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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
Fate Of a COnundrummer.

Our Stray Sander was sitting acrsss
two chairs yesterday morning, sharpen
ing his scissors with a knitting needle
preparatory to 'cutting off the coupons
of the repudiated Cory bonds in which
looking individual came in and re-
marked:
Sunny man here?"
present" answered the S. S.
"Where is he?" asked the j. i.
The S. s. pointed his bony inde0fnger
to himself.
"You!" exclaimed the j. l. l., ssyou
look as though there was about as much
fun in you as in hearse."
''Thank you," modestly replied the
S. S.; lean do anything for you?"
80 no, was the answer, 81 only
wanted to tell you a conundrum which
Just occurred to me, and strikes me as
pretty good"
The S. s. sighed, and look of pa
tent resignation overspread his alabas-
ter cheek, as he invited the j. |. i. to
proceed.
''This is it: why should an Indian
be a good PROTECTOR +"
81 haven't the slightest idea.'
80 guess
'sMy guesser is out of order to-day"
''Give it up?"
'Yesn
because he-he! he! he!-beeause he
hal ha! ha!-knows how to take hair
of people-he! he!-pretty good, amt
it? Don't you seeP' exclaimed the i. /.
i, and he dug his fingers in the ribs of
the S. s., who gazed vacantly at his
visitor.
Don't you see?- take hair take care
pretty good, amt itP''
Hair? did you say?" queried the S. S.
ayes; take hair, take care scalp
you know and the j. !. i. began to look
desperate.
''Scalpp what does scalp protect
the headP Is that what you meanP''
mo! don't you see the pun? Take
care-take hair and the ]. |, i. began
to get red in the face.
80 yes, see" said the S. s., faint
smile creeping over his pallid features.
"a pun is ita A scalp-take hairP
With pleasure!" and the S. S. reaohed
for the Bogardus kicker, but the j. /. i.
had disappeared, and was last seen on
the corner of Sycamore and Seneca
Streets, vacantly scratching his head
and inquiring the way to New jersey
OIL CITY Derrick.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
TransnIantIng Trees in Autumn.

Some dealers of trees recommend
setting both trees and shrubs in the
autumn, but before spring change their
mind. at least, so far as outward eX-
preston goes, and urge transplanting
in the spring This is evidently done
to lengthen out the selling season.
Good, reliable nurserymen will recon-
mend setting in the autumn only such
trees and shrubs as are hardy, and have
well ripened wood. TIE set a peach
tree in the autumn is to invite failure,
but an apple tree may be set with al
most as much certainty of success as If
set in the spring, providing it be set at
the proper time. To set any tree just
before the ground freezes is poor man.
30 agement, because it does not give time
for the earth to settle closely around
the roots, which is important,
When trees or shrubs are to be trans
planted in the autumn, an effort Should
be made to do the work as soon as the
leaves fall.
There are some shrubs that it is i'm
portant to transplant in the autumn;
among them may be named the cur
rant and gooseberry; these start very
early in the spring, so early that it is
difficul6 to set them before the buds
IA burst open, but our experience is that
II Bl0Y De SET IN the autumn anu wei
mulched with manure, they readily
start and grow almost as well as if not
removed; but all trees and shrubs that
leavesout early, if transplanted, in the
spring after the buds are burst open, as
is usually the case, receive check and
2 fail to make a satisfactory growth the
first year; but trees and shrubs that
start late, and also those that are not
perfectly hardy should not, as a rule,
be removed in the autumn even though
the work can be done in good season.
tts9 There are several objections to plant
ing trees in the autumn. First, in re-
moving the trees the spongioles or feed
.ssR ing roots are broken off. thus depriving
the tree of its regular channels of COM
munication with the moisture of the
soil until such times as new ones can
.- grow. Second, if the tree be of any
size it is exposed to the winds of win
ter, which often loosens the roots of a
newly set tree. Thirdly, the soil around
the roots will not be in as good condi-
ton for the tree to make rapid growth
as if set in the spring. To partially off
set these there is the advantage of hav-
ing the first pick of trees, which is worth
more than is usually believed; then
there is the advantage of having more
time to do the work well than there
usually is in the spring; but no tree OF
shrub should be set at any season un-
less. time enough is to be taken to set il
Massachusetts PIOuqhnldn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
Stable Cleaning.

