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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
Presentiments.

Mozart's sad notion that the requiem,
he had undertaken to write for his mys-
ferrous customer would be his own death
chant, proved as prophetic as Hogarth's
serious assent to the jooular suggestion
that when 1.-The end Of all things was
completed there would be an end to the
painter.
Feehter's mutton was not at fault
when it made him urge the sculptor,
taking his instructions respecting his
last resting place, to set to work at once.
as there was no time to lose; when the
tomb was ready for the tenant. the
tenant was ready for the tomb.
Tom Sheridan, bidding Angelo rood.
bye with the remark, Il have twenty
months to live" guaged the tsrm of his
existence to 3 nicely.
Awakened from a sick mans slumber
by the baying of hounds, and the uproar
attending the pulling down of a stag ia
a neighbor's garden, sport-hating Millet
exclaimed, 1T is an omen!" and in 4
few days took leave of pencil and paper
forever.
Not long before his fatal illness.
Prince Albert said to the Queen, II do
not cling to life. You do, but I.set no
store by it. If / knew that those I
loved were well cared for, should be
quite ready to die Tomorrow. am
sure. Il / had a severe illness, I should
give up at once. / should not
struggle for life. ~ Chambers Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
Thoughts.

Everything that is involuntary
deserves to be forgiven.
Where wisdom is required, force
is of little avail.-Her0d0taS.
What mankind want is mercy
Justice would ruin most of them.
Power, which many so assiduOus-
ly court, is in its nature precariOus.
All must die; it is wisdom to sub
nit with patience to the common
lot.-Euripides.
The blessing of the bord, it MAX
eth rich, and be addeth no sorrow
with it.-ProUerbS.
By humility and the fear of the
Lord are riches and honor and life.
Philadelphia Times.
Thou hast learned by experience
how much better it is to be envied
than pitied.-HerOdotGs.
God is incapable of doing any.
thing which is unworthy of a pure
and happy nature.-DiOnySiatS.
Success has a great tendency to
conceal and throw veil over the
evil deeds of men.-DemoStkene8.
1t is a common law of nature,
which no time will ever change, that
superiors shall rule their interiors
-D5Ony8iuS.
The fear of the Lord is to hate
evil; pride aud arrogance, and the
evil way, aud the froward way do l
hate.-SOEOmoR.
Vengeance comes not openly,
either upon you or any wicked man,
but steals silently and impercepti-
bly,, placing his foot on the bad
EtrIpideS.
AS the partridge stitch on eggs,
and hatcheth them not; SO he that
getteth riches, and not by right,
shall leave them in the midst of his
days, aud at his end shall be fool.
Jeremiah.
Whoever thinks that he can 60 on
committing sin without the knOwl-
edge of the gods, acts foolishly he
will be overtaken, when Vengeance
finds leisure, and will suffer for all
his misdeeds.-E1rEpides.
The dog, though whipped many
times, ticks his masters hand again
if petted but once. And shalt thou,
that art not a beast, but man, up
braid thy God who has fed thee
twenty times where he has left thee
to hunger but once PAIN.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
cowARDLY BEARS.
The Don Puma sllnks into MumalleR On
the PFessnce Of . Dog.

