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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
New Ways Of Curing. Consumption ptl

A good story is told Of wellknown
Boston physician who was much
pu zled to know how to treat consump-
ton. Learning that the disease was
unknown among The lumbermen %
Ma ne. he instituted an inquiry as TO
diet and habits of the wood-choppers.
To his surprise he found that their thief
diet was salt pork, and their principal
drink was whisky. whereupon he pre-
scril ed pork and whisky Tor his Boston
consumptive patients. not, however,
with happy results. The real secret Of
the Immunity of the lumberman was
that he lived in the pine woods and had
abundant ercse in the open air.
Two Paris physicians, NM. de Bore and
Beaumet7, have invented S stem OF
treating consumption which is 90 d to
be quite successful. 1t consists in
practice styled superalimenta ion,
which is not only over-feeding but
forced feeding by means Of pumps and
other appliances. 1t is found that pa.
tients who can not retain food In their
stoma hs in the ordinary way are not
incon enienced when literally immense
quantities Of food are introduced into
the system by q pump. The diet Is
composition of minced lean meat. which
Is cried and then pounded into pow
der. 1t is then mixed with. milk or
bouillon, and sometimes raw eggs are
added. This is found to be highly nu-
tritious and easily digested, and has
proved etficaci Gus in hysteria and other
wasting diseases as in consumption for
which IL was firss devised The first
dose given is not more than twenty-five
grammes per meals but the quantity IS
gradua " and rapidly increased until
the large portion OF six hundred
gfammes is daily given. which issequiy-
alent to about four pounds of lean meat
How large this quantity really isshown
by the fact that one POUND Of anAeat is
quite sufficien for m ord nary working
man, and two litres of milk and several
eggs are, required in tie administration
of the dose. The report is that the con-
sumptiyes, IL not too far gone, have
rapidly gained in weight under this
process, their daily average increase
having ranged from eighty to one hun1
bred grammes. The cough is less FREE
ouent. and the lungs begin to heal I'M
der this forced flooding, which. il IS
added. works as we'll in dyspepsia as in
phthisis, never producing nausea or
vomiting, the food being passed down
the throat without any objection on the
part of even historical women. No
doubt the experiments of these French
physicians will soon be tested in this
country. Denorese 5 Month,y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
For Young Readers.
WHAT AMI OFFERED FOR BABYs


What am offered for Babyp
Dainty, dimpled and sweet
From the curls above his forehead
To the beautiful rosy feet,
From the tips Of the wee pink fingers
To the light of the clear brown eye,
What am offered for Baby2
Who'll buy2 who'll buy? who'll buy? !;
What am Ioffered for Baby2
g A shopful of sweetsT'' All, mol
That's too much beneath his value
Who Is sweetest of all belowl
The naughty, beautiful darliuRi
One kiss from his rosy mouth
Is better than all the dainties
OF East, or West, or Soulful
What am offered for Baby?
s. a pile of goldf' An, dear,
Your gold Is too hard and heavy
To purchase my brightness here.
Would the treasures of all the mountains
Far in the wonderful lands
BE worth the clinging and clasping
Of these dear little peach-bloorn hands?
So what am offered for Baby?
'' A rope of di mondsS' Nay,
If your briiliants were larger and brighter
Than stars in the Milky Way,
Would thev ever he half so precious
AS the light of those lustrous eyes.
Still full of the Heavenly glory
They brought from beyond the skies2
Then tchdt am offered for Baby?
A heart full of love and a kiss"
We If anything ever could tempt me,
Twould tie such an offer as this
But how cln ] know if your loving
le tender, and true, and divine
Enough to repay what I'm giving
In s Ling this sweetheart OF miner
So we wi l not sell the Babyl
You're gold AMI gems and stuff,
We're they ever so rare and precious
Would never be half enough
For what would we care, my dearie,
What glory the worl put on
III our beautiful darling were going;.
IT our beautiful darling were gonel
VIDE Al0dte.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19

