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The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14
Homestead Entry No. 1857.

Land Office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,
July %, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice Of bis
intention to make final proof in support Of bis
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Judge, or in his absence, the Clerk Of the
District Court at Bellevue, La. on September
IIth, 1890 viz: Miles Randolph Merritt
Homestead Entry No. 2957-for the lots and
D. southwest quarter of northwest quarter,
ana northeast quarter Of northwest quarter
OF section %. township l9 North, range ~
following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon, and cultivation of said land.
viz: John NJ. Lewis. 5. p Harrison, p. h
Curry, A. A. Curry, Of Midway p. o., La.
WILLIS HOLMES.
July 81, 1890. sept II
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Battle billiousness, beseige malaria,
break up chills with sc. G. G. Certain
Chill Cure, the pleasant remedy. No
cure no pay. Sold by B. F. Oneal.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

The latest news from Bienville
parish is that Blanchard has carried
that parish by a majority of two to
one.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Rapides parish has elected solid
Blanchard delegation TO the Congress
aiOnaL Convention.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Good news comes from all over the
parish-the Blanchard men were not
idle Tuesday.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Congressman Blanchard rides the
waves of a genuine old-fashioned
majority in Bossier.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Between April and July 1st the
currency was contracted SO, SOS by
the governmental boarding money.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Bossier parish sends greeting to
Hon. N. G. Blanchard A solid dele
cation of 2l votes.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

The Louisiana Press Association
will meet at Baton Rouge on Monday,
October 19, 1890.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

The Cuban sugar crop is finished,
and IS 100000 tons greater than last
year.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Newton G. Blanchard was built for
a winner.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14
BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY. .::::::::::::AuGUST IL, 1890.
For Congress-.

We are authorized to announce Hon. n. G.
BLANCHARD, of Gaddo,. as a candidate for
reelection as Representative of the Fourth
Congressional District; subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

This is a great year for straight
talk and no dodging,
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

The Chattanooga Tradesman re.
ports marked increse in new indus
tries in the South in the week end
ing Aug. 8.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

Mr.. Blanchard will be his own sue
eessor.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

There are 168 policemen on active
1Gty IN the city OF New Orleans.
The Bossier banner., 1890-08-14

eessor.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31

The meat market is firm. Quote:
Beehive, 2I@3c; dressed, &c.
Mutton-Live, 3@314c; dressed, &c.
Hogs-Live, Az @59c; dressed, &c.
Veal-5@Sc per pound.
Lambs-S2.50 each.
SMOKED MEATS AND LARD.
The market is firm. Quotations: East
ern Hams, 13@14c; Breakfast Ba-
con, 11@111ac; Sides, 9@11c; Lard, SIG
1014c per pound.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31
Stuck for a Word.

A Springfield teacher had given her
class In geography some oral instruction
about the middle states, mentioning
among other things that the inhabitants
were ''enterprising, wide awake and go
ahead people" The next day she was
questioning the class on the subject, when
small boy replied to question about
the inhabitants that s.they were enter
prising, wide awake and"-here he was
stuck for word, but got it finally
'.move on people. Springfield Union.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Public OAlcers
Governor-E. p. Ferry.
Lieutenant Governor-C. e. LaughtOn.
Secretary oftStlte-Allen Weir.
Treasurer-A. A. Lindsey.
Auditor T. NJ. Reed.
Attorney -General-W. G. Jones.
Superintendent Public Instrnction-R.
B. Bryan.
Forrest.
Judges Supreme Court-R. o. Dunbar,
T. C. Stiles, T. ]. Anders and John P.
Hoyt.
Senats-Watson c. Squire and John B.
Allen.
Conpressmau-John L. Wilson.
State Senator-W. II. KneelaAd, of
Shelton.
State Representative-JohnM McReary of
Union City.
Superior Judge-Mason Irwin, of Nor
te.ano.
Prosecuting Attorney-W. a. Reynolds,
Of Chehalis.
Land Oficers-Seattle District: T. NJ
Reed, Jr., Register; j R. Hayden, Re.
ceiver.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31
Shrexd suindIers.


