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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Colts are frequently taught the
trick of nipping with their teeth BY their
owners injudicioasly playing with or
teasing them. Once learned the habit
is cured with difficulty Treat the
horse very carefully, avoiding all play
ing with it, and whenever it attempts to
bite, whip it across the nose with 4
SWITCH NJ T. Herald.
Nice ginger waters are made of one
cup of sugar, one cup of butter. one
cup of molasses, half cup of cold cof-
fee left from breakfast, two even TEA
spoonfuls of soda, one tablespoonful Of
ginger. and -four enough to make q
stiff dough; knead it hard and roll very
thin, and bake in quick soyen.-Chi-
edgo journal.
Horses in pasture are often extreme
" annoyed by flies. If they can stand
when not in use in dark, sweet stables.
by all means turn them into the pasture
only at night. Gnats and mosquitoes
are OF little annoyance to horses. but the
larger day-f1ies and the Bot-fy set them
almost crazy. -GernsantoUfs Telegraph.
When washing Isle thread gloves
for your husband or son do not use soap;
instead OF that put a teaspoonful of ann
monia in one quart of water. If washed
in this way there is no danger of there
being spots and streaks in the gloves, as
there would almost certainly be il
washed in the usual way.--N y Post.
Peas and oats for fodder: When
cut in blossom and well cured this mixed
crop is worth more than clover hay. Cut
with the reaper if they have not lodged.
Otherwise the best plan is to cut them
with scythe, not as grass is mown, but
by drawing them toward the mower in
punches with the blade of the scythe.
when the loose punches may be left to
dry until ready to haul to the barn.--N
y. Herald. s.
I Pure and good milk is necessity in
almost 2, every family. # may come into
the house in wholesome condition, vet
there is ever the danger that it will be-
come tainted with the sewer-gas from
closets. or even with the dust carried
by drafts through sleeping or living
rooms. There can be no doubt that
while milk is one OF the best and most
palltable of foods in summer, it must be
carefully guarded from the farm to the
table or it will prove potent vehicle Of
disease. IN \. ErGmsner.
Cakes which are particularly nice
for picnics, as they can be carried in
bashet without much danger of crumb-
ling, are made Of one cup of sugar, hall
a cup OF butter, two eggs, half cup Of
sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream OF
tartar, half tablespoonful of soda Tor T
two even teaspoonfuls Of baking pow I
der.) Mix with -four enough to make /
the dough as stiff as for sugar cookies. I
Roll out, or cut in strips, twist these
strips Like old-fashioned doughnuts, bake +.
till they are light brown. They NAV
be favored with lemon, or with CHINA
mon, or they may be dipped in cocoanut +
and sugar while hot.-M z. Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31
LOST rfss..

What becomes of all the, pinse Can
any of our young folks inform us?
: Used up" are theyP and how? We
scarcely ever see pin with the head
worn of, so none are wasted in this
way. Surely none are broken. nor worn
to any perceivable lesser size, nor
shortened up" so as 10 be thrown
away; and SO where do these important
little objects hide themselves? sect
bent" do theyp Yes, come to think of
i, some do get considerably q warped y
in the using. But, girls. very few pins,
according to the whole number used.
get thrown aside as worthless on ac-
count of becoming bent. = Somehow,
pins get out of sight-utterly lost in a
mysterious manner Occasionally, a
pin is picked up :" from the house
floor, or perhaps from the door yard,
but very few. indeed. are thus gathered
up for secondary use. We are not
going to attempt to tell lust.
where all the pins go. after filing
their too brief mission. But we are
certain that each minute, useful article
finds place in which to trust out .
its slim, wiry body Surely paper
OF pins = ought to last, at least, twice
as long in household as it does. Last
ing longer, they would not get shorter.
nor lose their heads, nor become less in
thickness of body, but only a. little
more bent with age; and so to what
place do they go, after -allp But me-
thinks one bright-eyed, tiny maiden
says: II can tell you where lots of 4
pins go, and SO are lost; some are swept
into the dust-pan and put in the fire
some are brushed out Of the door into
the dirt; and many are lost in the
schcol-room and church that are never
picked up, and roguish boys lose many
IN the dust while playing pins, and
some are lost while we are riding out
and attending picnies; because every
lew minutes some one says: Give me
> pin, for I've just lost one, and don't
wish to take the trouble to find it. -
Upon reflection we willingly accept
his solution of the problem.
But before we close, allow us to fig-
IRE a little as to the probable number,
II pins used in the United States in one
rear, and we wish our young mathema-
icians TO reckon after us to see if
We have made any mistake. Now let
IS estimate the population OF our coun.
~ at 81, 200. 900 at the present time;
md surprising six persons on an aver.
ge to q family. would make 8, 700, 600 |
antilles, and three papers to family
n an average, yearly, would make &c.
10000 papers of pins used annually.
Vow, IA rows to q paper would bring
90. 40O, 900 rows! Again, 90 pins 10
he row gives us 1905. 600. 900 pins
: used up in our country everv year.
flowing an inch as the average length
pins, long and short, Rpds they placed
q continuous line. would reach Co.,
oo'ooo feet. or SO, 90s. $50. He'll rods.
r 115, $40. 10-11 miles, which would
each more than four and q half times
round the earth. Surely pins are verv
sefnl little articles. and people could not
vell do without them. ~ ". Christian
LdUocote. ,suss NE III
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31
Removing His Integuments.

