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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
Carriers
Jewe1ry Store.

This week will supply every de-
mand at prices to meet all competi-
tors. Our stock of medium high
class goods is sufficient to satisfy all
purchasers. Diamonds in rings, in
brooches, aud artistic designs Of
iewelry. Silverware from the small
est to most expensive. This week
means a rush at our store-the ear
lier you come the better attention
you get.
2O2 Texas Street,
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Friday morning a fire in Shreve-
port destroyed some of the finest
stores on Texas street, resulting in a
loss of $25O,00O. Total insurance,
$4,000. The fire originated near
the center of Bigart's store, and
burned the stores of the Kahn Dry
Goods Co., the Mary A. Files MILL
merry Co., Miss Louise Rev and the
lilly saloon.
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To Land Owners.

Darties having lands for sale in this parish
L will send description, number of acres,
section, township, range and improvements.
l Can make sales. have lot of inquiries.
j. E. ADGER,
Real Estate Dealer, Hughes Spur, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
Or, C. c. McCIoud all Riqht Again

Ut. y. y. mCOiUuu dill ntyht AYd'iI.
Having lost my entire Office by fire,
I have bran new outfit in two days
and am ready for business. My office,
till the new building is completed,
will be over the Mary A. Files MILL
merry store, two doors from my former
stand.
Your business solicited.
CHAs. G. MCCLoUD, D. D. S.
Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Mrs. NJ. R. Fields (Catharine Cole),
one of the South's most widely-known
end bestowed writer's, died at Chica.
20 on the 10Th inst.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant and safe
to take. Sold by DR.. W. NJ. Abney.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

A powder magazine situated in the
center of the Chinese camp at Hang
Chow exploded recently, leveling a
square mile of houses and killing 5000
soldiers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
Dentistry.

DR.. T. M. Comegys, Office over
Zodiag's, adjoining Opera House,
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Three children were drowned near
Brookline, Mass, Sunday, by the
breaking of ice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Four persons we're burned to death
in Philadelphia Sunday from explo-
gions of oil lamps.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

A recent avalanche on the Chikooi
pass, in Alaska, killed six persons
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

The election passed off quietly
and a few couples were "quietly
married" Surely that humble word
which stands for the absence of the
several varieties of audibility and
their exacerbation, likewise the lack
of physical encounters with their
exciting details, is being overworked.
1t should be given an indefinite
leave of absence in these connections.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
List of Twenty Grand Jurors.

Drawn December Ii, 1898, to serV's
for the term of six months from tAe
date of empaneling and until sec
ceeding Grand Jury shall have Teen
oo,,,,roIof1 ∨f.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Both Houses of Congress took a
recess on Dec. 81 until January 4.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

Had the gushing women who are
trying to "kiss the face off Hobson'
lived during the late Civil War, they
would have been kept quite busy.
Col. w. S. Lowell, of Palmyra, Miss,
recently related this incident to the
Vicksburg Herald:
''In 1861 | INSTRUCTED the channel
of Pensacola harbor, between Fort
Pickens, on Santa Rosa Island, Flor
ida, and Fort AIcRae, by sinking four
vessels chained together. The dis
lance between the forts was about
three quarters of mile. I towed
the vessels out with two steamess on
dark night, passing nearly 100
guns, and so close that we could dis
tinctly hear the sentinel call, "Two
o'clock; and all's well!' did obstruct
the channel; not shot was fired, and
we safely returned. For this, was
promoted from Captain to Major"
On this expedition were Gen. Jos.
Wheeler, Capt. Lyman Aldricb, now
of Natchez, and the present editor
of the Vicksburg Herald. But, then,
such things were frequent in those
days. The Confederates :'just did
them right straight along" and there
was no Dragging about them. Fur
thermore, the Yankees could shoot
straight; the Spaniards didn't.
Mr.. John Muir, of California, a
member of the National Forestry
Commission, said in a recent inter.
view, given to New Orleans Picay.
une reporter:
ut makes my heart sad to travel
through the great pine belt OF Ala
bama and Mississippi and see the
wholesale destruction of the pine
trees. Although very recently this
timber was thought to DO inexhaus
tible, the end is already in sight, and
unless something is done by the Ma,
tional Government to stop the de
struction, the pine forests will b.
gone. The South must adopt some
rational method of forestry, else th'
supply of pine will soon be exhaust
ed. The young long-leaf pines ar
cut for turpentine, then the rosil
catches fire and charns the trunks
and the storms come and blows then
down. That is the end of the fin
trees in such a short time.
"There is more government timbe
2 destroyed by fire than is used in a
the various methods for saving an
cutting timber, and this should b
the first step taken up by the COY
eminent"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
THE OLD AND TIE NE W.

