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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-15
HINTS FOR THE H0uSEHa, !,

A piece of dip candle ,o,,.,
paper will keep moth out Of e ,ousa
To preserve flowers in water Suss :
little carbonate of soda in ~
and it will preserve the flowers /.
night. Saltpeter is also good.
AN ounce Of myrrh in fine nal
and a little powdered sage, mixed
spoonfuls Of honey, make an acrs.
and delicate dentrifcs.
Milk ia said to be q ,ubst;t,,,
soap in the kitchen. A little mt rs1 !
hot water will soften it, give the AL
a fine gloss, and, what would h N N
to many, does not injure the hama,
Dry buckwheat -four, il rene,,,|
applied, will entirely remove the M
grease spots on carpets or sny N
wooden cloth, and will answer a. J
as French chalk for grease suOb|
silk.
If onions are sliced and kent \
sick-room, they will absorb all tbs]
mospheric poison. They should
changed every hour. In tie room
smallpox patient they blist.r and
compose very rapidly, but win prev
the spread of the disease. Then 90
cation has also proved effectual !, !
case of snake-bites
Remember that mirrors aim
never be hung where the sun shines
rectly upon them. They soon i
misty, grow rough or granulated, ,
no longer give back a correct picu
The amalgam or union Of tinfoil V
mercury, which is spread on glass
form q looking-glass, is easily ruiz
by the direct, continued exposureto
solar rays.
Remember that one can have
hands In soap-suds with soft SOAP VI
out injury to the skin if the hands
dipped in vinegar or lemon Juice inl
diately after. The acids DESTROY
corrosive effects of the alkali and M
the hands soft and white. Indian d
and vinegar or lemon juice used on
hands when roughened by cold or lsl
will heal and soften them. Rub
hands in this, then wash off thorou!
and rub in glycerine. Those who's
from chapped hands in the winter
find this comforting.
kid gloves can be cleaned be-
fully SO that they will look as we
new with rose oil. Put your glove
take q piece Of cotton; pour soms
on it, and rub gently all over until
think it is clean; then take ano
piece of cotton and rub until dry,
you will be surprised to find how
and nice it looks. The same gloves
be cleaned several times, especi
light ones. Be careful and use th,
in a cool place, as it is very explos
Twenty cents worth win clean . D
Der of times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-15

thing in the world! What magnificent
chance to play. Come with me-"
had no idea what he meant, but
went with him to his apartments, where
he hurriedly took down book and be-
gan turning over the leaves in great
agitation. 'sGood!" said he. stake
down what l give you. Love match.
That is 6. Third daughter, that is 2.
Secret marriage, that is 4. Hasty de-
parture, /. They went on ship.
ship-ship" Cunning over the leaves; }
"Ship is 3. There you have it,, q,
4, l., 3. Play that. You will surely
win. A luckier sign was never seen.
Go right away and play it.''
l thought there could be no harm in
trying, and any way, would have paid
the money to satisfy him, he was grow
nag so nervous about it. So went to
the Office and played the figures as he
had given them. thought no more of
it, and went my way. But as I was
coming in on the railway from trip to
Rome, not long after, l saw great
crowd of men and women standing
about sort of sign stuck up at a sta
ton. "What's thatp" said I to the
officer. "It's the lottery NUMBER
said he. l had nearly forgotten my
venture, and this brought it to mind. I
looked up at it. By George! My head
swan. There was a 6 and 2, and 4
and there was lump in my throat
as big as your fist had to look away
for minute, and then l was actually
afraid to look back.
"Wil you please read the number for
me-" said to the officer.
$50, 2, 4, 1, s."
Whew! 1t took my breath away, and
then | got back too much of it. ]
never knew before what the feelings OF
a gambler who as yet is unhardened
must be. My heart went down into my
boots. l rode most of the distance
back to Naples in any thing but a joyous
mood, and the first man I sought out
when l got there was my ominous
friend, to whom l related with some
little asperity, l am afraid, what had
happened.
numbers. But you must have made
some mistake. You must have made 8
mistake on the last figure. Let US see. >
He went over it again. The last fig.
ure was for ship.
"The mistake must be here" said he
"They must have gone on ship, and
ship is 8. Hal" He frightened
in an instant, and turned upon me very
suddenly. "What kind of ship?'
"Why, steamship of course"
my dear child" said he, very slow.
ly, and shaking his head, "your stu.
pidity has last you a fortune. Why did
you not say steamship? Steamship is
as. Look"
He handed me the open book, with
his finger on the page. Sure enough,
there it was, a 5.
l never had learned then about club.
bling oneself. But l do assure you
felt that way. The chance was gone,
and forever. The best I could do was
to swallow my disappointment and
promise myself not to incur another
one. 1t was queer incident, WASN'T
itP There is a little appendix to it yet
That post-captain had singular streak
of good fortune. He hadn't been gone
month when his father died: and
then, within two weeks after, his broth.
er died. OF course he gave up his
cruise and returned to England, where
| saw him and his wife when had left
Italy.
! Which is not bad for bit of long.
bow practice, is itP-Chtcago Times.
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A POLICY ROMANCE.

