The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-08-14

@ Atii uoAeu OI Inc ola woman s apples
carefully choosing the largest ones, l
could see-and divided them among his
auditors; and he said to her kindly, as
she made cnange FOR him. "My good
woman, you ought to go out into Kan
sas, to higher, drier latitude; you look
aguish."
Thank you," she answered, "I'm
as well as common. It's kind o. warm,
and I'm little downhearted like; that's
all, l guess"
"Speaking of ague," MarkIey con-
tinued, without further notice of the
shrinking old apple-woman-"sp speaking
OF ague, don't see how any body can
stay where it is, when its so easy to go
to Kansas
But you have ague in Kansas, the
same as in every other country, don't
you?' inquired Mr.. Wabash.
"Only as it is brought in, temporarily,
from other States," Markley politely re-
sponded. "It is not indigenous. We
have no malaria. Our atmosphere is
rich in ozone; and ozone is natures
own purifier. Homer mentions it in the
Odyssey, you recollect, where he speaks
of the atmosphere being squite full OF
sulphurous odor.' That's ozone"
81 presume the atmosphere of the in
fernal regions is also quite full of sui
phurous odor,'-or ozone," said Mr.
Wabash, with chuckle.
"Yes, l suppose so," Markley re-
torted, promptly; 'put there, no doubt,
to tantalize the fellows with suggestions
of Kansas. Sorrows crown of sor-
row. you know, SIS remembering hap
pier things But as was about to say,
ozone dispels malaria, and keeps the
climate free from bilious conditions.
Besides, the ague is really matter of
morals rather than of physics, you un-
derstand." But we did not understand
it, and he therefore graciously proceed
ed to enlarge upon the statement for our
benefit. "The ague always hovers about
low, fiat lands, where the soil is thin and
jaundiced-looking. Take those quinine
river bottoms in some of the Western
States-I shan't call names-whare the
men gather at the saw-mill every Sun
day to pitch horse shoes and shoot at q
mark; there's where you'll find ague
every time. Then move out on the
high, open lands, where they have Sab
bath. schools and debating societies and
collars to their shirts, and you'll see
very little of it, usually none at all the
sickness there, when they have any,
runs in the nervous way" Mr.. Wabash
laughed good humoredly, and ventured
some light remark about finding out
more the longer we live; but Mark.
ley kept on in a solemn and
impressive manner, as if charged
with special mission on the
ague question: s It's considerably due
to our school system, our free press and
our numerous churches, tell you-add.
ed to the abundant ozone-that we are
so little bothered with the thing in Kan.
sas. We have four million dollars
worth of school houses, and nearly two
hundred newspapers, and churches til
you can't rest. There's no foothold fol
the ague among such things-anda a sky
full Of ozone hanging over them. It's
very much a matter of civilization, tai!
ague business. It's the difference be
tween the sallow squirrel hunter, will
his rifle on his shoulder, and gaun
hound at his heels, and the clear-com
plexioned, grammar-respecting man o
the new era, with books and papers OF
, the table and a canary bird swinging il
/ the window. They had no ague in Ath
, ems, you may be sure; they have none il
} Boston-to speak Of"
These notions were so novel, and pre-
9 sented so earnestly, that every body i
!. the room was obliged to listen. Eve
the young man waiting for his sweet
! heart forgot himself for few minutes
and gave surprised heed. Only for
i, few moments, however. Then he too
2 up his dropped conversation again wit
: the little lady in alpaca, who seemed
: be humoring his worship of the comin
4 wife as if it had been religion-an
I who shall say it was not?
."This is Clara's profile" she sai
4 timidly, reaching out little morocco
: picture-case. ssI don't want to brs
l. about her, but, honestly, / think she
}, awful nice"
r "It's real sweet face," Iremarkt
|. the little lady in alpaca.
e "I'll never quit wondering how
e came about" he continued. 81 ha'
# not the least idea what makes her Iii
me; I know amt good enough for he
il She does like me, though. Her leavil
good home and coming so far, {
n alone, to marry me, is enough itself
:. make that certain. I'd ought to ha
t. gone after her, know; and offer
r to, but she said it wasn't any use to
}. to that expense. I do wish had gol
i as far as St. Louis to meet her, thoug
d But I reckon she'll surely be here
I the other train. One trains in from
Louis, and she didn't come on that.
,e suppose it's silly to borrow trouble ov
y it, but can't help feeling shaky abo
ID her, to save my life. If any thing shos
% have happened to her"
re "Perhaps she's given you the gra
le bounce" Markley suggested, with
% teasing pretense of alarm.
re The young man drew himself up as
10 his very existence had been challenge
ar The color came and went in bis cheel
ID and his lips were set in rigid scorn.
n, "Bounce nothin'!" he said, haughti
8, and walked away.
e, "You'll notice." Markley made ha
Id to urge, ''that the average yield of &C
of per acre in Kansas last year exceed
nv thst of anv other State Rut we do