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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-11-05
VALUE OF THOUGHT.

Deep Reasoning on the Strength of Which
a Colored Gentleman Obtained Useful
Implement.
'.Let that wheelbarrow alone" cried
Colonel Matterson, as he stepped to the
end of the gallery and called to an old
negro who had entered the backyard.
'SahP"
Il say put down that wheelbarrow or
I'll send for policeman
"Oh, | ken put it down, sab, an sabe
yer all dat trouble. neber wants er
pusson ter go outen his way ter
'commodate me-"
'All right. Now get out of this lot.
First thing | know you'll steal
NOV, look heah, mister. / doan
know whut yer name is, but / wants
yer to look heah jes' de same. want
thinkin erbout takin' dis thing.
makes desc imperments, sab, an
wanted ter canine dis one, lease it
'peered ter be er new 'vention, but,
sab. eff yer's so easy skeered, I'll bid
yer good mawnin'.' Is
.'You must excuse me if I have
wrongfully accused you"
'Oh, neber mine. De ole saints
wuz 'cuzed an pussycuted, sab. Eff da
could stan it widout 'plainin' ough-
tenter grumble. y
Shortly after the Colonel went into
the house, the old negro, after quietly
lifting the wheelbarrow over the fence,
mused: Folks is gittin' SO 'spicious
desc days dat somebody is gwine ter gil
inter trouble. Dat man amt got nc
use fur dis 'borrer. Whut do be Bible
say bout de pusson whut buried his
talens an didn make nothin' outer
'em? Folks oughter think erbout dese
things. "-Arka91sGo0 1raueler.
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THOROUGHLY COMPETENT.

