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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-22
Women Travelling Alone.

1t is very happy thought that we
women can travel alone from one end
of our broad land to the other; we may
fiud it more pleasant to have company,
but when compelled to go without any
one we find it can be done with perfect
safety. 1t is well to familiarize ones
self to short trips from home, and thus
become more self-reliant and fearless
when the time comes to start out on a
more heightened journey. To feel per-
fectly at home when surrounded by
strangers on crowded steamboat or
railway train, we must have had some
experience of the same kind. You will
usually meet with pleasant officials,
who viii render you any service that
you need; or if YOU find them gruff and
surly, do not let it disturb you in the
least. 1t is always much more agree
able, and puts one more completely at
ease, to be treated with eivility; but
when you reflect upon the number OF
questions these persons have offered to
them, can you wonder at a little i'm
patience?
Be sure to be in time to meet the
conveyance by which you are to travel,
and to see that your tickets are correct
and your baggage checked, and your
checks secured in a safe place. Have
with you more money than you will
need, but have the greater part of il
in some secure place. Dress as
plainly as possible, in quiet colors, with
little jewelry or ornaments of any kind.
If you are going on long journey, see
that all your needs, as far as possible, are
provided for before hand, so that you
may not be obliged to ask strangers to
help you; and when obliged to change
cars. go with the crowd and do not lag
behind. And donot allow any one to
look after your luggage but yourself.
Go in an omnibus where there are
others, but never in hack alone.
Should there be any doubt as to the
cars you are to take, or the way you
are to 60, ask an official or a laborer
who is likely to know. Do not get con-
fused or lose your presence of mind,
no matter what emergency you may
find yourself placed in, and you will be
sure TO come. out all right, 1t is best
to maintain a retieent manner when
travelling alone; when asked question,
answer ciFilly but briefly. In this way
you win find that you can 60 abroad as
safely as you can about your own town,
and take a great deal OF enjoyment that
otherwise you would be deprived Of,
Cor. Country Gentleman.
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aTFND YOUR OWN PATCH"

nont stop wild yer plowin' to grumble at
,Ease he : standin' idle dis mornin' in spring;
Yer grllmblin' wild Jones won't heave out de
NAT am needin' yer 'tenshun de berry fust
.pont stop wild yer plowin' case he takes a
His sghov'iin will soon all your plowin' DER
u longer YOU growl you'll be lef in de shade;
Ies spence wild his business and tend your
own patch.
pou't bodder bout Jones and his scatterin'
seeds;
His way isn't your'n nor his seed; but what
them
While you're interferin' up hasten de weeds,
And it's tieklish business dictatin' to men.
neres kind oh a mulshness comes into sight;
Dere are kicks like mules, too, ones liz BILE
to catch.
no dIetatin' best is to show 'em what's right
Impractical work. Jes SOW your own patch.
popt iangle wild Jones when his seeds are
a-sprout;
Dere's no time to waste wild yer arms on his
fence;
Dere are weeds in your own Ian dat need
rootin' out;
Jes' bid him good mornin, and trabel from
hence:
Ttnuts a man all out o. tune to stand by -,
4 watchin his neighbor's weeds reaching de
And It makes him belieb sorter his amt so
high f.lgu Slrs- -
It'stime to be trablin' to weed yer own patch.
Dont holler at Jones SOS the neighbors'll Ii hear
And tell him he'd better be hoein' his corn;
Itil only make Jones walk around on his ear,
And il wont set him hoein' as sures yer
born;
But les take yer own hoe right inter yer hand,
And whistle and sing dar, and scramble and
scratch: HG&
Derell be plenty to do III be bOun', in de land;
Jes' do Jones service and hoe your own
patch.
Don't crow ober Jones when de harvest days
come,
,Kase his corn is stunted and seanty's his
wheat; -l fl-r
His forefodders fore him weren't much now,
YUM;
De farm you had lef you is hard to be beat.
Yan ies' amt the pusson to jedge Jones at all,
Dere's many q failure dat men cannot watch,
Dere's many heart-crop that Ill fail in de fall
Don't God see de sin-blighted rows in your
patch. Fl r5-I
Don't bodder poor Jones wild yer Judgment
and sneer, .-.5...>t ~ s+ .F
Dere's more real good moral in lub an in
work - W
ban in hours of preaehin', for now lookit here,
Amt good workin. man rebuke to a
shirk2
From de great smilin' fields from de owner
who stands, fs
Wild his heart in his face kind and smilin',
Better hopes dan from grumblers wild pocket
eased hands; t-
God bress all the toilers who tend dere own
patches R
-FaRnte Bolton, in Chicago Tter-Oce
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The Successful Book Agent.