The old year is almost gone, and
with it goes the record we have made
for the past twelve months. Another
leaf in the volume of time, as white
and stainless as snow, will soon be
turned. Moments that have been
wasted cannot now be recalled.
There is no interregnum in times
sovereignty, and strongly as we may
be bound to the past by tender SEN
der sentiments and sacred memories,
we must acknowledge our allegiance
to the living present and recognize
the obligations of the new period
upon which..we shall soon enter. The
dead past may be left to bury itself.
There is comfort and stregth in the
demands of the'new representative of
time and in the necessity of bestirring
ourselves to meet the claims of 1899.
If "every day is new beginning, ="
every new year suggests the same
thought even more emphaticslly, and
inspires to new life and better effort.
Let us meet the new year as new
sovereign who comes with pardon for
whatever may have been amiss in the
past and with his hands full of the
royal largess of golden opportunities.
May all the readers of The Banner be
able to meet 1899 in cheerful mood,
or at least in spirit of loyal deter
minatton to make the best of this
fresh segment of time, and may il
prove to all OF them a year full Of
new hopes, new blessings and new
happiness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

DOSSltf L dilSil, CotlahSDS}E5 AOu-
day, January 80, 1899:
No. Names. Ward.
/ r. ". Allsman, 2
9 Fl. w. Bass, Ill 3
3 VIM. Behn, 6
4 NJ. S. Bolinger, 3
5 w. A. Boyper, 6
6 VIM. Burks, 5
&. /. Crouch, 5
s S. L. Demoss, 4
8 j. w. Faircloth, 5
10 E. L. harrington, 4
IL VIM. Gleason, 5
- James Jones, 5
13 VIM. jenkins, l
II j. B. Lay, 2
Is j. j. Lesley, 4
1G j. G. McDade, l
II w. A. McDade, 6
Is J. w. Mcdonald, 4
10 w. A. Moore, 4
90 A. J. Moss, l
q j. w. rabbi, 2
90 Dowdell Re!eford, l
90 B. F. Oneal, 9
"a j. N. Platt, 6
o5 J. w. Prince, Jr. |
26 T.. w. W. Stinson, 2
81 +. I. Whited, !
% w. p. White, )
30 A. S. Worley, {
SO j. w. Zachary, 4
II. p. MOORE,
Il. s. DOLEs,
L. T. SANDERS,
j. "A. BUMGARDNER,
w. ID. WADLEY,
Jury Commissioners
B. A. KELLY,
Clerk and ex -of1icio Jury Comm'r
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29

The report of the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, just issued, shows
that the internal revenue collected in
Louisiana during the last fiscal year
amounted to 81, 487,7ll, while Mis-
sissippi contributed only SlO,592.
But of the 40 illicit stills in the two
States, Mississippi furnished 46 and
Louisiana three. OF these, 40 were
destroyed and 16 persons were ar
rested. During the present year
there were manufactured in Louisi-
ana 1850, AIS cigars and 1864, $50
cigarettes. The retail liquor dealers
in the two States numbered 4,O9l,
and there were seven legal distilleries
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-12-29
Charleston News and Courier: MI

Charleston News and Courier: Mr..
J. H. Privett, of Florence county,
has just sold in his local market, the
crop OF eighteen acres planted in to-
bacco for $4,000, or at the rate of
nearly 5000 an acre. The cost Of
the crop was about $50 an acre, and
on this basis the profits of the crop
was $3.50 ar acre. The profits of the
crop on Is acres would buy farm Of
270 acres at the average price of
good farming lands in this section.
Certainly the cotton-tots Of South
Carolina do not deserve much sym.
patby in view of such possibilities.
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Recistered ESSEX Hogs.

