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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-08-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are two thousand school
teachers in Arkansas, eight hundred Of
whom are colored.-P Pittsburgh Post.
An ,article IN the ChurchmGn by
Bishop Coke, of Western New York,
concludes in favor of giving the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church in the Unit d
States the name of the Apostolic Church
in America.
AN interesting Sunday-school con-
vention was held in Waterbury, Cenn.,
recently. 1t appeared from the report
that in the State there were l,037
schools; 18, 1852 officers and teachers;
134,649 scholars. Total membership,
152, ,801.
"A New York real estate man esti-
mates the wealth of Trinity Church at
5000, 100000 He says it is certainly
as rich as the Vanderbilts. and has a
steadier line of profit. Besides its inn
mense property in the city it holds mort
cages on several hundred Episcopal
Churches all over the country.--M Y.
Sun.
Underlying the forty-one acres
within the enclosure of Girard College
walls, Philadelphia, there are $500 teet
OF tunnel, intersecting almost every part
of the grounds. At distances of one
hundred feet apart there are gas gets,
which are lighted by electricity. The
tunnels are used for the pipes which
carry the steam and hot water to the
eleven buildings on the ground. .--PtttG
delphiU Press.
AT the annual meeting of Friends
recently held in England, Mr.. Rufus
King, of Baltimore, obtained the sane
ton of the society for religious work in
the south of France, Mount Lebanon,
Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Mr.. Isaac Sharpe returned his certificate
after seven years mission, and gave
encouraging accounts of his work in
Africa, Australia, and the adjoining
islands, Madagascar, the United States,
Canada, Indian Territory, and Mexico.
Mr.. Sharpe's certificate was renewed for
work in Norway.
A comparative statement of the
various colleges, compiled by Mr.. Tay-
lor Payne, shows that Harvard has
thirty-twO professors and twenty-three
lecturers, instructors, tutors, ETC.,
making total of fifty-fve. Princeton
come next with twenty eight professors
and six lecturers, tutors, ETC., making a
total of thirty-four. Yale follows with
twenty professors, and ten lecturers,
tutors, ETC., total thirty. Then follows
Columbia with total of twenty-nine;
Amherst, twenty-four, and Brown and
| Wesleyan nineteen each.
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VOLUME XIII.
a MICHIGAN WRECK

