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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19
To enter into details as to the kinds

To enter into details as to the kinds
of food needed for perfect health is
hardly necessary. 1t may be sufficient,
however, to say that corn, and always
corn, is not wholesome food, nor in
fact is any one staple food wholesome.
For perfect health and thrift there must
be a supply of carbon for respiration
and heat, of nitrogen for the blood and
flesh, lime and phosphoric acid for the
bones, brains, and nerves, and saline
matters for the various secretions. The
pig is omnivorous and has stomach
and digestive organs more nearly ap-
preaching those of mankind than any
other animal. An almost solely carbona-
ceous food, as corn, is, therefore, in
sufficient for the pig until it is mature
and ready for fattening, when it is, per-
haps, the most available fat-making
food we have. But the growing animal
needs roots and grass, or such offal of
grain-as bran, for instance-which
contains much of the phosphates and
nitrogen. A diet of grass and clover in
summer, and of corn, peas, beans,
wheat bran, and roots, such as mangles,
turnips, or potatoes, in winter, will
furnish all that is wanted for healthy
thrift and profitable growth. Such
unwholesome modes of feeding
as upon distillery slops and
whey from cheese factories might be
mentioned as being productive Of dis
ease, and that of following feeding cat
tie in corn-fields, where the hogs are
compelled to devour the droppings of
the cattle, as being completely destruc-
tive and poisonous, not only to the herd
so fed, but to neighboring herds. There
is no more effective manner of convey
ing infection or disease than the intro
duction into the stomach of the excre-
ments of infected animals. Thus, swine
which consume the droppings of cattle
almost certainly become affected with
the poisonous excretions of animals sui
fering from the various blood diseases
common among Western herds, and
hence the fatal anthrax, or blood-poison-
ing disease generally called hog chol-
era," prevalent among the Western
swine which are thus fed. Unfortunate
ly, in swine-keeping, cleanliness is the
rare exception. If it were the rule in
stead of the exception, the profit would
be greatly increased, losses would be
avoided, the complaints of the sani-
tarians would be groundless, and pork
would be an agreeable and wholesome
| food.-NeU York Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19
Incidents of Sleep.Walking.

A case is related of an English cler-
gyman who used to get up in the night,
light his candle, write sermons, correct
them with interlineations, and retire to
bed again; being all the time asleep.
The Archbishop of Bordeaux mentions
a similar case of a student, who got up
to comoDse sermon while asleep, wrote
it correctly, read it over from one end
to the other,or at least appeared to read
it, made corrections in it, scratched out
lines, and substituted others, put in its
place word which had been omitted,
composed music, wrote it accurately
down, and performed other things
equally surprising. DR.. Gall notices a
miller, who was in the habit of getting
up every night, and attending to his av-
ocations at the mill, then returning to
bed; on awakening in the morning he
recollected nothing of what passed dur
ing the night. Martinez speaks of sad
dler who was accustomed to rise in his
sleep and work at his trade; and DIR.
Prichard of a farmer who got out of bed,
dressed himself, saddled his horse, and
rode to the market, being all the while
asleep. DIR. Blackjack, on one occasion,
rose from bed, to which he had retired
at an early hour, came into the room
where his family were assembled, con-
versed with them, and afterwards en-
tertained them with a pleasant song,
without any of them suspecting he was
asleep, and without his retaining, after
he awoke, the least recollection of what
he had done. 1t is singular, yet well
authenticated fact, that in the disas-
trous retreat of Sir John Moore, many
of the soldiers fell asleep, yet continued
to march along with their comrades.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19
Dyspepsia North and South.

A physician in North Alabama, hav-
ing large practice in the rural districts,
and of necessity stopping among his pa
TENTS, tells me that IS out of 20 meals
he sits down to are of fried meat and
hot bread. Yet dyspepsia does not fol-
low to the extent one would suppose.
He thinks they escape the disease which
such diet would seem to invite by the
outdoor life they lead. This physician
says that dyspepsia would be an un-
known disease in the Southern States if
it was not for hot bread and the frying
pan. Army life during the late war
cured more dyspeptics than bullets kill
ed. I asked this physician why it was
that in the Eastern States, where hot
bread as a steady diet is almost I'M
known, dyspepsia was even more pre-
valent than in the Southern States. He
said that it was pie and cake that play
ed the mischief in that quarter. Pie and
cake worked the same injury to the
stomach of the Eastern people that hot
bread and the frying-pan did for the
Southerners. If any thing, it was worse.
He thought he would rather risk his di-
gestion upon Southern biscuit than New
England pie. The pie was the greater
curse, and annually killed more people
by slowly breaking down their digestive
powers.-H. Y. RedfeM.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19
The Jews in History.

