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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
A California Ranch.

There are over a hundred men on its
payroll which averages 81, 200 amonth.
Another $4,000 does not more than meet
its running expenses. 1t has $4,000
worth of machinery for its grain har-
vests alone. It has dairy of forty
COWS, Jersey and Durham; one hum
dred and twenty work-horses and mules
and fifty thoronghbreds.
1t is divided into four distinct estates:
the Santa Anita, of 10000 acres; Puente,
$4,000; MERGED, 10000, and the Potrero,
$4,000. The Puente and MERGED are
sheep ranches and have 20, 900 sheep on
them. The Potrero is rented out to
small farmers. The Santa Anita is the
home estate. On it are the homes of
the family and of the laborers. 1t has
fifteen hundred acres of oak grove, four
thousand acres in grain, five hundred in
grass for hay, one hundred and fifty in
orange orchards, fifty of almond trees,
sixty of walnuts, twenty-five of pears,
fifty of peaches, twenty of lemons and
five hundred in vines; also, small or
chards of chestnuts, hazel-nuts and
apricots, and thousands of acres of
good pasturage.
From whatever side one approaches
Santa Anita in May he win drive
through wild garden-asters yellow
and white; scarlet pentstemons, blue
larkspur, monk s-hood; lupines, white
and blue; gorgeous golden eschscholtzia,
alder, wild lilac, white sage-all in riot
Gus Towering.
Entering the ranch by one of the
north gates, he will look southwark
down gentle slopes of orchards and
vineyards far across the valley, the
tints growing softer and softer, and
blending more and more with each
mile, till all melt into blue or purple
haze. Driving from orchard to
orchard, down half-mile avenues
through orchards skirting seemingly
endless stretches of vineyard, he begins
TO realize what comes from planting
trees and vines by hundreds and tens
of hundreds of acres, and the Equali-
cation Board Statistics no longer ap-
pear to him even large. Itdoes not
seem wonderful that Los Angeles
County should be reported as having
siXty-two hundred acres in vines, when
here on one mans ranch are five hun
dred acres. The last Equalization
Board Report said the County had 1885,
1S5 orange and II, 250 lemon trees. It
would hardly have surprised him to be
told that there were as many as that in
the Santa Anita groves alone. The eff
feet on the eye of such huge tracts.
planted with single sort of tree, is to
increase enormously the apparent size
OF the tract, the mind stumbles on the
very threshold of the attempt to reckon
its distances and numbers, and they
become vaster and vaster as they
grow vague. Century.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
For Young Readers.
THE SERIOUS BOY.

There was once a serious lsstle how.
ITt'C 1890 -, Ia "a H.osl - - 2 10y, 49,,
rithatin 1 HI ,iG rarely spoKei
And he conld not he MAJ ~ talxa a iol.a
rf ,o,,er any ono eranoo4 ~ ZOOS
l. ~ =. t y, hi b;y1 q 3ol in ssts ah;ll
To an Older. ,1erso1, hn sairI. s.In6aoj2ss
no a voIInder I,a,.Son t.1hat ia siIir,n
PO'7 AN' - Si''
That his tender mother wrapped up his
lunch
Though such was not her general rule
In leaf from recent number of Punch,
When noontime came, and he spread it out,
The picture attracted his notice at once;
And he said, with seorn: Beyond doubt,
There are people who like to play tho
dunceP'
Now, what this picture was, my dears,
j would gladly tell you, il / knew
For should not be troubled by any fears
That what happened to him might happen
to you.
He read the 1oke-twas prand,neW JOKE
r, ana then Tor minute sat perfectly stills
Aneh nc went us IL ne were gong 10 cnoke,
Anu salu, Win an eIoft: mat Is Sill
gio did , o9 H., se9pp } "a 1I mere
He said TO himself. .sThis IS Verv nneer-
~ 49, ~ a. - 80 ~ a., .S fNAJ du00A
"ohuer Il IL can pe hVf
.srrbo sensation "a si,,oulor or5 now
sense"
Once more chuekle shook him all through,
And he tumbled abruptly off the fence.
He had never laughed in his life before;
He was Just eleven years old, and so
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
An Insult to the Profession.

