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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
FARM AND F1REsIDE.

The saving of half cent bushel
in gathering the corn crop of Kansas
would, it is said, aggregate nearly three.
quarters of million dollars yearly.
For cough mixture, take one-hall
pint molasses, one gill of cider vinegar
and twenty drops of oil of tar. Put in
to bottle and shake well before using.
Dose: A teaspoonful several times dur
ing the day.-Rurat Neao YoTber.
"A teaspoonful of borax put in the
last water in which clothes are rinsed
will whiten them surprisingly. Pound
the borax SO it will dissolve easily. This
is especially good to remove the yellow
that time gives to white garments that
have been laid aside for two or three
years. N Y. Post.
-Broiled Meat Cakes-Chop lean
raw meat as you would for sausage,
season with salt, pepper and onion
juice; shape into fiat cakes and broil on
hot spider. Any meat may be used
for this dish, but it is particularly nice
OF beef, and the finest portions need not
be put to this use.-Cticago Journal,
"A farmer in Madison County, Viz
ginia, who has gone into the peanut
business, last spring planted one-fourth
of an acre, from which he dug eighty
seven bushels, and after fattening
twenty hogs had twenty bushels left.
These he sent to mill and had ground
and bolted, and says that the meal
makes the most delicious batter-cakes
he ever ate.
Hamburg Steak-Cut or pound
round steak to make it tender. spread it
with fried onions, fold, pound again
and beat; this is, for those who like
onions, a delicious breakfast dish. and is
easily prepared. In greasing the grid
iron for boiling. rub with bit of leaf
fat; this is always well to dot does
not mar the flavor and it does not waste
as butter does.-N 7. Advertiser.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
How the Secret Leaked Out.

Scan you keep a secret, DaisypN
asked Mel Clay OF her Younger sister.
Yes, indeed" replied Daisy, trying
to look dignified. a 49, !.
Nell bent down and whispered some
thing in Daisy ear, to. which Daisy
clapped her hands, and cried: 20
goodyr' ,Nf1#6 I All
Remember, it's a profound secret,''
said sister Nell. ~
Da sy ran off to school. feeling vern
important. and overlook COMFY Travefs
on the way. .4s
"Oh. COMFY" she said. 81 know
something awful niceP' a "a
What is it?" asked Conny. opening,
her et es very wide.
"Oh, Imusn't tell, y said L aisy. screw
ing up her lips Sister Nell told me
this morning, It's profound secret'fs
"Oh, my said COMFY. Cant you
just tell me?' '''trs :
Nell wouldn't like it"
"She wouldn't mind ma" pleaded
COMFY.
won't you never, never, never
tellPn whispered Daisy. Al mn
Never, long as live!''
"Hopest and true?" siilsfy 2
'.Truer' n STEEL" declared Conny.
"WeH. Sarah Bells father is going to-
give her piano for her birthday to-
morrow; but they ~woaldn't have her
know it for anything until she comes.
home and finds it in the palor.''
''How splendid exclaimed COMFY.
Its a profound secret said Daisy.
A few days later, Mrs. Bell called
upon Mrs. Clay &c
Il suppose Sarah was surprised and de-,
lighted about the piano" said the latter.
She was delighted enough. " was the
reply. '.But she wan bit surprised.
She heard it at SCHOOL,
THAT COMFY Trayers must have,
told said DAISY, Indignantly, after
Mrs. Bell had gone home. 6ss'5.g > Ia.
''But who told ConnyP' asked sister
Nell. taie
81 did, but 1 didn't s'pose she d be,
mean enough to tell.
'And / didn't think you would, = res
piled Nell t
''Well. children y said Mrs Clay.
"it's an old saying that if you can't
keep your own secret, nobody ese wiz
keep it for YOU" If.you remember this
it will save good deal of trouble.
There's an older sentence that
like much better" sad sweet Aunt
Peace from her window. g. Set O.
watch. o Lord, before my mouth; keep
the door of my lips. ~ The Myrtle. ,i W.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
A Tunnel Resents Being q Tunnel.