''Why, howde do, Jinksp How spruce
YOU are looking. What business are
you in now?" said a retired book agent.
'.Same old business selling books"
said Jinks.'
q ''What! still book agente"
eyes"
"And alive?"
II seem to be.
"Well, can't understand it Since
I got out of the hospital l have given
up books.''
Il keep on and am making $4,000
year.
"How do you manage to escape
death?''
''Easy enough. ] first introduce N.Y.
self as an agent of Mr.. O'Donoyan
Rosa and ask for subscription to the
dynamite fund.
''People refuse, of courseP''
ssCertainly. Then I take out of my
pocket q can of briekdust, labeled in
big letters Dynamite, and begin to ex-
patiate on its merits. !"
:. "Yes.' aE5
ssIAey beg me to handle it carefully
and put it away. Then I place it in
my coat tail pocket"
80! hol'
"After that l open my samples and
talk book to them until they buy, and
they don't dare to kick me. - PhitG-
deiphiG Call.
"A learned doctor speaking on heart
troubles says: Persons often trouble
themselves uselessly about having
disease of the heart or lungs, because
they have pain thereabouts. These are
good signs, generally, as showing that
the pains are external to these organs,
for there can be no pain where there
are no nerves. The fact is, the most
certainly fatal affections of these or
gans give no note of warning by pain
until within the last brief hours Of Life,
~ Y. Sun.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-'Clocked stockings, = says.ths Phil
adelphia Call, ''are not 80 called because
they are sold on tick..'f 1t is probably
because they are watched so carefully.
N. 7. Graphic. ,.ea saa ats
Emma Abbott says "the voice of "a
prima donna is as delicate as a i1eA7-
born babe" And the voice of q new
born babe is as delicate as a
prima donna. That is to say, ifisgeRy
loud. Boston Transcript. A =. -.
Over the piano in the parlor of an
Eastern hotel bangles placa.d IA
scribed as follows: inexperienced
performers are requested to deny them
selves the use of this instrament.1
Chicago Herald. e] aeFs ss+.,fa .say
AN oyerflowing hall at Norwich,
N. Y, awaited John B. Cough the other
evening, while hundreds of people una
bic to gain admittance, were turned
from the doors. People came many
miles to hear him, one i1andrivingoyer
one hundred miles on wretehed roads
for that purpose only. Then, John B.
Cough didn't come. Buffalo Express.
DE man ~hut tries ter do. ritsht jss
becase he is erfeerd o, de debil, may
airter awhile think dat de debil ain In
no great hurry ter punish him, aBladcn
do wrong. L ain got no respeck fur
forced 'ligion, De fruit ,whut am raised
in hot-house ain nigh so sweet as de
fruit whut yer gifts outer de efSorchaFd.---
ArEdDsGw TTGrelier.. e-ff. : .s.A.afs
why, Mr., Jenkins, / thought you
were in tae hospital calculated "A
pretty Washington girl to her caller.
'.In the hospitalP" he queried, with
genuine State. Department. !, infection.
2@What made you think that?i" "Why,
papa said at breakfast this morning
that he never saw O. man shoot off his
mouth like you did yesterday. = WISH
i9sgtaH P0St. II s@aell sIlss fs8s~aG gs&
"A Connection, Yankee has invented
an air-gun which be claims will thFow
cannon balls fourteen miles. It strikes
us that his air-gun is an Infringement
on Western cyclone. If the Western
papers don't exaggerate, the latter viii
throw a two-story house twenty 7fopf
miles, and the roof Of a barn still
farther; and the cyclone scatter"
more than the Yankees Invention, too.
--B1fdlO Express. Ih sa} ~ hottg9la
A lady asked learned professor
If he understood Chinese. He did.
.sWell, what is 'nouth' in ChiRese?"
'sMouth is ken" "A week later the
lady suddenly asked the professor:
| .sWhatis kitchen doorin Chinese?" at
| il k'eu. = Very remarkable - week
ago you said mouth is k'eu. " Quite
SO, answered the professor; p what
ever opens and shuts is k'eu in Chinese "
- Chicago Times,
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sUHOOL AND CHURCH.

