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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31
MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR.

You came to live near us
ONE bonnie spring day;
Inc next sunshlny morning
morning in May
1Iearu you a-gardening
over the way.
But between, like Fate's battlement,
Grim rose the wall,
And You were so little
And was not tall
Should shout? Would you answer?
what name could call?
hated the man
Who had built the wall there.
climbed with the aid
.fOf venerable chair
A diminutive Romeo
Scaling your stair.
The ledge laid over,
All, such a wee thing.
Like restless white butterfly
Light on the wing;-
HAIR gold as the primrose
That blossomed in spring.
Your rake dropped, your sun-h slipped
OFF You bright head.
Are you the boy next door?'
fou solemnly said.
nodded, slid DER the wall,
Radiant and red.
oh, my wife, in Lies garden
we hnger to day;
Many SHOWS. many May -blooms,
Have kissed gold to gray,
Since wooed my wee neighbor
Over theway.
X. Temple More, in Our Continent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31
.I ann not going to torment you b

ST am not going to torment you by
repeating all that again, but -" A
sudden gesture on her part here. passed
unnoticed, for his eyes were fixed on
the carpet. .sOnly if you ever want a
friend, am ready now as l was then.
Goodbye, Miss Manners"
Goodbye" she replied, very quiet
", too much accustomed, perhaps, to
his sudden impulses to wonder at this
abrupt departure.
But, as he turned away, not looking
where he was going, he knocked over a
small table that stood near; and all the
small nick-nacks upon'it went rolling in
different directions.
81 am so sorry,'' he said, as he
stopped to pick them up. A little san
dalwood carved box lay at his feet, and,
in taking it up, he touched the spring.
1t few open. Inside it lay faded white
rosebud, tied with a bit of blue ribbon.
For a moment he stood bewildered.
Then great joy came over his face.
He looked at her. With downcast eyes
and crimson cheeks she stood silent and
trembling. Down fell box and rosebud
to the floor again.
'tGertrude! my Gertrude, at last!'
Eyes, I love you now" she con :,
fessed, a little time after. ssI think I
began to love you the moment you left
my side that day in Berkeley Square,
when I began to realize what had lost.
And, oh, Arthur! am so tired Of fame,
and of rehearsing and acting, applause
and bouquets, and all the excitement
and WEAKNESS of it. Take me away from
it all, Arthur
Which he was quite ready to do at the
earliest opportunity
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31
PITH AND POINT.

People learn wisdom by experience.
A man never wakes up his second baby
to see it laugh.
Some men are born slight, some
achieve slightness, but most men have
sights put upon them.
Nantucket has girl pilot only sew
enteen years old. Knows all the buoys
in the sound, you can bet.-Norrist0s0
Herald.
The Agricultural Bureau reports q
short broom-corn crop this year, but the
supply of mop-handles is unprecedent-
ed. No occasion to be alarmed.-Dc-
tsoit Free Press.
A Vermont man found . pocketbook
with $50 in it just before the war, and
recently his conscience compelled him
to restore the funds. Conscience Is
pretty thick down East.-Burlingto
Haaokeye.
In Paris shop devoted to feminine
wearing apparel: "You ought to take
this pair Of stays, madame. They can
not be worn out. None of my customers
to whom have sold pair have ever
wanted another" ,.eTr. h 81.
-"Pa, are we going to have any girl
vanized iron on our new housep" ssAny
WHAT" sAny galvanized ironPh
Galvanized you mean, don't youP"
eyes, pa; but teacher says we mustn't
say gal; it's girl!"-M Chicago Journal.
You can put s.ten million oysters,
when they are only two days old, into .
four-quart pail filed with water" We
believe this because we saw it in news
paper, and we suppose if You took ont
about pint Of water you could get in
about thirty million more oysters
Hauen Register.
=" Is dis heah letter all right, bossP''
asked an Austin darby, handing the
clerk letter he wanted to send of in
the mail. The clerk weighed the letter
and returned it, saying: "You want to
put another stamp on It. It weighs too
much "Ef I puts another stamp on
de letter dat won't make it no lighter.
OATS gwine ter make it weigh more. -
Texas Sittings.
Enthusiastic Teetotaler "Dear
Miss Madge, am SO delighted TO find
you have such an admiration for our
cause" Esthetic young LADY" No,
I've an admiration for Sir Wilfrid, that's
all. When you see in print such epithets
applied to him as speregrinating pump
HANDLE speripatetic agitator,' sdriveler
of dreary drossiness,' it makes ono
really feel that he has done something
to advance the poetry of literature in
this country"
tiny wife," says Wigglesworth,
abstractedly lifting q handful of prunes
from the box, sis one of the most eco
nomical women ever saw. Whenever
/ smoke cigar in the house she makes
me blow the smoke on her plants to kill
the bugs, and stands ready TO catch the
ashes for tooth powder, while the stub
that is left she soaks in water and treats
the fower-potst to a Turkish bath with It,"
Mem HaUen Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31

