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The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The Montgomery Advertiser has
resurrected an old copy of the Week
ly Flag and Advertiser, published in
that city, Friday, December /, 1S48.
On the second page of the paper
the local cotton market is re-
viewed and cotton is quoted at AZ, A
and cents. The same paper quotes
cotton at Liverpool at an advance of
3 cents over the Montgomery price.
But steam transportation has chang
ed all of this, the difference between
the Liverpool and Montgomery mar
kets being now only Il cents, equal
to Il cents in favor of the producer.
In crop of 100000 bales this small
item of Il cents. made possible by
modern shipping facilities, amounts
to about $60,OOO,OOO to the cotton
planters of the South.-CoIumbws
(Ga.) Enquirer-Sun.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12
Having a Good Time.

Ii man wants to have Il really good
time, he cannot do better than to try
newspaper editing. There is lots of
fun in it for the reason that if it con
talns too much reading matter, the
people won't take it. II the type is
too large, it don't contain enough
reading matter. If the type is too
small, the people won't read it. If
we publish telegraphic reports, the
people will say they are all lies. If
we omit them, people will say we have
no enterprise, or suppress them for
political effect. If we have few jokes,
they say we are rattle headed. If we
omit them, they say we are old fossils.
If we publish original matter, they
condemn us for not giving selections.
If we publish selections, they say we
are lazy for not writing more, and
giving them what they read in other
newspapers. If we give a man COM
plimentary notice, then they censure
us for being partial. If we remain
in the office and attend to business,
folks say we are too proud to mingle
with our fellows. If we do not, they
say we never attend to business
Mend0ciRO Beacon.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

It is very hard to understand the
workings of the law. The common
people suppose law to mean justice,
but they find that according to their
natural instincts, law is the cover to
much injustice. They are willing to
admit that man is entitled to be
judged innocent until he is found
guilty, but they do not understand
how lawyers, who presumably want
Justice done, and who know their eli
ent guilty, can try to keep witnesses
out of court, and resort to every sub
terfuge to save someone's neck when
the neck is not worth saving. When
lawyer knows absolutely that a man
has been guilty of cold -blooded mur
der, how can he, simply becaase the
man has become his client, bend
every effort to get him acquitted p
That is law, but there is no justice in
mans escaping the penalty of his
deeds through trickery-Los Angeles
ECeRts.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12
BENTON, La, APRIL II, 1894.

The scissortorial editor clips the
following from an exchanges: "The
best way to build up town is to stand
by each and every man in the town
who does right. Whenever a man is
doing we'll do not tear him down. All
residents of the town ought to be part
ners, not opponents. In all lifehood
the more business your rival does, the
more you will do. Every business
man who treats his customers honest
ly, courteous and fairly will get his
share, and the more busines men that
can be secured by united efforts, the
better it will be for all. When a town
ceases to grow it begins to die, and
the more people try to kill each other
in their business or good names, the
more rapidly will utter ruin come to
all. Stand together for the advance
ment of every citizen. If man shows
ability to prosper, do not pull him
back through jealousy, or weigh him
down with cold indifference.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Money spent for education is mon
ey we'll spent. 1t means less outlay
for policemen, jails and courts. Itsig.
nifies that there will be progress
with its concomitant blessings, peace
and prosperity. Louisiana is not
liberal to her schools. Much more
money should be appropriated for
their support. Mississippi appreci-
ates the value of education more
than we do. For 1928 she has
given nearly s2,OOO,OOO, and it is
her intention to do better in the fut.
nre. Our people should awake
N. O. Item.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