1t IL safe to say that few people hayo
ever seen a toad take off his coat and
pantaloons. A man, who processes to
have been an Interested eyewitness Of
such a transaction describes the novel
operation as follows: II observed him
pressing his elbows against his sides and
rubbing downward. He appeared 50
singular that watched to see what he
was up TO-. After few smart rubs his
skin began to burst open along his back
Now, said l, old fellow. YOU have done
1T but he appeared to be unconcerned
and Kept on rubbing until he had worked
al his skin into folds on his sides and
hips; then, grasping one hind leg with
Doth his hands, he hauled off one leo "a
ms pants the same as ANYBODY would.
then stripped the other hind leg in the
same way. He then took his cast-off
cufacie forward between his forelees into
ms mouth and swallowed it; then. by
raising and lowering his head, swallow.
ing as his head came down, he stripped
on the skin underneath until it came 10
ms fore legs. and then grasping one Of
these with the opposite hand, by eonsid-
able pulling stripped off the skin; chano-
ng hands, he stripped the other. and 6y
si!ght motion of the head, and all the
while swallowing. he drew it from tle
leck and swallowed the whole. The
operation seemed an agreeable one and
'scupied but short time.
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The Channel Tunnel.

M. de Lesseps and party oil French
engineers and scientific men paid ayist
On Saturday to the works OF the Sub.
marine Cont mental Railway C0anpany
at Dover and inspected the tunnel
which has been run out under tie Chan.
mel for . d stance OF over q mile. III
French Wis. tors. who had landed ii
Dover on the previous dav, reached the
base Of operations at the western 4 Il
OF Shakespeare Cliff about ten III iii
morning, special ira Il, which hdfiel
Charing Cross at nine. o'clock WiA
visitors from town, arr wing at quarter
to eleven. The visitors We're lowered
six at q time in an iron skip down
the shaft into the tunnel AT the Bot
tom OF this shaft, 1853 feet beluw dc
surface Of the ground, the mouth 81 th6
tunnel was reached, and the Visions
took theirseats on small tram.cars Which
were drawn by workmen. So eyeuF
has the boring machine done its wok
that one seemed to be- locking along i
great tube. with q slightly downWlrd
set, and as the glowing electric 1xlhfx
placed alternately on either side * ID
way, shove fainter and fainter In tho
far distance, the tunnel, for anything
one could tell from appearances HSh
have had its outlet in france a jouE
ney OF some seventeen minutes. bow.
eyer, not counting a stoppage fpF y
IRE hments when 900 yards hsd ben
traversed, the workmen slfHving the
cars on. the down grade at a;fast Na|g
brought the party to the end Of the bof
ing-1, 900 yards from the shat ~
about. LOO feet below the SEA 1aa
point now reached is about SOD yafB
further to the, east. and neaFett ~
head OF the Admiralty Ter 81 pofss
than the end OF the tunnel was II tne
last week Of February, when Tho Hski!
were described in the. Times. .As mq
been antic pated, some small assures g
/" faults have been encountsred5 10y
though the moisture coming thr1gH
them has male the surface Of the mn
nef damp and the roadway muddfv9
several places . few troughs hol|oMes
~ the ground and occasionally empMe
with btleket served for the femoysl@
al the water that gets into The loHa
workings. The dryness of the tinaa
was the subject of remark dmDh8 sn
Tore gn visitors, whose admirxtiog W.
also expires ed at the rapid and eyea
working of the Beaumont boring ~
chine. This is driven by comprdsss
Dir, which serves a second purpose =
supplying q fresh and cool atmospns
or the workmen to breathe. = ,ohooe
Times. ~
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Why TiIlage Promotes Growth.

