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The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-15

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.The Relief Fund,

AS promised in the appeal made for
'unds to continue the publication of the
paper, herewith present the receipts up
% date: 81 .,s...-. F.
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FARM AND FIRESTDE.

Dee hives should be raised occa-
gionally in the winter, and the dead
bees and Dirt swept ont. Exchange,
If potatoes are to be cooked in
their Jackets, q coarse cloth put into
the water 20 rub them with, not only
makes them cleaner, but saves time
and the Troy Times.
The want of pure and fresh water
accounts in many instances for the lack
of eggs during the winter season.
Fowls require q constant supply OF
water, and without it will not lay
Prairie Farmer.
Feeding baby: Young mothers
NAV not be aware that if the point of
the spoon be held against the roof of
the mouth it is almost impossible for
fluid - The Household.
An exchange recommends the fol
lowing as an unfaiIing remedy for
s.splintn in horses: Take oil of amber,
oil of spike, spirits of turpentine, equal
quantity of each. Apply twice day
and grease with little lard.
Sauce for Game or Poultry: Put
into stewpan and set on q slow fire q
quarter of a pint Of vinegar, three table,
spoonfuls of olive oil, bunch of sweet
herbs, and spice to taste. Add to the
whole some good gravy, and serve hot
Boston Globe.
The fact has long been well known
that wood ashes placed in kegs or
wooden boxes and set in wooden out
houses. have set the buildings on fire,
oft fs1 +hf
importance of putting such ashes in
iron vessels, and of storing in buildings
of masonry.
1t is, the american CultiuGtor says,
fact that the wheat crop in some of
the older States is now twice and often
three times as large per acre as it was
fifteen years ago. 1t ascribes this inn
provement largely to the buying of
superphosphates and other commercial
fertilizers.
Soda water: For the syrup take
two pounds sugar, two ounces tartar
| ic acid; over this pour three pints boil
| ING water. When cool add whites of
| three eggs beaten stiff, one-half cup of
-four stirred very smoothly in eggs,
one-half ounce wintergreen or other
favoring. Put two tablespoonful OF
this syrup in glass. fill nearly full of
water, then add one-half teaspoon OF
soda. Detroit Post.
Lovers of that sturdy old New
England dish, baked beans, may be
glad to know of a new wrinkle in
preparing it, suggested by Mr.. Phil.
brick in the Net0 England Farmer. 81
believe, he says, ''if people generally
knew what a delicious dish celery
makes with common baked beans, there
would be larger sale for it. Chop W
the celery fine and mix it with the bakeC
beans; season with vinegar and mustard
to taste; you will call for a second plate
of it every time"
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How Great Things are Done.

The success in great things generally
depends upon the care and faithfulness
with which all the little details are done
This is true whether it be q serm oron
shoe factory, play or printing
house, a picture or war.
The fact is strikingly illustrated by a
description of the manner in which the
fastest railroad train on the continent
is run between New York and Phila-
delphia, as described in the american
MdcItnist.
To accomplish the distance in the
time requires the most minute SUPER
vision-the engine even down to the
oil cans, must be in perfect order, the
brake air-pump working, the valves,
joints and reservoirs in exact condition.
To pass over what would be obviously
necessary in the skill and judgment of
the engineer. there is the skill of the
| fireman alone, whose neglect would
cause a serious difference in the time
which the train is obliged to make
His coal is all broken into Jumps of
equal size; it is to be pitched, while the
engine rocks and leaps, to the right
spot in fire-box ten feet long; only one
shovelful is thrown in at time, so that
the fire is not ohoked by too much fuel,
as it would be by an unskillful fireman;
but every two minutes in goes the right
quantity at the right spot and the door
closed quickly.
| When the engine arrives at its desti-
nation there are only a few inches OF
glowing Goals left, SO accurate. is the
calculation by which the steam in The
boiler is kept to an exact and steady
/ degree of temperature, and the very
highest service got out of the engine in
consequence. 1t is in this way invari
ably that great and substantial achieve.
ments in every department of life are
| gained. Detroit Free Press.
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Horizontal Wall Papers.

