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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06

SAID Brown, who had just returned
from visit outside between the acts:
go, darling, I had such a fright It
almost took my breath away" Mercy"
exclaimed Mrs. B., turning her face
away, 81 wish it had, John" And
John looked sheepish enough as he sly
~ inserted Glove in his mouth. Boston
Transcript.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06

THE New York EUepi1ag Post says it
is the right of trial by jury that encour-
ages suits for breach of promise, and
intimates that if tried by Judges very
few plaintiffs would make out their
cases.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06

A MATTER of secrecy" Oh, Moike,
Moike, darlint :" cried his wife, as her
husband was brought home to her with
his legs broken from fall down an ele-
vator "do We think any harm will come
av it, Moike?" "Divil a bit, if the
docthers don't foind it out, was the suf-
ferer's answer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06

A PHILADELPHIA reporter interviewed
the prize lat woman, whose weight is
100 pounds. When asked, "Do you
still claim to be the largest fat woman
in the world?" she frigidly replied:
Excuse me, sir, but do not recognize
The title. I am said to be the largest
large lady on exhibition"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06
Domestic Economy.

COLD MEAT.-Prepare the meat as for
hash; fill deep dish with boiled maca-
roni; On the top of that place the hash
cover it with tomatoes, over which
sprinkle bread crumbs. with little but
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06

The annual revenue to the United
States from applejack alone is in the
neighborhood of $4,000, and about two
thirds of that is from Sussex county,
n. J.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06
THREE CHARACTERISTIC EPIrAPHS

III
A friend who read the epitaph pre-
pared for his own tomb by the late Prof.
Clifford was prompted to compose two
otners which, with that of the professor,
we give below:
ATHEIST.
was not and was conceived;
lived and did little work;
am not and grieve not.
Clifford.
PANTHEIST.
drop of spray cast from the Infinite,
hung there an instant and threw my ray
To make the rainbow. A microcosm
Rejecting all. Then back fell again,
And, though persisted not, was no more
CHRISTIAN.
God willed; was. What He had planned wrought
That done, he called and now I dwell with Him.
Literary World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
Fences and Country Highways.