Forty to fifty years ago, and we are
sorry to say that the evil still exists at
the present time at points far away
from towns and cities and dense popu-
ations, there was nothing so much
neglected as the keeping of COW stables
clean. AS a common rule they were
cleaned out once week-on Saturday
and then it was not so much on ac-
count of the comfort and health of the
animal and the convenience and tidi-
ness of the mixer, as simply because
the pile of manure must be gotten out
of the way to allow of the putting up
and letting loose of the cattle mornings
and evenings. We have seen the ma
nure in the cattle stalls two feet deep
Of almost clear dung, with the hinder
part of the animal at least one foot
higher than the front part, and the
cattle being driven out to the pasture
field with quantities of fresh dung hang
ing to their TANKS, which from day to
day received layer upon layer until it
was one disgusting mass, and was left
there until it became dry and hard, and
fell off in flakes of its own action. The
litter-about fourth of the quantity
cattle now receive of the
stalks of corn-fodder which could not be
eaten, the weeds left in the hay, the rak-
ings of dirty straw lying about the out
buildings, and sometimes mixed with a
few leaves from the woods. The food
of the dairy COWS consisted of mustY
corn-fodder, second crop clover, and
orchard grass badly cured, chat from
the winnowings of the threshed grain,
oats, straw, etc. The cows were of
course as thin almost as skeletons, and
their product of poor milk was about
one-half of what would have been OBJ
tanned from properly fed cattle. The
factis that the farmer took no pride in
his live stock. The idea of giving them
clean stalls, good ventilation and nour-
ishing food never entered his thoughts,
and if it did would have been regarded
as an utter waste of money without any
return.
But look ut the stables now of the
dairy stock! Their stalls are wide, clean
and fresh, the cattle themselves are
bright and sleek, with no projecting
ribs, and pleasant to handle, Well-fed,
comfortable in every way, and CRYING
two or three times the quantity Of milk
and as rich as it is abundant. The
butter from such cows commands twice
the price from its careful manufacture
and uniform excellence. At the pres
ent time also the farmer feels more
pride in his dairy stock than in any
thing else upon his farm. He finds
that they give double return for all
the extra care and cost of their inn
proved treatment, and that he has
nothing upon his premises that pays
him so well in every respect as they
Lancaster Farmer.
The Chinese exclusion law has
given an impulse to Japanese emigra-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
A New Aspect Of Emigration.

The French are quite alarmed at the
number of foreigners who crowd into
France. 1t has rapidly increased of
late years, and now includes 1,001 900
persons, nearly thirtieth of all the
souls in France. About one-half of the
immigrants are Belgians, but the Ital-
ians are coming in regiments, and the
Spaniards, and even the Germans, rap
idly increase. The French statists dis
like the movement, but it keeps up a
population which otherwise would de-
cline, and it may be taken as a rule
that the country which can attract i'm
migrants can absorb them. We have
no men more English than the sons of
the Germans who begin to swarm into
our cities. In Switzerland, where every
thing depends upon vote, there is
much more reason for alarm, some can
tons -Neufchatel, for instance receiv-
ing immigrants in excess of the native
born population. The rush of Europe
toward America is now perceived to be
a movement of importance to the world,
though eighty per cent. of all inhab-
itants of the Union are still native-born;
but the internal movement of the peo-
pies among the European States has
received little attention. 1t is, however,
worth notice. There are provinces in
Germany which are nearly Slav. and
counties in Scotland in which the base
of the population is Milesian Irish
London Spectator.
1t is said that the sum of $50, 900
is annually contributed by American
ocean travellers to British charity insti.
buttons.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
For Young Readers.
II LITTLE GIRLS STORY.

