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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-25
Committee ON transportation Report

ou AhtROEA
SR:-In answer to the request expressed yes
terday, your COMMITTEE of Transportation beg to
report as follows \
The general view of the committee is, that for
the transportation of cane, fumes are the cheap
est and best medium.
Next to them, railroad ranks in speed and
economy.
Mules, cattle and traction engines rank next.
About "wire-tramways" so called, your com
mittee feel diffident about saying anything, as
they are, all of them, without any knowledge OF
this matter.
As all transportation is conditioned by the To-
cality in which it has to take, your committee is
of opinion that special reports on each kind of
transportation by men most competent to make
them would serve the Association best.
Respectfully submitted,
II. a. WIDEMANN,
w. II. RICKARD,
W. ii. CoRNwELL.
4. DREIER,
L. H.. HoBRoN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-25

Some questions have been asked about the
form of the furnaces, in which the trash is burn
ed wet. or as it arrives from the rolls. An accu-
curate description of these furnaces cannot well
be given without the aid of diagrams but some
points will perhaps be understood. The furnace
is built at the end of the fue boiler, in the set of
an ordinary compound boiler, so that the fame
draws directly into the hue. The CRATE bars run
across the furnace and the frame which supports
the CRATE bars, is set at an angle so that as the
trash drops on the front bars and piles up there,
il falls over on the other bars, and the whole
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
SheriG,s Sale.

In District Court Of Bossier Parish. Louis;ana.
- --' >'--'1-
James MARKS
Ioho yyash;,... ., vs. 49,. x,,.,,.
Co.'s Henri Wa.,,;.sasn.. n. = l'iaa"
n9nEy ~ asningeon ana
a1l0s ssnineeon.
Ry virtue Of q writ of fieri facias issued in
~ above entitled suit and to me directed by
the Honorable District Court in and for the
Parish Of Booster. Lssisiana, ! have seized
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

We doubt If there be any term in
the English language more misun
derstoed than what constitutes indie
pendence. Among all classes there
exist. various views of what is re-
quired to make u person indepen.
dent.
The young especially have many
and varied notions Of what is requir.
ed in life to secure a feeling of indie.
pendence. Some are inordinate in
their assumptions in this respect,
and a few only are reasonable.
1t has been said with much show
Of reason that the man who has a
bare competency, is, after all, the
happiest and most independent, but
it seems to be rather hard for such
to realize it. To betruly contented,
it is necessary to feel a sense of in-
dependence: and to appreciate such
a feeling man must confine himself
to some limit. IL the more a man
realizes, the more he Graves, then,
indeed win he never feel that sense
Of independence so desirable to hu-
man happiness.
We take 1t, that the pursuit of
happiness is the main aim of human
ity, and unless there be some line
laid ont As q hating place, the pur-
suit is a vain one.
To be truly independent, a person
must feel q fnll degree of self reli-
ance and be conscious Of an ability
under ordinary circumstances to win
a support. Such independence is,
after all, the best and happiest, and
it can be enjoyed by the humble as
well as the high and proud. Make
a mark and strive to reach it, and
having done 90, be content.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

