
The killing process, however, could
be examined through glass doors
provided for that purpose. In
few minutes the operator an
nounced that he was ready; the genera.
tors were closed up, the escape damper
put down and the deadly gas allowed to
pass from the pipes into the compart-
ment where the dogs were running
about like rats in trap for a place to
get out. In less than a minute all the
small dogs fell over, gave little kick
and died, and in fifty seconds more the
entire batch, almost without Q single
spasm, had fallen to the floor and given
up the ghost. In about eight minutes
the gas was shut offand the bodies taken
out and delivered to man who hauled
them away. This man pays the society
$75 year for the bodies of all the dogs
killed at the pound. He takes them to
q point down the river, where he has
rendering establishment, and thence
find their way to the glove stores. The
fat is rendered and sold to the soap
man, and the bones are sent to the
phosphate factory, so that nothing is
lost Since the refuge WAS established
in 1874 there have been nearly 80 900
dogs thus disposed of by the society,
which thinks this Is more humane
plan than drowning them or subjscting
them to the tortures of vivisection.
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XashingtOn,s Will.

The will of General Washington, on
file in the clerks cffice at Fairfax, Va, has
received 30 much wear and tear from
visitors who desired to examine it, that
the clerk found it necessary to inolose
it in q glass case in ord II to preserve 1t.
The wall is written on heavy untuled
paper, about note size, and every side
is covered. There are twenty seven pages.
ell of which have General Washing
toms name attached except the twenty
third, which ended with the words
.'City of Washington" and IL is sup
posed that in looking over it the general
mistook the words for his signature,
and therefore failed to sign the page.
The entire viii is in his own handwrit-
ing. and was written In l7O0-the Yeag
he died.
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Gray Hair.

Some of the dust from theroad of life
Has fallen upon my hair,
And silver threads from my raven locks
Are cleaning out here and there;
And, oh, these meshes of silver gray
Tell Of the moments flown
OF the day that's drawing to close,
And the night that's coming on.
But the coming night seems cold and dark
And my heart is filed with fears,
AS Thought flies backward on weary wings,
Der the waste ofvanished years;
And in the castle of Memory
Few jewels are treasured there;
But dross and rubbish that tell of earth
Are visible everywhere.
Even on the faithful register
That hangs in Memory hall,
I find only worthless deeds are traced
They are dark and blotted all;
Hence, as approaches the eve Of life,
My spirit shrinks back with fear,
For threatening clouds o'erspread the sky,
And the night seems very near.
By faith turn-in the rosy East
A beautiful star I see
Stand DER the manger in Bethlehem,
And it seems to shine for me;
And from the city of golden spires,
Whose gates just now are ajar,
catch radiant beam of light
From the bright and morning star.
And when upon Jordan's restless wave
I shall launch my way-worn bark,
The "dust from the road of life " shall fall
From my tresses long and dark;
And the lines of care upon my brow,
And the pain within my breast,
Shall pass away as my bark draws near
This beautiful land of rest.