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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

New Orleans Price Current.l
+ The average country Legislator
seems to have SO great an affinity
for ours Of low degree, that it looks
as if it were impossible to pass law
either in Mississippi or Louisiana,
taxing the canine race. Why dogs
should be permitted to roam at large
and make successful sheep raising
almost an impossibility in many dis
tricts in the South, is more than we
can give a good reason for. We
believe stringent dog law should
be enacted, compelling dog owners
to pay at least one dollar per year for
each animal owned by them, the
money to be paid into the State treas
ury for the benefit of the school fund,
and the owner in addition to be held
strictly responsible for any damage
which may happen to the sheep in
his neighborhood, caused by his neg
ligence.
The New York Assembly are now
wrestling with a dog law which
promisea to pass both houses. Il
provides that every animal shall first
pay one dollar per year tax; second,
every licensed animal shall at all
times wear collar, with the license
attached; third, unlicensed animals
found roaming at large shall 'be
slaughtered at once.
II some measure of relief is not de-
vised for the protection of the sheep
interest in Louisiana, at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature, sheep men
will be compelled in self defense to
resort to the strychnine remedy, which
win be found effectual in most obsti-
nate cases and where all others fail.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20
Cotton Seed OH in Cookery.

Okalona (Siiss-l Messenger
We have tested the refined cotton
seed OIL as substitute for hogs lard,
and we pronounc it . complete sue
cess. On the morning of the cleo
ton we ate as nice biscuits, in which
the cotton seed oil was used, as we
ever saw, and we here and now de-
clare we take no more lard in ours.
The oil is clearer and cheaper than
lard and has q better flavor, House.
wives and cooks win understand what
we mean by cheaper when we tell
them that gallon of oil can be
bought for $1.O0 and that table,
spoonful is enough to put in a pint OF
-four for making biscuit. For frying
fish or steak the cotton seed oil is
superior to anything we have ever
seen in this country. The discovery
of the utility OF the oil is destined to
prove bonanza to the south. The
seed win, in time, become as valua-
BILE as the lint, and if we can only es-
tablish manufactures in our own
section, which win work up the feecy
staple, the seed and even the fiber on
the stalk, it win not be many years
before the cotton section Of this I'm
ion win become the richest and most
prosperous portion of the continent
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

In refusing to commute the SEN
tence of a st. Louis murderer, the
Governor Of Missouri says: 81
have not one particle Of sympathy
for the murderers Of women, who,
after the cowardly deed, shrink be.
hind the towards plea of insanity
and plead for mercy. They should
remember that the law was not made
for mercy bat punishment, and, that
having had no mercy toward their
victims, they have no right to ask
for such from the executors Of the
law
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20
Tho No Fence Law.