Prof. Henry A. Ward, of Roches-
ter, has taken contract to purchase for
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, in Central Park, New York, the
specimens of two valuable collections.
One is to be complete collection of the
mammals and birds of North America.
including some seven or eight hundred
specimens, and its cost, to be defraved
by Morris K. Jessup, will be $4,000:
the other will be a collection represent
ing all the quadrumana of the world.
About 800 mokeys will comprise the
latter collection, the expense Of which,
1000, is provided for by Robert Col.
gate. 1t will take Prof. Ward upward
of two years to make the collections
N. r. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31

Two children found a revolver at
Mobile, and while quarreling over who
should have possession of it, got into a
scuffle, during which the weapon was
discharged and one of the children ia
tally wounded.-N. 7. San.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

Memphis Appeal: 1.-THE grain
crops Of Tennessee will be q sur
prise to the great West this year
The busy reapers are harvesting the
grain in almost every county in the
State. The wheat crop is especially
large, and reaping and thrsshing.
machines are in demand. Corn and
clover are doing well in all parts Of
the State, and rye, oats and barley
will be an advance on previous
years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

It is too often the case that We
form estimates of our fellow citizens
characters from the most trivial
causes or circumstances. Frequent
~ from mere heresay we condemn a
man or woman whose character may
be as upright in all essential points
as our own or the most valued OF
our friends.
In forming estimates of character
we should be governed by combina-
ton of circumstances, rather than
by one circumstances alone. 1t is
not just, in any sense ofthe term to
judge harshly of our fellow men upon
hastily made up verdicts. Men are
oftentimes placed in position of the
hardest trial of which the outside
world know but little, and at such
times may commit acts, which, al
though seemingly outrageous are
but the legitimate outgrowth of
their peculiar condition.
There are other fliinsey modes of
estimating character that are motor
iously wrong. Some people judge of
the character Of their friends from
the clothes they wear. This is a
most foolish judgment, because it is
making a mans taste an estimate of
his value as a citizen. 1t is true that
fop dresses in an unusually fashy
style, but there are men who are not
fops who sometimes dress in the
same manner. Thus it is, that in
making such test, we are liable to
place in the category Of fops some
Of our most amiable and we'll dis
posed people.
We advise as a rule, that in form.
ing estimates of the character of our
friends, associates or citizens, we
should take into consideration all
the various phases Of the question.
Study well tho motives, and discard
all trivial shortcomings. Humanity,
at best, is frail, and not the least
frail, are those who judge too hastily
of their fellow creatures motives
and character.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

Claiborne Guardian: 1.-THE Dem.
ocratic principle is that public Off.
GERS should be the servants Of the
people, not their rulers; when they
become the latter, il is high time the
people should expel them from pub
lie employment. Let the masses
look to it that they are not ridden,
year by year, like dull bruses; lei
them exercise their privilege Of free
men to think and vote as they please,
without the dictation or brow.beat.
ing Of Office holders"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

