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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
The Memory Of Auts

The general fact that, whenever an
ant finds her way to store of food OF
larvae, she will return to it again and
again in more or less direct line from
her nest. constitutes ample proof that the
ant remembers her way to the store of
food. 1t is of interest to note that the
nature of this insect-memory appears
to be identical with that of memory in
general. Thus, new fact becomes
impressed upon ant-memory by repe-
tition, and the impression is liable to be-
bone effaced by lapse of time. Sir
John Lubbock found it necessary to
teach the insects, by repetition of sey-
eral lessons, their way to treasure, if
that way were long or unusual With
regard to the duration of memory in
ants, it does not appear that any direct
experiments have been made; but the
following observation by Mr.. Belt on
its apparent duration in the leaf-cutting
ant may be here stated: In June, 1859,
he found his garden invaded by these
ants, and on following up their paths
he found their nest about a hundred
yards distant. He poured down their
burrows pint of diluted carbolic acid.
once drawn of from the e garden en-
to meet the dangers at home
while in the burrows themselves
the greatest confusion prevailed. Next
day he found the ants busily engaged
in bringing up the ant-food from the
old burrows and carrying it to newly
formed ones a few yards distant. These,
however, turned out to be intended only
as temporary repositories; for in few
days both old and new burrows were
entirely deserted. so that he supposed
all the ants to have died. subsequently,
however, he found that they had mi
grated to new site, about two hundred
yards from the old one, and there es-
tablished themselves in new nest.
Twelve months later the ants again in
vaded his garden and again he treated
them to strong dose of cerbolic acid.
The ants. as on the previous occasion,
were at once Withdrawn from his
garden, and two days afterward he
found &c all the survivors at work on
the track that led directly to the old
nest of the year before, where they were
buslly employed in making new exca-
vatiOns. - 1t was a wholesale
and entire migration" Mr.. Belt adds,
= do not doubt that some of the lead
ing minds in this formicarium recol-
lected the nest of the year before, and
directed the migration to it."-Georqe
y. R0nadiaes, IN Popular Science Montltly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
The Recreations Of school. childr.,

In choosing the mode of a child's rec.
reations, it should be borne in nina
that their main purpose is to restore
the tone of the mind and its harmony
with the physical instincts by SUNNY.
ing the chief deficiencies of our ord ord;.
nary employment. For hard-workipv
blacksmith, fun, pure and simple
would be a sufficient pastime, while
brain-workers need recreation thas
combines amusement with physical er.
eTcise-the unloosening of the brain.
fiber with the tension Of the musclea
Emulation and the presence of relatives
and schoolmates impart to competitive
gymnastics charm which a spirited
boy would not exchange for the psssire
pleasure of witnessing the best circus
performance. Wrestling, lance.throw-
ing, archery, base ball and well-con.
tested foot-race can awaken the enthu.
siasm of the Grecian palestra, and
professional gymnasts will take che
same delight in the equslly healthful
though less dramatic trials OF strength
at the horizontal bar. But, on fhe
playground such exercises should be
Invested from the least appearance Of
being a tasE-even children cannot te
happy on compulsion.
There Is a's0 too much indoor and
in-town work about the present life Of
our school-boys. Encourage their love
of the woods; let us make holidays
synonym of picnic excursions and en-.
large the definition OF camp meetings
OF all the known modes OF inspiration,
forest ar and the view Of beautiful
landscape are the most inexpensive,
especially from a moral standpoint
being never followed by splenetic re-
action. A ramble in the depths Of .
painless forest or on the heights OF an
between rocks and lonely
mountain meadows. opens welisprings
,f life unknown to the prisoners Of Tie
;ity tenements. DR.. FeliI L. OspaM
n Popular Science MonthlY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
A Weasel Yarn.