In his admirable address before the
State Agricultural convention OF Geor-
gia at Augusta, Col. A. p. Butler,
Commissioner Of Agriculture Of South
Carolina, held that the agricultural
interests Of the country were 90 much
greater than the stock, that the latter
must give way to the former. The
cost of boundary fences alone, in
South Caroline, was $l4, 090. 40 kept
up at an annual cost Of 81, 565. 371.
The abolition of fences in Sonth Car
DINA amounted to two years remis-
sion of the taxes in the State. He
thought the abolition of fences would
be equally advantageous to Georgia.
He had no doubt that the annual cost
OF building and maintaining fences in
Georgia amounted to, If it did not
exceed, the value of all the stock in
the State. The no fence law has now
become SO popular in Anderson coun-
ty, where it was first adopted, that
not voice can be found in favor Of
its repeal The no fence law encour-
aged the breeding OF better stock.
He believed that the general adoption
of the no fence law would greatly pro.
mote the interests Of agriculture.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The Galveston News says it is q
good sign that the number of small
farms at the South is increasing
rapidly. A late census bulletin
shows that in 1860 the number Of
farms in Alabama, Arkansas. Flori.
da and South Carolina was 199, O75,
and in 1880. 485, 100. These farms
range from three acres upward
The area under cultivation has been
largely increased, there is vast i'm
proyement in cultivation, better inn
PIGMENTS are used, and the yield is
greater.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The total number of distilleries in
the United States is 5,2O3, and the
production in gallons in 1881 was
liz, 72S, 15O. The number engaged
in grain distillation was 1 ,240; fruit
distilleries, 3,963. The product Of
the fruit distilleries, however, was
only 1,702, 900 gallons.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Shreveport Times.l
New Orleans, April ia severe
rain and hail storm passed over Ope.
lousas Tuesday evening. Hail stones,
many larger than hens eggs, fell in
a heavy shower for twenty minutes,
smashing window glass and cutting
vegetation to pieces, and doing great
damage to crops for miles south and
west of town.
George Mcneil and wife, who sued
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
for 100000 damage in casuing the
death of their son, W. r. Mcneil, a
brakeman on the freight train, whose
skull was mashed while crossing
Chef Menteur bridge, were to-day
awarded $4,000 by the jury in the
civil district court.
New Orleans, April 14.-There
was general destruction by the yio-
lent storm from the northwest, on
the night of the 18th. Houses were
torn to pieces, fences gone, provis-
ions, forage, furniture and every
thing previously saved from the
foods is now destroyed. Great dis
tress prevails, and immediate relief
is needed in iberia parish; at least
1900 people are left homeless and
without means of support or shelter.
Washington, April 1.-The Sec
rotary of War to-day directed that
200, 900 additional rations be issued
to the commissioners at New Or.
leans to be distributed to sufferers
from floods in Louisiana.
Vicksburg, April 15.-The water
is falling steadily and planting in
the overiowed districts is being
rapidly pushed. Thus far the pros
poets for large crops are favorable
and the planters in this vicinity are
hopeful.
Minden, April 15.-The town is
full of railroad men and MATERIAL
One or two hundred teams came yes
terday. The convicts have graded
q miles below here. Crops of all
kinds are looking we'll and in good
fix.
Vienna, La, April 15.-The corn
crop Of this parish is looking well
and is generally in good condition.
Cotton planting is well advanced
and some isup and win soon be ready
for the hoe. The past six days OF
cool weather has somewhat retarded
the growth Of both. The acreage Of
cotton, in this parish, win be much
larger than that of corn. The farm
ers are busy and hopeful of large
crops. The fruit crop is very prom
Using. A light frost was visible this
morning.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Sparta Rural Times: 1.-THE Sugar
Planter fayors the abolition of the
Circuit Court system. And so do
we. It is a farce and humbug, as
we'll as an outrage
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20


1t is a fortunate thing that as the
hog disappears as one of the farmers
industries, a substitute for a part of
him has been found. Cotton Butter
is now q most admirable substitute
for lard. It is said by those who
have used 1t, to be superior to it for
all purposes. 1t costs now ten cents
per pound, and will go farther than
lard. It is more cleanly than lard.
Besides, it is said the finest salad
oils are made from cotton seed oil,
BY the skin Of the manufacturer
In fact, not one box of sardines in
one thousand ever came across the
water or saw q drop Of olive oil.--
They are put up in "moral New Eng
land. and in boiling cotton seed oil,
but Of course labelled in French or
Italian. Possibly after a little while
We viii give man the cotton, if he
viii return rs the seed. The uses to
which the cotton seed are being put
are various and valuable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Some lives are like q footprint in
the hard rock, enduring forever; and
some are like footprint in the sand,
to be erased by the incoming tide.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The United States produced 167,.
659, SO bushelsof potatoes last year,
New York leading with 32,571 600
bushels. Wisconsin standing second
with Il, So, $50 bushels, Pennsylva.
mia third with 13,436, $50 bushels
and Illinois fourth with II, 193, 700
bushels,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Make your meat and bread first is
the wise thing for all Southern farm
ers to do. Remember you must live,
and to live you must eat. With q
plenty Of ''hog and hominy" you can
make enough cotton. But let cotton
be last.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The Governor of Ohio has named
the 10th instant as day for a gen.
eral planting Of trees by the road.
sides and around homesteads
throughout the State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

