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peaIs having territorial jurisdiction under
the foregoing amendments.
G.. w. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
II. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore Of the Senate.
A true copy: y
Z. S. ADAMS, Secretary Of State.
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Oysters, fish, game and all ths
deicacles OF the season served IN
best style and at a nominal price. at
Mr.. A. L. Maioney's, al Union de.
pot, Shreveport. Meals, 20 cents,
See advertisement on 1st page,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-06

alt cases. Pensions granted to widows
shan cease upon their remarriage.
G. w. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
H. R. LOTT.
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
4 true copy:
;. r. S. Adams. Secretary of State.
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airy to be fixed annually and paid b. th

ary to be fixed annually and paid b. &,
Police Jury Of each parish.
Sec g. Be it further resolved, etc.
That articles one hundred AMI twenty
eight and one hundred and twenty-five
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be and the same are hereby abr0-
gated and repealed.
G. W. BOLTON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the State.
A true copy:
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To JURORS AND WITNESSES -
All Jury certificates and Witness
certificates ISSUED in State Cases
disposed Of will be paid Oh presen-
ton, ". II. SCANLAND,
Parish Treasurer
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In testimony whereof 1 have hereunta
affixed my signature and attached tha
seal Of the State Of Louisiana at the city
Of Baton Rouge, this 23d day of Decen-
hef. 1898.
T. S. ADAMS,
tSe4N Secretary Of State
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}. 1876. JOINT RETOLTTIOE.

No. 1876. JOINT RETOLTTIOE.
Proposing an amendment to the COnstltu-
ton of the State Of Louisiana. rela-
tive to pensions for Confederate Sol
diers, Sailors and their widows.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all members elected to each
house concurring:
That the following amendment to the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana be
submitted to the electors Of the State at
the next election for representatives in
1896: Il
The General Assembly may provide by
law pensions for INDECENT and disabled
Soldiers and Sailors who enlisted in Lou
isiana companies or commands organized
in this State and who served honorably
through the war in the Confederate army
| Of navy, or were h0norably discharged, or
honorably paroed, and who are now resi-
| dent in this State and arc not able to earn
| q support by their own labor on account
| Of wounds received in the Confederate
army or other physical disability caused
| by services in said army. Pensions may
| also be allowed to the INDECENT widows OF
such Soldiers and Sailors now dead, wher
| from age or disease they cannot earn q
! support.
Pensions may also be allowed to tbs
wives Of such Soldiers or Sailors upon the
| death OF the husband, if disabled and Ill
| 3igent "a aforesaid; upon proper proofs L
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26
MARRIAGE BROKERS.
Tho schatchen Is an Important Persoa
IN q New York Coiaay.


