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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09
ALICE.

Hov charming was her presence with us
here,
How kind she was in all her words and ways.
Her life WAS like the purest atmosphere
0f radiant eyes and tranquil, ,cloudless days.
And all things lovely were beloved of her.
The fair. glad world of flowers, and field
and tree;
I'VE seen her gaze. like some rapt worshper,
IIpon the moonlit sky or sunset sea.
There by the sea! Twas there she dwelt
awhile
with kindred hearts, with music, mirth and
Her brow had never space for frowns. Her
was beautiful with sunshine of sweet
looks"
And she is gone! not ever any more
May mortals know her bright companion
ship;
Nor earthly mourning shall again restore
Light to her eye or language to her lips.
Az, she is gone! The evening light shall
shine,
The waves repeat their murmurs on the
shore,
But she who watched the summer days de-
cline
With us may never look or listen more
Dear Alice! though beyond of sun or star
Thy ever-genial spirit may have flown,
II can not be that thou art gone SO far
Thou shalt not yet be loved and love thine
own.
Boston Courier
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09
STRUCK AN IDEA.

How q Bucolic Treasure rIunter Proposes
to Locate a jug sof Gold.
A farmer at the Central Market yes
terday was telling wonderful dream
which his son William had lately
dreamed.
For three nights running" said he,
as he held u bag open for a man to
examine the potatoes, "Bill has
dreamed of finding a Jug of gold on
our farm. He'd find the jug all right
every time and make sure it was full o.
money, but when he woke up he
couldn' remember what field it WAS
in"
s.That's too bad" said a woman,
who was looking for crock of butter.
$50 it was l offered him five dollars
the last time to remember, but he
couldn't fetch it for love nor money
The jug is there, but we can't locate it. "
'And what will you do?n
"I've struck an idea since / started
from home. Bill will dream the same
thing to night, and I'm going to git
that location right down fine. "
"How?"
"Have one of these shorthand fellers
out there to take the hull thing down
as fast as Bill dreams it! Wonder how
much one of 'em will charge to come
out, and whether he kin be trustedP
Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09
STAYING POWERS.
why Every Young Man Should Aim to
Develop Working Constitution.

why Every Young Man Should Aim to
Develop q Working Constitution.
Young men intending to seek the
honors and emoluments of a profess
sional life should remember that to
attain them it is indispensable that one
should have great personal vigor and
power of endurance. The demand on
the vitality of successful clergyman.
doctor, lawyer, architect or engineer,
is tremendous and continuous. The
mind may be trained, informed. acute,
full of resources and elastic, but it is
easily wearied if the body is destitute
of staying power, and seeks rest after
few hours of exertion. In such cases
there is but slight prospect of pro-
fesssional success.
Wellington's success as a General
was largely due to his extraordinary
power of so enduring fatigue that at
the end of a long days work, he was
still fresh and fit for labor. His phys
ical vigor enabled him to be wherever
he was wanted, and thus to see every
thing for himself
The training which develops this
vigor and endurance is not always that
which fits man to be stroke-oar, or
cunning ball-pitcher. or a supple
gymnast. On the contrary. while ex-
amples are not wanting of men who
have been "champions" of something
or other in college, and who have been
noted through life for perfect mental
and physical vigor, the athletic train
ing of the oarsman and ball-player
often units man for successful pro-
fessional career For eminence any
profession is only attained when mind
and body are fresh, elastic and ready
to 90 on after many hours of continu-
GUS labor-it may be writing at desk,
or addressing jury, or engaging in a
parliamentary debate, or caring for a
multitude of patients during an cpl
| demic. In any case it demands men,
tai activity which subjects nerves and
brain to the severest tension.
Professional men require not the
| body of an athlete, but a working con
stitution, and that is not unfrequently
found in men of slender frame ono
small muscles. Their lifting power il
small, but their staying power is great
| Such constitution is generally born
not made, and yet it is within youns
mans power to develop it by attention
to the laws of the body and mind
! Nourishing food. abstinence from slim
ulants and narcotics. regular exercise
the daily sponge. bath and fesh-brush
plenty of sleep, and methodical habits
are the means by which working con
stitution may be gained and developed
| - Youths CompGaioas
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FACTS ABOUT MONEY.
Some Interesting Points on an Ever-Ne'
and Welcome Topic.