Said the United States Consul at Zu-
rich: ''Were the millions and millions
of dollars now wasted in fences in the
United States to be expended in build
ing good roads, not only present profit
would accure to cattle holders, but
future generations would call us blessed.
In the West, it is safe to say, land would
raise in value 100 per cent. in single
decade
Experience has demonstrated again
and again that building fences to keep
animals out is always expensive, and
usually foolishly extravaganza; that cattle,
sheep and swine can bemore economi-
callY and proftably kept under what is
known as the soiling system than by
permitting them to- run in pasture s
which must be fenced at enormous cost.
American farmers cannot be Justly
called conservative when compared with
the farmers of other lands; but they
certainly seem to have given little study
TO the subject of fences and highways.
or at least to have failed to appreciate
the benefits which would certainly fol-
low the construction of good, hard,
well-drained highways, over which
heavy loads might at any season be
hauled with comparative ease.
Barbed wire fences are declared to be
the cheapest, most effective, and lasting
Of fences; but they cost from seventy
five cents to one dollar per rod. At
the latter price the fences on both
sides of the highway would cost $64O
per mile-a sum which, supplemented
by the road-tax now assessed each
year, would do much toward making
and keeping in good condition
avery fair graveled road. Scarcely a
week would pass at any season of the
year when farmer would not receive a
direct and most noticeable benefit from
having such highway connecting his
farm with the markets, and every day
would bring him some good through the
freedom he would have from the many
losses and annoyances which come from
the fenee-row.
Vendors of patent fence-wire claim
that their fences viii last more than
twenty years under ordinary circum-
stances. Freedom from noxious weeds
and from vermin which find congenial
refuge and breeding-ground in fence
rows would last forever if the better
plan was generally followed; and the
graveled road, with proper care, grows
better and more useful year by year.
The value of the lands near such high
way would be greatly enhanced by the
demand which would come for farms
SO fortunately situated, until. as Consul
Byers wrote, land would raise hundred
per cent. in single decade Chicago
Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Texas farmers are coming to realize
the fact that there is more profit in wheat
growing than in cotton culture, and are
acting upon their newly-acquired light.
1t is not always the farmer who sows
the most acres who raises the best crops
or the most bushels. They who rest half
of their land alternate years have the
best success. = Exchange.
Onions cut up with food for chickens
are said to be an effectual remedy for
chicken cholera. A little ground ginger
mixed with their meal once every day or
two'is also beneficial when symptoms of
cholera appear.
"A correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph keeps rats out of his granary
by daubing all the angles on the out.
side of the building with hot pine-tar.
to the width of three or four inches,
and also any seam or crack where rat
or mouse can stand to gnaw. This is
certainly cheap expedient-if efficient.
The Rural Nes0- Yorker, says the re-
tail fruit stands of large cities often give
valuable hints to inquiring horticul.
turists. A few days ago the proprietor
of one of these stands said to the writer
that he was selling two barrels of Ben
Davis to one of any other kind of apple,
because ''they are the only kind not
worm eaten"
An experienced housekeeper fur
nishes the following recipe for tapioca
cream: One cup of tapioca soaked un-
til soft in two cups of cold or lukewarm
water. If the water is lukewarm, and
kept warm, it will soak in less time.
Boil one quart of milk; beat together the
yelks of three eggs, one cup of sugar
and teaspoonful of salt. Stir the
tapfoea into the milk, and when boiling
add the beaten eggs and sugar. Re
move from the fire, add faVoring, sits
in lightly the whites beaten. and pour
into serving dish. Serve cold.
One of the first things for an or
chardist to learn, says the Weekly ITib-
at'ae, speaking of the art of pruning, is
to distinguish fruit buds and spurs from
those which produce mere wood, The
object then is to secure a fair annual
growth of each, taking care that an ex-
cess of wood does not smother the fruit
buds, but that all are spread or placed
SO as to have fullest possible light and
free air on their leaf surfaces. The fruit
itself is generally best when screened by
the shade of leaf. II q tree does not
make its proper average of new wood
growth in any year, it viii decline unless
Ethefruiting is reduced.
Hop plants can be used for various
| purposes. Thus the wires, or twigs, are
! of service for basket and wicker work.
and the leaves furnish food for farm
stock and sheep, from the tendrils Vege-
table wax is obtained, and from their
juice a eoloring matter. The young
shoots, too, are eaten, tasting, when
boiled like asparagus, and when bleached
they can be made into strong paper and
cardboard; from their fibre. in Sweden,
yarn and linen are spun, and the ashes
are used by the makers of Bohemian
! glass; while from the flowers, which give
an agreeably bitter taste to beer, tine
ture is derived, and medicinal extract;
and a pillow filled with hops win often
cause sleep, and is great specific with
/ old-country DANES.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
Economy in Telegraphing.

There are 10000 registered adj
ts dresses kept by the Anglo-Ameriean,
Direct United States, American Tele-
graph, and French, cable companies,
which are managed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Those adj
dresses comprise the names of the princi-
pal business firms sending and receiving
cable dispatches in this country. To
each of these registered addresses is ap-
pended one word, which represents it
~ in all cable messages. This one word
is always telegraphed instead of the adj
dress. One object of this registration is
to save the expense of telegraphing.
As the cost of cable dispatches is fifty
Ffaeilts q word, it will readily be seen
4 That very considerable amount is saved
When, as in some cases, as manv as
thirty messages a day are sent both
ii ways. A firm of both names would
9 thus save nearly 800 day. Another
object is to secure the utmost certainty
y of prompt delivery Much money is
also saved in telegraphing. not only by
II cable but by land lines, in the use of
8*codes All the leading branches of
business have these codes, by means of
which long messages may be sent by
the use of q few words There IS no
! extra charge for sending code messages
BIZ cable, as the words are always those
II thatnlay be, foundin the Dictionary. But
there are many cipher dispatches sent
composed of letters or figures These are
yeharged extra by counting three letters
on figures to each word A leading
photographed said yesterday that were It
not for the adoption of these expedients
in would be simply impossible to do the
business OF telegraphing. There would
not be time to do the work with present
faeihties-N. 7. san.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

