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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
Our Time.
Farmerville Gazette.l

Farmerville Gazette.l
When we waste another's time, we
defraud him of a portion of his
property as truly as if we took a
well-flled purse from his pocket
Time is money, and it is the capital
of every man as much as the means
which he invests. Some people, there
are in the world, who appear to be
wholly oblivious of this fact. They
never seem to have anything to do,
and no special object in life, unless it
is to get along.
In the amenities of our life some
thing is due to courtesy, and to the
maintaining Of friendly and social re-
lations. But these duties require
considerate attention for others; a
consideration of their time and duties.
Because our time isnot fully occupied,
it is no reason that we should pre-
sumo others to be similarly situated,
and tax them with the loss that is
really our own. In a just view, we
have no right to waste our own time;
because we are the loser and must
give an account for the loss of time
we have suffered through neglect OF
our duty. 1t costs but little in time
to say a pleasant word to our neigh
Dor; but little in time to render him
a desired favor; but little in time to
do our whole duty to society. In this
way we use a portion of our time as
heaven designed it should be. Our
time is our treasure, and one of the
richest and most sacred. It is to be
used for our good, the good of our
neighbor, and the good of society,
but under no circumstances is it to
be abused.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The fair prices now being paid
for cattle, with Q still upward ten
dency, suggests to Louisiana farm
ers what win be q most profitable
course for them to pursue in the fu-
ture-they should devote more at
tention to raising cattle, hogs and
sheep for their immediate MARKET
Prices are now higher than even the
most sagacions stock dealers expect
Cd, and these prices are still advanc-
Ing. There is scarcity of cattle
in the country, and it is likely to
continue for several years to come;
fora country cannot be stocked with
animals Immediately. Every pru-
dent farmer may by careful manage
ment shorten the time of this re-
stocking, and consequent reduc-
ton in the price of meat, By deyot-
Ing part Of his farm and time to
the raising of stock. The farmer
who has cattle, hogs and sheep to
cell next year will be more fortunate
than he who has only raw crops to
dispose of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05


The effect Of the recently enacted
tariff law On the volume Of customs
receipts 10 as uncertain as the duties
upon specific articles. According to
the latest estimates the falling of il
receipts win not be 90 great al was
formerly anticipated, and the OK.
PLANTATION 10 volunteered that the in.
creased imports win make mp for the
loss sustained by reduction i'm duties.
The truth Of the matter il that no.
body knows anything about the bill
that has become Q Law. It's incon
sistent and homogeneous features
cannot be reconOiled to any system
Of calculation, and estimates upon
its operations are the widest con.
lecture. The fact 10 that experience
In the only means of reaching an
intelligent conception of the Senate's
first revenue bin, and thas will prob
ably prove les uselessness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The Claiborne Guardian says
"Some of our exchanges speak OF
McEnery as the strongest and most
available anti-ring candidate for
Governor. The statement that
McEnery does not belong to the
ring viii be news to good many
people in this portion of the State.
Give as Francis T. Nichols, there
can be no doubt about where he
stands.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05


The largest corn corp ever grown
in the United States was that oi
1850, 1,7l7,4S4,543 bushels,. and
last year (1Ss2) was the next largest,
624,sl7, 800 Bushels. In reviewing
Che pEoduce OF each State for 1882
We End Illinois credited with the
laFgestcoFn crop, s., 800, 800 bushels,
Indiana, ~, 46i 800 Ohio, 46,453,.
500; Minnesota, o., $50, 500, and af.
Ger that in the order named--Cali.
SOrnia, Michigan, Kansas and Mis-.
souri, which has n, 5Ss, 600 bushels.
The List steadily declines until we
reach the last Florida, which has
GOO bushels 10 her credit.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
The Razor.