The remarkable sagacity of the weas-
ell was well Illustrated the other day bv
an Incident which actually occurred in
the suburbs of Santa Barbara. A gen.
tleman's barn was infested with rats,
and he was greatly annoyed by their
depredations. They had been gradu-
ally disappearing, however, during the.
past few weeks. The gentleman finally
discovered the cause of their probable
disappearance in very wide-awake
weasel, which was engaged at the time
IN vigorous combat with an unusually
large sized rat. The latter proved too
much for his adversary, and finally
chased his weaselship out of the barn.
A few mornings later the gentleman
again found the same animals ENGAGED
IN similar battle. The weasel at last
ran away as before, and the rat followed
IN hot pursuit. This time, however, the
weasel ran into hole it had burrowed
through q pile of hardened compost.
Inc hole was quite large at the entrance
but the outlet was scarcely large enough
70 admit the passage of the weaseI's
body. The weasel darted into the hole
with the rat at his heels. A moment
ater the weasel emerged from the other
'ide, ran quickly around the compost
pie and again entered the hole, this
'lme N the enemy's rear. The gentle
nan, interested in Ihe proceedings.
PATCHED the place some time, and found
nat only the weasel came out. Digging
ITO the compost, he found the rat quite
lead and partly eaten. The weasel had
arranged his trap SO that the rat could
inter-. but becoming closely wedged in
be narrow portion of the hole, could
2 attacked at . disadvantage and cas-
y killed. Santa Barbara (Gal) Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
Feeding Cows Grain in Summer.

Cows which have all the sweet mast.
ure grass they need do not need other
food. They will give the most and the
best milk on an abundance of good grass
that they will on most any feed. Few
COWS. however, are supplied with all the
pasture grass they can consume. The
larger part of our pastures soon ret
snort OF feed and the cows do not OBJ
tam all they want to eat. As q conse-
quence COWS generally begin to fall of
In their milk soon after July sets in.
and the falling off of milk Continues
each month until late in the autumn.
Wben it Is found the cows are nearly
dry. Many farmers provide supply Of
corn fodder to feed the COWS in AnGnst
and September, but this is not soon
enough to begin giving the extra feed.
O1tentimes the cows have shrunk one
third or one-half in their milk before
the corn fodder is ready for them. and
after the flow is once diminished II il
increased with much difficulty. AS
soon as the pastures begin to fail the
cows should be furnished with add;-
tional food sufficient to maintain their
iull quantity OF milk. 1t does not paw
to allow herd of cows to shrink one
third or one-half in their milk before
the summer is gone, and there is no
need OF it. BY feeding grain of some
KIND the flow Of milk NAV be main
tanned throughout the summer and even
late into the autumn Corn meal. bran
and cottonseed meal are all GOOD for
feeding for this purpose, and the return
IN milk, butter and cheese will amnlv
repay the outlay. At no season of the
year will better return be obtained
Tor the amount of grain fed tomilk-civ-
ing cows than in the summer when the
pastures begin to fail. In winter the
cold weather causes part of the grain to
go to maintain IN the animal warmth.
but IN the summer very little food is
required for this purpose. and it is near
~ all converted into milk or flesh. Il
Is to be hoped that many of our farm
ers will try feeding grain this summer.
Begin as soon as tho quantity of milk
begins to diminish, and feed inst
enough to maintain full fiow. IL will he
found that such feeding will paw. Not
only will the total amount of milk oh
famed during the summer and fall he
largely increased, but the cows also
VIII De In good condition for winter |
11alrying, giving good mess of milk. |
Inc COW is milk machine, and the |
more food each COW can economically |
work over into milk the greater the
oroiit from dairying. Never allow the |
machine to become idle in part for want |
y sufficient supplies of raw material. |
LeuistoH Journal
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Gor pon,,g Btadtrs.
THE SPIDER AND TIE BELL.

In an old belfry tower,
dry. coy bower,
Dozed an owl by the hour
But the belts sly old clapper
Was mischievOus rapper,
AND so0n walked the napper.
MIR. Owl, don't you mind him:
with cobwebs III bind him,
And round and round wind him."
Thus spoke up spider.
strip d like an outrider;
The owl sharply eyed her,
And said: .If he cheat you
III not scold nor beat you.
III just me. ely eat YOU"
The owl saw her spin
Her web, frail and thin,
found the bell, out and in.
But, next Sunday morning,
without word of warming,
The bell went a-stormingi
With cling and clang,
with boom and a bang,
The old clapper rang!
The owl didn't chide her.
Rebuke nor deride her,
But he ate up that spideri
Iere is moral, dear children. for you:
SeVer promise thing you're not able to do
-Frdak III. Stdufer. In st. Nicholas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
Rare and Gu ,us Fabrics.

