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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08
News Notes.

| OhcI 9Ol, OOO;OUO.
Snow is. three feet on the level in
Northern Wisconsin.
The Texas Legislature defeated
the prohibition measure.
A Jail to cost $4,000 is soon to
be erected at Fort. Worth, Texas.
The Ohio penitentiary paid a
profit to the State of $16,0O in 1882.
| Boston has ordered all its streets
to be illuminated with the electric
light.
The estimatedss decrease of the
public debt during February is ST.
100000.
The Texas cattle drive for the
coming spring is estimated at 900,
900 head.
w. M. Stone, of Washington Co.,
Miss, is preparing to plant 100
acres of jute.
The will of ex-Gov. Morgan, of
New York, distributed about $780,
900 in charity.
Corn is being burned by the
Plymoth county, Iowa, farmers who
cannot get coal.
More buildings are in course of
construction in Galveston than ever
before at one time.
Alabama has % iron furnaces in
operation, producing daily more
than thousand tons.
A. NJ. Scott, of Hill county, Tex,
raised $50 bushels of sweet potatoes
on one acre of ground.
A man living in Polk Co., Tenn,
kad six acres in tobacco last year,
and it made him S75 per acre.
Col. Harry Gilmer, a well-known
Confederate cavalry officer, died at
Baltimore on the 4th inst. His age
was 45 years.
During tue year 1881 Georgia
produced $4,000 worth of gold,
North Carolina $4,000 and vir-
ginia $4,000.
An aged couple in Baltimore be-
ing in extreme want and preferring
death to.beggary, committed suicide
bystaking poison.
There are 1926 manufacturing es
adjustments in Tennessee. They
represent s20,OOO,OOO capital, and
pay employees S5,0OO,O 900.
Gainesville, Coryell county, Texas,
claims to have increased it's popula
ton nearly 1000 during the four
months it has been a railroad town.
Many orchards in California are
leased to Chlnamen, who pay the
highest prices, but by their economi-
cal management generally come out
whole.
A million feet of black walnut
timber is to be shipped from Gauda-
lupe county, Texas, to England
Men and teams are now engaged in
getting out the logs.
A large gathering at Rochester,
N. Y, denounced the system of con-
tract labor in State Prison and
united in demanding its abolition
By the Legislature.
VIM. Helloram has been arrested
in Philadelphia charged with per.
sonating dead man for the pur-
pose of obtaining $4,000 from a
mutual benefit association.
The Alabama Legislature has in
creased the school appropriation
100000, and will also give $780, |
600 to the University and $50, 900
to the Agricultural College.
A great deal of cotton remains
unpicked in the fields of West Ten. |
nessee, the planters in many local.
ties deeming it not worth gathering
on account of the low prices.
The total number of deaths by
accident since the first of January
is estimated TO have reached 1900, |
and the loss of two or three vessels |
at sea will materially increase the |
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08
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Notary Public, Bossier Parish, Lonisian.
Red Land, La. " OIhce at
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08
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A ttGrney at Law, Bellevue, Bossier par;..,
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08

People do not lack strength; they
lack will.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08
v. SHIDET,
Watchmaker and Jewsler,

TNakes this method Of Announcing 70 e.
Il his old friends and patrons and IA
the public in general, that he viii heGsssx4
found on Texas Street, adjoining the tom
mercial Restaurant, Shreveport. La, wbere
he is prepared to repair Watches, JeweirJFi
also has on hand Watches. Jewelry, &c, fnr
sale cheap for cash. Satisfaction guaranteed
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-08
W. II. WISE.
WISE. I'm urpv,,.
Wise g. Her9aTOm.

A ttorneys and COunselors at law. Sbra,o
IA port, La. Win practice in the eonrts e
CaddO, Bossier and Red Riverparishes and !,
the Supreme Court of the State. vaoas n
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
NOT FALSE PREF EESES.