An English decorator makes the fol-
lowing suggestions with regard to aall
papers: Il think it would be q great
advantage and novelty to print all
The papers horizontally, as well as the
borders. 1t requires very great care
and precision TO get the filing paper
perfectly upright, and if the first length
hung at the beginning of a long wall,
say twenty feet, should be the least out
of a perpendicular, scarcely visible
under the plum line, it would make a
difference easily discernible at the other
end. In a set pattern, especially, it is
necessary to hang the dado border all
around the room to a certain mark or
pattern in the filing paper. The plan
adopt besides hanging the filing pa
per perfectly upright, IS to draw hor-
izontal line around the room about two
feet down from the cornice, in order
that | might prove the uprightness of
the filling by getting certain mark in
the pattern on the line throughout, as
well as matching on the vertical edge.
BIZ hanging the filing paper horizon
tally, accuracy may be obtained in an
easier and more perfect manner In
designing filing paper for the pur-
pose it perhaps may be found necessa.
ty to give different character TO that
which is hung vertically
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27
Fertilizing Fruit Trees.

1t appears at first sight a strange
practice to root prune with view to
check luxuriant growth and then to
to recover its strength by the applica-
ton of fertilizing agent. But this is
the practice that many excellent cult
vators have found it expedient to adopt
where oet-pruning has been carried
out. The explanation is that root-prt1n-
ing properly performed only sewers the
largest roots and it is acknowledged
that these large roots are only useful
in promoting an undue luxuriance in
the branches, which, in the case of trees
with limited fruit-bearing surface, is
not desired and therefore their removal
is q necessity. But anything that will
promote the formation of fibrous roots
within reasonable distance of the sur
face is essential to promote fruitfulness.
For this purpose many have found. in
dealing with soil that is not naturally
rich, that it is necessary to apply a
dressing of farm-yard manure over the
roots to encourage them to increase in
number and extend in usefulness.
Very much depends upon the char
hclef OF the SOIL ana the way IN WHICH IL
is treated When the soil is good and
deep. and manure is freely applied to it
for the use of vegetable crops grown
near the trees, no surface manuring
win be required. But in the case Of
gardens where a space is set apart for
fruit trees of this form, and where no
manure is applied for the use of other
crops, it is often necessary to give the
trees the benefit of a layer Of manure
on the roots Immediately after the root
pruning is completed. The proper way
to apply the dressing is to remove four
or five inches of the soil over the roots
and then lay the manure on them,
| placing the soil back again on the top
| of it. Unless the soil is very poor and
the growth weak, once in three years
win be often enough to apply the dress
| ing But in an extreme case it may be
applied annually. In our own case, in
one part of the garden where the soil is
not very good. we find it necessary to
take notice of the growth of trees, and
if we find any of them not quite SO Wig
orous as they should be, we apply the
manure oftener than on the better
| ground where the growth is of average
| Yigor. -Enqtisb Gardener.
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In the stIupal0. y

Trip sat on the stairs, talking to her
new dolly.
"Seems to me that you look sorwy.
Kathleen. Is it because you are lone
some without all those dollies at the
store where you come from? ! don't
want YOU to be honesick here, 'tause
/ loves you dearly, / Il do anything to
p ease you. I'd carry you way up 10
the tlpalo, only mamma doesn't low
me to go up there, 'tause I'm Yerwy
libel to fall down those 'teep tairs.
Mamma has callers in the parlor.
and don't want to int'rupt, but dess
she'd say might 60, il would be Yerwy
careful and not fall. Z
So up stairs toiled Trip with Kathleen
in her arms, till she finally stood safe
in the cupola.
:" Here we are, Kathleen, darling,
ism it lovely up hereP See these wed
curtains and that little lounge. Let's
play we're travellers, and have found
this nice little house tostop at, and WEI
go to bed on the lounge and sleep I'LL
morning"
So Trip laid down with Kathleen On
| the low, wide lounge.
"Why! it's most ike Jack and the
beanstalkl I'm Jack, and you're my
little sister, and this is the little glass
house way at the top. Jennie tells me
the story every day. We coined up here
'tause kept saying: Hitch my hutch
ct and up | 90! Hitch my Ratchet
and up go!' Oh! I'm 50 s,ecpyn ind
Trip yawned once or twice and was soon
fast asleep, but Kathleen never shut her
eyes.
There was fine stir down stairs
about half an hour after, when the cali
ers were gone and mamma wanted 70
find Trip.
Jennie she said, looking into the
kitchen, ''telI Trip it's nap-time. =
ssShe isn't out here, said Jennie;
sand l haven't seen her for an hour, az
l knows of.
They looked cup stairs and down
stairs and in the lady's chamber, then
all over the shed, yard and barn, call.
ing: "Trip! Tripr' but no Trip could
they find. Neither of them once thought
of the cupola.
Jennie went one way TO the neigh
bors, and mamma the other. They sent
to the store for papa, and had half che
men and women, boys and girls, on the
street looking everywhere for Trip.
An anxious crowd stood in the from
hail. all talking at once, advising ano
suggesting. Somebody looked up. ana
there sat Trip on the upper stair, LOOK
ing on with wondering eyes.
"Why, Tripr screamed mannns'
rushing up to her. where have yo1
beenp''
up in the tupalo, !" said Trip. .Anf
we had q booful nap up there, Kathleen
and IT. Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27
The Boy was All Right.

