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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-11

ROCHESTER,. N. Y, Aug. 10-Folowing is the
summary of the Grand Circuit trotting races to-
day:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
THE ISLE OF CAPRI.
An Autograph-Collecting Hermit I'm the
villa of q Roman Emperor. -

An Autograph-Collecting Hermit In the
villa of a Roman Emperor. ~
One of our walks in the Island of
Capri will take us to very high point,
on which are some ruins of the Villa of
Tiberius, the Roman Emperor. This
gentleman, having involved himself in
a great deal of trouble at home, con-
cluded to retire to this rocky island,
where he would be safe from his
enemies, and here he lived until his
death, in the year 81 A. ID. Capri must
have been very different place then as
far as the manners and customs of its
inhabitants are concerned. The En-
peror built no less than twelve hand
some villas in various parts of the
island, and made all necessary arrange
ments to enjoy himself as much as pos
sible. The villa which we are visiting
was one of the largest, and the remains
of vaulted chambers and corridors
show that it must have been q
very fine building. A short distance
below it is the top of precipice,
from which, tradition says, Tiberius
eioOA W hhNO ouOoC pCAoOIS WuOm IIO
had condemned to death thrown down
into the sea. This was not an unusual
method of execution with the Romans,
and his victims must have met with a
certain death.
II any of us really desire to see her.
NIT, we can now be gratified, for one OF
that profession has his dwelling here.
He probably does live here all alone, but
he does not look like our ordinary ideal
of hermit. He will be glad to receive
some coppers, and also to have us write
our autographs in book which he keeps
for the purpose. A hermit autographs
collector in the ruined villa of a Roman
Emperor, on the top of mountainous
island in the Mediterranean, is some
thing we did not expect to meet with on
our travels.--Fraask r. Stockton, in ST.
Nicholas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

OF the eight Congregational pas
tors in Hartford, Conn, seven are sons
of ministers.
The Government of Austria has
given the American Board the right to
buy or build halls for Bible lectures any
where in Bohemia. This is an impor-
tant concession. and shows the growing
favor of the authorities toward evan
gelical work. Christian Union.
1.-THE Guild of Kindness" is the
name of an institution belonging to the
Methodist New Connection, Great
Britain. 1t has for its object the culti-
vation and development Of the spirit of
kindness among the brethren and Sis
ters of the denomination primarily and
among all Christians generally.
I'm the State of Illinois, fifty-one
years ago, there were 200 Baptist
churches, $500 communicates; now
there are 955 churches, 76, ,040 conlmu-
nicants and 685 pastors. Last year
there were fifty-two missionaries doing
service within the precincts of the State,
under the auspices of the State Mission
Board. Chicago Mail.
i'm connection with the ruraored
project to establish German univers-
ity in Schenectady, N. Y, which the
German Government win be asked to
endow with the modest sum of 1.000,-
900 marks, the Berlin Tdgliche Ra,,d-
] schau pertinently asks: '.Should Ger
many not take much greater interest
in having the German-American come
over to finish their studies at our own
universities"
Mr.. F. w. Maiden, one of the
busiest and wealthiest contractors and
builders in Baltimore, has become an
evangelist, leasing centrally located
Sundays, and holding revival meetings
Sunday afternoon and evenings. He
pays all the expenses, takes up the coli
lections, and says the meetings are for
talk and prayer, but not for preaching.
Baltimore american.
When Canon Farrar got back to
old St. Margaret's under the shadow of
Westminster Abbey, he took part in q
queer ceremony. After the sermon a
basket was brought out containing
nineteen loaves of bread and nineteen
old people received loaf and six
| pence each. The loaves were done up
in new handkerchiefs. The quaint GUS
tom has been carried on at st. Mar
garet's for more than three hundred
years.
The celebration Of the fifth CEN
tenary of the University of Heidelberg
next August will be a gigantic affair,
over twenty thousand old students
being expected, as well as many other
guests, deputations, etc. The prepara-
tions have already commenced. Victor
Won Scheffel, himself an old student Of
Heidelberg, and the celebrated author
of many songs, has written a jubilee
| hymn, for which Vincent Lachner has
| composed music.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
pERPLExING.
The First Financial Transaction Of .
Prominent Banker.