We must have s'dog law" 1t is
impossible to raise sheep as long as
every thriftless negro is permitted to
keep a half dozen halfstaryed pos
SUM dogs. Hundreds of sheep have
been killed in this county during
the past few Notwithstanding
Miss Republican.
We predict that your Legislature
will not give you "dog law" The
owners of dogs have votes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Texas Paper: "The charter of
the Texas Marriage Association of
Dallas, was filed at Austin on the
9th inst. These patent frauds, which
have been denounced and exposed
by the leading newspapers of the
North, are now being organized in
this State, and no doubt plenty of
spooney idiots will be found ready
to join them.7
The Shreveport Times of yester-
day morning, gives the follow
ing cotton quotations Good ordi-
nary, o.; low middling, 10a; mid
ding, l0s; good middling, 1ls.
The sluggard viii not plough by
reason of the cold: therefore shall
he beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs, G. Xxx, VS..
Vienna Sentinel: aThere will be
three preachers in our town this
year; won't we have to walk cir
cumspect though ~
The Southern Live Stock Journal
says: "Pay as you go! If you
can't pay don't go. Debt is a terri
BILE monster
Proverbs, c. Xxx, va: alt is an
honor for a man to cease from strife:
but every fool will be meddling.n
.Do as you wish to be done byn
are words that dwell upon the lips
but seldom dwell with the heart.
DeSoto Democrat: "There are
nine prisoners confined in the parish
Jail, two of whom are white"
The bill to establish the whipping
post for Kentucky failed, Al voting
for it, and AZ against it.
The man who feels certain that lie
will not succeed is seldom mistaken.
Mardi gras falls on February 21st
this year.
Dare to be true; nothing can need
a lie.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
The Roads.

We wish we could impress upon
our people the importance of having
good roads, but il appears that our
appeals have little or no effect. Last
winter, the roads became nearly i'm.
passable, causing great annoyance
and trouble to the travelling public,
pat this experience is practically
lost. We hear q great deal of talk
about building railroads, and rail-
roads are good and important, and
we are emphatically in favor Of rail.
roads, bat to the majority Of far
mers, good dirt roads are equally az
essential. We hope to soon have a
railroad running across Bossier, but
we should not fail to remember the
great necessity for good dirt roads
all through this parish. Good roads,
over which to run their wagons, are
in great demand by our farmers, but
we fear the demand is all. If sub
stantial work is done on our roads,
in . few years they win get in good
condition and one Of our best sub
jects win be taken from US, but we
will very gladly give mp this sub.
ject, Notwithstanding its great at
traction, whenever theroads through
this parish are good both winter and
summer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Shreveport Times: ga man who
wontonly ISLANDERS a pure and vir-
tuous woman is infinitely worse than
highway robber and murderer,
and should be entitled to no consid-
Grafton whatever at the hands of
society,"" Very well said.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

The fences Of Indiana, it is said,
cost $500, OOO, 900. Carrying this
ratio Of expense through the other
States, we should find the cost OF
fences much greater than the whole
National debt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Petersburg Index-Appeal: "Gen.
Burbridge is attempting to secure q
fat Office through notoriety to he
gained by telling his exploits during
the civilwar. The Kentucky Con-
gresham has already given him too
much aid"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

There is no disease more certainly
contagious than smallpox. The best
known protection against small pox
Is vaccination; and persons who
were yaccinated years ago had bet.
ter give it another trial.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Mrs. Darlington says, don't take
any Of the quack rostnms, as they
are regimental to the human system;
but put your trust in Hop Bitters,
which will cure general dilipadation,
costive habits and all comic diseases.
They saved Isaac from a severe ex.
tract of tripod fever. They are the
nc plus asnMns of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
Stray Sale.

Esstxayed before E. s. Dortch, Justice of the
December 18th, 1881, and will be sold for cash.
at Ash Point, Booster Parish, Louisiana, on
Saturday, February 18th, 1882, q Bav
Mustang Pony, about three years old, branded
on left hip with letter C. Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come forward.
prove property, pay charges, &c.
JAMES HI. BRYANT, Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

The jury in the Gnireau case have
returned q verdict of murder in. the
first degree. The verdict is against
Guiteau only. The real criminals
the stalwart editors and politicians :.
who are responsible for the assassi.
nation Of Garfield, and who are the
benefciaries Of his foul work, will
all 60 unframed. aArthur is Pres.
identi I am stalwart!n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