A prominent physician was heard
using very uncomplimentary language
about certain butcher.
"Why is it, asked friend of the
doctor, "that you abuse that butcher SO
much? You are everlastingIy saving
mean things about him."
1--WE got good reason to talk about
him. Last winter / owned fat pig.
sent for the butcher to kill and dress it.
He did SO, but what do you think he
told me when | wanted to know what
his bill wasp
II have no idea.''
'Well, sir, that butcher patted me on
the back and said: Never mind about
the bill, doctor. We are in the same
business, you know We professional
men must help each other out. Twas
50 mad at the fellow l could have
Prescribed for him. added the doc
tors friend. -1eras SJslngs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Red wheat is coming into favor
with Western New York farmers.
Bones are valuable food for hens
It is not very difficult to break and pre-.
pare them Chicago Journal.
Occasional burning of sulphur in
damp cellars is suggested by the To-
ronto Globe for the destruction of mil
dew.
The CoachmGbers' Magazine says
that lard should never be used on a
wagon-wheel, for it will penetrate the
hub, and work its way out around the
lemons of the spokes, thus spelling the
wheel. Tallow is the best lubricator
for wooden axle-trees.
If potato has lusty flavor of the
ground-like the rough ancestor of re-
fined grandchildren-don' reject it at
once, but see if it will not improve by
keeping and be better towards spring.
Our incest potatoes were always apt to
be delicate in growth and uneven or
scanty yielders unless every point in
culture, nutrition and climate was in
their favor.-N. 7. Post.
Potato Eggs; Mash five or six we'll
full of melted butter, one cup of cream;
work well, and, when quite free from
Jumps, add two well-beaten eggs and a
cup of finely-minced ham. Make the
mixture into egg-shaped balls, roll in
flour and fry in good dripping, turning
them carefully, not to spoil the shape.
Pour over parsley sauce and serve
| N. Y. Times.
When making soup in which roots
the meat in the bottom of the kettle
and place the roots or herbs on it, hay
ing first cut them in small pieces; cover
with cold water and then put plate
over the meat, pressing it down closely;
let this cook slowly, and when the
water is almost exhausted put in the
desired quantity for the SOUP Boston
Transcript.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says he has for years cured
warts very easily on all animals, no
matter where located, by applying
butyr of antimony with feather two
or three times at intervals of two or
three days. He says: IF the warts
are III J-SCbIucu SClStpo bheuI hSltLJ
at first. Itsimply dries the wart down
to the hardness, when it drops off
without leaving soreness or irritation. :"
Colts should not be permitted to
stand on a plank, cement, paved or
any hard floor the first year, as these
are liable to seriously affect the feet
and legs. Unless the yard where the
colts run in winter has fine, dry,
| gravelly soil, it should be Uttered so as
to keep their feet dry. Mud or soft,
wettish ground is apt to make tender
hoofs, no matter how well bred the
colt may be. One reason why the
horses in one district grow up superior
to those in another in hoof, bone,
muscle and action is because it has dry
limestone and silicious SOIL Colmaas' s
RatraI World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
His Ceat.Tail.

At the corner of Fourteenth Street
and Broadway the little white puffs of
steam from the peanut-peddler's roast
ing apparatus sent out very tantalizing
odor Thursday afternoon. A young
man with light English trousers and a
long Prince Albert coat stood gazing at
the rings of steam for moment, and
finally deciding to invest, backed up to
the stand. AS he stood there, with legs
wide apart, while the Italian merchant
prepared to unload into one of the
pockets of his coat-tail quart of
peanuts, two young ladies came directly
toward him from around the corner.
Realizing the ungraceful position in
which he was placed, the young fellow
endeavored to right himself in order to
properly meet his lady friends. With
look of indifference on his countenanee,
he reached behind and tried to jerk his
garment from the hands of the peanut
man. But the latter was not to be
beaten out of half quart of his wares
through any such sneaking device. He
chung persistently to the right hand tail
of the coat, and as the young man
twisted and turned, trying to loose him.
self, the yender, dropping his quart
meaure and strewing the sidewalk with
peanuts, swung round and round, hold
ing the garment with both hands and
labbering excitedly in his native tongue.
Nearer and nearer came the ladies, and
their friend making last, desperate
effort to escape, the coat parted at the
waist, leaving one-fourth in the hands
of the victorious peddler, who landed in
heap upon his overturned stand.
With howl of rage the unfortunate
victim of circumstances kicked his
shapeless hat into the gutter and rushed
for the friendly cover of saloon,
reaching it as the comment of one of
the ladies fioated in: II didn't know
be was so addicted to drink. ~. z.
World
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15
g Going To.n
server.