In Italy there used to be played a
game-perhaps it is played there to this
day-which in its general features bears
a very strong resemblance to the game
known as "poliey." 1t was there con-
Quoted in the most open manner, under
the patronage of the Government, some
what as few of the two-acre duchies
OF Germany conduct the lottery and
other games of chance. The profits
upon it were so enormous that for long
time they bore the entire cost of main
tanning the Neapolitan navy.
A somewhat romantic story hanging
upon one of the drawings was recently
related to Times man by gentleman
who, in his earlier days, spent much of
his time in Naples; and for that it is in
teresting and bears upon the subject of
lottery and policy, it is here told again,
and in the first person, as it was origi-
nally. Said he:
had just come over from London to
Naples with a young English gentle
man, friend of mine, who was an Off
Ger in the British navy. He was a good
deal OF an amateur musician, and was
stricken that way myself. We had
been there but day or two when we
fell In with young American, who was
in Italy studying for the operate stage.
l had met him before in Dublin, and we
there made up party at the hotel. Nv
American friend was upon intimate
terms with the family of one of those
mobiles who abound so in
Italy; and in very short time he had
introduced US there. I think never
saw a more interesting family. There
were the father and mother and three
daughters, beautiful girls, all of them
accomplished musicians. 1t was one
of those families with both tastes and
station above their means, and l could
readily see that they had close enough
struggle of it to keep up appearances.
However, they were very proud, as well
as very hospitable in their way, and
don't believe three young fellows ever
were better entertained than we were
there. 1t wasn't long before it became
apparent to the American and myself
that our naval companion was over
head and ears ia love with one of the
young ladies, but which of them it was
we could not for the life of us make
out. He was a reserved fellow, and
feelings Of delicacy restrained us from
either rallying him upon his tender
ness or making any endeavor to find
out which of them he favored. I as
certained afterward that the girls them
selves were in the dark on the subject.
though it hadn't escaped them that he
was great deal more earnest and con-
slant in his attentions than any other
OF their friends. Well, things ran along
that way for a month or some such
matter, when one day,a the three of us
were walking in the streets, we saw on
the outside of building, over great
open window, several numerals dis
played in great black type. There
were several people standing about,
and some OF them appeared excited,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-15

Bishop Williams, Of 4. W s;.sap,,sie !
Zealand, has resigned his Dlsnep
account Of his age and infrm.sl 81
went to New Zealand in 1870, as s,;I
served faithfully ever since. wv
1859 he was made q Bishop.
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CHICKEN sALAD.-Boil 2 c Z s.Is
bone, chop fine; chop as .. muc axe y' j,
as chicken, or, il you desire, !, Iss sse !.
celery and half cabbage; boil ~ w |.
take the yelks only-erea,m!a. , soe s;sses
4 of pound Of butter, q llt.lc y ". ui 3.
mustard, salt, and pepper 70 sui'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-15