First Confidence Man-You seem to have
struck streak of bad luck, Bill.
Second Confidence Man-Why do II
you've got on such miserably cheap,
shelf worn suit of clothes. Don't believe it
cost over 81, did itY'
''No, but these clothes wasn't bought for
economy; these clothes mean business"
"Burinesr
"Ysg I'm tryin' to pass myself of for .
rich Philadelpbian- Omaha World
Hiram Darnell, of Jasper, Ga, had
bullet cut out of his back which had
been there twenty-six years 1t first
went through his hand, then struck
him on the cheek, cutting the flesh
and coursing its way to the back of
the neck, then down the back bone TO
a point nearly even with the lower
part of the shoulder blade. where j
lodged
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31

Mason County Omcers.
Auditor-Joseph w. Day, Jr.
County Clerk Joseph w. Day, Jr.
Treasurer-Frank Fredson.
Sheriff and Assessor-D M. Duckworth.
Probate Judge-W. H. M. Dunbar.
Survevor-J. S. w. Shelton.
Supt of Schools-C. s. Brumbaugh.
(Wm Potts.
County Commissioners franklin Purdy.
M. c. Simmons.
Coroner-A. F. Chapman.
Justice of the Peace Shelton Precinct
George Cyphert
ronstable Shelton Precinct)-George
Vogt i'll
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-31
UNION CITY,
MASON COUNTY, WASH.

1t is remarkable fact that very little commercial use
has been made of the great western branch of Puget
Sound known Hoods Canal (or Channel), Yet recent
investigations have proven that the natural reso
this heretofore neglected region second to
State of Washington The past few months has witnessed
greater development of the Canal country than the same
number of years previously. What year ago an
almost unheardof portion of the Sound to-day attracting
the attention of the entire State The rich bottom lands
along the banks of the rivers emptyng the Canal
rapidly being settled by intelligent and enterprsng men,
while the development of the remarkable mineral deposits
of the ympics is already well under way That this
wonderful natural waterway will have important CITY
acquainted with its commercial advantages or i'm
tributary doubt UNION CRY is to-day
the largest Hoods Canal and is admitted by all
that it is destined inherit the wealth and control the
of this great body of water glance at the
map will convince the most casual observer that UNION
CITY situated it is the head of the Canal near the
mouth of the Skokoish river has bright future before
it. 1t is the center and natural distributing point for
large of of the richest agricultural land in
Western Washington while the COAL iron and copper de-
posits of the Olympic Mountains must find their out ct
through UNION CITY The Port Townsend Southern Rail-
road is being pushed toward completion rapidly as
and money do it; UNION CITY is situated lust
midway between Portland and Port Townsend and will be
the MIDLAND TERMINAL. Wharves roundhouses depot
etc. will be erected this fall which will make UNION Cry
of the hveliest points on the Sound
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

his class. When he was finally grad.
uated with high honors, and an
nounced his intention of entering the
ministry, we all said that he would
in a few years become one ofthe most
famous preachers in the country. /
visited him not long ago. He is the
pastor ofa parish in a large factory
town, with a shabhy.genteel eongre
cation which worships in a shabby
genteel-looking church. He is mar
ried and has six children who quarrel
and play in the mud and dust. He
rarely smiles, AMI there is on his face
look of constant preoceupation.
His clothes don't fit him, and are de-
cidedly shabby He no longer has u
future, all his energies bein gcon-
sumed in the petty and carking cares
otthe present. Indeed, the best part
of the nanis gone, dead might say;
and there remains n galvanized
automaton, which YEARLY goes
through the motions of his calling.
Oh, youth, youth, how often do you
deceive us with the promise of n flu
ture that never comes!
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
THAT WALK THROUGH THE
WHEAT.

Together we walked in the evening time,
Above us the sky spread golden clear
And he bent his head aud looked in my eyes
As II he held me OF all most deaf.
Oh, il vas sweet in the evening timei
And our pathway went through the fields of
wheat;
Narrow that path and rough the way.
But he was near, aud the birtis sang true,
And the stars came out in the twilight gray,
Oh, il was sweet in the evening time
Softly he spoke Of the days long past,
Soitly Of blessed days to he;
Close To his arms. and closer pressed,
The corn-Gald path was Eden TO me.
Oh, it was sweet in the evening timel
Grayer the twilight gsew, and grayer still,
The rocks fitted home through the purple
shade,
The nightingales sang where the thorns stood
As i walked with him in the woodland
glade,
OH, il was sweet in the evening time!
And the latest CLEANS OF Daylight died;
My hand in his embodied lay;
We swept the dew from the wheat as we
passed.
For narrower. narrower wound the way,
Oh. it was sweet in the evening timel
He looked in the depth of my eyes, and said:
Sorrow and gladness will GENE Tor US,
But together wen walk through the fields o.
Close as We walked through the fields OF
wheat"
Good Words.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

