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FINANCE AND COTTON
FINANCIAL.

AT Chirag,, call m1lcy, which II nominally
quoted from ~ pee cent, aii rciag ~ the
character OF 60 lat ral, Il Only Vt hypntheAc j
value 10 the hp ruWnr wno does not stand In
discounted NJ 3 ser cent wittplt oven 4 tfnc.
tonal abatement on acu1uut ~ heavy DEP hits
The pTlucipAi banks sru fRrfyinr II IN - 10 10
recent currency, or IT, cp .Ival-nL IN ihrtr 70.
serves when the legal rclur.manu do not call
for more ihsn - ger cent ana tor own sense
ofsecutlty lrAishtd with - rhr cent There
IL ne audyity In huauulAi circles anu iosus
cannot lie pl.ctd, although bank.
trs on the alert for frssh business. Tho att
tude OF borrower an louder Il tryaTsrG. aud
Eltcs to dishgrse sons ~ his surp u, funds
Nothing save me YvriVai ron ms rIns 90 oil =
Ne ol rod and mtuc, Clhtiuu,S "a dug, WIN
ina rate Tor un. l1sus Iu inS - per t"Ut
NeN York rHcnHnge Il gradually dec lung. and
salss wefO common bet s-cn OHuk, Ht ~ cent,
premi.m. Ciiamcfcini hill, wa ttk-n ~ par
~ O. c-uts ditcOun,. New Otltz X pNrhAugR
WAS numiu lily quutI owe ihc counter a. VHr
- ti Premium. sight dr.fis ace impaired nv
eastern cNrhsugr wrfc tssHp a. 4 tp - 90 Nv
,onnL or 50 70 ~ So Discount uaia uayhp'c nN
A New Orlesna dispatch says thruu fhout the
week theIe has n0sA a nir 'msut fnr accom-.
modgiions ~ ,h" banks, an tnu'c indications
hava ira ,sACt t. rfrs ,isGlY bi'lu - pisc.
ing ~" ms nrt ui th"ir lpHus 90 per con
but IN. soine iu.t reducing rates iordi'count
to7p rcsut. These lsstnHmrb transact Ons
have hoen X0euNnusl, h'Dtg made bY pliY n
fow ot our banks. aud then Ohl' 81 their favored
custOm-ra. Ga the rtrc I. hrWe ger, mnnry hns
been cOnpErauYs'v Ossy At per cent through.
ouL aud IN .tanrcs have occurred where liberal
advances have bosn iuad ~ low NJ per cent
though Al no tins duriug tho week has the lat.
ter squire teen squp'abls rate. h.cfling eN-
change. fc.u ssid NoS yjrt 81 ;h, nave fucd
steady. with msrS upward tendency, and
prices "a all iinss navo Dtel consldorab "a
yanced.
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Prof. Adoiph OCT, New York. says Of the
Acid Phosphate: ~ nave teen aois to
devn'e myself IN hard mental labor, rom
shortly after breakfast iih = li'e hqnr 10
the evening si'hout eXperirr cling She
slightess relaxation, ana / woaia mos now
az any rate dispense win it,
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tai shipments are so for ,o.tRy and ioth for
the week nre iai !, o'iuls today by
rail Ia compress are A. \ liulners ao cunt O
bales hom Lewis he sanger Bros bales
from same poiut, Receipts by wagon 10 COM
pfo.S q ~ psios, by wagon ~ Nif1rult yari
z bales. Total r,C.i are q hats to-day and
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BANKS
Dallas National Bank
DALLAS. TEXAS.
PAID UP CAPITAL. Sl50,000,

TransRcis q General Ranking business
OVFlCER y. q, Rayne, President "
TompkinL Nico-lToiidenL H. NJ. leardon
Cashler
DIRECTORS q. Dayno, II. v, Temp
klns 4 X, Ferguson, A, J, To toJ y, T. Tfoko.
vent JE, L. 4 MordecaL W 10 Wright q. A.
Ktaling Il n Reatdon.
The following are kastorn Subscribers 10 the
Stock Of this Hank. Estnte Charles Wheeler, late
Vice. l'T,l idsui Contra National Bank. Phtadol.
phia,d NJ, rTHuiman, President Conunl National
Bank, Phlladrlphia q, " Brown, proyldonl
Life & Trust Company Philadelphia W, A.
Pullman, President seHboard Bank New YORK;
:, q nayns, President Fret Rational Bank,
bradford, Pa; l.. !. Lawion, First National
Rank orloan, ". iiJ, y klit,, ~ reieuhuR
tla, Savings Bank; i, Il. Hanna, Weir Plow
Company. Monmouth, m; ID. oDay. Vice.
President United plpe Llnea.
bank In Dexter a. Fee giisa0n's former InsuT'
anee Ofhoe. MAIN STkffT.
] u. " uoanoA q. o. baAuaarss
President Vice'pT, gidnni
h. J, 6AHson, osshier.
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MEDICAL
Smiths Es.n:. d May !l'Tl'.
MEDICAL
TlmcTrcdaudunycrallyApproyei'cmcly
mrgll pi,eaagoit lluddcraud hidnys
M Vo~' r. 'urt. Z acre all
Otb .,cdics TIA. TAT
ed to Produce ~ .,

