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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12
MIR. POTTS's SPECULATION.
In Learning a New Way to Break Faro
Bank he Loses Five Hundred Dollars.


In Learning New Way to Break n Faro
Bank he Loses Five Hundred Dollars.
From the New York SUM-
The following advertisement appeared
in morning journal of the 10th, under
the head of !" Business Chances
S2O OOO 0ls man who seeer eae sna rs
from 81 900 to S2 600 immediately, to invest
i'll a sure paying business that will net the
investing can control the financial part Of the
- -~~,V~.~ " RELIABLE.
This attractive offer caught the atten-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Potts of
81 East Twenty-sixth Street. Mrs.
Potts wrote letter to &c Reliable" and
the next day young man called. His
clothes were of fashionable cut, and his
appearance was pleasing. After much
preliminary conversation, he barely
limited that among certain straight
laced people the nature Of his business
might not seem strictly legitimate Ger
tain bad men, he explained, ran faro
banks to fleece the unwary. Any thing
to discourage their business would be a
charity. He had devised plan which
would not only do this, but would also
be very profitable to the protector. In
word, he had perfected scheme to
beat the bank, which would always win.
The young man casually mentioned that
he had already broken two banks. In
fact, his skill is so notorious that he was
no longer allowed to play. He desired
some respectable man to assist him.
Mr.. Potts said he did not know how
to play the game. The young man vol
unteered to teach him and made an APP
pointment for the following Wednesday.
That evening Potts went with the young
man to Al West Twenty-eighth Street
where they found faro layout. They
played with chips alone to show Potts
how it was done. At the close of the
game Potts would have won 5000 had
the game been in earnest. Potts went
home highly elated, and explained to
Mrs. Potts that it was as simple as turn
ing one hand over the other.
When the young. man called on Thurs
day Potts said he had only $500 in ready
cash. The young man demurred lit
tie, but finally said they might make a
start on that. They went around to the
same faro bank, and Potts lost his $500
within ten minutes.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Potts called
at the jefferson Market Police Court
with Capt. Berghold. He desired a
warrant for the arrest Of the young
man, whose name he did not know.
Justice OLterbourg refused the warrant,
saying that Potts was equally guilty.
He had gambled and attempted to beat
the bank. Potts walked out of court
and up Sixth Avenue. At Thirty-fourth
Street he met the young man and had
him arrested. In court the prisoner
gave his name as Edward s.. Scott of
687 Second Avenue, said he was pri-
vate detective in the Equitable Building,
and emphatically asserted his innocence.
Mrs. Potts also identified him.
Justice Otterbourg committed Scott.
Mr.. Potts was sent to the House of De-
tentiofl. H ri ata v...4sr !.
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Calling the Doctor.

The other morning, as a belated
member of the Owl Club was steering
home through the dense fog, which the
writer is reliably informed hangs over
this city at 3 a. M, he passed a house
on Mission Street, where resided we'll
known physician. The vestibule of this
residence was open, and on its side the
dim rays of the moon, struggling
through the gloom produced BY the
efforts of the City Gas Company, dis
closed the mouth of an acoustic tube,
underneath which was the inscription,
Whistle for DR.. Potts. si3
Not wishing to be disobliging about
so small'a matter, the Owl stumbled up
the steps, and, steadying himself against
the wall, blew into the pipe with all the
strength Of his lungs.
The physician, who was awakened by
the resultant shrill whistle near his
head, arose, and, after wondering at the
singular odor of whisky in the room,
CROPPED his way to the tube and shouted,
Well?'' -..s....
"Glad to know you're well," was the
reply, I" but being doctor, l s'pose you
can keep well at cost price, can't you?''
"What do you wantp'' said the man
Of pills, not caring to joke in the airy
nothing of his nightgown. tss,s.s-
"Well," said the party at the other
end of the tube, after few moments
mobilization, "Oh! by the way, are
you young Potts, or old Potts"
"1 am DR.. Potts-there is no young
Potts. 4a
"Not dead, I hopeP''
"There never was any. / have nc
son. 4s.t s... ss,.svs.s
"Then you are young Potts and old
Potts, too. Dear, dear, how singular. y
"What the do you wantp'' snap.
ped the Doctor, who was beginning to
feel as if his legs were pair Of elon.
gated icicles. ORA
Z" You know old Mrs. Peavine, who
lives in the next block?v efH
| Eyes. Is she sickp What's the mat.
/ ter?'' @ &
"Do you know her nephew, too-Bil
Briggs?''
"Yes. Well?.
"Well, he went up to Bridgeport
shooting this morning and -"
"And he had an accident. Hold NJ
a minute. III be right down.
"No, he's all right; but he got sixty
two ducks-eighteen of 'em mailards
1 thought you might like to hear it,
And the joker hung on to the nozzle
and laughed like a hyena digging up {
missionary. {4 E.,@ :.
| 81 say came down from the exas
perated NJ. D., "that's a jolly joke, m.
friend. Won't you take somethingP"
| "What?'' said the surprised humor
list, pausing for breath.
"Why, take something. Take this.
J And before the disguised funny ma
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Editorial Life in st. Petersburg.
.sSexts ~ ssasy ~. sstt