The Don Puma 8llnks into HumERleR an
the PFessnce Of hog.
At sight Of 9 dog the Don Puma
sinks of like the spirit Of bad con.
science, and with the rarest exceptions
no provOcation viii induce him to try
conclusions with the dogs master.
When the International Rsilroad was
finished to the valley Of the Rio FRO,
some hundred miles south Of San AM
tonic, one Of the surveyors in fellow
ing the gorge of rocky creek. camo
across what he supposed 20 be . pan
TIERS track, or rather beaten trail OF
such tracks, leading mp to the rocks OF
. lateral raYine, which he hesitetad 30
enter, when he heard something like Q
queTulous mewl of young kittens. HiR
Oolored attendant refused to advance
another step, but in the valley below
they met two cattle boys, to whom
they told their adventure, and who ak
once agreed TO accompany them, with
the in-for-fun readiness Of the native
Texan. The only pistol was en-.
trusted TO one Of the boys, who,
on that condition volunteered 70 enter
the den alone, and soon after emerged
with three good sized kittens In bis
arms. They re puma pups" said be,
and returned the pistol with an tndif,
ference justified by the event. They
had not yet crossed the main creek
when they heard o wailing screech Ga
che bushes above, and every now and
then saw the bereayed mother sliv
along through the briar tsngle, or peep
out. rs If trying to get farewell look
as her ''pups". At the next chance Of
that sort the surveyor banged on Bic
pistol in the direction Of her head and
saw the ball strike the ground . ooupla.
OF yards short, but the shot had sorsed
It's purpose. Mrs. Puma lodged back
and never showed her face again, nor
vUntured to demonstrate BY another
appeal. The FeIis coacoIOr has boen
bearded in his own den; nay, two yasswj
ago the California papers published shsl
report Of German farmer who hAdl
been out cattle hunting with his Nexf-l
can peoI, snd happening 70 spr eAe
crouChing form Of puma In she fork
Of tree, offered the Greasog one do
lar TO get him the skin Of chs feline.
The Mexican had no sooner realised
the Gberality Of the proposition when,
be flung down his hat, cody aavsncs
upon the tree and killed the puma with
. common butchers knifel-- GosesesPsI
BSNost0e.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
How Poker Was Saved In the West.

Poker was the glory of California,
and OF San Francisco in particular. To
endeavor to regulate this game SO that
it should have rules that could be
pointed to as official interpretations of
the mysteries surrounding it, official
action became necessary, because the
unframed minds of amateurs were be-
ginning to get very much muddled over
values of different hands, and there was
danger that the confusion would in
crease, and hopeless corruption of the
great game result, il prompt action
were not taken. In 1874, however,
San Francisco arose to the occasion.
and through the Board of Supervisor.
passed a law which forever put q stop
to strife, and which saved the great
game Of poker from utter ruin. This
law, which now stands on our staRuta
book under the head of section thirty
six, reads as follows:
Every person who at the game Of
poker, or who, on betting on . hand
OF cards, as poker hand. shall, by
claim, pretense, or representation that
three or four cards of the same suit
beat three aces. or threes of any kind.
obtain or take any money, personal
property, or valuable thing, with in-
tent to cheat and defraud, shall be
deemed guilty of q misdemeanor, and
shall be punished accordingly"
Since that day, when our Board Of
Supervisors laid down the law which
should stand until time is no more, poker
has been scientific game, to which are
brought great talents, great experience.
great skin. The Board of Supervisors
saved poker from ruin.-SaSs francisco
Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

"The people of Arkansas" says the
Lonoke Dark. } Democrat, shave been
reasonably prosperous the past year.
Our soil has yielded abundantly from
its great storehouse to the efforts OF
the husbandman large tracts of vir-
gin soil have been placed in state OF
cultivation; dwelling houses,churches
and schools have been built; bridges
and roads improved, and crime in our
country has been decreased"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

The number of full grown men out
OF employment IN Georgia is incred-
ibls. Eleven stalwart citizens Of
Atlantis were recently seen loa6ng
about tho stores, whiting, whistling
and otherwise spenping time, while
inside . neighboring factory their
children, all under ten, were working
twalve TO twenty-four hours a day.
When asked what their fathers did
toward making : living, those chill
dran answered: HE brings our
dinner tous." That was actually all
thar sbIs-bodisd fathers had 10 do.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

VIoK's FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1882
The Pioneer Seed Catalogue of Amer
lea. Thoroughly revised and enlarg-
ed. New shape, new type, elegant
cover, frontispice and three colored
plates. Contains full directions for
planting, transplanting. gardening,
etc.; illustrations and descriptions of
every popular plant, flower and vege-
table, with prices of same. A hand
some present, elegant for parlor or
library table. '|Vick's Floral Guide. "
containing certificate good for Is
cents worth of seeds, will be mailed
to your address on receipt of only Is
cents-real cost, nothing. Address
James Wick, Scotsman, Rochester,
New York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

An exchange sums up life as fol.
lows: ga few more smiles, few
more tears, some pleasure, some
pain, a hurrying aud worrying in
this world, some hasty greetings
and abrupt farewells. and life will
soon be over, and the injnrer and
injured will soon be laid away and
ere long forgotten. 1t is not worth
while to bate each other"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

THE boywho spends his evenings
on the streets, " says the Ephrata (Pa.
Review, ''is sowing seeds that will
result in crop the gathering of which
viii not be a pleasant pastime. The
history Of the race shows that those
who misuse their opportunities in
youth seldom accomplish much in
mature life"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
sun.oIOws Il Sweden.

