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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

approaching them with hurrying
steps and fond anticipations, sud
denly falls over the precipice and is
broken By the jagged rocks. Unless
there is another life this life is not a
boon, bat a curse. and ma mis- so Gu
riously and cruelty constructed that
the one only thing which will make
him a little lower than the angels is
the one only thing which he cannot
have.
But it is useless to linger on this
hot and waterless plain lest we die
of thirst. We believe-some of us
even go so far as to say We know Of
our personal knowledge-that death
is simply eviction from the body and
removal from poverty to riches. That
belief ought not to be vague, how
ever; it should be vivid. thrilling,
prominent and permanent, wavering
no more than the rocky headlands on
the coast amid the angry storms
Think of the matter when you sit by
the side of your own soul with no
one else near by. That kind of
thinking will make your doubts
stink away like thief in the night.
You have right to Immortality, and
God offers it for your acceptance,
but you are blinded, and your hand
gropes in the air and fails to reach it.
You have another life, and it is q
serious misfortune if you do not re-
alize that fact, for it is the only cor
ner stone on which you can build.
If sorrow comes and burdens are
to be borne, there is rest in the
future and peace that passeth un-
derstanding. Look up, for skies are
still blue and stars still shine. The
sod covers nothing but bodies, for
souls are too noble for the compau-
ionship of the earthly. The loved
one whose cold hand gives you no re-
sponsive pressure, whose eyes look
no longer into yours, is not in the
churchyard, but in heaven not
beneath the flowers which you have
wet with your tears, but in that home
not made with hands, whence she
comes to you, ever and anon, an in
visible but benefcent presence. And
after little, your days work done,
you will enter the clondy region and
emerge on the further shore, where
she and many another will give you
a warm and heavenly welcome.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

The GOLDEN RULE.-The golden
rule is the gospel in a nutshell. The
world is suffering from a failue to
observe the golden rule. Nowhere
is this failure more noticeable and
working more harm than in the busi-
ness world. The rush to get rich
makes men forget the golden rule,
which insists upon fair balance aud
a just deal.-Rev F. Bergstresser.
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BANKERS.

HAsTE.-We are living in an age
ot rush and hurry. Everything and
every body seem to be on the run
ming march. We eat fast, sleep fast
ana talk fast, walk fast and run
through life, leaving behind much
tnat Is unseen and unknown. We
SHOULD take time to make others
ter netter and happier.-Rev. L. NJ.
Zimmerman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Labor, originally curse, has be-
come blessing. Idleness has led
many man to the gallows, and pee
pied our penitentiaries with vaga-
bonds. II these men had been at
work they might have been alive and
free.-Fdrm and Ranch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

According to the st. Petersburg
Journal Novoe Vremya, Russia, with
11O,OO0,O0O Inhabitants, has ouly
1884 physicians, or one to about
6OOO inhabitants, whereas in Germa-
ny, France aud England the figures
are one to 5000, 1900 and 1000 re-
spectively.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Anew Jersey wife wished to know
OF her husband how it was that he
could not drink bad coffee without
souslng her, and yet drink bad whis-
~ without abusing the barkeeper.
Inc New Orleans States surmises
.aat he was one of those fellows who
mad heard of bad whisky, but never
saw any.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

George Mason: have no respect
for that self-boasting charity which
neglects all objects of com mmiseration
near and around it, but goes to the
end of the earth in search of misery,
for the purpose of talking about it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

You may pulverize ice, but it is ice
still, but let sunbeam fall on it and
it is soon dissolved. Abuse, however
severe and humiliating, never softens
men, but kindness will melt the most
obdurate.
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BENTON, La, THURSDAY, JANUARY H. 1896.

The section of western country
known as No Mans Land" lies be-
tween the Tooth and lO3 meridian, or
between Colorado and Kansas, on
the north, and Texas Oh the south,
being part of the territory ceded to
the United States by Texas. It has
been classed geographically with the
Indian Territory for convenience. 1t
got its name from the fact that. in
arranging the boundaries during the
territorial Legislation in which Ste
phen A. Douglas took part, this strip
OF land, containing about 5000 square
miles, was accidentally left out. 1t
is one of the most fertile spots in the
United States, but settlers have been
always chary about going there be-
cause its status was uncertain. A
bill for it's organization as Cimarron
Territory was introduced in the Fif-
tieth Congress and referred to the
Committee on Territories.
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II your friend has serious faults, it
is your duty to talk to him about
.nem, but not to parade them be-
lore the world:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