xSezrzA 80 ~- e.4ss ~. Stt6&k4s
Not long ago NJ. Polilikoff, editor of
the Molca, moderate journal, the organ
of the educated COMMERCIAL classes, was
ordered, to attend at Gen. Gourko's s
office. Arriving at the appointed hour
he was conducted into the Chancellerie.
A gendarme appeared, ordered him to
stand to attention, ranged himself beside
him and held him BY the sleeve Of his
coat, as if in custody. A door opened,
and the frowning military dictator ap-
speared and thus addressed the captive
journalist: "Your conduct of your
paper has obliged me to send for you.
Should have to do so again your Jour-
nal will be suppressed, and you win
incur very serious personal conse-
auences. Next Ito the gendarme),
ssMarch out, and dismiss the prisoner. =
The Golos, the most intelligently con-
Quoted journal in Russia, has just been
suspended for five months. The editor,
dumbfounded at the suddenness and
severity of his punishment, requested an
audience with M. Makoff, the Minister
of the Interior. Heswas received with a
torrent of abuse. ss You are a reyolu-
ZIONIST, 'cried the excited official. eff, v
replied the journalist, 6 if am revo-
lutionist then so are all educated Rus
slams The Minister did not risk any
further such pertinent observations from
the editor, and Immediately dismissed
him London World.
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could withdraw his mouth, a hastily
compounded mixture of ink, ipecac and
assafetida squirted from the pipe and
deluged him from head to foot, about a
pint monopolizing his shirt front and
collar H
And while he danced frantically
around, sponging himself off with his
handkerchief, and swearing like pirate
in the last act, he could hear an angel
voice from above sweetly murmur: ,-5tg
"Have some more? Mop Well,
good night. Come again soon, you
funny dog, you. By-by. ."-Baltimore
Ayne1ienn.
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-TT-F-NfT-Ts 4 Z
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

