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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The smallest salary pastor in the
Presbyterian Church of Australia is per
United to receive is $1,000.
If compelled to choose between the
two, always prefer a good teacher to
a fine school-house. = Chicago Inter
Ocean.
An uncommon form of strike is the
quitting of pastoral work by the lower
clergy of Bulgaria. They refuse to hold
church services, baptise, or solemnize
marriages and burials. Their grieY-
ance is the very worldly one of reduc-
ton of wages, which are paid them by
the State.
The rectors and prominent laymen
connected with several of the Protestant
Episcopal Churches in New York have
inaugurated mission work fashioned
after the recent London Mission, which
is designed to put the churches in more
thorough sympathy with the working
people.-M Y. Tribune
Speaking of our Home Heathen"
the ChrtStiGn Union says: ''The popu-
lation has been growing, and the church
accommodations have been diminishing
In the city of New York, in 1910, one
church to every 1900; in 1880, one
church to every 2. 400. In the city of
Chicago, in 1910, one church to every
TAI; in 1880, one church to every 1000.
These figures show that the darkness is
gaining on the daylight in these two
great cities. This is also true in Gin
cinnati and st. Louis"
The Maryland Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church held
at Alexandria, Va, reports total num-
Der of members, 1919, being an in
crease of .224; received 1871, an in
crease of 377; parsonages, 81; churches,
230; value of church property, $794.39S;
church indebtedness, $2S, 107, or $3, 1868
less than last year. Number of Sunday
schools, 1914; teachers, and scholars,
1884; volumes in library, 29, $50; con-
versions in Sabbath-schools, 763, gain
of 32l over last year.
The London School Board, by q
vote of thirty-one to four, adopted
resolution providing that teachers
should not require home-study of pupils
who are in delicate state Of health or
whose parents object thereto. Several
steps have recently been taken by the
English educational authorities toward
making the school-life of children less
arduous Such expressions of public
opinion as have been obtained indicate
general disposition on the part Of
parents in favor of less hours and less
work for the children. E @
"A minister we'll known by name
throughout the land, who has one of
the best equipped houses of worship,
was showing friend, not long since,
through its various rooms, when they
came to the kitchen, which was con
nected by speaking tube to the pas
tors study. On the wall was printed
in large letters: THE Lord will pro
vide, while in smaller letters on the
same wall near the mouthpiece Of the
tube was the direction: BLOW and wait
for an answer The visitor naturally
asked if the two inscriptionslhad any
particular connection with one another;
and it is hardly necessary to say that 9
change was soon made in the lettering.
- -COnqre1dtioHGIiSt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
EXPENSIVE.
An Arl1ansaw Gentleman who Learned
that Life was Hardly Worth Living.

An Arlxansaw Gentleman who Learned
that Life was Hardly Worth Living.
Colonel Hiram Eakleton, several
weeks ago, believing that chopping wood
was the best exercise, purchased several
cords of oak and, every morning, pro-
ceeded to swing an axe. The other day
while he was chopping, old John Car
penter, a colored gentleman, came along
and asked:
BOSS, whut yer gin me ter cut dat
upP"
I'D rather pay you not to cut it. y
.'Wall, now, dat's 'commerdatin',
sho's yer bornd it ann
The old negro went away. Two days
afterward, the Colonel received sum-
mons to appear at court, having been
sued by old John. In rage. the
Colonel appeared before Flat Nose Phil,
a prominent justice of the peace.
Il don't understand this outrage, )"
exclaimed the Colonel.
Keep quiet, sab; keep quiet,n re-
Piled Phil. ''Yer's in er cou't O. jestice
now, sab, an it 'hoyes yer ter ack jes'
de same ez eff yer wuz in de Presidents 5
house"
"Why was 1 summoned here9'
"'Cause yer's sued"
"What am ! sued fora"
Money, O. 'cose Didn't think it wuz
jes' fur fun, did yer?''
"Why am sued for money! don t
owe that seoundrel a cent" he de-
clared, pointing at old John.
.'Be er little mo- ch ice wild yer 'skla-
nation p'ints, Colonel Dis hea pusson
asker yer bout chopin some wood.
Vessel said dat yer wou' ruther pay
him not ter chop it. 1t twuz jes' de
same wild him, SO he charged yer up
wild ten dollars fur not chopin it. Jes'
han out de monel, sab, an de naixt
time doan talk dat way. In dis heah
country, sab, er lie is gittin' ter be
'spensive. n-ArkdBsdw Traveller.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
TOUGH TO THE LAST.
An Authentic Account of the Last Hour
of Yankee Sullivan.