s saea { Oh h. granny, say it Overt IT., -
Yes. it is true.a' said o.
There s the new hat, granny.
"And where's the old onep,, s.;,,
81 sold it 10 an old-elothes No"
1--WE eents,'' said she. "a nonn au log
is penny got Your uncle sa;d saved
mustn't wear hats like that ana =; you
the business. y MN IN
81 gave groan and droanads
on the floor. Spe0 down
Its gone" said |. ..Grapnv e.
boss So J VI the
u ord help us, child! Go and u,
Tor him. shrieked granny; and avn ,VOE !
went. down the stairs. IN ba
but no old clothes man could srS S'tses;
now there was nothing for Il h,,t 1 .,' aug
10 the ONCE and tell all. | was hlipssI 81
ana giddy, and 81, k; and l was elsS
the boss was busy Just them. sss
down on bench 10 get strenc.h ' -
speak and | had just GOT it. whsn w "
"Ben," he said, 'did Coles navpn
eyes, sir, said ], ..he did
ANY old pants to sell-oid' ooo,,
just then. '''' N00F
Turned with lump, and saw an ala.
Clothes man peeping in at the door md
/ rushed at him e ''.t anu
Here" said !, ''here! Come here,
l want your A'ie'
The boss reared: Come baekp, bu.
l was in the street. ~ :. "u'
i've lost my hat,n said ]. "can
You sell me oneg'' ta9sG "A
"Vell, you can see vat have" said
the man. opening his bag.
Ben roared the boss, who had a
temper Of his own. 7r
Yes, SIR" says l; and as | smoke
saw my old hat, with the hole In tha
crown. and grabbed it.
:" Lemme try it on at the glass; saws
The clothes man grinned, and nodded
| went mo the Office. | felt the bunch
OF bills under the sweat band Of the can
and With my back to the old man i
pulled it out.
''Here, SIR" said to the boss:
here's Mr.. Coles money" and Laid
it on the desk.
GORE t. said the boss. g But
what the
l don / know what came over me iuSs
then. but didn t know anything more,
and tumbled in heap on the door
Guess | ia nted.
When came to, the clothes man had
shesred OF with my old hat, and the boss
was SO sort O. good to me that / mp and
told him all about it, and out granny.
and all; and dunno why he raised NV
wages half dollar, but he did, that
very next week.-Mdrg Kyle Dallas,
tn M Il Ledger. t8
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Pastures are too limited in number
and extent. Too much land which can
never be properly cultivated is lying
idle, or raising crops of peStiferous weeds
to have the seeds blown over the land
devoted to crops. The pastures are
never too large, but they are nearly
always overstocked. There is greater
ignorance in the proper management of
the pasture aud more neglect of its re-
quirements to make it profitable, than
probably any other branch of farming
In our dry and hot summers it will not
do to have pastures cropped short. The
grass must be left long enough to form
shade and mulch for the roots. Besides
the leaves of trees and the blades of grass
are their lungs, and limited growth is
made of roots, body or branches If they
are constantly robbed of leaves and
blades. 1t is positively necessary for a
good and prolific pasture to have enough
of it so that the grass will be long, and
then it will be thick, tender and suceu-
lent.
Clear out your hazel brush, your
ravines, fence rows and all of the waste
places on the farm, and sow them to the
tame grasses. There has been published
an abundance of advice by learned men
OF experience as to what kind of grass
seed tosow on special soils and locations.
Ii you have not been spending your idle
time the past winter in running to town,
but in studying your business and plan
ming for greater success in farming, YOU
are now well informed just what kind of
grass seed to sow and when to- SOW it.
But If you do not know these things, get
the grass seed at random-any kind or
all kinds, and sow it as You did your
wild oats, reeklessly and prodigally, and
it will be the beginning of wisdom with
you.
Some of you complain of high taxes.
And yet probably you have been paving
taxes for twenty years on some of your
land, which by your neglect has not been
yielding you cent of income. Any one
travelling through any part of the coun-
try can see on almost any farm many
acres of waste land, which If carefully
sowed to grass would yield large profit
per acre as the best pillow land. And 1t
is permitted to lie idle, and the plow
land is scratched over yearly to raise
money to pay taxes on land which has
never yielded cent to the present own
er and never will.
But we trust our appeals will hays
some influence on those who are not too
cid IN perversity. Sow more grass seed,
have more fortune, and not particularly
have more stock. but better ones. Toll
less for the production of grain crops,
but manage better and watch more care
fully the improvement and growth of
stock 1t is less life of servitude and
more certain in its results. -IoUa State
Register.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
FARM AND FTRESIDE.