Sir ND the FIRE and make It bright.
You want, my lads, a story true;
took q cruise one Summer night
On Michigan's waters blue.
The wind was fair upon the lake,
The moon lit up the CHEEKY deck,
When up the Captain spfang and spake:
Bring to the shipl 4 wreck! wrecki"
"Iet down the life boats, hearties, all!
Work with will!' the Captain said.
"Ho! Ship ahoyl" rang out his call;
The wreck was silent as the dead.
All eyes were strained across the wave,
The mastless hulk was drawing near,
No voice from out that floating grave,
The Captains cheek was pale with fear.
1t rose between us and the sky,
Its gunwale blotted out the stars
Across our bow it fioated by,
1t barely grazed the boom and spars.
"Keep her in sightI' the Captain said;
"And follow close upon her wakeP'
With topsail, iib and mainsail spread,
We bounded DER the billowY lake.
An, then we prayed for morning light,
Each heart was filled with fear and dread
As, through the silence and the night,
That shapeless craft before us sped.
The dawn lit up the eastern sky,
And blacker yet the dark hulk seemed
It's strange form riveted each eye,
From stem to stern the sunlight cleaned
And then, ay, then, the mystery past;
The wreck was Chicago shoe:
The crew and Captain looked aghast-
A girls size -medium-ttUenty-tUO
Puck.
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so modest and lofely! She was our
youngest child. Ach Gott!''
''It is time for me to CO." Nelly said,
nervously.
''You will come tomorrow and get
the moosic? All, yes! Amalia will help
you. l viii walk wild you to your car.
1t is too late for young girl to go
alone"
AS they walked towards the car, the
German said, impressively, "My child,
you are like my Minna, and my heart
is full of friendship for you. Let me
gif you one leetle advice. Do not write
to artists, and tell dem you adore dere
voice, and make appointment to meet
dem. 1t is not good for young girl
to do dose tings, and all de artists are
not bald old men like me. All, it hurts
girl to do dose tings, and some day
she is sorry for it. You are only
child yet, den be goot and innocent as
child should be, and do not try to
turn yourself into silly woman. Ach,
know dem too well!"
Poor Nelly hurried into the car, her
cheeks burning and her heart swelling
with modification. Her eyes fell on
the tOken-howers she held, and with an
impetuous movement she threw them
out of the car-window. o, if she could
only have cast her past folly with them!
She felt that every word Herr Hern-
sheim said was true, and she recalled
the plying contempt she saw in his
eyes, and heard in his voice. until she
felt tempted to cry out aloud.
And for that fat, ugly man she had
made such fool of herself, and got a
mortifying reprimand besides. When
the car stopped, she was running up
into her own room, when her mother
called her.
"You have hardly time to dress for
the opera, Nell. Do make haste. 1t is
Lucia di Lammermoor' again tonight
your favorite.
Nelly laughed Historically when she
remembered the EdgGrdo she had just
left. 81 have bad headache, mann
ma; don't feel like going. I'm tired
of the opera. any way"
No persuasion could induce her to
change her mind. That night was
spent in wholesome thought and reso-
lutions, and it left an impress on her
whole after life.
She did not, however, feel that it was
her duty to confess her folly to the girl
whose taunts had driven her into it.
From her at least she might conceal
her humiliation. Accordingly when
she returned to the seminary on Mon
day, she laid two pairs of gloves on
Marcia's desk.
81 suppose I've lost my wager" she
said, ''as you required proofs that I
had spoken to Herr Hernsheim, and
have none"
Marcia's lip curled. She was terri
bly, disappointed that Nelly's boast had
turned out what she supposed an idle
jest.
"Of course you haven't" she said.
81 never thought you would, and l
needed some new gloves. KNEW you'd
turn coward at the last"
To Clara Nelly told the whole story.
''If you are as much shocked and dis
gusted with me as am with myself, :"
she said, you'd give me up. But for
once in my life, saw myself through
Herr Hernsheim's spectacles as others
see me, and the peep suffices. 1t has
been a sharp lesson. but shall never
forget it. - Youths Companions.
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The Boy and the Bag

There are few sights more suggestive
of hopeful patience than that of boy
sitting on bag of wheat that has fallen
from his horse. He starts to mill joy
ously. The great event in the life of
young country boy is to be entrusted
with milling expedition. He sleeps
very little the night before the journey,
so active is his mind concerning the
prospective trip. His father helps him
on the horse, and he sits on the bag as
proud of his position as king is of his
throne. Every object along the lonely
road interests him. He plucks the bloom
from the dog-wood and almost falls off
when the horse reaches around to bite
himself. He rides into creek to let
the horse drink and spits at the min
nows that swim around. After he goes
up the bank, on the opposite side of the
stream, and pursues his course along
the road, he notices with alarm that
the bag is slipping to one side. He
sits still further over to make the bag
balance, yet he is not salts
fed, for it keeps Siding to one
side and, at last it falls off He can
not restrain his tears, and though he
kHOMS UnStO nC CftA uOU II1b OuC OuOs ICb
he tugs at the bag. The old horse
snorts, nibbles the grass and lashes the
boy across the eyes with his tail.
"Whoa, you old fool!'' and the discon-
solate little fellow weeps afresh. He
can not leave the bag, fearful that some
one will steal it. He must wait the
tardy coming of a passer-by. He hears
the sound of hoofs and he listens in-
tently, while the swelling buds of his
hope burst into full bloom. He is
doomed to disappointment, for the horse
has no rider. Thunder rumbles in the
distance and he will get wet. At last
he sees an old negro coming along
His heart beats high with hope. The
old regro steps aside and takes a by
path. The boy shouts. The old negro
does not hear him. Another hour, that
seems an age draws itself along. He
hears wagon. He is almost wild with
Joy. The driver. though surly fellow,
lifts the bag up. and the boy, happy
and thankful, is rescued just at time
when he does not think that he could
stand it moment longer. ArkansG,O
Traveller.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