Have you seen the dress of spun
glass said to have been made in Pitts
burghP" was asked a Broadway dealer
in curios.
No, have not. have tried tog
one for my display, but failed. Some
years ago | learned of dress that was
made in Brazil out of spiders web, and
| would have tried for that, but its
probable price and is delicacy made
the task foolish one to undertake. |
had kept informed upon the use Of the
spiders web, and had heard that all q
the attempts to employ it in the mann.
facture had failed. The Spaniards tried
to make gloves, stockings, and handker-
chiefs of the thread spun by the spider,
but although fabulous sums were o fer
ed, the articles proved so troublesorne
to manufacture that they could not b
made at profit. A traveller told me
that it required 700, 600 spiders to make
q piece of silk. / have heard that u
some parts of South America garments
made of spiders web are worn. Itmsy
be true, because the spiders are lsrgs
there, but doubt the story"
what is the greatest curiosity you
ever sawp"
:" That is very broad question"
Well, the most curious article Of
lady's toilet"
. II was a fan. 1t was in collection
OF fans now famous. This particular
fan was of fine yellow lace, and haa
richly carved wooden sticks, each stick
inlaid with crescent OF clear shell-hke
substance. 1t was made by lady q
Normandy. The lace was made-welL
what do you think it was made OFF
Spiders webpn
NO" said the collector, laughing
:" 1t was woven from her own golden
hair, and the tiny crescents, 30 highly
polished, were the tips OF her fng~
nails. IN Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08

People dread lightning much mors
than they do intensely hot weather, ~
in the United States during the recens
heated term more people were fatsiIJ
affected by sunstroke than have Deea
killed in this country in five years y
lightning.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08

"A silver dollar of the United States
OF 1904, only eight Of which are ~ e.
istence. was bought lately by Mr.: > 7
Cohen for $50. The British Musepn,
has one, which cost $500; SO it wouas
seem as If Mr.. Cohen had made . Per
gain.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08

"A spoon-An article that meets :
lady's lips without kissing them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08

Here is moral, dear children. for you:
NEVER promise thing you're not able to do.
-Frdnk II. Stdufer, In 50. Nicholas.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-15
AN EDITOR SHOT.
Rev. l.. A. Banks, Editor Of the Vancouver. w
r.. Censor. Severely Wounded by
Thomas Sperry.

VANCOUVER. June 23.-About IL o'clock
,his morning Thomas Sperry shot Rev. L. A.
Banks, editor Of the Pacific Censor, through
the thigh. The wound, though. painful. Is
not dangerous. SpeTy's reason for the deed
Is that the Censor yesterday published . let
ter from correspondent in which no nanes
we're mentioned. but which referred TO abuse
given by certain well-known drunkard TO
his family. This Sperry took to himself.
The shooting, il Is claimed, was dastardly
and totally unjusti6able, and causes great
iudignation here. Banks conduct when IT.
tacked was pacific and manly. Sperry Is I'M
der arrest, charged with assault with intent
70 kill.
The following Il the paragraph which ap
peared in the Censor, At which Sperry tool
o1enae and made the provocaiion for the -
sault:
81 conld call your attention TO man whe
to-day walks the streets OF Vancouver curs
| ing the Temperance cause who best and nal
| treated his poor wife until death put IN en-,
| 70 her misery who oflen cane hons IN hi
| drunken deb.uch and knocked hsr down
| leaving her eyes black a,sd blue fcr day1
| Them i no installing the fhct that thh poo
| uonan, ono of ~ best No ever lived ~
~ hurried = ~ ersve " ~ akuos =
1xu6hon hnohon1s H. - a1~.1cN 6nro ~
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POETRY.
LARRIE o,DEE.