The destructivoness of war can
hardly be appreciated by the people
OF the present generation, most of
whom have seen no conflict on the
battlefield and know nothing of war,
save through the pages Of history or
the accounts of recent struggles in
other lands. Statistics of the deaths
on the battlefield during our era are
not obtainable, for the reason that
during mediaeval times no records
were kept, and even when an esti
mate was made of the number of
men killed III battle it was apt to be
greatly exaggerated. In the twenty
FIVE years from 1856 to 1880 the num-
Der of men killed in battle or who
died of wounds and diseases was
1,S6S,0O while the cost of wars in
the same period was estimated at
f2,653,OO0,O0O, or $13, 1865, 900,
which, it is stated, would allow $40
for every inhabitant of the globe, and
at a cost of $25O,OOO a mile would
make double railway all round the
earth. The Peace Society of Lon
don has made an estimate that since
the beginning of history nearly one
fifth of The human race has perished
in battle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Two things l care not to know
what is unknowable, and what is un.
profitable. Ivan Panin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Better to deserve praise without
having it, than to have it without
deserving.
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The saying, There is no royal
road to learning" originated with
Euclid, the famous Greek mathema-
tician, who taught in Alexandria,
Egypt. His most conspicuous wofk
was his book on geometry, which,
with some few changes, is still
taught in schools and colleges. King
Ptolemy, who ruled over Egypt
when Euclid taught there, asked the
mathematician one day whether &C.
ometry could not be made easier,
when Euclid answered, There is no
royal road to learning" 1t is a
question whether he used the word
learning" or the more natural one,
"geometry," the sentence being
quoted in both ways. OF course be
meant that kings could not master
the science of geometry any more
easily than ordinary people could.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Opportunity, sooner OF later,
comes to all who work and wish
Stanley.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Better always alone than never
alone, Az,
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SOUTHERN SCHOOLS.

The Baltimore Sun gives the fol-
lowing interesting summary of edu-
cational statistics for series of
years of the Southern States: While
the South in the last twenty years
has increased 81 per cent in its school
enrolment. One in five of the pop
ulation attends school, higher pro-
portion than in any country of
Europe except Saxony. The value
of school property increased in the
South between 1874 and 1894 from
S16,O00,00O to $4,000. The aver
age value of a schoolhouse rose in
that time from 1878 to S643. While
in 1874 the Southern college stu
dents in Southern colleges numbered
1l,1O3, in 1891 the number was 25,-
3O4. In the eighteen years pre-
ceding 1894 s32o,OOo,oOO was spent
from public taxes on the schools, of
which SS0,OO0,OOO went to the edu
cation of the negroes. Ninety-fve
per cent of the whole sum is paid by
the white taxpayers. In every hund-
red whites % are enrolled in the
schools, and l9 of every hundred are
colored. In 1874 571,5O6 colored
and 1,S27,739 white children were
enrolled. In 1894 the figures were
1,424, 995 colored and 1886, ,594 white.
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.EOUls2leS Smith,

4 ttorncy at Law, Benton, Bossicr parish
n Louisiana.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-01-14

Men are seldom as ridiculous &c
when ridiculing others.-Iyan PaniA-
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j. ii. W. LOlCru.

A ttOrney at Low, Benton. La. Will prac
n tice in the Courts of Bossier, Bienyiile
and Webster parishes
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X. e. StlNSO2f.

JUSTICE OF PEACE, Ward ?. post office
y Benton, La. Will give strict attention
and make prompt returns on all business ell
trusted to him.
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NixrN f. Webb.

4 ttsrneys at Law, Benton Louisiana VIII
n practice in the Courts OF Bossier and
adjoining parishes.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
MILK PEDDLER'S ESCAPE.

A Frcnchman from North Rehoboth Has
Close Call Last Night.
The proverbial luck of an intoxicated
man was demonstrated last night In the
escape from serious injury of Paul Bus
siere, milk dealer OF North Rehoboth,
who was thrown out of his wagon last
evening while on his way home.
In turning the corner of Bayley and Pine
streets, Bussiere who had lost control Of
his horse turned too sharply, and was
thrown out. He struck on the side Of his
head and received a scalp wound.
The horse having no restraint dashed
toward the railroad crossing and finding
the upper gate down turned down the
track, and started for Providence. and was
captured by the brakeman OF a freight
train near the Conant street bridge.
The accident was witnessed, and Bussiere
was found where he had fallen unable to
move from the combined effects OF the fall,
and the liquid refreshment he had taken.
The ambulance was summoned, and he was
taken to the station, where Matron jerks
patched his head up and made him COM
Portable for the night.
The horse was brought TO Arnold's stable
to await It's owners release. This morning
the milkman was fined e and costs.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
Dangerous Use of
Strong Purgatives.