4 Steamboat Mate Who Displayed Re-
markable Courage In Drowning Out In
cipient Flames.
The mate of the steamer was showing
me over the boat as we rushed along
down the great Father of Waters. The
one particular thing he wanted me to
take notice of was the fact that the boat
was as near fire-proof as a steamboat
could be made. Fire hose was coiled
up all along the various decks, nozzles
all ready to play, and buckets of water
were kept standing in various localities
to drown out incipient fires.
''It's all right if you have a SYSTEM"
I said, as we finally halted.
System is dead perfect" he replied.
"At the cry of fire I tap the bell. That
calls all the crew to the spot. There
isn't spot on the boat which we can't
reach with three streams of water, and
Irather guess I'm competent to take
charge. I'm an old fireman of twenty
years experience.
Well, | went off to bed by and by,
but hadn't turned in yet, when some
body shouted ''ffrer' as loud as he
could yell. l rushed out. We were
bowling along within fifty feet of the
shore, and away aft there was bright
blaze of flame and a rush of smoke. /
started that way, but somebody ran
over me, sprawled out, sprang up and l
heard a splash in the water A negro
ran past me and rang the. bell, and a
second got down coil of hose, opened
fight on the fire, and directed matters
so sensibly that the flames were soon
subdued. Then the Captain came aft
and roared out:
''Johnson! johnson! Where in blazes
is the mate?''
Nobody knew We hunted for him.
but he was not found. He was the old
fireman of twenty years experience
who went overheard and struck out for
shore at the first alarm, leaving the
negro deck-hands to save the boat and
one hundred and eighty lives.-Detroi
Free Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1T is estimated that sixty-eight
churches in Paris possess works of art
valued at 81, 1,615,710.
The Baptists In Louisville, KY,
have undertaken to raise $4,000 for
church extension in that city. -
The Sunday School Times prints q
letter advocating the formation Of an
American Church Library Association,
for the improvement of church and
Sunday-school libraries.
In the Colorado Methodist Confer
ence the ministers voted TO do no work
or travelling on the Sabbath that Is not
strictly necessary; to take no Sunday
papers, and to request the members of
the Conference to give no items of
news to such papers.
"A gospel boat was recently launched
at Portland, Ore. It was named the
Kotsle, and will be taken to Alaska and
used for missionary purposes among the
Indians by the Presbyterian Missionary
Society. 1t is neat little craft and is
well adapted to the purposes for which
it is intended. San francisco CYtron-
icle. m&s
That layman can do effective
Christian work on the frontier is shown
by the record of Congregational dea-
con in Wisconsin, who, in the last
thirty years. has fathered the building
of six meeting houses and organized
several churches. He has o home mis-
sionary commission, and has covered
territory uncared for by Protestant min
listers. = CongregationGlist.
The colored people have three wen
organized colleges in Atlanta and are
building a fourth. One thousand
young negroes attended the three col
leges during the last term. Besides
there were 1000 negro children in the
public schools of the city A high stand
ard of scholarship has been established
at the colleges. says the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. and the average proficiency OF
the students is fine.
THE gold and scarlet of the sun"
is rivalled in the cupolas of st. Peters
Cathedral, just finished at Moscow.
There are five of the cupolas, and no
less than 900 pounds of gold were used
in everlaying them. The doors of the
temple cost $4,000, and upon the
marble floors were expended 81, 800. 900.
Ten thousand worshipers can be CON-
Portable, if their souls let them, within
this S12, 100000 temple.
From compilation of statistics just
made. the rapid development of popu-
lar education during the fourteen years
1870-84 may be compared. In England
and Wales the number of schools in
spected in 1870 was 8, 281; IN 1884. 49,.
| 87S. Accommodation was provided in
1870 for 1,S78,5S4 scholars. figures
which in 1884 had risen to 4.826, 738.
In 1870 the average attendance at day
and night schools was, 1925, 764, while
1884 showed an average of 3,273, 124.
In 1884 the number of schools in Scot.
land was 3.131, with 587, ,945 names on
the rolls, the average attendance being
448, 242.-N. Y. Post.
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packing. When only partially cooled
they are put away by girls into barrels
and boxes neatly lined with white paper,
and are left uncovered until cooled and
dried. While still warm they have a
toughness which makes it possible to
handle them in way that would break
them into bits when cold.
In getting a perfect edge on the out
side rows of crackers a strip about
three-quarters of an inch wide is Incl
dentally sacrificed on each side, and this
thrown back into the general mass of
dough, is supposed to greatly i'm
prove it. The batch must Consequently
improve from first to last, as the
amount of scraps keeps climbing up
toward majority. Cracker dust is
another branch of the manufacture
Any crackers that may have been
broken in handling or packing are
ground fine and sold, principally to
hotels and restaurants, for breading
meats. oysters, and soups. All the
flour sweepings are sold to farmers for
cattle feed, so there is little actual
waste anywhere about. .-MinneGpoEis
Tribune.
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t has been discovered that the
farmer who sued man for libel, for
saying that his ''milk was watered,"
had spring on his farm.
An old grist-mill near Manor Sta
tion. Pa, twenty-three miles east Of
Pittsburgh, celebrated its centennial
anniversary the other day.
The Chinese have proverb that
every man who rules himself is King.
Any man can be King-if his wife viii
let him. Philadelphia CalI.
Stanley says the native African can
sing himself to sleep. We have lots Of
people in America who can do better
than that. They can sing crowd to
death. Detroit Free Press.
The meanest man on record sent
through postoffice presided over by
woman postal card on which was
written: "Dear Jack: Here's the de-
tails of that scandal" And then the
rest was in Greek. - Exchange.
-..Smith, did you see my wife go
down this street?" Eyes, she passed
about an hour ago." Wonder what
my chances are for oyertaking her9n
''Good The sidewalks just lined with
show-windows.- Chicago Herald.
is there any glue or anything that
will keep the wild waves from break
ing, or the magnificent mountain seem
cry from bursting on ones viewP-
Lgf11s Saturday Union. Yes, certainly
an empty pocketbook. Detroit Post
IT has been said that what we
learn with pleasure we never forget"
Were it so it were well; but we fear
that sometimes a man learns with
pleasure that a womas loves hin, and
then after marriage forgets it-LoaCsu
Citizen.
"A lightning artist has secured
| photograph of pistol bullet in its
tight. He viii next try to catch
shadow of mans weeks salary when
his wife, desirous of new bonnet, has
got the wealth in her possession. ~ Cia-
cinnGtt Commercial Gazette.
--Bromley-I bought a little painting
yesterday-quite gem-cost me 5000.
Pretty steep, wasn'tfta Perkins Rath-
er; still, not very steeps Your son-in-
law, De Baggs, has q painting that
| must have cost him $4,000. s3oodneSs
gracious! I-never knew that. must
have q look at it, "Well, the next
i time YOU meet him take good look at
his nose. Chicago Tribune.
-Bobbins Ito friend -YondeE
comes Jackson. He's owed me five
dollars for two years. Jackson Hello,
Bobbins. BY the way, ] owe yon five
dollars. Here's your money. Bobbin:
4 taking the money with q show Of re-
luctance) lis that so? Jackson-Yes
borrowed it some time ago Bobbini
We'll, well. I never would haV'
thought OF it again -=4skessqv 4ra0
j | sIer.
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Two Curious Inscriptions.

