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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
For Young Readers.
THE LITTLE SCHOOL.


Such beautiful place for g school," you
On the hillside green where the breezes blow;
Where daisies and buttereups grow all the
And sunshine and shadow at hide-and-seek
play.
Little Miss Jessie, dear little girl,
With eyes full of sunshine and hair all a-cuFl
Says: Look at me, child en-, twill be great
pity
If I can't teach you something learn in my
city,"
Now little Miss Jessie is wondrously clever;
And since she has learned it, think she has
never
Forgotten just how she should spell the word
+cdt"
And it isn't I'm sure, epsrU child can do that
So wee little Susie and chubby-eheeked ice
tfhe wecst of wee country pumpkins, you
know,
look hard at their teacher" and spell cat,
Which they stoutly pronounce ''p-u-s-s-i-e."
''Now, SUSIE" cries Jessie, "c-a-t spells cat. =
well, tat means DlGSSte; dess know dat
Lisps the small country maiden. who thinks it
more fun 1855
To be chasing the butterflies there in the sun.
20 Joey, gou spell it!'' cries Jess, in despair.
Joe giggles: Il seen a big snake over there r.
When 10! in jiffy schools out for that
For the Scared little teacher had scampered
-.nar1 D. Brine, in Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
GreeIy's Pluck.

That Lieutenant Greedy should have
survived so many of his physically SUI
perior companions is cause for much
astonishment among his friends here,
as he is described as the most delicate
of the party, and the one who would
naturally be expected first to succumb
to the hardships which the party en-
countered. A naval officer who was a
warm personal friend of the lieutenant,
says that undoubtedly he owes his life
to his indomitable pluck and the vigor
which he always devoted to any task
devolved upon him. As an instance of
this pluck the following anecdote of his
boyhood was related: s'When little
boy not more than sixteen years old,
Greedy visited an uncle on his farm in
Vermont. One day the uncle had oc-
casion to use the grindstone, which
may be found in every New England
door-yard, and loosely offered the boy
five cents if he would turn the handle
for two hours. The offer was accepted
and the little fellow began to turn. In
less than half an hour the perspiration
poured from him in streams; fifteen
minutes more elapsed and the tears be-
gan to mingle with the sweat of his
brow, but he still turned away man
fully. Then the uncle told him to
stop, that he had turned enough. and
could have the five cents without
more work. But the boy declined to
stop and worked away, although crying
with fatigue. He stuck to that grind
stone until the two hours had elapsed,
and he was laid up for some days after
ward. Knowing the man as / do, do
not hesitate to say that he made mp his
mind to surmount the obstacles and
bring his party through, and that it
was his mental superiority that proved
of more value to him than their physical
strength did to the unfortunate seven
teen. - Washington Cor. N. 7. Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
Why They QuarreIed.

In country town where I once lived
as boy the virulenee with which two
men hated one another was quite q
proverb. Mr.. A. and DIR. B. had once
been intimate friends, and though one
was Tory and the other a Radical,
had agreed to differ; they could even
afford to rally one another upon the
vehemence of their respective opinions
''For all your high and dry princi-
pies, said B. when the news came of
Queen Caroline's acquittal, '.you will
have toilluminate your house tonight. y
"There shall not be g. candle,n re-.
turned A. defiantly.
The next morning DR.. B. met his
friend and congratulated him, since the
violence of the mob had been very
great, that he had thought better of his
resolution and taken the prudent course
of lighting up his house.
II did nothing of the kind" said A.
''Then | don't know what you call
lighting up; it was SO well done, how
ever, that hear the mob gave you three
cheers. y
THAT is false replied A. excitedly,
and-not to 60 into painful details-a
blow was given and returned.
The fact was that A. had gone out to
dinner, and his wife, in spite of his in
functions, and preferring unbroken
windows to principles intact, had lit up
the house without his knowledge. A.
and B. went to their graves without ex-
changing another word with one an
other Cornht1 Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
Punched Coin In Cuba.