Now the Widow McGee,
And Larrie O-Dee
Had two little cottages. out on the green,
With just enough room for two pig-pens be-
tween.
The widow was young and the widow was
fair,
With the brightest Of eyes and the brownest
of hair,
And II frequently chanced, wien she came in
the morn,
With the swill for her pig, Larrie came with
the corn,
And some of the ears that he tossed from his
hand
In the pen of the widow were certain TO land.
One morning, said he,
"0ch! Mistress McGee,
It's a wa>the of good lumber, this running
two rigs,
With fancy petition between our two pig.r'
=" indale, sure 1t In 7" answered Widow Me-
Gee,
With the sweetest of smiles upon Larrie
ODee;
And thin IL looks kind o'hard hearted and
name
Kapin' two friendly pigs so exsadin'ly near,
That whin.ver one grunts thin the other can
hear.
And yit kape cruel petition betwane I"
shwate Widow McGee.'
Answered Larrie O'Dee,
+" II you fale in yer heart we are name to the
pigs,
Amt We name TO ourselves to be runnin' two
rigs?
Och IL made my heart ache whin / paped
thro' the crack
Of me shanty, last March, at yez shwingin
yer aa,
An bobbin' yer head, an shtompin' yer
fate,
bate,
A sphlirin' yer kindlin wood out in the
shtorm,
whin one little shtove it would kape us both
q warm!"
Now, piggy" said she,
"Larrie's courtin' o. me,
Wild his delicate, tender illusions TO you;
So now yez musht tell me jusht what must
do,
For, IL I'm TO say yes, shtir the shwill wild
yer shneut;
But II I'm to say no, yez must kape yer nose
out,
Now, Larrie, for shame 10 be bribin pig
BY tossin' handful of corn in its shwig y
" Me darlint, the piggy says yesl" answered
he,
And that was the courtship Of Larrie ODee.
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SOUTHERN SENATORS.
The Wealth Which Some of the chivairy Pos.
scss.
Washington Letter.


al see that Senator Jackson, Of Tennes-
see, has just bought q propery-the Yer
mont Avenue house Of Secretary Window
In Washington" observed . reporter last
night TO All ornament Of that State. 10 he
man or weath2s
"Yes, he is one Of the few rich men in
Congress from the South,n replied he.
Great guns, isn't he son Of old Ball Hard
ing, the hofseman, near Nashville, and did
not Harding sell tbiIiy-six colts the other
day for s46,O 600; one brought $1,000, another
S., 600, and SO on down to the hundreds, bur
the average was about $1,000 apiece. THAI
smells little like business. Jackson has al
interest I'm this thriving concern, and beside
that he has large and profit able law practice
| In The 81 ate, and you will find that he will
be q man Of big influence in the Senate
| when he sets warmed into the place"
/. What do you know Of the financial
standing Of the other Senators from the
| South"
/. Well, In general way, can tell you
that old Joe Brown leads off with over
million, possibly two Of them. Ben Hill
can be set down as worth quarter rs much
easily. Both the South Carolina Senators
are i'm very moderate circumstances, aud, like
Ransom aud Vance, have been kept busy
holding on TO their property tliat was 50
incumbered after the war. Manone Is cer-
taiuly worth $JO0,000, most of IL In railroads.
johnson IL comfortable, but not rich. Pngl
aud Morgan have property aud exceilen
practices. aud / suppose each have easy pock
etbuoks. jones and Call, OF Florida, ar'
improving each year, but are far fiom beina
wealthy. George, OF Mississippi, Is athriily
man Of business, owns large plantations
works them -co, ,omically and clears about
$4,000 year, but Lamar Is just his oppo
site, cares for nothing but his books and tb'
J students side OF life, and never would U
anything but poor man unless he got th'
benefit Of will, " lie lived 10 be q athousa,'
yeals old. Jones, of louisiana understand
il moderately well OIL aud has keen ey
for speculation. Garland and Walker al
both poor, because both resigned good Zee
nj The bar 10 come to the Senate. They owl
some property--not much-aad could easii
increase II IL allowed 10 remain al home
Garland told me he made S5,0O0the hrst yea
Of his practice, and had been on The incfeas
ever since. have no doabt he could easil
clear $4,000 yrar IL he would devote hi
Itime 10 II. Cockiell, Of Missouri, is e.1eme
lly frugal and careful, aud comfortably wei
on, but doubt if Vest will ever be rlcf
for he is not lucky in bis ventures aud b
spends good deal. Williams, Of Ken.uck,
Is comfortable, but Beck 10 bound 10 be RE
before long, for he has made soine' foftunai
ventures Ia land In the northwest on lle itil
Of the new roads, aud iliai land Is going
be immensely valuable. Maxey aud Cox
of Texas, belong to the frugal brigade, an.
7 if never rich, will always be comfortable
and that's about all they want'
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-15
ALLEGED BITS OF WIT.