Mr.. Henry Jones communicates two
specimens of inscriptions on Houses.
One is from an old stone let into wall
of Castle Caldwell, on Lough Erne
The stone is carved in the form of a
violin. and thus inscribed:
ITO the memory [stcl of Denis McCabe
Fiddler who fell out of the st. Patrick 5
barge belonging to James Caldwell Bart. g.
Count of Milan and was drowned Off this
point August ye ID, 17T0.
Beware ye fiddlers of We fiddler's fate
Nor tempt We deep lest ye repent too late
You ever have been deemed We waters foes
Then shun We lake till it with whisky flows
On firm land only exercise your skill
There ye may play and safely drink your All. "
The other is from Favorn Royal, res
idence of Rev j. Moutray, County
Tyrone The stone on which it is in
scribed was saved from the old house
when burnt down and Incorporated into
the new one:
"WeI com to come in
18 ;. 20
nd as vel com to go by"
Notes qpd Queries.
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A Lucky Man.

Hostetter McGinnis is one of the most
lucky men in Texas. If he takes q
chance at rattle he is sure to win. If
he throws dice for the drinks, somebody
else has to pay for them. Not long
since New York lawyer said to Nc
Ginnis
LEND me seventy-five dollars I'd
rather borrow money from you than any
friend I've got. M
q ..Why do you prefer to borrow from
mea' II
Because you have such good luck
that really believe you would get youI
money PAID back, although I never did
did dsuch thing in my life. = 4.
As luck would have it. Hostetter did
not have cent of money with him a
the time, TEXAS Siftisgs.
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-Sugarsand-" Good morning. Mr.
Bassett. You're quite a stranger. Bas-
sett--"Yes, l don't often pass along this
street. that's fact Sugarsand-"I
would like to have your custom. Mr..
Bassett. You know have Just started
grocery store around the corner !"
Bassett-'I 4 wasn't aware of it, and, in
fact, l generally buy my groceries at
Browns. Sugarsand ''Brown'sl
Good gracious, sir. don't go there to be
cheated; come around to my store. y,
Philadelphia Call.
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"A contemporary tells of a Virginia
babe who mimies every tune he hears,
and huns himself to sleep But if the
parents ever take the youngster to q
minstrel show they win be wiling to go
back to the old rel able uaregor.c =
San Ff.dlsciseg Post
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College Endowments.