Toward the end Of October che Rs-
markshle sun-glows were again seen eel
Stockholm. In the western hoEizoa q
yellow clOud-bsnk, strongly illumEast.I
ed. appeared behind . number % sinv
clouds, grayish in color, the sky ahovay
che former, to 9 height Of Sarty.five d.;
gTeeS, being lurid, entirely coloEan@'
the clouds. Laser on In tie evening
the glow impaired TO the edges Of -
clouds the most remarkable reflections
Of cOlor, varying from ochre to yellow i
violet and pink, with shadings Of bauo.i
Al times the higher-lying clouds eognsa
most remarkable formations. Hg
seemed that the glow waa situated b.
tween cumulus and cirrus clouds. -NL
y. ROss.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

Education is worth more to your
child than wealth, for wealth may be
lost and regained, but education
never. Put you child in the position
that he may stand the equal of any
man, by educating those faculties
with which God has endowed him,
and which be never intended to lie
and canker from disuse.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

The Louisiana Journal" has just
completed it's third year of publica-
ton, and we are glad to understand
that it has Go liberal advertising
patronage, and friends on every
hand" It is good friend of Louis.
lana and we rejoice in its prosperity,
wishing tt ever increasing health
strength and wealth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
Less than 10000 farms in Texas
are mortgaged. The aggregate debt
represented is over 100000.

ABLE's HONEY OF TAR AND ToLU.-
=" The Great Household Remedy."-
A sure safe, speedy and pleasant
remedy; purely vegetable.
Office of Cashier Pacific Express
Co., Little Rock, Ark, Feb. Goth,
l888-Dr. Able: I have used your
DR.. Able's Honey of Tar and Tolu in
my family for the past two years, with
the very best results.
r. B. HoRNER.
Little Rock, Ark, July 1, 1885,
Dr.. Able: Your DR.. Able's Honey
and TOlu saved my life. I have been
on the police force here for Years.
and everybody knows what nv con-
dition was. JoHN Il Howr
For sale by j. B. Oneal, Haughton.
La. W. ]. Mobley, Bellevue. Ia
and J. |. Allen. Serepta, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

The Birmingham News says that
business doomed during the Christ
mas tide IN the Magic City, and that
there was a large increase of trade
over that of last year. The cash
paid out by the city banks during the
week ending December "a amounted
to ], 122, 105. SO and almost all of this
together with about $500, 600 estima-
Ted to have been brought in from the
surrounding country villages and
towns passed into the Golfers of the
Birmingham merchants.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

The Atlanta Journal says: "The
Eagle and Phoenix Company, Of
Columbus, Ga, has just declared
serni-annual dividend of 4 per cent.
This great establishment employs
about 1000 hands. It's great success
demonstrates the proftableness OF
cotton manufacturing in the South
when iudiciously managed, and the
superior advantages Of this section
for the business.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

The receipts of cotton at Shreve.
port for the week ending last Friday
were 1,4OO bales. Total receipts
58,937 bales, against 7O,127 bales
at corresponding date last year.
The Shreveport Times of Wednes
day gives the following cotton quo
tatioBs: Good ordinary, S4c,; Low
middliug, $50; middliUg, S&o.; good
uiddling, 9ac.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
Some Passing Events.