r T. SANDERS & son are breeders n,' 9.
Il. the celebrated black Essex Hogs. ms
is the best Hill farmers hog. Write the" -
call on them for prices.
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Petit jurCrs,

Drawn to serve for seeond week
of 2nd Judicial DistrioV COURT for
Bossier Parish, commencing Mon
DAY. Ianuary 80. 1890
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13

Governor Tyler has taken on this question
III the beginning of his administration, but
We are still disappointed that he stopped
with a reference to bribery, for that is not
the whole evil, nor is it, in our opinion, as
some have asserted, the root Of the evil.
Bribe-givers should, undoubtedly, be APP
pretended and punished as they deserve,
but so also should those who stuff the bal
lot boxes, who cheat qualified voters out
of their votes, and who make false returns.
Let us not 90 at this thing in q halfway
fashion. While we are at it let us wipe
out the whole corrupt system and purify
the ballot. Let us be rid of every species
of election corruption.
We take it that Governor Tyler will have
something more to say on this subject to
the Legislature, and, in the interest of
good morals and good government, we
hope that his message will deal not only
with one species of fraud, bit will be broad
enough and definite enough to cover the
whole case. His EXcellency has a great
opportunity to do the people of the Com.
mouwealth Il distinct service, and we trust
that he will not falter
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13
A MISTAKEN POLICY.

1t is strange but true that a large class
of the people of the South under the in
.piration of the Democratic leaders con-
tinue to condemn the protective policy of
the Republican party. We say it is
strange that we'll informed citizens Of the
Southern states should continue to adhere
ia the doctrines of the anti-bellum Demo
cracy and refuse to acknowledge the
wisdom of policy that is making our sec
lion far greater in wealth, population and
intelligence than it was in slavery times,
when free trade was deemed peculiarly
suited to our section.
The immense growth and development
Of W industrial interests in the South
within the past 10 years has been brought
about by protective taliff. that Southern
Democracy has been constantly decrying.
If the views of the average Southern states
man had prevailed for the last two de-
cades we would not now have number of
magnificent cotton mills in the South;
the splendid iron furnaces that are found
in Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia would
not have been erected; the vast coal fields
of West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama would not now be giving employ
lnent to thousands of laborers and bring
lug capital for investment to those states,
but the South would still be an agricultu-
raj section, dependent on cotton, corn,
tobacco etc., fol revenue,
With all of these evidences before them
of the beneficial effects of the protective
system, for political purposes, the Demo
Gratis of our section still try to create the
impression upon the masses that protec-
,cction is crime and tariff reform (of the
Democratic stamp virtue. They accept
with delight the benefits ofthe american"
system, but abuse the hand or medium
through which it comes. Will the people
of Virginia and the Southern states who
are now reaping such enormous benefits
from the industrial policy of the Republi-
can party continue to be deceived and led
by the narrow Democratic politicians :?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13

and he sought self destruction as an escape.
He was wealthy man.
Rev. James M. Farrar in making his
announcement that he would resign the
SC, 900 salary attached to the pastorate OF
the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn,
said: l have spent seven years Of my
life in building up a new church, which
has grown strong and useful, and l now
desire to give the rest of my life to build
ing up souls without money and without
price"
Rev. William Corbin, of Notre Dame,
Ind, head of the Order of the Holy
Cross IN America, who died few days
ago, was a professor in Notre Dame Uni
versity when the war came on. He at
once resigned and went to the front, be-
coming the chaplain of the famous Irish
Brigade, in which capacity he performed
many acts of bravery and deeds of kind
ness and charity.
Calhoun Calkins, son of rich parents
and formerly young society leader, is
on trial in the Criminal Court in st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, on the charge of burglary and
larceny. He broke into the real estate
office of John l.. Zedler, on the night
Of September 3rd, and rihed the safe.
When the police arrested him he admitted
the crime. The defence is that he was
made insane by the excessive use of cigar
cites.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13