The Commiss of Education
reports that the 145 theological schools
and colleges in the country have pro-
ductive property of $9,500,000, from
which an income of 5000, 600 is derived,
while the eighty-seven medical colleges
have only income-bearing funds to the
amount of $350,000, yielding but S20,-
900. This leads the Igadependent to
suggest that in this fact may be found
the reason why so many medical
students go abroad to find instruction.
In view. however, OF the immense
number of students attending American
medical colleges, it would appear that
the various faculties were able to carry
out very satisfactorily their curricula
despite the obvious disadvantage of
lack of means. = Current.
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THE HARNEss-MAkER.s WOO.

~Inever went to school, Miss May,
And sew I'm net horse-collar,
but I'm as harnessed as the day,
And not strapped for dollar"
She guessed his spur-p0se, and at once
Said to the harness-maker:
"You show no traces of Ounce
In being a heart-breaker."
Then he got harness knees. Sighed he:
"Your sweet words stirrup in me
A hope that you nay bride be-
Otry bit to via nae.'
go no. surciHg9o will stay,
Ere do fiaat, dear Walter"
'Ihen, darling, won't you name the day
To meet Inc at the halter?"
%No maiden names the day." she said,
htushing in her beauty,
NsB0s If you're hitching soon to wed,
You'll buckle to that duty"
"'Tll name tomorrow, then" he cried,
Lest saddle be our marriage"
sand, if it reins," the maiden sighed,
whip better have carriage"
- III. e. Dodge, ifl Detroit Free Press.
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lit was customary in England to APP
plaud the preachers in the pulpit two
hundred years ago,
National Republican., 1885-05-26

So far as THE RErUBLicAN is con-
ccrncd First Assistant Postmaster General
Malcolm Hay might have boon permitted
to come and go IN peace to the end of his
official term if ho had been content to
keep his mouth disconnected from tele-
graph wire.
IL was known that Mr.. Hay was not
guiltless Of oticnsc. but his foeblenoss Of
health pleaded strongly for indulgent
charity, ana rHE REPUBLICAN was in
clincd to shut its eyes to his official ir-
rcgularitios.
But Mr. Hay, in au unguarded moment,
permitted himself TO plunge into the
subject Of Offensive partisanship." and
tho newspapers of the 25th instant con.
tninod utteranccs Of his which are fair
challenge to investigate his own official
record Tho official who criticises other
officials must have the light turned on to
himself
Mr.. Hay was nominated for first assist
ant postmaster general on the 18th Of
March, was confirmed on tho Goth of
that month, took the oath on tho 22d Of
the same month, and entered on his
duties on the 2jth of May, having been
absont with pay for two months and three
| days.
/ If Mr.. Hay had been disabled or made
sick in the pnblic service no would have
/ becu entitled to leave with pay. But
there is neither law, usage, nor equity for
such leave to a man who has done no SER
/ vice at all. 1t is not running the gov
ernmont on business principles" 1t is
an unauthorized use of public money.
It is taking money for which not a
shadow of claim exists.
Whether this sort Of thing comes under
either of MIR. Hay definitions of offensive
partisanship wo do not undertake to de-
termnc, but it is certain that Mr.. Hay
has greatly offended his own party, not
hy getting 500 that had not been earned,
but 10y being absent from his post when
his brethrcu wanted him to swing the
docapitating hatchot.
National Republican., 1885-05-26

Az official massacre is predicted for the
1st of June. 1t is stated that, on that
direful day of doom, Boss Manning and
tho other bosses. AK in hand, will stride
through the departments and through
the list Of Republican officeholdcrs all
over tho land, telling heads to the right
OF them, heads to the left of them, and
heads in tho front Of them. Why should
the month of roses be selected for such
commcmoration "When tho roses come
again" somo other year the bosses will
havo learned that they made a Rrent
bluudor in the slaughter of 1855, if the
schome of wholesale decapitatiou is
carried out.
National Republican., 1885-05-26
crRnnNr RAILWAY NOTES.


