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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
How To Tet'er. a Horse.


An owner of a horse often wishes tc
Craze his horse for a while on some
grass plat where he does not wish him to
run at large, and fears to tie him for fear
of accident. A horse may be safely
tethered so that fear of accident NAV not
prevent his being left to himself for
reasonable time, as l well know from
experience. A horse should not be
tethered with rope or other fastening
about his head or neck, and tied to q
stake or other fastening so that the tether
will drag the ground. Few horses win
fail of getting their feet entangled in some
way and getting cast or badly injured.
Oftenif tied by one of the fore legs
about the fetlock, the case is little or nc
better, as if the rope gets caught under
the fetlock of the hind foot the rope will
chafe or rub off the skin of pastern, or
otherwise injure the horse. Such injury
OF the pastern is very apt to cause an
ugly sore, hard to heal even if it does
not lead to grease or scratches.
The only way have ever tried and
felt as if safe, was to fasven the horse bv
one of his hind legs above the pastern
point. have leather strap two or
three inches wide to buckle around the
leg to which the rope or chain, with
swivel joint, is fastened, the other end
being made fast to a pin or stake with
head, SO that ring at-the end of the
lettering line will not slip over, but be
free to turn as the horse may 90 around
in feeding. have never known horse
thus fastened to get into any tronble,
and have known them to be thus left over
night, after becoming accustomed to
being tethered. For lettering any ami.
NAL l prefers light lettering chain to a
rope, as chain never becomes knotted
or kinked from being wet, as does rope.
Even when wound around the foot or
leg it drops off easily in moving, never
clinging and drawing tight as does the
rope. / have often seen an OK, when
fastened by the head, get the chain
around one hind foot and then raise the
foot with a shake, the chain falling off.
and even the mere stepping along was
Countru Gentleman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
The Old Families Of New England.
Some twenty wears ago we used