1T is the duty OF every citizen sum-
moned before the grand jury at any
time or in any case to refuse 10 answer
any question outside the grand jury
room. Only grand jurors have a right
to put questions. Any one, no matter
what his pretensions, undertaking to
bully, bride or intimidate by distsn-
tention or threats of arrest any one
into answering questions outside the
grand jury room may be punished if
the right steps be taken before the
criminal Judge.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
Womnn.a RoaaY WlL

There \ - peenliaF m1tinn. p~@|
lthr "a WOMAN alone, said lllgs, y
Elliott, this philnaopheT, t1aSt laaa
Republic reporter, a. b. pQiaisi y 4
frightened female Gu ths sidsnaA
That woman i frightened tseaas
she fears those pruncing h0fsss ssF
jump npon the sidewalk and sfa
her beneath their irunsl0d ese
But what d0rs she dn under ~ e
rnmstaurvsf Does sho, wlsh wQNsfl
rvuly Wit. climb that fgneg ore2i r
hind that big hogshradG"
mo, str, ~ you see, she r.
prrHtuly engaged In pressing ~
palm 1T TIER right hand over ssfa'
cRT md looking frightened. ilsf q
ject 10 standing SO still and rgia.a I
that position OF her right aaA
against her right caF u 70 sss'
lrula the crushing boots q thai \
team. but that's 0nlF a sfss1n''
Of this so,calle,l womnus Wiz
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

hushed, terrified accents from n.
lip.
Then everything else was io..
OF and forgotten in the excltIas,
that followed. '@ss
A noble ship had struck !.
rocks, and some OF her hanl.ssA
sengers went down 10 a watsry,
while Others were saved bytbs 81 INV
superhnman effort Of strong N.Y.
men on shore. ~ 1a's|
And not the least among ,h..
heroism was Park GrisWold
White and awestruck Ma.
Trevor went down andwatehsS H.
at their noble work.
With a curious thrill AZ he, (,
she bent over one tail, still fora, n |
Park Griswold had rescued I'm. /,
waves and laid near by apos n
beach.
One look, and she turned M
grasped her lovers arm.
Ii is lle- il is Basil Thofus'
whisperFt Mith hlanehe.l llps ~
il the lover told you ofl.lst NJ, I
Parke tirisMold uttered not 4 ~,
in answer but as he turned INA +
his work OF herolsh the look - Z
brave, handsome lacs told M, \.
all the story OF his suffering
She knelt beside that nOtia.
figure on the sand, scarcely bFe.s'
ing herself as size saw az siy..
/ lie returning 90 ID.
At Lust the blue eyes opened 81
smile Of idefable happiness-lss'
though Il was lumiaed IL N
some, InA..ble white face.
"MarioElel" be whls,eFe8 srrs
To draw her cheek doWn 10 is ~
I'VE will never part again.
I she asked no qnesti0ns then 81,
tried 20 bring him back 10 lls y
( strength.
But latershe learned that tasae.
/ 81 his marriage had been Only an
founded rumor.
What her life might have bsss l.
for that night oi storm and sssss
Marjorie shndsieFs 60 cnRtempai
Although she says that. besaaa
saved her husband iilc. hsfaasssl
for Park Griswold u almost s.so.
enough 10 make Basil Jealous
Hut both Basil and Mars
Thnrns live iu the brightest hsse
seeing pretty. dnrkeyed AliSa -
day console the noble telloa as
disappointment.
Aud when that ocram ant !
now che oveHt seems verF uf0sel
tho cup Of their happiness pl
deed g. lull-tanily Story lasi.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
A Peculiar Kind OF walfars.