In the State Senate last week,
Hon. J. D. Watkins, from the Com.
mittee on Judiciary, reported IN
favorably on Hon. John G. Vance's
bill, No. 1913, to remove the parish
seat Of Bossier, ''it being violatiye
Of article Is Of the Constitution p
On the 10th Mr.. Watkins, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported ia.
vorably on Mr.. Vance's Senate bill
No. 213, an act removing the parish
seat of Booster.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 17.-Final
arrangements were made this week
by Mr.. j. r. Sillman, of New York,
to establish a large saw mill at this
place. The mill will have a capaci
'ty of 100000 feet per day. The
lumber will be shipped to the North.
ern and Eastern markets. This en-.
-terprise win bring to Alexandria On
additional population Of several
hundred.
Crops in this parish have improv.
ed greatly during the past week and
are now very promising (Shreve.
port Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

New Orleans States: alt is re.
ported that the supply is inadequate
to fill the demand for American cot.
ton goods in foreign markets, Amer.
lean cotton being more in favor in
China, the West Indies and other
countries than English makes, NOT
so mnch because the price is lower
as because the texture and finish
are finer, and the goods in every way
Of a superior make.'n
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Politicians.

Men often say that they are not
pohsicians, and very generally they
come nearer the truth than they
think. One class say so knowing
that they are not, having no desire
TO be, no taste for it, and rather
ashamed to be classed with the set
of men that are usually denominat-
ed politicians. Another say so,
thinking to throw others off their
guard and think it a shrewd politi.
clans trick then to deceive, beleiv.
ing all the while that they them
selves are the very sharpest kind Of
politicians, and are really deceiving
themselves, and laughed at by in
telligent men az fools with too little
sense to decently lead a blind mule
to water.
Then again, we find men that are
sharp enough, without scrnples, and
willing to cajole the people, ready
TO take undue advantage of the weak
or ignorant, ready to plot the over
throw and ruin of others for the
agrandizement of themselves, either
to acquire the means for gaining .
little brief authority or the opportu.
nifty Of pocketing money that comes
by crooked ways. Some men are
what we call politicians, for the pur-
pese Of gaining such a position that
win afford them the means of ac-
quiring money by legitimate means,
merely through the love of money.
Others are politicians, in the com.
mon acceptation of the wordthrough
the immensely of their ambition
wishing to make for themselves a
name far beyond their fellows, and
standing upon the highest pinical Of
fame, look down upon the common
heard below, az but so many tools
working to still further land and
glorify them. The question is never
once asked, what good Is to come
out Of this; or to know if the aspirer
is really benefited by all these am.
bilious struggles, and the world is
any better for their having lived.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

Henry Waterson, editor of the
Courier-Journal, never has written
anything more truthful or sensible
than the following article about con-
Quoting newspaper:
"Some people estimate the ability
of a periodical and the talent of its
editor by the quantity Of the original
matter. II is comparatively an easy
task for frothy writer to string out
a column OF words upon any and all
subjects. His ideas may low in one
weak, washy, everlasting food, and
the command Of his language may
enable him to string them together
like bunch Of onions, and yet his
paper may be but meager and poor
concern. Indeed, the mere writing
part of editing paper is but q small
portion Of the work. The care, the
time employed in selecting, is far
more important, and the fact Of q
good editor is better shown by his
selection than anything else; and that,
we know, is half the battle. But, we
have said. an editor ought to be es-
timated, his labor understood and
appreciated. by the general conduct
of his paper-its tone, It's uniform,
consistent course, aims, manlinesa
its dignity, and it's propriety. To
preserve these as they should be pre-
served, is enough to occupy fully the
time and attention Of any man. II
to this be added the general super
vision of the details to publication
which most editors have to encounter,
the wonder is how they find TINA to
write at all"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

LrvrSa WITxEssEs.-The hundreds
Of hearty, and healthy looking men,
women and children. that hase been
rescued from beds Of pain, sickness
and well nigh death By Parker's Gin
ger Tonic are the best evidences in
the world Of lts sterling merit and
worth. You viii find such in almost
every community.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

st Landry Democrat: There is
talk now Of an extra session OF
the Legislature That body does
nothing during . session Of SIXTY
Days, and wants more time to idle
away, ct the expense OF the taxpayers.
II an amendment 10 the constitution,
abolishing the Legislature, were sub
mitted 10 the taxpayers, it would be
adopted almost unanimously"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