A clothing dealer down on Jefferson
avenue was dancing around the door
of his store in a great rage yesterday
when an acquaintance halted and asked
him the cause of his excitement:
''VY, dot new poy of mine sells man
a hat for a dollar dot vhas marked
twelve shillings!'
.'And you lose fifty cents?''
s.Feefty cents! | discharge dot poy
so queek his head doan' hat time to
shwiml"
In the course of an hour the pedes-
trian was repassing the store and seeing
the man at the door with smile ON his
face he asked:
'.Well. did you discharge the boy?''
dot poy yhas all right, sir! When
[ comes to inquire into it / doan' let
him 60 if | hat to pay him more wages
lie makes a mistake on price. but when
he gifts back der change for a ten dol
lar bill he gets me rid of all mY trade
dollars ind pieces nit holes in emf.
Detroit Free ETeSs.
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Hair.Dresslng in Japan.


The Japanese do not use . pillow Y
our sense Of the word. They have
small piece of wood something Ike
dog in shape, on which they lay tnen
heads, the girls and women serene l u
the consciousness that their hair VII
not be disarranged. The wonderful
structure Of japanese head-dIess y
usually made up once in four days. z
is evident that IL it were touzled On
down pillow, it would have to be dean
with every day. Children in some Gases
have the head closely shaved, but raotq
often the hair is Enthusiastically cultIyatea !,
A favorite style is to shave the head "
round the crown, leaving that covefea
with hair shaped like q skull esP.
Sometimes all is shaved save len
locks over the forehead. Anotnes
rather fetching design is to leave :
couple Of welI-defined locks over ether
ear, Just enough to hold the child PIP oY
il that were doomed q desirable G 5s1.
plinary process. Cor. London Oa'sg
Ne3gS
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Lincoln and the Speeds.

The late Joshua T. Speed, some years
before has death, gave me an interest
ing account of his early acquaintance
and intimacy with Abraham Lincoln.
One day Lincoln came into his store
and said: s'Speed, they want me
to run for the Legislature. What have
you to say about it?n Speed replied:
lido you think that you can be elect
ed2'i Lincoln answered: ''Well, the
boys say So. Every good replied
Speed. $50 it and | will stand by
you!e Lincoln was then Deputy Sheriff
of the county. He told Speed that he
wanted to study law, and thought from
hispay in the Legislaturethe could save
little money, which would enable him
to do it. He became candidate and
astouished the natives by his great ca
pacity on the stump. His competitor
had put a lightning rod on his house,
and it was the only one to be found in
all that region. Many roars of laugh
ter did Lincoln raise bv describing the
fear of his opponent that God Almighty
would strike him for his manifold sins
of omission and commission. The
election resulted in Lincoln's triumph.
Eight or ten months after the Legisla-
ture adjourned he again came into
Speeds store and said: 'sSpeed, |
have rented law office and am to pay
two dollars month for it. | have
counted up how much it will cost to fix
up bed in my Office, and it win take
Just seventeen dollars. VIII You credit
me for that amount?' .sOh, yes, said
Speed; shut think can put you in q
way to save those seventeen dollars,
'sHowP' ssWell, my partner and /
have been sleeping in the same he'd for
some time. He is gone now, and Il you
wish, you can take his place. Where
is Your bed?n 'sUp stairs. Lincoln
Immediately went up, and, after sur
veying the room and the bed, came
back and remarked: ''Well, Speed, I
am located. Mr.. Speed assured ME
that be and Lincoln slept together about
four years. Such is part of the early
history of one of the most remarkable
men of this age. Whether what I have
related had anything to do with the ap-
pointment of the Hon. James Speed as
Acknowledgement of the United States
know not. But do know that if
had been in Mr.. Lincoln's place, and
Joshua Speed had had brother, as he
had, who was qualified for that posi-
ton. he should have been assigned to
it. Certain it is that Joshua Speed was
one of President Lincoln's most inti-
mate and cherished friends throughout
his Administration. - Washington Cor.
Louisville Courier -,i0ttrnai.
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For Young Readers.
NINE YEARS OLD.