\ merch2n. mel Col oighy and said You owe me ten dollars. and you've go, to pay me right here, or take a rcceip, in the handwriting of the worst thrashing you ever saw.'
 'sfou have struck me ,n bad time replied the colonel sorrowfully. This morning my son fell into the river-s
 That's all right, Colonel. and hope you will excuse me. Can do anything for you!"
 "Yes, I'd like to have i've dollars
 The merchant gave him the money. Next day the colonel was arrested on a charge ofrefusing to pay debt and for borrowing money under false pre,enses. The case was taken before justice of the peace. Your Honor," stated the mer- chant, in giving his testimony, this man has been owing me for some time, prom ising to pay me. Yesterday met him and asked him for the money, and he put up pi,iful story and said that his son had Jus, been drowned, and worked on my sympathies so that loaned him five dollars
 -"i dislike to dispute aay-mAn.s- word in court" said the colonel, but my friend here has not spoken the truth. When he met me and asked me for the money, l started to tell him that my son fell into the river and lost ten dollars of my money, and that it would be impos- sible for me to pay him. But instead of listening to me until explained myself, he asked me if he could do anything for me. Ofcourse he could. Any man who has money can do something for me. Nov, Judge, m leave i, to you: If a man seemed anxious to lend you money, what would you de:7
 ''Gentiemen,n said the justice. ~it is a cold day when won't accept of money. The colonel is discharged, and our mer- chan, friend is sentenced to a tine of sweeping out this room and bringing a bucket of water for this court.''
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

mus quit preachin' an take de lead in de cotton patch
 @You claim that your message comes from the Lord. do you:' demanded the preacher.
 ssYes, sah. an de Lawd furthermore said dat ef yer all didn't immegifly aek on His suggestion, delivered through His ole sarvan:. which am myself dat He would turn de devil loose in this house.
 "'The Lord wants us to pick cotton, does HeT sarea s,icaIly asked the esan- geliss.
 "'Das's what He said
 -Tlt is souls instead of cotton. my dear people, replied the divine turning to the congregation. This man is false prophet and havinsfailed to impress you, is jealous because the Lord has sent me, an educated man, among you
 "'Put him out exclaimed deacon.
 .Brudders, what listens ter de silver tongue, said Dan, I has warned yer, an ii is now dat h.s.er execute ny painful duty and raising his eyes and clasping his hands he continued 'Lawd 1 has always been willin' to do Thy bid. din but ob all de commissions what has eber discharged, dis is de mos pain ful, case we is now about to change de religious drift ob dis community, an sen one ob Thy smartes, preachers inter de cotton patch, but will gin desc people one more chance to hearken unter de word an de law
 "'Put him out exclaimed a class leader.
 ",it am impossible ter fling dis cup from me. Devil, from de confines ob hell, come forth 7
 The trap clicked. and the devil, with blue biazes coming from his nos,rils-the most horrible thing ever saw. descended with such suddenness and stood among the people with such convincing quickness of apparlt.on. that the congre- gation was terihed beyond description. Men. women and children tum5led over each other. The lamps were overturned and the church took fire. Heli itself could no, produce a rival scene. The building was soon reduced to ashes. Next day when arose, found the hands at work. and in the lead Hound the evangelist"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
WHAT KILLED THEM.

Max Minicr, in a well written and en- sertaining biography of Josh Billings. published in the Eye, Chicago, gives the following account of how Billings me- Artemus Mard- in New York, and why the famous wits of those days passed so quickly away:
 While l was there. supper was given at which all the wits living in and about New York were present. Those were the days when Josh Billings was little known and was still plain Mir. Shaw but as friend of Artemus Ward was given seat al the table. Ward sat at the head. Around me sat such bril- liant fellows as Harry Clappe, Ned Will kins, Mortimer Thompson. and Orpheus (. Kerr, who still lives perfect wreck of his former self: aii briifian, men; ali sparkling, popular writers, and all many years younger than myself. Why, the talk at the table that night contained more delicate wit and true humor than you would hear in the most fam ous salon of Paris or drawing room of London. But the sapper! at one end of the table was a decanter of brandy, at the other end another of champagne, another of porter in the center, with other drinks in abundance on the side-board. This was an they had and they partook of it freely. Those young fellows had been eating just such suppers as that for several years they continued for several years longer And what vas the result? They might all have been alive to-day, but most of them died long ago. People wondered why but it was because they couldn't stand the allurements which crowd around the successful in the great me tropolis- Poor Ward died in London, of consumption they tell us; but my boy it was those suppers that killed him"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