An Authentic Account of the Last Hours
of Yankee Sullivan.
l was very much pleased to meet last
week with Judge MCGOWAN, one of the
Argonauts who, in 1849, discovered the
golden fleece, which has-to coin
term--royalized California. In the
course of our conversation the Judge
told me the concrete history of the
tragic end of the famous prize-fghter,
Yankee Sullivan.
Sullivan, whose real name was Am
brose Murray, was arrested and i'm
prisoned. He feared that the Vigilantes
would put him to death, though, as
Judge MCGOWAN tells me, his appre-
tensions were unfounded. The purpose
of that body was to ship him back to
Australia on the first clipper ship that
sailed to Melbourne, it having been
definitely understood that Sullivan, or
Murray. was an escaped convict. The
poor devil, however, was so affrighted
that he took no stock in the hope of es-
cape from the harsh business of Judge
Lynch. He called eagerly from his
prison windows for priest, feeling that
death was settling close around him.
but was answered by jeers from the
mob without Finally, in sheer des-
peration, he opened the veins of his
left arm with case-knife and bled
himself to death.
Yankee Sullivan was one of the finest
prize-fghters in the records. Washing.
ton Hutchet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
EVENED 1T UP,
How Dog Owner Managed to Help Out
an Indifferent beast.

How Dog Owner Managed to Help Out
an Indifferent Beast.
They have fighting dog in saloon
on Michigan Avenue They not only
keep him to fight any dog in the State
for spot cash, but he furnishes heap
OF fun to hangers on by the way he
picks up such CANNES as happen to drop
inside at the heels of their masters. 1t
is poor week when he doesn't cripple
three or four. and he has killed several
outright. The other day a roughly
dressed man. carrying a whip in his
hand and looking Ike eallous-handed
son of toll, entered the place and called
for beer. He was followed by broken
hearted dog of respectable size, and as
soon as the loafers caught sight of the
canine there was much winking and
chuckling.
''Better send thatdeg out, !" suggested
one. Y
s'Is it agin the rules of the house?'
mo, but he'll get chewed up" ~
Il don't see anything likely to do it.
though he amt no fighter"
There's dog in the back room
which can snake him out in ten ticks of
the clock, = said the bartender.
''Wall, dunno. P'raps he might
and p'raps he might'ent. William Hen.
ry allus kinder manages to squeak along
somehow"
''Would you have any objection to
my bringing in my purpP''
mo, guess not. though | never en-
courage dog-fghting.
The saloon fighter from the head
waters of fighting creek was united and
ushered in. William Henry was half
asleep in the center of the room, and the
first thing he knew he was rolled over
and over. and something had hold OF
him by the throat. It was a fieeting
grip, however. The ighing dog. seemed
to get hold of something to discourage
him and he let go and began sneezing
and coughing. Then it~was William
Henry's turn and he sailed in. In three
minutes time he had run the fighter
out doors and across the street and
would have killed him in the gutter il
pedestrians had not interfered.
Say, stranger, how was it doneg'
asked the bartender as he picked up the
remains to carry them IN
.t.Well, William Henry hainlt no great
fighter. as told you before. and to
kinder help him out ] used about a
pound of snuff around the vital parts.
It's awful good for fieas and It sorter
evens up put-up thing. '-Detr0it Fret
Press,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
RUSSIAN FUNERALS.
The Ceremonies Which Attend the Burial
of the Dead in the Dominions of the
Czar.

