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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The President has IN all sent about
100 nominations for civil Offices to
the Senate. OF these 1,7O0 have
been confirmed and only thirteen re-
iected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The United States have nearly
three times as many doctors as Eng
land, and nearly four times as many
as France in population.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

A bill is before Congress to pro-
hibit alien ownership of land in the
Territories.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Monday evening the brick store
on Texas street, Shreveport, adioin.
ing Mr.. A. J. Bogels drug store, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, about $14.
600.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Pennsylvania prospectors have
leased 10000 acres of land near Chat
tanooga, on which they propose to
expend $4,000 boring for natural
gas and oil. They say they are con-
fdent that they viii find one or both
these products in paying quantities.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

In Afghanistan, arson is a worse
than changing crime" The incendi-
airy is tied hand and foot and burned
in q slow fire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Last week religiously insane wo-
man in Lincoln county, West Virginia,
killed her three little girls and her
self as a divine sacrifice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The French government delegate
sent to inspect the work on the Pan
anna Canal has reported unfavorably
Of that undertaking.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Birmingham, which is the center
of the Alabama iron industry, has in
five years increased in population
from $500 to over n, 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Greece knows the powers will not
permit her to fight, hence she can
afford to buster.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

New York Herald: ssThankfulness
that the Legislature has adjouroed
seems to prevail generally among
good citizens"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Observation-Disclosures is partly
a passive, partly an active, state, says
Robertson. whoever has pondered
long over plan which he is anxious
to accomplish, without distinctly see
ing at first the way, knows what med
itation is. The subject itself presents
itself in leisure moments spontan-
eously: but then all this sets the mind
at work-contriving, imagining, re-
jecting, modifying. It is in this way
that one of the greatest of English
engineers, man uncouth and unac-
customed to regular discipline of
mind, is said to have accomplished
his most marvellous triumphs. He
threw bridges over almost impractical
BILE torrents, and pierced the eternal
mountains for his viaducts. Some
times difficulty brought all the work
to pause; then he would shut him
self up in his room, eat nothing,
speak to no one, abandon himself in
tensely to the contemplation of that
on which his heart was set; and at the
end of two or three days would come
forth serene and calm, walk to the
spot, and quietly give orders which
seemed the result of superhuman in
tuition. This was meditation"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The negroes in Georgia pay taxes
on SIC. OOO, 0OO- They own about
TOO, 900 acres Of land.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The yellow pine OF Florida sup
plies the navics of the world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

Fire crackers are made by Chinese
convicts hired by the government at
three cents o day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27
A temporary defeat in q good cause
u far better than victory in bad
Thrift and industry can make them
selves falt in Louisiana as well as in
any other State.
The English Government has de-
cidad to annex the Kormadre Islands
in the South Pacific Ocean.

1t il estimated that ct q low va1u-
alton 10000, 900 worth Of stock is
snpported In the Montana ranges.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

was in the CITY OF Mexico in 1888.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-05-27

The first printing done in America
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
TEMPERANCE
VINous FERMENTATION.

Earth's fairest fruits mature but to decay;
And sweetest Juices have q transient day
A hasty ferment introduces woe.
Soon as the wellfil d cup doth overflow,
The liquid beverage will intOxicate,
And cause thirst II can not satIate.
But strangel whibe rotten fruit Is thrown
away, r
As worse than worthless. hunger to allay,
The compress d juices. having undergone
The fatal change. are priced by man alone,
VI all the creatures, who dependent are
Upon the fruits, he cultivates with care.
Deceived by that which moves itself Alright
AND by tits color caDtivates the sight,
He Plies his native ingenuity
10 make the subtle subtler in degree,
by distillatiOn-wOrk Of modern art,
Which has procured for It ready mart.
And now. deception. link d with interest
That's selfish, Rveth an increasing zest
10 all the mult1tud nous array
Of Satan's willing tools, in this our day.
He takes the stand point, alcohol is good,
And for his hea tn as ncedful as his food;
As one OF God good creatures unto man
tTaken In moderation IL he cam,
And as Il beverage justities its use,
Like other good. wrong only IN the abuse.
This is the stand point which so many take,
And this the promise which so many mako;
What wonder such should ever seek in vair
Conclusions which are proper to obtain.
Reason and cOmmon-sense. and Bible truth,
Are SO oerlook'd, or mystified forsOoth!
They can not sec, tho with the light of day
All teach alike. the salutary way
OF abstinence, from all appearance" cen,
Or that which is the worlds besetting sin.
j. IL williamson =, N. 1. Witness.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
RELIGIOUS READING.
LIGHT FOR ONE STEP MORE.