Making war on Indians is unlike
any other war making in which arm
les engage. Finding them, not fight
ing them is the difficult problem to
solve. II the reader will consider
that the theatre corporations in any
Indian campaign-whether in Wy
oming, Dakota, the Indian Territory
and Texas, or Arizona-is about as
large as the New England States with
New York added; that each of these
possible theatres OF wSr is an unin-
habited wilderness; that they are
without roads. and often impenetra-
BILE for hundreds of miles because OF
arid deserts or impossible mountain
ranges; that while ull parts OF each
Territory are to the Indian as famil-
lar as the paths of the home orchard
are to the farmer and his children,
it is and of necessity must be an I'M
known land to the best-intormed
white man; that in these trackless
wilds the Indian had no fixed habita-
ton; that upon being discovered by
his enemy the direction of the trail
he takes is a matter of indiffer-
ence to him; that where night finds
him is his home, and that his sub
sistence and clothing are always with
him-if all these and collateral mat
tiers depending on them are consid-
cred, an idea can he formed OF how
difficult it is to make successful war
on the Indian.
In war the Indian, though partial
" civilized, revcrts to his worst
phase of savagery. Much has been
written as to the false sentimentality
which crops up in the discussion OF
/ the Indian question by humanita-
rians and lovers OF fair play, which
it is not intended here to repent.
/ But it may properly be observed
! that it is worse than nonsense ia
! urge that the Indian regards the
( white intruders as the descendants ot
those who, two centuries and more
ago, came to this country and by
might deprived the Indians of the
lands and hunting fields, and i.
through his children pursuing thC
cred man toward the setting sun
ne luullHS . kllONtbsl4E u HIS
tory scarcely extends beyond
one generation. His white enemy i,
served in war as is any other enemy
and for the same reasons. He has nj
inherited animosities dating from thu
time of the Pilgrim Fathers. MOI
does he feel gratitude for kind usage
shown to his ancestors or to himself
The annuities paid him are looked
upon as tributes eXacted by fear Of
someless worthy principle, and kind
ness shown him are those by whom
they are shown are weak and afraiC
OF him.
| Fortunately for the whites, the In
dams in their warfare are not in TIL
habit of attacking our so-called fort
on the frontier, else the horrors o
past wars would equal in any yea
the fearful pictures of the Indian mu
tiny against the English. Our front
Ter forts have often been at the mere,
ofthe Indians, but the capture in an,
instance could not have been mad
without great loss of life, and it i
characteristic of the race that the,
areslow to attack when certain dealt
awaits any great numbers. They ar
brave where supersticious belief
make chances of safety greatly il
their favor, but will not take the risk
that satisfy the civilized WARRIOR
Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
Curlous Wlll Maklng.

A New York court has established
the validity of will of a citizen OF
that State, who left his entire pro
perty, about 100000, to the United
States Government. The New York
law prohibits requests gilmore than
certain proposition OF a mans es-
tate to the religious or charitable in
Situations when he has nearrelatives
living. In other words, n man can
not buy peace for his conscience By
adding another wrong to those he
has before committed. The first
duty of property is TO provide Tor
those naturally and legally depend
ent ON the man who owns it. The
law will not even allow a man while
living to impoverish himself so as to
leave his family in want. II this is
often i'm practice it is because exist
ing laws are not enforced. What he
cannot legally do while living the law
will not help him to do when dead.
But giving to the Government where a
man has no near relatives, and those
more distant that he has, is another
matter. The court probably held in
this case thai the man was right in
thinking he ~ nearly related to the
entire American people, and had as
much obligation to them, as he had
to the few distant relatives who after
death would claim what they had
while living done nothing to prove
they could properly have any interest
in. People who do nothing for their
! distant relatives while living ought
to herestrained by shame from profit
ing by their deaths. Where therein
near relatives the laws ofmost States
make more just disposition OF pro-
perty than its owners themselves
would probably make The law re-
cognizes a supposed natural affection,
which events often show does not
really exist.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
How 70 Take Soda.

rfom tie uustoa Gasetts
Good sodn should BE- sippeii 4s
" drinking OF tho efieryssxa
which il mere foam, an cnteryal Z
minute or tgo should 81 nu0Esa n
tore che last half of the glass y lts
IN. Clerks siiohif know CHS angsin
the customer time, without na'aas
by looks or actions that thsy !
expected to leave In the saerlA
possible order after boiling thef y
da aud paving for IL. A glass q y
da isa refreshing stimulus, 49,
than food IN n very hot moon "
RAPIDLY tossed Oh. Rs most Esg
take 1t, Is recipe for cramps an9 2
digestion. Iiit Is poor soda, pslas ].
OF metal with tho silver worn oaI \
standing In silver too long fasp's.
With syrups made from oraiigsss 4
lemons whose musty taste = 49,
to nll refined pnlates, The ~ ~ ~
takes the better for life and nea''N
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
A Resourceful Wife.