An industrial school for colered
youth, similar to the one at Hampton,
Va, is to be established near Jackson
vile, Fla. Prominent gentlemen are
interested in the scheme. - N. o.
Times - E5GSfg
The Womans Christian Temper
ance Union of Ontario have petitioned
for the introduction of temperance text
books in the schools, and are sangaliRe
that their request viii be granted.
\ Two years ago a Presbyterian
Church consisting of one family was
organized at Mayfeld, Kan. 1t now
has sixty members on its roll, of whom
twenty-five have been added since last
October. Chicago Tribune. m
The free church experiment is be-
ing tried pretty widely by the Episcopal
churches of Boston. OF the twenty
two churches and chapels in that city,
thirteen are ''free, and in theidioeese
more than half are free OF eight
new buildings converted oropened dur
ing the past year, all but one ARE
''free. "-BoSt01S Journal. rr
If yol ask me why'it is that after
], 300 " ar3 four parts out of five OF the,
whole GLOBE are without the knowledge
of Jesus Christ, and why Christianity
is vet matter of debate, it is Because
men have shifted the emphasis of the
Gospel. They have put for the Gospel
things that are not the GOspels and
have never yet, as it were, understood
what was the real force of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. = Henry Ward Beeeher.
The Christian at Work asks the
question: ''Why do females preponder-
ate in the membership of our churches?
Out of 382. 900 members of the Congre-
gational den omination, 252, 900 ores
per cent. are females, leaving only 80
per cent. males. What is the reason of
all this? The Congregational denonli-
nation is the only one that tabulatea dts
membership by sexes; but we suppose
a like proportion to exist in the other
non-Episcopsl churches. Whatlis the
reason? Do not men become religious
as readily as womenP-then why?t Or
does the church not adapt its worksas
well to men as to wolnen?"
The 'tBaptist Handbook for 18S4n mas
recently been published. Among the
features of general interest is, sum-
mary Of statistics Of Baptist Churches
throughout the world. Since 1875 the
first year in which such a summary was
compiled, there has been very marked
progress. There were in 1882 81, ,296
churches, as. against 2S,505 in 1873;
/ 9,S8S ministers and missionaries as
against II ,6S3, and 1885, meIabers
as against 2,473,058. The returns from
America show 27,000 churches and not
fewer than 2,43l,99 MEMBERS The
details for the British Islands show for
the year 1888, 2, ,593 churches, 8, 73swiEh
sitting accommodation for I,138,532.
The members amount to 304, ,S02.
There are $3.50 Sunday School teach
ers and 475,187 scholars. The pastors
are 1898 and the eyangelists reach the
figures 3,505. Arranged under thefohr
nationalities the membership is as fol-
lows: England, 219,414; Wales, 1918;
Scotland. 10, 0,096; Ireland, 1,544s
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Edward King tells one of the most
delightful anecdotes of Carlyle yet put
forth. That portentous pseudo -philoso-
pher, Malloek, called on the old Scotch
man and let himself loose, talking Car
lyle almost to death. CARLYLE listened
imperturbably, invited him itoftea, and
had him to smoke in the library after
ward. When at last the youthful sage
thought proper to take his leave Car
lyle accompanied him to the door and
said: ''Weli, good4by; I've received
ye kindly because | knew your mother,
but | never want to set eyes on ye
again! !n-Erchanqe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-22

"A Texan dropped into court at
Marietta, Ca, and they saw a pistol
sticking out of his pocket. They ar
rested, indicted and fined him twenty.
five dollars and costs in fifteen minutes
and he took the first train home.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

