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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07
SD. 90 per Annun.
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Will the coming man workP"
asks social scientist. That will de-
pend a good deal on the wealth of the
coming woman.-C Chicago Tribune.
If advertisements were allowed on
the Washington monument every
body, for a wonder, would not want
their cards ''at the top of the column
Philadelphia Call.
Josh Billings: 60 When was a
Young man / wus alwas in q hurry to
hold the big end of the log and do all
the lifting. Now / am older seize the
small end and do all the grunting."
-"Shall I take your love to your
mother?'' said lady visitor who was
going to see the mother in question to
little child of three years. "She has
my love- was the quaint reply.
-Brown-"Yes, I'm going to take
short trip through the South. / don't
care so much about it myself. only
go to please my wife, you know"
Fogg-"Ah! I see. You leave Mrs.
Brown at home, then. ."-Boston Trans
cript.
-"Did you say that your wife never
gave you a curtain lecture after you
came home late at night?" ''She never
| did" "How is thatP" ''She always
goes along with me when l 60 out. -
Ieras Stttings.
| Those persistent purists who claim
that one should invariably say: "The
lamp was lighted" will of course make
no definite or vigorous kick against say
| ing ''the young man chased out Of the
garden gate by the infuriated mastif
was bited. y Chicago Telegram.
The brain of an adult man weighs
on an average forty-eight ounces while
that of the average adult woman
weighs forty-four ounces, and yet wo-
man is far superior to man moEtally.
l have obtained this information from a
lady friend who is entirely trustworthy,
Bill Nye.
1t is said that bees will never sting
q person whose head is smeared with
molasses. The bother of it is, when a
man has incurred the animosity of a
colony of bees, he doesn't have much
time to go home, get molasses and
spread it on his epidermis The old
fashioned way is the best-just rum
Burlington Free Press.
Too sad to be continued:
| There was little man,
And he had o little can,
| And aquart or more of kerosene was in 1t;
/ And upon the kitchen fire,
To make it burn still higher,
He poured the oil, and in much less than
quarter of a minute
There was no little can,
| There was no little man
The tales too sad-I can't go ono, why
did begin it?
-Mdrgdret Etttnge. tn Detroit Free Prcss.
| in Montgomery County, says a
Macon (Ga.) Journal, there is a pear
tree eighty-seven years old, which has
not failed to bear crop of fruit In over
eighty years. The tree was set out by
Stafford Davis in 1898. The fruit re-
sembles the sand pear in shape and
flavor. The tree is six feet in circum-
ference. BY the way, il would not be
amiss to state that Mr.. Davis is now a
resident of Worth County, where he re-
moved from Montgomery many years
ago. He is now 107 years old. He
married four years ago Cat the age OF
103) young lady of eighteen years OF
age. Mr.. Davis is farmer, and made
a good crop last year. He plowed reg
ularly through the working season.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07
His Usual Advice.

