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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
NOT REFINED.
4 Nsishboshood Where Professional
 Skill is not Appreciated.

"l ain't gwine ter stay down in dat un' ciberlired country" said old po,mouth Ham, a weil.known negro doctor.
 "What's the matter, doctorp" some one asked.
 "Nuthin' de matter wid me, boss. Mat, ter is wid dem unciberlised niggers down in de bottoms. Wuss folks [ eber seed Man couldn' please dem folks of he wu, ter kill hissef in sarvin' 'em. Dem folks ain't been CT treatin' me right"
 "Haven't, eh2"
 "Nor, sah, da ain't. Wouldn' call Il treasin' yersef right ef CT passei O folks wuster grab holt O yer an buck yer ergiu CT tree, would yeri"
 "Well, hardly"
 "Nor sah, 1 reckons not
 "Did they buck you against a tree doctor2"
 "Did da? Did da, did yer say1 Did de bay steer kick de Guinea nigger ?"
 "Weil, the latest news seems to settle it that way"
 "Yas, l reckons it do."
 Why did they buck you ?"
 "Oh, yer'll halter go an ax 'em, boss, One pusson ain't 'spected ter know 1t all. Yer knows dat lse had CT mighty big practice O medicine down dar. Ebery body had coincidence in me. De white doctor had ter mubc out kase he didn' hab no work ter do. Wall, luther day da calted me ter sec a mule whut goaRsd ter ole Tom Parker. l went an arter zaminin' dc mule an feelin' his pulse, seed dat he didn' hab long ter lib. tole de ole man ter prepar' hisse'f fur de wus.. He wus CT powerful animal an de crowd whut had gedered aroun' did hate ter see him snatched od in bis prime. "raint no use genslemen,' sez I, fur de Lawd hab dun passed jedgmen, on dat mule knowed dat he wuz gwineter die, co 1 didn' gin him no med cine. Wall, went on erway. Arter dat de crisis come" Mule died, eh ?"
 "He didn' do no sich CT daim thing. De stubbu'n scsun'rei turned ober am got well. Yer kaint put no conferdence in one O dese heah black striped mules, boss. Nor, sah, yer k:;n. dc t. Well, de night arter de mule didn' die, CT passel O iellers da come to my house. Da said dat da didn' blebe dat knowed nuthin' bout medicine, nohow. wouldn' minded dat so much but da didn' step dar."
 Didn't. eh? ?" "Nor. sah. Da hurt my feelin's. Da wounded my pride" "Did, ehr'
 "Yas, sah. DA slammed me agin CT tree"
 "Did 1t purposely, didn't they7" Huh, CT purpose! Wall, l neber seed dat sort O accident happen. Lemme tell yer. Dat tree, dis berry mint, looks like de ligh.nin' had dun struck 1t. Oh yes, I'll halter leab dat unciberliEed country. De folks ain't eddyca,ed an' q fined in dar mannerA."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED

"CSanby," said the managing editor, turning to one of his suboTdinsses, 'fi notice very giaring error In that battle rsmlniscsncs yoa have just written up."
 That so7"
 "Yes. Yoa forgot to speak of the bal lets as the 1eades hail. Ssch criminal negligence viii not be tolerated os this paper, Cranby.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
SAW THE JUDGE.