Some Interesting Points on an Ever-New
and Welcome Topic.
Probably the most interesting fact
about money would be a description
of just how to get it; but this is one OF
the hard things to tell, and there are cer-
tainly some other things quite interest
ing and well worth knowing about it,
and not the least of these is history
of the word itself and some of the other
words connected with it:
The word money comes from the
word Moneta. And this comes from
the inscription "Jmno Moneta' on the
Roman coins. struck in temple of that
name. Moneta is derived from the
Latin word Mo7ere. to warn, because
this temple was built on the spot where
Manlius heard the Gauls approaching
to attack Rome. The root idea, there
fore, of the word is warning. Among
the ancients cattle were used rs we use
money in trade, and as such some un-
civilized people still use them. Thence
our word '.pecuniaryh is derived
from pecuniG of pecus. Our word
.scoin'' comes from the Latin cuneus.
die or stamp. A British sovereign" is
a pound or a five-dollar gold piece, tax
ing it's name from the image of En-.
glands sovereign stamped on the coin.
And '.crown" is piece of English
money with crown on it, worth five
shillings. A French Napoleon" and
a Louis DOR are names given TO
coins on which the images of these two
rulers were stamped. A guinea" is q
| British gold piece worth twenty-one
shillings (ss.l2), SO called after the
country from which gold used to be
brought. The British pound meant
originally pound weight of silver di-
vided into 240 pennies. In the Joachim
Valley, Bohemia (JoachimsthaD, Ger.
tain coins were struck in the sixteenth
century. AT first they were called "Joa
chim's thaler." Later the first part o.
it was dropped, and the name short
ened into the German ..Thaler." From
this. too, comes our English word dol
lar Treasure 1rove.
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THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Virginia raises annually some 1,
100000 bushels of peanuts.
The Providence Or. l. locomotive
shops employ 1,300 men, against 500
year ago.
Eight women took their seats as
delegates in the Knights of Labor con-
vention at Richmond. Va.
"A company with capital OF ST.
100000 has been formed in Baldwin
County, Ala, for the purpose of man
ufacturing artificial stone pottery.
Nearly one-half (forty-four per
cent. of the wool of the world is pro-
duced in Europe Great Britain, as a
manufacturing center of wool, requires
three times as much as that country
produces.
The present cost of operating the
railroads of the country with steam
power is, in round numbers, $502, ,000,-
900 per annum, but to carry on the
same amount of work with men and
horses would cost the country $11,305
500, 900. Christian at Work.
The following statistics will show
the magnitude of the poultry business
in 1882; the cash value of the principal
farm products were AS follows:
Poultry and eggs....-..............$ $3.50, 900 900
wheat. Observation-Disclosures. 4oo,HD,UJ!
Hay ... 4yooo1 ,aot9 oo1
SottOn :--...-.-.. ....-...--.-.- tlU,Vu,UOI
Dairy products. Observation-Disclosures. 2H.)0.00O
The stock business in Colorado is
reported to be in depressed condi-
ton owing to the losses Occasioned by
the severe weather of last winter. One
feature is the almost entire failure of
the calf crop. This with the low price
of beef cattle. makes a bad state of
things, and large numbers of stockman
of limited means will be obliged to sell
out.
American inquisitiveness and in
genuity united, have produced thread
made from the blossom of the common
milkweed, which has the consistency
and tenacity of imported flax or linen
thread, and is produced at much less
cost. The fibre is long. easily carded,
and may be readily adapted to spin
ming upon an ordinary flax spinner. 1t
has the smoothness and lustre of silk,
rendering it valuable for sewing ma
chine use. The weed is common
throughout this country, but grows
profusely at the South. The material