What? Though before 1t is dark,
Too dark for one to see,
Task but light for one step more,
Ills quite enough for me.
Each little. humble step take,
The gloom clears from the next;
So though It's very dark beyond,
never am perpieAed.
And II sometimes the mist hangs close.
So close fear to stray.
Patient wait little while,
And soon it clears away.
Iwould mot see my further path"
For mercy wells 1t so;
Ny present steps might harder be,
Did the future know.
Itmay be that my path is rough,
Thorny, and hard and steep;
And knowing this my strength might fall
Through fear and terror deep.
IT may be that It winds along
A smooth and f0wery way;
But seeing this might dcspise
The journey Of the day.
Perhaps my path is very short
Ny journey nearly done,
And might tremble at the thought
or ending it so soon.
And SO do not wish to see
My journey or its length.
Assured that through my Fathers love
Each step will bring its strength.
Thus step by step onward go.
Not looking far before.
Trusting that shall always have
Light for just one step more.
&C. Z. Gibson, IN Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

a man has thought he was devout and
full of awful concern for truth and
righteousness when he was only dys-
peptic, and his zeal in behalf of this
and that was only the morbid protest
he was making against the more
healthy devotion OF other good people.
II is therefore not only benefit TO be
in the light and to be full of it, but it
is duty we owe to ourselves, and
then to religion and our religious
work. If one have lived through an
experience of shadow with all its de-
pressing and reforming influences.
there is nothing he will pray for more
earnestly than that during the rest of
his life he may be able to live in the
fullness of that sunshine which God
provides for His children in the sum-
mer of grace And blessed is he upon
whom the sGn of righteousness rises.
and into whose soul goes That blessed
Astounding joy which keeps him in pos
session of cheerfulncss and BONG. -
| United Presbyterian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
I'M. Every organ Of the body Is more

rum. Every organ Of the body Is more
or less disorganized and enfeebled,.
and when disease comes, the power OF
resistance being lessened to 3 great
degree, death results far more quickly
than did this state of things not exist.
Mr.. Nelson's Investigations also led
to the following results as to the com.
parative length of life the drinker and
the abstainef may look forward to
with reasonable degree of certainty:
At the age of twenty years, a temper
ate man may reasonably expect to live
A. years longer; drinking man, only
1876 years. That is, at twenty, drink
ing man can, at most, expect to live
only one-Mird as long as he otherwise
could did he not have the rum habit
fixed upon him.
AT the age of thirty years, a temper
ate man may expect to live 800 years;
an Incorporate person only 1873.
At the age of forty years, the temper
ate man may look forward to %. Syears
still before him; the incorporate man,
only l.6 years.
1t is hopeful sign that the medical
profession is getting aroused to the ire
mendous dangers that menace humani-
ty from rum. 1t is full of promise for
the future. Toledo Blade.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE.
The Lesson Taught by Tireless, Dill
gent Hand.