Tn going to tell you a story
It's nice, l know you'll say;
sli Not an old tale ~ sS4Dl . ~
Worn out and stale ~ 2'
made it myself to-day. -
There was once bee-uOo-tiful Princess
Oh, ever SO long ago! II tasFss
When fairies and Kings
i .s And all such things
Were common enough, you know.
And oh, she was awful1y lovely!
With eyes as blue as the sky;
Slender and fair, "5
With long, Light hair,
And about as big as /.
Butch, she was awful unhappy l
And if ever she smiled at ALL al
Twas once in awhile,
T sd A-weak little smile, az
When she played with her Paris doll.
For she had such terrible teachersl
And lessons she could not bear;
And she hated to sew,
And she hated-0h,
She hated TO comb her haiFl .
Well, one day, she wandered sadly
4 In a dark and dismal dell; s
When do you know,
She stlIbbed her toe, a't8
And tumbled into WE'LL
The we'll was wet and shiny,
And dark and muddy and deep, Ti4 M
But the frogs below
They pitied her so, s5sf,s3sf .etl.
They scraped the mudin heap.
And then they dubbed together,
And toad-stoo1 tan they made;
And safe on. that teF ~
The Princess sat,
And waited for mortal aid.
And she, to keep from crying,
And her anxious fears disable, [sf
Repeated fast,
From first to last, 4itI tetE
Her multiplicaion-table.s
And all the songs and verses
She had ever learned to say }ffigI
Books she had read,
Pieces she'd said, &t
And the lessons of yesterday.
II Now, Prince there came a-riding,
In the forest thereahout;
When he saw the fair
Maid sitting there,
Of course, he helped her out.
= And, of course, they rode together, ef
Till they reached the palace gate,
.r Where they alighted, II st'f
Their tale recited,
And the wedding was held in state.
III. N. GOlC, in st. Nicholas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
One q the Prevalent Diseases.

J. In The Lancet and Clinic Or. slennel
defines the now so prevalent q ls
conimonly termed general paralysis y
an affection of the anterior portion ~, I.
the cerebrum-that part which 1ne
study of comparative anatomy ana an !,
thropology Indicates to be the sea- !.
intelligence, and which modern e2psli-
mental Investigations assume to COZ COL
tain the. motor eentersf fIhe ps. .Li,
logical anatomy, according TO ~
writer, consists Of changes in the men,
branes of the brain usually InO "
marked in the interiors; wei ..a q
changes in the cortex and suDcofs l:ar
regions, Affecting chiefly the an1el ,ior
cerebral convol6tiens. Its .earnc u
symptoms, he says consist chevy =
morbid manifestations of inteil ls ~
want of accustomed Judgment LII =
of memory, boastfulness, ete-s al .a,, !.
failure Of the motor functions ecu es;nr
ring simultaneously and prog5s.esssa55s
correlatiyelyswith the mental aissu'1
ances
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20

Here is part of a pen-picture of
Washington, d. c., to. day; Gas COM
pared with the capitals of Europe one
cannot see the glitter of snowy aris-
tocraey. titled mobiles and titled church
men with their brilliant equipages, or
large array of army uniforms, but
Washington displays q larger proper
ton of rich and elegant homes occu-
pied by owners, who have high social
position in an intellectual society, and
who are able to live happily and enter
tain their friends Hospitality, than any
other city. And besides it has but very
little OF extreme poverty and few pau
pers to support. IN. r Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20
Two very large mountain lions. II

Two very large mountain lions, the
largest one standing thirty-one inches
high and measuring six feet eight inches
from the tip of his nose to the tip of the
tail, were killed few days ago near
Watson's sheep ranch, about half way
between Diamond City and Fort Logan.
and some fifty miles from Helena, Mon
tana.-C CHICAGO Tunes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20

"A saloon in Greenwich, Conn,
called the Peg-Eye, has been used ever
since 1910 to evade the laws of New
York and Connecticut, one end of it
being in Connecticut and the other in
New York. -Hartford Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20

-Australia gathers the credit q nav nav
ing the tallest trees in the world, ~
eucalyptus has specimens OF from : :l.st
hundred to five hundred feet IN he 60
They lack the girth Of California az -
however San Francisco CasTofsscss.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20

The Chinese exclusion law has
given an impulse to Japanese emigra-
ion to California.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-20

1t is said that the sum of $50, 600
is annually contributed by American
ocean travellers to British charity insti.
tutions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-20
The Cultivation OF Coffee.