Santiago de Cuba is nearer to New
York than some of our big western
cities, but it is more curious and out
landish than any place of its size out
side of Asia or Africa. 1t is time
worn, stained, decrepit old town, such
as one might expect to find in the moon.
1t is q piece of brio a-brac among the
cities of the earth. New Workers reach
it in a five or six days sail by the
steamer Santiago or the Cienfuegos,
both of which touch there after leaving
Nassau, then go on to Cienfuegos, and
there turn and 60 back to New York.
New Workers should feel an especial
interest in Santiago, because that is
where nearly all the ''coins with holes
in Them went from this city. When
the storekeepers united to drive mutt
lated money out of town, bags and
chests full of it were taken on every
steamer that went to Santiago. Now
seven-tenths of the change in use there
is of this sort. A Santiago storekeeper
looks with distrust on an American dol
lar, and much prefers a Mexican,
Gillian, or Peruvian one, but he will
scrape and bow at a handful of five and
ten cent pieces full of holes. It is just
so in Cienfuegos, but in Matanzas and
Havana the currency is paper money,
and gold is quoted at 250.-N. 7. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
Wellington and Waterloo.

Wellington frequently exhibited an
almost unparalleled generosity. His
thoughtfulness, too, and love for his
soldiers were marked traits in his char
aeter. When the terrible day at Water
loo was over, it is said that the Dukes
feelings, SO long kept at the highest
tension, utterly gave way. and that, as
he rode amid the groans OF the wound
ed and the reeking carnage. and heard
the cries of the vanquished and the
shouts of victors, fainter and fainter
through the gloom of night, he burst
into tears. Soon after he penned let
ter which concluded thus: 81 have es-
capped unhurt; the finger of Providence
was on me" And later on he wrote
the words: ''My heart is broken by the
terrible loss have sustained in my old
friends and companions and my poor
soldiers. Believe me, nothing except
battle lost can be half so melancholy as
battle won. The bravery of my
troops has hitherto saved me from the
greater evil; but to win such battle as
this of Waterloo, at the expense of so
many gallant friends, could be termed
only heavy misfortune but for the re-
suit to the public
The following morning DR.. Hume
fastened, by the Dukes orders, to his
tent, there to read to him the terrible
list of the dead and wounded. He
found the Duke asleep, but, not daring
to break his commands, awoke him,
.'In an instant" we are told, '.his
Grace, dressed as he was in full regi-
mentals, was sitting on the bedside. y
s'Read!" was the significant COM
mand. For more than an hour had the
doctor read aloud the narrowing list,
and then his voice failed and his throat
choked with emotion. He tried to con-
tinue, but could not. Instinctively he
raised his eyes to the Duke. Yelling
ton was still sitting, with his hands
raised and clasped conyulsiyely before
him. Big tears were coursing down
his cheeks. In moment the Dukewas
conscious of the doctors silence, and,
recovering himself, looked up and
caught his eye. 'Read on, was the
stern command; and, while his physi-
clan continued for four hours, the ''Iron
Duke sat by the bedside, claspino his
hands and working his body to and fro
with emotion.-Gbtcago Tribune
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
The Want Of Farmers.