1t is often claimed that to q very crea
extent tillage may be made to take thu
place of fertilizers. While this NAV bt
considered an extreme view of the case
there is no doubt that tillage is highly
beneficial. 1t would not be well to rse
less manure; but If connection with the
use OF manures more thorough tillage
were practised, the yield OF the hoed
crops would PROFESSIONALLY be largely
increased.
This subject is now of special interest,
The character of the seed to be used was
determined long ago, and the fertilizers
have already been applied. All that re-
mains to be done is to cultivate and har-
vest the crop. If now by tillage a con-
siderable increase in the yield can be Sc
cured. it win add largely to the profit Of
the culiyator.
That tillage does increase the Weld OF
crops there can be no question. The
fact has been proved by great number
OF practical tests. But for the benefit of
our younger readers it may be well to
point out ho0 i is possible for cultiva-
ton to make plants more productive.
Plants are formed from substances OBJ
tanned from the air and the SOIL The
materials which enter into the structure
OF plants, are of two kinds, commonly
called organic and Inorganic The or
ganic matter is obtained largely from the
air, though q portion of it is taken from
the land. The inorganic materials ara
obtained from the soil. Eithersof these
classesof material may be applied to the.
land and made useful to crops, in the
form Of manures or fertilizers. No ex-
cess IN the supply of one class Of mate
rails can compensate for a deficiency in
the quantity of the other class.
Not only must there be an abundant
quantity of these materials within reach
of the plants, but they must be 10 a con-.
ditioni to be readily utilized. They must
be made very fine, SO as to be readily
soluble in water, in order that the
moisture from dews and showers may
dissolve them, and thus fit them for the
immediate use Of plants.
In average soils, plants are more like
" to suffer from the want of the inor-
ganic than from deficieffcy Of the or
ganlo materials: All soils of anything
like ordinary fertility contain large
quantities OF the inorganic elements of |
plant sufficient to supply the wants 81 |
crops for an indefinite period, But these
elements arg closely locked'in the soil.
and only q very small quantity becomes |
available at any one time, The forces |
y nature. BY means of the. frost and |
and storm are constantly Al /
work setting these elements free: b,,t On /
and which has long hnor, <.,,lt;.,-t - - . i
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31

Consul Catlin was driving ont a
short time ago in the suburbs Of Stuff
CART, Germany, and as he passed q car
rage containing one Of the royal family
ne bowed with so much elegance ana
grace that he received ia return a win.
ming smile from the leading lady. Then.
turning to his friend on the left, he re,
marked, with his characteristic pun rem
cy, You see, the right bower always
takes the queen. Being worthy rep
resentatlve OF this great country he spoke
by the card. ~ !. Commercial Adver
tiser.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31
9or Aoa,,a blenders.
MAUDsS DECISION

Idon'twant to think,
And I'm tired of play;
There's every thing cf0oked
And wrong to-day.
: And the cats run on,
And Bose Is forlorn; sf Ss
And my very best dress
y wrinkled and torn 3al ai 50
And I'm not bit hungry,
Or I'd eat and eat;
So what can do 80 ss.s...
But swing my feet? ssti
Iwish was big folks, itiAsts ne
And naughty, too;
There's noone to whip them
Whatever they do.
But they must have been whipped
When little and bad, islfts ffg,.ss.8 s
If they stole jam and things,
ilf And got naughty and mad. iiifeE .
Wen os1 s9sF ea ,neo s yhlpped then'
Why. their fathers and mothers, So
As mine do me. s'sass TIT ~ -.
Wen, the fathers and mothers ~ n
Who whipped them?
Why, Mrs. Noah did sEfii
Japhet and Shem. -
well, then, who whipped Eve?
Why, Adam. guess Rfis II
For she stole apples
An cried for dress. ss 81
But Adam wasn't punished,
Not single bit:
14 %ro wasn't cas5a d s1 !. round
Oh dearl my head aches ~
thinking it out:
When is my turn coming Il
To keep stick 'hout2 g
Oh, know now,
The very thing, tool ~ sisls
I'll grow up-oh, awful fast,
As other folks dol III
Then I'll buy little girls " tEss
An lots, an lots Of boys,
An III whip 'em for each bad, bad thing
An every speck OF noiseI
gst...s-+ WIDE AiCahe.
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deavor TO stop the demand for negresses
and Circassians; for, if we succeed. the
supply must, as natural and inevitable
consequence, cease oasstantinople Cor.
London NesUs.
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The Prince OF Wales Il said !, i.
ss,ooo,uVo IN debt. He must have beeu
trying TO run q newspaper IN some re.
moe corner Of his mammals empire
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31