There was another Cincinnati riot the
other day. A young man who had lost
about $4,000 on wheat speculation
went for broker with:
''See here, didn't you say that wheat
was as low as it could go?"
80, yes. @
''And that it was good time to
buy?"
Certainly" g
.'And that you'd advise any one de-
sirous of specializing to invest in
wheat?"
"I believe that was my advice.
''Well, sir, bought wheat on your
advice and am $40, 900 out of pocket, as
you know" 81 "a sssse
EXACTLY"
"But what are you going to do about
itp' howled the victim. 4 81
.'The same as / always do" was the
placid answer. II always advise drop
ping wheat and going into oats" =
Vat Street Aee0S.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Pope Leo XIII. thinks that the evil
of the working classes arise chiefly from
the abandonment of religious principles.
AT Yale thirty per cent. of the
Freshmen room in the college buildings:
at Harvard forty-eight per cent; and
at Princeton eighty-four per cent.
The sexton of New York church
has crank in his pew, by turning
which he regulates the temperature of
the house during service.-N. Y. sam.
The University of Cairo, in Egypt,
said to be nine hundred years older
than Oxford. has ten thousand students,
who are being educated as Moham-
medan missionaries.
A church paper makes the positive
assertion in regard to Christian workers.
that in most churches "about nine
tenths of the work is done by less than
one-tenth of the members. n-C Chicago
Herald. .
During 1883 the six faculties OF
medicine in France conferred 662 diplo-
mas of doctor of medicine, viz: Lille
20, Nancy 81, Lyons 43, Bordeaux A,
Montpelier SO, and Paris 465. During
the same year 692 diplomas of medicine
were conferred in Germany.
The total cost of maintaining the
common schools of the State of New York
last year was $11, 1884, ,911. The number
| of pupils was 1,000.057. These figures
| acquire peculiar interest when one con-
siders what New York was when Sir
Moses Montefore was a boy.-Current.
Russia is so far behind in educa-
tional matters that in the rural districts
the village priest is the only teacher
available for the education of the chill
dren of the working classes, while even
in such city as Moscow, with 100, 00C
children of school age, there is only
school accommodation for 1000. In
technical education, however, the two
great schools in Moscow and st. Peters
burg are among the finest in Europe il
point of equipment and endowment
| The capital also contains efficient
schools for education in mining and en-
geering pursuits.
President White, of Cornell UniVer
sity, believes in the value of athletic
| sports as part of college life, and cites
the fact that while he was at Yale the
sixteen men who composed the boat''
crew were not only the best men in col
lege physically, but were also the bes
mentally. While this may be tru'
enough, the tuition-paying public ma.
still properly insist that the colleg'
authorities shall see to it that the stu
dents shall be continually reminded tina
the chief business of college-life i:
study.-Cb Chicago Current.
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, having been interviewed by on
of the staff of the Methodist Times, give
this report of the financial condition o
the army: 'Our own people contribut
about 81, 500, 900 year. We get abou
800, 600 from outsiders, The last tw
years we had very heavy expenses. w
had to spend $350,000 on Clapton, tn
Grecian and other special undertakings
That withdrew some subscriptions fror
the ordinary work. We have not ye
recovered from that great effort Blu
S25, 900 is all we want now to put our
selves in easy financial circumstances
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07
Sweet Things.

''Sweet things are very bad for you,
dear" said fond mother to her little
six-year-old boy, who had the end of
fast waning stick of candy in his mouth.
'.And is sweet things bad for papa,
toop' asked the innocent child, releas-
ing the stick from his mouth for only
an instant.
"Yes," said the mother,
81 thought so,'' replied the boy, as
the last end of the stick disappeared.
"Why did you think so, my boyg"
because he always goes out when
you begin to sing Sweet Violets.' F."
If that boy lives he may manipulate
the bones some night Yonbers States
man.
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a Dollars Worth.

! That one of the benefits of being
an orphan, = he said to the bootblack at
the postoffice yesterday II was coming
across the street when horse driven by
aplumber knocked me down and walked
all over me. aw &:
y "Who are YEP" says the man. as he
pulls up. 4 81 e a.st ears
Jim Taylor" says ], as I digs up
through the mud. -. -. =
How much are We hurtp" s
"A dollars worth" l 8e4 @S
Who's yer papP7 sgsa s a
Haven't got any. You must settle
this ere case with me alone,'' .a
) 4~*'He settled and gin him a receipt
Now if had any old folks he'd have
gone to lawyer. and we'd have had to
sue, and if the case ever got before Q
jury his lawyer would have proved me
blind in both eyes and horse-thief to
boot. Nothin' like bein' yer own boss
and settlin' all fatal injuries on the spot
fur ready cash. Detroit Free Press.
The first apple orchard in Kansas,
according to Secretary Brackett, con.
sisted of $50 apple trees, brought all the
way from Illinois in a wagon and
planted in Douglas County in 1856,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07
THE GIRL LEFT BEHIND NE.