Some twenty years ago we used to-
bear great deal about ''mudsills" and
II. +. V.'s'-slang terms impl, ing that
the people of Virginia, or of the South
ern States in general, were of more aris-
tocratic origin than the people of New
England. and were accordingly entitled
to look down upon them. '.We are the
gentlemen of this country" said Robert
Toombs in 1860 The assumption was
thoroughly baseless. In point of fact
the English ancestors of the Washing
tons, the Randolphs, the Fairfaxes and
the Talbots were no higher in social POI
sition than the families of the VIM
throps, the Dudleys, the Eatons and the
Saltonstalls. The foremost families
which came to England were of pre-
clsely the same rank with the foremost
families which came to Virginia, and in
many instances there was relationship
between the former and the latter.
80 lar as mere names go, this is we'll
Illustrated in Bishop Meade's LIST
OF old Virginia families, in which
occur such names as Allen, Baldwin,
Bradley, Bowdoin, Darlington, Cooper,
Dabney, Davenport, Farley, Gibbon,
Holmes, Hubbard, Lee. Morton, Meade.
Nelson, Newton, Parker, Russell, Sell
den, Spencer, Talbot, Tyler. Vaughan.
Walton, Ward, Wilcox and Wytbe-
every one of which is name of frequent
occurrence in New England Two
thirds of the names in Bishop Meade's
list occur also in Savage's Dtctionary Of
ne Settters of New ENGLAND. Most Of
the leaders of the Massachusetts col
onlsts were country gentlemen of good
furtune; several of them were either re-
lated or connected by marriage with the
nobility; the greater part of them had
taken degrees at Cambridge. aDdac-
cordingly one OF the first things that
naturally occurred to them was to found
a new Cambridge in the New World. Il
they had remained in England. many OF
them would have gone into Parliament
with Hampden and Cromwell, and would
have risen to distinction under the Com
monweaith. John Fiske, Ia Haryers
Md9uxine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Improve the first leisure time in
cleaning, oiling. mending and repainting
farm implements and machinery, SO that
it may be stored for the winter in good
condition. --,.. .-.
1t will be inteterting to lovers of
| chocolate to know that the manufacture
OF chocolate cakes out of peanuts alone,
without particle of cocoa, is an inn
mense and profitable industry in the
Northern States.-N. ?. Examiner.
Push fattening hogs forward as rap
idly as possible. Keep them warm and
cleanly. Charcoal broken fine and mixed
with the cooked feed, is an excellent regu.
lator and tonic, aiding digestion and
promoting fattening to such an extent
that it is hard to believe it does not
serve as food.-lndianapolis Journal.
.-Aphis, or Green Fly: This is one
OF the most troublesome enemies of pot
grown plants. 1t is most easily DESTROYED
by Swinging the plants twice a week
with tea made from tobacco, moving
them up and down until the insects are
thoroughly washed off. This will also
destroy other insect pests" Fruit Re-
corder.
"A good way to save and use small
slices OF cold meat is to chop them fine,
add some bread crumbs, salt, and pep
per; moisten with milk, or with gravy,
or stock. Make this into tiat-cakes, dip
them In egg, and fry them until brown;
or put the meat in pudding-dish or
basin, press it for two or three hours,
and slice 1t for tea.-N ?. Post.
"A horses head ought to be as free
as his feet, except that the head must be
used as the guiding part. 1t would be
just as sensible to tie and brace up his
tail when he is to be backed as to fasten
the head when he is going forward. A
horse OF any spirit always holds his head
where 1t ought to be when he is in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pyoughnsan.
The strangest thing we ever saw in
the way OF a potato vine is one which
was grown by Mr.. jeff. Butler. It il
i've and half feet high, and has pota.
toes OF pretty good size on many of the
branches. Some of the branches were
above the ground and had no chance OF
taking root.-Futton Ky Fsltonian.
"A buckwheat shortcake may be
forerunner of those other cakes which
are found on most breakfast tables after
the first OF December. To two CUPS of
sour milk allow one large teaspoonful of
soda; dissolve this in a little hot water.
then stir it in the milk; half a teaspoon.
ful of salt is required, and enough buck
wheat flour to make stiff batter. Put
this IN well-buttered tin and bake for
half an hour in hot oven. Serve while
warmly. Y. Post.
The report of the Ohio State Horti.
cultural Society quotes an experiment in
pinching back the main shoots of
squashes and melons. One squash plant
sent out single stem reaching over
forty feet, but did not bear any fruit.
Another was pinched back, producing
many side-shoots within eight feet, and
it bore sixteen squashes A muskmelon
plant, kept thus within bounds, had
twenty-three melons. The narrator esti-
mates the gain by pinching to amount to
one hundred barrels on an acre. The
cases mentioned, if correctly reported.
were obviously extreme ones, but the ex-
pertinent is well worth repeating.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28

saw his father in the came .,,.., :
padding along the shore, peerino s snaa
ly for his boy. But the SPOT dsc saalp,
by the panther was around little ' Sps'
in the bank, where she would MT sur ~
the man until he was close upon her Ses
Before Mr.. Smith reached this v H..
he saw the lads "duck hat and g n;Ss
contrived to lift one hand carein ,Ua
above the water and point where '' ~
creature was dining. 'ao
The father understood the SIGNAL a..
giving the canoe strong pull, seizad
the gun, and prepared to fire the instant sa
he saw anything to fire at. A momen,
more the rifles sharp crack RANG ont mt
the panther sprang into the air. ma
fell back among the ducks, dead as tIas
were. - e.-,.-a.
Even yet Dick, now elderly ..Nr
Richard Smith," delights in telIina
how he escaped in duck hat" from :
panther. -Harper's Young People,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
Coal i'm China.