To re-fasten the loose handles Of
knives and forks, make cement of
common brick dust and rosin melted
together.
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Inc value OF the climate ana SOIL when
the locust plague shall pass away. This
mill is operated by steam, and the
steam is generated by the burning of
hay. To see the monster fy-wheel re-
volving at speed so times a minute
indicates a solution of the fuel ques-
ton that has so long stood as barrier
to the settlement of our western prai-
ries. The universal answer of these
settlers, when asked how they got along
without wood or coal, is: 80, that is
the least of our troubles. We find hay
to be much cheaper than wood, even if
we owned wood-lots within a days
drive" The hay can be put in the
stack at each mans door at cost less
than two dollars ton, and ten tons
will furnish fuel for one stove through
the winter. And this hay the settlers
put up while they have no other work
to do, and would otherwise be idle. In
genious individuals among these settlers
have patented hay-burning stoves and
machines for twisting the hay into
knots or sticks, and so tucking in the
ends that they remain firm though ham
died many times over. have selected
this portion of Minnesota, the great
garden spot of the Northwest, and set
tied, as / have said before, by the most
highly cultivated and best class of peo-
pie have ever seen in new country,
as being best calculated to give an idea
OF the courage and mistaken faith that
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-15

tufneu MS neaQ. lie neglected his
studies, and began to "see life.'' 1t
was death he saw in about a month,
and very wretched death at that, for
he jumped from his window one nigbtin
a tit of delirium tremens and was
smashed out of recognition on the pave
ment below.
You have no idea of how superstitious
some Of those Italians are-particular-
~ those who play the lottery or other
games of chance. Every thing is a
''sign" to them. Every incident Of life
and every object means some number
or other. They have it all down in
books, and whenever a circumstance at
all out of the common way happens,
they 60 Immediately and find what
number it means. If they can settle it
to their own satisfaction, they will play
that number if it takes all they have to
do it. And if it doesn't win, they are
never at loss for finding where they
have made mistake, so that no amount
of failure shakes their faith in omens.
1t was before the American died that I
was relating the little incident of the
post-captain to an Italian friend of
mine. He listened to me with the
closest attention, and when I had fin
ished he jumped up in a great hurry.
"Come with me-" said he. "Come
right along. I would give any thing if
| were in your place. The luckiest
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-12

l. AT Sioux City with Illinois Genial, Sioux
City and Pacific and Sioux City and st. Paul Rail
roads.
2 Passenger train going east connects IT Davis
Junction with branch trains arriving 1T Port
landville at H. 10 p: ~, and then connecting with
Towards stages for Virginia. Eden, tairview.
Beleit, Canton, harrisburg, Flandreau. Linwood,
Rock rapids, Sioux Falls snd all points on the
At lis p. M. connects at Davis junction with
S. 4 Elk Point with stages for P .nca, Neb.
aud lRichla d. D r.
1. AtrVcrmillion with stages for Lodi, River
side, Turner, Bloomingd ,lc and Finlay.
d. At dsyville with stages for ST. Helena.
T.. Al Ysnkton with stages for all points F,
southern and western Dakota, and North Nebras
ka; and during the season Of navigation with
Missouri River Transportation Companies line
Rice. Bismarck, Stevenson, Berthold. Buford,
Carol and Benton; connecting at Pierre with
transportation wagons for the Black Hills.
This Is the only Direct Route to the
Black Hills.
E.V. DERRIcKsoN, 0snv S~upsrtMtSndt.
AGENT.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-12
All Parts OF the South

Connections are also made 1t FreepoI1 With
Western Union trains, leaving Freepoft At 50
m, and arriving ct Racine at 6.66 p N AID MI
waukeeat 7.3b p m.
Connestions are also made at Dubuqu to 3
Louis. Osiro, and all points south
Baggage Checked Through
70 oil important pSints.T
For through tickets and Information appl
the Illinois Central depot.
Trains run by Dubuque tme. which 10 twenty
minutes fsster thru SioIx. City. ~
Jos. r. TucKEs CHICAGO,
W. p. JoHxsoN. Gent 6pDt.
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
H.. A. HAN1IF0N. A9't Sioux Citv. ian20d4wlS
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-12
A NAN u,,o SAN A MULE Ole.

