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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

"Mrs. H. exclaimed a little ur-
chin, on running into neighbours
house, "mother wanted me to ask
would ye please lend her yer can
die moulds?" The moulds were
were given him and he ran home.
In a few minutes he returned with
this query: "Mother wants to
know if ye'd be kind enough to
lend her some wickin'G' The
wicking was measured off, and he
again departed. But he soon ap
peared again and said: Smother
would be so thankful if you had
a little taller ye'd be so kind as tx
lend her." Mrs. II. gOod-natured
" produced the desired article
and as the boy started for th'
door, she said: "Wouldn't you
mother like to have me come owe
and mould the candles for her?
oval, yis,' replied the boy, "
reckon she'd like it fust rate, co
she sed she didn't understand j
very well; but she don't like to b
troublin' her neighbors, so sh
wouldn't ask ye."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11
How They Did It.

They were sitting side by side,
And he sighed and she sighed.
Said he tiny darling idol p
And he idled and she idled.
"You are creations belle, OH
And he beloved and she beloved
ION my soul there's such weight"
And he waited and she waited
Your hand / ask, so bold I've grown"
And he groaned and she groaned.
"You shall have your private gig,'
And he giggled and she giggled,
She said "my dearest Luke"
And he looked and she locked
"EHhave thee if thou wilt"
And he wilted and she wilted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The Massachusetts Plewman
says there is a close and intimate
connection between the nervous
and secretory systems of a COW,
and this explains the fact that she
will often "hold up her milk" as
it is termed. It shows also that
every mixer should strive to be
on good terms with the cow he is
about to milk. IF he is a perfect
stranger to her, he should take
time to gain her confidence and
goodwill by handling her gently
and petting her, er giving 'hel
something she is fond of to eat
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

DEAD MEN.-"Have you ever
read the Ancient Mariner" the
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon one day asked
his congregation. 81 dare say
you thought it one Of hestrangest
imaginations ever put together,
especially that part where the old
mariner represents the corpses Of
all the dead men rising up to mar
the ship-dead men pulling the
rope, dead men steering, dead mel
spreading sails. 1 thought whar
a strange idea that was. But d.
you know that I have lived to SCI
that timeS I have seen it done
I have gone into churches, and
have seen dead man in thepulpit
a dead man as deacon, and a dea'
man handling the plate, and dea'
men sitting to hear"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11
The sKY.--Why is the blue sky |

The SKY.-Why is the blue sky
so grandly arched above our
heads? The ancient Greeks sup
posed it to be "a solid substance
spread above the earth at an i'm
mense height, in which the sun,
moon and stars were set like dia-
monds in ring. The upper sur
face was laid with gold-the pave
ment of the gods. In pagan coun-
tries somewhat similar notions
still prevail. A converted heath
en- said that he thought the sun,
moon and stars were holes in the
solid sky, through which came
streaming down to earth the
brightness and glory of the heav-
emily world. But in reality the
sky is nothing more than the ar
we breathe. Instead of the solid
arch, towering so many thousands
of miles above us, where our child
ish fancy put it, the blue sky is
nothing but the color of the ocean
of air in which we live and move
And, as to the distance from us
it is all within three or four miles
For travellers who go upon higt
mountain tops tell US that they NJ
longer see any blue sky above
them there, where the air is 81
thin that they pant for breath
but only the blackness of empt,
space.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

To BEAUTIFY THE TEETH
DISSOLVE two ounces of b0rax in
three pints of boiling water, and
before it is cold add one teaspoon
full of the spirits Of camphor, and
bottle for use. A tablespoonful
of this mixture, mixed with an
equal quantity of tepid water and
applied daily with a soft brush,
preserves and beauties the teeth
extirpates all tertarous adhesion
arrests decay, induces healthy
action of the gums, and makes
the teeth pearly white.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11
How TO BREAK OFF BAD HAB-

How TO BREAK OFF BAD HAB-
ITs-Understand clearly the rea-
sons, why the habit is injurious
Study the subject till there is no
lingering doubt in your mind.
Avoid the places the persons and
the thoughts that lead to the temp
tation. Keep busy; idleness is
the strength of bad habits. Do
not give up the struggle when you
have broken your resolution once,
twice, ten times a thousand times
That only shows how much need
there is for you to strive. When
you have broken your resolution,
Just think the matter over, and
endeavor to understand why it
was you failed, SO that you may
beon your guard against a reoc.
currence of the circumstances
Do not think it a little or easy
thing that you have undertaken
1t is folly to expect to break off q
habit in a day, which may have
been gathering strength in yor
for years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11
Transpla1ting at Night.