"nflshr. Disease ~ r.o Eitr -" i.ariul
scourro, which spares Yc.lhur0gh - nor cundl'
ton, becomes au ucuuhlc disease only inr the
went of timely attention, liallowcl 10 work ir
ryaFcs unchecked until has fastened upon lhc
yltalsofis victim, npmrica SKIN can I,lca.c H.
hold. Do clainsltsprcy uud annually uumhcnih
victims boy the thousand A timely Use oi
Smiths Extract Of May Flower
viii positively prevent mch results. lu proof ~
tllsns,crtlon, we cite you tu the numhcrr,s irril
monl,, zoe our possession, and quote such emil
nont authorities us pr, iIl Ives, 1T NcW Haven.
Conn, and DR.. King Compiler ~ Kings nis'
,spsntury) AK your own ph! 'icIan II these
names rrc authorities, mud decide lur yourself
whether you viii ncriicr your liir rather ihnn
surrender yolr prcluGie, 60 10 advertised mrIi'
cine. Decide now, It mny not Doc too lR'e'
Smiths Extract of May Flower
Q. ua'grr'. own remedy ltHuo Niio lycorIon
ofLau,rnus drugs ami dlnE" Tou. r.ruIrt'.. NIy
Flower b. % modest l'I'a plant WH"h grows j"
N.y fonduul. Zoe rrgue NIu.H Hnl hruW' d..
II,lur.U'nuI u,tr.uH.nf iu %. i.nT .'.,, Hul
las n.u.ury been used 600 great Advantage lu
p.n.. .tarl rnwc, Complaint. OF rh.Iir'u. 'H
ruifM.lt however. !siu ',-E,lIu unl .n.."'
s.,luuon the kidneys. ltnmo,,' nl Impurities
tnrourhunuul ,hnno.su restores tNrH 1000
puh.sl,hy condition. ltpomp1g r'..'
loo ulc Hirl aud lolna Ia ease, ui wct, lul u..|'
catr fmlr-, lu yulGd Is beyond computation
Imt Tor tlr natural malo.ty 10 woman which
cause, hrr 90 shrink from newspaper publicity
vr might publish hundreds Of Testimonials oil
matmublc benefits derived from its usr.
AK your druggist for smiths ENimci oi Nn?
Flower. Read carefully thc circular around The
5c.,,u. u Is yours 90 choose between
Health. Happiness and lie
Disease, Misery ami DEAN
Prepared oniy by s. u. Smith a Bro.. Covington
Nv For enle q. a. druggists.
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MEDICAL

cs-uh, EUunnn UFtAtA - FRANCE.
hIs made ms hiA saeup hlF "a s'Hft Texas -
cell h.s nevef-hilnv remedy NsnifVs ia ~
1ial ilufinraiive OF V!iahref' Al hisf'iad wiSk
leTvons debility loss 0f mfnhOfd auf kin
tired diseases should ~ 0ncl y ocuse his IN uIss
from which o. learn che cause ~ the Ia sses
above a. euunupi thHi 40 nnea 20 niuol'e from
o. nr thrlir 49, by YUur hrrss fiof Vef pfess
Aa udVtfsfHlllnn rfmnfV
cROWNra A. BALDWIN
wholesale Druggists, iAlins, ftzsA
Nv rotril a. Ho~ell' hri's-n ., l. Wiilisnss.
llll trntrn hHrriaso dude, so pegcs, cloth
aud gii budding, ~ oenisi sainr 10 p-per cover.
,i coats, Manhood, 10 ronts; wominhood. N
'eulG pamphlet cents, securely sealed. by
nail. Send money or p,stagr 80 MA, I'D.
WHITTIER, the Crest Specialist az NC.
Hhntiss siros' ~ louis, va,
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mi, Year. Last Year.