In America the order was reversed.
Here Liberty was first, and out of it
came Government. The basis of the
Commonwealth was no longer the
regal supremacy, but the rights Of
man. The people made the Govern
ment, both State and General; but
they retained all sovereignty as in
alienably vested in themselves
While committing the functions of
administration to temporary deposi.
tories Of authority, they reserved
the power of close and continuous
supervision through the wise device
of frequent elections. And thus it
comes that there is no force in our
civic scheme higher than the peo-
pie. The People, indeed, are the
only King. Woe to him or them who
shall venture to unarm this might.
est Of earthly sovereigns.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The Governor Of Arizona asks
Congress to appropriate $50, 900 to
defray the expense Of roofing out
ruffianism in that Territory.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Those who are most honorable
are most useful.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

There are often skeletons hid be-
hind marble fronts and lace curtains.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

The red men have cost the country
1928, DOC, 900 in the last ten years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20


The government raises $500, 0OO,-
600 annually. There are 10, coo, 900
families, mostly laborers. The taxes
are paid By the people, and SO each
family on an average pays $40 tax
to the United States. But as the
tariff operates to raise the price of
goods bought here at home, the
people pay nauch more than this
800, O00, 900 because of the tariff
tax. 1t is estimated that they pay
s1, 500, 000, 900 to our home manu-
facturers, which is $50 to each fam.
lily. And SO the present tariff ope-
rates to take from each family an
average Of $3.50 per annum. We
do not feel it, We do not know it,
But suppose the cost of every man.
ufactured article we bought was re-
duced one-half, would we not feel
the differencef Suppost the cost of
your sugar, tobacco, coffee, shoes,
clothing, utensils, ETC., ETC., was
reduced just one-half, so that we
could live on just one-half of what
We do now, would we not at the
end Of the year appreciate the
differences That is the way they
do in England. Would you not like
to try it a little whilef The Radicals
in Congress say You shall not. Our
Democratic leaders favor making
the trial and seeing how it works.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

Wheat in western Texas is unusu-
ally fine.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30
Sc. sorHARnrnnxEL

One of the most magnificent feats of
modern engineering is the completion of
the st. Gothard tunnel and railway. The
tunnel proper runs from the village of
Goschneii, on the Swiss side, to the Italian
frontier town of Airole, and is one section of
a railway which places Lucerne and Milan
in direct connection, and gives Germany
route independent of the Mont Cents to Italy
The total length of the railway is 151 miles
The big tunnel is perfectly straight from one
end to the other, is ninete en- and one half
feet high and twenty-six feet in maximum
width Besides the main tunnel, which ia
nine and one-third miles in length, there
are twelve others, ranging from 11e6 yards
long to 2027 yards. There are also five
tunn els between 22O aud $50, and twenty-five
between ITO and 220 yards, making in all
fifty two subsidiary tunnels of an aggregate
length of sixteen miles. The work was te-
gun in the autumn of 1872 and completed
February 90, $780, at cost of S57, $780, 600.
One hundred and fifty laborers in the mine
were killed by various accidents and 400
disabled. Over 5000 tons of dynamite were
used in blasting, and ], 100000 carloads of
dirt were taken out. The average daily pro-
gress was eighteen feet.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30

How much there is in nature that is ex-
haustible that we draw from as if the sup
plies were endlessi We reap every year, but
we plant first. We mine iron and gold, and
coal, and draw from its recesses the oil we
burn in our lamps, but in those things we
plant, and can plant nothing: we are draw
ing from limited store and time of scare
ity, then of exhaustion must follow. We
have done the same thing with our forests,
cutting down but planting nothing, and now
thousands of acres are left naked and afford
no further supplies of timber. So vast is the
oil regions of Pennsylvania and New York,
that, at a recent meeting of the association of
mining engineers, the subject of its exhaus-
ton was discussed. We are sending away
we have exported oil this year, up to the
week ending with May Goth, we shall at the
end of the year have sent out of the country
670, 900 gallons. To this quantity has to
be added the vast amount we consume at
home. An oil we'll continues to yield, on
the average, two years and a half, and of
course vast numbers of them are exhausted
or near to exhaustion. Experts and geolo-
gists see little chance of any great yield of
oil lasting beyond the present generation.
The prodigal son spent his substance in far
we are sending to far countries
what, some day, we shall sadly need our
,elves
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30
INFURIATED CHINESE
Make n Furious Attack on = Ships
Crew-E1cifing Scenes.