We find ina late number OF the
Hearth and Home some interest
ing data concerning the proper
time to transplant certain Of the
lesser plants and vegetables. The
writer says that on an evening in
May he fingered longer than usual
in the woods while on a botanic
ing expedition, and discovered a
clump of POEemonium reptGns by
moonlight. He took up bunch
with the earth about the roots
and planted it in a garden on
reaching home. The next morn
ing he returned to the woods for
more flowers, but did not succeed
in finding them until the sun was
up. The second lot was carefully
planted on reaching home; but
they wilted long before sunset,
while those which were moved at
night did not droop at all. We
are assured by a gentleman who
has a very large and practical
knowledge of transplanting trees,
that the rule holds good, in
his opinion, for all the vegetable
kingdom. A theoretical explana
ton is that light, and especially
sunlight, affects the delicate chem
ical action by which they draw
nourishment from the soil. A
all events, we have the testimon!
of many trustworthy gardner
and botanists, showing thatplant
which are moved at night ar
much more likely to do we'll thai
are those which are moved by tn
). light of the sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

CAN OUR RELIGIOUS FRIENDS
RELISH A JOKE.-We clip the
following from the Georgetown
Waterman:
ga gentleman travelling in Tex
as, met on the road a wagon
drawn by four oxen driven by a
countryman, who, in addition to
the skillful flourish of his whip,
was vociferously encouraging his
horned horses after this fashion:
''Haw Presbyterian Gee Bap
fist !" "Whoah, Episcopaliann
'Get up, Methodist!n The travel
er stopped the driver, remarking
to him that he had strange names
for his oxen, and he would like to
know why he thus called them.
Said the driver: [ call this OK
Presbyterian because he is true
blue and never fails to pull through
difficulties, and holds out to the
end; besides he knows more than
the rest. / call this Baptist be-
cause he is always after water,
and seems as though he'd never
drink enough: then again he won't
eat with others. | call this OK
Episcopalian because he has a
mighty way of holding his head
up, and if the yoke gets a little
too tight he tries to kick and draw
clear out of the track. I call this
OK Methodist because he puffS
and blows, and bellows, as hi
goes along, and you'd think III
was pulling all creation, but HI
don't pull a pound unless you con
} tinually stir him up"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

To CEEP CATTLE FREE FROM
LICE.-Water in which potatoes
have been boiled possesses a poi
son fatal to lice. Dip into it q
large sponge or wooden cloth, and
wash the cattle freely, choosing a
sunny, warm day for the operation
and as their hides dry, comb then
with a currycomb, and see your
self the effects of the water
Hearth and Home.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The Vicksburg Herald suggests
that as the capitol at Jackson is
considered unsafe, the Mississippi
Legislature should adjourn to the
penitentiary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The principal chief of the Choc-
taws advises his people to give up
their psWedO nationality, and blend
with the American people, by
applying for admission as a State
in the Union. The chief is q wise
man. There is no middle ground
for the Indians to stand upon. The
alternatives ara citizenship or
determination.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