There used to be in vogue . vio-
lent popular supposition that no well
regulated ooantry newspaper would
dare to appear without . high-sound
ing ssleader1 in each issue. These
'leaders,' or, if you please, leading
editorial articles, were often bum
combe, twsddle, bombastic gush,
cleaning metaphors and verbose
displays of egotism and nonsense.
The followers Of this custom imagin-
ed it gave atonep to their bed blanket
sheets. Some called it ssdignity.n-
The custom is not 90 generally OBJ
served nowadays, but let the adj
mirers Of long Winded editorilizing
call il what they may, the spicy
news paragraphers win 60 right
along, Mountaineering public opinion
BY striking at the heart Ga subject,
while tho pedantic fellows 40 bsows-
ing around the jagged extremitiea
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

The are signs off revival of pugil.
ism, says an exchange. About once
in ten years this thing occurs. We
suppose il is because the average
term Of prize-fghter in the peni.
Tertiary is about ten years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

The Houma Courier has celebrat-
cd the fourth anniversary of its es-
adjustment. Il is an excellent pa
Per and deserves continued prosper
ity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

During the year 1881 there were
over 500 suicides in the United
States, and twice that many mur-
ders.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02


Baltimore Sun: "a county pa.
per properly conducted deserves the
cordial and practical support of the
residents Of the county, and, it may
here be suggested, should be en-,
couraged by punctual settlement Of
journalistic liabilities. The county
paper can no more get along without
cash than any other business enter.
prise, and its editor should be spar.
ed the disagreeable necessity too
often forced upon him of calling on
his subscribers to settle up.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Col. BENZ. s. Hicks, of Mississippi,
the second largest cotton planter in
the Uuited States, in a recent letter
declares that he would not take GEO..
600 for what he has learned of i'm.
proved machinery and methods, by
a recent visit to the Atlanta Cotton
Exposition.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
LOUIS NIVOCHE.
coNFEcTloNER
AND
FRUIT DEALER.
MARKET STREET
mar Isl SHREVEPORT. LA
j. McKILIIPS.
BELLEVUE. LA.

Would respectfully call the attention Of the
W public to the fact that he has perma.
nently established Work Shop in Bellevue,
where he will be constantly found after the
lst Of January, prepared to do all kinds of
Work, such as making and repairing Wagons,
Buggies, Hacks, Carts, Wheeibarrows, stock
ing Flows, &c. He will also keep ready made
Hubs, Spokes, Felloes, Tongues, Shafts, and
everything for Wagons, Buggies, &c. All work
in his line promptly executed. 40
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Gov. Hagood, Of South Carolina,
has approved the stock law recently
passed by the Legislature of that
State. He states that from reliable
data it has been ascertained the an.
mail cost of boundary fences to the
agricultural industry Of South Caro-.
lima exceeds %, zoe, 900 per annum,
whilst the State and county taxes
levied for all purposes for the last
fiscal year, as shown by the comp
troller's books, amounted to only
81 ,3OS, 4l6, thus establishing the fact
that the abolition of boundary fences
saves annually to the agricultural
industry twice as much money as is
paid in taxes by the industries of the
State combined.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
Buncomb Bills.

Over four hundred bills were IN
troduced into the lower branch Of
Congress on Monday, 18th .altimo
Seven hundred were introduced on
the Monday previous. Prior to the
Christmas holidays between two and
three thousand bills we're introduced
covering schemes,in many instances,
of the widest and most impractica.
bic nature. Nearly every bill intro.
duced is referred to some committee,
and it is the usual custom to have
them all printed merely to crafty
the vanity of the members introduce
ing them, even if they possess no
particular merit. In this manner
millions Of the public moneys are ex-
pended with no present or anticipat-
ed returns TO the tax payers of the
country. Frequently numerous bills
bearing upon the same subject with
but very slight alterations are intro
duced and ordered to be printed
We really think that Congress should
pass some reformatory measure in
relation to the public printing. Ger
tain it is that the public treasury
suffers enormously from "Buncomb
bills which are often Of interest to
no person or set of persons except
the introducers of them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

The Boston Weekly Globe is one
Of the best and cheapest papers in
the country. The publishers spare
no expense 70 make every depart
meut complete. Terms, 81 per an.
mum.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
caddo Carriage Works.