Children are very fond Of saying;
/" was going TO-" The boy lets the raEs
catch his chickens. lie was going %
fill up the hole with glass, and to set
traps for the rats; but he did not do It
in time and the chickens were eaten.
He consoles himself for the loss AMI
excuses his carelessness by saying: !
was going 10 attend TO that. A lEoFss
falls through u broken plank IN the
stable and breaks his reg, and ii killedt9
put him out of his suffering. The owner
was going to fix that weak plank, al1
so excuses himself. A boy vets his feft
and sits for hours without changing his
shoes, catches severe cold and i
obliged to have the doctor for week.
His mother told him TO change his wei
shoes when he came in, and he was gf,-
ing to do it, but he id not. A gsIi
tears her new dress SO badly that az
her mending can not make it look wea
again. There was little rent beioI's
and she was going to mend Il. but sne
forgot. And so we might 90 on giving
instance after instance, such as happehs
in every home with almost every man
and woman, boy and girl. I" Proeras
tinationn is not only the thief g
tinle,n but is the worker Of vast MI !,
chiefs. If a Mister +" I-was- going-to
lives in your house, just give him warn.
ing to leave. He is a lounger ana :
nuisance. He never did any good
He has wrought unnumbered lnlschleiss
The girl or boy who begins to live YIN
him will have very unhappy time !, = J.
it, and life will not be successful. ~
Mister I-was-going-to" out Of gOaa
house, and keep him out, Always ~
things which you are going 70 ao---
Baptist Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15

An aged, eccentric Indian By tlle
name OF John Shanks is repairing tile
old council-house in Portage, \; L.
with a peculiar dry moss, when mo no
gathers in a neighboring woods. -! 10
packs the interior space between u.s -.
logs with the moss, and with q cuIiol i.
wooden trowel he plasters the o'l.slas =
walls with tough clay, which MAS
the walls inlpervious to wind ana co'a.
- BnfQLo EapreSs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15

-'sDear me-" cried Mrs. Blossom, as
she laid down the paper. lit does
seem TO me as if those State militia fell
lows ere always in trouble. Here an
account Of a recent inspection where
the company turned out fiftv-three
men. leo bad, amt itfN Boston Her.
Gla,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15

A Young lady and gentleman oIo n
m to a parsons house Ia Oxford, A Az.
recently and were married while sintlllg
in the buggy, the parson sitting ol -
own balcony and delivering the eps-
tomary questions, etc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15

"A dog gained access to hs9s y
corral Of T 800 sheep one night ana ~
oue-third of them about the 1eaa 1i, s
face. Within eleven days 3J0 Gls0 =
hydrophobia.- Chicago Nslci-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-15

AN enterprising firm of Charlotte,
N. c., has sign-board ninety-six feet
long which cost s375.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
Herr Most.

A prominent socialist, being inter
viewed by reporter in Pittsburg last
week, said of Herr Most:
Herr Most is bookLinder by trade
and for years was hard worker. The
little money which he thus accumulated
he is spending in the noble cause Of, free
ing his fellow workmen from capital
istie serfdom. He has been outrageously
abused by the American press, but will
continue on in his glorious mission. He
and all of us are confident that the So
cialistic principles are steadily growing
in the favor of the working people of
America. We do not expect any fayors
from capital If the capitalists praised
us it would be sure sign that we were
faithless to the glorious principles of
freedom symbolized by the red flag"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
1nps Law.
Asnnc3ndd frpm FfrH Pnge.l q