THE flow Of milk Is sometimes tnuite
suddenly diminished and schecked by
exposure of cows without proper shelter
in sudden changes of temperature in
winter. 30 .ssr. m
PEAR blight has, in several an instances, instance
been arrested in affected trees by syring-
ing them with weak solution of potash.
and it has proved preventive when ap
piled to healthy trees.
WHEN horse is worked hard his food
should be chiefly oats--if not worked
hard his food should be chiefly hay, be-
cause oats supply more nourishment and
flesh making material than any other
sfood-hay not so much.s x..
IT is said that never Z IL il Il the e whole his
tory of this country was there so much
winter wheat sewne as-this season, gnof
ever was it looking better, if as well.
Many farmers are feeding down with
sheep and cowss ss@ sssbg7 ga@EssA
OATS should be bruised for an old
horse, but not for young one, because
the former, through age and defective
teeth, can not chew. them properly; the
young horse can do $50, and they are
thus properly mixed with the saliva and
turned into wholesome nutriment.
ALL clayey soils seem well adapted
for tobacco, hence it is that certain por-
Etions. of the Connecticut VALLEY. the light
gray or ch chocolateE colored lands Of East
ern Virginia and the red. clayey soil OF
the Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba, produce the
finest tobacco in the world. "a 80
LATE German trials of the cooling OF
milk GO 0show. that, while there Is ne
essential difference between the cream
raising capacity excepting that thefproc-
ess of: souring is longer retarded in, the
cooled milky the butter made from the
cream of cooled milk keeps better than
that of uncooled. 9
To utilize feathers of ducks, chickens
and turkeys, generally thrown aside as
refuse, trim the plumes from the stamp,
.inclose them in tight bag, rub the
whole as. if washing clothes, and you
Twill secure perfectly uniform and light
down, excellent for quilting coverlets
and not few other purposes .s9saA
Hoes when nearly, fat are liable to
have a disordered, stomach through
overfeeding, refusing their food. The
best antidote for this is charcoal. II
the charcoal is taken from the stove
when cold there will probably be ashes
taken up at the same time, these will
not hurt the hog should he eat a portion
of them Charcoal is best taken from
an open fireplace. 1t would be well to
have on hand at all times barrel OF
two of charcoal. Charred corn-cobs OF
charred corn have a good effect, There
lis nothing better than these substances
where hogs have the sours.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12
Ihelr money, house, and furniture to
OBTAIN the noxious drug which has

their money, house, and furniture to
obtain the noxious drug which hao "
ruined them. 'oA n''s
SECRETARY SCHURz has recommend
eu 10 the House an appropriation of
eoVo TO purchase the first patent aver
issued an this county, Accompanv;no
IIe proposition was a letter from E.T7
f1ali OF Columbus, o., the present nos.
SCISSOR OF the document, in which he saws
II was issued at New York, July 81. 17ao
10 samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia. for
an improvement in making potash and
pearl-ash. 1t is written on a sbent ot
parchment in a round, old ld-fash;oned
nand, signed by George Washington
and a certified by Ed. Randolph, Attorney
-ueneral, as being conformable to the
ACT OF Congress to promote the useful
arts, and its delivery to the grantee is
certlfled by Thos. jefferson, with the
seal OF the United States. trfuersT
SUCH severe winter as that under
which the populations of Silesia. East
and West Prussia, and the Duchy Of
Posen have been suffering for more Than
a month past.has not been experienced
IN Northeastern, Europe since the year
lSI2. 1t has come like q doom upon
the poor people after an almost total
failure of the potato crop, upon which
the peasantry of these sterile regions
manly depend for their winter sus-
tenance. We read of parents all but
naked in wretched empty rooms forlorn
OF fire., the cerpses of their children, vic
TINS OF typhus, lying uncovered on the
floor, with no means left to obtain the
rudest coffin for the dead, or the coarsest
molsel OF food for the living; and Of
women, driven to despair, lying down,
deliberately in the snow to die, In order
to put an end to their intolerable misery
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12

To cure gals On the shoulders of your
horses: At morning, noon and night
wash the shoulders well with water, and
apply with feather the following: Six
drams of iodine dissolved in half pint
of alcohol. 1t is good preparation to
keep in the stable at all times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12

SOME of the plants that are not ac-
counted hardy would stand the cold
winter well enough were it not for our
bright sun during some of our winter
days. The lesson is obvious-protect
by light covering from the rays of the
sun. Straw, eornstalks or evergreen
boughs are good.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12

SWEET AND SOUR CABBAGE.-Takea a
cabbage-head and cut it down into eight
pieces and cover it with coarse salt, let
ting it remain in a jar twelve hours !;
take it out, squeeze. it and chop it fine
with two onions; put it on the fire in a
china-lined vessel, covering it with vine
gar and boil for a full hour; add to it
then one ounce of turmeric Ga teaspoon
full of curry will do instead of turmeric),
one teaspoonful of ground pepper, a
teaspoonful of celery seed, tablespoon
full of allspiee, two tablespoonfuls of
ground mustard and half an ounce of
white mace, with one-and-a- half pounds
of brown sugar; cook one hour more
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12