In wandering through the east side
recently learned that the "schatchen"
is an important and busy functionary
In that quarter. The sage who q long
time ago observed that marriages were
made in heaven evidently knew moth.
ing about this matchmaking individual
who exercises his wiles by day and by
night in the tecming Hebrew colony
here. The schatchen is man of middle
age, suave and well dressed, who pro-
notes marriages. He works on strict.
ly business principles, and doesn't both
er his head about Cupid or the peculiar
sentiment called love. He is
diplomat with a visiting list long.
er than the most popular wom'
an of the -Four Hundred. He
belongs to no end of lodges and orders,
and speedily makes it his business to
know all about the families of his mar
ried friends. He also acquaints him
self with the monetary worth of pater
familias, and if the latter has any mar
ringeable sons or daughters he gets ii
his work, tirst, by delicate insinua
ton and soon more openly. The schatch'
en- has neatly engraved card which an
rounces his business, and this he dis
tributes literally. He also believes in
advertising, and his card is conspicn
ously displayed in the Yiddish news
papers. lie brings young couples to-
gether, and If n marriage ensues he
pockets commissions from both sides
II the brides father gives her dot OF
$780, the schatchen pockets $50. He also
strikes the bridegroom for ten per cent.
but is frequently compelled to compro
mise on az. He often has a dozen
irons in the fire at one time, and in
the vernacular of sport, plays off one
against the other. Sometimes he burns
his fingers, as he not infrequentiy plays
n leading role in the civil courts; but
he fills unique place in Polyglot
Gotham, and has been the means of maxi
ing any number of bashful young peo'
pie happy for spot cash.
Here's another queer phase OF the
marriage business. A strange society
has just been organized in this city,
composed of young men and women
who have decided to subordinate senti'
ment TO science. In other words, they
believe it to be a crime against society
and future generations for certain per-
sons to marry, so they have pledged
themselves not to enter into any mat
rimonial alliance with any person
whose family is subject to hereditary
diseases that can be transmitted. This
new order is called the Society for the
Prevention Of Hereditary Diseases, and
its Offices are in the Stewart studio
building in Fifty-ninth street. The
president is young woman, and the
vice president is young man. The
former says that the organization has
started off with 90 members, but she
hopes to lengthen the list rapidly, as the
S. p. H. D.. doesn't propose to hide its
light under bushel. As anything
which tends to improve the condition OF
humanity in general will benefit the
world at tlnrge, this new fad should live
long and prosper,-N. Y. Correspondent
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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my missile entered the deep embrasure,
whence-as my neighbor informed mo
that evening in the code raps--it was
extracted by means of spoon tied to
stick Of firewood from the stove."
But surely the tapping must have
aroused the attention of the guards ?"
often 1t did, doubtless, and MS II
was always possible that our code
might be known to them, we used that
method only for general and safe tor
les. In the horrible monotony and 81.
lence of the cell it is an unspeakable
relief to exchange even the most trivial
remarks with fellow victim. =,
"For more important messages, the
first step was to fix ON cipher->either
invented for the occasion or adapted
from one already in use. This was then
written out on piece Of paper and
smuggled into the possession of the
otherperson,t the cipherIearned by heart,
and the scrap of paper containing the
key either burned, smoked, or sometimes
chewed and swallowed. Then docu-
Inents in the cipher were passed be-
tween the correspondents as occasion
offered"
1t WAS not easy to guess how oppor.
tunities for passing could arise until
Mr.. Volkhovsky explained.
"One dodge of ours was to secrete our
note in the butt-end of a cigarette which
we smoked while at exercise. On pass
ing the window of the person for whom
1t was intended, a slight movement OF
the thumb upon the breast-thus-im-
perceptible to the pair of gaolers be.
fore and behind, would put the prisoner
within on the alert. The cigarette end
was then thrown carelessly away. +
Afterwards, when the other prison
er came out in turn for exercise, he
would find some excuse-adjusting his
boots or trousers, for instance, or drop
ping something as II by >accident-tc
stoop and secrete the little roll of to
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bacco and paper, for examination at
leisure in his cell.
"Then / have known missiles (tied t
thread for recovery in case of failure)
to be 'ficked' from one cell window te
another opposite to it, and lowered tc
the cell below. But the safest way,
found, was to get ones gooler to con.
vey it in the bread or soup--a matter
he would often undertake If one had
friends outside to reward him."
"And what of escapes, Mr.. Vollc
hovsky?" asked.
He shook his head with quiet EN-
phasis. "The precautions taken are sc
complete, and the prison system SO
stringent, that as an almost invariabls
rule escape is an utter impossibility.
have meditated it for hours at time,
and many days in succession, but could
conceive of no practicable scheme. Es.
Gaping from Siberia is easier-though
not easy" he added, with wan smile
On my asking him if he had known
of no instances of "politicals" escap.
ing from prison, he replied: "Oh, yes
it has been done. In one case n most
elaborate plot was successfully carried
out. A warder was falsely complained
Of by several prisoners in succession,
until at length he was discharged. His
post was filled by friend of the pris,
oners, thanks to forged certificates and
papers; and after several months ex.
emplary conduct in his novel role, he
released them one night and himself
disappeared.
"Then, my good friend, Prince Kra.
potkin, who was confined with me in
the Petropavlovski fortress, was one Of
the fortunate few to escape from that
grim prison"
"How did he contrive it?" asked the
writer.
'IIe first feigned Illness" replied Mr.
Volkhovsky, "and so was removed to
the prison hospital, where, when up.
parently only sufficiently convalescent
to be just able to walk, he was allowed
to take exercise in the yard.
DAY after day he tottered feebly up
and down one particular line of march,
turning at precisely the same point
every time, until his attendant, instead
Of accompanying him to and fro, grew
less alert, and would stand still while
his charge took his slow PAGES. AT last
all was ready; bribed official com.
municated with the prisoners friends,
q closed carriage was in waiting out.
side the hospital gates, and signal
the note of violin-was arranged.
The invalid began pacing as usual; an
opportune moment arrived, the fiddle
sounded, and Krapotkin darted past tho
sentries and out through their wicket.
They fired, but missed him; he gained
the carriage, drove off, and was free.
1t was"
"Mr. volkhovsky," broke in our
hostess, II want to introduce you to a
lady who imagines you live on kvas'
and koumiss' and black bread"
The Russians tall, bent figure fol.
lowed her obcdiently, and our chat was
ended. .--Tit-Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26
OSTRICH HUNTING.
Profitable Sport That Is Making the
Birds Scarcer.