He is constantly manufacturing Carriages,
Phaetons, Ambulances, Wagons, Hughes,
Carts, &c. He also has q large stock Of Trim.
mings, Hardware and Woodwork
Will trade any of his work for good horses,
mules, cattle or sheep. y20nl3
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

A ttorney at Law, Shreveport s
a opposite Bank of Z. & ii i... o.
practice in Courts of Booster ana ~ 3 VII
in Supreme Court Of State. 1 Vae!e -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02
John Ca1dwelIss
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables,
TEXAS STREET, sHREvEpoRT.
Fine Turnouts!
Good Saddle Hnrsea i

0oou Odoal0 dOf60S J.!
Attentive Hostlersl!!
He is better prepared than ever to take care
IL of stock, and is determined not to be
run out by competition. Terms rs cheap as
the cheapest; excellent feed and plenty Of it.
Experienced hostlers in attendance day and
night.
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &C., kept for
hire. Horses and mules boarded at reasonable
rates. Personal supervision given to all bust
ness. rssi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02

same end is indirectly attained by starving
them and Withholding medical aid. To what
extent the lives Of the native laborers are
wasted may be judged from the fact that,
whereas in England the average annual
death rate among the male population be-
tween the ages Of 10 and 80 is nine per thou
sand, among the Polynesians imported into
Queensland 1t Is from nine 10 eleven times as
great.
1t needs no argument to prove that this
free labor" system is far more hurtful to
Its victims than was the West Indian slavery
abolished by Great Britain. 1t was the in
terest OF the West Indian planter to keep his
slaves alive, whereas 1t is to the pecuniary
advantage Of tho Queensland employer that
his workmen should not survive the period
Of three years for which they are engaged.
1t has been suggested that the temptation to
cruel treatment might be removed by pro-
vision that the wages Of islanders dying
before their term OF service has expired
should be claimed by the Queensland Gov
eminent; but the danger would be that the
planters who control the Legislature would
contrive some means OF prohting by this
fund. The one remedy for the outrages COM
mitted on the helpless blacks would be to
abolish altogether the free labor" traffic,
and, in view OF the disclosures made in the
FbrtniDhtly, no other course now seems to
be open to the British Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02

Of the Court Of Oyer and Terminer, are en-
titled to control, and do control, the action Of
that tribunal, and thus we have presented
the spectacle Of two men who may not know
any law at all overruling aJudge Of the Su-
preme Court, who is, or ought to be, in all
cases, IN accomplished lawyer.
The Justices OF Sessions have also some
times interposed TO shield their political
friends from punishment, as in two noted
cases which arose in Brooklyn, where they in
sisted upon imposing fine, In lieu Of the i'm
prisonment favored by the presiding Judge.
In the Courts Of Sessions Of the counties
which possess criminal Jurisdiction inferior
to that OF the Oyer and Terminer, Justices
Of the Peace are still allowed to sit as asso-
ciates with the County Judge who presides.
The provisions Of the State Constitution In
reference TO this court are such that 1t is
doubtful whether the Legislature has power
to change it's organization in this respect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02
Clerrvm.n and Hor.e Races.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: / claim
that limited amount Of horse racing is emnently
proper for the development Of that noble animal the
horse the trusted of since the world began
and do fully approve Of clergymen, our would be
teachers witnessing these contests for assuredly the
horse whether in his wild state in his dome
state allied which really state Of slavery and
does teach theologians many valuable lessons In his
uncuy ated state he is loyal to his own; vindc.
tive, always selfsustaining and requiring no one TO
work for his support His dam never deserts her OF.
spring nor dsowns her consor lie never INDUCES in
foolish eXtrayagant excuses In his dome ate
state the horse model of patience prodigy in en-
durance, and faithful friend even to his tornentors,
His nobility and bravery are famous. lie is only proud
when he is conscious of real merit and when lie fails to
win lie blames some else, steals away and
commits suicide Therefore say by all means let cer
gymen attend the occasionally and study the
horse and strive to emulate some Of his noble qualities
They need their white chokers for fear Of
being recognized by the laity. N. WEsTBRooK
Nkw YORK June
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02
The Crime Of Bigamy.