In Cattle District, point about five
miles north of this city, is a tunnel that
may be called an ex-tunnel. 1t is a
tunnel that demonstrates against a
tunnel. 1t was run about four years
ago into the side of steep hill, and was
originally about forty feet in length.
When in about fifteen feet the tunnel
cut into soft, swelling clay, very diff
cult to manage, After timbering and
striving against the queer, spongy ma
terlal until it had been penetrated some
twenty-five feet, the miners gave up the
light, as they found it losing game.
Being left to its own devices, the tunnel
proceeded to repair damages. 1t very
plainly showed that itresenfed the whole
business, as its first move was to push
out all the timbers and dump them
down the hill. 1t did not stop at that.
but projected from the mouth ofthe tun-
mel pitch or stopper of clay the full
size of the excavation. This came out
horizontally some eight feet as though
to look about and see what had become
OF the miners, when it broke off and
rolled down the slope. In this way it
has been going on until there are some
hundreds of tons of clay at the foot of
the hill. At first it required only about
a week fora plug to come out and break
OIL, then month, and so on, till now
the masses are elected but three or four
times per year, yet the motion continues,
and to-day the tunnel has the better of
the hight by about four feet.-V irqini.
(Nec. Enterprise.
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Kerosene and Dinhtheria.

1t is known that blood is purified by
the oxygen inhaled in breathing. The
blood is brought into contact with the
ar OF the lungs at every pulsation of the
heart. The oxygen burns up the dele
FERROUS matter in the blood and leaves
it in healthful condition. But If the
air Is deficient in oxygen, this office is
not performed, and blood poisoning may
result. The conditions in which modern
life differs from that of forty years ago
consist mainly in much closer houses.
and the substitution of coal for wood.
Beside these, there is in the country dis
triets the general substitution of kero-
sene for candles. There can be but lit.
tie doubt that burning kerosene in close
rooms is very unhealthful, especially il
the light is left to burn through
the night. The offensive smell
which kerosene gives off when burned
low is the least OF its evils. It NAV he
that this gas from charred kerosene is
especially injurious to the throat: but
whether the lamp is burned high or low,
whether the offensive smell is or is not
present, the oxygen of the air are ex-
hausted, and the room is filed with car
bolle acid. 1t is a noteworthy fact that
malignant diphtheria has mostly pre-
vailed since kerosene was introduced,
and generally in families where it is
left burning through the night. If a
light Is needed frequently, il is better to
light it half dozen times through the
night than to leave the lamp burning.
The odor of sulphur matches, though
offensive is less injurious than the fumes
OF burning kerosene. Country Gentle
man,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
How Yap Col the slipper. !

Molly was so happy playing with hef1 8
doll baby that she had no lime to notice :
zap. t'A-A ~
That little dog was Jealous He, Se
barked zap. zap! very loudly and now
sat looking at Molly out Of the corners
of his eyes wondering Whist mischief hel
could get into, and SO worry her into :
playing with him. Suddenly he trotted -
off. his m nd quite made up as to wllats4 I
to do.
Molly! Mollyr' called mamma.
Mamma, don't cali so. loud whisa
pered Molly. my little doll baby is
sleeping. <ft
Molly called mamma again,i
''make haste and see what zap Is alter
am sure he is in my room. = .s,f gslsal
"Oh! what bad doggie," sighed
Molly, with her face in a quicker, but
she put her baby down, and went tosee
after the dog.
There he was on the stair. case, with
mammals slipper in his mouth. When,ea
he saw Molly he dropped the slipper,
and ran past her, looking very much as Y
if he was laughing. ~ f,in.ssai
Molly shook her finger at him. and.
laughing, too, picked up9the slipper, ~
and carried it 10 mamma s5o,t i a
But zap was too smart 10 be cheated
out of his fun in that way So he ram X
into the yard and began TO bark furi-
ously at PISS. Mrs. Puss cared little
for his barking. and soon he stopped.
Then Molly looked out of the window
and said: "Yap and Puss look as il as
they were talking to each other, mani
ma" And so they were.
''Oh, you beaut full little daring gal
said Molly. taking her baby again, and
hugging It tight; s.come and letnsta
walk.'' Then she sat down to put on
the dolls best clothes, a1d while she
was very busy and almost ready for the
walk, she thought she heard sound, z
" tip. tip on the stair-csSe, and ran to
see what Yves the matter. atf Bsss1
Mamma" she screamed, come
here-oh, do comep' and mamma nnr-
ried out to see Pussie bringing the sllp-
per down to zap, who was waiting AZ
the footof the stairs.
How they laughed when Pussy droPped
the slipper under Yap's nose, and ne
trotted of with it in a grand way
Molly ran after him, snd found MN il
ready to bury it with some other treas.
ures at the end of the yard.
Mamma, said Molly. when sne r.
turned to the house with the secona
slipper, ..do You think dogs ana cas-
can talk? do"
And Molly thinks 50 TO this days.
Nieho!aa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12