4 good story comes from one OF
the rual districts of an ex-swell who
married q young woman with a rep.
utation, much to tile chargrin o. hi.
family, "who cut him of" SO to
speak. for such a fatal mistake. Re-
Gently the paternal hearts began to
relent and proposition was made
through an accommodating friend
that the young ex-swell should di-
vorce the Objectionable dnugtter-H-
law and receive in return not only
the parental blessing. but goodly
part Of the parental exchequer.
When the matter was laid before
madame she advised her spouse to
accept the generous reward offered
for the Inconsistency of man." sug-
costing that it would be advisable to
replete the empty Golfers.
What's divorce more or less?
Let's have one by all means-divide
the spoils and get married over
again"
Now, could man, an ex-swell, have
a more accommodating WIFE
Why, she said to listening con.
fidaute-who, Of course, circulated
the matter as all well regulated con
fidantes do-"'Why / am ready to
do anything for the dear boy"
And she added ingenuously, only
last winter, when lie was strapped
for funds, 1 went to San francisco
and worked in q bookbindery."-
San Francisco Call.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

The tendency of every race track .
toward degeneracy. An honest jockey
is rare bird, but strict management
holding the whip aggressively, can
compel honest races. One corrupting
influence is the close connection be-
tween the betting-shed and the stables.
The average book on an interesting
event is $1,000 Multiplied by forty the
wagers are something like 1920, 900.
Half of it Is the money OF amateurs
and stragglers, who accept the book
makers dictum as to the favorite and
back him.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

The courts in England are stern and
dnsentimental. One OF the fashion
able guests at SANKEY'S wedding who
stole several valuable silver spoons
from the room in which the wedding
presents were exhibited was arrested
and sentenced to two weeks imprison-
ment She was widow with great
wealth and prominent light in the
highest circles OF London society. 10
the United States her theft would
have been called by the fashionable
name of kleptomanla and she would
have been handed from the courtroom
10 her carriage with humble apology.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

THE way to establish trade with the
Mexicans is to send agents among
them, not only to sell things, out to
teach the purchasers how to use them.
The agent must be not only a sales
man but teacher And that is what
he is not at the present time. He
represents both a tool company and q
hair-oil syndicate. and il he can reap
rich harvest OF commissions by vend-
ing hair-oil he deyotes his energies to
that trade and drops the tool trade.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

NATURE produces but one kind OF
electricity known to scientists or
observers. the only difference in the
currents being greater or less proper.
tions in the quantity OF the current or
in the electro-motive force, voltage or
tension Of the current. There is no
difference between the electricity pro-
duced by chemical action in the cells
OF a battery and that produced by
magnetism in the armature OF a
dynamo or that produced by flash OF
lightning. Popular theory has pict-
nred several kinds of electricity, when
in fact there is but one.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
The June Bug Rampant.


The bug is q very useful insect, but
how Objectionable it can make itself
on occasions was shown by an incl
dent which occurred one night on
the Central railrond of New Jersey.
The milk train was carrying two
passenger coaches behind the milk
cars, and as the night was warm
the half dozen passengers aboard
had the windows all raised. The
train had been standing on q
side track few minutes when q
swarm OF large June hugs, attracted
by the car lights, few In through the
windows. In five minutes the seats
we're nearly covered with bugs, and
they began TO crawl around the legs
ofthe passengers and to prove other
wise unpleasantly officious. In five
minutes the insects had possession OF
the two cars and the passengers turn.
ed out. The problem which now
presented itself was how to get the
pests out of the cars before the train
started. A FIRE was suggested, and
while the passengers gathered brush
wood and kindled a roaring blaze,
one Of the brakemen went into the
cars and put the lights out. The
ruse wis successful, the bugs deserted
the cars and the passengers went
back, shut down the windows and sat
in darkness until the train started. -
New York Commerce Advertiser.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

Do NOT read anything upon which
you wish TO pass iair judgment until
you are in pleasant frame of mind.
No production, however meritorious,
favorably impresses the reader who is
yexed, irritated and uncomfortable.