The Jew still walks the earth, and
bears the stamp of his race upon his
forehead. He is still the same being us
when he first wandered forth from the
ills of Judea. If his name is associated
with avarice and extortion, and spoken
in bitterness and scorn, yet in the morn
ing of history it gathers round it recol-
lections sacred and holy.
The Jew is miracle among the ma
tons. A wanderer in all lands, he has
been a, witness Of the great events of
history for more than 1880 years. He
saw classic Greece when crowned with
intellectual triumphs. He fingered
among that broken but beautiful archi-
lecture which rises like a tombstone
over the grave of her departed splendor.
The Jew saw Rome, the mighty
heart'' of nations, sending its own cease
less life's throb through all the arteries
of its vast empire. He, too, has seen
that heart cold and still in death These
have persisted, yet the Jew lives on
the same silent, mysterious, indestructi-
BILE being. The shadow of the Crescent
rests on Palestine, the sig
net of conqueror's faith
still the jew and his religion
survive. He wanders captive in the
streets of his own once queenly Jerusa-
lem, to mediate sad and gloomily on
the relics of ancient power. Above him
shines the clear sky, fair as when it
looked down on the towers of Zion; but
now, alas! beholds only a desolate city
and an unhappy land. The world is his
home. The literature of the ancient
Hebrew triumphs over all creeds and
schools and sects. Mankind worship in
the sacred songs of David, and bow to
the divine teachings of Jesus of Naza-
reth, who also was son of Abraham.
Such is the jew. His ancient dreams
of empire are gone. How seldom do
we realize, as we see him in our city
streets, that he is the creature of such a
strange, peculiar destiny. Neither age,
nor country, nor climate have changed
him. Such is the Jew, a strange and
solitary being, and such the drama of
his long and mournful history.-Pen
and PJOW.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19
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A Minister Who is "On His Nus

The New York correspondents n
Detroit Free Press writes: Inc
Howard Crosby is a man OF me-
height, well built, wiry, energetic
vim in every step and snap IN \
glance of his dark eye. His age y
SO. The Crosby family is sgoal
in New York. 1t is an old u
wealthy, influential and socially y
nent DR.. Crosby is more frsq7
called Chancellor Crosby than any ]
else. He is Chancellor of the UnMj
Of New York and he is also FL ~
the Fouth Avenue Presbyterian va1
In both capacities be has achiewa
siderable celebrity. He is alsoP
well known as an intimidator 70
1uffians. All brutes Of this clss|
afraid of DR.. Crosby. He na
thrashes one Of them occasionank \
generally winds up by consgn ~
70 a police cell, and afterward, E
to the penitentiary. MOI long II
dragged . burly, hali-drunsk !. "a
out Of q horse-car, where nc ~ :,
insulting a lady, and flung mm 1.. y
street. 1t gives him special PIN 81
do little jobs Of this sort every ns
then, when the provocation IS saS
A short time before the norss 81
plot, while sitting in his room y, " 4
afternoon, he saw . sloucah In
wantonly attack a couple Of d ha9
in the Street, knock them a I.r,
send his big foot through the ns III I'D
one of the little fellows carl .ss'
Crosby was out of doors ins'aaS's
headed in the cold. he ma s"ns
cowardly brute, pursued HIM ! nm I'D y
lance, and finally captured nI T.
him locked up. The rons p y IN
to DIR. Crosby's church, ~ TN
learning to know the Docso, p,' q
and a wholesome fear OF MN
among them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19

A BRITISH color sergeant, shot down
and overrun by the enemy, once seized
in his mouth corner of the flag, and
his teeth locked upon it in the rigidity of
death. The enemy cut it away from
him, leaving bit of it between his fixed
teeth. Subsequently the standard was
retaken, and ever since the flag of that
regiment is made with that little piece
carefully cut out, in memory of the SER
geant who was buried with the fragment
in his mouth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-07-19