+" GRANDMA DEAR.n

Not the presence softly sitting,
Softly rocking with her knitting,
Patient waiting, sweetly smiling,
And the heavy hours beguiling
With her peaceful dreams;
But doll so old and queer,
Come from such far-off year,
Thatno name but Grandma dear's
Quite the right thing seems.
Brownish hair she has, and curly:
And face-no, t isn't Surly,
But like one walked up too early
BY the breakfast bell:
Waxen face it is, not clay,
Painted in q marvellous way,
Dimples in it that will stay,
Though no smile they tell.
Slender arms, with cotton filing,
Finished at the ends with quilting
suppose she is not viii ing
All the world should know
That the hand which makes the arm
Capable of good or harm,
At the latter took alarm
And never tried to grow.
When we played, and she lay rocking,
All our callers who came knocking
Did not know that shoe nor stocking
She could never wear;
They would think, to see her head
On its snowy pillow laid,
That she had been honest made
That had real hair.
Dress OF silk. once black and shiny,
Brought across the ocean brinY
When great uncle sailed to China,
Years and years ago. =.
Aunty kept her safely laid
N the bureau: seldom played
With Ter dolly; work, instead,
Children had to do.
Six years old was, and over,
When from her mySteri Gus cover,
And the watch of her old lover,
Grandma came to me.
Sage advice of how to tend
Lay her straight and not on end
When she had no legs to bend, t
Needless seemed to be.
But 7 rized the gift so dearly
That followed. very nearly,
Aunty's words; she looked less queerly
In her cradle bed.
And in after years 1--WE two
Knew just what to say and do
When our playmates kind and true,
Praised old Grandma's head.
Laid away in state and honor,
With her stlken gown upon her,
And quilt as old, or older,
Covering all but head and shoulder,
Grandma rests to-day.
Doyou wonder that we prize
These old painted cheeks and eyes
Which We played with when our skies
Wore the blue of May?
Hrs. J. A. Patterson, IN Vide Atrdke.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12

An apple in perfect preservation,
although ninety-six years old, is in pos.
session of gentleman in Ulster County.
As it rounded up from the blossom of the
parent stem in the cary summer of 1887
bottle was drawn over it and attached
to the branch. and after the apple had
lpened the stern was severed 3. d the
bottle sealed tightly. 1t looks as flesh
% whep first plQcked. ~ ]. S9m VI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12

holt er dish yerpie, hit mout make i'm
have bad dreams"
In few moments the pie had dis
appeared, and when his Miss Sally
looked at him little later. he was fast
asleep. atlanta (Gd.l Constitution.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
"NO FENCE. "

A correspondent writing from Palnatt O,
Campbell county, to the Telegraph and
Messenger, has this to say in favor of the
''no fence" law:
One year ago, last January The mo
fencl" law went into effect in Campbell
county. The good results Of it can be seen
in every direction. A great many spots
are in cultivation which before this had
been laid waste for want of fencing.
Beef is as cheap as it ever was and of
better quality. Choice butter can be had
at from fifteen to twenty cents per pound.
Even at these figures the su) )ply exceeds
he demand. Some use butter for cook
ng purposes in place OF lard, on account Of
its abundance and cheapness. As many
hogs are raised here rs before the law was
passed Yesterday an illustration of the
advantage of this law was demonstrated in
Palmetto. A herd of eleven milk cows
were driven through this place, from Car
roll, where there is no stock law, on their
way to market in Atlanta eleven as poor
cows cannot be found in Campbell county.
have always been in favor of the stock
law, though | am not land holder. 1t is
strange that everybody does not approve
of it. Even our brothers in black in this
| county now favor the law.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
Southern EmmigratiOm Bureau.
North and South.