Dallas spots ara frm ut quotations. ship
nents arr: T. " Mitchell 6j bses over T xis 4
Pacific and leo bales over Midland: White 4
90 50 bales: 4. q. Caiier& Co., 40 ba es and
r. Niche 2sS bAlss. ell over Midland. IT,
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m the Head The yl'sl fut passing unlhsrrbod
iu the u'lIr = "a many ether diseases that lead
a. iusstlfv md fcH'h
rus ENGLI.u MEDICAL tS,IIrIrrE
vii marco 90 for. 10 iiVc Nun I'D Dollars
ItNI HUlpr rntlr tnr iHi advice ard irsat.
menu NIIi %. ftUu' tr Tor ANYTHING Inn .urs OF
IulufIuu turI bon m. fht ENtiisb NEuI-
.I. &C. u.e william mercury tun.uii,tioa
Trrs. ! .utuurh ,N sHniuaufu nud tdFiC., In.
.'Ul.ur uua'Hl,u uIu. . Co., PHO. ~ Vital
h"z"tttNr, slh bottle, or four lines ms
ttito, IrG 90 10 .Hi D % 10 sHFt wiz ~ u
Hs d. ..HrfHUv'. trUu H r Hm observe in', aud
.u U.I"Nf. Hur NJ cod, W tNGLiS0
Louis. Nl.apuT
Wral,tlc Agents. J.J SCOTT \ co.. CAL
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THO GREAT ENGLlSh REMEDY

isa utYtrftil ling tonic
~ Npfy, iebiliiy
exhaust "a Vitality. Sens
ifAl We kneis, epsr
m turI uH, |. % h r.
MANHOOD, impot-n-
cy, fsiH y,is an oil The
or lblc rnott, ~ SELF.
Aus yruil'ul fol!ies,
sId'Aci 80 In naiuIer
81 o. such - iass of
Mtmofy l.assiiu u. Moo.
tutuHlsu 'ssluis, Aver
zion a. soci ~, DIM
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DALLAS p1cuASoH Lrp sILvsn.


Ben-po's Cipo,ne ror0u' PsNer'arn nd
mittedIy Toe B.S,' TO ,agaI rntuns!ism
and NJ uralgii. D..
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III IYpR0yEs TIE Quality Of

NAf nv ls- k''H ~ ~ "
tir Iloaa Ii. q ftsfiriS.it uGd l4thcro-
rfrrn uuo infiGrr0u' and o0Tc-irO
EucI-os utnli ri,r8ri De- Ii0iadt'swh'ch
rrrassutl.tcl WIN an lMOYiWsuip
.rNfs or TIM blood. These an yiuli
tltlururulatlng rEl uGlrishiuglrui
tl4IrHoritB great foot tonic olcnlgu'F-
tclmpcnHl'ca Tor lgo iOss n rifHIib-
induced hy ClpsHiupfi0n, t0fhTh or
fss1HcL idi AMI Ihrudf affections. lc
air. rrutrdlJ Feminine DcbiU'V nnt
reimburse tho J'WdlG phUsili' Tor
those fnsfrs of cii0iiy accom- lsuS-
ing complaint i,rcW,dr 20 ne SER
lfDfhcrs Htffsist1 thvlr own chHdrcnF
aud ReiirdtH grDHi"It who cEpccI 10
pBrowc mofhCry ant bring up ridpr-
,ns cAilIrci, should by all means uso
10. ~ uiU restore sufferers ~ -
fi.HiIi or Nervous frOStrdtiOn Arli-
Ing from Urcr-ir0rk, ETccssts or
s,rofTarfcf DiscGsr. II rW cure
Drunkenness and tho Opium Hdbts
FOR as tho appetite grows hcalihicr
md ~tecstlon more vigorous through
$40 Nao OF tina Tonic. tho unnatural
craving dica away until totally OK
tlnct. MS highlD b"ueyiciIt Ia Ltr"i-
Complaints, Mpdrdt i"rG'' anu
All MdioriGt Discuss ami Ior tAo
debilltniing effects ~ FcscT az aug
Ei,if u h0s 40 "9lit ~ repdiTs
trrsf-, improres Di6tStion ana ip-
yrfif,, nu1 arorlr tho Dusppfc IN
,,1iid an casiii ASH dGJic orfic'H
Of yood: n1i i't ip u.rf..,'t Ia tho lGfIn
.itt tho moat .ni'ri.'sH .''Iaiu VIII hol
fcicc, 81.
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CAUTION.