All the BARRIERS in st. Paul, Mint;;
are negroes. One Of them was relues
q drink at q fashionable baron accOu1'
OF his color. The next time the ra.r
seller went to barber shop he was u u
formed that no negro in thatcity ves ~.
shave him until he abolished the eo ~
line at his bar. He is growing ~
beard IN consequence. - chicago 1s1s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-08-31

"A Chinaman was married g y
American girl by . Christian n1iI
the other day at Atlanta, Ga.-pe 81
ond marriage of the kind in that cN'
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3s2F 49, 49, - 1S44A4 A1SlS1d on 8 &Ek7ct
ppsefvanee OF the treaties which forbid
IT. Qursquadrons and Consuls NAV 1en !.
der It difficult and costly shortly to AZ
taiR victims but the real rnot oil the an
Asthe big towns OF che Ottoman an
pre-, af1d there it should be attacked
the private markets, and soa take
Ply stride toward the total 4bdIEtIon
9 very. II oncei become dan3erotls
& zic IN girls and enuchs. cite laffer
Ezne froai Egypt on acc 5,int III the
punishment which should strike 18th
buyer and seller, people would soon dis
cover that shey can do without them.
al19f I'VE Mould bssa ID withdraw lslany
Of Our gallaflt Iilea from TIE del:lly
climates where they are ris9ing their
ives. We aud RusSlaa have fade / 10
cut OF the supply while the demand ex-
~. Let W change our tactics ana en- !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-11

Table manners are at low ebb in
Norway. Consistency does not seem to
be regarded as jewel. The same peo-
pie who bow SO tremendously to each
other and express sympathy and interest
in the veriest trifies of life, and who
dance and grimace fully five minutes at
an open door before they can determine
which shall enter first, are exceedingly
ill-bred during meal time. Their knives
wander SO far down their throats that
one must at least admire their courage,
though failing to appreciate its object.
In these feats they rival the professional
knife-swallowers of Bombay. They hold
their forks like pens. Even four-tined
fork is not considered too unwieldy to
use as a toothpick. All knives are put
promiscuously into the butter dish,
which, indeed, is never provided with .
separate implement. Also when spoons
are furnished for public dish Nor
wegian generally prefers using his own.
Eggs are sucked from the shell. The
people eat most voraciously, displaying
the appitites of tigers, and making dis
agreeable noises with their mouths.
They rise and reach across the table for
something you could readily pass them,
and sometimes person gets up and
walks to the end of the table for some
particular dish he fancies. When the
plates are changed at the end of course
the knives and forks are apt to be simply
wiped by the waiter upon towel in full
sight, and then complacently returned
to you. And yet it was the Scandina-
VANS who won from Voltaire the praise
of being the ''Frenchmen of the North"
on account of their punctilious politeness.
Kind-hearted and well-meaning, but
surely somewhat deluded old man.
Nosk. Lapp and Finn, by Frank Vim
cent, Jr.
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A Fighting Whale.