~
every. .eoeceivsble remedial intent and
purpde but 50 long as . few men CON
troll the soil, the currency. the minerals,
and the means Of transportation and
commerce in this country the working
masses are bound to be slaves. II
you head the monopolst off by one
remedial law, he will simply take off the
screws and put them on in another
place, SO that labor will, simply be vast
ing its time in blind chase with pile
of statute books on its head, crying, the
law the law the law AWhile the poll
tician looks on and smiles, and the pro-
fessional lawyer fattensl on his fees. W
When some coming Irish leader is
brave and grand enough to turn his back
upon the whole internal mockery Of
English laR-making fol Ireland and be
ready 10. live or die, survive Or perish
upon the iSsue of natural rights as
against judicial piracy and statutory in
suit, British statesmanship will be struck
dead. and the snowy bubble of parlia-
mentary omnipotence. collapse. in the
new sunshine. Labor reformers the
world over who think that statute laws
in behalf of labor can successfully patch
up the original crime .of disinheritance
are wandering in the dark. That agita-
ton in behalf of such laws may do good
in its way is not denied; but a blind re-
lance upon human laws, if not continu
ally counteracted by a higher education
in the immutable principles of natural
right, which are more binding and sacred
than all acts of parliaments or devices of
legislatures, becomes dangerous quick
sand in the path of progress.
Human law is but-a reflection of the
average blindness and weakness of ex-
isting humanity. A distinguished En-
glish statesman himself defined statute
law as '"'the recorded preiudices of pub
lie men," You may shout for Pippins as
the workingman's candidate for the leg
islature, and he and his fellows may pile
up laws for workingmen as high as the
Tower of Babel ; but all these. laws, as
against the organic and unwritten social
law which silently comedies monopoly of
natural wealth and opportunity to
Goulds, i'Vanderbilts and Astors will
prove but stubble among giant oaks.
The most cunningly devised statute law
is strangled in its cradle by monopoly.
Until this latter giant is gotten under
foot, labor at the bal1ot-box seeking rem
edial statute laws is simply another Don
Quixote fighting the windmill. -,
HoNoRIUs
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
A PETTY DESPOT.
Secret Arrests Without Warrants
Made BY the City Marshal Of San
+ Francisco.

One of the causes of the French reyO-
luton was the indiscriminate use Of
what were called Letters de Cachet,"
These were simply blank orders of I'M
prisonment printed by the thousand and
placed in the hands of the kings mis-
tresses and fiatterers. These people
would induce the sovereign to atix his
signature to dozen at time, IN blank,
and then they would calmly 60 off and
fill in the names of their enemies, and
place the warrants in the hands of the
officers of the law. The result would be
the imprisonment of the arrested man
for an indefinite term. There was no
legal way of freeing him.
Starting as it may seem right here in
San Francisco practically this same sys
tenn is in vogue. 1t is the secret custom
of the chief of police of this city to or
der the arrest of whom he pleases and
lodge them in jail, making no public
record of the matter and keeping the
people thus arrested in durance without
a shadow of the authority of law for his
action. These facts came 10 light on
Tuesday last by accident. Two men had
been thus shanghaied and their where
abouts was unknown until their at
tempted self-destruction in the prison
cell.
This tact which ought to have been
sent flying by Telegraph to every part of
the union was suppressed. This outrage
which should have blazed forth beneath
twenty head lines in the daily press was
quietly smothered. This infamy which
Should have been followed by the
prompt arrest and quick punishment of
patrick Crowley, chief of police of San
Francisco, was followed by nothing save
obsequious and siavish submission to the
impndent arrogance of this official.
These are the details Of the matter:
AS prisonkeeper Melody was making
his rounds at IL p. m. last Sunday, he
smelled escaping gas in the new prison. y
and upon opening the tank occupied by
Partick 0'Meara and James Downey,
found that they had stuffed their trous-
ers into the ventilator, and closed up
the "wicket"-an aperture eight inches
square in the door. Thus having made
the boiler-iron cell nearly air tight they
had blown out the light, allowed the gas
to escape, and were calmly awaiting
death by suffocation when they were
rescued. They had been confined since
Friday, October 5th, no public register
having been made either of the arrest or
detention, no warrant having beens worn
out against them and they not having
been arrested when in the actual COM
mission of a felony.
Have.you missing friend? Mayhap
she rests unknown and forgotten in the
cell of the county jail his arrest unre-
corded his "crime" unknown, his very
memory dying from, our minds in the
oubliettes of Patrick Crowley. -
Have you brother who has disap-
peared in this great and wicked city
Weep not for his death for he may not
be dead Perhaps he lies also in the
secret cells of the "new prison. waiting
.painly for release, calling for his accu-
sers, asking for-his crime, and asking in
vain.
And do you dare objectf And do you
dare to raise q voice in protest against
the tyrant who deigns to override the
laws and constitution of the land alike ?
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
Beware, 1 tell yon, waref Rsnen