It is the nature of some minds to
insult and tyrranize over little people
this being the means they use to rec,
ompense themselves for their extreme
servility and condescension to their
superiors. Slaves and fatterers ex-
act the same taxes on oil below them
which they pay to all above them,
Fielding.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The Chinese cultivate dwarf oaks
and pines, perfect trees in every res
pect, but from six inches to a foot
high. The result is attained by root
pruning.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Many of the young people now
graduating from our colleges know
less of God than when they left the
parental roof and more of worldli-
ness and vice.-Christian Standard.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

ln0'uoel VI bue laulIy mas simply
gone on a journey, at the end of which
he will await our coming. The sun
has risen for US, and its fructifying
light penetrates every nook and cor
ner of our sorrows.
Whether we are privileged to see
what Elisha's attendant saw or not,
if we feel sure that he saw we may
be even content to remain blind. We
do not care SO much to see heaven
for ourselves as to be certain that
somebody has seen it, either prophet
or servant. If heaven is there we
ask no more.
There is a wild and almost reckless
interest in the topic nowadays
Above the din and confusion of our
material life we hear voices which tell
us that heaven is not far off and that
the two worlds can talk to each other.
Bands of earnest men and women
gather when the days work is over
in the belief that voices come across
the wild waste and bear messages of
affection and advice. Human nature
has an intense longing, q burning
thirst, an unappeased hunger for
facts of this kind. Even reason is
sometimes held in allegiance or chain
ed up for the time being, that the
emotions may have full and free play.
Discrimination is paralyzed, and the
the doors of the heart are thrown
wide open for folly as well as wisdom
to enter.
There are men and women who tell
US of incredible experiences; but these
experiences are not to be judged as
false merely because they are incred-
ible. On the contrary we are inclined
to ask if anything is incredible, and
if so who shall fix the limit of belief.
There are men of science of large
regulations whose word has weight
the globe over, who look US straight
in the face and tell US wonderful
stories. There are psychical societies,
whose members are cold investiga-
tors, and, while they throw aside
much that is floating about, call our
attention to residue that needs ex-
planation. Society is ablaze with this
sort of thing, and assuredly there
are a thousand extravagances in the
air.
But the real question is behind all
this. Is it true that in this latter
quarter of the nineteenth century
there is spiritual as we'll as mate
rial revelation? While some have
stumbled on inventions which have
altered the whole complexion of our
social life, have others discovered
truths which render the spiritual life
more brilliant and hopeful?
Here, then, we find ourselves CROP
ing through the darkness. Heaven
is place or it is nothing. Heaven
is peopled with beings who may not
be seen because our eyes are not fitted
for that kind of vision. But some
have seen them in the past, and
others in the present, declare that
tney nave Deen equalIed privileged.
If we take the first step we must fin
ish the journey. There is no halting
spot where we can say, Thus far and
no farther. Either heaven is round
about US, and the possibility of COM
munication is fact, or we have been
led strangely astray.
The affirmation ennobles all things;
the. denial leaves US wringing our
hands in mute despair.
If there is streak of rank vulgar
itv IN oI1r c0oiotv ~ 10 crlarip civ
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The roller cotton gin was used in
Asia and Africa before the dawn of
authentic history. Three-quarters of
a pound Of cotton, cleaned by means
of this gin, constitutes a days work.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Madden says that in the British
West Indies two centuries ago pins,
slices of bread, pinches of snuff,
drains of whisky, soap, cocoanuts,
eggs and other common articles were
all used as money.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Men endure the losses that befalI
them by mere casualty with more
patience than the damages they sus-
tain by injustice.-Sir W. Raleigh.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

One of the best rules in converse
ton is never to say thing which any
of the company can reasonably Wish
had been left unsaid.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

New Orleans Free Press: "Some
people are SO afraid that their left
hand will find out what their right
hand is doing that they won't let their
right hand do anything at all"
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The uses of furnaces to destroy a
city's garbage and refuse is growing
in favor There are now ffty-fve
municipalities in England where the
system is used.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

When England goes to remodel her
upper House we offer her our Senate
as sample-to be avoided.
Orleans Free Press.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The head is put on a pin for the
same purpose it is put on human
being-to keep it from going too far.
N. 0. Free Press.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The English evening primrose is
a night fowor, and opens its petals
at sunset with a snap like vegetabl,,
torpedo.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

mean to make myself man, and
if l succeed in that, shall succeed iu
everything else. -Gartield
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