Zone great need of the Southern States
is an energetic Immigration Bureau.
While Massachusetts has foreign-born
population of thirty three per cent, New
ork thirty-tive per cent, Main nine per
cent, Ohio fourteen per cent, and every
other Western and Eastern State GOOD
percentage, very few foreigners have gone
South, Virginia and Georgia having less
than one per cent, and North Carolina
but two-tenths Of one cent. There are ex-
cellent openings all over the South for
skilled workmen and farmers. Il is Gear
that a systematic effort should be made to
induce immigration, and now is the time
to organize for the work"
Such is the advice Of the Nashville
American, one of the ablest and most pro-
gresSive journals Of the South, and noted
for its efforts in behalf of immigration.
Yes; there are excellent openings all
over the South for skilled workmea and
farmers; and it might have added. for \
corps OF able-bodied fool-kilers, to infuse
some comm0nsense into the average states
man Of that section when dealing with
questions affecting the only practical
method Of developing the resources of the
S with
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
A New Fence Described.

A correspondent writing to the Cultiva-
toT says: Take rails and lay the worm
ofsthe fence stretching it as nearly straight
as possible, then put in a good post two
feet deep at each lock of the fence. alter
mating at each pannel, first post on inside,
second post on outside of the fence, lean
ing the top of each post toward the fence,
so that when the posts are all in the ground
they will be in Il perfectly straight line at
the top, then lay on four more rails 1the
rails should square not less than three
inches. When 'hal is done, drive with a
maui good STAKE firmly in. the ground
opposite each post, until the stakes are
about six inches above the top rail. Now
take pieces Of no wire, foot long each,
and fasten the stakes to the posts, Just
over the fifth rail, by driving small sta
pie, such rs are used in building barbed
wire fencing, into the post and stake.
Then stretch one strand of barbed wire
about a foot above the top rail and fasten
to the posts. Ii the fence is properly built
that is, posts wei SCI and kept in perfect
line, and only good sized rails used, it
makes the best and cheapest fence have
ever tried. -
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

at any other time. We place candle in a
candle-stick; they put the candlestick in
candle. Their detectives sound a tom tom
at night to give thieves and rogues notice
of their coming. We ride in railroad cars;
they in wheeibarrows. We draw canal
boats with horses: they with men. We
sell wood by measures they by weight We
vaccinate in the arm; they in the nose
We use soft pillow; they use block of
wood Our store signs are horizontal;
theirs are perpendicular. They launch
ships sidewise, ring bells from the outside.
and actually turn their screws in the oppo-
site direction from ours.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
The ScOurge OF Heaven.
n. Y, Herald.

N. Y, Herald.
In his recent lectures the Rev. Dr.
has maintained that there is criminal laXi-
ty i'll regard for the marriage tie among
many women of fashion. They care for
no real home, he says; they wish to avoid
the pains and the cares and duties OF mat
rmony. The care of their children they
hand over to servants, They have lax no
tons about divorce, and there is a growing
indifference to this chief of all social
denominations. Speaking generally, DR..
Affirmed that it IS the faithessncss of
woman to her duty and mission that en-
boldens the conspirators against her honor
At the age Of eighteen, the very time when
education rightly should begin, the socie
ty girl is taken from school by her W lrldlv
minded mother and launched into the
wild malestorm' which they call society.
In society she encounters its 'madcap de-
voices, its jaded leaders, its hardened men
and women. She is tossed about like a
shuttlecock, dragged up and down from
show to show, her eyes and ears are filed
with things which she had better never
have seen or heard. The pure and religi-
Gus in her is rubbed out. She must learn
to be dashing bold and free. In year Or
two the pure girl that was, has become
o d, haggard, nun ade and made oven again
"a thing of banter, jest and repartee, lis
tening untlincling to talk that at her entry
into society would have brought blushes 10
her maiden cheek. She is now prepared
for her graduation into the higher forms of
pleasure and enjoyment. She laughs at
old her virtues she is enchanted with the
charmed circle in which she now m ives
her convictions are shaken; home is tire
some and God and religion are very far
away.
br.-preeeds to oe}y1e aud assail
society, .s das1s LJ-ae> sal perls
such Galaias - necessarily d1~awara
and degrading, for women's marriage is
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