A new law in North Carolina for.
bids the carrying of razors as
weapons.-Erchange.
There is one thing that our color
ed friends can never learn, it seems,
and that is to confine the razor to its
proper sphere. Webster defines the
razor as an instrument for cutting
the hair or beard; but the colored
manipulation is not hampered by
definitions. With him a razor is an
instrument for cutting, and a pow
erful argument when reason be-
comes inactive.
This article, playfully designated
as as instrument for cutting off the
beard, has become the coat of arms
of the colored race. It is their par.
ticular monogram. The court gen.
tleman sports his rapier, the sailor
his clasp knife, and the italian his
poinard, but thedarkey totes razor.
Ii has become an adjunct of his pub
lie meetings, weddings, church ser.
vices and family gatherings. A diff
ference of opinion as to the final
resting place of the soul introduces
il; fancy wedding demands it, and
in the bosom of his family it turns
up, either as O subduer of refractory
wife, or the reducer of a too active
her-in-law. It is astonishing
what an influence an impartial razor
can exert as conviHcer. We have
read of cases in which an orator
carried his point, with but one in.
production OF this simple argument.
Men who would contend for twenty
four hours that the north star sets
in the east, viii acknowledge that
black is white, if the razor says so,
and asserts its views with any de.
gree Of grace, for however men may
differ as to their own words they are
as unit, when the razor speaks.
This may seem to the colored
mind eminently proper and correct,
but it is not SO always. There have
been cases in which the law differed
successfully with the razor. We
have known of men being hanged
by the neck for too reckless use of
this instrument, and the chain gang
has frequently boasted of individ-
uals to whose coat ofarrns the court
has added o quartering of black,
showing a ball and chain pendant.
The law looks not with favor on
such as advocate a broad field of
action for the razor. Perhaps it
would be wise if Mr.. Webster should
be obeyed in the matter, and it be
regarded only as an instrument for
cutting of the beard. It is worth
considering anyway.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

California has come to the conclu-
sion that she has suffered enough over
the freaks of emotional insanity, and
that plea win not hereafter be accept
ed as line of defense in murder
trials. It is singular that the motion
OF this sort of insanity is almost in
variably toward the hip-pocket, and
this fact being taken into account
leads to the conclusion that there is
too much method in the madness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
About one mile from Kansas 6;

About one mile from Kansas City
the State Line dividing Missouri and
Kansas is located. just beyond this q
town has sprung up called Kansas City,
Kan. which principally consists OF
sporting men. Nine faro banks are To-
Gated in this little place. After night
fall carriages are running up and down
between the two places continually. By
going to Kansas City the sports can get
the allowance of liquor In State where
there is no prohibition, but strict gam
bling laws, and in five minutes get into a
State where there is no gambling law.
but strict Prohibition laws - a&coQo
Inter Ocean.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
says that there has been a vast i'm,
provementin that city in the matter
Of private libraries, springing from
the desire of parents to place in the
hands of their children a better class
OF literature and to develop a taste
that has heretofore been sadly neg.
leCted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

A religion that ever now and then
blases up exceedingly bright, and
IN then for Q considerable time dead
snd cold % . last years birds nest
il not the kind approved of By
heasvn andangs1s. nor the sort that
leaves . good impression on the un-
christian weird. ssBy their fruits,
not their professions, shall ye know
thena.s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Why SHOULD THEY.-No man or
woman can do satisfactory work when
the brain is dull, the nerves unsteady,
the system relaxed and they feel gem
orally wretched. Why should any,
body drag through their work in this
condition, when a bottle of Parker's
Ginger Tonic will at moderate cost
give them the strength and will to
perform their duties satisfactorily.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Canada seems TO be catching the
disease of official fraud from it's
neighbor. The French vice.consul
at Montreal is arrested on the
charge Of making false declarations
to the customs. AS he stole only
about 81, 800, and does not live in
the United States, he will probably
be punished,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Tennessee proposes to protect it's
youth. II has passed q Law prohib.
itingproprietors billiard, bagatelle
and pool tables from allowing minors
to play on their tables without the
consent of parents or guardians
Now let the law be enforced and
Tennessee will be benefited. GAS
the twig is bent, &c.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

That our foreign trade is recovering
from the depression of the last year is
shown by the increased expectation of
the last few months. The value of grain
and -four exported in February from
this country was about % per cent
greater than IN the corresponding
month of last year, while the increase
during the past eight months has
been gradual and noticeable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

If some men living in Mississippi
lived in Colorado they would not run
for Office quite SO often. 1t is custom
airy up there when a man offers for an
office to contribute something like
800, 900 for campaign purposes
YGsOO City SentiateL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The Meadville (Pa.) Republican
suggests that Cinnamon be tried as
bank cashiers, in order to provethat
they are equalto all the requirements
of modern civilization.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

It is one of the maxins of Francis
de Sales-and good men and women
IN all lands might well adopt it as
their motto-that ga judicious silence
is always better than truth spoken
without charity"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

From November l, 1882, to March
], 1883, there were 425, 400 hogs
packed at Cincinnati, and IL, 217 bar
rels of pork were made.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

AN ExpLANAT1oN.-The delicate,
fowery and lasting fragrance OF Flor
eston Cologne explains why it is such
a faVorite with the ladies.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The most delicate, the most sensi-
bic of all pleasures, consist in pro-
noting the pleasures of others.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The grand essentials of happiness
are, something to do, something to
love, and something to hope for.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

An evil mind viii be sure to put
the worst construction on another's
actions. Who can stand before envy ?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Newspapers throughout Kansas
claim that there Is an unprecedented
scarcity of male help on the farm and
female help In the kitchen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The great desire Of the grasping
men Of this generation is to get
something for nothing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The power OF a mau's virtue should
not be measured by his special efforts,
but by his ordinary doing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Brains can not be measured by the
size Of the head, nor eloquence by the
extent of the mouth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

st. Louis shipped to foreign mar
kets during 1882 nearly million
barrels of flour.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

Aastralisa crops are badly dam.
aged BY storms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

The more honesty a man has the
less be afectsfthe air Of a saint.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
Il. IA. R0ndOloh.