sw o. saylhc is enllr'lya ycgc'a lie prepeT
a ION, aud should Tot b. confouuioi with Il q
yati0us sub, utu'cs, int ions no secret huns
bugs. "su. cc9 A'WrAas, &c . ctc which arc
nov being ma u'nc'urgl by various petsons
None Vt the COuiau ating article which en-.
- 40 the eco npl' I'ipItiS :. :. There 10
ONLY one Swi'r, spec d. AID there II nothing
~ the world ice II t. pf.y n risAstr aud
di.arpo'r. m II he ~. ~ ct the genuine
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A GENTS WANTED FOR DAYS or THE
n sOS OF MAN.

IN. M.EcH's Great Work Just Out The re-
suit Of years OF patent stuoy and travel. A
book II charm the ycung, delight tho old. IN
teTcst the student "A book for eve ~ body The
ri, lie IL elegant and forcible. the language puto
and pleasing Finely and appropriately Illus,
trated; artistic binding. Commended bv the
press and clergy VIII cell Oh sleht RARE
OPPORTUNITY for adies, Ministers, stu.
dents, Teachers and Others wanting ps ling en-.
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iOMPANv nallaa TpyRs
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DIR. STpoNG'g PxLLS.

The Oh, The erred, Wonderful Health
Renewing Remedies.
Strpug's Sl0anyc Pills for the LIVER. A
sp-r y cure ior Liver Complaint, regulating the
u lwrs. purifying the n God, cleansing from
Malnrinl rnlnt 4 p,rfHc' Cure for Sick II I'D.
ache, Constipation ard lyeprpsla
Slfon,'s Pictorial pills Insure healthy appe-
lite. good ge.iiou. regular W o. the bowels
a ,urr remedy for Colds end Rheum aiism. A
PIC, ious boon 90 d,llcsir females soothing and
braciug the nervous system ana Wing yigpr
ard hoalih 10 every fibre NJ tne body sold by
druggists For amprlcta. ETC., dress Il
HULL & co Box 60 New York city
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Our treatise o. Blood aud Sdn Diseases
mailed IRE, Ia applicants.
avn" 1PrGtFir" - n-swer3 Atlanta. Ga
New York Office l5q West % 7 street
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rwiitN ~ Uhr 81 ,-...pl g antiinte 10 Blood
rairt, B.r'd pii, o. MIl via Poison ani skin
!IWu1I j. 90 ~ - suUru ND All utl Ga.
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WANTED
I G9UEsg::; FIT @g

NAN not moan iucfrlY "a stop iilhn lur
ntimo anu tAci have them urn G..tln moan rndi
cal cure. hlyc mtdp tho Ill $3.50 of FlTS, IiiLErsN
az FALLING SiCNN EaS u lniuug study. warrant ny
remedy caro- tho worst cnsos Because others hRyb
failed Il reason for not now receiving send a.
oncn for iroaiilo and Froe Bottle Of my inflll'1
gll.-I,. Girl Nvvr..f AND Pot O'ns1 II costs yuu
nothing flr g trial, aud win euro you.
hddrOls DR.. II. o. ROOT, Igj Pearl ST. Ncw York.
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,-.a-rtfr.F - 81 irri-tfsi = ~ 'hs rb.nf7s..
~ kttiE Abosf H1e.y i1t.lhnt, t,iiy
- H. H. Liza sslta tls Ecad ny Of ffu.c. Thla
1t a. ss --d ty.cs ~ nri-atlon hc4orr tbs Lesifia
sro Oh n -nsyivaalr Ca are g. 1872. itce IS cents
SMp E s :. Ss esiS S Of 1,r mo-; .'''
-is.t rIdVi "a churches hon s.ores rr~fffafs fpr
. rSnC PREVENT. y mall sse-rAchirs for
Az HsldraTfns fortra,ta etc. with Pen. reneil
knEMTCs uETs tID.-5os per wear: sanpis
SuEU y copie,.b 500 Advsrtissrs 81 AGENT
erss l. Lgm SMITH. sis Ares s.. fAiAa ~
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% Beard, Ec,, ETC.
IT. fnc'. everything Tor Amateur Thaairleals.
Samuel Frnch & SON. y y. lar It. Mes IL.
Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 spruce
street. New BorE.
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Horsiordl's Acid Phosphate.