THE Turkish Minister at Washington
is said to have on file over 1000 appli-
cations for commissions in the Turkish
service from American officers in the
late Union and Confederate service.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

DEFENDING THE THEAIERs.-Mr. j.
+. Ford has come 10 the front IN de-
fense If American thcatcrs IN general
He regards the Brooklyn fire "a the
destruction uf a house stiptsi of many
of its righ.ful conveniences so as TO
utilize space for business purposes
H sends his compliments 10 the pulpit.
TO the goily men" b. SAYS. who
spoke with charity about the calamity
In their sermons or Sunday. are due
the reverence belonging ,o ministerial
character and capacity To the clerical
Pecksnlf who dwelt upon the innate
ssvagery of the poor boys of the gal
lery. can only say hc pollutcs the pul
PIT hy bearing false witness against his
neighbor For sixty five years 40 life
hal been lost by the burning Il thea
ter in the United States up Ia the
BROOKLYN di-a..er. although the play
soers in that perIo,i would aggregate
over 500, ,0u0. 0tp0 III attendance upon the
a,ricsl representations Any building
may he man trap during a panic. II !,
danger dltieult T. measure, and u
possible - o<z-ur wherever people ma!
cnngregsie"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

CT a correspondent Of the London
Times tells - Story about . Csssack
Captain. of magnificent physique. who
sat down to dinner with him at decent
Servian table dc hnte His ample dress
hid q splendid small sword as sharp as
a razor. \ revolver with sixteen cham
bers. and two others Of smaller size.
He had two formidable knives. sixteen
and eighteen inches long. and bitterly
regretted not having his rifle With him.
When asked the use Of the knives. he
laughed, and said: Why. TO be sure. to
scalp the Turks; we never take Turk
alive. l have 500 Cos.ack, every one
Of them has knives, and every Turk will
be scAlped." His views on matters
generally were equally singular. He
pitie1 Turkey. which. he said they
would overrun in fortnight, and spoke
scornfully Of Germany. saying that
when Russia had done with Turkey she
would invite France to divide Ger
many between them. The Cosssck
Captsin Was quite in earnest. and was
evidently an intelligent man speaking
English and French huently.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

CusrER's CouRrsmR.-The 6rst time
that General Custer sst his handsome
eyes upon his future wife Was when he
was fifteen years old. aud going to
school in Monroe, Michigan. Going
along the street one day. the rough.
flaxen headed boy passed little black
eyed. eigh.-year-old girl swinging on
the gate She was pretty little crea-
,ure her fathers pet and ouly child
and naturally spoiled She said archly,
her little face dimpling With srniiss.
Hello you Custer boy" Thsn fright
ened At her own temerity. turasd and
fled into the house. II was love II
first sigh. with the Wild young savage
Of fifteen. and he then and there
vowed that some day that small girl
should be his wife. And - she was.
but only after many lovers woes.
Judge Bacon. pretty Lizzies father Vas
for long time obdura,e toward the
young man. Who he feared was tickle
and unstable. ard his daughter snd her
sutor submitted most patiently TO has
will until at last he relented.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

TnF HoMElIEsT MAN OF THE
House. -- \ bright. blue suit. sur
mounted by IL regular old farmer 5
crush black hat. ptoclaims that Blue
Jeans Williams has returned 10 his
Congressional duties. He is. without
exception, one OF the uglicst men, in
face and Ggure. | have ever seen. He
suggests the likeness of an exaggerated
Brother Jonathan. His body Is long.
lean and lank. and his ungraceful arms
hang aS if splicci OH In his ungainly
body. and worked by rusty hinges
His hands are brown and callous look
ing, and his face i utterly devoid Of all
expression Of culture. intellect or re-
tinemen. His skin resembles in color
and texture that of the Egyptian mum
mics 1T the Smithsonian. His hair is
coarse and black. aud he has shaved oil
the scrssgy little beard he last winter
wore under his chin. probably his cco-
nomical habits prohibiting his longer
supporting such an unnecessary luxury
Upon being asked Why lie were such a
shabby looking suit. Blue Jeans re-
piled Its good enough for home. and
onght TO be good enough for Congress
The Indiana Governor stumbled here
there and everywhere, oHering the
"horny hand of Granger" to all bis
confreres - Wasa Ger Caesanati Ga
-sfff
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