About two weeks ago the APPEAL pub
lished an account OF a mutiny among Chi
nese passengers on the ship Altenhower, al
San Francisco, caused by the accidental up
setting of a boatload oil SIN all pox-infected
Celestials being carried 10 the pesthouse
The New York HeralPs San Francisco cor
respondent thus graphically pictures the
scene on board the ship:
Many hundreds of Chinese we're spectators,
from the deck OF the ship, II the accident
narrated. No sooner had the boat careened
than yell went up from them, and stimuli
taneously they made a dashfor the ships
surgeon, who was sitting on deck. They
came upon him so suddenly and without
warning on his part, that he lad no time
for thought, but took to the rear Of the ship,
under instinct OF impending danger. And
it was fortunate for him that he did, for the
excited Chinese had grabbed the chair in
which he was sitting, and, throwing him
from 1t with the terrible force with which
they came against it, hurled the chair many
feet into the bay. When the Chinese noticed
that the late occupant of the chair had
not gone with it, and seeing him retreat in
the iron cell or house near the companion
way, they pursued with unearthly yells. The
whole ship was now in q state of alarm.
signal hags OF distress and for help were
shown, and then the captain, his wife, Off
GERS and crew and the custem-house officials
on board sought the shelter of the iron house.
And none too soon, for the Infatuated mob
OF 100 had now armed themselves with
sledge-hammers, capstan spars, axes and
every concsiyable form of weapon which
could be found on board and commenced a
terrible onslaught- upon the sides of the
hastily improyised fortress. The noise was
60 great II distracted the attention OF the
crews In The two boats and on the launch
from the excitement which had held them
Tor the past ten minutes. Learning the
facts OF the Gaze, the boats started for the
ship, and at the same time a tug came
scuddlng through the water with police from
the city. Everything wa quieted as if
BY magic, the Chinese passengers re-
turning to their quarters and the officers
taking possession OF the ship again. The
Chinese thought when they saw the boat up
set, that it was an understood plan with The
ships doctor They also bore the doctor a
deadly hatred, as it is said he insisted upon
vaccinating the crew when first leaving Hong
Kong, telling them of its advantages upon
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

New York, May 29.-The President hal
taken rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
| large number of politicians and others called
at the hotel to see him.
Chicago, May 29.-Memorial services il
anticipation of Decoration Day ceremonie:
were held in the Exposition building yester
day afternoon. About 1000 persons wert
present.
East Tawas, Mich May 29.-Heavy forest
| fires are raging between Greenbush and
Black river TO Altoona. Unless rain comes
speedily there will be great damage to the
pineTies.
Peoria, ILL.,, May 29.-The Central Illinois
Funniest is in progress here. There were 1000
strangers in attendance to-day. The princi-
pal prize was won by the senior class of the
Peoria society.
Louisville, May 29.-One of the heavies,
ralnfslls ever recorded here in eight hours
fell yesterday morning, amounting to two
inches, with binding flashes of lightning
and heavy thunder.
Minneapolis, May 29.-There has been a
decided change for the better in the condi-
ton of Bishop Foes. The pyaemic symp-
toms are disappear the mind is clear and
the fever is abating. His physicians are
very much encouraged.
st. Louis, May 29.-Ten Kickapoo Indi-
ans, living on a reservation in Atchison
county, Ks, were naturalized by the United
States Court at Topeka Saturday, and are
now full American citizens under the act re-
Gently passed by Congress.
Pittsburg, May 29.-The arrangements for
the annual conelave OF the Grand Com
mandery of the Knights Templsr, which
will commence here tomorrow, have been
completed, and the affair promises to be one
of the most imposing ever given by the State
commandery.
Providence, May 29.-In the Supreme
Court OF Washington county to-day, decree
was entered divorcing Catherine Chase
Sprague from William Sprague, giving Mrs.
Sprague custody of her three daughters, and
permitting her to resume her maiden name,
with leave hereafter to apply for alimony, if
abe chooses
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30
GOOD CROPS
Promised Notwithstanding the Floods,
and the Hail, Rain and Wind
Storms.