Ring ont. o bells, merry peal,
On this suspicious morn;
little maid, with golden locks
And soul of Heaven born,
Is nine years old,
Is nino years old.
From out your swelling throats, o birds
Pour forth your sweetest lays;
A little girl, with eyes of blue
And Winsome, joyous ways,
Is nine years old,
Is nine years old.
o merry brook within the glade,
Dance lightly on your way;
A precious child, this gladstone June,
And on this very day,
Is nine years old,
Is nine years old.
Fresh summer flowers, your petals ope,
With fragrance fill the air;
A human blossom on its stem
Unfolding, free and fair,
is nine years old,
LIS nine years old.
Young Balder, frisly household pet,
Come. wag your tail in glee;
Your little mistress, on this day,
AS even you may see,
Is nine years old,
is nine years old.
Come, uncles, aunts, and cousins, too,
And join in festive mirth;
Dear grandmamma, be young to-day;
Our maid of priceless worth
Is nine years old,
Is nine years old.
Glitter Johnson, IN st. Nicholas.
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A Woman Who Could Keep Secret

Miss Elizabeth Richards. member
of the Orthodox Friends meeting and
native of this city, who died at her
home in Wilmington on Monday at an
advanced age, conducted private
school in Philadelphia for twenty live
years. She then opened school in
Wilmington. where She was engaged in
her educational profession for a con-
tinuous period Of fifty-four years, re-
firing nearly five years ago The great
est secret OF her life was her age, and
this she never told any one, always
avoiding the question when asked. On
her tleath-bed, a few hours before she
died, she refused to reveal the number
of years she had lived, and destroyed
all evidences of the date of her birth.
It is asserted by one who was familiar
with her and who attended her school,
that she was los years old.-Biladet
phiG Record.
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it." said Mrs. Wright She added. :;
guess you love order as well as snv
MS, if the truth were known. > = &
mo. mamma, | am sorry, but T -
itively hale order. What I Iowa i p9s
fly my kite-or to make boat and a ~ y
iton the pondi and when it is dsse ~
love to come in and see you. and ..
supper of huckleberries and mill 80 ~
doughnuts; but just despise to BE- 81
ways folding up, or hanging m u
picking up something's : II :
In emphasizing his views. .Tan,;4
ierked the table-cloth, SO that hail.
tray and spoon went elatterinc II ~
floor. Then there were two m ~
things to pick up! S'S
"Still, said Mrs. Wright. 6 i th;nr
there are some kinds Of order which , ~,
like wv
g I am afraid not, mamma. NOT ona y
When you have played out doou
until the last minute, and You get insa
the house just as the clock strikes ona
then do you mind dinner being all ii
order?" - II
Jamie smiled; then he looked a lttla
sober. ~
Yesterday, when Uncle ChorIea
came to take you to ride with him Il
you could be 'ready in five minutes.
Uncle Charles who is so elegant-then
were you sorry to find clean collar. neal.
tie, handkerchief, gloves. hat, all ready
to lay your hand on them?''
Mammal
Would you ike to find yourself Il
school with holes in your Jacket ia
you hate when you go up stairs at nipht
tired, to find bed made up comfors.
ableP"
Mamma, what do you mean?''
"That it is not order which Won hate
but the trouble necessary TO gain Il
All, my boy! no one of US likes that
but ought not each of us to take par
of it? Or should papa or mamma q
grandma or Bridget do all the tiresom,
picking up and fixing up, while jam,
only enjoys it?'
Jamie put two warm arms around BIZ
mothers neck: "bIamma, Won 81,
great for explaining things, aren't youe'
Boston Beacon.
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Jaulie's Idea OF Order.