We would talk less about our
neighbors if we would talk more With
the Lord
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The first record OF comd making
as a separate branch ef industry WIS
made In 987.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The orange grows wild all over
tropical Asia, and is everywhere re-
garded as indigenous.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

If men would only work half as
hard as they worry. they wouldn't
have to worry.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The devil doesn't. care much for
our profession. All he is afraid of is
our practice. .E
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

There were many booksellers in
Rome as early as the days of Julius
Caesar. bah
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The candle-maker's trade first
began to flourish in the fifteenth cen.
turY.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

If there is streak of rank vulgar
ity in our society, it is glaringly
shown by the display of the money
cost of things.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The battles of God can only be
successfully fought by those who
wear his armor.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

1t is only when we are trusting
God that we are capable of doing our
best.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

All true love is groundedon esleenr>
Buckingham.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Stag from blast furnaces is pu1ver-
lied and used for fertilizing farming
lands in Germany.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Men do less than they ought, unless
they do all they can.-Carlyle.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Last year there were in Vienna 3lG
suicides and 339 attempts.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12
". al. w. LOsUru,

A ttOrney at Law, BeEton, La. Will prac
"A tice in the Courts of Bossier, BienvilIe
and Webster parishes.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

n. o. Free Press: ''It is astonish-
ing how many friends man has un-
til he needs them"
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Behavior is mirror in which every
one displays his image.-Goeth.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The paying doesn't count mucls
when the pocketbook won't say amen.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Life without friend is death with,
out a witness. Spanish Proverb.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Virginia convicts are hired out to
shoe-contractors and railtoads.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The first reguler coal naming as o
business was done in England in 1880.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Great works are performed, not by
strength, but perseverance.-Steele.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Texas has ten State farms on whicIt
convicls are worked under contract.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

A killing tongue, but a quiet
sword.-Shakespeare.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Chimneys were first put OH houses
of more than one story ir Italy in
1347. %
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

California convicts each cost tho
Stute 32c day.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The one prudence of life is concen~
tration.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Economy is in itself source Of
great revenue.-Seneca.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

The blast that blows loudest is
SOONEST overblown.-Smollett.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Tale bearers are just as, bad as tale..
makers. Sheridan.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow.
Bushnell.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

If some of us would look up more
we would see more sunshine.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12
Pekin has 1900 police stations.

A light heart lives lons-Shaks-
peare.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

A ttOrney at Law, Benton, Louisiana. Will
n practice in the Courts of Bossier and
adjoining parishes.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Anger manages everything badly
Stakius.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

Dractice in the City of Shreveport, La, and
L surrounding country. Office, 500 up stairs
Texas ST., opposite Court House. Residence,
3I4 Common street. Telephone. No. IS.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-12

A ttorney at Law, Benton, Bossier parish.
N Louisiana.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30
Unfortunate in His Audience.

lEIou tut AHuithapohb
 The dapper little man in the check suit, with a bulky cane and large vel low valise, saw good sized crowd on the street corner and immediately dived into the center of 1t. He didn't take time to find out what was the reason of the crowds gathering. but began business at once. The thick cane was given a dexterous twist that devel- oped it into a tripod and the large yell low valise was placed on top of 1t.
 Gentlemen" began the dapper man. The crowd concentrated it's collective eyes on him. q have here" continued the orator, with easy confidence of a man whose life has been passed in pub lie speaking. "I have here for sale at twenty-five cents a bottle Old Mother Sohnso's Homemade Root Bitters. These bitters, gentlemen, are warrant ed to cure any case of loss of appetite that ever existed. Ten drops taken as a dose before meal time will make the most dyspeptic man want porterhouse steaks, fried chicken, ice cream, a whole half of a pie"
 He said no more. The crowd of hun gry strikers who had been living for two weeks on half meal every forty eight hours. jumped on him. jammed his yellow valise, bottles and all, down over his head and chased him up the street at wondrous speed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30
HANDY.