The average farmer has for tho past
few years been very progressive and a
great advance has been made in many
respects, but it now seems that tenn
porary halt has been made, and that
there must be new impulse given be-
fore another start forward will again
be made. The great gain has been
made, not so much in greater results
per acre, but in the extension Of terri
tory devoted to grazing, CROPS and
special farming, made possible by the
Introduction Of the most expensive and
sklllfully devised machinery. The aext
step forward must be made in the di-
reetion of better crops, and this adj
vance will of necessity have to be the
result of mental activity.
The census report places the average
production of crops at a very low yield
per acre. The average wheat yield of
Ohio will not possibly exceed sixteen
bushels per acre, which is hardly re-
turn that compensates for the total cost
of production, and what is true of wheat
is quite as true of the rum of other
crops. Now and then one finds a
farmer succeeding in raising crops of
nearly double the average yield, show
ing that there is possibility that soil
can be protitably TILED when the re-
quirements of the case are understood
and then acted upon. Some writer has
aptlY said that q failure is often made
of wheat crop on land especially
adapted to potato culture; barley is
grown at loss on land that would pro-
duce magnificent aud paving crops of
oats. The cause of all this is simply
lack of the knowledge of the constitu-
ents of the soil, their adoption to diff
ferent plant growths; to lack of suffi-
cient thought on these matters. The
owners plod along year after year with
a bare subsistence, with little more
thought than the teams they drive,
finding fault with the soil, weather,
Providence, their business, everything
but the right one-their own ignorance.
The buying of improved machinery,
blooded stock and all the other modern
aids to farming, will not pay unless
there is a purpose to work and use
them to an advance point in keeping
with their capabilities. TO use them
as labor savers, simply to do the same
work upon the farm that was done be-
fore, is not really an advance step in
farming. but when they are used in
proportion to their possibilities then
their true worth is seen, and go ahead
farmer is discovered emerging the
from s'ruts'' that hide many an other
wise splendid ability. The farmers who
read are the lucky ones. It is this class
just mentioned who are members Of
farmers clubs, take the best journals
published, buy each year dozen or so
of the best books that are issued, and
who are not always basing their expec-
tations of becoming rich and prosper
Gus upon the adoption of free trade,
and the consequent cheapening of every
thing they buy. but does see that his
prosperity and protection of American
labor are co-dependent upon each other.
There is want of more though and a
wider range of knowledge in this cealn-
try. and the prosperity Of the future will
be dependent upon it, and Aeeding II,
will finally obtain the end sought
Cleveland Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
An Egyptian City.

Carlo is 100 miles from Alexandria
1t is the largest city in Africa, and see.
ond largest in the Turkish Empire
Constantinople leading it. Its present
population numbers about half a mil
lion. The old town is oriental through
and through. The average Yankee is
more interested in the street scenes in
the old town than the many wonderful
monuments to the greatness of the dy-
nasties with which the city is sur.
sounded. The streets are narrow
crooked and dirty, filed with camels.
donkeys, dogs that never get out Of
Your way, noisy boys and swearing
men, and lined with shops, or bazaars.
as they are called, where all sorts off
odd things are sold by the lazy Turk
who sits cross-legged in the midst q
them' | can easily imagine that the
Cairo of to-day is not that of fifty wears
ago. The present Khedive has been
progressive man. Many western ideas
and inventions have been introduced
IN the country by him. The common
mode OF threshing wheat is by treadino
it out with cattle, as in Scripture times:
but saw steam threshing machine al
work on my way here from Alexandra.
numerous steam engines at work pump.
ing water, and several wheat drills.
The railway trains look very odd, but
they have the Westinghouse air-brake
en- them. Telephones are in use in this
city. The bridge over the Nile here ia
9 massive modern iron structure. New
caro-, the work of the Khedive, is well
laid off with broad streets, well paved,
lined with well-b houses, and orna.
mented with shade trees and numerous
fountains. and better lighted by oaa
than the streets of indianapolis. Coz.
Indianapolis Jourrsals
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
FARM AND FrRESlDE.

Try a piece of lemon instead OF
soap for removing dirt from the hands.
This is particularly good for hands
which chap in winter. Detroit Post.
To remove ink stains dipa sponge
in milk and rub the spot as soon after
the ink is spilled as possible; continue
the operation until the ink is out. -
CEeceya1ad Leader.
AN old-fashioned warm weather
drink which might once in while be
given to the children, is made of one
quart of water. one tablespoonful of
ginger, four tablespoonful of sugar,
and nearly half a pint Of vinegar. N.
7. Post.
Zephyr sbawls and hoods may be
cleaned by putting them into pan
with some flour; rub the articles as you
would wash anything if they were in
water, shake well and hang on the line,
and they will look as fresh as new.
Boston Post
Many farmers are very careless in
sowing buckwheat It is often the case
that old and worn out fields are
ploughed up for this crop. If well
ploughed and thoroughly narrowed
but one narrowing is not sufficient
~ y Herald.
"A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is a little dry, rub it fine
IN your hands or crush it on kneading
board put it into a pudding dish in
alternate layers with the pineapple,
sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold
water and bake in a moderate oven for
an hour and three-quarterS.- Albany
journal.
How to avoid cutting warm short
cake is difficult question. It is solved
by cutting the unbaked dough into two
equal parts. Roll one out; put it into
the baking tin, spread it with butter as
if it were already baked, then roll out
the other part and lay over it. When
baked these parts separate readily
without the aid of a knife. A thin
| coating of butter is all that is needed
I ~ 7. Post.
1t is stated in French agricultural
| journals that French cheese makers
are not satisfied unless they get from
$3.50 to $500 per annum from each COW.
| This is owing to their EXPERIENCES and
thoroughness in the manufacture of
cheese, and each particular agricultural
district of Fance has attained celebri-
| ty for the making of some particular
variety of cheese, developing into a
special and important Industry.
1t is time for our farmers to I'M
| derstand, says an Iowa experimenter,
that the days of the small horses are
over, except to drive to town and for
light livery work. They can not afford
either to raise them or own them. If
| they will observe carefully they will
discover that it costs no more to keep
8 colt two years than calf.
and that during these two years on
stock keep the cot willincrea5e in val
ne great deal faster than the calf.
| We do not advise farmers to go alto
gether into horse farming or into any
other specially, but along with the
calves and pigs, raise few good, large
colts. It is unsafe to devote farm to
any one kind of stock. The true wis
dom is to raise some of each, but what
ever you do, raise the best.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
Italian Bandits.