every 1872 inhabitants. This indicates the
vast opportunities for fleeing travellers
that are enjoyed by Swiss landlords.
An epitaph in a Kentucky cemetery
reads: .'Peece to ashees, fur he is in
ashees long 400 if he got his jest punish
ment. Though he laighter ben too Tough
to burn"
Great Britain controls twenty-one out
of every 100 square miles of the earth's
surface. There are some millions d
square miles on this continent that she
will never control.
An Eastern editor asserts that hence
forth Chicago Aldermen will get only
$500 a year. That assertion will atforc
some of the Chicago Aldermen a grea
deal of amusement.
Seventy EIGHT snakes in one writing
mass were unearthed by laborers near
New Bedford the other day, and twenty
reptiles were found by another gang. i
would seem to be high time for New Yea
resolutions in the neighborhood Of New
Bedford.
According to Anna Besant, the soul of a
suicide merely loafs around on earth, APP
plying its thought vibrations to souls in
carnate for the purpose of inducing inlmi
grafton to eternity over the short line o
self.inilicted violence. When it comes tC
guessing concerning the future state thu
TEeosophist leaders can give other proph
cts discount.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13
DlNGLEY LAW REVENUE.
Increased Feceipts for December Give 4
Surplus of Nearly S2,OOO,0O0.

Washington, January S.-The December
receipts under the Dingley revenue law
are we'll calculated to fill the hearts of pro-
tectionists throughout the country with
pride and iov. They are complete an
aweT TO the carping critics in the ranks of
the free traders who were complaining less
than month ago that the receipts under
the new protective talif' law were made
ouate to meet the necessities Of the Gov
eminent.
The best answer that can bemade to the
calamity critics is a showing by the De-
cember receipts. Omitting consideration
of the receipts from the Union Pacific rail
road sale, the showing for December gives
surplus over expenditures ageregating
nearly two millions Of dollars.
The receipts from customs, being the
the fairest test of the operations of the
new tariff law, aggregating as they do for
the month more than Sl1 100000, furnish
a practical demonstration of what the pro-
tective tariff law will do when once the i'm
ported goods which were poured into this
country in anticipation of the rise in Gus
toms rates last spring have been exhausted.
Moreover, the point which should close
the menths of all free-trader grumblers
about the revenue-producing influences of
the Dingeley law is set forth in just few
words Of comparison between the volumes
of revenues produced by the Dingley law
during the few months since it became a
law, and the German Wilson act, even in
its best days, the first few months of its
life.
When the Democratic low Tariff act OF
1894 was enacted the first result was q
large influx of imported goods which had
been held back in anticipation Of reduc-
ton in rates Of duty under the free
trade policy-or rates much lower
than those carried by the pro-
tective tariff act known as the Nc
Kinley law of 1890. The Democratic act
was passed in August, 1894 During Sep
TENDER the imports were heavily increased,
taking advantage Of the lower duties, and
the receipts from Customs duties ran up
to more than S15, 100000. Then followed
fall IN the receipts during the following
months, and in November the Customs
receipts were about $4,000, 900, and in
December, 1894, a month corresponding
with the last month under the Dingley
law, the receipts from Customs were SILL
2o3 900, or about a quarter of million
dollars less than under the Dingley law in
December, 1897.
There is no reason for the friends Of the
Dingley law becoming enthusiastic over
the surplus of nearly two millions during
December, as that result was largely
brought about by small payments on the
expense side of tie Treasury ledger. But
the prospects are most bright. 1t is the
belief of Treasury officials that after the
current month, when large payments will
be made, the receipts will exceed the ex-
penditures during every month Of the
present fiscal year till July.
The total receipts for each month under
the Dingley law, except August, were
higher than during the corresponding first
five months of the Wilson German law
And these are the facts which effectualiy
answer the complaints of the free-traders.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13
The MineraIogist.