HE GIRL ! EEF BEHIND NE.
The girl left behind me
was pretty and all that;
Bright golden ringlet5 glistened
Beneath her airy hat. ~ q
She had dainty figure,
Her hands we're small and white,
Her mouth was like a rosebud,
Her eyes were warm and bright.
Her way was light and graceful
She was rOguish elf - &
A sweet bewitchinp fairy,
And well supplied with pelf.
She sang like any wild bird,
She danced with wondrouS art,
And looked just like an angel
In her red village-cart.
Full often In the moonlight
We took little stroll,
And sat beneath the hem1ock
Upon the lonely knoll.
This girl left behind me
Was just lovely girl:
She was a perfect daisy,
Likewise precious pearl.
Often / think about her,
And the sweet long ago. I'd. 4=s- 81
Why did go and leave her
Behind me, would you know7
That girl j left behind me,
And swiftly ceased to WOO,
Simply, oh, simply, simply
Because she asked me to.
Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07

The recent death of a citizen Of
Jamesburg, N. j., from blood poison
ing is attributable to wound received
during the rebellion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07

All the Massachusetts towns and
cities are obliged to give school books
and other supplies to the pupils free
Boston Post
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-05-07

s--s.Now, Johnnie, said the teacher,
ssif your father borrows 500 and
promises to pay $40 a week, how much
viii he owe in seven weeksg ''One
hundred dollars, = said Johnnie. I'm
afraid you don't know your lesson very
well, remarked the teacher. '.I may
not know my lesson very well, /" Johnny
frankly acknowledged, "hut know my
father. ~, ]. SIN,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-04
THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
Report of the Committee on the Ques-
ton of Rates.
PORTLAND, Feb. ).

PORTLAND, Feb. ).
The report of the committee of fifteen ap-
pointed by the New England General Ticket
and Passenger Agents Association to con-
slider the question of rates, etc, to the Grand
Army Encampn ent, gives the local and bas-
ing rates from New England points to Port
land and return. Tickets from Boston to
Portland and return, by rail, are placed at
50 by boat Sl.5O Rates from other points
in New England are similarly reduced. The
Maine Central Railroad names fare for
the ronnd trip. Mr.. John b. Curtis says thai
the Forest City Line will put all their boats
fares al ten ceuts at all their landings sat The
islands during the week of the encsmpmeS-
A delegation from Lewiston was here, Sat
urday. to make arrangements for the accom-
modation of the battalion which will come
from Lewiston and vicinity. Col |. 5
Ranps of Waterville and DR.. A. e. Hamlir
of Bangor have been appointed suo-com
mittee on badges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-04

These relics of great historical vslne have
passed into the hands of smother, whose con-
siderate action has restored the collection to
Mrs. Grant as life trust. on the condition
that at the death of Gen. Grant or sooner. at
Mrs Grants option, ii shall become the
property of the government, AZ set forth in
the accompanying papers, In exercise of the
option thus given her. Mrs. Grant elects
that the trusts shall forthwith determine, and
asks that the government designate suitat le
place of deposit and responsible custodian
for the collection The nature of the yitt
and value of the relics which the generosity
of private citizen. joined with the high
sense of public regard which animstes Mrs.
Grant have thus placed at the disposal of
the government TO demand full and signal
recognition on behalf of the nation at the
hands OF its representatives. l therefore ask
Congress to take suitable action to accept the
trust and to provide for its secure custody.
at the same time recording spprecistive graf
itude of the people of the United States to
the donors In this connection | may advise
that Congress by taking such action will give
expression to the almost universal desire
OF the people of this nation. and earnestly
urge the passage of an act similar to the Sen
ate bill No. 2530, which. while not interfer-
ing with the constitutional prerogative of
appointment. will enable the President in his
discretion to nominate Gen Grant as general
on the retired list
(Signed) CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
The accompanying papers referred to are
deed of trust executed by Mr.. Vanderbilt,
and that gentleman's letter to the President
informing him of his action.
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THE WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
The Examination at Mrs. Dudley, the
Attempted Murderer Of O'DOnovan
ROssa.
New YORK, Feb. )