A meeting Of the presidents Of the trunk
lines will be held at New York to-day.
Tho wnecs of the Cheapcake and Ohio rail
road employees will bo reduced 10 per cent.
on June l.
John Scott. general manager of the Cincin.
matt New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad
Company, has rendered his resignation,
The New York Central Ia not disposed TO
upito with the othertrunk lines without asettle
meut Of some old scores and the establishment
of new combination upon solid basis.
In the cases of Nelson Robinson VS.. Ohio
Central Railroad Company ct al; u. owens OF
al, vs.. same and the Central Trust Company
of New York, vs. same, consolidated docrees
Of sale were ordered Saturday by Judge Jack.
son. OF the United Safes district court of West
Virginia The sale takes place 100 days hence.
Last fall In an accident on the Indiana,
BlO1mington and Western railroad, William G..
whitehead was injured so badly that he ha,
not since been able TO leave bis bed, and MS
death is only a matter Of q short time. In n
suit to recover damages the jury at In
diauapoli5 Saturday awarded him el7bOO the
largest sum ever named In verdict in ln-
diana for personal damages.
At the annual meeting OF the stockhold.
ors Of the Atlantic md Pacific Railroad
Company the following directors were
/ j. r. Burr, b. T.. Cheney, A.. W. Nick.
! erson, Walter L, Frost, George o. Shattuck, s..
/ G. Wade, Of Boston, Jesse seligman, c. r..
| Huntington, Edwin f. winslow, Brice Gray,
| and William +. Buckley, of New York. At a
| subsequent meeting OF the directors Henry c.
/ Mutt was reelected president; G. s. tucker
man, secretary and treasurer; d. l.. Gallup,
/ auditor and J. A. Williams, land commits.
/ sioncr and general solicitor. Edward T. Win.
| slow was elected irst vice prosidentand Will.
| lam Il. Strong, second vice president
| The representatives of the railroads doing
! business To- points on the west Of the Mobile
| and Ohio roads resumed their session At g.
! Louis saturday, and took up the report OF the
/ committee on dllerentlals. The Missouri Pa
! cinc demand n greater dihereutial against
/ Kansas city than recommended by the com
! mittoC, and the dilerential was fixed at ccnli
| on grain, flour, and provisions. The Louisville
| and Nashville refused to accept the East 81
! Louis rate of Evansville. The Illinois Cen
/ trail insisted on this rate, but q compromise
! was finally effected on cents less than East
| st. Louis OH grain aud cents less per barrel
| ON ilOur Diherentials from other points were
| arranged without difficulty. A recommends
| ton that the diilerential as agreed on foi
| Kansas City apply as n minimum on business
1 of Lcayeuworth, AtChison and 81. Joseph was
adopted, subject To the approval of the Mis-
souri, Pacific. The committee on diffcrontsal;
also recommended that tho joint western
classification be adopted instead oi that of the
Southern Railway and steamboat Association
/ but discussion on this was postponed.
National Republican., 1885-05-26

For thorough scholastic leg culture the
University of Pennsylvania brooks no
rival. The Philadelphia Inquirer heartily
congratulates the Young gentlemen Of thnt
institution upon their victories of satur-
day last in the tenth annual intercollegiate
games in New York. The country will be
glad to learn that young Page now has the
best amateur record in tine world for the
running high jump, and Farios. in the
mile run, snatched the laurels from Co.
lumbia and Harvard.
National Republican., 1885-05-26
Lax Steamboat Inspection.