The Cincinnati police arrested last
year 10,997 persons.
In Paris aud London thereis quite
a revival of old-fashioned dances.
Thereceipts of cotton at Vicksburg
this season are over $4,000 bales.
One tenth of a cent per mile is the
cost of railway travel in Belgium.
Greenville, Miss, is to have soda
and mineral water bottling factory.
The recent foods in Southern
France are said to have caused enor-
nous damage.
Berlin University has $3.50 students
entered for the present winter term,
of whom III are from America.
During the last two years about
twenty families from the Northwest
have settled at Douglasville, Ga.
A man can hite house in Japan,
keep tive servants and live on the
fat of the land, all for little over
$40 month.
During the year 1883 there were
1894 deaths in Cincinnati, OF this
number 729 died of consumption and
$50 of pneumonia.
Gladstone, Michigan, is IA months
old, has already 1000 inhabitants,
and all the principal streets are paw
ed with cedar blocks.
The Director of the Mint estimates
the gold product of the United States
for the past year at $50, 100000, and
that of silver at $53,OOO,OOO.
During the year 1883 1885 i'm.
migrants were landed at Castle Gar
den, New York City, an increase of
1,977 over the previous year.
In Russia last year $4,000 dram
shops were done away with by law.
But Russia still has left one dram
shop to about every fifteen persons.
A Vicksburg dispatch says the
steamboat Katie Robbins sunk in
Lake Tchula Saturday morning. No
lives lost, and her cargo was saved.
The national debt on January LIST
was 81, 85,363,2 The total debt,
less available cash items is S1,194,-
698,522. Net cash in the treasury is
$6O,636,264.
E. 0. Walcott having received the
Republican caucus nomination, will
be elected United States Senator from
Colorado on the 18th inst. He will
succeed Bowen, Republican.
The assessed valuation of property
in Arkansas in 1886 was S189, 9O1, 6s8.
The assessed value for 1888 is 1854
COCOON round numbers, an increase
of s14,98,312 in the two years.
The growth of the trade of st.
Louis is illustrated by the report of
the Collector of the Port showing |
an increase Of direct imports from
100000 in 1885 to S1,5OO,OOO in |
1883.
During 1888 the Cincinnati post
Office enjoyed an increase of S61,s11 |
81 over 1887 in its receipts. The
total receipts in 1883 were S727, 765
30; disbursements, S255,317; net
revenue, s47434S so.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

4 great deal has been said in the
South during the past ten years
about immigration. A great many
people have come South and many
more will come, but the capital they
bring bears but an infnitestimal pro
portion to that which is and must be
utilized belonging TO our own people
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10
BELLEVUE. Lac
THURSDAY, :::::::IANUARY 10, 1889.

The suicide record of Hamilton
county, Ohio, for the year 1888 was
7s established cases and IL suspect
ed ones. AS compared with the pre-.
vious year It shows an increase of
nearly 100 per cent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10

Our CountTymen Abroad-Qm sAs
Clamps Elysses) -English Gagle-
man stnquiTing way)-''Raraonme@
Esos, MonaeaF." FrO4eh Gons1smaR
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gsw. Together: Coed gEassonss
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-01-10


Monday, January 21st.
A semi-annual dividend of 10 per
cent was recently paid by the Nation
al Bank of New Orleans.
Taylor Black, colored, escaped from
Marksville jail on the 1st inst. A
reward of $50 is offered for his cap
ture.
The Bayside plantation, near jean
nerette, on Bayou Teche, was sold
recently to Captain John White for
$4,000.
The Grand Council of American
Legion of Honor of Louisiana will
meet in New Orleans on Thursday,
February IS, 1889.
The Monroe Compress Company
have declared dividend of 10 per
cent. The compress has received
over 10000 bales this season.
Workmen are engaged in quarry
ing rock near Alexandria, which, says
the Louisiana Review, is to be used
in the Atchafalaya river.
The Democratic Review says bust
ness on the Natchitoches tap railroad
continues good. It has transported
3,144 bales of cotton this season.
Shreveport Times: "The cotton
factory movement is gradually gain
ing strength. It will soon be so
popular that everybody will take
stock in it"
Mr.. Gus A. Bourquin, a popular
and worthy citizen of Shreveport for
the past thirty years or more, died
in that city on last Thursday in his
47th year.
ST. James Courier "Arother cigar
mandatory will soon be in operation
in our parish. Mr.. F. Lebeuf will
soon begin the manufacture of choice
brands of cigars"
The steamboat Paris G. Brown
was sunk q miles above Port Hud-
son, on the Mississippi river, on last
Saturday night, and eight of her
crew and one passenger were drown
ed.
Lake Charles Echo: eve learn
from a Northern friend that there
are about fifteen families on their
way to Lake Charles, and are now
perhaps about Vernon parish coming
down with their wagons and teams. y
The following Brigadier Generals
of militia have been appointed by
Gov. Nichols: Third District, Capt.
John McGrath, of East Baton Rouge;
fourth district, Capt, Dudley Avery,
of Iberia; fifth district, G. o. Watts,
of Rapides.
The Telegraph says the attention
of the immigrant has at last been
attracted to "this beautiful and fer
tile Ouschita country" Several ap-
plications for lands were made at
Monroe last week by immigrants
seeking homes.
The Louisiana Journal, published
at Homer, Claiborne parish, says:
" A good number of farmers from
Alabama have recently moved into
ward five, and viii buy homes and
settle. Our people huve a cordial
welcome for all such immigrants"
The Ouachits Telegraph of last
Saturday says: "There has been
deadlock in the cotton market for the
past month, very little of the feecy
staple having been moved. There
are now about 5000 bales on the
yards in Monroe and West Monroe"
Shreveport Democrat: "Shreve-
port has q great future before her.
but the people must beup and doing
to accomplish that possible future
Factories established viii keep the
ground already gained and push her
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
Wisdom in Proverbs.