COCA.-The remarkable properties of
coca-the dried leaves of small tree
growing in Peru and Bolivia--and espe-
forth long continued exertion without
fatigue, have been exciting good deal
of attention among scientific men for
the last few years. These properties
were known and priced long before the
Spanish conquest, the leaves being en-
ployed, even as medium of exchange.
After the conquest, they were among
the most valuable articles of export. At
Potosi alone, 100000 bushels were con-
sumed yearly. Under the influence Of
the leaves of this plant, the miners can
work night and day, with only brief in
tervals of rest and sleep. The slightest
food and handful of the leaves enable
the natives to endure the severest and
most protracted toll of every kind. They
take them three times a day, chewing
them and lodging them in the side of
their mouth, like quid of tobacco. In
1876, the Toronto (Canada) Lacross
Club, consisting Of 16 players, all of
sedentary professions, held the cham
pionship of the world against all comers,'
white men or Indian, fortified mainly by
coca, which they chewed during the
game, swallowing the saliva. One day,
during which the heat in the sun was at
110o F., though their antagonists, me-
chanics and tradesmen of sturdy build,
were utterly exhausted before the game
was finished, the former seemed as free
from fatigue as at the beginning. Its
chief action is upon the heart, and it is
believed by some, at least, that it is
liable to the same objection as other
powerful stimulants and narcotics, a
French writer af1irms that when long
used in excess, it affects the brain, and
ultimately induces mental imbecility.-
Youth's Companion. 81 =
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USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

A NEW loom has recently been brought
out in England, which has excited much,
interest among the. manufacturers of,
textile fabrics.A 1t is a loom for knit
ting, on what is claimed to be an entire
ly new principle. The yarn, which is
drawn direct from 432 cops, is arranged
over the width required like a warp for
the ordinary power-loom, and by sim
pie contrivance the whole of the threads
are shifted to such an angle that the
needles are enabled to catch each thread
at the same instant, thus knitting the
entire width at the same revolution.
The loom occupies less space, and re-
quires less than half thespower necessa-
ry for the power loom now in use. It
makes from IL to Is inches of closely
knitted fabric in one minute. In two
hours and twenty minutes, including
stoppages, 48 1-2 yards, ~ inches wide,
can be produced. The fabric produced
has been pronounced by competent
judges to be superior in strength and
durability to the ordinary woven, cloth.
Each stitch or loop being locked, the
cloth viii not unravel. A variety of
designs has been produced. Any mix
ture and variety of coloring can be in
troduced, and the selvages are perfect,
and may be fancy or plainy as required.
The loom has also been tested with
tender yarns, and found to work salts
factorily. i-'' '' - s'''' 2
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-02-12

dense black smoke of the tall chimneys,
making it so white that it does not soil a
pocket-hankerchief, and obviates the
necessity for chimneys higher than those
of ordinary houses. Pollution of the
atmosphere by injurious gases will, it is
claimed, be prevented, disagreeablc
odors will be destroyed, and the un-
sightliness of the black and ubiquitous
smoke will be removed. According to
this plan, the dense and gas-laden smoke,
after it leaves the furnace and before it
enters the chimney, is made to pass.
through fiue, and over tank of water
holding soda ash in solution. Paddle
wheels, with fans just touching the wa
ter, are suspended over the tank, the
number varying with the size of the
establishment. Set in rapid motion,
these wheels dash the water up in a fine
spray, which washes the smoke hasten
ing on its way to the chimney. Success
sive screens of lath, down which the
water trickles as it returns to the tank,
afford additional facilities for the deten-
ton Of the impurities in the smoke. The
revolution of the paddle-wheels in the
direction in which the smoke is moving,
increases the draft, and insures more
uniform heat in the furnace. Its stated
that, SO pure has the smoke been made
by this process, that persons have
breathed with safety over the top of
chimney, and a handkerchief, which be-
comes instantly black with SCOT when
held in the smoke before cleansing, re-
mains perfectly white when held in the
purified smoke. esr. 5tlf.l-.f o. ...s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-27
SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY MORNING JUNE o. 1850