A Sicilian lady told me lately, to my
surprise, that she had never seen a ban
dit-they kept mostly to few locali-
ues-but she admitted that none of her
family ever ventured far from the
mouse without an armed escort. She
took that favorable view of brigandaoe
which is held in the island. There is
nothing extraordinary in it, she said;
1.-THE Government keep up large army,
every man has to serve seven years,
and, as they dislike soldering, they
run away. They cannot then obtain
employment, and they become bandits.
What would you have? They must
live. Well, they ere not so bad as the
Irish London Society.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18

One of the stone masons at work
on the Washington monument told
reporter that the summit of the monu-
ment is o terrible place to be during
thunderstorm. He had seen the light
ming flashing about, above and below
him, while the thunder peals almost
knocked him from his feet. 81 have
SEEM" he said, ''a great flash of light
ming blaze and crackle among the iron
work above my head. and then follow
the girders through the inside to the
ground, brilliantly Illuminating the
dark interior for an instant and filing
the air with a sulphurous smell. ~
- KusktaQt0H Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18
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Traps OF the Ages.

There is o harvest which is always
plentiful. The crop of fools never fails.
As the unfortunate nobleman languish-
ing in Dartmoor' openly believed,
''some people has plentysof brains and
no money; while others has plenty Of
money and no brains.n 'tSir Rogers
inference is obvious. He would have
deprived the foolish4rich of their wealth.
and SO left them doubly poor. Rogue
like, he falsely calculated his chances,
and found too late that some people
had money and brains rs well; so that
all his shallow philosophy and deep-
laid scheming ended in eonvict's fate.
Orton's motto, adapted, MOI originated,
by him, IS the scripture of impecuniousi
rascality; and, by living up to it,
scoundrels have earned q dishonest lives
lihood in sll ages The combat be-
tween cupidity and stupidity no doubt
commenced in prehistoric times, ana
will continue to flourish in spite OF the
| spread of culture As likely as not
Athenian sharpers played at thim.ble-
rig within the shadow of the Partbe-
non; and that Roman gamblers used
cogged dice has been proved to demon
stration by the discovery of the pre-
pared cubes dug up at Pompeii nearly
two thousand years after 3sWindler ana
dupe were buried alive in one common
ruin. No amount of preaching, no ex-
posure Of the ways of the wicked seem
to be serviceable in guarding the fools
from the effects of their transparens
folly. The genus fool never changes
and never dies. Though he should pc
''brayed in q mortar, yet will not DIS
foolishness depart from him. " Neasly
three hundred years ago q dissolnte
poet Greene, a contemporary OF Shake
speare- pubiished book exposing the
street rogueries of the Elizabethian
period. Therein the ''coney catchers;
cozeners and cross bitersn who infested
London in the olden time were held up
to scorn and obloqliy. For lIttle
while the author went ia danger of his
life from the daggers. OF the villains
whose secret he first Wormed out anu
afterwards made d market Of, Long
before the rascals we're al hanged Y
the book was out of print, however, tna
same lodges were resorted 10 by slInllai
sharpers il London. streets and fairs. a.
we know from the comedies OF Ben Jon'
son. London TELEGRAPH.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-09-18

Some of the watering place hotels
employ public entertainers. These sfS
women Of talent, who play on ths
piano, sing, and in every way make sns
time pass pleasantly to the guests, IoL
the compensation of the board ana
small salay.-M 7. Grapb5c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
A GREAT PARTY.