New YORK, Feb. 3.
Mrs. Dudley was taken this morning from
the station house where she had been con-
fined during the night, TO the Tombs police
court. A number of people gathered at the
station house and followed the officer and his
charge while they walked to the court House.
When the court was reached Mrs. Dudley
was conducted into a private examination
room where she remained until her case was
called by Justice Patterson. Arthur c. Butts,
a lawyer, accompanied the accused to court
When the fact of the presence of the prisoner
became known, the hall of justice became
rapidly occupied until entrance was denied to
later corners. The enclosure reserved for
the lawyers was occupied by number of
those gentlemen. some politicians and a num-
ber of reporters.
When Mrs. Dudley entered, the gaze of
every person in the court room was rlvited on
her face. She walked calmly to the bar be-
tween the officers and lawyer. and after look
ing for moment into the justices faces, let
her glance fall to the ground.
She looked trife tired after having spent
the night in the station house, but her cheeks
were still rosy and her eyes quite bright.
Lawyer Butts presented the case He said
that he received a dispatch late last night,
signed p. Edwards, asking him to defend
Mrs Dudley. She said she knew nothing
about the dispatch, but she desired him to
take charge of her case. He learned by the
morning papers that the dispatch was bogus
one. J. Pierpont Edwards, British consul,
denied having sent any dispatch whatever.
He had not been consulted by any of Mrs.
Dudleys friends and had not known what he
could do in the case. He continued She
told me that she wished me to defend her
While reserving my right rs a councillor to
act in the case or to withdraw Il shall endeav-
or to do what can for Mrs. Dudley's best
| interests. For the present my client will re-
main mute. She neither pleads guilty nor
not guilty
The court remarked that she would be
held to await the result of Rossa's injury and
remsnded her. She went quietly away with
| Officer Jackson and her counsel, and had the
sympathies of many of the audience. Fol-
the present she will be confined in the twea
tv-sixth precinct station.
Mrs. Dudley said this afternoon, in conver
sation with reporter, in explanation Of heI
attack on Rosa:
Il am an English woman, though IN,
mother was Irish. Most of my kindred are
English. certainly intended to kill Rosa
and am sorry did not succeed. He beggeJ
| for mercy. After fred the fret shot he
cried out "for Gods sake don't kill me.
| was not acting az agent for others. Thi
man is the chief instrument here by which
funds were raised for numbering helpless
women and children in England and felt il
was only justice that he should fall by
woman's hand. ! am only sorry that | did
| not succeed.
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SOCIALISTS AND DANAMIrERS.
A Decided Sensation in Pitisbury-Iu.
tense Excitement Prevails.
PIrrsBURG, Pa, Feb, 3.

PITrsBURG, Pa, Feb. 3.
The publication of lengt by article in the
Chronicle this afternoon, in which it was as
serted that there was an organization of iyns.
miiers around and waiting for pretext for
an outbreak, crested great excitement. TIE
story Is as follows; Within the past two
weeks information has been obtained. which
shows that in Pittsbare there is b smouldering
volcano ready TO break forth at any pro-
pitious moment; that dynsmiters are around
supplied with explosives and ready TO cause
an outbreak whenever favorable opportun-
tiles present. For several months a Russian
and two English spies have been at work in
Plitsourg and vicinity, endesvoring to learn
who was in sympathy here with Irish dyna-
miters. Pittsburg has fer long time been
the source of large revenue TO dynamiters
At least two men who are famous the country
over, and who are worth millions of dollars,
have furnished monev in considerable sums
There are at this moment several thousa
men in this country who would not stop at
anything which would carry out their ideas of
the rights of the poor men to the possessions
OF the rich. There has been no hesitatlon on
their part TO talk openly in meetings and in
the press. These men have gathered kind
red spirits from Chicago. from Hooking Val
ley and from other coal regions and mines in
have been drifting into the city singly and in
pairs for a month or more. They have come
here they say for work, but in reality have
come TO take hand in any movement of
plunder and revolt against law that NAV be
organized Within the past three weeks
from 1000 to 1900 guns and revolvers have
been received by the men in this city. These
arms have been put into the hands of only
these whose character is known and who can
be relied upon. In addition to these arms
large quanty OF dynamite has been obtained
by the revolutionists Some of this was
brought in from other points and some was
made here by men who are not doing this
kind of work for the first time. The dyna-
mite is stored in two or three secret maga-
zines, which are only known to the leaders
of the movement. This sounds extravagent
and reads like wide sensation perhaps, but
II Is true and it is known to be true by per
sons who have interests at stake. The men
complain that they cannot find work; that
they are suffering from hunger, and on this
plea claim that they are justified in anything.
The movement is against mill owners and
capitalists. Several of these men have been
warned or have discovered the condition of
affairs in part and have notified the police.
Staub and Flick, two of the most prominent
socialists in the city were seen tonight rela-
tive TO the story. Staub said the society
was weak in this city but he expected to see
it greatly strengthened in a few weeks. He
admitted that Carl Obermaen of New York,
had been in the city for some time for the
uipose of organizing internationalists.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
A Il ESCUE PLANNED,
Belief that Cunning h ans Friends VIII
TRY to Rescue Him-rhe Police
Keep Sharp Lookout.