Know the true value Of time; snatch,
seize and enjoy every moment Of it.
No idleness, no laziness, no procras-
tination; never put of till tomorrow
what you can do to-day.-TErl Of
Chesterfield.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

The first appearance Of cotton as
an article of commerce was q ship
ment of seven bales from Charles.
ton in 1867. In 1SSO-S1 the crop
was 5000, 600 bales.
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Strike Of Laborers.

The laborers in the North and
West from Massachusetts to Nilsson.
ri are on a strike for higher wages.
These laborers do not strike without
reason. They claim that the wages
they receive is not sufficient for them
to support their families at the pres
ent prices of articles that they are
compelled to use. Two facts of im
portance are thus shown: LIST. That
the tariff does not have the effect OF
increasing the wages of the laborers,
as is falsely asserted and claimed by
the advocates of high tariff, for the
capitalists will pay them as little as
possible and reap for themselves all
the benefit they can derive from the
tariff, which enables them to get
higher prices for the articles they
manufacture.
End. That the tariff increases the
cost of the articles, such as blankets,
cotton cloth, cooking implements,
and others too numerous to mention
which the laborers are required to
buy in the support Of their families.
They are taxed heavily without their
knowledge by the tariff, and laborers
in factories as we'll as farmers and
others, should learn that they are
interested in having a low tariff,
which would reduce the cost of arti
cles they are compelled to consume.
AS long as the Government is in
debt to large amount, the tariff
will be high enough, though it be
tariff for revenue only, and will fur
nisb, incidently, sufficient protection
to manufactures of all kinds. The
tariff is used by monopolists to make
money for themselves at the expense
OF all other classes. Laborers and
farmers are made to pay a bounty
to wealthy capitalists, who own large
factories. As general thing, they
are heartless corporations, and mer.
cilessly "grind the faces Of the poor"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

ANnoTANcE AvomED.-Gray hairs
are honorable but their premature
appearance Is annoying. Parker's
Hair Balsam prevents the annoyance
By prompsly restoring the youthful
color.
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Stray Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned. Justice az
II The Peace for Ward 6, Precinct Ross;er
psrish. La, BY Enos w. Walker, on Msv Ara
1872, .nd viii be sold for cash, AZ Bellevue. ~
On saturday. june q, 1882, emo Sorrei Nara
Colt Appraised at 4io.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, &c. -
c. A. DEvEREUY.
x ,aaa r, Ward 6, Precinct /.
Aay Aish' 1ooS- june %
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The banks in Montreal, Canada,
acknowledge the receipt of s8,OOO,.
600 in deposits brought in by the
fine class of immigrants now flock.
ing into Canada.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

The "Atlanta Constitution says
more wheat reapers have been pur.
chased in Georgia this year than
the entire cotton belt possessed one
year ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

The old saying that one-half the
world does not know how the other
half lives is illustrated BY a story
from Virginia to the effect that five
thousand persons in Patrick county,
of that State, are in restitution that
borders on starvation. Crops were
short last year on account of the
drouth, the county is in the mountain
region where farming is the sole re-
source of the people, and that cut
Off they are in peril Of starving
Wagons have been sent out from
Danville with food.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22

Nothing speaks 90 well for the
true greatness Of a man as his free
dom from petty jealousies and dis.
likes.
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Tho No-Fence Law.