Statistics prove that the coffee plant
will bear climatic extremes, and that il
will thrive in localities differing as much
as twenty degrees to thirty degrees in
average temperature. 1t flourishes best
on uplands and mountain sides, from
100 feet to $500 feet above the sea
level, and in the tropical belt between
the twenty-fitth degree north and the
thirtieth degree south of the Equator
Brazil boasts sixteen species of the
plant growing wild. But coffee. as an
article of commerce, only began to he
known in Brazil in 1722. By the year
1850 that country exported 100000
pounds, though Cuba at that period was
shipping 25,O0O,00O pounds. Toward
the end of last century, however, large
sugar and other estates in Brazil were
converted into coffee plantations, and
in 1880 the expectation reached q, 9S5
tons; in 1910. 48, 1872 tons; in 1850, 3d.
g07 tons; and in 1850, 1851 tons.
Subsequently there was some diminu-
ton in the returns. Coffee has now be-
gun to be largely cultivated in Colima,
small State on the Pacific coast. A
line drawn from the port of Vera Cruz
to the port of Manzanillo would bisect
Colima, and the coffee grown in this
d strict has the reputation of being re-
markably good. Cordova and ORR aba
coffee is equal to that of Cuba. but the
Colimais said to be superior even to the
favorite Mocha. In Mexico, coffee cult
ure is making great progress, and it is
destined hereafter to be one of the main
exports Of that country 7. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-20

The perpetual pensions received by
the Dukes of Marlborough. Grafton and
Richmond have lately been the subject
of m CHI unfavorable criticism. The
pensions granted by Charles Ii. to the
Duke OF Richu ond were redeemed
early in the present century by pay
ment of nearly half million, and
those of the Duke of Grafton have been
bought up at various times for about
$3.50, 900 except one of $500 year.
compensation for an office which was
abolished in the reign OF Charles ii.
The Duke of Marlborough, however,
continues to receive 81, 900 year, and
the Duke Of Wellington has the same
amount. Nobody knows TO what Q 4
tent the first Duke of Marlborough
plundered the country, but nearly
f5OO,O 900 was paid by Parliament for
Blenheim. and an even larger sum was
voted TO purchase and lay out Strath-
fieldsaye and its estate for tho Duke of
Wellington. The Duke of st. Adams
receives IL. POO q year as hereditary
grand falconer, but this is paid by the
Sovereign
Ia Cowr err pr decessor in the title
received f113,OOO as compensation for
hereditary pension received by him as
heir to the Earl of Bath, and to the
Lord d. Auverquerque. and less than
seven years ago the Duke of Leeds was
given Egg, 600 as comm tation for his
pension of FL, OS0, as one of the hei 6
to the Duke of Schomberg. The Earls
of Kinnoul receive f61o per annum,
but they sold this pension many years
ago. However. it will go on being
paid till the title becomes extinct
There are several other ancient pen.
sions, but of smaller amounts. Oh
parliamentary grants we find Colonel
Stuart receiving $4,000 yea (grant.
ed 1901, as b 'ir OF William Penn
Lord Rodney receives $1,000. and
Lady Rodney 900. which pensions,
granted n 80, are 10 last as long a:
there is an heir male OF the first holder
of the title. Earl Amherst has rejoiced
in $1,000 q year since 1903. This PEN
sion WIS voted to compensate him foI
the loss of a grant which had been
illegally made 10y George Ii. Earl Mel
son has pension of $4,000. which is
to st as long as the title. The widow
of the Admiral received $4,000 a year
from 1906 till her death, in 1881. After
Trafalgar each of his sisters three) re-
ceived 100000. and EGO, 900 was voted
to purchase the estate in Wiltshire,
now known as Trafalgar. -London
Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-20
WoMANS LOVE.
''oh. this is woman's love, its joy, its pain

"oh, this is woman's love, its joy, its pain"
10 gaze on him. the loved one, and to trace
On thy hearts tablets; then, when he IL gone,
Mem'ry OF him mas cheer thee when alone;
To see hin smile, 10 watch his speaking eye
Gazing on thine, as il Ii asked reply: y ~
To know his voice amid hundred round,
And feel thy beating heart respond the
sound.
To lean confiding ON his arm and know.
III danger threatens, twill avert the blow;
To listen for his footsteps and to hear
Thy own heart beat with love, and doubt, and
To hear at last his sep. snd rise TO greet
The one thy heart yesrns fondly thus to meet;
To think of him when absent, and to pray
For grace to guide him on his per lous way.
To hear him praised for deeds of goodness
done;
To see him enyied. and to know thou'st won
His pure fond love, and that whate' er betide,
In veal or woe. thy place Is by his side;
To love him better in misfortune 8 hour
Than in his youthful prime, his day of power:
To feel. though Fortune frown, though friends
Though sorrows overwhelm, thou for bis sake
Canst smile at Fate, and cheer and bless his
lot
.'The world forgetting, by the world forgot"
Though sickness bows the form, and dims the
eye
Whose glance controlled thy youthful des-
Tnoueh pain may chafc that spirit cen to
vent
-On-thee murmur of its discomfort,
Yet DER his couch wilt thou unweared bend,
And soothe and bless, though pangs thy bosom
rend:
To see him suffer, and to feel and know
That cen thy love can not avert the blow.
To watch the livelong night, and weep and
pray
For him, the loved one, till the dawn of day;
To see the wasted form, the sunken eve
Still gazing on thee, though imp!oringly;
To press thy lips upon the pallid brow.
AID try to smile, lest grief thy fears avow:
To catch from lips so loved the last faint
breath,
Then, shrinking, own the bitterness of death!
-ChGgaI,ers' Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-20
Dishonest Railway Passengers.