ders. In other respects each judge
shall have exclusive control over
every cause assigned to him from
its inception to its final dertermi.
nation in said court. Tie crimi.
nal District Court shall have Grim.
inal jurisdiction only. All prose.
cutions instituted in said court
shall be equally apportioncd he
tween said Judges by lot. Each
.indge or his successor, shall have
exclusive control over every cause
falling to him from its inception
to its final determination in said
court. In case of vacancy or re-
cusation canses assigned shall be
re,assigned under order of court. /"
Given under my signature aud
Seal Of the State Of Louisiana, a,
the City Of Baton Rouge, this lst
day Of December A. D., 1883.
WILL a. STRONG,
<@~, Secretary Of State.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
OEEICIA L..
Amendments to the Con-
stituiiOn of the State
of Louisiana.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
49,
In pursuance Of Art. 25G Of the
Constitution Of tic State of Louis.
lana. publication is hereby given
to the Electors Of the State OF the
proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution Of the State, concnrred
in by thirds OF al! tie mem.
hers elected to each House Of the
General Assembly Of this State,
at its regular session held in the
city Of Baton Rouge in 1882. and
which are required to be publish
ed in two newspapers published in
the parish of Orleans, aud in Que
paper in each other parish of the
Stale in which a newspaper is
published, for three month pre-
ccding the next election for Rep
rcsentativcs, at which time the
said amendments shall be submit
ted to the Electors for their ap.
proval or rejection said amend
merits appear more fully in Acts
Nos. Is, ll3 and I25 of the regu
lar session OF, the General Assem-
bly, held in 1882, which are off
ciaIly published for the informa
ton of the Electors, and which
will bc submitted to them for
their approval or rejection at the
next general election, to be held
on Tuesday. the 22d day Of April,
A. D. 1884, {it being the Tuesday
next following the third Monday
in ApriD in such a manner and
form that the Electors may vote
for or against each amendment,
separately and i a majority OF
the Electors, voting at said cleo
ton, shall approve and ratify all
or either of said amendments,
ihen such amendment or amend
ments o. either Of them 50 ap.
proved and ratified shall become
part of the constitution.
ACT NO. IS
1f lie Regular Session Of 1882
Amendment to the Articles OF
-------r.-- &c a. ,
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Amendment NO. 8.

ART. 1870. For the Parish OF
Orleans there shall be two Dis
trict Courts and no more. One
of the said conrts shall be known
as The Civil District Court for
the Parish Of Orleans ! aud TIC
other as The Criminal District
Court for the Parish of Orleans
The former shall consist Of not
less than FIVE judges, and the lat.
ter not less than two judges, hav-
ling the qualifications prescribed
for District Judges throughout the
State. The said judges shall be
appointed by the Governor. by
T and with the advice and consent
of tne Senate, for the term OF eight
years. The frs; appointment
, shall be made as follows Three
: Judges OF the Civil District Court,
, four years and two judges, for
{ eight years. One judge OF TIE
, Criminal District Court, for four
: years and oLe for eight years, the
+ terms to be designated in their
commissions. The said Judge:
!, shall receive each four thousand
dollars per annum. Said Civil
District Court shall have exclu
;. sise and general probate, and ex
# elusive civil jurisdiction in al
h cases, when the amount in dispute
or to be distributed, exceeds on
hundrcd dollars, exclusive Of in
+. terest, and exclusive appellate lu
n iisdiction from the City Courts o
+ the Parish Of Orleans, when To
:. amount in dispute exceeds twenty
Il five dollars. exclusive of interes'
O All causes filed in the said court
n shall he equally allotted and al
d signed among said judges, in az
X cordance with rules OF court to b
,, adopted for the purpose. In cas-
Rs Of recusat!on OF any judge in an
id cause, such cause shall be rea
y signed. or in case OF absence fro'
d the parish, sickness or the dis
II bility Of the Jodge to whom sal
is cause may have been assigned, an
'r Judge Of said court may issue
"a grant conservatory wsits or Q
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
School Board.

Abbeville, La, Feb. End 1884.
The School Board met this day
pursuant to call, members present
W W Edwards, president and
Messrs j Nugier, j Morgan Ma
than Perry and J N Williams
Broussard.
The minutes of last meeting
we're read and adopted.
The Treasurer's report was
read ard on motion referred ID
the finance committee.
The tax collector having cub
mitted list Of poll tax payers !;
(as required by law the same was
referred to the finance committee.
Resolved, that the finance COM
mittee lie paid sl50 per day for
each and every day which they
may be occupied, the same to be
paid ont Of the contingent fund of
this Board.
On montion the secretary is au.
thorized to call on the tax collec-
tor for list of names of all
delinquent poll tax payers.
On motion a colored school is
located in the 4th ward provided
the patrons donate an acre of land
o d build house thereon.
| Resolved that all public schools
be opened throughout the paeish
"a soon as teachers can be procur-
ed.
Resolved that teachers Of pub.
lie schools be paid $50 per schol.
astic month for all echools which
may have an average attendance
If 20 or less than twenty schol-
ars and for every scholar over
and above twenty (average) they
shall receive 100 extra per
J month. All schools to be taught
!, six [6] hours each day:
Resolved that N c Young treas.
urer be and is hereby authorized
to return to Messrs Levi Har.
grave and -- their notes due
5. for Is sec school lands provided
said parties reconsey said land'
to the Stute Of La, this Boare
will pay for passing of said act
being satisfied that said land
r have not been injured by sait
purchasers.
Resolved that the finance com
mit,ee is hereby authorized to car
!, eel all vouches Il. e. school wal
rants now in possession OF tn
secretary Of this Board and plac
x the same in the care of W W Et
- wards, ESQ. for safe keeping.
On motion the Board adJourne
N to meet on the first Saturday
April next.
20 w. w. EDWARDS, Preslden
- J. N. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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oacial Direc ctory.