vices. She should recognize thaf all q her soldiers are superior b all others and that all of her generals arc entitled to un- dying renown. She should proclaim that Wolseley is superior to all others because he lives in a superior age. Great Britain should recognize that savage nov is ten times as hard to kill as he vas two hun dred years ago. An AmericAn general would not regard Wolsley's work as worthy of moments regard. Fighting sayAges is an almost everyday work with us. When VIC rout few unfortunate people we do not herald it throughout the world tha, we have gained an immortal victory. The United States is not a country of conquest, yet she is the most powerful nation in the world. Within ten days she could raise an army that could conquer all England and her boasted possessions Germany with an array of troops that conquered France, could not invade this country and live two days after meeting organized oppo- sition. In comparison with the United States ali other countries are but military pigmies. Our armies have achieved the greatest feats of modern military history, and yet no particular mark has been made. Our Generals Grant, Sherman, and Stonewall Jackson have enacted ex- ploits that would make the old world sick at its egoustic stomach, ye, we have not gone wild over it. Our late war was a military engagement quite unknown to the old world, yet the nation did no, en- ter into enthusiastic jimjams. England, though old and claiming to have much experience, has much to learn of the arr of war, and her generals. although re- garded as great men, should remember that they are small. as the occasion is small, and that they can never become great because they are. no, likely to be confronted by some great occasions
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

Ifs nov proved that the language we call EngfisA is older than the Latin. more aged than the Greek and that it in fact antedates the oldest Egyptian sphinx. After while it may be pyoved that the Latin and Greek are mainly derived from our language instead of our language being mainly derived from the Latin and Greek. Hopes are even entertained that proof showing the English to be the original language can be established. This will resolutioni1e our present system of education. It will cause the casting aside of dead languages and the more perfect study of the language in which we now express ourselves To us the proof is clear that the English vas the first language, for did not God say sLet there be light.- This is English. Docs not the Bible show that Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel spoke English? Certainly tt does Then why should we seek for further proof? We have had these facts on hand for a number of years. and are glad that . writer in the NsrM As0icAs Resirw has given us q chance to exhibit them.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

THoS. ]. CHURCHILL. who in few days will be an ex-governor of Arkansaw has been criticised for a too free use 0. the pardoning power. General Church. i'll is one of the most kind-heared and sympathetic men in the state. Humani " and no; executive inability was the cause of so many pardons. Churchill is grow. ing old and as his walk becomes shadies and shadier. as he advances, he will no, look back with regre, upon his leniency But still. leniency IS not law, and gov enor should not yield to his own feel. ings. When a man violates the law, he should suffer. Nature is kind and at cer- lain seasons of the year wears a smile but violate one of her laws and there is TO pardon.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
RAKEs THE FIELD.

The Columbus Bek<mias, a dramatic paper of considerable ability, reviews the field of American humor in an uncom- promising manner. The BoAemias is too severe. American humor is developing instead of resrogading. Refined humor grows with civilization and is not likely to die so long as there is a literary taste. It is to be hoped that no man in the country regards himself as professional humorist. He may be humorous wri- ter or humorous lecturer. but to be a professional hunorist, 10 take his part like an actor whenever called upon. is an impossibility. A man can be a humor- isl. in every sense of the term, but can- not be professional humonss for hu- nor is not profession. George Peck, Bill Nye, Alex Sweet, Stanley Huntley, White of the Chicago Ditss<, Minor Griswold, Gene Field, Derrick Dodd, w. ]. Hampton and Dick Steele are newspaper humorisss, and by the bright ness of their writing show that Amezi- can newspaper humor has not degenera- ted. The United States never produced more humorous writeEs than Nye and Peck. The 6s&esrias says that Josh Billings is an imitator of Arsemus Ward.
 This is an error. The styles are alto gether different. Ward wrote altogether in the narrative style, while Billings is mainly paragraphic.
 Some one has said that true humor does not create a smile. This point is almost too fine, but it Is not the truAs humor that creates the most boisserous laugh. The RekeM9as's utterances would have more weight if attended by less harshness.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
A COMPLIMENT.