Most pills, purgatives and Bit.
ter Waters, which act quickly
upon the bowels, irritatc and often
destroy the mucous coats of the
stomach and bowels. Indeed their
cathartic action is directly caused
by the irritation of the bowels,
which they produce. Their action
should be soothing and stimula-
ting instead of irritating. A con-
tinued use of such remedies pro-
duces chronic inflammation of
the stomach and bowels. This
often ends in dangerous disease.
The use of the genuine imported
Carlsbad Sprudcl Salt, is highly
recommended as an aperient, lax
ativc and diurctic, because its &C
tion is due solely to its solvent
and stimulating properties. 1t
soothes and allays inflammation,
and is therefore much preferable
to all strong purgatives and Bitter
Waters.
Beware Of limitations. DR.. To-
boldts lecture on Carlsbad Spru-
del Salt mailed free. Eisner &
Mendclson Co., sole agents, New
York.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
FIRE DEPARTMENT

Committee Will Meet This wock to Settle
Fire District Matters.
The Joint Standing Committee on fire
department will meet this week to settle
the matter of supplying the Valley Falls
Fire District with fire protection.
The committee, as far as can be learned,
are in favor of extending the service to
Valley Falls, provided that the electors of
that district are willing to pay reason
able amount. No definite amount has
been fixed upon, but it is learned unoffi-
cially that the price asked will be In the
neighborhood of $1,000. 1t is thought,
however, that the resolution will never
pass the Common Council.
Providing that it should pass the City
Council it is question whether or not 1t
would be accepted by the taxpayers OF
Valley Falls. 1t will cost them consider
able to put in the fire alarm, and then II
they are compelled to pay $1,000 or Sl2OO
year they will look at the matter pretty
seriously.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
GOOD OLD AGE.

Mrs. Patience M. Patt Died This Morning
I'm Her Ssth Year.
Mrs. Patience M. Patt, widow of the
late William J. Patt, died at an early hou r
this morning. The deceased was the
daughter of Seth Leonard of Burlington,
VT, whose name was closely associated
with events during the Revolutionary war.
Mrs. Patt came to this city more than a
half century ago, and has lived In the
same cottage since her advent to the city.
She leaves three children, Walter L.,
Ornam l.. and Cordelia, Mrs. Henry r.
Paysell of New Bedford. Deceased was an
original member of the Second Baptist
Church, but at the dissolution of that
church, she joined the First Baptist Church
OF Pawtucket and remained devout MEM
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

Important Meeting Held Last Evening and
Considerable Business Transacted.
The Sacred Heart Temperance Society
held an important meeting last evening.
A large attendance of members were pres
ent, and an unusual interest was taken in
the proceedings. President O'Gara pre-
sided. A committee OF three, consisting OF
Matthew McCaffrey, Thomas Carney and
James Mcclure, were appointed to make
the necessary arrangements for the temp
erance lecture, which is to take place
Thursday evening.
The committee on the entertainment
which is to be held April %, reported that
matters were progressing in satisfactory
manner. The excursion committee re-
ported that they had secured an option on
tht boat for May %, and it was not decided
whether they would go to Fall River or
Newport. The st. Patrick's Day commit
tee reported that the entertainment was a
grand success. One member was admitted
and two destinations were received. The
delegate to the league meeting reported
that the installation would take place on
April 80. Aninvitation to visit the Olney-
Vile Cadets fair was received and accepted.
The Central Falls Cadets were given per-
mission to use the plano on the evening OF
their entertainment.
Matthew Mccartney took the floor and
said that It was absolutely necessary that
extreme measures be taken by the MEM
befs to raise Q sufficient amount OF money
to tide the society over the present fnan-
cial difficulty. The society, he said, was
In far more serious dimculty than most
OF the members imagined, and 1t would
require extra efforts on the part OF the
members to meet the society's obligations.
He was not In favor Of one night enter
tainments, and particularly the proposed
excursion, because the risk was too great,
and In his opinion the compensation or
returns was not adequate to the amount
of labor put forth. Continuing Mr.. Nc
Csffrey outlined what he thought would
be a paying venture. He proposed to hold
q midsummer carnival lasting week or
ten days. He said that II some really
valuable articles such as piano or horse
and buggy was put up the society could
realize a good sum. A concert could be
held each night, the whole to conclude
with dancing. To bring the matter be.
fore the meeting he moved to reconsider
the appointing of committee to arrange
for an excursion. After considerable dis
cussion the motion was carried, and the
project Of holding an excursion was
killed. The main question of holding a
midsummer carnival came before the
meeting, and nearly every member ex-
pressed his opinion upon it. II was finally
decided to hold one and the following
committee was appointed: James and
Matthew McCsffrey, John O'Connor, Jr.,
Frank Flynn, Frank Hyde and John
Sullivan.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
DEDICATION EXERCISES.