VIII fNYktU
ToS s--Ooened: Nav York. stc ,dy; New Or
leans, quiet and steady. closed: New ION.
stron G New Drpars frn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-16
PreSentiments.

Mozart's sad notion that the requiem
he had undertaken to write for his mys-
FERROUS customer would be his own death
chant, proved as prophetic as Hogarth' g
serious assent to the jocular suggestion
that when ''the end of all things was
completed there would be an end to the
painter.
Fechter's mutton was not at fault
when it made him urge the sculptor,
taking his instructions respecting his
last resting place, to set to work at once,
as there was no time to lose; when the
tomb was ready for the tenant, the
tenant was ready for the tomb.
Tom Sheridan, bidding Angelo good
bye with the remark, Il have twenty
months to live," guaged the term of his
existence to q nicely
Awakened from a sick mans slumber
by the baying of hounds, and the uproar
attending the pulling down of stag in
neighbours garden, sport-hating Millet
exclaimed, 1T is an omenr' and in a
few days took leave of pencil and paper
forever.
Not long before his fatal illness,
Prince Albert said to the Queen, 81 do
not cling to life You do, but set no
store by it. If / knew that those
loved were well cared for, should be
quite ready to die tomorrow. l am
sure. if | had severe illness, 1 should
give up at once. should not
struggle for life. - Chambers JourisaL.
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Ohio and West Virginia Elections.

The returns from Ohio and West
Virginia elections are very meagre
as yet. Howeye, enough can be
CLEANED from the dispatches of TO-
day that Ohio has gone Republican
by about 10000 majority, which is
a beggarly majority for the grand
old party in the Buckeye State,
when we come to consider the
amount of campaign soap they
used in the electiol, besides hippo
drOming the State with ''magnetic"
Blaine. This election was simply
basediupon personal popularity of
the State candidates, and is no test
as between Cleveland and Blaine
in the coming Presidential race
There will be enough good Repub-
licans in Ohio who are disguised
with Blaine and his dirty record
and viii not vote for him to over.
come this majority. 1t was a very
hot contest, and the Democrats
made a noble fight against money
and fraud.
West Virginia gave a handsome
Democratic majority. 1t vii proba-
bly, reach 5000. Money was used
there profusely by the Republicans,
but, Notwithstanding that, they
were fairly beaten by the Demo
Gratis after determined fight
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tOFFICIALl
From the Police Jury Proceedings.

BELLEVUE, La, OcT. 13TH, 1884,
WHEREAs, a large number of the
w legal voters of Ward four have
signed a petition to the Police jury
of the Parish ofsBossier and State Of
Louisiana, praying that an election
be ordered for the purpose Of giving
the legal voters ofs:said Ward an op.
portunityato vote for or against the
sale of intoxicating liquors within the
limits of said Ward, the following
commissioners and clerk are hereby
appointed TO hold said election, to-
wit: r. Ii. Allen, III. L. Wheeler
and Joe ID. Rogers as commissioners
and Thomas q. Barnett, clerk.
Section 1. Be it.enacted by tie
Police jury, in and for the Parish Of
Bossier and State of Louisiana, That
in accordance with the provisions Of
section 2778 of the Revised Statutes
of 1870, of the State of Louisiana,
an election be held on SATURDAY,
29TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1884.
at Red Land, in said ward, in accor-
dance..with the general election laws
of the State Of Louisiana, the ballots
to be deposited in box to be furn-
ished by the Sheriff of Bossier Par
ish for the purpose of giving the
legal vaterssof said ward Of said par
ish an opportunity to vote for or
against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in said ward; and those 70
ting for the sale of Intoxicating liquors
shall have written or printed on their
ballots, For the sale Of liquors ];
and voters voting against the sale Of
liquors, in said ward, shall have
written or printed ION their ballots,
against the sale Of liquors
Sec. 2. BE it further enacted etc,
That the commissioners, who have
been appointed to hold the said
election, after being duly sworn,
shall hold the election according to
law, and after the polls Of said cleo
ton are closed, proceed to count the
ballots as cast, make, sign and seal
the tally sheets, and return them to-
gether with the box containing the
ballots to the President Of the Police
Jury, at the Court house in Bellevue,
La, on Monday the LIST day OF Do
cember, 1884.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the President of the Police Jury
shall open the returns of said election
in the presence of the body in SEES
sion, and promulgate the .result u
q majority of the votes csJt in said
election be against the sale of liquors
in said ward, the Sheriff and ex-otn-
clio Tax Collector Of Bossier Parish,
La, shall be forbidden to grant any
license from and after the list day q
January, 1856, for the sale Of intozi-
eating Liquors in said ward and any
person selling liquors without a 4
cense for the same, shall be liable 70
the penalty of the law. Adopted.
e. S. DORTCH,
President of Police Jury,
j. H. KEYsER, Clerk Of P. j.
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Left Without a Parson.