SANTA Claus WIFE.
Much you have heard about old Santa Claus,
But naught, l think, of his good-naturec


Much you have heard about old Santa Claus,
But naught, l think, of his good-natured
wife, @ 4@
And must tell you of her, dears, because
In sweet'ning life for you she spends her
She's small and plump, her eyes are brown and
And in a cave she lives that's full of toys,
Where, with her servant-elyes, from morn till
.s night .li4f z-l
She's busy working for the girls and boys,
Yes, quite three hundred days out of the year
Never idle hour have they,
For well they know there would be many a
tear
Should sugar-plums fall short on Christmas
And Oh! and OH the sugar-plumsl y
Some brown, some red, and some as white
As snow-tiakes when they first alight;
Some holding grapes, some holding cher
Some bits of orange. some Strawberries q.
Some tasting like peach or rose,
And some that dainty nlts inclose; -
Some filled with cream, and some with
spice, anf FsoE4sFs-fg
And all SO very, very nice.
And oh! and OIL the sugar plumsi
Those funny. funny little elves;
They cram the boxes and the drums
The bags, the skets. and the shelves;
s. They. heap them high upon the floor, d
In closets pack them two miles long,
And when there is no room for more J
They sing a Jolly eltish song; y = Ass. e't4
And pretty Mistress Santa Claus,
With sugar sticking 10 her thumbs =
AMI tiny fingers laughs aloud
To think of that great eager crowd
OF smiling girls and smiling boys.
Awaiting for her husband's toys, 5g8Gl
And OIL and oh the sugar plums!
And now, sweethearts, when merry Christmas
comes,
& And you greet Santa's gifts with loud ap
plause,
Remember who sent you the sugar-plums, a
And give one cheer for Mistress Santt
E 4s-f Claus. y. ~ .t4 ts4 y, i.r4tss,.. e
p t----t - 80 l.---Mnr1nrRt Eatflifte w
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

made old Santa Claus look M frtss a.
work. and he seemed to espy the litfIe
group in the corner for the first time
Bless my stars" he calculated \,
ginning to gather up hastily from tb H.
parcels that had fallen out of his pact 2
BLESS my stars and stripes! Folt.
mustn't see me about this b2s:nesSpi
He threw his pack over his back ana
then putting his hands deep in his siJa
pockets, drew them out fun. and
shower of sugar-plums pelted the littla
girls, as he hurried out Of the room
,SJast as he was going he threw Asglir
package at their motheF, saving: re
That's for the old lady, therel Came.
pretty near forgetting hertz 81
Lii knew the voice IN which this vas
said, and cried out: iiolis II 4t eT
tffIt sifatherl It's father!''
They sprang after him and led him
back into the room in laughing trilmnh
They took off the pointed cap and blna
spestacles. They brusfaedthe iiour from
his eyebrows and rubbed The red from
his cheeks. They robbe,t him III ma
pillow that had made himle sschubbv
and plump and the gray wig and
beard that made him look SO II snerable
Aud when they came to exam inc the
contents Of the stockings they were
more than ever delighted to have Tor n
Santa Claus their own dear father. &
u E.e
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
The Discouraged Man.

a newspaper once contained an adver-
atisemant for man to fill certain posi-
ton, which concluded with. mo dis
cQllfaged man need apply" There was
a deep worldly wisdom in this, says the
Ratral Messenger, for encouragement is
Q terrible drawback in fighting life S
battle. The discouraged is defeated
IN advance. He carries failure about
with him; he faints when he needs most
E to be strong; he falterS where decision is
most needed; he .halts where he ought to
hurry forward; he cannot stand up
under the strain and burden of the race.
) 1t is hard that it should be so--harder
still that so little real sympathy is felt for
Encouragement The world does not
need such man, and has little mercy
for him; and so he falls into the ranks of
the unsuccessful, while he of high hope,
who IS yet new in the struggle, who has
not supped the bitter cup Of disappoint-
Ilent and found ont all is vanity and
yexatlon, strides before him and is ac-
cepted where the much-tried man fails.
There is something contagious in buoy
ant, happy, energetic spirit, which car.
ries those who come in contact with it
away, and success is as often the result
of this strange animal force as Of perse-
verance and continued effort. Ali The
experience in the world will not carry the
man Of deep Encouragement success
fully through an enterprisa..-v,RuYal
Neg Yorker.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
The Llama.