We have before us half dozen letters
from women who have discovered since
their marriage that their husbands already
had living wives from whom they were not
divorced when they welded them. OF
course, their situation is very painful. The
women were the victims of villainous decep-
ton. Though they went through the form Of
marriage, they are not legitimate wives.
Most of these women are mothers, and
they are naturally alarmed concerning the
status of their children. To save them from
disgrace, they would bear much and conceal
everything. They live in fear Of public cx-
posure reasonably dstrustful of their hus-
bands, poor and ignorant of their rights.
And the men have proved themselves to be
cruel, lazy tyrannical, or meanly suspicious;
just what fellows capable of making a fraud
ulent marriage would be likely to turn out
They take advantage of the women because
they know that they are fearful OF exposure
since the children are involved The women
can get no advice in which they have conf
dence from their husbands, or rather the men
whom they supposed they had right TO
call SO, and they cannot afford TO consult a
lawyer.
Surely their lot is q very wrctched one, and
we are not surprised at the agony of mind to
which their letters give expression. They
are the victims of our loose marriage laws.
Here is one of the letters, and it comes
from wcl-educated woman:
II am thirty four years OF age the daughter OF a
farmer and lived in distant country place until eight
years ago when came to New York an utter stranger
that might more advantageousy pursue my vocation.
| few months after, married man whom believed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02
The Internal Revenue Imposition.

The Committee Of Ways and Means lately
brought in a bill to appoint the collectors of
internal revenue for four years They now
have no fixed tenure by commission. The
original law seems to have contemplated an
abandonment OF this sort of taxation when
ever the absolute necessity for its existence
ceased. Hence these officers were not put
on the usual footing with Collectors of ports,
Postmasters, Marshals, and,the like, but were
treated as temporary expedients that might
suddenly be dispensed with.
The effect OF this movement would be to
fasten the service four years more on the
country. 1t was an indirect device to COM
NIT Congress to an extension Of the internal
revenue. Mr. RAUM, the Commissioner, who
modestly aspires to Judge DAvIss seat In
the Senate, backed by the Whiskey Ring
recommended the scheme, and doubtless did
his best to pass it. Mr.. DUNNRLL, who re-
ported the Whiskey bill and rushed it
through by parliamentary sharp practice,
tried to repeat the game in this case. He
demanded suspension OF the rules, which
requires two-thirds, in order to put the bill
on its passage. But the vote showed that he
could not muster one-third for this audacious
proposition to rivet the Internal Revenue
Bureau on the country for four years longer.
The Internal revenue system was created
twenty years ago, as war measure. Our peo-
pie were willing to make any sacrifices to pre-
serve the Union, and this burden, in addition
to others, was freely accepted as one Of the
penalties OF civil strife. More than half a
generation has passed away since the close
Of the rebellion. Sectional lines are nearly
obliterated The country has grown pros
porous, and there is an enormous accumula-
ton Of surplus revenues in the Treasury.
The internal tax gatherers, and the regu-
lations under which they operate, are con-
stantly creating bad blood among tho people,
and are making the Government odious in
the eyes of millions. Inquisition is repug-
nant to the ideas, to the habits and to the
tastes OF the American people. The internal
revenue is now sustained mainly as an in
strument Of party. Dismiss the army OF
oficehoders attached to this bureau and to
its dependencies, and the machine would
be weakened in much Of its active vigor.
The whole system is odious, unnecessary,
and In many respects prohigate. 1t ought
to have been abolished long ago. 1t should
be abolished now.