What is the difference between a
woman who decks herself in many
knots of ribbon, and one who patiently
bows and the other bears her woes
albany journal.
AT a boarding-sch one evening,
a young Spaniard, who had Just begun
the study of English grammar, wished
to be helped to some boiled tongue.
'Miss, y he said To the girl who sat at
the opposite side of the table, II will
thank you to pass me the language. -
Golden Days.
-'I want sign, said young man,
stepping into painters shop. "Whai
sort of sign?" asked the artist of the
brush. "A sign of rain" ''All right"
replied the painter, as he dashed pail
of cold water over the would-be jokist.
Jersey City Herald.
$50 you think your son smokes, Mrs.
JonesP" I'm sure of it, Mrs. Brown;
I've found pieces of tobacco in his
pockets" 'Dear me! dear me! I'm
sorry. My son has no bad habits ]
never find anything in his pockets but
cloves and coffee beans. zapesvtue
Journal.
"A German clock dealer sold q small
clock to an Irishwoman, but he had
scarcely left the house when she turned
it bottom upward, and wire dropped
from its position, causing the clock to
strike without intermission. Thereupon
she ran after him, and complainingly
said: "Sure, an it's cryin' afther ye
already.-M. Z. Ledger.
Father" said a young man who
had charge of the paragraph depart
ment of college magazine, "Falsta6
was a very fat man, wasn't he?''
"Yes." HE was what you might call
corpulent, wasn't heP' Eyes, he was
corpulent. !" ''Corpulence sounds big,
but it can be spelled with four letters,
can't it?' "No, it can't. Have YOU
lost all your senseP" 20, yes. it can.
What the matter with B tP'' The
father will bring suit against the col
lege for dwarfing his sons mind. DR..
kdnsGw Traveller.
Two Sides to Sentiment
When two-year-old May Blossom
Comes down in clear white dress,
And runs to find ''dear Auntie,''
And claims her sweet caress,
Then Auntie takes up Blossom,
And her eyes they grow and shina,
"0i pretty baby blossom,
If you were only mineP'
When Blossom, in the pantry,
High mounted on a chair,
Has nibbled at the icing,
Till half the cake Is bare,
Then Auntie puts down BLOSSOM
And her eyes they glow and shine;
''Oi naughty baby Blossom,
If you were only miner
-E1chdnge.
mister" said wizen-faced man
to an uptown druggist, ''gimme
quarters worth O. prussic acid, please =
''Prussic acid!'' yelled the druggist,
''why, man, it is q deadly poison.
What do you want with prussic acid ar
"Don't want nothin' with prussic acid
replied the man; '.want essence of va
lerian. Other night man axed fur va.
lerian out in Pittsburgh an got prussit
acid, Didn't want to git none o. thai
myself, SO thought Of ] axed fur thai
I'd GIT Yslerian. Z He got the -thips
hs wsnted,@A u Neles 7
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-08-07

Both Houses of the Swedish Par.
lament have passed a bill closing
public houses on Sunday throughout
Sweden.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-08-07

Penny dinners for school children
have been instituted upder tho direc.
tioa Of the London sehp0l Board,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-02
HOAR'S ELECTOR ALsBILL,

The bill once before passed by the
Senate in regard to the count of the
electoral votes has been again acted
upon favorably by that body. 1t
provides for the settlement by the
several States of any controversy re-
gsrding the electors at least six days
before the time named for the as
sembling Of the Electoral College on
the second Monday in January. The
votes are to be counted by Congress
on the second Wednesday in Febru-
ary following. When only one re-
turn has been received, the concur
rent vote OF both houses Is necessary
to reject it When two or more re-
turns are made, both Houses must
agree in admitting any particular
one. Objections to certificates of the
electoral vote must be made in writ
ing and signed by at least one member
of the House OF Representatives and
one Senator, and submitted without
argument. It is very important that
the problems Of the Presidential sue
cession and the electoral court should
oe solved in some way before March
4, 1885, in order to avoid some posi-
BILE and startling emergency on that
date. Mr.. Hoar's bill, the outlines
of which we have given, may not be
the best obtainable, but it seems to be
an improvement Oh the present
method, and its efficiency, if it pass
the House. may soon be tested. By
placing the meeting of the Electoral
College in January instead of in De-
cember. it allows a longer time for
the settlement in t1e several States
and by State agencies of any possible
dispute that may arise as to the va.
lidity OF any certificate issued to elec-
tors.
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Dlscussion'o the Greeley Relief
Bill, in the Senate.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 80. - Hale
called f.'r the report Of tie commit.
tee of conference of both Houses re-
latlng to the Greeley relief expedi-
ton. The report recommends the
Senate recede from its arn-Ddment
requiri' g that only persons who VOL
untetr for the service shall he de-
Jailed for the expedition.
Sherman stated that if he had
known that the bill when presented
authorizes he S cretary of the Navy
10 order any man outside of the line
ol hts duty to take his life In his
hahds, as would te the case IN such
ah expedition as this, he would net
h've voted for it.
SALISBURY was opposed to giving
any man, whether secretary Of the
navy, or President authority to or er
or assign men arbitrarily for voy-
age so perilous, while others would
gladly volunteer for the purpose. He
did not know that the 3. cretary Of
the navy would assign any man to
tae work who would not be perfectly
Wiling to 60, but if the secretary
wanted to punish any officer
such assignment would afford the
opportunity. He remembered the
'ate of Lieutenant Herndon, whose
explorations of the Amazon reflected
so much credit on the country; and
ne remembered that that brave Off
GER Was assigned to the charge of a
vessel against whose seawOrthinpss
ne unavailinsly protested, and the
consequence was that the assignment
lost him his life.
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Mackey's Funeral.