Judge-Prisoner, Why did you throw a plate at your wife's head? Accused Nothing else handy, sir.-Truth.
 We never knew but one wife who act ed just as we'll as the men say wife should, and her husband left her, Atchson Globe.
 That man will stand the greatest chance
 For saving of his soul
 Who lets his wife bring up the kids, While he brings up the coal: Indianapolis Journal.
 Pater (sternly)-Is it true that you were out gambling last night? Young Hopeful bashed) Not much 1t isn't. quit away ahead of the game.-Buffa- 10 Courier.
 Temperance lecturer (wildly)-Is there no way by which we can close the side doors of the saloons on Sunday? Scoffer Yes. Open them in the front-New York Herald.
 Was Rome founded by Romeo?" in quired pupil of the teacher. "No, my son." replied the wise man, "It was Juliet who was found dead by Romeo" !" Home Journal.
 | died peaches" remarked MT. Quit Man. T don't care much for the peaches, but like the spirit in which she works."- Quitman Free Press.
 Would-be contributor Cat editors desk Here's a joke, MT. Editor, that I'll guarantee was never in print before Editor (after reading it)-Don't doubt | ho
 q am feeling very ill.," said a pa tient to his physician. "Let me see your tongue" said the doctor. Its no use," responded the patient, mo tongue can begin to tell how feel."- Exchange.
 The deacon (to the cowboy who has just dropped in to see what a revival was like)-Young man, have you made your peace with your creator? The cow boy-I ain't never had no trouble with him.-Life.
 Judge-How do you make out, ma dam, that you are only thirty-fve when you admit that your daughter is thirty? Mrs. O'Tolle-Och sure, yer honor she's me daughter by me furrest hus- band.-Judge.
 Amateur poet Qoftily)--"AW! Here is a little thing that wrote in minutes last evening. Editor (astonished)-You did? Why, man alive! Any man who can write that in five minutes ought to make his living by his pen. Poet (much aattered)-Oh, thanks! - Editor-Yes. You can get fifty cents thousand for addressing envelopes.-Puck.
 "The pass word is Saxe. Now don't forget it, Pat" said the colonel just after the battle of Fontenoy, at which Sake was marshal. Sack? Faith, and I will not. Wasn't my father 1niller?" Who goes there?" cried teh sentinel, after the Irishman had arrived at his post. Pat was as wise as an OWL and in a sort of whisper he replied, ''Bags,yer honor!'-Advance
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30
DEEP-SEA FISHERMEN.
ConesEning the Chances for Sport ea che
 Sound.

ConasEning the Chances for Sport ea the
 Sound. fHartford Postl
 Hartford is full of deep-sea fishermen who are anxious for reliable news from the sound concerning their favorite sport so that they may make vacation arrangements accordingly. They don't want to make plans for week or more away from their business and then ar rive at the shore to find that the blue fish haven't begun to bite or that the mackeral are of Watch Hill instead of in the Race as they had been told. The information contained in this ar- ticle is furnished by stan correspond ent of the Post and may be taken as absolute fact, the reports of hotel keep e4s and other interested parties not withstanding. Most of the alluring re- ports of big catches of fish are furnished directly or indirectly by parties who are interested in ldring the fisherman from, his city home, regardless of the disap- pointment and expense 1t may cause him.
 First of all. the blue fish are not bit ing in the Race" as the waters be- tween the. Race Rock lighthouse and Gull island light are called. They have shown there but are shy and there is no truth in the rumors of large catches. The keeper of the Race Rock lighthouse informed the Post correspondent that some blue fish were seen last Friday but none since. Old fishermen antici- pate the ,'blues" striking in at the rRace" very soon. A few have been caught on Bartlett's reef near the light ship. One fisherman got fourteen the, otherSevening on the ebb tide. They are small ttsh, weighing about three pounds. Thex do not bite freely and although some have been caught though the day they are nnost partial 'tb m s.1iG1 in t1es ear1y ra6sn1ng and Fl lIqlk d te..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30
rRIyArE cEDAR0UEsr,s CASE.