Old Bach's pudding: Beat up thrcs
eggs, flavor with essence of lemon and
grated nutmeg, and add to them fouf
ounces of finely-minced apples, currants,
grated bread crumbs and two ounces OF
sugar. mix thoroughly and boil in
buttered mould nearly three hours.
Serve with lemon sauce The House
bold.
AN animal that has been injured by
oven feeding cannot be again brought
into as good a condition as one that has
grown poor through lack of food. Over
fed hogs can rarely be brought back to
a good. healthy condition. The results
OF over feeding are arrangement of the
digestive organs, loss of appetite and
finally loss of flesh.-N. r. Herald.
-Itis well-known fact that trees
along highways, trees in towns and
cities, trees in groves amidst agricultural
regions render the atmosphere purer.
They, by their foliage, absorb hurtfuI
gases, which would otherwise be breathed
by the inhabitants of the densely- popu-
lated cities, thereby modifying diseases,
lessening the dangers of epidemics, and
in all ways improving the healthfulness
OF communities. Chicago Journal.
The wild cherry is fine tree for
the lawn, is very symmetrical in growth,
has beautiful foliage, and in May 10
covered with sprays of white fragrant
flowers, affording abundant bee forage,
and in autumn its boughs are laden with
festoons of bright black fruit muck
sought by birds and highly apprt ciatee
by lovers of old-fashioned ''rherry
bounce. "-FGrmeT' Home Journal
-Molasses pudding: Four cupfuls of
flour, six eggs, two and half cupfuls OF
molasses, one and half eupfuls of but
ter, or butter and lard mixed, one cup
full of butter or some cream and tea
spoonful of soda, Season to your taste
with cinnamon. ginger or cloves and
eat with hot boiled molasses as a sauce;
or else hot molasses. prepared by add
ing small pinch of soda and stirring
until it froths up well. 1t may be made
more palatable by the addition of lemon
or nutmeg as favoring Toledo Blade.
MIR. Harris, of Orleans County, had
found that an acre of the Hubbard
squash will fatten more hogs than any
SVLA WHtCu COulu D0 FdISeu on the same
ground, and the squashes will keep
through winter. He plants twenty feet
apart each way. which is thick enough,
and little cultivation is required. The
crop is easily gathered, no digging or
hnsking being requiIed. The plants are
rampant growers, and are out OF the way
of the bugs in q week, early in the
Country Gentleman.
"A Kansas farmer gives the following
directions for raising artichokes: Plow
the ground very early in the spring; cut
the tubers to one eye in each piece; plant
three and one-half by eleven and one
half feet apart, and cultivate the same as
early potatoes; the richer the ground the
better This will yield from six to
eleven hundred bushels per acre in rich
soil with good cultivation. The tops can
be gathered and cured same as corn
fodder. Stock will eat them as readily
as hay or corn fodder. Should you wish
to clean your ground of them. let them
grow twelve or fifteen inches in the
spring, then turn your stock onto them;
they are as easily DESTROYED as potatoes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

1T is related of the famous Spanish
banker, DON Jose de Salamanca. who
died recently, that in 1858 he gave a
single dinner that cost $4,000.
w-7lsmail, the ex-KhediYe, is going tu
live in England. He has purchased Caen
Towers, Highgate, luxurious mansion
with twelve acres of ground, for $780,
900. m Eas..
"A Cincinnati young lady, whose
vanity is largely in excess of her common
sense. has partially destroyed her sight
by the use of a preparation for coloring
the eyelashes and ''tinting'' the eyelids.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
There hasn't been meeting of the
Concord School of Philosophy for over
four months, and it isn't to be wondered
at that a Columbus wagon-maker de-
elares that the hind wheels of a wagon
should goin front.-Detron Free Press.
A pleasant reflection for young
people affected with neuralgia is state
ment in French newspaper, that GER
tain lady's hair became ''gray as a
badger between the hours of two and
seven p. M, during very severe attack
of that disease.
When college students cease putting
wagons astride the ridge poles of gym
nasiums, enticing stray horses into coll
lege belfries and climbing lightning rods
after flags, 1t will be time enough to talk
about putting up fire escapes for them.
---sHasper's Weeklr
AN exchange announces in a tone or
surprise, 1.-The Car and Czarina have
been dancing at ball" We fail to see
anything very strange about this. Even
in Chicago married people sometimes
dance together if absolutely necessary
to make up set.-Phtladelplta NeaOS.
William Walker, aged twenty-three,
was killed by blast at Readsboro',
Mass, recently, while walking on the
highway fifty rods from the place of
blasting. A three-thousand pound rock
few from the blast across Deerfield Rlv-
er and struck Walker, crushing him into
jelly. A mother and two sisters were
dependent on him for support.
The Gardeners Chronicle (Lonlon)
tells of the effects of the so-called sting
jng tree. The sting of single hair of
1t on the hand of a victim gave rise to
severe pain over the whole Of one side
of the body, followed by numbness and
partial paralysis. A sensation of losing
the senses or s.beeoming insane was
experienced, and the severe symptoms
lasted for two hours. The punctured
spot remained painful for nearly month.
- The elaborate patchwork quilts, SO
dear to our grandmothers and still oc-
casionally exhibited at country fairs,
have been eclipsed as monuments of
misapplied industry. There is at Red
car, small village in England, model
Of Lincoln Cathedral built of 100000
old corks. TWAS made by a plowman,
who worked at it for ten years and seven
months before completing his task
Chicago HeroM. a@zg
-Berlin's "Jumbo," the pet elephant
which carried children on its back in the
Geological Garden, recently killed its
keeper and s'cleaned outn the rest of the
menagerie. Sentence of death was
passed on the brute, but it was difficult
to execute the stern law, and the sem
tence was committed to five years soli-
tary confinement with big chain and
paddock,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
4 New Firemen's DeyIee.