An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport; or rather the sale of booty is
so great as to attract hunters. The
Arabs give themselves to it with a zeal
passion. Mounted on their fine little
horses they try as much as possible
to fatigue the ostrich, for as Il is eight
feet high and has very strong legs 1t
possesses a quickness Of movement
which the best horse cannot attain.
1t has great endurance. 0vertaken ly
the hunter, it seeks to defend itself
with its feet and wings, but more often
1t still strives to escape by flight, utter
ing plaintive cry. In fact the ostrich
is deprived Of the power Of flight by
reason OF its great size. The muscular
force with which nature has endowed
II is not equal to lifting such n weight.
It's peculiar organization has made 1t
the courier of the desert, where IL is
able to quickly traverse the almost
limitless expanse. The Arab knows
very well that 1t is the habit cf the os-
trich to make great detours about it's
nest in circle. He chases 1t then with
out ceasing until it is almost there,
when, worn out, 1t succumbs, conceal
ing its head in the sand in order not
TO see its enemy, or instinctively hoping
TO escape danger which it cannot see
any more. This chase requires eight
or ten hours, but II offers large re-
wards. The plumes are worth con-
siderable sum, the skin makes good
leather and the Arabs are very fond Of
the flesh. Besides, in spite Of the fact
that 1t reproduces its species rapidly,
the ostrich is all the time becoming
rarer, and it is hunted for export md
domestication in other countries. II Is
one of Africo's great resources and may
become new source of prosperity to
Algerians IL they are willing to make
the effort. The truth of the popular
saying, "the stomach of an ostrich"
has been confirmed recently by an ou.
topsy on one, doubtless for time cap
tive, when the following was found in
its stomach: A parasol handle, two
keys, two great pieces of COAL glove,
a handkerchief, pair OF eyeglasses,
ring, comb, three large rocks, the
necks Of two beer bottles, the sole OF
shoe, bell and little harmonica.-
Paris Univers Illustre.
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POLAR MISERIES.
One Explorer Suffers from Thirst, Anoth.
er from Cold, Another from Darkness.

Ono Explorer Suhers from Thirst, AnOth.
er from Cold, Another from Darkness.
The arctic explorers complain Of diff
ierent causes of misery which they en-
counter in the far north. DR.. Nanhen
says the thirst induced by the terribly
!rksome labor of sledge-hauling gave
him most trouble. Though the polar
world is covered with frozen water,
there is none for drinking purposes
save that which is thawed, and on the
march it is almost impossible to get
this without hating to thaw it.
Other explorers complain of the ef-
fects of the wind and sun. II is well
known that q very low degree Of cold
can be borne without discomfort so long
as the air is still, but the moment 1t gets
in motion it strikes the skin like the
blast Of a furnace. It's effects have often
been described as precisely similar to
those of burn.
The sun, when it is visible, is hot, and
peels and blisters the skin.
But perhaps after all the greatest
evil and misery which confront the
polar explorer spring from the fearful
depression, mental and physical, of the
long nights of 1000 and 1000 hours
of gloom and semi-darkness. Under
its influence men seem to suffer like
plants deprived of sunlight. A week
or SO will often completely change their
characters, and the enforced jdleness,
universal gloom and bitter cold ccm-
bined reduce life to Its lowest terms
and make IT so miserable that maLy
have found refuge from it in insanity
or suicjde.-N. y. journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26
Training of French Children.

/ would now beg you to consider tho
less pronounced persons of our little
boys and girls, who are required, above
all else, to be amiable in the sense the
word has in France, where it means
lovable, having nothing of the luke
warm and hollow meaning of the Eng
lish word "amiable." The aim of their
education differs in the two countries.
In America good parents have but one
thing in view-the rational develop
ment of individuality and of responsi.
bility; while this, in the girls case as
well as in the boys, Is the constant la
Dor Of parents in France-to keep theii
children in tutelage, to prevent them
from seeing what is going on outside,
and to give discipline and complete sub
mission the first place. In fact, theii
children are being more specially
trained for the exigencies and the ac
complishments Of a social life whose
machinery has been running on fol
centuries, while Americans are being
prepared for individual struggles such
as they must necessarily make in
new country.-Th. Benton, in Century
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26
Left Over from breakfast.

An economical housewife, whose fam
ly dinners are always good, OCCASION
ally utilizes the cupful of cold oatmeal,
hominy or wheat left from breakfast in
the following way: A thin layer of the
porridge Is put in the bottom of small
pudding dish and seasoned with
sprinltling of grated cheese, salt and
pepper, and then few tablespoonfuls
of stewed tomatoes added. Another
layer is seasoned in the same way.
Sometimes the top layer is busted with
fine bread crumbs. The dish is heated
through and Drowned in the oven and
served with roast meat. At other times
cupful Of gravy and the tomatoes are
used in making this excellent course.
Occasionally it is used as the base of a
good pudding, either hot or cold, and is
eaten with whipped or plain cream, and
preserved fruit, or sauce Of stewed
fruit.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26