LONG CoURTsHIPs.-A cores
pondent says: Ifthere is any one
thing more disheartening to a
woman than a long courtship, I
have yet to discover it. From
the woman who marries for q
home, to the fair creature who
marries for love, there are thou
sands who are kept in suspense
for years, not knowing whether
the man whom they expect to
marry is really going to marry
them or not. 1t is very certain
that long courtships seldom re-
suit in matrimony. 1t generally
happens that the faults of both
parties are made evident, and the
desire for separation is mutual
But no young Tor Oid) man mas
any right to monopolize the at
tentions of a lady for years, and
then probably not marry her. BY
doing so he more than likely pre-
vents her from marry some on,
who would be glad to have her
and acts a part which no gentle
man will. So, then, when yol
have decided that the lady is VOL
thy of your choice land don't b
, too long about it, either MARI
, her or give some one else chanc'
. ! to.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Sulphur and molasses is family
medicine of long standing. 1t is
taken in the spring, and performs
a thorough purifying service. We
see it stated that it is excellent
for trichine spirallis; as it destroys
those parasites in the flesh.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A minister said to a little boy
"Johnny, tell me where God is,
and I'll give you an orange
Johnny Immediately responded:
'gTell me where He is not, and I'll
give you two"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A man having bought a hun
bred dollar pocket handkerchief
for his better half, an acquain-
lance remarked that she must be
IA duck of a wife;' to which by
stander added, cor he must be a
goose of a husband.D
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A Cincinnatilady is not discour-
aged by the loss of eight hus-
bands, but is going to try again.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

"My son, how did you get SO
weti" "Why, the boys said 1
daren't jump into the creek; and l
tell you, l amt to be dared"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

There have been many defni-
tions ola gentleman, but the pref
test and most pathetic is that
given by young lady. "a gen.
tleman,' says she "is a human be
ing combining a woman's tender
ness with a mans courage"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Tom Moore compared love to a
potato, "because it shoots from
the eyes," "rather," exclaimed By
ron, "because it becomes less by
pairing"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A Baltimore paper says that a
young lady was recently discharg-
ed from one of the largest pickle
factories in that city, because she
took the acid out of all the vinegar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The VALUE OF WIDE AWAKE
EYEs.-I never saw anybody do
do anything that I did not watch
him and see how he did it, for
there was no telling but that some
time / might have to do it myself.
/ was going across a prairie once;
my horse began to limp. Luckily
I came across a blacksmith's shop,
but the smith was not at home,
I asked the woman Of the house il
she could allow me to start a fire
and make the shoe. She said
might if I knew how; SO I started
a fire, and heated the shoe rec
hot, and turned it to fit my horses
foot, and shod the horse. At thu
next place l came to I wen
straight to a smith and told hin
to put the shoe on properly. FL
looked at the horses foot, ant
paid me the greatest compliment
I ever received in my life. FL
told me if I put on that shoe l ha
/ better follow blacksmithing all m
life.-T ReU. Henry Ward Beeche
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The answer lately given in a
French court, by a prisoner aeeus-
ed of almost cutting his wife to
pieces, was, with a smile, "Well
Monsieur lie President, you know
every one has his little failing.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A ST. Louis boy has won the ad-
miration of the men there, by
whaling three women. A testimo-
NAL is talked of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A governess advertising for a
situation, says that she ''is perfect
mistress of her own tongue
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

A man in Iowa has read all the
State and national messages fol
several years and still lives.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

One hundred females are now
studying law in the United States
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Whatever you dislike in an
ether, take care to correct in your
self.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Every one knows best where
his own shoe pinches.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25

A story is told Of an eastern man
who visited Kansas City to invest
his money. Like all such men, lie
wanted corner lot, aud an agent
went out to show him one. The price
was high. i. .a,
but said the buyer. "Ica
not build on that lot. There is a
bluff forty feet high upon it. The
lot is useless"
"Do you see that rayine lot down
thcre?' asked tho agent, pointing to
it.
Yes"
"Well the man who owns that lot
will give You five thousand dollars
for this to fill up his lot"
This sounded very we'll, and the
buyer said he would see. That day
he went to the agent for the ravine
lot, and asked the price. Hc was
told and the figures sounded high.
But cannot build upon it with
cut putting the building up on stills
forty feet high.
The agent winkea slightly.
DO you see that otur ~io1 up
there:" he asked.
"Yes.''
"Wcll, the owner of that lot will
give you IS, 600 for the privilege OF
pusting his earth down here.
The buyer thought this sounded
very we'll but he concluded not to
purchase just then.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25