Travel IN the Andes is peculiarly ro-
mantle and difficult. There are few, if
any, easy passes from the western to
the eastern slopes. Wild, rugged defles
and steep, dangerous llama paths, wind
ing along the treacherous Drinks Of
frightful precipices, are the only high
ways. In such region the llama is al
most as Indispensable to transportation
as its congener, the camel, is to the
tribes OF the great deserts Of Africa and
Asia; and it is still, as in the DAYS of In
cas-, the chief reliance of the Peruvians
and their southern neighbors for burden
bearing. Like the latter, this hardy ami
NAL thrlyeS best in barren places, where
other beasts of burden, unaided BY tillage,
could not maintain themselves. Like
the camel it is capable of going long
periods without food or water. Oppo-
sitely, as the feet of the one are peculi-
arly adapted for desert travel, so are the
feet of the other for rough mountain
routes. AS the one thrives best in low,
level, heated regions or upon arid
plateaux, so the other is native of high
mountain districts, 5000 to 10000 feet
above the sea, where it multiplies most
rapidly and attains its largest size. 1t is
a notable fact that the llama prefers the
bare, bleak eastern slope of the
Andes to the forest-clad western
slopes facing the Pacific. NaturaIists
divide the family of the camelide into
these two genera, camels and llamas,
and the latter are subdivided into four
species; the guanaco, the largest sized
and most widely distributed species (be-
ing found in all ATTITUDES from ten de-
grees north of the equator southwark to
northern Patagonia) the llama proper,
the next in size; the alpaca, whose wool
forms one of the chief articles of home
consumption and foreign export. and the
vicunna, the smallest species, inhabiting
only the highest regions, at attitudes
ranging from 10000 TO $4,000.
The llama is about the size of an or
binary American deer. 1t is capable of
carrying from 110to 1870 pounds over the
toughest mountain rocks, for DAYS in
succession. Although its wool is not so
line as that of the rare and diminutive
yicunna, it is so abundant that it ranks
next in importance TO the wool-clip of
the alpaca species. The meat of these
animals, especially that of the males, is
coarse and unpalatable, except when
young. yet it constitutes q staple of the
home market
Its chief habitat is Peru and Northern
Bolivia; and these countries raise large
numbers OF them, Bolivia alone is said
to contain over 3,000,0 900 llmas, taking
into account all of the several species,
and Peru contains nearly double that
many.-People's Worker.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18
Former Nastiness.

In the time of James [ so little re.
gard was had to cleanliness that the
''dunghilr' within the castle precincts
s'had increased to such size and big
ness that it was in length ninety-eig6t
yards, the depth CT it was ten yards, and
the breadth of it thirty-two yards some
$4,000 tons of filth having thus been
allowed to accumulate. In the seven
teenth century the greatest plague was
one of eleven epedemics; 1t alone caused
1000 deaths, and it led, by the almost
complete desertion of the town and port,
to aruined trade and wasted treasury
Mature,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18


Is. OF DR.. George w. Wiener, the Bal
timore oculist, who d ed some days ago
in Denver, Col, ii is related that in Eu-
rope he once treated wealthy gentle
man with such success that the patient
at. once willed all bis property to the
doctor Years afterwafd the man died,
his own daughter found herself dIsin-
herited, and the fortune came 70 III.
Wiener. The girl, left apauper' wrote
to DR., Wiener, appealing for AID ne
at once went to the Consul Of the coln-
try in which she lived The was then. 10
America, intending to transfer the ler-
tune to her. but was told that the trans
fer could be legally effected only IN tha %
eountry. Thereupon be immedlslsly
to K passage for Europe, and placed tna
entire fortune in her hands = @
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