The geological investigations made
by Baron Won Richthr fen in China show
the existence of vast coal districts in che
west and northv~sFt. The whole sur
face of northern China is covered BY
rich yellow earth, to depth of LOW
and 1000 feet, which overlies all the
coal fields; aud the great plain of China
is bordered on the west by vast lime
stone wall, 1000 to 5000 feet high, on
the top of which extends a plateau OF
coal in superior state of preservation
owing to its Gaping of hard limestone,
which has resisted denudation. There
are here 10000 square miles OF coal
bearing ground of the best quality. ID
which the coal beds lie perfectly hori.I
zontal. thirty feet thick, for d length or
200 miles. According to this authority
these coal beds were deposited primaar.i-
ly around mountains of meamorphla
and primary rocks. which then constr
tuted the land, and have lain horlzonta =.
ly and undisturbed ever since. ~ n
Sun
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
For Young Readers.
BE TRUE TO YOUR BOYHOOD.

!, in the days of my youth, remember
I bllthe mower sang me this rune:
The aft armath of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June
And he said: "Whate'er be thy profession,
whatever thy hands may employ,
start out with life's foremost procession.
And be whetted his scythe, the old farm
And cut the tall grass to the rune
1.-THE aftermath of the September -.-
Is not the sweet clover of June"
And once when the autumn was smiling
| met the old mower again,
The thin swaths of the aftermath piling
Where the round rows Of clover hal lain.
lis the few lead the world, not the many;
lis the few that lifes blessings enjoy;
And your chance is as good as is any;
Be true to your boyhood. my boy"
And ne whetted his scythe, the old
farmer, aI'
And cut the thin grass to the rune:
The aftermath of the Sept nmber
Is not the sweet clover of June"
Let the weak and the aimless have leisure,
But count ofat not in thy plan:
In life's purpos and struggle find pleasure
That is worthy the heart of man,
And hold as the wiles of the tempter
Whatever thy effort debars-
The lamps of the CAV billiard palace
Are not the bright lamps OF the stars"
And he whetted his scythe, the old
And cut the thin grass to the rune:
The aftermath Of the September
Is not the sweet clover of June"
In the old time were wreckers In Cornwall:
And false lights they set on the coast,
And the sailors beheld the bright beacons
And steered for the reefs, and were lost.
And sin like a fair lamp is cleaning
In secret thy soul to destroy;
False lights are its profitless pleasures;
BE true to your bOyhood, my boy"
And he whetted his scythe, the old
farmer,
...3 And cut the thin ass to the rune:
1.-The aftermath of the September
...f lsnot the sweet clover of june"
Then early be active and earnest;
The youth that is ehary of toll --st
Is like the Improbable sower
That spares the full seed to the soil.
And remember the great hopes of Heaven
. . We're meant for the young to enjoy,
And they may have harvests immortal
Who are true to their boyhood, my boy"
And he whetted his scythe, the old
farmer, t.-
And cut the thin grass to the rune:
The aftermath of the September
r, y Is not the sweet clover of June"
Hezehidh ButterDOrth, in Christian Union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28
Two Little Lambs,

They were not really lambs. They
were dressed alike in frocks and apron.
and both had long curls. Such beauns
full curis! One was Robbie and the OH.
er BERTHE.
Robbie Lane lived in the CITY. IA
had come with his mamma TO visit his
cousin BERTHE Collins. who lived in IN
country. s..-.
That morning the little bows had beeu
to see the sheep sheared. Doyou know
how it was done
The sheep were driven down to tina
brook, where the hired man took them
into the water, one by one, and oage
each a washing. Then, with larga
pair OF shears, he cut off the clean
white wool.
BERTHE and Robbie liked to watch tba
lambs capering about. When they went
back to the house they PLAYED at being
lambs. How they ran, and frisked, ana
cried ''ba-a-a ba-a Ia :"
By and bv Robbie said: ..Lets wa
have shearing." But BERTHE shook
his mead. "Oh. no, we re only lambs.
Never mind,' urged Robbie ..our
wool is long enough to cut" So he
stole into the kitchen. and took pair
of scissors that Aunt Elsie had left on
the table.
The cousins ran around to the back
of the barn. They wet their heads IN
the big cattle trough; and then Robbie
cut OF all Bertie's beautiful yellow
curls! Then it was BERTHE turn. Hs
took the scissors, and shipped away al
Robbie's hair. The last long brown
curl was just falling to the ground,
when the two mammals came to call
them to dinner.
''For PHYS sake! % That was all
Mamma Collins could say. The tears
gathered in her eyes. She had felt sd
proud of those yellow curls
BERTHE looked up halt frightened, as he
explained: ''We are two little lambs. :,
1.-TWO little lambs. You look more
like two little Monkeys 1t was
Mamma Lane who spoke. Then
she couldn't help laughing, as she
looked at the two funny heads; foryou
must know that Robbie and BERTHE had
never learned to cut nicely.
Never mind, Elsie" she went on.
1T can't be helped now and to tell
the truth, think those boys have beenl
made girls of quite long enough"
The next day they all went to town.
The little lambs were first taken to a.
barber's shop. and then to a clothing
store, and before they returned had
been changed into real boys in pants
and jackets. Little Ones.
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Chinese Apr eciatiOn OF an Oath.