AuAA VINO SAN A MULE Ole.
A Trassc Event which Occurred on the
Sowth Yosh s4ahs Isha River.
Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
"Ain't il = curious thing that nobody ever
seen . mule die7" remarked an old team
ster In Gumbert 4 Webber's saloon. "No
man living ever saw q mule die, I s'pose?"
Thus remarked Mr.. Daniels, lighting .
fresh cigar. "ln 1850 l wa mining on the
south fork Of the Yuba, and it came my
turn to cook for my gang: We took turns
each week, you know. Well, l was going
to show how economical / could run the
commissary. l went and bought . peck of
dried applee; they were all stuck together in
. lump, but I got 'em jam'd into the pot,
poured in some water and started the fire.
Presently a few of'em began to rise up to
the top Of the pot. and 20 I skimmed 'em off
and put 'em in = pan. Pretty soon some
more bulged up, and l SKINNED them off
and put 'em in the pan. The firt thing 1
new after I had skinned that blasted pot q
while, l had to get another pan, and then
another, and by the time I'd got four pans
heaped up full, dang my skin # there wasn't
more apples in the pans than there was in
the pot. That is l thought 80 at the time.
I kept getting more pans and bu kets and
lard cans, and all the while plumb frightened
to death for fear some of the boys would
come in and see how extravagant 1 was, for
I had been BLOWN on how cheap l could
run the mess. The blasted apples still kept
a comm out of the pot. l put some papers
on the floor and covered 'em with fruit, and,
by. Jove, the place looked like a Santa Clara
truitdrying establishment, and the pot was
still bilin' full"
"What has that got to do with . mule
dyin'?"
''Wate . minute, Pm comm to the mule.
Finally l got desperate and dumped over
twelve bushels of apples back of the cabin,
behind a tree. In about an hour l heard a
devil Of q noise, and ran out. What do you
suppose l found? Why, a four-hundred.
dollar mule kickin' in the agonies Of death
The apples was gone; the mule nearly 90.
He was swelled up like q balloon, and the
fret thing l knew he busted. Pledge my
word, gentlemen. he exploded like a giant
powder blast, and brought the whole camp
to the place. l kept still; they could moi
find the mule, and it cost 'em $40 to adver.
tise a reward for him in the Sacramento
Union. About two weeks afterwards they
caught a couple of Greasers hanging round
and they put it up that they stole the mule
20 they hung 'em. l was there, but did no
say q word for fear the boys would find on
how extravagant l had run the commissary
Let's have something"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-21
STATE OF MICHIGAN, GO
COUNTY OF VA

COUNTY OF VAN BUREN,,
Probate Court for said County. At q session
of the Probate court for said County, held at
the Probate Office in the village Of Paw Paw on
Monday, the 18th day OF December. in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy seven, Persent, Alfred ]. Mills, Judge
of Probate. In the matter Of the estate Of
James skinner, deceased. Lucy Skinner, exec.
utrix OF said estate comes into Court and rep
resents that she is now prepared to render her
final account as such executrix. Thereupon il
is ordered that Monday, the 14th day OF Janu-
airy next, at ten clock in the forenoon. be as
signed for examining and allowing such account
and that the heirs al law OF said deceased, and
all other persons interested in said estate, are
required TO appear at session of said Court,
then to be holden at the Probate Office in the
village of Paw Paw, in said county. and show
cause, if any there be, why the said account
should not be allowed. And il is further Or
dered that said Lucy Skinner give notice TO the
persons interested in said estate of the pen
dency or said account, and the hearing thereof
by causing cooy OF this order to be published
in The True Northerner, newspaper printed
and circulating in said county, three successive
weeks previous to SAID day OF hearing.
CA true copy.) ALFRED MILLS,
1879 Judge Of Probate.
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SALE.