The First United Presbyterian Church ON
Central Street Ncsrlv Completed.
The First United Presbyterian Church on
Central street is nearly completed In all its
details. The pews arrived this week and
will be placed In position immediately.
The building committee met In the vcstry
last evening and voted to hold the dediea-
tion exercises on Easter Sunday, April 1S.
It was voted to extend an invitation to
Rev. J. T. McCrory of Pittsburg, Pa, to
preach the sermon upon the occasion. In
vitations will be extended to the clergy
men of all other denominations to be pres
ent. Services will be held at 2.30 and 7.3O
p.m.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
UP THE VALLEY.
Union Temperance Com
mittee to Hold Rally.
A Concert Program Will Be an
Additional Attraction.
Dealers to Have General Secretary p. j. Nolan
TO Explain Their Side Of the Question.

The Union Temperance Committee in
un III election day. Arrar gements are
under way TO hold a monster temperance
meeting In Odd Fellows Hall, John street,
Valley Falls. The hall is SO situated that
iJ will be handy for the residents of Cum
Ierland and Lincoln. Some of the lady
members of the committee are thinking of
lrranging a concert in connection with
,he meeting in order to make 1t more at
Cractive for the young men. IL this is
lone the promoters can rest assured of
having a full house. Temperance talk, no
natter how interesting, becomes monot-
onous, and needs change of program in
terspersed.
The saloon keepers are saying that there
Is no danger of the no-license clause being
adopted. However, they are leaving no
stone unturned to advance their side OF
the question before the public. p. j. No
Ian, the grand secretary, will be here
shortly to spread their doctrine among
the people, and to place the issue squarely
before the people. From now until cleo
ton day matters in both camps will be
quite lively.
LIMERICK Woodland Suit.
In one form or another, the equity case
of Mary Y. Smith against Stephen Wright
has been before the Appellate Court many
times, but yesterday it came to final
hearing. Mrs. Smith desires to restrain
Mr.. Wright from continuing to cut wood
upon some land at LIMERICK, to which
she claims the exclusive right.
Mr.. Wright says that where he has been
cutting 1t is solid woodland, and that
there is continuous stretch of woodland
from there into the wood lot. He there
fore, interprets his rights as including the
part where he has cut
The Court held the case.
An italian Lost $3.50.
Three Italians were securing Saylesvillc
and LIMERICK at an early hour this morn
ing in quest of sum of money which one
of them said he had lost last evening
The Italians in question visited LimerocI
yesterday In search of work, an one o.
them claims that he h 1850 hi, den in &
leather belt about his person. in som,
unaccountable way the money dropped
ITOIu tuc Dclb anu uC 10 hiihuS thtt oth'
Notes From Up The Valley.
Postmaster O'Sullivan of Valley Falls II
trying TO arrange for an early morning
mail.
James King of Saylesville is rejoicing
because of the addition of son to hi
family.
Lonsdale Council Royal Arcanum is pre-
pairing for its annual concert which vii
take place next month.
Mrs. Trimble, who has been visiting al
the residence of Mrs. Clark Of Sayfesville
has returned to her home.
The following letters are advertised q
the local office: Mr.. Hilsburch, Barley
Preston and Henry Wright. ~
A quarterly dividend Of I 3-4 per- cent
has been declared upon the preferred stOcl
of the Rhode Island Perkins Horseshoe
Company.
The funeral OF William. thu four months
old child Of Robert Henderson, yVvvn ,,,,ac'
this afternoon from the parents residence
on the Great Road. Burial was at Mo.
,t,cc ccaanck Cemetery.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE SOCIETY

Preparations For Their Grand Installation
Arc Nearly Completed.
Preparations for the grand installation
and reception by the members Of the Holy
Name Christian Society are nearly com
pleted. At the meeting Of the Executive
Committee held last evening, the final
touches were put to the program. 1t was
originally intended to have 1t on May 2S,
but the date has been changed to May %.
The guest of the society that evening will
be entertained In handsome manner. A
program, consisting Of speeches, vocal Sc
lections and readings has been arranged,
the whole to conclude with a social hop.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Rescue Division, Sons Of Temperance Met
In Regular Meeting.
The semi-annual election of officers of
Rescue Division, No. 20, Sons OF Temper
ance, took place last evening in the pres
ence OF large number OF the members.
Delegations were present from Lincoln
Division, No. 10, and William Penn Divi-
sion, No. s. The following officers were
elected: w. p, Eldora Brown; w. W,
Fred Hughes; X. s., Agnes Brown; A. II.
s., George Murrllinger; +. s., Octave
Briggs; Treasurer, George Parke; Chap