WASHINGTON. Jan 80 the hour
Of on.. O'clock having arrived all pub.
lie business was Suspended and ar
rangemen,s mad for the flner Il GER
+mouie, of the late E. w. M.
Mackey, of South C-rotina. The fu-
neral procession did not reach the
capit"l until q quarter before two
O'Clock and was preceded by the pail
bearers and the joint COM
mittee Of arrangements followed
bv many sorr"wing relatives
and frie nds. The casket bearing the
remains was borne into the chamber
and plac ID uool supports in front OF
the Speakers desk. :,
Selections from the Bible were read
by Rev. E. D. Huntiey, and an ap-
propriate address was delivered bv
Rev. Dr.. 4. Rush Shippen of the
Unitarian Church.
After the benedictiou by the Chap.
lain of the House, the funeral pro-
cession left the chambers. the men,
bcrs of the Senate having retired.
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From the Daily Of Thursday.
The Hard Glove Fight.

Tbs contest tomorrow evening be-
tween Mcdonald and Rodda for a
purse of $l25, at the Olympic, prom
ises to be one of the most interesting
heavy weight contests ever seen in
Montana. Raised seats are in process
of erection at the Olympic, and great
interest is being manifested, as both
ar, aspirants to the Montana cham
pionship for heavy weights. Rodda
is a young man about % years of age.
built and active, and weighs
l5O pounds. He is miner, and has
lived several years in Butte. McDon-
aid, his opponent, is taller and ap-
much older. He is COM
parative stranger In the place. The
ball will open about 8 o'clock In the
evening. Every preparation ia be-
ing made to accommodate a large
crowd.
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The Ceur d'Alenes.

Mr.. Frank Read, who is pretty we'll
known in Bodie, CAL, and who is
now in the Cpur d'Alene country,
writes the following to a friend at
the former place:
I am merchandising. The trails
up Two other mese6aX9sfEs ERE 66iXsE is 81 5rosea zen
camp are out on the trail 40 miles,
and cannot get in with their goods,
80 have full swing at present. Il
got in a lot of whtskey on Christ
mas. and it cost me SIS a gallon laid
down here. There was 25 cents
freight for the last Is miles, by
water. Here are my prices: Flour,
$50 per barrel; sugar, Is cents; coffee,
IS cents; beans, so cents; rice, IS
cents; bacon, 60 cents; ham, Is cents;
canned goods, $1.O0 per Mound; whis-
key, $l2 per gallon Us cents a smile);
81 per pound;. tea, So; dried
fruits, y cents; rubber boots, Sis
per pair, aud clothing on the
raise. Twenty men came in from
Tombstone to-day. I sold them a
house. I have five men busy
putting up cabins for sale. They can't
build them fast enough. People are
still coming in. The snow is about
four feet deep and still suowing. Peo-
pie are coming in via Trout creek,
which is the nearest point on the
Northern Pacific railroad, distant
about seventy-five miles. They come
IN from one to two days on snow
shoes. This is the richest camp for a
poor man l ever saw-gold every
where. The men are crazy to get out
after quartz. Some are out on snow
shoes, thinking they may see crop
pings. don't think the papers have
any about this place.
This camp is hard to open. In the
tirst place, the diggings are covered
with heavy timber, and in the second
place, there is but little fall to the
creek for fifteen miles, and it is half
! mile wide.
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Hogan's Work In Helena.