To the Editors OF the Appeal:
LUNA LANDING, ARK, May 23.-Your Ar
kansas City correspondent of the 10th instant,
made some statements which, as respects this
county, needs correction. At the present
writing there is no water on any plantation
in this county from Point Comfort down
to Ford's Landing, and not exceeding $50
acres of land planted in cotton on lands in
the rear of riveri plantations is affected by
the June rise, so-cslled. And as the river is
now at a stand-still it is not likely that any
serious damage will be done. The section of
the county 1 refer TO includes all the
largest plantations in this county and
the greatest area of back lands in
cultivation in the county. 1t is very
inaccurate, then, to say that "if one-sixth of
the tillable area of Chicot county this year
returns the outlay to the planter we will be
in good luck" That statement would have
been within the mark had it referred to the
spring flood, when the water was three and
a half feet higher than it is now. The facts
are that in this section, notwithstanding the
February and March overflow, the great hail
and wind-storms and exceptionally cold
weather, the crops are in a condition to
promise full return. RESIDENT.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-30
WATER EVERYWHERE
About Bolivar, Miss, and the People
are DespoBdent-Buf the River
is Falling.

To the Editors of the Appeal:
BOLIVAR, May 24.-The planters and
others in this section of the country, just
now, are looking anxiously at the river
news" in the daily papers Of your city. We
want correct news of the stage and condi-
ton OF the river. Do we ger il? Your issue
of Sunday, the 21st instant, reports the river
at Memphis as thirty-two feet eleven inches
on the gauge and stationary, at :0S pm.
on the Doth instant. The evening Ledger of
Monday, the 22d instant, says: "River thirty
tWo feet one inch, a rise of three inches during
the last forty-eight hours" Your issue of
Tuesday, the 23d instant, says thirty-three
feet one inch on the gauge, a fall OF two
inches. My arithmetic will not figure well
on such reports, nor is there any satisfaction
received for the ten cents paid the porter of
the steamboats, for a Memphis paper, in
order TO get
THE VERY LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE RIVER.
The same issue of the Ledger paragraph
cally" remarks: "No damage as yet from
the rise in the river" In this region of
Bolivar county alone there are from 5000
TO 10000 acres of cleared land now under
water. Much OF 1t had been planted after the
subsistence OF the first overflow. The writer
has about 120 acres, out of 200, above the
water. Many of my neighbors have not
that proportion out of water. 1t seems to
me that there is considerable damage already
done, and when We recollect that it is now
near the list of June-the river still swelling
and the land for a prospective cotton crop
all under water-the damage appears very
large to us. 1t will soon be
TOO LATE FOR EVEN HALF CROP OF COTTON,
and what corn we plant, late as it is, has
triple dangers to contend with. The out
look is decidedly gloomy, with mules and
laborers lying about on the levees with moth
ing to do but eat is not pleasant prospect
for the landowner. hear of no distress in
the country, Tor the employers are feeding
their people, still in hopes that the water
will recede in time to do something by way
of cropping" But this cannot last much
IN the next few days there will doubtless be
either distress or removal among the negroes.
For three long months we had the water upon
us more or less, and it is beginning to be mo-
notonous. Tonight the water seems to be
about at a stand, and We are hopeful OF
fall in day or two. But whether the river
rises or falls please give US correct figures in
the reports. A READER
The APPEAL publishes the official reports
issued from the signal service Office. The
river was reported at 50 feet II inches, and
stationary, up to los pm. Saturday, Goth;
on Tuesday 50 feet l inch, decline 2 inches
showing that on Sunday a rise of 4 inches
had occurred. The APPEAL prints no Mon
day morning issue, therefore the rise OF Sum
day was not published.-EDs. APPEAL