The steamboat excursion season has just
begun. Last season there were few mar
row escapes from what might have proved
fearful accidents. In most cases, mishaps
on tho river, especially on excursion
boats, are directly traceaDle to some vio-
lation of law, or some failure to comply
with certain provisions Of law. The
statutes on tho subject Of steamboat nsyi-
CATION have beon revised and amended
until they are as nearly perfect as possi-
BILE in tho matter of prevention of acci-
dents. But the statutes are not enforced.
Steamboats, totally unfit for the purpose
are allowed to go out on the idea of some
easy going inspector that she's not much
account, but she'll do for an excursion"
We trust this subject will receive proper
and early attention this year, and that
no vessel will be allowed to leave the port
freighted with human beings unless she
is thoroughly worthy in all respects, aud
fully equipped for any emergency likely
to arisa on tho trip Globe Democrat, 81
Louis Nov II.
National Republican., 1885-05-26
DosToFFIcE NOTICE

Letters for Europe need not be specially d.
rected for dispatch by any particular steamer Ia
as ali Trans. Atlantic mails are forwarded by the
fastest vessels available.
willclose (PRoIPTLY IN ali casesj At this once
wEDNiisDAY,-Atl:sOa a. m. for Europe, per
steamship Elder, via Southampton and
bremen; at 1850 a, m; for France direct, per
steamship olIndo RodIisnoeI To va pHay,se nst
at @ a. m. for Newfoundland, per steamship
Mrandai N T'39 z IN, m: for, for Limon' per steam-
THURsDAY.-At 1880 q. m. for Venezuela
and Curacoa per steamship XRlenclai at ~ m.
oneenstown i tletGers Tor Francs Germany, &C,
must be drocted per CITY Of Berlin'D; az p. |
Island, per steamship santo Domingo; at D, |
IN. for bermuda, per steamship orinooo; at 4 |
Geiiert, via plymouth, C6erboAfg, aud Ham.
burg QettcrB for Great Britain and other Euro
pean Countries must be directed "por 6elleri")s d,
at 1880 p. m. for Cuba and Porto Rico VIA
Hayana and for Campeche, Chlaphsi Tabasoot
cr pSrh pehsT @esesu qS q
pBH m1st be directed pc, city OF nWashingtonl
wa ASS az H. ~ ior M ~ for F'9'oe t6o %IaSSMSrd
Islands, per steamship Moruca. at Il 80 p. mi
for Cuba aud West indies, per steamship .Clen'
fuegos, via llaynnai at y, m for Janaleas
per steamship Nertumnus.
BATuRDAY,--Atl a m. for West Indies, Via
st. ThOmaa' tor Brazil aud the LA Plata cOun-
tries, via Brazil per steamship Merrimaok,
via Newport News gt . a, m; for usrmanS
and Bremen QetteTs for Great Britain anu
other European countries must he directed
per WerraN }; at $3.50 q. m. for Europe per
steam hip Anrania, via Queenstown uetters Tor
Germany &c., must be directed per Au-
rama u at $3.50 a, m. Tor Belgium direct per
steamship WesternlAnd via Antwerp Qeters
must be directed '"per Westernland,l ! At $3.50
q. IN. for scotland direct, per ateamshlp An-
chOriA via Glasgow Cletters must be directed
per Anchorah )iat y; m. for the Nether-
lands direct, per steamship p T.. CalAnd, via Rot
| terdam detters must be directed per r.
Caiand' Vi at 1880 p IN, for TruKillo and Rnatan
| per steamship prof. Morse, via New Orleans.
| Sun DAY.-At 1880 p m for Honduras and
livingston, per steamship CITY Of Dallas, via
| New Orleans.
| City of Toxic (yia san Francisco) closa
| here May 420 ut p m. Malls for Australia,
| Now Zealand, Sandwich and FIJI Islands, per
| steamship Zealandia (via San FrAnciaoo), close
here May $50, at 7p. m, Tor on arrival at New
York OF steamship Celtic with British mails
| for australia
@fhe schedule OF fcloslng ofrrans- Pacific malls,
| is arranged on the presumption OF their unin4'
terrupted overland transt TO san Franclsco.
! Mails from the east arriving ON TIME N san
! Francgco on the day OF sol Ing OF steamers are
dispatched thence the Rame day.
| "A. HENRY "a PEARSON, P0btnaster,
| PosfoffIck, NEW HoRKi y. y, May ~ 1851