mo fewer than 1888 persons were
detected during the past half year try
ing to defraud the North ondon Com.
pany by riding II a superior class to
that for which they had paid. or by pay
ing no fare at ALL" Such is the state.
ment of the worthy Chairman of the
North London Railway Company. and
causes reflections which are the reverse
of pleasant. As the North Londoners are
probably not more immoral than other
people, these figures indicate an I'M
comfortably large percentage of petty
rogues in our midst. Still there are
palliatiOns. just as there are people
who will purloin an umbrella but not
a watch: SO there are people who will
not scruple to .best'' a railway COM
pany, who would be 10th to wrong o
private person. They copy the moral.
ity of the medieval outlaws who plum
dered rich abbots and fat graziers, but
spared the poor man g donkey or goose.
Then there is a difference of degrees in
the guilt of the offenses above enumer-
ated. We should not like to make a
bosom friend of man who habitually
shouted 'Seasonm on passing the col.
lector. although in actual fact ticketless
But the man who, with crowded train,
and only thirty seconds to get into it,
leaps into first class carriage with Q
second or third-class ticket, may, if be
does not do it often, be decent fellow
enough.-Lond0n Graphic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-20
The Great Statue OF Liberty.

A singular problem in engineering is
presented to the committee which has in
charge the construction of the pedestal
for the great statue of Liberty in New
York harbor. About eighty thousand
dollars out of the necessary two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars have
been raised, but nothing has been done
about the work. 1t is probable that OPP
eraions would be begun at once with
the funds in hand, if it were not that no
plans have been made, and no architect
or engineer has been engaged to make
them, the committee not having been
able to find any member of these pro-
LESSONS willing to contribute them for
nothing, or rather for the "great credit
which, eff properly DONE" they will
..reflect upon the designer and engin-
eer."
As the values of the drawings and SUI
perintendence for the pedestal alone, to
say nothing of the responsibility of see
ing the statue placed safely upon it,
would be about twenty-five thousand
dollars, we fear that the committee will
look long before they find the individ-
uals whom they seek. The task itself,
Independent of any consideration OF
proper payment for the time and re-
sponsibility involved, is not one that the
most skillful engineer would wish to
undertake hastily. The statue weighs,
complete, only about eighty tons, but
presents an immense surface to the wind,
and stands, moreover, on compare
lively small base.
Considering that it is not extremely
easy to construct brick chimney of the
same height-one hundred and forty
eight weighing ten times as much,
of pyramidal form, and standing on the
ground, so as to resist the force of a
storm, the difficulty of raising and Sc
curing the statue, not on the ground,
but on the top of pedestal nearly one
hundred and fifty feet high, is apparent.
There are no precedents for anything of
the kind, and it will hardly do to secure
the figure by the rope stays, like those
of derrick, which the incapable engi-
neer would naturally resort to.
The members of the committee seem
themselves to have perceived something
of the difficulty of the undertaking, and
have telegraphed to France for instruc-
tions as to the mode of doing the work.
We do not generally volunteer Advice,
but it seems to us that the plan said to
be employed by the Japanese for secur-
ing their light pagoda towers against
the effects Of wind, by means of long
weight or pendulum, hung from the top
of the tower, and reaching nearly to the
floor, might perhaps be employed with
good effect for the New York statue.
A very similar device, applied by Sir
Christopher Wren, has for two hundred
years held up the spire Of Salisbury
Cathedral, as well as those Of one or
two other English churches. in which q
heavy wooden framework, extending as
far downward as the construction of the
tower permits, is suspended by strong