The Philadelphia Press says: Cone
of tho effects of Mr.. Dawess exces.
sivc retrcnchments is the discharge
Of thousands Of workmen from the
navy-yards and other public places
of employ" This shows the unjust
discrimination Of the Grant admins.
tration against the workingmcn. 1t
was not necessary to discharge them
to reduce expenses. Let there be
retrenchment among the strutting ar
istocrats in office; sEut down Oh the
thousand dollars a day trips Of the
Tallapoosa; those grand dinners by
the Executive and Cabinet ministers:
and instead of giving them salaries
large enough to permit them to rcvel
in baccbanalian fcasts, conine them
to decent living pay. such as ordina-
ry folks receive. Let Mrs. Grant
buy her chinawarc, pianos, &c, at
homo instead of sending to France
for them, and paying the people )
money cut SO rccklessly. Then tum-
ble Delano and his horde Of thieying
assessors. collectors, and deputies
out Of office, and give the collection
of revenue to tho States. This
would save the country millions OF
dollars year, throw only lecches out
Of employment, Tighten the taxes,
aud not compel the discharge Of q
single workingman.-N !. Demo
rr1f
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25

RELEASING FEvEk.-A. .NEw Dis
EAsE-A New York dispatch has the
following :
Within the last two or three months
cases Of rclapsing fever. disease
heretofore unknown in the United
States, have made their appearance Q
in New York, occurring among the
most destitute classes. A mum ber
of the patients have been taken to
Bellevue hospital, aud there the fr-
yer. in one or two instances. has been
communicated to the young physic-
ians in attendance. Though un-
known here, epidemics Of that dis
ease have frequently been noticed
abroad--ln Germany, in Russia, and
the British islands. Like typhus, it
is famine fever, occurring in times
Of distress, and attacking in tho
first place the poorest classes of the
community Those who keep up with
the medical literature Of the day have
noticed, several months back, that
this disease has made its appearance
in London, and that numerous cases
have been there received into tue
hospitals. Thence doubtless it has besp
brought, in spite of quarantine, aud
regulations, to our own country
The complaint ordinarily begins with
a severe chill. followed by the usual
phenomena of fever. These contin-
lie to increase, until after three, four,
Ave, or sometimes six days, copious
perspiration terminates the attack,
when the second chill supcrvenes,
followed by phenomena similar to
those of the first attack. Sometimes
a second relapse occurs about the
twenty-frst day. and cases are rec
oraed in which third and fourth
have been observed. Though during
the fever the symptoms are violent,
the pulse very frequent, and the tenn
perature high, the disease is attend
cd with comparatively little danger;
the mortality commonly not exceed
ing four or Eve per cent. 1t spreads
by contagion, like other pestilences,
AMI when it once becomes epidemic,
the cases arc by no means confined
to the poor and needy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25
What Makes "A Man.

Not numerous years, nor heightened life
Not pretty children and wife,
Not pins and chains and fancy rings,
Nor any such like trumpery things,
Not pipe, cigar, nor bottled wine,
Nor liberty with Kings to dine;
Nor coat. nor boots, nor yet hat,
4 dandy vest, trim cravLt;
Nor Mister, Reverend, Sir, nor Squire,
With titles that memory tire:
Not ance'try tr. ccd back to Will,
Who went from Normandy to kill;
Not Latin, Greek, nor Hebrew lore,
Nor thousand volumes rdmbled o or.
Not Judges robe, nor Mayors mace,
Mr. crowns that deck the roy;l race;
These all united, never can
Avail! to make single man.
\ truthful soul, a loving mind,
Full OF affection for its kind; -
4 helper ofthc human race,
\ soul Of beauty and Of grace;
spirit firm, erect and free.
That never bascly bends the knee;
That will never bear a feathers weight.
ofslaverys chain for small or great
That truly speaks of God within.
And never makes league with sin;
That snaps the fetters despots make,
And loves the truth for its own sake;
That worships God and Him alone.
That trembles at no tryant's nod
\ soul that fears no one butGod,
And thus can smile at curse and ban;
That is the soul that makes the man.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25
LOlig hat & Emissions.