'If people would only consider the
trouble that arises from failure to
place proper amount of stamps upon
their letters they would be more care
fui, said Postmaster Huldekoper, OF
Philadelphia, the other day. "A case
recently arising brought this matter to
my mind A prominent member of the
Methodist Episcopal Conference mailed
a letter last Saturday morning at ten
o'clock, directed to a member of his
church in New York, stating that he
would not be home to preach on Sun
day, and to make other arrangements.
The letter was mailed, and. being over
weight, was marked due two cents.
When it arrived in New York, accord
ing to the rules Of the department,
it was given to a clerk to be rated and
charged, and then sent to the carriers
department, where another entry had to
be made and the sum charged to the
carrier upon whose route it was to be de-
livered. In the regular order of bust
ness it reached the carrier, but too late
to be sent out on Saturday. The conse-
quence was that in the first delivery of
Monday morning the letter was dis
patched to the person entitled to receive
it. The ministea heard from his con-
gregation before the members did from
him, and consequently he was com
PEELED to make an explanation of the
causes which led him to leave his flock
without shepherd. If he had placed
another two-cent stamp upon the letter,
it would have been handed over inme-
diately upon arrival to the carrier and
taken out in the last delivery of Satur-
day. Such cases are frequent not only
in this, but in every office in the coun-
try, and the consequence is that letters
are delayed from three to four hours
during the day so that proper record
and charge can be made. Letters upon
which postage has not been paid are not
forwarded at all. 1t is desirable that
the printed card or the written name and
address Of the sender should be placed
on every letter or package before it is
posted, so that in case of non-delivery it
can be returned to the writer. By the
observance of this simple rule much
trouble and time can be saved. "-Pittt
udeLphiG Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-16
How Poker Was Saved in the West.

Poker was the glory of California,
and of San Francisco in particular. To
endeavor to regulate this game so that
it should have rules that could be
pointed to as official interpretations of
the mysteries surrounding it, official
action became necessary. because the
unframed minds of amateurs were be-
ginning to get very much muddled over
values of different hands, and there was
danger that the confusion would in
crease, and q hopeless corruption of the
great game result, if prompt action
were not taken. In 1874, however,
San Francisco arose to the occasion,
and through the Board of Supervisors,
passed a law which forever put stop
to strife, and which saved the great
game of poker from utter ruin. This
law, which now stands on our statute
book under the head of section thirty
six, reads as follows:
every person who at the game of
poker, or who, on betting on band
of cards, as poker hand, shall, by
claim, pretense, or representation that
three or four cards of the same suit
beat three aces, or threes of any kind,
obtain Or take any money, personal
property, or valuable thing, with in
tent to cheat and defraud, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished accordingly"
Since that day, when our Board of
Supervisors laid down the law which
should stand until time is no more, poker
has been scientific game, to which are
brought great talents, great experience,
great skill. The Board of Supervisors
saved poker from ruin.-Safa Fraacisco
Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-16

The Memphis Appeal says: cit is
notable fact that the great wheat
fields of the continent are to be found
in the Far West. The growth of this
most valuable of the cerals follows
the star of empire, and the conse-
queuce is the railroads have larger
and more profitable hauls. In 1879
Illinois wa.s the banner State, with a
production of 81, 900, 900 bushels
This year it is sixth, with produc-
ton of only 100000 900. Indiana in
1879 was second in order of produc-
ton, with yield of $4,000, 900; this
year it produces only 35,OOO.0OO.-
Ohio was third, with yield of 49,
600, 900; this year it turns out only
35,000,000. The three States pro-
duced Ia, 100000 in 1879, and this
year only 103, 600. Here is decrease
in production of Al, 900, 600 bushels,
which is made up by an increase in
other localities Kansas has increas-
ed its production 81, 900, 900 bushels,
dakota %, OOO, 900, Nebraska II, OOO,-
GOO; California 10000, 900. Missouri
5000, 900, Oregon 5000, 600 and Min
nesota 1000, 000."