The First Financial Transaction Of
Prominent Banker.
b. X. Jamison, the Philadelphia bank.
er, recently said: 'Did I ever tell you
about my first financial transaction OF
importanceP No3 Well, it took place
in my native town in Indiana County.
/ was little shaver of five, and one day
Iimportuned my father far some money
with which to buy candy. He was talk
ing with a gentleman at the time, but
he put his hand in his pocket and pulled
out dime, giving it to me with the in-
junction to spend but half of it and to
bring the other half home.
took the money, but how to
obey puzzled me. / walked along
cogitating over the matter until ar
rived in front of a tinsmith's, when a
bright idea struck me. Entering boldly
in, for knew the tinsrnith, l as boldly
demanded that he cut my tenpence in
two pieces. He inquired the reason for
my strange request, and when / told
him he laughingly told me that could
have it halved at the candy store with
out any cutting. Ashamed to ask there
for the accommodation desired, / in-
vested it all in candy and then told my
father the difficulty | had experienced in
carrying out bis instructions. IN. z.
POss.
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WORKING BOTH WAYS.
The Advantages to BE Gained by Work.
ing Right and Left-Handed.

The Advantages to BE Gained by Work.
ing Right and Left-Handed.
Every farmer and every laboring man
ought to accust6m themselves to work.
ing both ways--that is, either left
handed or right-handed, whichever may
be more convenient at the time. 1t is
often exceedingly awkward for person
to be capable of working with only one
hand foremost all the time. This is par
ticularly noticeable in cases of telling
trees and in using forks. II person
has to fell a tree and is left-handed only
or right-handed only, the stump will be
an ill,shaped object, but if the chopper
can handle his axe both ways his work
will be neatly done. When using fork,
it is often necessary to throw the hay or
straw, or whatever one is working with,
to the side opposite the one which is to
our hand, when we are only single
handed; but if we can change hands
readily, the work is easily done on either
side.
There are great many instances
where training of the kind we suggest
comes in play usefully. The best time
to learn is in boyhood. Boys should be
taught how to work early and they
should be taught to advantage, SO that
they will be ready to adapt themselves
to situations as they come. 1t is not
hard to learn any kind of movement of
the body and limbs when they are
young.
Asto who is right-handed and who left
handed in work, s'a right-handed man
Is man who takes hold of hoe, a
rake, spade or fork, with the right
hand down and the left hands up or
nearest the body A man who habitual-
ly puts his lett hand down, or, for in
stance, the man who places his right
hand on the top of spade, and grasps
the handle or shake with his left hand,
is left-handed man. And so with an
axe. A right-handed man and left
handed man can work together in
cutting down a tree. If they were both
right-handed or both left-handed, they
could not do this unless one chopped on
one side of the tree and the other on the
other side. And SO it is in loading earth
into a wagon. II the men stand face
to face, one should be left-handed and
the other right-handed. In hoeing a
row of corn the right-handed man will
walk on the left side of the row, while
the left-handed man will walk on the
right side of it.--Kansas Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
o'eRIEN's POINTS.
The Kind of "Tips' Which the Dead Min
ing Magnate Gave His Friend.

The Kind of "Tips' Which the Dead Min
ing Magnate Gave His Friend.
This is the manner in which O'Brien,
the dead mining magnate, is said to
have given a point to an old friend:
"O'Brien, hear they have struck it
in Con. Virginia. If so, I'd like to get
a little" !"
20, pshaw! No such thing. Don't
The old friend went Immediately and
bought all the Con. Virginia he could
carry. Fortunately the stock advanced
rapidly, and he commenced to think
about selling. He called upon O'Brien
again, and the following interview took
place:
Old Friend-Good morning, O'Brien.
Il see Con. Virginia is advancing.
There are rumors on the streets of a
rich find. Had better take in littlep
Too bad / didn't have some a few days
ago!
O'Brien-Yes, it was unfortunate;
but you see / did not know what they
were doing there at that time. Yes,
you had better buy what you can.
think it will 60 higher.
The old friend loses no time in get
ting to his broker and ordering his Con.
Virginia sold immediately-''street OF
board"
Ever afterward, when speaking OF
the lucky turn in Con. Virginia, he
never failed to give his friend O'Brien
due credit for putting him in the way
Of making fortune; and when, on be-
ing consulted as to the prospect of any
particular mine, took great pleasure
always ia saying that he bothered him.
self very little about it. as he ..always
gets his points from Mr.. O'Brien. y
Sacramento Record Union
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