The Ceremonies Which Attend the Burial
of the Dead in the Dominions of the
Gar.
We learn, from Khol's work on St.
Petersburg, that black collins are sell
dom used in Russia; collins are gener-
ally brown, but children have pink,
grown-up unmarried girls sky-blue,
while older females are indulged with a
violet color. Among the poorer classes
the coffin is adorned with pine branches;
while among the rich the whole way
from the habitation to the church is
strewed with the same. Mr.. Khol saws:
THE coffin is carried to the church
uncovered, that the acquaintance who
may happen to meet it in the street
may have a last glimpse of their
friends face. The lid is carried be-
fore. The coffin is followed, even in
tAe daytime, by band of torch-bear-
ers. with broad cooked hats, and en-
veloped in long black mantles.
"All those who meet the funeral pro-
cession take off their hats and offer up
prayer to heaven for the dead; and SO
earnest are they in their devotions that
they do not replace their hats until the
cavalcade has disappeared from sight.
This mark of respect is shown to every
corpse-to Russians as well as to Prot
estants and Catholics. In the church
the corpse is again set out in state and
the priests, clad in black and white
and holding in their hands wax-lights
enveloped in Grape, supply the dead
with everything they judge necessary
for the journey. On his forehead is
placed a fillet ornamented with holy
saws and images. In his hand is
stuck cross of wax or other substance.
He then receives the passport
Even plate of food is placed near
the coffin. This funeral dish is termed
kutia, and generally consists of rice
cooked with honey, formed into kind
of pudding. This is strewed with
raisins by way of ornament, and on the
top lies a cross of the same fruit. The
wealthy. instead of raisins, use small
pieces of sugar.
After this a mass, in Russian eccle-
siastical language. Pan;chide, is chanted
by the priests. During this the rela-
tions take the last farewell of the de-
pdlLIu. dIt hloo tllo EduiB dilu dAIO1gSl
the lower orders the most doleful and
eloquent addresses succeed. If the de-
ceased be married man, the widow
gives way to the most moving and poet
ical expressions of sorrow Wringing
her hands and staring all the while at
the face of the corpse. as if he were still
alive, she cries now louder, now more
gently
as 'Golubotschtb moi, D,ustotschick.
Alas! my little dove, my little friend,
why hast thou deserted me? DID not
prepare everything at home for thee
with love, that thou must thus spurn
thy wife? Woe is me! How fresh and
well didst thou sit with me and thy
children only six weeks ago, and play.
edst with thy little son Feodor. who Is
three years old; and now thou art dead
and still, and answerest not a word to
thy wife and weeping childreni NV
little friend, my husband, lord, awake
awaker
amidst this lamentation without end
the lid of the coffin is closed, and the
procession moves on to the burial.
ground. Youth's Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
puNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

An Arcola woman set speckled
hen on dried-apple pie, and in three
weeks the hen hatched fourteen night
mares with blue ribbons on their tails.
-Napman Independent.
"A young lady writes: ''How should
q Young man kiss mep" IL that Young
lady possesses as little beauty as she
does sense she will in all probability re-
main ignorant till DEATH Boston Post.
-Inquiring youngster: "Uncle, why
do the hippopotamuses always have
their mouths open in the show-billsp"
Uncle with malicious equivoke): ITO
take in the public, my boy; now go
and play. ''--Erchanqe.
Whats the. matterpp called
mother, turning to her little boy, who
"set up" howl .'What are you cry
ing aboutp'' II want something.'
''What do you wantp'' II have forgot
what it is, an that's what makes nae
CRY. ."--Arkdaisaw Trd0elcr
"A Perfect Bore" -
Now doth the little dudelet
Unto his tailor strut
And order suit of "corkscreW
OF the very latesteut;
And there i5 no material
Could suit his nature more,
The slim ethereal creature
is such perfect bore,
--NorristoUD Herald.
-s.Whew!'' exclaimed Crimsonbeak.
surprised ON entering his sIeepings
apartment to find his wife waiting for
him the other morning at two O'clock.
.sthose stairs almost take my breath
away.'' s'Well, / wish they would =
replied his displeased wife, catchingth
odor of the club-man's evening beyer
age Yonkers Statesman.
! Children have funny ways Of ex-
pressing themselves. Johnnie, who was
born and raised in the city, went up to
Portsmouth, a nice little town on the
Ohio. not long ago, and when he came
home he had much to tell. ..By the
way, Johnnie, asked his father, lis
Portsmouth as big as Cincinnatip''
'tWell, no, papa, / guess not. That is,
there ain nearly so many houses. but
there's ever so much more world. ~
Merchant 1ravebeys9 's'ns'-.
-"When your father and your
mother forsakes you. Johnny. do you
know who win take you up?n 'sYes.
sir. said he. ''And whoPn said the
friend. The police was Johnny 8
answer. Parents viii do well to con.
slider. the truth there Is I'm this reply.
| The parent who IS Zoo much engaged,
or too selfish, to look after the training
OF his child, need not be surprised to sec
the child come to serious harm.
| Toledo Blade,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
SUNDERLAND.
NV little child, with yellow hair,
And eyes Of April yiolets,