Joseph w. Mead, of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, is now on board the bark Hercules
on a whaling voyage. His ship was off
st. Helena on the 18th of October, 1881,
from which place he sends an interest
ing letter to one OF his relatives in
Poughkeepsie. From it we make the
following extracts: "On the 9th of June
last we raise whales and got them all in
favorable positions, when we lowered
our boats and in short time
our second mate struck one. In
a few minutes after the whale caught
the boat about in the quarter and COM
pletely chewed it up. Mr.. Luce, the
chief mate, when he saw our signal from
the ship. sent boat and had the crew
picked up, took the line and still had the
whale fast. The third mate also came
up and went ON the whale three times.
The fourth, time, the. whale caught and
mashed his boat into firewood. The
steerer was killed, but the rest Of the
crew were saved. In the meantime the
boats did not dare to get near the wound
ed whale, but fired at it from distance
with guns About. this time we received
help from 70 ship named Milton, which
sent two boats to the rescue, for we were
in ayery weak condition. Before you
could hat<1ly think itpQssible, however,
the a1fltof's boats were both mashed and
their crews swimming in the water.
They were soon rescued by our boats.
The boats hung about the whale until
dark, when we cnt the line and let the
huge monster 60. The next morning,
however, we saw him again and took
hold e him, and about five O'Clock In
the afternoon we succeeded in dispatch
ing him. 1t was the largest whale taken
in this section for many years and made
$50 barrels of oil. Its length was sixty
feet and jaws nineteen feet. Plough
keepsie EAGLE. Ht
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II was so surprised when heard that the
new Vicar was Mr.. Clitheroe," she added.
Then Mr. Morley entered.
"Ah, Mr.. Clitheroe, how do you dol" he
said. ~ see you and Marion need no intro.
duction. / remember now; she said she had
seen you or heard Of you somewhere"
Somewhere-yes indeed! felt almost sorry
to see her. Marion Morley the governess I
would have loved on and on; Miss Morley, OF
reach OF poor Rector. could not help feel
ing that this leap had taken her away from me
altogether: and, though loved her no less,
dared not renew my suit But at last, as time
went on, 1could bear it no longer, and deter
mined on a last appeal As i feared she would
not hear me out determined to write to her,
and, in order that there should be no mistake
this time, gave the note to her uncle.
To this day do not know how l spent the
interval before got the answer. At last 1t
came.
Though disappointed in you once. I am
request Come and see me tomorrow morning
MARION MORLEY"
It was most welcome, though short and
odd note. / could scarcely see how she had
been disappointed In me. But the favorable
answer was too delightful to be cavilled at. In
the morning went over to the Hall, and Ma
rion received me very calmly.
"How do you do, Mr. Clitheroei" she said,
s'You have come about the tracts, / presume!
They have just arrived; so we can divide them
among the districts at once"
- But, Miss Morley" said, "hrst tell me
in pity that you meant what you said yesfer-
day in your motel You have relentedi You
love mel'
She blushed and seemed at a loss to know my
meaning.
''That little note gave me great joy,"I said.
"What little note!" she asked.
gave it to her. She got very red, and then
burs outlaughing. EE
81 am indeed rcvenged, I" she said. 81 wrote
this, but not. to YOU"
mo" she replied; sit was to Anne Chan
nings, the girl who is pupil teacher and got
into that scrape about the needlework. wrote
to promise her that would see II she could get
back again. / wrote note to you about the
tracts, and must have put the letters into
wrong covers" f tf4
.'B1t did not Mr. Morley deliver you note
from me yesterday" asked. II gave 1t to
him to make sure Of no mistake"
mo; never received It, she replied.
"May tell yon what was In itP' asked.
"Yes, she replied
did 90, and then asked
"And now are you sufficiently revenged
for the first mistake In our correspondence,
Marion"
"Quite." was the reply.
We spent the next two hours In delicious
converse; aud now we are spending our lives
together, although we did make such q muddle
Of our love letters.
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Marx what significant confirmati

Marx what significant confirmation we
have in the first important Appropria-
ton bill reported to the House of the
absolute truth Of the prediction that the
resumption of Congressional power by
the Republican party would be followed
by revival of the same reckless extrava-
gance that prevailed during the Grant
regime. The Departments can always
be depended on to ask for more than
they actually need, SO the policy of econ
olny and retrenchment introduced by
the Democrats when they took control
of the House in the Forty-seventh Con-
gress was marked by q reduction of the
appropriations below the estimates
made out by the Departments. 1t is a
notorious fact that the Departments
could easily have been run on less
money than was actually appropriated,
but with q constant struggle by the Elk
ecutive Department to spend all the
money it could get its hands on, DEM
ocratic Congress could never accomplish
the full measure of possible retrench-
ment. Shackled by an unresponsive
Administrators the Democracy never
realized the full measure of economy,
and now that the Republicans control
both NE Legislative and Executive De-
patsmeats economy il to be neglected
altogethee The appropriation for the
Postal Departu1ei1t, q reported by the
Republican Committee. comes within
$22, 500 of the Estimates made by the
Department. Snd IL something more
thsnp tEo-and half millions in excess
of the Appropriations made for the cur