Julius Caesar to Obarlemagne
thirty emperors met death at to
HANDS OF others and Jour by their Own
The imperial purple was no safe
guard against the dagger of the asa
ASSN, or the arms of their own mu
tinous soldiers. II virtuous the EN-
peror stood il as much dread and
danger as though he was the veries
monster in existence. Virtue could
not protect him from the turbulence
OF the soldiery, nor the cabals of the
officers, and the purple was even sold
to the highest bidder. For more than
century no son has succeeded his
father 10 the throne of France.
We have ramblingly portrayed
some OF the vicissitudes to which
human power was subjected in times
past; and shown the folly of man in
desiring to raise himself above the
rest of his fellow beings. for purposes
Of ambition alone. A strange and
terrible array of facts are preserved
% the history of the past, to rebuke
md cause the feeling to evaporste
With an increase of power ever comes
corresponding amount of care and
'nxiety, and the heart of the ruler,
however much slated with prosperity,
as less time TO be happy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-27
RLACKyooD's MAGAZINE

For June, 1880, has been republished
by the Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, Al Barclay street, New York.
The principal contents are: "Dr.
Wortls's School. Part H. ''The Re-
construction of S8eeptolds;" "The
University of the Prairles;" "Sui.
cide;" Fishing and Fishing Litera.
ture;" 1.-The ex-Amir Yak1b Khan;
From the Note Book of Staff Off.
cer;" "Bush-life in Queensland. Part
VII" OF the serials there is but
little to be said. They keep up about
an even amount OF interest from
month to month. Bush-life is more
social than usual. "Che Reconstruct
ton Of Sheepfolds" contains some
curious suggestions for the "redistri-
button OF dioeeses which shall be better
adapted to the wants OF the time. "
The author disclaims any levity OF
motive in writing the article. The
next article gives an account OF the
State University OF Manitoba, estab-
lished in 1877 by the incorporation OF
three colleges already existing there.
Then comes history of the rise and
progress of suicide, with many statis-
tics. Fishing" is the pleasantest
article in this number, taking one
right TO the homes OF salmon and
trout and referring to the writings of
Christopher North, Crope, Colquhoun
and Henderson. The staff Officer
tells of the ex.Amir's connection with
the outrage on the British embassy;
why he abdicsted, etc. There are
also two political essays, one relating
to the present ministry, the other TO
the future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-27
LITERATURE.

LUCE RoDEY," a society novel
By Henry Greville, is published
by 7. B. Peterson & Brothers, Pnila.
delphis. Ali lovers of a good novel
should get "Lucie Rodey" at once,
as we'll as all other novels OF Henry
Greville as fast as they are issued, as
no French authorizes OF to-day equals
her in power and interest. She never
wrote novel that was not excellent,
and she has written several that prove
her genius and art. With ell she is
versatile, and each work not only
differs from those which preceded it in
plot, incident and treatment, but
marks steady advance to that posi-.
ton of worldwide renewn which is
very certain TO be assigned her. The
character drawings in ''Lucie Rodey"
are marvellous in breadth and analy-
cation, aud gives proof OF rare artistic
tkill, while the mort delicious fan
cles, expressed in graceful, poetical
and vigorous language, render the
authors style incomparably charm
ing. Edmund About has just written
a novel to prove the existence of do
mestic virtues in France, and Amer
leans who, as a rule. know little OF
France outside of Paris, are apt to
deny the possibility OF such - let
them, therefore, read "Lucie Rodey,"
in which they will find the wife and
mother faithful unto DEATH" though
exposed to trials and temptations.
"Lucie Rodey" teaches lesson which
will be felt even by those who read it
with breathless interest merely for
the sake of the story. "Lucie Rodey"
is published in a large duodecimo
volume, paper cover, price SOC.