The Lesson Taught by Tireless, Dill
gent Hand.
The fact of unconscious influence is
one of which we make much too small
account, and yet it is fact most real.
Mr. Lockhart, in his life of his
father-in-law, Sir Walter Scott. gises
singular and signal illustration of the
strange and continued streaming forth
of this unconscious influence. 1t was
in Edinburgh, in the month of June,
in the year 1914. Mr.. Lockhardt, with
several others, was dining at the house
of young friend of his. They were
young men full of the flush and gayety
of youth. After the fashion Of that
time, theirs was carousing time.
After the dinner, the weather being
hot, they adjourned to library which
had one large window looking north
ward. There the hours went by in gay
revel and free talk. After a time
young Lockhart observed shade pass
over the countenance of his friend and
host. He became silent. Lockhart
asked him if he were sick. ''No," he
answered, Il shall be we'll enough
presently, if you will only let me sit
where you are, and if you take my
chair; for there is a confounded hand
in sight of me through the window
here, which has often bothered me be-
fore, and now it won't let me fill my
glass with good will" So attention
was drawn TO it and the hand was
pointed out to all.
"Since we sat down." the young
man went on to say, II have been
watching it; it fascinates my eye; il
never stops; page after page is finished,
thrown in that heap of manuscript, and
still it goes on unwearied; and so it will
be till candles are brought in, and God
knows how long after that. 1t is the
same every night. can not stand the
sight of it when l am not at my
books"
"Some stupid, dogged-engrossins
clerk" suggested somebody. "No
boys" answered the young man; 81
well know what hand it is-it is Walter
SCOTS"
That was the tireless. diligent hand
that in the evenings of three summer
weeks wrote the two last volumes O
"Waverley." That hand wrote the
volumes, but it did something more
1t changed life by the lesson o
diligence it taught That young mar
learning that lesson became subsequent
ly renowned lawyer, Hon. William
Menjiss, one of the Supreme Judges a
the Cape of Good Hope.
Thus is it true that we are casting
moral shadows; thus is it true tina
there goes streaming forth from us un
conscious influence. 1t starts unbidden
We may control our conscious intlu
ence, but that which is unconscious W,
can not control. From every poin
and action of our lives it goes fortl
constantly like the sunlight; powerful
like gravitation. Hinder it We cal
not. .....
Our unconscious influence is in it
quality as what we are ourselves. Onl
the diligent hand can unconsciousl
,, teach q lesson of diligence. We are al
of us unconsciously teaching some
thing. How many and stringent th
obligations grasping us to be noble
that our unconscious influence be bless
ing instead of blight. Wayland Hoyl
D. d., in Chicago Standard.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

One Of the most interesting Of the
whales taken in the Pacific is the sperm
whale, that differs from the whalebone
whale in having teeth, and in many
other particulars. These animals run
in schools of from ten to one hundred
in number, and give the whaler more
trouble than any. When lanced or har-
pooned they sometimes lie perfectly
still, and again, as in the case Of the ship
Essex, they make desperate resistance.
This ship was struck twice, head on, by
an cnraged sperm whale, its huge, blunt
head battering in her hull like paste
board, making hole that sank her in
midocean in twelve minutes. An old
sperm will frequently attack boat after
boat. demolishing them as fast as they
come within reach.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

Only loving heart can effectualiy
present loving Gospel.-H. Clay
TrumbuU.
Faith evermore overlooks the diff.
culties of the way, and bends her eyes
only to the end.-Bishop Hall. f"
Establish. the best possible habits
of Christian activity while young. You
will never do it so we'll later in life.
Golden Rule.
Dear reader, in world made by =
loving Father, we are all of us children
of good fortune, if we only have wit
enough to find it out as we stroll along.
e. Z. Hale.
"A benevolent disposition is. nc
doubt, a great help toward course OF
uniform practical benevolence, but LEI
no one trust to it, when there are nc
strong propensities and no firm goot
principle. - Whdtely.
Those who are afflicted, and do mo-
affiict in return, who suffer every thing
for the love of God, and bear theil
burdens with a cheerful heart, shall
be, according to the promise, invinci
BILE as the rising sun in his might. =
The Idlmud.
Cold water in the name of dis
ciple shall be warmed at the hearth il
Zion and run to account; nay, it vii
turn into a more precious liquor thai
gold potable, and prove more cordia
than all earthly treasures.-M y %
serrer
To run a few steps will not get
man heated, but walking an hour to
gether may; so though a sudden occa
sional thought of Heaven will not rails
our affections to any spiritual heat, We
meditation can continue our thought
and lengthen our walk, till our heart
grow warmer.-Bdrter.
Nothing seems to teach us tina
God is all on our side. 1t has take
men six thousand years to find on
some part of the provision for on
good which He has laid up in the ms
terial world, and it seems it will tax
US even longer to discover the provisio
He has made for feeling and though
and for spiritual strength and joy
DR.. Marcus Deds.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
Storm Signals.