THE INFLUENCE OF PIcrURIs
rcaom with pictures in il and one with
ou: pictures differ nearly As much IS =
room with and without wipdows.
Nothing. we think, 10 more melancholy.
particularly to . person Who has to pass
much time in his room. than black wallis
and nothing on them, for pictures are
ioopholes Of escape TO the soul. leading
j, to other seencs and ether spheres. 1t
is such su inexpressible relief to some
persons engaged In writing. or even
reading. on looking up. not TO have his
Inc of vision chopped square of by IN
1iious white vail. bat to hnd his soul
escaping. As i: were. through the frame
Il an exquisite picture to other beausi-
i.l and perhaps idyllic scenes, where
the fancy of moment may revel. re-
fre>hei and delighted. Isis winter in
your world perhaps 1t is samnes in
the picture. What charming nomen.
sary change and contact
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

49, Gen. George Washington w~s
precise III jres> and prolssbl, hal many
= pleasau; h;tlc vanity ri his osn. In
the camp a, CamteElADA ti;'5i there
was bat o,le mirror. AMI that set in The
onA Il powi.r-hoFn nsei by his
friend AMI tomr1ie Col Zrchary
Lewis Rv this mirror Gen George
shaved b,s gAin every morning and
completed his toilet The powder horn
Is uow IN cae of Col I.swsss de
e<niant. possosslan. in Richrnaai The
horn is still suspended npon the plated
lea,hern string hy which it hang 81
the soldiers side.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

THE FRENCH BAR AND MUsrACuEs.
An English paper shows that French b
lawyers are doomed to wear clean
shaven lips. 1t says: Although the
Paris students may claim to bs more
free and disorderly than those OF Lon
don or Berlin. it is quite clear that the
Paris bar Is under as strict discipline as
that of any city in the world. An edict
has gone forth to the effect that musta.
ches are at once and irrevocably to dis
appear from the upper lips of all sdvo-
Gates Of Palais de Justice. OF late
years the dread authorities Of the Fa.
cutie do Droit had connived at the
wearing OF these unprofessionsl orns.
carried into the lecture-room the for
biiden Embellishments But the Min
lister Of Justice has interfered to cor.
rect the scandal. and the learned coun-
sci will no longer bs permitted. to dis.
pense with their razors. The incident
has given occasion rot only to a great
deal Of grumbling on the part Of those
gentlemen. but to some considerable
amount of discussion in the public press
"a To the history Of mustaches.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15
An Ardent Lover Leaves His
Sweetheart 8 Fortune.

BY diligence aud harl work. Mr.
Frentess, OF Dnb.que. lows, who died
a tsU dagS az. am.ssed = profitable
coin Potency. al Il ~a- then taat he
depIofei his ,4,cheioFhoaj H became
muca attached to youui Iady-rcsi-
dent of DaA!*th, whom SO will call
Mi john. al proposed marriage
bat tie young .4dys iur~tt- ~rtc not
"sl!lns th.t Their daughter should es-
pou-e IA man whp vas confirmed Grip
pie, ALL 50 M ? -. de-ir- IL that quar-.
ter ~as ended Some uie after he
PROPOSED 10 a young lady ia Dubuque,
ho. after some hesitation. accepted
a.s hand aai fortune. His new made
wife Wa, gay a'it iend OF society,
while Mr. FroDtEess Was extremely op-
poslte-prohsbiy from the fact Of hi,
bodily affection Tine wore on. and
from causes bet known - ilii..scii Mr..
Frentres- applied for auG ob.ainei a
divorce from his gay aad wayward
wlie. " ho afterwards married a brother
81 a prominent Judse. now Oh the bench
IN the STATE of California
Mr.. FrentreSs seemed perfectly salts
fed with the verdict OF the court, al
though he did not seem as lively a. Of
yore. and gave way to dependency.
Time, in his iligh;. followed the dur
nal rotation Of terra frml, and did not
heed the burning attachment in the
breast Of Mr.. Freniress for his first
love lie avalled himself of every op-
portunlty to see aud compliment her
His despondent heart soon bore him 10
II sick bed. and at last he realized that
the grim messenger Of death WAS knock
ing at his door II wrote to Miss
Johns and told her of his constant, ar
dent attachment. and begged of her
to attend him Iii his sore distress The
letters to the young lady were inter-
cepted, aud of course he received no
response. A, last he deputized tras,y
servant to go after the young lady in
person, urging her to come to his dy. |
ng bed. She could not refuse the ap- |
peal, and. contrary To the wishes of her /
parents, attended the summons.
The appearance of Miss Johns at the |
bedside Of the dying man seemed to re-
'i'c us u! ing energies, ana, Kissing ncr I
land. he SMILED with the greatest hap
piness He told her his long attach |
ment, and urged her 10 remember him |
when dead and gone: aad placing a |
package Of papers IN her hand, bid her |
: long farewell and expired soon after |
Ii WAS an affecting scene. and mois,ened |
he eyes of all who witnessed the strug- |
gle between death and love.
Mr.. Frentress was buried on the farm I
ipon which he died, attended hv large |
of neople from the country. I
IS we'll as many from Dubuque. rs he
was u man respected for his very many !
noble Traits of character.
When Miss Jones returned To her
lome. she was a-toni-hed tn find in the
package of papers given to her by MIR.
: will. In which he bequeathed her
$4,000 in money and part Of the real
state Of which he was possessed. Tru-
y this Is bit Of romance not found In |
iour yellow covered novels.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15
What Crops to Leave In the
Ground.