"Please send me two pairs Of chilled-steel
pants and boiler-iron skirt n once. am
thinking Of taking drive next week.
Gar.
When woman arrives At the age Of 50
without accumulating husband, she enjoys
one funeral more than dozen balls.-French
paper.
Do not tell man he lies. It Is vulgar.
Say that his conversation suggests to your
mind q summer resort circular.--Ph Phiiadel-
phia Ne,cs.
Autobiographical statement Of Senator
Sessions: "At an early period Of my career,
l learned when went to suck eggs to hide
the shells"
A New Jersey man asked his wife, " What
is an hour glass? "William," said she, 1t
Is something to measure time by--that is, the
time between drinks"
The New Orleans Picayune has little faith
in "the oldest inhabitant who lets his inn
agination play in the open lot formerly occu-
pied by memory and reason.
There was . young man from the Mission,
Who spent all his Sundays fishin',
He said Hades for He'll
When they didn't bite we'll,
For he read the Revised Edition.
st. Louis Giobe-D Democrat.
Kokomo, Colo, has woman prospector in
the person of Mrs. Josie Smith, who is an
expert with pick and shovel, and is working
daily In tunnel on the LADY Prospect" q
lode which she located herself.
A colored man went into 9 Galveston
newspaper Office and wanted to take the pa
per. show long DO you want it?" asked the
the clerk. "Jest as long As It is, boss. Ef II
don't fit de shelves, 1 can tar piece of, my
| self"-Gaireston Ners.
Mistook his calling: A Texas politician
who went to Washington to accept foreign
mission several months ago has been heard
| from. He writes that he would have written
sooner but that he could not lay up money
enough to buy postal card.-Tezas Siftings.
He came, he sat from half-past eight till ten
| With Annie, brightest and most witty maid
In silence most intense.
"Would had wealth to travel" spake be
| then,
"Here, take this Nickel" quickly Annie
/ said,
"Thy fare in the street car hence"
"Who cut Whittaker's ears?" must &c
down to posterity along with those other ab'
struse problems, "Who killed Cock Robin?'
and aWho struck Mr.. William Pattersons'
Let US bequeath the rich legacy to our chill
dren. We have enough of it ourselves
Boston Transcript.
"There is one thing that envy hog for, ,
said Spencerton to the barber. "He dom
have to BE- shaved until after DEATH" "Somt
hogs does and some doesn't, replied the ton
sorial artist, calmly behsading pimple
There is no use arguing with barber whils
in his power.-Boston Transcript.
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A HUGE LAND PURCHASE.


Phiia. Special to Baitamore Americns.
What Is claimed to be the largest purchase
Of land ever made by single individual In
the world occurred to-day, when Hamilton
Disston, prominent manufacturer OF this
city, closed contract by which he secared
four million acres of land from the State Of
Florida. This huge transaction has been In
negotiation for some months, and Its success
was owing to some very shrewd tactics on
the part of the agents Of Mr.. Disston. The
land acquired--a tract nearly A. large as the
State of New Jersey-was part Of the pub
lie domain Of the State Of Florida, and un-
der the control Of the Board Of Internal Inn
provement of the State. Owing to the re-
cent improved value of the land of Florida
this property has been anxiously looked after
by capitalists Of New York and Boston.
For years through agents these gentlemen
have endeavored to purchase the land. The
State had no disposition to sell until recent
", when 1t became necessary to do so to re-
lieve the State from certain obligations
which had become burdensome. The con-
tract has been fully executed, and the young
Philadelphia manufacturer Is now the pos
SCISSOR of the largest landed domain in the
world. The tract IL situated north Of Lake
Okeechobee, all below the frost line. The
amount paid for the land has not been made
public, but It Is understood to be very
large sum in cash. It IL Mr.. Disston's inten-
tion to at once begin an emigration scheme,
which will result in very large addition to
the population Of Florida. To this end he
has already established agencies in several
places in this country, and will at once or
ganize emigration bureaus in England, Scot
land, France, Germany, Holland and Italy