The Milwaukee, Wisco1asis Is prolG
and happy in the belief that If the New
hall House fire was to tecur again there
would be little loss of life, because TBS
firemen of that CITY, taught by mis-
fortune, have become experts ifiHhe use
of all sorts of fire-escaE es, 2. One sele .
in particular recommend itself TO every
one 9of imagination and experience
The plan in future emergency, VII W. eel
TO shoot ramrods, with String attach
ments, into the windows of the burning
hotels. The only drawback % me
practical execution Of this idea i lnas
a terrified guest, Standing 40 awinaoW
shrieking Tor help, viii be very nlucn
surprised, and not imineasurahly TRAM
uuilized or reassureds On finding hlnlssin
suddenly transfxed. with a three oop
rafnfod and a coil of str ne. And uiiless
the 6remen of Milwaukee become Vastly
better marksmen than the police usually
are, the probability is tliatnot WlnaasI
ia The hotel will be broken, while me
streets will be fun If bowling firemen5
and weeping citizens pulling ram taT
out of each o her. --PtfIadetphte k'FsS'-'
"A young lady in Sauniersviile, I5asa
was recently My htened to death oy we
dogs running violently iawagdsaes y =
to attack
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19

One of the noblest workers of the
age is Miss Leigh, known as the ga
glishwoman's good angel in Paris
Ten years ago she established in that
city a home for friendless young women;
from this has grown an orphanage, a
church and parsonage, a missionary
hall, a Young Woman5s Christian Asso-
citation, q Young Mems Institute, free
registry, kindergarten and infant
school and q sanitarium.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19
Feeding for Eggs, not Fat.

1 q gE
The feeding of whole corn and NOTHING
else through the winter makes weak
fowls in the spring. Fowls will not lay
SO we'll when thus fed. Corn makes too
much fa5, and after certain amount
| has been made disease is probable. This
condition comes on when the hens should
| be prepared for laying the spring eggs.
As the warm season approaches the
torpid state produced BY cold weather
begins to wear off, and the birds begin
to look about them with more activity.
If the fowls have been kept too high on
whole corn. the fact will now appear.
Excess OF fat produces excess of heat.
and the unnatural heat weakens the in
ternal organs to so great an extent that
they are unable to perform their required
Offices. xrr $780,
From this cause. oftenlimes fowls are
found dead on the nest, or beneath the
reost. The fowls4na have appeared all
right the day, before, for only a close OBJ
server would discover anything amiss.
The laying organs have been weakened.
and. in many instances DESTROYED by
the heat and fat, being crowded and
'cramped by it. frequently the eggs
escape into the body and are not laid
IN the nest. This does not cause death
so suddenly as the other phase where
the eggs remain in the oviduct. In this
case the fowl Is active, goes on and off
the nest with the usual CHEEKY cackle,
but leaves no egg The hen appears
hearty and well, but may be found dead
twenty-four hours later, to all appear
ances a sound, fat fowl. The fowl was
too fat; that is the difficulty. ~
This latter case is more frequently met
with in pullets when first coming into
laying. fe When the weather is warm.
and the fowls are running at large, the
trouble. may be removed by reduction
or change of food During the cold
months their food should be varied. and
production stimulated and kept lip
as much as possible It is the business
OF hen after full grown to produce
eggs, and she will do it when running
abroad in mild weather. For this reason
poultry keepers should give in winter
both animal and vegetable food, allow
ing only scant ration of corn once a
day. Other grains may be fed more
freely, and with good results.
Country Gentleman.
:. The schooner Laura arrived. at San
francisco recently and with her cargo
wore six young sea elephants. three
males and three females. The schooner
has been on a hunting and fishing voy-
age down bout the South Sea Islands.
where the sea elephants were secured by
catching them on a sandy beach an
throwing q. sack over them so to prevent
heir having chance to bite. On the
way up the animals were confined on
1eck, inside of sort of corral. They
'eadily ate fish. if it was fed to them al
he end OF string suspended in the air.
,ut refused all food If it were thrown to |
hem on deak. They are as bright and |
risky as Yaen first taken. 81 30
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-19