AS the coming of great storm is heralded
by the display of cautionary signals, so is
ease, Consumption Of the Lungs, usually
announced in advance by pimples, blotches,
eruptions, ulcers, glandular swellings, and
kindred outpdrd manifestations of the in
ternal blood poison, which, il not prompt.
ly expelled from the system, attacks the
delicate tissues Of the lungs, causing them
to ulcerate and break down. DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery" is the great
remedy for this, as for all diseases having
their origin in bad blood. 1t improves the
appetite and digestion, increases nutrition
and builds up the wasted system.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

IT is question just now from which
side the strongest Temperance wave
is coming. In the West it is swelling
high, but in the East also high flood
time seems to be drawing nigh. The
arrogance of the saloon and the utter
lapse of conscience and integrity on
the part of those who court the friend
ship of the saloon, as of more conse-
quence to them than the respect of the
moral portion of the community, are
forcing long-suffering people to arise
in righteous Indignation. And the coa
popuii of such an issue is not to be dis.
regarded. Chicago Standard.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

You've or middle-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred aztec
tions, should address with 10 cents in
cary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

WHEN girl changes beaus does she re-
new her youth i-Bnrlington Free Press. 1t
depends on the age Of the new beau.-CM-
sago Tribune
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

A GUSHING young lady calls flirting the
''mash"- ional game Some Of the young
men who engage in it often 60 '0ut on a
ay" il the girls father witnesses the game
~. y Ndu
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

II bilious, or suffering from impurity of
blood, or weak lungs, and fear of consump-
lion (scr0fulous disease Of the lungs, take
DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery"
and it will cure you. BY druggists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

USE Instead Of Unwholesome Cosmetics,
GLENN's SULPHUR Soar, which purifies and
beauties the Skin. HILLS HAIR ANr
WHIsKRR DYB, Black or Brown, SOC.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

"HALLs Hair Remover keeps my hair in
good condition."-Mrs. s. H. Scott, Stod-
Hard, N. H.
Ayers Ague Cure is q purely vegetable
compound, and is free from dangerous
drugs
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

IT seems strange that an umpire IL paid
. large salary when there are thousands Of
men and boys on the field who know SO
much more than he does.--faitaae.ph:a
Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

CRoouEr was said to beget quarreling
and there 10 deal Of racket about lawn ten
nis.-Bost0n Commercial Bulletin.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

A MAN, as we'll as lobster, is apt to turn
very red when he gets into hot water
Zr0r Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

: The national statistics show that
''the amount of permanent investment
in school sites and buildings in the
United States is S2i0. 63S, 4l6, and the
current expenses of the schools in 1884
were $40. 567. 567." Both of these
items would not half pay oar national
whisky bill, annually spent in the in.
terest of distillers and sa,oon keepers
Christian ErdnQelis..
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

No MAN who can earn his living honestly
ought to write . noycl.-Bu6dlo Express.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

"As GOOD as represented" is what eve
body says Of Frazer's Axle Grease.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

3 months treatment for Soc Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

No, AJAX, the rooster is not a spring
flower, although he is crocus.-LJs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07
international Sunday.School Lesson!