Slavonic type, his figure was well-knit
and muscular; he had the brilliant eyes
and shapely head that denote the man
of intellect. But what struck one most
was his air of gentle melancholy and
suffering. His broad shoulders were
bowed, his shock of long, straight hair
was prcmaturely gray; he had the in
definable look of one who Ind passed
through deep waters.
"That person?" said an acquaintance,
in response to query. "That is Felix
Volkhovsky. I will introduce you to
him." Hf
The introduction effected, the famous
Russian exile, whose escape from ST.
IBERIA is known to every studentof the
recent history of Russia, readily con-
sented to tell me something Of his ex-
periences in prison before the dread
sentence of exile to Siberia was pro-
nounced. OF the hardships Of his ban
ishment-hardships so terrible that his
devoted wife's mind gave way under
them, and she committed suicide in q
frenzy of despair-of these he would not
trust himself 10 speak.
''They are terrible, the Russian pris-
ons," he said, in fluent English, though
with marked accent. ''The food i
often found utterly uneatable; the cells
are squalid, damp and unhealthy. Dut
what l felt most insupportable were
the endless watching and surveillance
and the terrible loneliness of the polit-
icai prisoners life. He never knows
whether his guards eyes are following
his every movement; and his scanty
hours of exercise ars spent in solitary
tramps round the prison yard, guard
marching before and behind him to pre-
vent any intercourse with his fellow
prisoners" ~ . .|a.s1
"Yet, IL what writer's on Russia say
IS true" I remarked, "all those pre-
cautions are sometimes futile?"
"Yes," said Mr.. yolllhovsky, smiling;
''you see, many OF the wardens are kind
1y fellows, Who don't see all they might
-ond others have their price. Besides,
ono can generally chat with ones next
door neighbor by gently tapping on the
Intervening ccll-wall.
"Of course, the elementary method
of taps--one for the first letter, two for
the second, and so on-is very tedious
and wearisome. But we have n much
simpler way in general use, based on
o well-known code.
"When I was immured in the state
prison of Petropavlovski in St. Peters
burg" he continued. 81 found that the
occupant of my right-hand cell was a
novice, who was ignorant Of the code.
After repeated attempts to rap out an
explanation OF II by the lengthier sys-
TEN, gave that up, and had recourse to
another plan.
"You must know that one comfort
Is allowed us in prison-we may smoke,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-26
Cbarminc New Bed Cove.

A beautiful new bed cover of latest
fashion is made from fine white organ.
die. In the center there is square OF
the material bordercd by band oil
Renaissance lace. Next this is wide
border of the muslin, then narrower
border of the lace. The spread is fin.
ished with a wide frill of the muslin.
The pillow slams that go with the
spread are also of muslin. The square
of muslin in the center of each sham
has large ornamental letter, made
from the braids used for Renaissance
laces. Book muslns of good quality
could be used for such cover, which in
usually over another of colored or white
china silk.
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PlTh AND POINT.


"A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you give
Charley any encouragement" Father
.--"Well, / suppose it amounts to that
He called it a loan, however. detroit
Tribune. laF 5'al
-'"Yes, in some respects my wife Ia
much like that lightning-change ar
tist.' "Why?" "Oh, / have known
her to change her mind six times in .,ne
minute. ."-Philadelphia North Ameri'
can. l
--Judge--"What excuse have you to
offer for not desiring to serve upon the
panel?" Talesman-"Your honor, /
think" ,Judge-"Your excuse is
quite satisfactory. You can go."-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Not Much Consolation.-"Bloom.
field called me an ass" complained
Oakland to Belleield. "Well," replied
Bellefeld, refectiveiy, 81 always have
a great respect for Bloomfisld's opn-
on."--Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
--''Willls is a most absurd somnambu-
list" whats he done now? tiles
just come back from yachting holi-
day, you know, and last night he sat
down in bath, and baled it out until
1t flooded the whole foor."- r."-Tit-Bits.
Holidays Apart.-"If you don't
hurry, we shall miss the band and tea
at the barracks, and not find anyone
to take us to dinner, or the theater and
supper after" "Just wait one min.
ute till write 10 my husband that 1t
is very dull and miss him fearfully."-
Pick Me Up.
--Arthur-"You- think I don't love
you, darling; why, I would die for you"
Arethusa-'Yes; and it would be just
like you to do it so that your funeral
would come on day when had to give
up real nice engagement to attend to
it. Oh, yop men are so selfish!"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
~ used to do good deal Of wallsing
barefoot in the wet grass early in the
morning when was n boy" remarked
Uncle Allen Sparks, who was in one OF
his reminiscent moods, "5ut all can
remember about il is that 1t was mighty
unhealthy-for the prairie chickens. ]
generally had shotgun. ."--Chicagc
Tribune.