 There is no God In the Constitution" but citizen of this great, glorious and comparatively free country may be excused for wishing there was when he considers the case of Private Cedar quest. of Company A, Second United States infantry. The captain of the com pany ordered his men out for target practice one Sunday.Private Cedarquest refused 10 go on the ground that his conscience would no permit him to do 1t. and that the army regulations limited all Sunday work to matters of strict necessity. For this refusal he was tried by military court martial, found guilty and sentenced to be confined at hard labor for six months, and to for felt Sl0 per month of his pay during that period. The decision says: That a commanding officer has discretion under existing orders to require target practice by his command on Sunday In case of necessity Is undoubted. The evidence in this case fails to fix upon the commanding officer any abuse of dis cretion in the issue of the order com plained of by the accused. The legality of that order and the obligation of the accused to obey 1t when duly trans mitted to him cannot be questioned. It was not for him to judge of the necessi- ty for the issuance of the order. The discretion pertained to his commanding officer as to whether one existed, and, whether erroneously or not. 1t was the duty of the accused to obey. The occa- sion is deemed opportune for inviting the attention of the department to the fact that the obligations of military service will never permit q soldier to refuse obedience to an order because in his judgment 1t is unnecessary.
 Thus has military discipline been up- held and a conscientious man made to understand the difference between the law of God and the law of men. But many will think that the officer who ordered the target shooting on Sunday was decidedly in the wrong. Target practice is necessary for soldiers, but it may fairly be doubted that it was so necessary in this case as to consist with the army regulations and make advisable the raising of such ques- tion as that raised by Private Cedar quest. In army circles, however, Pri- vate Cedarquest is perhaps looked on as a crank and as having a conscience un- worthy the consideration of we'll trained military officer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30

Bartlett's reef are to be recommended to the amateur deep-sea fisherman. but the prospects are good for an early opening of the season al these locaii- ties.
 The blue fish that are being caught at present frequent shagwam reef. a fish- ing grounds about four or i've miles inside of Montauk. They are always quite plentiful clear out al Montauk point and in the vicinity of Block island. These places are too far away for a great many fishermen. but visit to them will repay any one anxious for sport. One fisherman caught thirty eight blue fish in about an hour at Shag- wam and they weighed from three to seven pounds. Of course Block island is the most convenient point from which to reach these fishing grounds. but an able steam launch or a stannch cat boat would have no difficulty in reach ing them from Mantle or New London with favorable weather. All the pre- vious reports about blue fishing at these places have been premature. The Ash have been seen there since June but have not been biting until the last few days.
 The fact is that the blue fish are showing themselves all along the coast but are not biting 10 any extent. A thousand were caught in pond off droton Long point and they have been seen breaking" in great quantities at unusual places. All this indicates great sport when the fish begin to bite. which should be very soon. A school Of blue fish got into lot of mackerel near Watch Hill the other day. of course spelling the chances of catching the lat ter. nor would they be lured them selves.
 Mackerel fishing has been brisk the last week or two. The largest catches have been of Watch Hill, in the waters stretching from Wicopesett channel. be- tween Fishers island and Wicopesett island to a point to about opposite the Watch Hill hotels. The fish have not been large. averaging less than pound. although there have been some notable exceptions among them. four-pounder caught by Hartford man summering at Fishers island. The mackerel have not confined themselves to this locality. although they seem to find the bait fish most to their liking there. They are biting all along the Connecticut coast, quite few just outside New London harbor and some away over by Race Rock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-30

tent. The religious orders stood for much. They stood for calm thought. for abounding charity. for resting places on the rough road of life. But the locomotive has come. and. with Its enormous voice. has awakened villa ges. towns. cities and nations to the modern life of unrest and fruitful haste. It's pillar of smoke is seen ascending from mountain side. from prairie and from crowded towns. and only few charmed lands remain where even the iron enchanter may not wholly disturb the~speli Of peace. Among these hap py lands Is Mexico.