$40 UU-r 0nC0 Law.
New Orleans Democrat.l
A few years ago, an agitation was
begun in Georgia in favor Of no
fence law. Il had scarcely any sup
porters at FIRST. and when the matter
came before the Legislature, there
were only two votes in its favor. The
agitation was kept up, however, until
an option law was finally passed, al
lowing any county that desired to
submit the question to it's voters.
Coweta county was the first to try
the new law, and, after q years expe-
rience Of it, announces its perfect
satisfaction with il, and declares that
the system Of fencing in cattle a.
against fencing them out, is worth
thousands Of dollars.
by DONG away with fences, the
planter who owns large plantation.
can divide it up and sen it in small
sized farms II he desires to do so.-
Under the old system, this would be
impossible, because he would be re-
quired to fence in each Of these farms.
He can, moreover, cultivate any
part Of his place he wants to. He
can cultivate one part until the
ground grows exhausted and then
plant another portion. This would
be impossible under the fence sys-
tenn. Under it he would have to Gull
tivate the same piece Of land, year
after year, because it happened to BE-
fenced in, or 60 TO the heavy expense
Of erecting new fences.
Finally, the farmer can, II necessa-
~, cultivate his entire farm, up to
the very edge Of the road. and does
not have TO leave q margin Of twenty
or thirty feet for fences
II has been found, alsa that the
new system Is . better protection
against damage from stock than the
old one. There are fewer fences, and
consequently the fences can be made
stronger and better. Very few cattle
escape nowadays in Coweta and very
little damage is done by them.
The pecuniary advantages Of the
change are easily estimated. To fence
the cultivated lands Of Coweta cost
under the old system $S94. 094 and it
required $50. 600 . year tokeep these
fences in repair. The new law does
away with three-8ourths Of the fences,
reducing the cost 10 $223, 700, q saw
ing Of $670, s94 and Of $67, 500 a year
for repairs. The total value Of all the
cattle in the county is 1894, ATS, or
less than half that Of the fences. Nor
are these unusual figures, for il is
doubtful whether there is parish in
this State wherein the value of the
fences does not exceed that Of the
cattle, for whose protection they are
built.
The result Of the no-fence law in
Coweta has been to increase the
acreage Of the county 20 per cent
and to add TO the wealth and pros
perity Of the farmers Every Cowetan
now favors II, and the infection is
spreading to neighboring counties
and States. Among these converts is
the State Of South Carolina, which
has just passed and put in operation
q no-fenee law, but this law has not
been in operation, there, long enough
to produce all the good result that
have flowed from It in Georgia.
ST Landry Democrat: There is
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New York Methodist: "Nearly
all family and neighborhood troubles
originate in bad manners. Some one
gives way to irritation and says
something that is harsh either in
substance or manner, and this pro-
vokes Q reply in kind. Thus the
peace is broken and after that the
Influences that work to intensity
and spread the quarrel develop
themselves with wonderful speed
Or, one NEEDLES with what does not
concern him, asks too many questions
about it, or makes remaks that it is
not his business to make and he has
no right to make, and arouses jeal.
ousies and resentments. Nine-tenths
of the difficulties that occur would
haveno beginning if every one would
make the effort persistently to be
conrteousat times, and would always
honor the principle Of keeping strict.
" within his own line Of business
not forgetting to give . soft, if indi-
rect, answer to those who may ven.
ture to intrude over it.n
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j. McKILLIRS,
BELLEVUE, La,

Would respectfully csll tie attention Of the
" public to the fact that he has per,na.
nentIy established Work Shop in Bellevue.
where he win be constantly found after tke
ist q January, prepared % do an kinds d
wwosE, such e making and repairing Wagons,
nn&Eles, Hacks, Carts, Wheeibarrows, sfoek
ing Flows. DC. He will also keep ready mads
Hubs, SPokes, Eelloes, Tongues, Shafts. ana
everything for Wagons, Buggies, &c. All worE
N his line promptly executed. %
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Alamance county, North Carolina,
has ten cotton factories in operation,
and five more are in process Of con.
struction.
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Itarvestingis now begun 10 South
ern Illinois, and larger yield of
wheat vas never known before.
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Naught venture, naught have.
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JAW. LOWRY. WV
Lowry r Vance.

4 tforneys at Law, Bellevue. La WIN
n tice in the Courts of Boss,er ~: - ptae
and Webster parishes. ~ ssssss w