simply matter of convenience and a
guarantee of larger liberty and freedom
from social restraints Il is made "a pro.
visor for the largest enjoyment of selfish
pleasure. even to tn proclamation Of the
sacren office and name of wife There is
something said the speaker, appalling in
the utter responsibility married people.
All this is the resnlt partly of the increased
facilities for terminating any marriage
contract ~ divorce No one seems to
think the less of divorced wife. Deeper
evils spring from this sense Of 'irresponsi-
biity'-to wit; the , iltuI intentien II and
resolve to defeat the first of those purposes
for which holy matrimony was instituted
This, said The preacher is 'distinctively
ike divore-an enormity of Protestant
ism
TO Protcstanism, said the Dr-'as a
religious system, we owe the denial of the
sacramental character of holy matrimony,
the winking at the systematic of its primal
design and the easy indulgence to any who
for any reason wish to nave it anauIled
and go forth free to make new contracts.
some, he added, resolve that there shall
be no home
Arts base and black, arts which
under the old law were punishable by
death, are used to carry ont these impious
and absurd purposes In the organic dis
order Of tn day-the socialism, commun-
ism and nihiiisin that now threaten and
atiiict society-he sees the mcrited scourges
of Heaven on an age which tolerates and
legaizes the violation of Gods first law
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12

BEATTY'S Organs IS useful step
sets reeds only&65. PIANOS S125up.-
- Illustrated catalogue free. Address
BEATTY, Washington, NY.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-12
A Lady Cured Of Rheumatism.
Kidney Disease Cured.

Christiansburg, Va, 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which could get no relief, t
tried Browns Iron Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child Of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem to
be able to eat at all. Igave him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
j. KYLE MONTAGUE.
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lancastcr :Antriligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING JAN. 10. 1888,
FIGHIlNG FOR CONTROL.

The Conres, Between william l.. Scott aud
the fiercss.
Mercer Dispatch to the Press.
The contest for the control of the
Sbarpville railroad between VIM. l.. Scott
in the interest of the Pennsylvania com
pary and the present management under
control of the Pierces, of Sharpsville, con-
tiuues unabated. This road, which con
meets the Oil City and Chicago railroad,
at Wilmington Junction, and the New
York, Philadelphia and Ohio and Erie
and Pittsburgh railroads, at Sharpville
has lately grown in Importance on &C.
count of the coal fields along its
routes, which contribute largely IN
freights to the competing through
lines. and. also, as competing with the
PENNSYLVANIA company in fIeights to and
from the furnaces and mills in the Shenan
90 Valley. Scott, in behalf of the Penn
sylvania company, undertook to OBTAIN
control over the road and purchased aoont
$500 shares of the 1000 shares OF STOCK.
The Pierces however. in order to protect
themselves, bought 400 shares from the
Greenville bank, giving them a majority
of the stock, but as they had not bought
these shares sixty days before the cleo
ton, this Pierces were enJoIned by the
court from voting the same. However,
Scott had majority of the votabio stock,
and voted 3. 1886 votes for Scott as president
and six directors. The Pierce faction
voted under the cumulative system 55l
votes for four directors, but the election
board decided in favor Of the Soott ticket.
Both boards organized, and the Pierce
faction applied for quo warfanto against
the Scott directors, and the Scott men ap
ipil
Pierce as superintendent, and the nther
as directors from exercising control ovcl
the road. Both the bill for injunction ant
the quo warranto We're argued beior
Judge McDermitt yesterday by Juds
Vincent and J. Ross Thompson for tn
PENNSYLVANIA company, and }. H. NC
Creery and J! a. Stranahan for the fierc
faction, The court has not rendered
decision vet, but it is believed by the bii
,reneraily that under the facts the III
junction will be dissolved. This WI
leave the management and virtual COZ
troll of the board in the hands q
Walter Pierce, who has Deen supeln
tendent, until the quo warranto !
decide who constitutes the legal board {
directors is finally settled i'll the suprem
court. This morning Walter Pierce file
a suggestion for quo warrant0 a"a'h$
Scott acting as president, al!eg ing that i
is an officer of the Erie s. Pittsburgh roa'
parallel and competing road, and h
cause large number Of tho votes cast fo
him had been transferred within sixt
DAYS of the election. The court to da
filed decree refusing to eploln IL
Greenvile national bank from selling IL
100 shares of stock to Walter Pierc
which was claimed by Scott as having bee
bought by him on option. This gives tt
Pierce faction the majority Of the stock
the road and at the next election tho
will be able to control it.