A ttorney at Law, Shreveport, La omoa
"A opposite Bank of e. & b. Jasoh, y W;,S
practice IN Courts of Bossier and CsSJo. ~" naa
in Supreme Court of State yS0nt rHu
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
". SHIDET,
Watchrnaker and Jewele

Matchmaker and JeWeIerS
yTyol,es This method Of announcing to -
his old friends and patrons and -
the public in general, that he viii Be go
found on Texas Street, adjoining the zen
mereial Restaurant, Shreveport, La, WnsEv
he is prepared to repair Watches, JeWelFI,
&c, promptly and at moderate prices. ~ ~
also has on hand Watches. JewelEys 90, vi
sale cheap for cash Satisfaction susran'''N-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
w. B. BOggs.
.T. Henry Shephera.

A ttorney. at Law, Shreveport, La. wm
n practice in the Courts of Caado "a ~" ~
joining parishes, also in the Supreme ami ~ Nj
eral Court of the State, "l, 90 : e y.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-04-14

A lady IL this city overheard her
nurse girl talking to the little child
she was putting to sleep, and among
other legends of the nursery in which
she INDUCED was this;-
ali you do not go 10 sleep this very
minute great, big, awful black bear,
with eyes like Goals of fire, and sharp,
white, cruel teeth, will come out from
under the bed and e-a-t-y-o-u-a-l-l-
u-pl"
The poor little thing nestled down
under the clothes, and after long
season of terror fell asleep to dream
frightful dreams of bears eating her.
That night when the stolid nurse
had composed herself in her own com
Portable bed and had put the light ont,
there came a sudden rap at the door,
and the voice Of the mistress called
loudly at the door
Maggie Maggie for mercy's sake
get up as quick as you cant There is
fearful burglar under the bed, and
as soon as you get asleep, he is com
ing out to rob and murder you
At the word burglar, the girl sprang
from her bed, tore open the door and
fell in Mysteries into the hall. The
lesson was even more instructive than
the mistress had designed, but when
the girls fears had been Gained she
said to her:
you did not hesitate to tell my
delicate child, who could not possibly
know it was lie, a cruel story of a
bear under her bed. Now when /
treat you to the same kind Of slumber
story you are nearly frightened to
death. Tomorrow you can go into
the kitchen to work, you are not fit
to take care OF little children
How many childnen are there who
every night of their lives, are fright
ened to sleepl-Dcboit Post.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-04-14
THE TELEPHONE.


oeVeh years ago BELL the inventor
1I 'ne 'eiephohe' was a poor citizen OF
Il@rtiorG' Conn, an eNpermenter in
'eiegraphlng and looked upon by those
VINO knew nm as visionary
ABOUT electricity. lie worked away for
all that and upon two scanty meals
per day and at last perfected and pat
ehted the instrument now in use all
over the world. He is now actually
worth 96'OOO,OOO III cash and real
estate has an income of S1,OO0,0O0
per year and has refused millions for
ms invention. Jay Gould has made
repeated efforts to buy him ont and
tailed
Gould, like many of the balance
OF us, sees the telephone is obliged to
supercede the telegraph. As he and
ms company have over eighty million
invested IN the Western Union tele-
graph monopoly and have the United
States in sling in this respect, he is
naturally jealous of this most danger
Gus and rapidly rising rival. 1t is far
more simple, cheap and ten times
more satisfactory. Recent experiments
have clearly proven that two persons
can converse through them 500 miles
as audibly as 100 yards. Aud palmer
too. We We're the other day talking to
a friend i'll Waxahachie thirty odd
miles away and could both hear and
distinguish his voice as if he had heen
standing before us. Hism messages Were
palmer than one from "A point in the
city. And this is the infancy of this
great invention What will it be in
ten or twenty years from now?
We expect in time to see sound
boards attached to each instrument so
perfected that the voice from the other
end will rehouud from H. nil over thp
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-04-14