District Judge. ,o,,x c,rac.
district Attorney. c,oo,s
clerk Of Dis.rict Court,
O''' LAsr,E BEoUssa'p.
representative; n,, carpur,n
sheriff & Tax Collector,
s.'s''D W. W. kUEHL1NG.
'o'0 ". D. WHITE.
4 r''iJo gorrpAuIe, President; l.,
), H. p',,,,r.rr nv JOS. TRAHAN,
v.xs1yEE, : j. I. BnoUssARD.
{ & yryrz Il. THIBEAuX.
rIerk of Police Jury.
A. LACouR.
parish Treasurer,
'''' ISAAC WISE.
Town Council.
r. C. SuEDEs, Mayor.
III ApapIs, 0. BoURQuE.
$. WISE, hAsl'h Dhoo''A"O
Go. Z. LYONS. Constable:
In,t;ce, of the Peace, Sd. Ward !:
". B. WHITE, Y. i'ARAo'G'
Surveyors
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

of said parish, shall ennre to the
State, and all sums realized there
from shall he set aside and held
rs special fund, out OF which
shall be paid, by preference, the
expenses Of the Clerk of the Civil
District Court, the Clerks Of The
city Courts. the Register OF Con,
veyances aud The Recorder of
Mortgages of the parish Of Or
leans provided, that the State
shall never make any payment to
any Sheriff, Clerk. Register of
Conveyarces or Recorder of Mort
cages Of the parish of Orleans, or
any Of their depnties, for salary Or
other expenses Of their respective
Offices, except from the special
fund provided for by this article,
and any appropriation made CON
trary to this provision shall be
null and void"
ACT NO. la5
Of the Regular Session of 1882
mendment to Article 81 Of
the Constitution of the State,
Relative TO the Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
Street and Bridge Fund

Street and Bridge Fund
October 5th '83
bal as per report 1901
Jan 5th '84
amt reel since last report
from coll Oh taxes '63 1859
s 1910
c r e d i t
amt paid since last report 54.25
bal on this fund 133.45
S ink ing Fund.
January 5th "a
X e C pi u at on
cash on general fund 279.26
" street & bridge I33.45
: " sinking fund 234.2g
Total cash in treasory S 647.OO
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. WHITE.
Treasurer.
Correct, approve Jan I4th '84.
r. c. SMEDEs,
Jos. j. ABADIE,
On motion Of Mr. Bonrque the
licenses Of the town of Abbeville
for the "a were made and fixed
at the same rate as for the year '83
On motion Of Mr. Broussard, re-
solved that the Mayor be author,
ized to purchase for and il the
name of the town a tract of land
from e. |. Addison lying between
the line of Lastie Broussard and
said Addison, for a street at the
eastern edge Of the town being a
continuation of east street. for the
price and sum of SIS the same
to be paid out of the General
fund in the Treasury
On motion of s Wise, resolved
that the sum Of One Hundred Dol.
lars be given to the Abbeville Fire
Co., No. | the same to be taken
out Of any surplus money on the
General fund.
R. G. SMEDEs, ". B. WHITE,
Mayor. Secty
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
Amendment No. 6.

ART. 1923. There shall be in
The Parish Of Orleans a Court OF
Appeals for said Parish, with cx-
elusive app ellale jurisdiction in all
matters civil and probate, arising
in said parish when the amount in
dispute, or fund to be distributed
exceeds one hundred dollars, ex
elusive of interest. aud does nol
exceed two thousand dollars
axclnsive Of interest said
court shall be presided over by
two judges, who shall he elected
by the General Assembly. in j,i7'
session they shall be residents
and voters Of the city Of New Or
leans, possessing all the qaal'fea
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
Free! Cards and Chromcs.

,.. .e w'.i send free by mail sample set Of ou,
German, French, and a lerican Chrome
on lated and gold grounds, with price list
!, oysr 20 aise-eat designs, on receipt Of stamp
~. oS.age WI: will also send free by mail a.
.fnples, ten Of our beautiful Chromos, On receipt
IN cents 70 Ray for packing and postage also
.hse ghs,ce confidential price list of our large oil
stohos Agents wanted. Address F. GLEASON
%, 90 Summer Street, Boston. Mass.