Many amusing stories are told of the
way in which Cinnamon give evidence
III Christian courts of justice. In En-
gland it is the custom to break delicate
china saucer over the head of the Chi
nese witness; and this is supposed to in
sure truth-telling. There was Chinese
witness in a trial which was recently
held in San Francisco. The Judge,
evidently not being quite satisfied that
the witness understood the object of the
form he had just gone through, asked
him, as is usual in such cases, if he
understood the nature of an oath Per
fectly," replied the witness with the
utmost confidence; Il know that if tell
lie every one in the court will be
damned. :" An eqnally amusing illustra-
ton of the ignorance of the Chinese in
the matter of our judicial oath was fur
nished some time ago by the native
usher in the Consular Court at Shanghai.
He was observed to be making an
anxious search for some missing object;
and, on being questioned by the Judge,
he stated that he was looking for the
little book which is given to the witnesses
osmell. And this man had been for
eighteen years usher of the court.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28

1t will be remembered that General
Gouverneur h Warren. United States
army, who died last summer at Newport.
H. l., left his family in straitened cir
cumstances. This was attributed at the
TIME to the fact that he had to make
large expenditures in connection with
his attempt to set himself right in the
matter of his conduct at the battle of
Five Forks. His friends have raised a
fund of $4,000 for the benefit of his
fainily.-Roston IranscriDt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-12-28

Walnut tree limbs, full of nuts in
excellent condition, have been brought
up b.Y the dredgers from the bottom of
Stonington Conn. harbor tits thought
the trees were blown into the harbor dur.
ing the great September gale of 1914.
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truth is given by this inspiration-is the
same yesterday, to-day and forever
BtshopC lark, IN ~ 7. Ledger.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23

HENRY's SPECIFICs.-The great Eng
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youth that impair the mind and body,
leaving at the prime of life thousands
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nervous debility, physical prOstrstiOn,
impotency or loss of manly power. Cir
culars may be had on application. and cor
respondence solicited. Consultation fee
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No. 205 East Fourteenth street, New
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23
Making Both End. Meet.

During the sitting of the stOckmen'S
convention, President Miller, the very
able presiding officer, was the recipient,Oi
many mementos, from members of the
body and other. Among the number
was wat Il charm, carved from a peach
seed, in the shape of monkey holding
the end of his tail in his mouth. Ac
companying the present was the follow
ing note
To the Hon. j. +. Miller, Pr sident Of Stock.
mems Convention.
SIR-Permit me to present to you one
of my ktHC 7araS R0UeIties, which grew
up tree in the vicinity of the capitol
of Texas, aud was stripped of its super
iuous covering by the writer. II is in
i,uded to represent the condition to
which Texas has attained under the
wise and economic administration of hel
present executive, o. NJ. Roberts By
reference TO the figure you will perceive
that it has accomplished the feat, so de
sirable in the affairs of individuals, com
murirs, states and nations, il has ''madt
both ends meet offer il as a model
worthy of your emulation, and of those
associated with you in this, first, greal
move of the stockmen of Texas in The
right direction May your deliberation:
result in great good to Ibis important in
terest, and may the end. of this begin
ming, show To the world that Texas la:
incalculahle wealth in grass
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23