In pursuance and by virtue OF decree In the
Circuit Court for the County OF Van Buren,, In
Chancery. IN the State of Michigan, made on
the 27th day Of August, 1877, in cause therein
pending, wherein Trenor w. Park Is complain
ant and John Starbuck and Sarah Starbuek are
defendants, Notice is hereby given that ! shall
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, at
the front door OF the court house, in the village
Of Paw Paw, in said county and State, at three
o'clock in the afternoon on the eleventh day OF
February, 1873, the following described real
estate to-wit: All those certain pieces or par
cells OF land situated lying and being In the
county OF Van Buren, State Of Michigan, known
and described as follows, viz: The south half
OF the south east quarter and the north west
quarter of the south east quarter OF section
number thirty two, and also the south half OF
the south west quarter OF section number thir-
ty three all in town one south OF range ntteen
west, containing two hundred acres OF land.
more or less.
Dated December 18th. 1877.
11S7t7 JOHN KNOWLES,
Circuit Court Com'r Van Buren, Co., Mich.
MELvIT LIE MCGEE, Complt's Solr.
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their earthly possessions were lost. His CON-
pa mons wept bitterly while he remained calm
aud manifested. They asked him why he was
unmoved by such calamity. He placed his
hand upon his head and said - carry all my
treasures here" God would have US avoid
that absorbing pursuit Of wealth which leads
one to neglect the culture Of the mind aud
heart. lie would have us so build up our
manhood and womanhood that when mad
waves sweep away all external possessions we
may, unmoved, place our hand upon our heart
and say, carry all Of my treasures here"
Preached in the Disciple Church, Paw Paw,
.unday evening, December 10th, 1877 and re-
vised by Mr.. searles expressly for the TRUE
NoRTnEINBR.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-21

Great is London journalism. There is an
essay writer in England under the name Of
Hampden who gives the English mind intel
lectual food of an easy digestble sort, through
the columns OF London weekly paper. In a
recent issue, speaking learnedly VI the Indian
troubles in America, he says: "Sitting Bull,
the Cher OF the Sioux, has fed the States and
settled with all his band within days march
OF windsor, town on the colonel side, oppo-
site Detroit" He forgets to state that the
warrior comes into Detroit every week with a
load OF baskets and Ak handles, and exchanges
these useful and desirable articles for very
inferior quality of whisky.-Detroit Free Press.
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A ADMINISTRATIONS SALE.


In the matter of the estate OF Flora A. Ipger-
soil, deceased Netlce Is hereby given that I'M
der and by virtue OF license and authority grant
ed 10 Benajah w Odel, administrator OF said
estate by the Probate Court OF Van Buren,
county. State or Michigan, on the 30th day OF
July, A. d. 1877, shall sell, as administrator
of said estate de bonis non. at public auction,
to tae highest bidder, at the premises in the
township OF BIoomingdale, Van Buren, county,
state of Michigan, on the first day OF March,
A. ID. 1873, ut one o'clock In the afternoon
(subject TO all membranes by mortgage or
otherwise all the interest OF said deceased in
and TO the follow ing described real estate,
known and described rs follows. to-wit: The
north west fractional quarter OF the north west
fractional quarter OF section one ~ in town
ship one (1) south OF range fourteen C4) west,
containing forty eight aud $500 acres OF land
in the county OF Van Buren, and State OF Mich
igan.
Dated December 18th 1877.
1871 ASAHEL b. MORGAN.
Administrator de bonls non OF the estate OF
Flora a. Ingersol. deceased.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-21

Moody and Sankey," Gays Paris news
paper, ARE the founders of new religion
which enjoys certain vogue in the United
States. Moody tells stories by way of a SER
mon and his partner sings songs. In the
United States that Is called a religion. In
Paris we should simply call it a concert-saloon a"
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The farmers who sell hogs at Buchanan have
discovered that the village scales have been
weighted so as to make difference of S27 per
carload in favor OF the buyer.
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For sale Cheap!

Que OF the choicest residences in the village
OF Paw Paw, Mich. consisting Of find dwell,
ing. snug barn. nearly new, ten acres OF land
with choice fruit aud shrubbery in great abun-
dance. Premises in good repair.
For terms apply to Il. +. JUDSON,
1140r kalamazoo Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-21

The State Salt Inspector thinks that more
salt will be manufactured in Michigan this win
ter than during any previous winter