The Little Rock Eclectic Society, com posed of the most cultivated gentlemen of the Arkznsaw capital, has requested the editor of this paper to read an original poem al the anniversary exercises ot the literary institution. This is indeed compliment as the following communi- cation will prove:
 zs si< E3sssy sf Tk< .zrksxssr 7ysvel<r. DEAR SIR :-lt is customary with our society to properly commemorate our an- niversaries, by orations, essays and po- ems. Two prominent gentlemen have been selected to deliver the oration and essay, and you have been elecfed sD read the poem. You sec, we decided to have some fool thing ioT the occasion and we do not know of any one who can better ezecute this part of our literary bill of fare. We might, after persistent search, 6nd some one else, but we insist upon your acceptance, especially as the man who vas originally selected, in violation of peace bond, has been sent to jail. We know that you can discharge the du-
 ties of the position In this advanced age of dignity and education, il is some what difficult to secure a man who is willing to act the unrevised fool. and we earnestly hope that your early acceptance will be received. 1t may not be out of place to add that you will be assisted by that vet eran poet. Sol. F. ClArkson. Some time ago, you remember. ne produced poem, of soluptuous and tender sentiment, en- titled Ellen Cut Her Heel" the first
 stanzas of which run as follows:
 Ellen cut her heel on an oyster shell.
 High ho Marley,
 And il made her mighty sick when her shank s'gunter' swell.
 High ho he.
 She lifted up her eve and opened her mouth, Higa ho MafiIry. And struck out brisxly for the south, High ho he.
 This poem. we understand, has been copied in ali of the papers published in the Indian Territory, and has been adopted by Squint-eye'l John, the Choc- taw, as campaign document. Respect fully. Ralph L. Coodwitch, H. H. Beam.
 U. NJ. Ruse, Sam w. Williamson. and others.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
A DISAPPOINTED HERO.

The English are the mos, remarkable people Tn the world. They are the stShnges, ard the weakest people in the world. In literature they are the great est and smallest, and in war they are the loudeAt. Admiral Seymour, with fleet, the most powerful known to naval his- tory, battered down a few sand forts and set fire to Alexandria, and received the laurels of honor that place him side by side with Nelson. General Wellesley, at the head of well equipped army, backed by a nation that eclipses all the gliuering conquests of Rome, vanquished a semi barbxrous lot of troops, returns to En- gland, and declares that he is the military peer of Napoleon, Wellington and Moltke. The London TrsfA, a newspa- per whose eyes are not blinded by the sands of Egypt, in speaking of the gen. eral. says:
 Lord Wolseley complained last week that his campaign ia Egypt vas no. honored as il ought to be. What would he havei He has fceeWeo pecfage, ano k5o.ooo IS 70 DC voted him. He has been made full gen. eral. He has pranoed through the streets of London at the head of his troops. He has had dinners without number given to him The numerous officers whose exploits he has celebrated have been promoted He and they have been covered with orders. English and Egyptian. wonder what he expects ought 10 be his reward were he ever to van 9uiAh a real army. instead of driving before him herd oi panic stricken fellahs, like a Scotch collie dog would flock of sheep 1. He would probably insist, like Cal,gala, that any restilent scribbler or other such oblec- tional person who sentured to question that he was more than human should instantly be executed without benefit of clergy.
 Wolseley, like true born Enslishman, is not sa,,sfed with admission to the peerage and a gift of S,5o.ooo bat wants a more demonstrative testimonial Prob ably he wanted the premier to meet him at the landing and wrestle with him in gieeI No doubt he wanted the house of lords to hop up and consider him the boss. Doubtless he wanted the queen to spin around on her heel and proclaim his praises in . hute-hke voice. The worlds greatest trouble is in failure to recognize military work. Julius Cesar 1 performed wondezs, and yet the legisla- lure of Rome accused him of being m enthusiass in favor of repudiatioa. Han- nibal made Rome wink, yet he vas as last compelled to acknowledge that it would have been better if he had quietly pursued agricultural pursuits. Napoleon conquered the military civilization of Flu rope. Yet, just after he exclaimed, ~As the head of the army" he remarked to . corporal that Tom Burke, of Ours, should have been made bngadier gen eral. Lord .Wolseley is to be pitied. En-
 gland has not properly recognized his ser.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