There is a we'll known anecdote of
a silent man who, riding over a
bridge turned about and asked his
servant if he liked eggs. to which
the servant answered, "Yes!' where
upon nothing more passed till next
year, when, riding over the same
brldg he turned about to his SER
vant once more and said, "How?"
To which the instant reply was,
''Poached, sir" Even this sinks,
as an example of long intermission
of discourse, beside an anecdote Of
a minister Of Campsie, near Glasgow.
1t is stated that a worthy pastor,
whose name was Archibald Dcnnison,
was put out of his charge in 1856,
and not replaced till after the restor-
alton. He had, before leaving his
charge, begun discourse and finish
ed the first head. At his return in
1861, he took up the second, calmly
introducing it with the remark that
"the times were altered, but the
doctrines of the gospel were always
the same
In the newspapers Of July. 1852,
there appeared a graph which
throws even the minister of Camp
sie's interrupted sermon into the
shade. 1t was as follows: AT the
moment Of the destruction Of Pom
peii Ly an eruption Of Mount Vesu-
vious, A.. d. 70. : n theatrical repre-
sentaticn was being given in the AM
phitheatre, A .speculator named
Langinl, taking advantage Of that
historical Renaissance, has .iust
constructed theatre on the ruins Of
rfompeii,f and the opening Of Which
new theatre he announces in tho fol-
lowing terms After a lapse of
eighteen hundred years, the theatre
of the city will be reopened with LA
Figlia del Reggimsnto." l solicit
from the nobility and gentry con-
tinuance of the favor constantly bes.
towed on my predecessor, Marcus
Quintus Martius, and beg to assure
that l shall make every effort te
equal the qualities he displayed dur
ing his management ~
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25

Gen. Butler is a funny man--the
House Of Representatives very sus-
ccptible--and when the Lowell hu-
morist quotes negro minstrel the
laughter is irrcpressible. The keen
parliamentary encounters between
Clay and Quincy-the flashing rapi-
ers of Burgess and Randolph at
tracted the attention and elictcd the
admiration Of the country by intel
lcctual exhibitions Of wit, oratory
and scholarship; hut the memory OF
such scenes is lost in laughter at the
repetition Of the words "Shoo Fly
by the member from Massachusetts,,
and the House is in commissions al
the drollery.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25
How Iowa Farm r. arc .sK'rO-
tected.''
From the Burlington Argus.

! From the Burlington Argus.
An Iowa farmer meets an English
and an American trader. They both
wish to trade for his whcat-to ar
rive.
The Yankee says send me on,
thousand bushels OF your wheat and
| will send you $500 worth of cloth
at 81 per yard $50 yards. The
EngIis"man says: My. dear sir, if
you will send me one thousand bush
els Of wheat, I will send you fvc
hundred yards of the same kind and
quality If cloth. Our honest Iowan
is shout to trade with the English
man. But custom house officer
standing by says to the farmer: My
good countryman, make your exchange
with the American, or | will cause
you to pay one dollar per pound, and
thirty-6vc per cent. on every yard Of
cloth you buy from the Englisbman.
So that you will only get 213 yard.
yards for your wheat in the end. You
see it is to your interest to buy home
made clCth.
What! exclaims the Iowa gentle
man, you compel me to take $50 yds.
when / am offered 500 yards for my
wheat?
Certainly, replies the official. Do
you not see that you and the country
would be the loser, if you were to
receive the five hundred yards, in.
stead Of the $50 yards? /
Our Hawkeye friend scratches bis
head, and replies in quaint phras e:
81 cant see it!'
You ought to see that $50 yards
are better than 2l3 yards, which is
all you will have after you pay the
duty on your English cloth ? Why
not let me trade for the five hundred
yards? /
Because, sir, it is injurious to you
and to the country at large to buy
cheap wares.