LET me oyerwhelm you with mass
of statistical information" implored a
gentleman OF elegant leisure, and the
avenue man settled himself to his fate.
you have doubtless heard it stated
many times he began, "that railway
companies are keeping l3S, 600, 900 acres
of unearned land ont of the market
Do you know how much that land is =?
Ofcourse You don't. 1t is as far beyond
human comprehension as the statement
of an astronomer that one of those
stars is 1l,000,0 5000 miles distant
will put those acres into shape so
that you can realize the immensely of
the territory they represent The state
of Maryland for instance, would go in
these lSS,0O0,0O0, acres seventeen times
with 5,OOO,OOO acres to spare, a tract
equal to six Rhode Islands or four Del
awares. The 14S,000,000 would make
four states as large as New York,
and enough besides to duplicate New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New
Jersey You could set Pennsylvania,
with her s,000,0O0, down in corner
of this enormous territory, and have
land enough left to cut mp into states
the size of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Maine. The unearned land is three
and half times larger than the six
New England States. 1t embraces
four times as many acres as Iowa con-
tains, considerably more than four
times as many rs Ohio, and it is only
a little less in extent than the whole of
Texas. Can you wonder when you
come to study the subject. that rail
roads object to letting go of property
so extensive as that?
ARGENTINE and Chilian troops fought
on Patagonia soil, aud many were kill
ed and wounded on both sides. The
battle resulted from the invasion OF
Chila by the Argentines . The esti-
mates laid before the Dominion Par
Lament for the ensuing year aggregate
Si5,00O,O0O, of which sl3,250,0O0 is 70
railways. The debt of the Dominion
Government is SIG, 100000.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-04-14
Automatic Brake, for Freight Trains.

The chief reason why fast time is not
made by freight trains now is found in
the lack of such system of brakes as
would be required by fast trains. The
matter is being actively canvassed by
railroad officials now and George West
inghouse, Jr., the inventor of the auto
matte brake, spoke before the Master
Car Builders club in New York recent
ly on continuous brakes, especially as
applied to freight cars and trains. Re
personalities of all the roads having
terminal points in New York city or its
immediate vicinity were present, and
several New England roads were re-
presented. The necessity of some
method of braking freight train
more speedily, safely and certainly had
led Mr.. Westinghouse to make num-
Der of experiments in the automatic
and continuous braking of freight trains,
which had led him to believe that such
desideratum could be attained and
spilled to freight as well as passenger
trains. To the perfect success Of any
such plan, however, it was agreed, in
discussion which followed his remark,
that a uniform style of truck, spread
OF wheels, system of hanging break
gear and of application of breaking
powers and style of brakeshoes was
the first requisite. These once agreed
upon, and the diverse systems employed
and the present shabby system of gear
ing abandoned, the system so much
desired could probably be successfully
adopted. II adopted, the imprevemenia
to the cars would probably cost not
more than 50 each. To this must be
added the cost of an automatic brake,
and then railroads will secare a per-
fectly safe brake, which Will permit
the running of freight trains on express
time.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-04-14

II a., i I'll
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amy 'u'S 'iose tla' are Spnus siaPeu' ana
mus 1l nesh OH each sue Oh 'he mans
a . no liiss 'yPe' WIN rouhu pointed
n ,lI oelohs 10 characters Oh quick
peioeP'lohS' extra sehsitVe' 10 very
'VIs people, W ooii'oiIP iaViNo ,li'nus,
o,. .iio lhplislve, 70 III poets ana
" ,'.s VINO nave ~, iueaii'y os pIVini'
I i.',' 'i"i'' ne seooiu NPo' 'nose
''i"' pre square'si,apeo' 10 Scieh'iuc
PooPe' 10 scisiolV' sen unnamed
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ieSSioi'"i men VINO are nslViler vision,
AIRY nor al'ogether solulu' me una
NPy' 'hoSe 'I'"V "ie spauo SropeIi'
'nu interests aie mostly maternal
people VINO nave genus Tor Dnsi-
ness ana VINO nave ilsh "pPrecia'
Slon Oh everything th"' pertains 10
oouily use ana comfort Each llnger
no nl"tter what Ainu Oh " i"ila u lS'
L"s lolnt representing e"cn OIL 'hese
types L ne ulNiSloh ol Vlo Huger 'liaO
Is nearest inc palui' st"luS lor the
BODY the middle DIVISION represents
tlle mliiu' ana 'le highest JOINT 'ne
spirit or soul II the top Ioint is
longer IMAM the othGrs II denotes
character Win TOO hueh !uaslhauon'
great ideallty, ana leaning towards
the theoretical rather thali the pTacu-
cal when the middle Joiht Is long,
1t promises u logical calculating NINA
it very common sense kiho oil person
AND when the lowest JOINT Is the
longest 1t indicates a nature inclnins
more to the luNunes' rather than lhe
retnements OF me- a mind that looks