The st. Louis Post-Dispdtch, the
most ably edited democratic paper in
the West, says:
The republican party is not dead, dy-
ing or even badly damaged. Ifdemo-
Gratis think SO, and act accordingly,
they will be speedily undeceived-and
deserve what they are likely to get.
The republican party is the most per-
feet and powerful political organization
the nation has ever seen, and has a
longer series of unbroken successes
than any other. 1t proposes to live,
and will live; made wise unto saliva
ton by the result of its own blunders,
and ready to take prompt advantage
of those of its adversary. There will
now be a general and thorough repub-
lican house cleaning; the rogues will
be sent to the rear and honest men
brought to the front; and the chronic
evils which have so long disguised
and discouraged decent republicans
will receive the severe attention they
have 80 long needed. The republican
party of 1883 will be very different
enemy to fight than was the republic
can party of 1884. Four years of NIL
nority experience will have brought
wisdom, while stimulating sterner
discipline and more desperate effort to
recover lost ground. The mighty
machine which, for twenty-four years,
has directed and controlled the nation
al administration, will not fall to pieces
on such small provocation as losing
the seven successive victory by
Lac votes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
(CoH.iaaeG from Ia, rrooE.)
How Watch Gases are Made.

The many great Improvements intro
duced in the manufacture of the Jas. Boss
Gold Watch Case, have led to similar i'm
provements in the making of silver cases.
Under the old methods, each part of a
silver case was made Of several pieces Of
metal solGerel together, requiring great
amount of cutting and soldering. which
so!tcncd the metal and gave il the pliability
of lead rather than the elasticity of silver.
Under the improved methods, each part
of the keystone Silver Watch Case is made
of one solid piece Of metal hammered into
shape. The advantages are readily appar-
ent, for every one knows that haanaering
hardcns the metal while Offering solteEsit.
To test the superiority Of the keystone
Silver Watch Case, take one Of 8 OF. weight,
press it squarely in the center when closed,
and it will not give, while 4 case of same
weight OF any other make viii give enough
tobrea, the crystal. The keystone Silver
Watch Case is made Only with silver cap
and gold joints.
srad stamp Eeystg-- Etth C-s. Tncts- rhiIs
dslyis. ia, for haE,oz.c Illustrated rzll Ls~s how
(Ie ts e3rLiiIacl.)
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
An Enterprising, Reliable
EUOnse

Goodhue g. Evans can always be re-
lied upon, not only to carry in stock
the best Of everything, but to secure
the agency for such articles as have
well-known merit, and are popular
with the people, thereby sustaining
the reputation of being always enter
prising, and ever reliable. Having Sc
cured the agency for the celebrated
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, will sell it on a positive
guarantee. It will surely cure any
and every disease of the throat, lungs,
and chest, and to show our confidence,
we invite you to call and get trial
bottle free.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
OKLAHOMA.

The following letter, addressed to a
resident of Arkansas City, and pub
lished in the Traveller, confirms the
opinion expressed in last weeks REG
lister as to the possibility of locating
upon the Oklahoma lands:
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1884. !
T. G. MITTs.-Dedr Sir: am in
receipt of your favor of the - inst.
As matters now stand no person can
settle on the Oklahoma lands in the
Indian Territory.
These lands cannot be opened to set
Element eXceptsby act of Congress, and
until that action is had it would not
be prudent to attempt to locate upon
these lands. Some action may be ia
ken this winter, but in all probability
nothing will be done until next session.
The secretary of the interior has no au-
thority to grant permission to settlers
to locate on or occupy the Oklahoma
lands. Very truly yours,
JOHN A. LOGAN.