Iber hist You have but one friend, Sileaee.
Remember the Starting eyes and hacE
ened faces Of Downey and 0sMeafa lying
IN their cells, and know that yop have
no liberty even u die. Rsmembera the
brutal hand Of the officer placed upon
collar of Mr., Jeffries, of Trinity church,
for daring to question the authority of
the police 10 disperse q public meeting
of the peoples IL GRemember the illegal
and imam BUS refusals to allow bail in the
times of the league of deliyerance year
ago, Remember last Of all the bloody
corpse of Shanahan beaten and bruised
by pohcenaan's clubs. Remember these
and pause. San Francisco Truth.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
FLAIR AND UNFAIR.
ATull List u Shops inth City uns
! der the Trades Assembly, ana 7
al!q Their Status. 2

JEsa
The following Is intended to bel eompl, te
isl Of the fair and unfair -establishmeL Is ID
Den yer ia the different trades connected with
he Trades Assembly. twill be altered from
lime to timo as the shops change their com.
ple1ion. Anyone. noticing errors in the lists
will ponfsria favor by calling at this office
and giving in the correction. ! yfsnagL r
{ / PRINTERS.
Qs9 .rs,s...5g I. UNION, .'' ..'''''t''' >!
Rocky Mountain News, Larimer. .
Is Denver Tribune, Sixteenth. - ','....
6 Denver Republican, Sixteenth. ]'F,F .
Inter Ocean, Larimer. i"' t. =
Labor Enquirer, Larimer.t .F 4...Et 90
Pomeroys Democrat, Larimer. 'irs' a
Colorado Farmer, Curtis. Hi 7-,...u' e
Rocky Mountain Herald, Fifteenth. t
Celti Lsrimer!h sLi ...ssfts4J .......-.-..,
Queen Bee, bet, iarimer and Lawrence. ID
+, Colorado Journal. fGerman), HolIadsy.,I
Denver Law Journal, 374 Lawrence,
IS Colorado Law Rsporter, Curtis and 18th.
King B others, Lsrimer. ".7' E
Montague, Champs. p"
Whipple q Pierson. Fifteenth -*'>% =
Collier & Cleavelahd, Holladay. sja .
George o. Scott, Larimer. *
C.J Kelley, Holladay. 3....E '..
Fisher & Collins, Arapahos.n :, .g,
B. F. Zshnger, Larimer. a.. H.
Carter & App, Larimer.
q Frederick 4 Son, 24O l.2 Fifteenth.
Frank J. Hard Sixteenth. :.
Times, Lawrence. ...j
Dove q Temple, Curtis.
Colorado Courier, (German), Fifteenth,
Wood d Doyle, West Larimer.
John Frederic, Fifteenth.
Journal of Commerce, Arapahoe.
Hotel Reporter, Arapahoe. "
Colorado Posten. Scandinavian J, Arspahoe
TAILORs.!
Skinner Bros Wright, Is h and Lawrence
= j. Sinclair, Larimer.
Charles howard, Lawrence,
b. .Ornsuer. Sixteenth.
}. OConnor, 'ranahoe.
A N. Williams & Co., 24S Fifteenth,
Appel Co., Lsrimer and 16th.s
q Bell, Curtis
L. Harrison, Seventeenth.
JULIUS Natnan, Sixteenth street.
SCABs.
Frank & Putnam, Curtis.
w. Burgmsnp, Fifteenth.
John Bray, Lawrence.
" sTONECUrTERs.
UNION.
Robert Greenlee.
William Harvey.
Brunton & Co.
Ed. Barker
Smith & Brindle.
SCABs.
J. D. McGilvrsy & Co.,
Thos. Hayes & Co.
f Ackroyd.
J. Singer.
MOLDERS.
All pay the scale and union men are
employed. There are no "scab" shops in the
city By order
DENVRR TRADES ASSEMBLY,