NV little child, with yellow hair,
And eyes of April yiolets,
NV heart is full of dim regrets
For the long journey you must no,
A little wrath in robe of snow;
Tonight, alone, through storm or fair,
A pretty pilgrim, bound for where2
If should put within your hand
A staff, and sandals on your feet.
You would not understand me, sweet;
Yet as in days of old romance,
Unknowing of their fate or chance,
The pilgrims went by Gods commando
So you will go through Sunderland.
Upon what ocean blue and deep,
Across what mountains fierce and cold,
With snow-wrapped summits fold on fold
Or through what valley, safe and low,
Will my wee bedtime traveller go?
While | tender vigil keep
Over the fortunes of her sleep.
Imay not follow or unbar
The unseen gates of Sunderland;
Though fast in mine her wee white hand
/ shall not know what faces bend
Beside her, or what thoughts attend
My darling going fair and far
To worlds beyond the evening star.
Juliet c. Marsh, in Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
-Manv-hued birds sold by a Sire

-Many-hued birds sold BY a street
peddler in Marietta, Ga, the other day,
were beautiful and changed ownership
readily. A purchaser of one of these
BIRDS placed one of its bright finted
feathers in some hot water and the paint
came off.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09

ID iring the last nine years France
has spent nearly 5000, 900 per annum
on increasing and reorganizing her uni-
vsrsity institutions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
-Not many wears have PASSED awa1

since roller skating was the fashionable
amusement of the hour IN large cities
and watering places both in England
and Ireland Kinks sprang up here
and there with mushroom growth.
and after short lapse faded as rapidly
away. Dublin affords ample evidence
of the fall of this artificial imitation Of
skating. ~ 7. Snn.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-23
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA'S WAR
FOOTING.

When an irresistible body comes in
contact with an immovable one the re-
suit is supposed to be something ter
rifle. When England's reputation as u
fighter is considered and then Russia's
huge army, the largest in the world, is
stood up alongside of it, the result of
war between these nations is looked
upon with dread. Russia's regular
army is the largest In the world, and
her navy has more vessels than that of
any other nation. The standing army
of Russia consists of 100000 men, and
her navy of 373 vessels. Russia pays
for the maintenance of her army $l25,-
600, 900 a year, sum several millions
greater than that paid by any other
nation for the purpose.
Great Britain's standing army is only
49,, 900 men against Russia's 100000,
and her army, when on a war path
footing, $4,000, against Russia's
2,3O0,0 when on war footing.
England pays $96, 100000 year for
her army, against Russia's $l25,0O0,-
600. And yet great Britaln's army
costs 50 81 for each head of her pOpu-
lation, while Russia's costs her only
81 27 per inhabitant. Even if Great
Britain takes into account her Indian
contingent (the army of British India is
100, 900, and on war footing SS0,000)
the total would be, in either case, less
than Russia's force.
Russia has the largest standing army
of the world-780,O00. Italy comes
next with 10000, France next with
$50, 900, Germany next with 445, 900,
China next with SOC. 200, Austria and
Hungary with 263 600, British India
next with 100, 900, Great Britain next
with 1872 900.
Russia's navy has 373 vessels, that OF
France S02, Great Britain's 246, though
it is proper to add that Great Britain g
navy cost about three times as much as
that of Russia.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-23