When Jamie came rushing in from
play to supper, his mother was obliged
to speak to him about hanging up his
hat; and when his hunger was satisfied,
and he started from the table, she said:
"Jamie, do rot leave your napkin like
that! Fold it, and put it in the ring.
Has my boy no sense of ordere"
mo, mamma, = cried Jamie, rushing
back to do as his mother told him, q
hate order! Its always hindering and
interfering. =
Some people might say it was dis
order that is always hindering and in
terfering. For instance, had you folded
your napkin at the proper time, you
would not have had to come back to do
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27

Among the emigrants at Castle
Garden the other day were five chubby
children, ranging from four to twelve
years, who had come from Ireland I'M
attended. Each OF the quartet was
labeled ITO be left till called for y
Their parents, who came to this country
. year ago, called for them the moment
they arrived. --4Aeao Iork Tribune,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27

The respectable Chinese in New
York are trying TO suppress gambling
among their fellow countrymen there
by inviting those with a weakness for
gambling to join them, keep watch ON
one another. accept rewards for re-
porting delinquents, and pay fines when
detected in play. There is shown a
knowledge ofhuman nature in this plan
that is really superb. N II Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27

"A Denver girl showed the warmth
and sweetness of her affection the other
day by throwing q pan Of hot molasses
over the shirt front of the lover who
had deserted her. -Denrsr Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27

An Indiana jury sent IN . Wrss ~.
verdict of .Blode TO peees b the 1aa ~.
bustin' .''-Boston Journal a boslon
jury would likely hare stated i tnus s
Horreseo referens, bic jacet the nois lbs
ural remains OF one who experience.
the expansive and eIevatlng power q :
fluid composed Of oxygen, s; hydfo9gs \
], when under the influence Of = y :.
OF 212 deg Chicago I'ater ocean
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-03-27

The British Columbia Assembly Pr
poses ) law limiting the amount q III ia
that one man can own to six AnA1sss
aSd forty ceres,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16

Ladies' Fox laced Shoes at 81 90, at
Nichols -Adg
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decision in an Interesting Savannah


Decision in an Interesting Savannah
Case.
The Supreme Court has handed down a
decision in the case Of Wilder & Co.
against the city Of Savannah, which is of
general interest. The suit was originally
brought in the Chatham Superior Court
upon the right to levy specific taxes sep
arately upon different occupations when
both subjects Of taxation are members Of
one firm. The decision is as follows:
Wilder q Co. ct al -vs. Mayor. etc, Of SaYan-
nah. Refusal Of iujunctiOn-frOm Chatham.
Municipal Corporations. Taxes. Custom.
Partnership. Before Judge Adams.)
HALL. j..
nah Code, 6 4S47) the municipal authorities
have power to classify and arrange the va
riOus businesses. trades, etc, carried on IN the
city into such classes Of subjects for taxation
as may be Just and proper. Where such
classification has been made, and tax i'm
posed upon persons engaged IN the business OF
commission merchants or factors. and also
upon agents Of steamboats, and vessels and
upon agencies for ocean steamships, persons
conducting more than one Of these businesses
could be required to pay a tax upon each, I'M
less IL should be made 10 appear that there
was q custom OF conducting the two occupa-
lions together Of such universal practice as to
Justify the conclusion thar by implication
they we're one and the same business 66 Ca,
81. 81: Robertson vs.. Wilder q Co., 90 Ga.
lin press Ibid, 5S3.
, Authority to tax all persons exercising
any profession or business may be exercised
bvtaxing each member Of a firm so engaged
separately. % Ca, lS7.
Judgment affirmed.
J. r. Sauszy for plaintiffs in error; II. c.
Cunningham for defendants.
Yesterday "a Femitter was filed in the
Superior Court making the judgment Of
the Supreme Court its judgment.