costs nothing for cultivation, and the
gathering is as cheaply done as that of
cotton.-Boston Budget.
Stone that is quarried one day and
built into wall the next day is in u
green state and unfit for durability. 1t
is at its weakest point of endurance
either of pressure or of atmospheric in
1uences. Its pores are open and ready
to absorb not only moisture, but all the
gaseous and disfiguring influences
which tend to its destruction. Every
stonemason knows that to get polished
surface on a stone the same must have
lain for some time out of the quarry
and exposed to the drying influences
of the sun and weather. This is sutii-
cient hint to the builder to see to it
that the stone of which he would rear
a permanent structure must be thor
oughly seasoned before it is placed in .
wall. Chicago Herald.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Some men are born great and grow
smaller every day of their lives.-Chi-
cago Journal.
"A balky horse and man "who
knows it alf' are the best means OF
teaching us the value of patience.-FaU
Ricer AdUance.
The season is over, thank heaven,
when the weak young man at the picnic
puts on a girls hat and tries to be
funny.-Puck.
AT an auction sale of some genuine
antiquities in Philadelphia New York
Extra San, printed in 1885, sold for
forty cents.
Some women never fully value a
husband until he has been killed in an
accident and they see chance to re.
cover damages. The Judge.
1t is reported that Wiggins learned
to be prophet by guessing what his
wife would say when he came homo
late at night. = Philadelphia Herald.
A book has recently made its ap-
pearance in Boston with the title OF
'.Zobar." Tt makes clerk look real
angry to have "a lady rush in and re-
mark: Young man, do you keep 30
bar. - Yonkers Statesman.
-Algernon-Ya-as, deah boy, I've
been desperwately ill; don't you know
-desperwately. Fuller-Indeed; what
was the trouble? Algernon-I had the
b-bwain fever. Fuller (skeptically)-
0, what are you giving meP-Ransbter.
Coming out at the little end of the
horn'' is all right. 1t is the thought OF
never coming out at all that worries
the young girl who is looking over the
fence of youth into the garden of So
ciety.-M o. Picayuae.
Excuse me, dearest" he said,
disentangling himself. Then stalked
to the edge Of the veranda, and fiercely
demanded: "Boy, what are you lurk-
ing about the front gate for at this
time O. night?''-"Mornin' papers,
TN. Y. Graphic.
Little Dorrit-Mamma, when does
my birthday come? Dashing young
widow-Next week, pet. .How old
will be?" "Why! gracious me! Can
it be possiblep You will be nine years
old, just think of it" swell. I'll think
ofit." ''No, no, mean don't think of
It. - Chicago Tribune.
You say that Robinson is smart
young man?' .'Yes, he is fellow of
splendid business attainments. "How
10 you know that? He's not in any
business, and never has been.n That's
Ill right. I know he is good busi-
1ess man, because five years ago his
:ather died and left him fortune of
$4,000, and he's got over half of it
eft. IN. Y. sam.
When General Butler was in CON-
mand at New Orleans citizen was
brought in who had been found with
arms in his possession contrary to the
order. He pleaded that the arms
were only family relics. THAT, Gen.
eral. was my fathers sword" when
did your father die, sir?'' "In 1857,
General" !" "Then he must have worn
the sword in the other world, sir, for it
was made in 1858. IN. Z. Mail
Lady of the house-So. Bridget,
you think you will have to leave me,
do youp Bridget-Yis, mum. Lady
of the house What is the trouble? Is
the work too hard for you? Bridget
No. mum; kin not complain about
that. Lady of the house-Isn't the
the pay satisfactory Bridget-Yis,
mum. Lady of the house--What, then,
is the trouble? Bridget--Yer see,
mum, Dime a brunetter. an thet
kitchen, mum, was fitted for blonde.
I'll not stay, mum, an try my COM
plexion, mum, day an night.-6.
Paul Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09
A Prospective Pitcher.

