The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-11-13

hoCcnliy tHe DOuy was eXhunled for re-
moval to Braceville, and upon,eopenina
the coffin, the fliepasywere startled by q
most remarkable Sight. The body Law
and looked identicany asswheh btiiri,es,ll'
the features were not even discolored
nor wasted: The wearing fappareExas
mot decayed and in perfect preservation.
The corpse was SO perfect that persons
who had onee ktnssn her Ibasilt7 recue,
rized the features. =. She, was buried in
Ean ordinary air--tight burial case. h5h
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ban qisA Prairie Fire. lls .noij
| In an article'entiaeassome Features
of kansas Farming T. ing .scrgb,ser. fol
November, Mr.. Henry King gives the
following vivid description Of that beau.
tiful scourgeE q fire on, the prairies Ia,
| Next to calamities IKE that the home
steader's wife told OF stIie great 1bdset-
ting fear ef.the settlers on the boryler-
| in all the new, and thinly peopled por-
tions Of Kansas, in fact is the aeoniinss
of the autumn prairie fire, wlich,so fire,
quently menaces their stacks and ldlSa cribs, Il s
their helpless stock, their stables Hiid
cabins, and even Gtheirs lives Were, il
not for its known danger and poWer~ Of
havoc, this tempest and sc6ufge !ofs4iia
would beIa spectacle Of commanding
force and beauty. First, you will catch
glimpses of what you take to jbe gray
wisps of haze away off pm the. horizon
and watching, you will see these Yagrant
particles deeper gradually, and gather
into a, definite sollme of smoke, black
like a rain-cloud, and bronze about the
edges. Theno thepstfange, sofnbeA bulk
starts forward across. the. prairie. and
You hold your breath ut sight of ithe
rapid progress of it. =. CA mile 'in tive
minutes. is not an. exceptional rate. 81
speed for a fire once fairly under, wa. J
lit halts an instant, You note, ever IA
broad swale where there is-standingrwa.
ter: but it is for an instant -oHiy.... z he
next moment If n reaches, the upland
again and the dry grass; and directly it
grasps a belt of the tail, thick blue stem,
and the flame leaps suddenly and madly
but above the smoke, then subsidies
again, and the black mass grows black
er than ever, and rolls higher and higher,
and you can scent the burning grass,
and hear the distant roar Of fire-an aw-
full roar, resem bling the sound ofaFhllefy
in heavy timber And yit is, 50 calm j. inn
mediately about you that you do not SO
much as miss heticking ofsyoar watch
in your pocket; there, is no breath of air
stirring, and the sun is shining, and the
ifeatehs above you are blnetand placid.
But the stillness viii lbs, broken, soon.
The oncoming cloud is only a few miles
away now, and 'yeaifeasily tracethe scars
let and terrific feneEgy; All its base; the
smoke begins to hurt hurt your I eyes, too,
and the Heat tbecomes heavily lepsfessires
And then, all at snee, the oYindE smitsf fqi sf
and staggers you, that appalling roar
deafensl you, 1snaEthd,sth istblbttedoit,
and you are in aldarAness as, sof a mid, ri d
night without moon or star. It Is eah
experiences of but a.dozsn sec6ndsso so,
| this, sudden plunge into darkness,
though it seems an hour, and when you
look out Iaeain, you find that the fire has
passed you a mile,o more to your right, right
and is still rolling desperately onward ;
and there in its trick are charreda and
smoldering stacks of hay, and an occa-
siona1 house aaflaine and tottering to Its
fall, ana a groupld mahsand boys Ibeatr
ing back the outer line Of the fire with
brush and old Clothes, and Sending fof-
ward little counter firestb meet it and d
possible keep it at a safe distance. The
creek may stop it and smother it when
it gets there, sthoilgh SUCH a fope.ihHs
mere chance fol. a warrant: sometimes
these mighty cohffagrations vatiit Across
streams twenty Or thirty yards in width,
SO swift aud resistless is their momenl-
tunl;; and as d rule they are effectually
stayed only when they peaeh d, WIDE es'
tent of plowed land, and have to yield,
sdllehly, Tor lack of any tt1iiing more te
feed their in6xerable fnrysi 3ou tau3 %
N94kauf n am a asnn 1f u eenftsr.. Five. "