~ -A1Se utkO - IHS 81 tLstEN w Ne A{tVer-
Use that they win make such invest.
nentsP' : - '
sasss. They may be square, but. a man in
the country who buys a put or scall
would stand no chance whateyer Iof
making any money!
Because he don't know anything.
about the trade. -
NO, not that. i don't want to say
that be would never make any nsonev
butthe chances are that he would net.n
NghY?si
The fluctuations of the market are
50 small on the average that the amount
q money ne pays put for the puts and
calls would far exceed the AVERAGE iluc-
tuations Of the market; and there would
hesno money in It for him. TO make
TINS point plain: Suppose. ior,.iashsnce
I you seought a put tonight on 1900
satIshess Of corn, you would nave to buy
II at one-half cent probably from 1he
market You pay five dollars for the
privilege, which is one-eighth Of 3 cent
nearly SO the market would have to de.
cline Tomorrow fve-eighGhs of a cent
to get down to the put-price-wliat it
cost. And then if you put it You would
have to pay one-quarter of cent com
mission. which would make seven
eghths OF q cent the market would nave
To decline before 1t got to the point where
y0s coald make any mo1eY. You would
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-26

An exchange of the Home Journal
says that we owe all that is god in us
to our mothers-to those, says the ex-
change, who crock the cradle" Yes,
but we know great many mothers
nowadays who do not rock the cradle,
even to lull to sleep the babies they
would shed many tears over if the ba-
bies were to happen to die. They pre-.
fer to hire nurses, if able, and let the
nurses attend to the babies while the
mothers 90 frolicking around to theatres,
and other places. Or, in absence of a
nurse, get Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syr.
up, which is compound of opiates, and
has killed half the babies that have died
these many years, while the mothers
we're frolicking. OF course it comes in,
lust to save scandal, that tears and
lamentations should be in order when
the babies die, but the older heads
know better and say nothing. The
mothers desire for pleasure and "stolcn
sweets" has been the cause Of many
funeral. Mother is sweet name to us,
but IN these days when nursing bottles
are used; when narcotics put babies to
sleep; when mothers are ashamed to be
seen unprepared for Irritation and fun
we are not disposed to write a perora
ton in behalf of mothers In thu
respect we are u Prohibilionlst.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-26
From Alto.

Again are we constrained TO bow our
heads in awe Of, and in humble submits
sion tn, the relentless conqueror, Death.
Mrs Nancy, wife of Richard Keel,
died on the 18th inst, after eight or ten
months of serious illness, which she ell
dured with patience almost supernatu'
raj. But the fatal disease, consump
ton, finally asserted its supremacy over
the wonderful skill brought to bear in
her favor, and she sleeps the sleep that
knows no waking till the trump of God
shall summon the nations of earth to
arise and stand for judgment before
His respondent throne. Her christian
character was worthy Of imitation, and
in her death our community sustains Il
great loss, for few followers of the
meek and lowly Jesus are so intent on
living mode! life as she endeavorcd to
live She leaves to mourn her
departure an afectionate husband, II
number Of little children, and many rel
atives and friends.
Preparations are being made for SOW
ing wheat. In all probability the
acreage will be somewhat above an av-
erage this year. CAROL.
Alto, Tenn, Sept. 20, 1883.