SECOND QUARTER.
June 27-Review. Service of Song; Mission
AIRY, Temperance or other Lesson selected
BY the school.
THIRD QUARTER.
July l-Jesus and the Blind
Man. John 9:l-l7
July 11-Jesus the Good
Shepherd. John l0:1-1S
July 1S-The death of Lazarus. John n:1-l8
July 25-The Resurrection
of Lazarus ............ John 1l:17A
Aug. 1-Jesus HonOred. ........ John :1-l6
Aug. S-Gentles Seeking Jesus. John R:aN38
Aug. l5-Jesus Teaching HUI
milty. .................. John B:l-li
Aug. 22-Warning to Judas and
Peter. ..................J John lS2l-3o
Aug. a9-Jesus Comforting His
Disciples ......... John H:1-4
Sept. 6-Jesus the True Vine. John l5:l-l6
Sept. l2-The Mission of the
Spirit. John 1850
Sept 19-Jesus Interceding 80. John T:l-26
Sept. G-Review. Service of Song; Mission
Rry. Temperance or other Lesson selected by
the school. -.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-02
How the Emigrants Were brow ned.

In the good old steamboat days, before
the war, we used sometimes to lose
twenty or twenty-five emigrants at a
trip. We used to bring great many
Germans up from New Orleans IN the
Storage. Thep couldn't speak English,
and apparently cOuld't understand. l
remember once we had about 100 on
board ON the up-trip, and every day we'd
see commotion among them. hear
them shouting and screaming, and point
ing 10 the river, indicating that some one
had gone over. We didn't pay much at
tention To the matter ut first, as we
thought they were committing suicide.
One day saw great big German,
weighing fully 200 pounds, walk to tho
boats edge with bucket attached to a
long rope. ran up and grabbed him
and showed him how TO throw the
bucket to catch the water, that is throw
ii ahead and let it fill as it came down
the stream and then draw il up. He took
the bucket, tossed it straight from him,
and it scarcely struck the water when he
was jerked overheard after it and was
drowned. That showed us the secret Of
SO many drownings we had had. Every
time a German threw a bucket he
pitched it straight out, and the current
catching il dragged him after it. We put
a watch on the foreign passengers after
that. -Steamboatman in Globe-Demo-
GRAFT
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-02
A New Stage Act.

A curious experiment was recently
tried in Brussels at the Theatre de la
Monnaie. During the rehearsal of the
comic opera, The Voyage to China,
shouts Of Fire, fire." were heard on all
sides toward the end Of the second act.
Immediately, the glass panes were broken
behind which were concealed the keys fit
ting the doors Of escape, the chorus singers
took flight, the musicians jumped up in
alarm from their seats, and in a moment
the whole of the personnel were in safety
Then suddenly the voice of the manager
was heard: so now, children, we will
proceed to rehearse the last act" 1t was
merely little fire experiment; all passed
off well. only the members of the orchestra
seemed too Hurried. Stools, desks and in
struments were knocked about in all di.
rections, retarding their escape, and conse
quently measures will be taken TO remedy
this ditiiculty.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-02
The Grand Plaza of Mexico.

This is certainly the most historic spot
in America. Quebec, with the blood of
Montcalm and Wolfe and Montgomery
and Arnold on her storied stones, appeals
to us strangely But here on this spot
stood the temple TO the sun, on whose
summit Cortez saw, from the deck of his
brigantine. sixty of his valiant soldiers
sacrificed to the great stone idol, now in
yonder museum. Here he imprisoned
Montezuma here he found the sealed-up
chamber, with its heaps and heaps Of
gold and precious stones. Here he slew
the 600 Aztec mobiles; here, and here
abouts, he and his Spanish soldiers slew
more than 100000 of these helpless and
docile little brown Aztecs. And here,
after he had destroyed the old city en-
tirely and built new one and died, was
found, century after, the marvellous
calendar stone" the Aztec almanac.
And here was found the sacrifice stone"
that surmounted the temple to the sun.
When you read in the guide books
that this stone weighs twenty-five tons,
and when you see that the calendar
stone, with its thousands of wonderful
figures, is nearly ten feet across, then,
and then only, are you ready to read
Prescott. And you are ready, too, to be-
lieve all that he has to tell you of the
terrible scenes that have taken place on
this Grand plaza.-Joaquin Miller.