LONDON, Feb. 3.
Considerable excitement was produced to-
day by the announcement that the friends OF
Cunningham, who is accused of having caused
the explosion in the Tower of London, are
already beginning to take steps to rescue him
from Clsrkenwell prison, where he is at
present confined.
Early this morning the police noticed a
man lettering in the vicinity of the prison.
They watched his movements for some time,
and finally saw him put something in the let
ter box of the governor of the prison and ar
rested him. When taken before u magis-
trate, the prisoner said that his name was
Goodyear that he was a laborer by occurs-
ton, and that he had recently been discharged
from a lunatic asylum.
The package which the prisoner was seen
to deposit in the box was found on examna
ton TO be small package of paper on which
were number of figures. The police de-
ciared that the prisoner was known to them ;
that he had served term of Imprisonment
and that his testimony in regard To him q
was false Scotland Yard officers profess to
believe that Goodyear's action in depositing
the paper in the box was simply ruse ON the
part of Cunningham's friends to learn what
they will have TO contend with
The police this evening made another i'm.
portant arrest in connection with the recent
| explosions. The prisoner has been pursued
for several days, and was finally run down
this afternoon. 1t is believed that the man
was an accomplice of Cunningham.
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WORTH vAssALBORO.

The friends of Oak Grove Seminary have
been circulating petition, addressed to the
Legislature, asking for aid for that institution
for term of years.-News comes to us of the
death of one Of our old and most respected
citizens, Mr. James Hayden. which occurred
at his daughters home in Waierville on the
lst inst. Mr.. II. WAS eighty-two years Of
age. The cause of his death was par
alysis--Mercury on the morning of the
Sd inst. was &c degrees below zero -
The members of Vassalboro Lodge. No.
"a, +. & A. NJ, with their families held a so
cial gathering at Masonic Hall, on Saturday
evening. Jan. 81. An oyster supper was
served in the upper hall. Several of the
ladies who were anxious to he initiated into
the secret workings Of the order, had their
desires granted them, and received their first
degree. As they did not seem to realize the
soiemnity Of the occasion, it is doubtful
| il they are permitted to receive more
| light. Our jeweller, Mr.. 7. W.
Thompson, is about TO remove his stock
| in trade to N. Anson believing that he can
do better there than in Vassalboro Success
| to him wherever he goes.-Mr. Hiram Simp-
son received telegram Friday night an
nouncing the death Of his grand daughter
Miss Gladnis Simpson, of Boston.-Dr. NIX.
{ Dunnell who has been gone for little more
/ than a week is expected home in q day on
two with life partner. We extend our con-
graduation. 10 the doctor and welcome his
Z bride TO our village.
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Rheumatism

We doubt II there is. or can be, a specific
remedy for rheumatism; but thousands who
have suffered its pains have been greatly ben
Gifted by Hoods Sarsaparilla. If you have
failed to find relief, try this great remedy.
IL was afflicted with rheumatism twenty
wears. Previous to 1883 found no relief. bnt
grew worse, and at one time was almost helm
less Hoods Sarsaparilla did me more good
than all the other medicine l ever had.n
H. T. BALLOON, Shirley Village, Mass.
- had rheumatism three years, and got no
relief till took Hoods Sarsaparilla. It has
done great things for me. 1 recommend it TO
others" LEWIS BURBANK, Bddeford, Me.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is characterized h,
three Teculiar.ties 1st, the cou,bi,autfon Of
remedial agents; I'd, the proportion: I'd. the
process of securing the active medicinal
qualities. The result Is medicine of unusua,
strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown
Send for book containing additional eyidenc
Hoods Sarsaparilla tones up nv system
purifies my bl00d sharpens my appetite and
seems TO make me over" j. +. THOMpsoN
Register OF Deeds, Lowell, Mass
"Hood's Sarsaparilla beats all others and
is worth rs weight in gold" I. DARLINGTON.
100 Bank Street, New York City.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. ST. six for IS. Made
only by c. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.