Probably the largest COW In the
world is owned by Martin b Stakes,
of GRANVILLE, White county, iii. She
is seven years old and weighe 5000,
is 174 hands high, 104 feet long from
the end of the nose 10 the bullock,
III from the nose 10 the end Of the
tail, 8 feet o inches around the girth,
26 inches around the forearm and 81
inches across the hips. She has
been exhibited in four states, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Missouri and Ten
nesses. She is white and red, mostly
the latter, well formed, and a per-
feet beauty, has two fine calves, one
three years old and the other three
months old. She was raised in
Posey county, Ind.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23
Health Hints.

DIR. FOote.i
Try popcorn for nausea.
Try cranberries for malaria.
Try a sun-bath for rheumatism.
Try ginger ale for stomach cramp
Try clam broth for a weak stoIn-
ach.
Try cranberry pouItice for erysi-
pelas.
Try swallowing SALIVA if troubled
with sour stomach.
Try eating fresh radishes and yell
low turnips for gravel.
Try a wet towel to the back of the
neck when sleepless.
Try buttermilk for removal OF
freckles, tan and butternut stains.
Try eating onions and horserad-
ish to relieve dropsical swellings.
Try TO cultivate an equable tenn
per and don't borrow trouble ahead
Try taking your codliver oil in
tomato catsup, if you want to make
it palatable.
Try breathing the fumes of tur-
pentine or carbolic acid to relieve
whooping cough.
Try taking y nap in the afternoon
il you are going to be out late in the
evening.
Try a cloth wrung out from cold
water put about the neck At night
for sore throat.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23
ONEBY ONE
The Old Tuners are Passing
Away.

The bells had scarcely ceased their
tolling, AZ the cOrSe of au old time citi-
zen of Austin WAS borne to the grave,
when we are told by the mourning TN
blems at another household, that sor-
rowing and affected family weep
because their husband and father has
passed away. John I. Miller died his
country residence, few miles below
the city, Sunday night at Il o'clock.
His illness was very brief, not excee ting
ten days. The deceased came 10 Texas
from Arkansas, in 1898, and settled in
BastrOp county engaging in the occu-
patton of farming. He moved
To Austin in 1875, and commenced the
livery business. This he continued, in
his own name, un il about six years ago,
when his son Monroe NOW prOprietOr)
succeeded him. Since that time Mr.
Miller has devoted his energies and ex-
perience to the cultivation of his large
farm, on the east side of the Colorado,
below the city, where, after long life
of usefulness, not lmiXed with vicissi-
tudes, he passed from earth To eternity
By hard labor, economy aud the stri test
attention to business, Mr.. Miller had
amassed properly sufficient 10 make him.
self independent. He has reared large
family of sons and daughters, all of
whom - save one - were at his bedside
when lie closed his eyes in death.
He never Wanted bis benefac'
tons before the multitude, but
in his quiet, transformations manner,
which was the leading characteristic oil
his life, dispensed his charities. There
are many who were the benefciaries OF
his bounty, and he gave to th.m literally
He embraced religiO some years ago,
and united himself with the Baptist
church, of this city He vas sixty-twC
years of age, less ID few weeks, ut the
time of his death. 10 ommon with The
large circle of friends and acquaintance:
in Austin and elsewhere, The STATESMAN
offers sympathy and cOndolen 10 Tho
bereaved widow and children. The re
mains of the deceased were brought from
the farm to the city Yesterday, where, dur
ing the day, large number of our peop
called to view in death the good citizen
kind neighbor and warm frisnd they
esteemed so high in life. The flu
neral will take place this afternoon a
o'clock, from the family residence OIL
B is dare street.