The Engineering and Mining Journal re-
ports that the value of the total mineral
and metal production in tie United States
for thcyear 1897 amounted to $762 ,06l LOG,
OF which S257, 45l LIP was for metals and
S5Ol 600 ,934 for non-metals. These fig
mcs show total increase of SIS, 900, 22S
over 1896.
The most prominent item in value was
coal, the total being l94, 100000 short
tons, or 5000, 900 tons more than in 1896,
with value of S2O5, 100000. The pig iron
production was 9,49l 600 long tons, the
largest ever reported. The copper pro-
luction was was 475, $40 pounds, an
increase of 7,15,3G7 pounds over 1896.
The gold production reached sos 100000,
an increase of about $2,GO0,000. The
United States slightly exceeds the Trans
vaaI and still holds the fist place. The
silver output was sc, 259, 900 ounces. The
quantities of all the important metals, such
as lead and zinc, show large increases.
The total gold production of the world
in 1897 amounted to S24l ,39l $50, show
ing an increase of SO, 249, 4lS over that Of
1896.
The United States has not only been the
heaviest producer OF gold, iron, steel, cop
per, lead and zinc, but has also been q
large exporter, sending abroad l2S,30O
tons of copper, $50 900, 600 worth of silver,
nearly 200 COO tons of pig iron, and a
large quantity Of steel and manufactured
iron products.
In nearly all the items Of mineral pro
duction of minor importance there was an
increase during 1897.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13
SPEAK OUT GOVERNOR.
Richmond Times.


The Portsmouth Star quotes that por-
ton of Governor Tyler's inaugural adj
dress, relating to honest elections, and
says that his words will stimulate to re-
newed efforts those who have been striv-
ing so long and, apparently, so hopelessy,
for the overthrow of Virginia's dishonest
election laws. The Star adds;
1t may be that in uttering these words
Governor Tyler did not take himself Sc
riously. He may have spoken these plain,
brave words as mere platitudes suitable to
the occasion. Or he may have thus
voiced deep and honest conviction, wrought
in him upon taking up the duties and re-
sponsibilities of his exalted position as
Governor of Virginia.
But the mental attitude of Governor
Tyler, while thus indicating to the people
of Virginia that they are living under a
debauched suffrage, is in many respects q
matter of indifference. The important
fact is, that, in the hearing of all men, the
Governor of Virginia has declared that it
is the first duty of Nirginians' to forever
set the seal Of their condemnation upon
he bold efrontery of those who would de-
bauch the peoples sufrages and pervert
their will by the shameless use of money
and the power of condemnation influences. -
This we believe, is the beginning of the
end of our damnable election system.
We know of no one who has fought
more vigorously and more earnestly for
election reform than The Times, and We
welcome any and every expression from
whatever source in advocacy of honest
elections.
We are gratifed at the position that
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13
where Would we be Without Navy.
New York SUM-


New York sun.
If we had no navy we might presently
find the powers of Europe considering us
as they are at present considering the En-
pire Of China.
We could get along fairly well without
a real navy 50 long as we afford Il market
for the manufactures of Europe. But
when we not only close our doors to their
manufacturers, but wrest from them the
trade supremacy of tie world, we must be
prepared TO fight for it. We are now
steadily and surely taking from England
the iron trade of the whole world, and En-
glands iron is the foundation upon which
her commerce rests. In common with
Germany and France she looks upon lis as
the one danger against which she will COM
bine with her own neighbors and rivals.
The difference between the United
States and China at the present time is
that we can fight but China cannot. How
long could we hope to continue to occupy
market after market with impunity? We
do not think that any one in this country
has SO thoroughly understood this question
as Godkin of the Post. He has never re-
Taxed his opposition TO our navy for a mo-
ment.s
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13

The Mississippi governor wants wife
heaters DISTINGUISHED Why not have them
included in Mr.. Murphy's whipping-post
bill?-Roanoke World.
Why not have the ballot box suffers
and thieves included in Mr.. Murphy 5
whipping-post bill? They are as mean as
the wife heaters, and much meaner than
the petty thieves who are to be punished
by Mr.. Murphy's bill,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-01-13

A GREAT many of the Democratic mem
bers of the present Legislature of Virginia
announced before the recent election that
they were in favor of honest elections.
Not one of them up to this time has shown
any disposition to introduce a measure
that will modify even the present iniqui'
tous election laws.