There was baby born in little
suburban neighborhood to the north of
the city lately. and considerable Curl
osity was manifested in the new conner
by small group of boys. ranging in
years from eight to twelve, who con-
stituted the entire boy population OF
the neighborhood.
'.Is it a boye' one Of the eight-year-
olds asked.
YES"
'sGood enough. When he grows up
he can belong to our base ball club,
and by N by there'll be another baby
around here somewhere, and pretty
soon we'll have q nine!'-Bdbghood.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09

The reports of the General Secre-
tary of the Knights of Labor, read at
the convention in Richmond. show
that the membership of the knights OF
Labor in good standing is 100000.
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After mature consideration it has
been decided that the uses OF adversity.
however sweet. are as nothing conf
pared with advertising. Philadelphia
CgA,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09

The most Indifferent person to the
price of coal is the hired young ladS Of
I'LL work. ~, I. Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
The PestilentiaI Mexicans.

LAREDO, Ten, November 16.-De
Riviera, consul here for the Mexican
Government, has beel taking testimony
for several days in tle matter of the ar
rest and imprisonment of Captain Rafael
Females, Mexican citizen in the Laredo
jail, on charge of murder committed in
1879 The facts in the case are that in
1878 Captain Females, while commanding
a company of Mexican infantry, at New
Laredo, fired upon and killed deserter
from his company after the man had
crossed the Texas bank Of the Rio
Grande.
The Mexican Government will probably
claim damages in the sum that will offset
the damages claimed by Cutting at FL
Paso. The only advantage Cutting will
have is the notoriety given his imprison-
ment, while Captain Females and his Gov
eminent have made but. little noise, but
will present very strong case.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The following named fourth-class post
mesters were appointed yesterday for
Virginia f. Marshall Stone Mountain
G. w. Scroggs, Wahoo.
All of the members of the Cabinet were
present at the meeting yesterday, and the
session was of unusual length. The an
nual message was under consideration
General Miles, commanding the De-
partment of Arizona, has assigned Gen
b. H. GrierSon, colonel Tenth Cavalry,
to the command of the district of New
Mexico.
The estimates for the maintenance Of
the civil establishment of the Navy for the
fiscal year are ten million dollars less than
that of last year. only five millions being
asked for the construction of vessels.
The annual Convention of the Ameri-
can Ornithologists' Union opened here
yesterday at the National Museum, with
President j. j. Allen, of New York, in
the chair. The Union will be in session
two or three days, considering matters
of interest to birds and ornithOlOgists.
The invitations to the coming National
Exposition Convention, on the 7th OF De
cember, were mailed on Saturday night
to the 800 eX-oflicio members throughout
the United States -Four acceptances have
already been received from tie following
officials Governor Pattison, of Pennsyl-
yania, who says his State will be duly
represented; Governor Lee, of Virginia,
who designates as his representative Cap
tain p b. Hooe, of Alexandria; Mr..
Thomas !. Edre. the secretary Of the
Pennsylvania Board Of Agriculture, and
Henry McShane, the bell manufactures
of Baltimore
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
There Were Ninety-and-Nine.

LACROSSE, WIS, November 16-Nine-
ty-nine persons were arrested yesterday
for violating the Sunday laws. Among
them were c. J. Ring, local passenger
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad; Colonel Johnson, yard
master for the same company; the mem
bers of the amateur dramatic company
that gave performance at Germania Hall
Sunday night; saloon-keepers, bakers,
hackmen, and cigarmakers.
AS soon as the lawyers can fix the time
test cases will be made in regard to each
branch of business. The saloons were
run Sunday with wide-open doors, the
BARRIERS did a good business, and most of
the clothing stores, candy-shops, and other
places of business were open to the pub
lie No one was interfered with, but the
police were active in taking the names
of the breakers, and yesterdays ar
rests were the result of their vigilance.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
NEWSN NOTES.