Bishop O'Reilly, of Springfield.
Mass, who has returned from a visit to
Ireland, recently told his people that he
had noticed in that country as much inn
provement among the common people in
the last four years as in the previous
twenty-five. But he said that Ireland
depends too much upon America. The
people receive SO much money from this
country that they depend upon it to pay
their rent with, and are not thrown on
their own resources. 1t might be well,
he suggested. to giYe them q lesson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

About SIS, 500 has been raised by
subscription, in Rhode island lor 2
statue Of the late General Burns lae.
The State has appropriated Sl.l' OCV l Ior
the same purpose. conditioned on tne
raising of 500, 900 by private supscrip-
tion. and II Is proposed that the Guy
I of Providence should give -. 600 10. toward arg
the object. It's thought that SOV'VVV
win be sufficient.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

Among the German aristocracy there
has suddenly arisen . rage for tours
around the world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-18

One of our Illinois exchanges warns
the public against u fellow wno u
trarnping through the country selling :
powder which be alleges was made by
Edison, for tne purpose OF incr sssf Y
the illuminating power Of coai 81 .is y
that Of the electric light He ASKS I9 y
dollars a box for IL OF course u y =
fraud. Chicago Herald,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-11
LIVE sToCR

An exchange says: LET the total losses
on the plains be what II may m the present
season, one thing is ceTtain--that cattle
VIII not 20 on spring grass in rs good con
dltlon rs a year ago. averaging one district
Win another. = - = -
Prominent western caitlemen say that
the stories Ms to the destruction Of stock by
severe weather upon the plains have been
greatly exaggerated. IL is true that there
nave been several storms in the tar west.
but the cattle were ia extra good cOudi-
ton At the beginning OF winter, aud have
stood the weather we'll IL is thought that
the loss will not exceed per cent,
Colonel X. G.. Head writes from Texas
under date OF February ~ that the drive
will be very backward this season Cattle
are said TO be very thin in flesh. and are
much worried by the hee-ily. The number
To be put on the trail this season Is estimated
at 10000, or little above, most OF which
Will be contracted. A large per cent. of
the drive will be composed Of younger cat
tie than last season, mostly yearlngs and
very lew she cattle. Prices are said TO have
steadily advanced since November. l.
year-old steers from $40 TO $i3, or 81 per
head, and 2-year'old steers from $40 to Sl7,
or g. per head.
IL appears from statistics which have re.
comfy been compiled that the United States
possesses IN round numbers 3S.O0OOU cat
tie, India 5000 600 and Russia 100000.
Russia has 100000 horses, the United
States l0,5O0OO0, and Austria 100000.
Australia possesses so 10000 sheen, the
Argentine republic GS00O,0O0, aud Russia
100000. The United States comes fourth
IN this list, with $1,000 900, but in the mat
ter of swine she heads the world, having
lS,0O,OO, The goat is an important ami.
mai IN many countries, India is credited
with no less than 100000, Africa with
l6,UNO,OOO aud Mexico with 100000. krom
the above figures II will be seen that the
United States comes first IN the list of na.
lions with the two most important articles
OF fresh ioOd--cattle and hogs-while she is
second with horses and fourth with sheep.
In regard 10 the latter two animals, how
over, she is making rapid progress toward a
higher position.
TODAY y QUOTATIONS.
BsHp uArTLE-Butchora stocK, grass FED, "a
corn fed b.
BAHRES Cows-Fat 3N@3h cents.
bHIPriHa-imtA cents.
hTCCR-Pcr head, SillQt20,
Mich cOws-Wlth calves Sl6eDStQ,
hoos-Corn-fed. 70. gross; timber fat .,
stock. 8aSS.
snrEr-Mutton, al.@i cents stock, per head;
e2ODdlg2 30
HoRsEs-Extra tine, per span. s30Oo6s6O0 fancy
harness, elOepsDo livery harness, Gb9ssl7B:
farm, tbOlntl2b; ponies Sl59tsS0
MULKs--Extra heavy ti2ScDe3OO medium $500
Sl0O small fSOubu