The transformations of nature are
wonderful Put herring in tin box
with some cottonseed oil and it imme-
diately turns into q sardine.- Toledo
Blade.
Two farmers had q dispute about
the boundary lines of their farms
Their dispute is now settled and SO are
the lawyers-on their farms.-N y.
Ledger.
-Mother-s'You haven't given the
child any prize" Teacher--s.Alas! he's
ALWAYS idle." Mother-sThen he's de-
serving prize for perseverance. ."-Er-
change.
The English language consists of
about thirty-eight thousand words, yet
when man is pulling on tight boot
or waiting for his wife to dress he
nearly always invents a few extra
words to express his feelings. ~ Chicago
Tribune.
The latest song is: kiss the Baby
While You Can" Focrastination is
the thief of OSCILLATION and the man who
waits until the baby is sixteen takes
many chances on getting beautifully
lcll.-OUttftt lIcf uStU.
-"Well, declare, could cry my
ewes out with vexation." whats the
matter, my dearpn 81 wore my new
bonnet to church, and don't believe
single woman looked att .sWell, my
dear, can tell you how to attract at
tention next Sunday ssHowpn "Wear
your last years bonnet. - Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Lecturer Ito hackman) NOW you
are sure your horses are in good con-
dition." Hackman-"O. yes, sir. Trust
me for that" Lecturer-"It's only
proper for you to know that when / get
through my lecture like to leave the
hall In hurry Hackman--'What
time shall I expect you, sirf' Lecturer
elm; ah--well--that will depend a
good deal on the audience. IN +.
Star.
An eminent scientist attributes the
| remarkable longevity Of woman who
recently died at the age of 100 to the
fact that she never wore high bonnet
in a theater. We also understand that
the vigorous health Of Philadelphia
man now in his ninety-ninth year IS due
| to the fact that he never went out be-
| tween the acts to make astronomical
observations through glass. Norris
tosrn Herald.
| A sympathetic spirit is one OF ths
chief prerequisites to all good conver
sation. No matter what natural gift
man may have, what depths o
thought, or breadth of knowledge, O
brilliance of expression, if he do no
interest himself in other people, lool
at things from their stand point. shar
| in their feelings, and be IS ready an
4 glad TO listen cordially as to talk freely
be viii never be good converser.-
Ghristidn Union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18
JEALOUSY.

Nv wife? Dear boy, love her still.
NV jealousy? Unfounded quite.
The story? o. twas nothing. Yet
ri tell it. Please give me q light.
An. me, We lived in paradise!
How loug2 Well. Jack, l can not tell.
mt. truly, twas honeymoon
Refulgent--without parallel
7 loved no other. She-dear girl
was all devoted. Well, one day
+ missed bright hued scarf The next
-Four handkerchiefs of color gay.
Questioned her. A neat housewife
She is. and never fails to keep
nv shirts and hose repaired. But when
nueried, she began to weepi
~ she had said she knew naught of
The missing things, as you can see,
should have found no fault. But tears
Housed nv suspicjons-angered me.
4 Watched her closely, and one day +
saw her within a letter place
NV newest scarf. Confusioni /
At last had found out my disgraceI
..You have lover! Ahi" cried.
Contest Confess at once your guiltI
She laughed "Im sending this" she said
J.To mamma, for her crazy quilt"
-Jud0e.
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Took No Note Of Time.

A student at the University OF Texas,
whose home is at Brennan, was about
to start home to enjoy the holidays. A
friend remarked:
You haven't got your watch on.
You ought not to 60 home without
your timepiece. -
..What do I want watch for at
Brennan? There isn't pawnbroker
shop in town. ~ TerGs Siftings.
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One of tho new Congressman from
New York State, when asked at the
capitol the other day to vote for bill,
astounded the man who was election
eering for the measure with the novel
answer: II shall take pleasure in ask
ing the opinion of my legal adviser at
Albany as to the bill, and will act upon
what he says. IN 2. Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-18

If there is anywherein in life silver
fringed, eighteen-karat, full-jeweled
moment, it is the diam ond-bespangled
instant when the voung husband first
discovers that his wife knows how to
cook.-1N. r journal,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-15
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A; B. RACIAL,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Alexandra, La.
Office: At the DEMOCRAT, corner
Second and Johnston
streets.
Succession Sale.

z : ~
SUCCESSION OF No. 1889.
MRS. NJ. +. l.. ELGEE Probate Docket.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Rapldcs, la.
PURSUANT TO A COMMISSION AND
II order OF sale issued and to ne direct
ed by the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court i'll and for Rapides Parish, La, in
the matter OF the Succession Of Mrs, Nj. +.
L. Elgee, No. 1889, Probate Docket Of said
Court, commanding me, James Madison
wells, Dative Testamentary Executor of
said Succession, to sell for the payment OF
debts, for cash, and i'll accordance with
law, the hereinafter described property. /
shall offer for sale at public auction at the
front OF the Court House door, in the
Town of Alexandria, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day of DECEMBER.
1886,
the following described property belong
ing to said Succession, to-wit:
A certain piece or parcel of ground in
the Town OF Alexandria, Parish and State
aforesaid, and being lot No. a. one Of
square No. (5S) fifty-eight Of said Town,
together with the improvements thereon
Terms OF Sale:-Cash, subject to APP
praiscment.
JAMES MADISON WELLS,
Dative Testanlcntary Executor.
Nov. 18th, lsS6-tds
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-15
THE WEST CARROLL OFFICIALS
NEARLY ALL OF THEM ELECTED BY
THE PEOPLE.