Burdette was advertised to deliver a funny lecture at St Johnsbury, Vt, and as there was revial in progress, a com miitee waited upon the humorist and asked him not to say anything funny, as it might interfere with the revival, so Burdeue relented and repeated one of Mark Twain's speeches. which didn't hur, the revival a, all. If revival can't stand lecture from genial Bob. Bur dette. whose humor Is more beautiful re- ligion than half the sermons. and who never uttered sentence that was rot full of charity and love, as well as humor, it is poor sort of rev;val-Geoyge Peek.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

The wrangle over the scriptural drama called the Passion Piay' has broken out afresh. Eminent Christian dergymen and distinguished laymen have appealed to the mayor to prevent the presentation of the play. The passionate feeling de veloped about this matter is very un- seemly, and VIC suggest to the eminent and distinguished gentlemen aforesaid that 1t might be well for them to witness the play before passing judgment upon it. It is certain that the .Passisn Pay will quickly fail and be forgotten if it is caleolated to shock the religious sensi- biiities of pious New York.-NoaRs Ssn- day T1v<S.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06
GENERAL. ASSEMBLY.

The Arkansaw legislature will con- vene in Little Rock next Monday. The session will be an important one, and with this in view. the people took pains in many instances to see that the gen. tlemen who wanted to take part m the proceedings were sent. while many can didates who did not care about coming were allowed to remain at home. The newspaper man, who dives way out and who wishes to take position in the suburbs of statesmanship, announces himself as a candidate for some ofhce within the gift of his legislative country men, one which he should receive ia re- ward for saving the country in able arti- cles written in fox-like cunning and hurled into the enemy's ranks. scattering conssernation and brand hither and thith- CT and many other places from which the returns have not beea received He de- clares in his powerful journal that the body of men chosen to enact the laws are the Nisest that have been selected. And we are proud to say he goes on, that at last Arkansaw Is about to re- deem herself Our laws need revision, useless enactments stricken out and needed ones engrafted. We have long looked forward 10 the assembling of just such a body of men and would that space permitted us to publish the name of each legislator elect, together with mcrited mention covering his abilities Our word for il. fellow citizens, this session of the general assembly will long be re membered for is wisdom and clear headedness-
 He comes down and gets acquainted with the members They all recognize his ability and the services which he has rendered the party and are glad that he has offered himself for the position of clerk, for he is entitled to the place. and can i'll i, with credit, being a man ot education and w.de experence. He stands among his friend. while the vote is being taken, and when he finds that a bow-legged young fellow. who used to write in the county clerks oihoe, and whose fame had never spread beyond the county lines Is elected, he looks upon the whole thing as joke, bu, when the speaker announces the result, and calls the young fellow to be sworn in, the ed itor turns sick. After this the session is a failure. and at its close the indignant journalist. in an unprejudiced editorial, says: "lt Is with pleasure that we an- nouncc the adjournment of that body of sorehe1ds and non-intellee;ual pop,njays, the Arkansaw legislature. In reviewing the prcten6ed work of the session, we cannot find one single commenda,oy act, or one which which would reflect credit upon a boy. 1t is to be hoped tha, the time will come when this like other states, can eject men of intelligence ,o make her laws
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-06

The Ek<vafed Raiiacey /osrsal is now the leading organ of railroad matters in the United States. This of itself is a sta ton of credit. but the Journal is one of the purest literary publications in the United States and has become an author ity in regard to literary matters. IL is edited by literary gentleman, of fine taste-one who is a studen, and who is eminently fitted for the high position which he so ably occupies.