Pleasures steal away the mind =
Dutch Proverh
A grain of prudence is worth a pound
of craft-Asiatic Proverb.
Envy shooteth at others and wounds
himself Russian Proverb.
Virtue and happiness are mother
and daughter.-German Proverh
A blow from frying-pan smuts il
It does not hurt-Spanish Proverh
When there is room In the heart
there is room in the house. Danish
Proverh
A mouse will scare q thief-Italian
Proverb.
Intemperance Is the doctors wet
nurse.-German Proverb.
The envious may die. but envy new
er.-French Proverb.
Children's virtues bring new wealth
70 the parents froverh
A hired horse and ones own spurs
make short miles Dutch Proverb.
When the bee sucks It makes honey;
when the s2idsr. oison.-Spaniak
Pfoyerh
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
CONSOLATION.


When Molly came homo from the party "a
night
The party was out at nine
There were traces of tears in her bright blu
eyes
mat looked mournfully up to mine.
Tor some one had said she whispered to me,
With her face on my shoulder hid,
Some one had said (there were sobs in he
voice.
That they didn't like something she said.
So took my little girl up on my knee
~ am old and exceedingly wise
And said: my dear. now listen to mo;
Just listen, and dry your eyes.
.-This world is difacult world indeed,
And people are hard to suit,
And the man who plays on the violin
Il bore to the man with the flute.
~And myself have often thought
How tery much better 'twould be
II every one Of the folks that know
Would only agree with me.
- Bat since they will not, the very best way
To make this world look bright
Is. never to mind what people say
But to do what you think is right
Walter Learned, in St. Nicholas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02

An ingenious agricultural person
who lives not very from Boston has hit
upon a new and decidedly profitable in
dustry. There has recently arisen a
demand for crows heads, hitherto
deemed valueless, and it is his purpose
to supply it. Ten cents apiece the
county authorities have offered for the
crania of these interesting birds from
whose destructive propensities the
farmers crops have been suffering SER
iously of late years. Under ordinary
circumstances this bounty would not
leave a very large margin of profit for
the recipient 1t costs something. you
see. to kill crow. There is the am.
munition, in the first place, which is
expensive, and one can not count upon
Staying even a single inky-feathered
fowl for each charge of shot and pow
der. Besides. the sportman's time
must be reckoned in the account But
the enterprising speculator above re-
ferred to has devised scheme by
which maximum percentage of gain
is to be secured without any risk
worth speaking of. He has set up
chicken incubator of the most approved
pattern, in which is placed as fast as
laid the product of about one hundred
hen crows that have been trapped and
confined. in company with perhaps a
dozen cock crows. Within fifteen
days the little creatures are Matched.
and fortnight later they are ready
to be decapitated. For be it under
stood that the head of crow chick is
worth just as much as that of an adult
of the species. At the uniform rate of
ten for dollar. dead, they pay the
producer.-Albany IN. W Argus.