Special to The Times Democrat:
| BATON ROUGE, Dec. 6.-The follow in,
information relative to the officers of tn
parish of West Carroll was obtained from
the Office of the Secretary of State.
Sohn Mckay, the man who was killed
few days ago, was appointed by Gov
Nichols June 4, 1877. He was elected
parish judge Nov. s, 1878. He was. cleo
ted by the people justice of the peace Dec
| 3, 1879, under the Wilt administration
He was elected under the McEnery gov
eminent, justice of the peace Dec. 2, 1884
He was appointed police juror May, %
1884, but did not qualify for the office
Merch IL, 1884, he was appointed return.
ing officer for the parish.
James X. Lush was appointed police
juror for the fourth ward July 8, 1886, the
day of the adjournment of the Legislature.
The following officers of the parish were
also in office during the Nichols admins
tration: j. L. Airey, clerk of court, now
parish treasurer; T. N. Gaddis, sheriff
w. A. Hedrie, coroner, now clerk Of the
court; j. H. Robinson was coroner under
the Nichols administration and is now
also; w. j. Kilbourne, appointed police
juror May 4, 1877, is now assessor; he
was appointed Dec. %, 1884. Kilbourn
was appointed police juror June 4, 1877,
was elected to the same office Nov. 5, 1878
and was appointed by Gov. McEnery Dec.
4, 1864. l.. j. Land was appointed police
juror Dec. 8, 1878, and is now justice of
the peace. Geo. o. Wilson, police juror
Nov. 6, 1878, was appointed May 27, 1878,
by Gov. McEnery.
Nearly all of these officers We're elected
by the people, and all of the pricipal Off
GERS holding commissions under Gov. Nc
Emery held offices under the Nichols ad-
ministration.
1t is great Misrepresentation to charge
that Gov. McEnery was responsible for
all of the officers in the control of the par
ish affairs. AS appears from the records
nearly all of the principal appointees of
Gov. McEnery in West Carroll parish
have been elected by the people to offices
during the past nine or ten years, and
nearly all Of them had held office under
Wiltz and Nichols.
Simon Wilowski was appointed police
juror by Gov. Nichols, June i, 1877. He
was elected by the people to the Legisla-
ture April 81, 1881.
The polio jury now controlling the af-
fairs OF West Carroll parish are: E. B.
Bisland, P. P. Goodwin, Geo. Wilson, B.
w. Wall, JOS. A. Lusk.
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End to Bone scraping.


Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,
ILL.,, says: "Having received SO much
benefit from Electric Bitters, l feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had running sore on
my leg for eight years my doctors
told me | would have to have the hone
scraped or leg amputated. / used in
stead three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
we'll" Electric Bitters are sold at so
cents bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Salve at 20 cents per box at Jacob
Geiger's.
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An Invitation.

Visit the store of Ferguson & Schnack-
And you will find yourself loaded when
you get back,
With watches, or bracelets, with notions
and toys,
Which will gladden. the hearts of your
girls and your boys.
Here your eyes can be pleased with our
various stocks
Ofsilverware, jewels, rings, watches and
clocks, -
Aud thousands of things too tedious to
Which will cause you TO say, II am glad
that came"
"Our prices p you ask-we will quickly
you post
We have but ono price, it is just above
cost.
Our word is our bond, pray give MS Il call
and purchase your wares at o,n' jewelers.
Hall
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sHER1FF's SALE.
A. HEYMAN
VS.. No. 1888,

A. HEYMAN
VS.. No 1888
w. j.. S. JOHNSON.
18th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Rapides, La.
PYVIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY A
IL writ OF tieri facias issued and to me
directed i'll the above entitled and num-
bered suit, / have seized and will offer for
sale at public auction, in front of the
Court House door, in the Town of Alex
andria, La, between the hours prescribed
by law, OH
SATURDAY, the 18th day of DECEMBER,
A. d. 1886,
the following described property, to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land situa-
ted, lying and being on left descending
bank of Bayou Boeuf, containing one
hundred acres of land, and bounded north
by the Crouch place, west by Bayou
Boeuf, south by Holly Bend field, east by
land of Mrs. E. A. johnson, with all the
improvements thereon.
Terms Of Sale:-Cash, subject to ap-
praisement. d. C. PAUL.
Nov. II, 18S6-tds. Sheriff.
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