Interesting Items at Home and Abroad.
The steamer Oceanic, which arrived at
San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yo-
kOhaman, brings news of the fOunderlng
of the steamer NOrmantOre off Pashima,
Japan, with seventy-twO persons on
board, twelve of whom reached land
Sunday night, near Clarence, Mo-,
George DObOynes was attacked by two
unknown men, who, after taking his
money, beat him until he was insensible
and then set fire to his clothing, intlicting
probably fatal injuries.
In New York Alfred L. Burgess, a
eam-ftter, twenty-five years old, who
was convicted of being concerned last
June, with his sister-in-law, Annie Null
holland, in an attempt to poison his wife
three days after her confinement, was sen
fenced to six years and eight months III
Sing Sing.
In New Orleans the Supreme Court af-
firmed the sentence in the case of Dr.
Emanuel Dreifus, convicted of suborna-
ton of perjury in connection with the
celebrated Ford murder case. Dreifus
was sentenced to seven and half years
in the penitentiary.
Hon. Norman Colman, Commissioner
of the United States Agricultural Depart
ment. delivered an address in Philadel-
phia before the Convention of the Patrons
of Husbandry The seventh and highest
degree of the order was conferred on b.
c. Harrison, of Alabama, acting high
priest
Miss Elizabeth SchatIer, the owner of
Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, has
made an offer to give that building to the
PENNSYLVANIA Horticultural Society IN the
name of her deceased brother, William
L. Schaffer
At Martins Bridge, Ala, while a party
Of ten men were rafting logs, the stakes
holding the logs gave way, and the logs
came crashing down the stream, killing
:. l.. Pinney and fatally injuring Thomas
Jones
Judge Alfred Shaw died suddenly in
New Orleans Monday night Of apopleXy.
During the Republican administration in
Louisiana-from 1864 to lSIEJudge
Shaw held many positions OF honor trust
and profit.
At the annual meeting of the National
Cattle Growers Association, in Chicago,
Monday il was decided to unite with
the National Cattle and Horse Growers
Association Of the United States.
g George Golfer, newly appointed postal
clerk. operating on the St Paul limited
train between Minneapolis and Chicago,
was arrested, charged with rif1ing the
mails.
Francis McCabe, the New York Doodle
alderman. who was last week adjudged
insane. secured his release on bail from
Ludlow street jail.
Investigation of the accounts OF W. D.
Burke. the missing county treasurer OF
Galveston. Texas, shows deficit OF over
$4,000
The extension of the Pennsylvania
Scbuylkill Valley railroad, from Ham
burg 10 Pousville, Pa, was opened TO
travel Monday
The second annual convention OF the
National Veterinarian and Sanitary
Boards Association began in Chicago
n G. Kimle, a pioneer merchant OF
San Francisco, and member OF the com
mission firm of Kimle q Co.. is dead.
For the first time in several years there
is no strike of any consequence In Pltts-
burc or the surrounding district.
The Eagle Cotton Mills Company OF
Taunton Mass. is financially embarrassed
to the extent of about $4,000
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
All Bicycle Records Broken.

MINNEAPoLIs, November 16-The
fortyeight-hour eight hours daily BIZ
cycle race, which commenced last Mon
day, closed Saturday night, and all
previous records for six-days' racing
were broken. The competitors were
W. J. Morgan, II. w. Higham, F.
T. Messill, Albert Schock, T. w.
Eek, and Frank Dingley. All are
well-known professional bicyclists ex-
cepting the last named. Dingley is a
Minneapolis boy, and has not been in the
saddle more than year. Eek broke his
arm after riding only thirty miles. Mes
sill was attacked with rheumatism on the
second day and had to retire. Morgan s
time for the 100 miles was 6:12:42t. The
previous best record made by Prince in
his seventy-twO-hOur race with Shock was
G:25:25. Morgan in his forty-eight hours
covered 74O miles and 1 lap, which is $50
miles better than the best previous record
in this kind of race.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
Anti-SOcialism.

New YORK, November 1G.-The Pro-
perty Defence Publishing Association has
been formed with a capital stock of 500
000 1t will publish two weekly journals
one in English and one in German-and
its members will patronize boycotted
firms and in other ways combat Anarch-
ism. One of the objects is to procure
evidence and prosecute demagogues and
rioters" The president is James Russell
Wallace. Professor Edward Atkinson
will edit the papers. The promoters say
that the rapid growths Of Socialism make
some organized opposition necessary.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17

NASHVILLE, November 16.-A special
to the American from Mckenzie says
Charles Dinwiddie (colored) was arrested
Saturday night, charged with assaulting
and robbing one Jennings, white man.
A preliminary examination was to have
been held to-day before Squire MObine.
it having been continued from 10 o'clock
Yesterday for want of counsel. The negro
was under guard at the calabOOse, being
in charge of Marshal Bryant and others.
About 10 o'clock last night twenty-five
masked men rode into town, coming from
the direction of Huntington, and pro-
ceeded directly to the calaboose, where a
portion of the crowd instantly rushed
into the calabOOse with drawn pistols,
overpowering the guard. They riddled
the body of the negro with pistol balls.
He, in his frantic effort to escape, burst
his chain loose from its fastening, and
knocked over the stove, which was full of
fire That work being done, the men
mounted and left without even speaking
word. The negro was a desperate
character.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-17
4 Horrible Death.

NoRRIsTowN, PA, November 16.-John
Moran, bricklayer 80 years of age, at
tempted to board an afternoon train just
after it left the Reading railroad Main
street station, and fell under the second
car. Both legs were torn of at the waist,
and when the train came to standstill
one limb was pinned down by wheel
The body was disemboweled and frag-
ments of flesh strewn over the road for
considerable distance. Moran leaves a
wife in Manayunk.