permanent pastures and meadows. And
here would come in the proper con-
struction of buildings with reference
to ventilation, cleanliness, and the
healthfuiness of the Stocks subject
too extensive to be fully discussed b...e.
j should much prefer for me, all things
considered, a soil on which permar ant
pastures and meadows are possible. as
| could then resort to soiling to .ny
extent that chose, or not practice it
at all. So think springs and brooks
OF pure water are to be preferred,
though it is not impossible, in many
cases, to get supply of wafer from
wells, lakes, ana large ponds. Dairy-
ing, with the modern improved ap-
paratus, can be carried on with much
less water than was formerly supposed
to be necessary. But the water must
be free from deleterious, mineral, and
all other impurities, since bad water
has very marked effect on the quality
OF the product. 1t is found, by our
eastern experience, that the uplands
furnish not only the best water for
dairy purposes, but the best iced also.
There is freshness, sweetness, aud
richness in the grasses of the hilIsiies
that is not found in the grasses OF rank
growth on the low lands and i'm The
swamps and swales. The quality of
the soil has a marked effect on the
quality of dairy products; and l may
90 farther, and say that the hill pas
lures, if not Impoverished and run
down, produce the sweetest and best
beef. But very much depends Oh cul-
tivation and freedom from weeds that
may impart bad flavor to milk or
beef. The dairyman is the essential
factor i'll keeping the soil clean and in
proper condition.
TO be COnfinnp1
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-23
CREAMERIEs.


luc aliu
We are glad to note in various parts
of New England increased movements
in the direction of establishing cream
cries. AS things are to-day, farmer
who attempts to compete with cream
cries in butter-making works at dis
advantage. 1t costs him more than ii
does others to make his product and
when it is put upon the market he must
sell it at less price. 1t would save
work for farmers wives and money for
their husbands to have several cream
cries in every county. But those i'll
terested in the matter will do well to
consider that great many creamerles
have failed and that one in order to
satisfy its proprietOrs and patrons
must be built upon good plans, have
capital behind it and be managed skill
fully.
From what we can learn, one great
mistake by which such enterprises have
suffered has been in beginning too
large, putting too much money into the
original buildings and trying to do too
much business at the start. This should
be avoided. A creamery can easily be
enlarged and it should begin small.
The buildings and machinery need not
be very expensive but they should be
| lust what are needed for the economi-
cal production of the best butter. This
can only be when those who design
them are men thoroughly versed in the
business, aid he who proposes to build
creamery should not strike blow
until he has the advice of somebody
who has had experience and will have
to leave nothing to guess-work.
Then the manager must be q man
who knows how, or there is failure
ahead; and finally, the financial affairs
must be directed with the same good
Judgment and honesty that is necessa.
ry in any other venture, and there
must be money enough available to
hold the stock until it can be sold to
good advantage. With these condi-
lions there is no reason why creamery
cannot be made to pay and at the same
time give farmers fair price for their
milk. 1t probably cannot pay them as
much as milk will net when sold to city
consumers for five cents quart, but 1t
can make them better off than they are
in making it into butter by the old pro-
cesses at home.
The above is a sensible article, based
on knowledge of the weak places in
the creamery system. When properly
conducted, though, it is the best of all
systems of butter making for the dairy
farmer, as it relieves him of the ex-
pense of selling in the market from
day to day which is very great, and
gives him the use of the creamery ma
chinery to make up his product, thus
taking from his shoulders the heavy
labor. Not only that, but it gives to the
fal mer within fraction of what gilt
edged butter brings in the best mnrke'
that can be found by mar
whose sole business it is to watch fol
it all the time. The Lexington cream
cry has now an able and competent
man at its head. and its work-asso'
ciated, cooperative work with thu
farmers-should from this time on bt
profitable and successful.