We take the following very vsluAbl,
article from the Rural Sun, which vii
be well for our farmers TO peruse care
tally, as II contains much useful nfor
nation 10 them
Many farmers are rather slow
learn that wha. they take out and of d
the sol! Ia the form of a crop must be
paid back 10 the soil, or il become es
greatly impoverished. Ignorance OF q
indlf renee 10 this great law Of nature
has Caused % mAny worn out worthless
farms throughout the country, and it is
high time farmers should begin TO re ii e.
izc that they must pay back Whist they
get from the soil. or else b. condemned
IS murderers Of the life giving soil be-
queash.d or falling into their hands in
the order OF Providence, and transmit
to their children a ruined. worthless
inheritance Of land On thi, point il
may not be amiss 10 publish the expert
ments made in Germany by Dr. Weiske
and several other ssvsns. showing that
the stubble aod roots left in the earth
by crops that have been harvested. add
10 the soil much more nutritive value
than commonly supposed. These ex-
periments fully explain the great value
OF clover as . preparatory crop for
wheat. and for ell other crops that are
not nanured With nitrogen, potash and
phosphates The clover Of Q single
acre has been known to leave nitrogen
enough for ll6 bushels Of wheat. pHos
phoric acid enough for ia bushels, and
potash enough for 7s bushels. More.
over. it is found that most OF this valua-
bic material is left in the best possible
conMition for use. Whether the nitro
gen Of the clover comes wholly or part
ly from the soil. or from the cir, it is
certainly taken from . condition in
which it is Of little uss to most crops,
and is converted into IN AVAILABLE one 20
that practically the clover is 4 creator
of nitrogen in the soil. as it is also IN
efficient parveyor Of potash and phos-
phOric acid.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-15

Goa AEa ether mineral lsns.s aAs satfses seF
~ese<i. rsAsmiaei. .Ei rrtssgssSs ar~ez Plans ana
estimates for ainsHx improvements farnshrSa
Special assrns:n sv~G ~ Anst surveys, snd to the
locattaa of city lots Aad hissAs. HAps aad draw
tsD uecAaatsal,y sxscuSaA xcv. -. ISIS
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-26
THE BRITISH ARMY.

The effective strength of the British
Army on the LIST of last December was
1873, 745 men. The average during 1875
of the different branches of the service
is as follows: Household Cavalry,
1882; Cavalry of the Line. 1912;
Royal Horse Artillery, $500; Royal
Artillery, 2s.Eo2; Royal Engineers.
5.647: Foot Guards, $3.50; Infantry of
the Line, 1l5.257; Colonial Corps,
2,29S; Army Service Corps. 1902;
Army Hospital Corps, 1929. The eff
fective strength on the LIST of January,
1876. was iS3.949. During the year
1875 the army was thus distributeds
England, 60, 47O. Scotland, 4, l73: Ire
land. %. SAL. The net loss from deser-
ton was 2,429, or a per centage of "a.
In 1874 the per centage was 27.