Mr.. Hogan closed his labors in the
CAPITAL City last Sunday evening.
His meetings have been largely at
tended and in conducting them he
received the hearty cooperation Of
many of the m nisters aud a large
portion of the most prominent people
of the city. Altogether about 400
people took the pledge. His lecture
last Sunday evening to which an a l.
mission fee of SO cents each was
charged, yielded him nearly $4oo.
This amount covered all his expenses
and eft him small sum from which
he sent $50 F. .st toward defraying the
expenses of his daughters education.
Mr.. Hogan will he in Butte Sunday
and speak at the Reform Club moet-
ing.
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speak for his progeny. He arose re-
lactantly. He said he had just bet
the cigars that he would not speak
oa this question.
Mr.. Toole assured the gentleman
that under recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court, the
payment Of the wager could not be
enforced.
Encouraged by this assurance, Mr..
Stephens, said why under the heav-
ems his name had been given as chair
man Of the committee that reported
this resolution. he could not make
cut. He knew he was addressing an
nsympathetic audience, and to
advocate this provision would he q
loss. Of motive power. He would
like to see 1t incorporated In our
fundamental law, but he was not 60.
ing 10 wear himself out in urging 1t.
BY unanimous vote it was reported
back to the Convention with the rec
ommendation that it be not adopted,
and yet there is quite q liberal sprink-
npgsof unmarried men In the honor
abIe. body.
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The Charges Against Governor
Murray.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. - Repre-
sentative White. of Kentucky, testi.
fled before the House Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of
Justice to-day in reference to his as
sertion in the House last week con-
cerning the present Governor of
Utah. He referred to the charges of
irregul rites in Office by Murray
while United States Marshal of Ken
lucky, and said the government had
been wrOnged out of thousands of
dollars in consequence Of expenses
incurred by fruilless and unneces-
sary prosecutions against citizens of
that State, by which they were
harassed and embittered against the
government and its officers. False
and fictitious charges for guards had
been made, and numerous prosecu-
tions had been instituted for the most
trivial violations of law, and arrested
parties were taken rom remote parts
In the State to Louisville, passing Ell
route commissioners VINO could have
heard their cases. This was done,
he said, not in the interests of the
government, but apparently for no
O.her reason than to make costs.
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A SINGULAR IDEA.

The tenacity with which some pol
iticiaus cling to the idea that the
Ohio line of the Presidents is not vet
run out receives an illustration al
most every week. The notion seems
to he shared as well by Democrats as
by Republicans. When Hoadly
was elected Governor he was at once
made to pose "a Democrat, Presi
dental candidate. It was said OF
him that he was the friend and asso-
ciate of Tilden, and that the mantle
of the latter would surely descend
upon him. But recently Hoadly has
been thrown in the shade by Payne,
who has just been elected to the Sen
ate Of the United States. 1t is =
singular idea that a man chosen to
the Senate becomes Immediately
available for the Presidency. The
notion seems to have been born In
Ohio, and cannot be traced to any
other source except that Senator
elect-James A. Garfleld-four years
ago was elected to the Presidency.
1t Is supposed, perhaps. that what
happened once to the Republicans
may happen a second time to the
Democrats. Contrary to the usual
belief it is thought lightning strikes
the second time in one place in Ohio.
In addition to the cases of Hoadly
and Payne there stands In the back
ground the rugged form OF Thurman
who, though not frequently spoken
of as a possible candidate in his own
state has certainly sturdy following
in other places. There also appears
to be corresponding activity among
the Republican politicians IN the
same state. John Sherman and Keifer
are figuring to secure the nomination
of the formers brother, the Generala
He would like to have the nomination.
himself but he Is wise enough to
know he cannot be elected. He had
about 100 votes in the last Republi-
can National Convention, because he
was the Secretary Of the Treasury.
and the weak administration OF
Hayes had no other choice. There
are other dark horses browsing
around in Ohio, including Foster.
but a sufficient number has been
to establish the fact that
the Ohio idea is, only an Ohio man
can be elected.