Nat Mitchell, who lives out on the Coon Creek road, went into the supreme court room and, seeing pleasant looking gentleman sitting with his feet on the table, the visit asked:
 "Are you the supreme jedge O the state ?"
 "Yes, sir"
 "Would you be kind enough to give me little advice2 don't mean give it to me, exactly, for am willin' to pay for it."
 "State your case"
 "You've got suit here, MayAower vs. Hall. The people out in my neighbor- hood are mighty interested in that suit, an ef 1 knowed exactly how it was goin' to be decided 1 mout win right sharp pile O money on 1t. You jest tell me how she's goin' an I'll slip back an take all the bets ken git."
 "Of course know how the suit will be decided, but it would hardly be right for hsiS " SSAb yOu HI 00Vou(C. "Yes, but I'll make it all right. I'll give you half O what win"
 "I never accept contingent fee. Tell you what I'll do."
 "Out with it."
 "Give me a hundred dollars and I'll give you the necessary pointer"
 "Say seventy-hve?" "No."
 "Ninety."
 "I see you don't care to trade"
 Well, here's hundred"
 Nov, sir, you go home and bet on Hall"
 The suit was decided in favor of May flower. Several days later, while the judge was sitting in his room, Nat Mitchell knocked at the door. "They told me that the supreme judge was in here," said he. "Well, am the man."
 "You ain't the man I'm after. Tuther day felier that claimed to be the jedge said he would tell me how a certain case would go if would give him hundred. give him the hundred, went home, motgaged my farm for three thousand dollars, an bet the whole amount the way that blamed feller said. Nov look at me. Ain't got money enough to get a bite to eat. If steamboats was seiiin' for ten cents a hundred, couldn't buy a pilot house. want that man. I'd like to wallow around here awhile win him. He aint the jedge then, reckon" "No."
 @Ah, hzh! Ireckon that he was some feller tn 1t stepped in."
 q suppose that he was" @Come in, may be, when everybody else had gone to dinner"
 @vesy likely" @Well, believe I'll poke on round awhile. If see him m show him what pity it is tha. men ain't honest. kain't bear tO zee dishonest man, jedge {; and above all, do think tha& our public men should be above suspicion.S Al Mitcken vent into . restaussnt to see t the proprietor would txust him for . meal, pae1sant looking man vho hsd played the ajedge," slipped out the hack docs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
ONLY THE SECOND,

1I suppose you want to hin ny dor ? said man, meeting ap scqasinlancs.
 SWhyT
 4 He 5ss ycss vie"
 "Oh, yss, thafs fact bst, my dsas tsilow, shs vas osiy ny sscosd wifs. Come down asd see us.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
STRICT SoBRIETY.
Why the Colonel Laughed and Why
 He Blubbered.

Colonel Harvey Blowers promised his wife that he would never again drink a drop of intoxicating liquor. Molly" said he, " from this time forward, number me among your soberest acquaintances." !"
 Harvey, you have made me so many promises" "Yes, dear, know that"
 "And each time you have broken them"
 "That's very true, precious, but will never do SO again."
 "How many times have you made such promise7 ?"
 "Oh, never mind that. have come to the conclusion that unless a man re- forms, he is gone"
 "Weil colonel, will give you one more trial"
 "Now you are talking. One more trial is all want"
 The next day, after the above narrated conversation, the colonel accidentally met an old friend. Had not the meeting been accidental, it would not have oc- cured. The colonel owed his friend. Alter few moments of pleasant con ,er- sation, the two men went into saloon. The colonel said that he would take seltzer. His friend looked at him in as. tonishment.
 "l've stopped drinking" said the col onel.
 "The deuce you havel"
 "Yes."
 "Since when ?"
 "Well, I haven't taken drink for sew eral days"
 "What's the matter? ?"
 Nothing, only I promised my wife that would not drink again"
 "Tha,'s all right. of course, but you are not that foolish, hope"
 "It is not foolishness, old boy. must stop"
 When, just as you meet me2 Take a little something"
 "I don't want seltzer, that's a fact. Give me little ginger ale"
 "Oh, now here, colonel, don't whip the old man round the stump"
 "Well, confound it, give me a little whisky" said the colonel. A few moments later, the friend said {: "Won't you have something else, colo nel?"
 "Nothing else, thank you" "You can staad another whisky"
 "Of course, can stand another, but don't want one"
 "Well, hang it, let's take one, any way"
 "All right, blamed if care"
 They drank. After about ten minutes had elapsed, the colonel said:
 Suppose we try another one2"
 "Can we stand it?"
 "Stand iti" The colonel laughed. They took another one and seemed to stand it. Well, sir" said the colonel, l" do you know that few drinks of whisky make a man of me2 It's fact My memory is better, my mind becomes more acute. Alter l take a few drinks, can recall odd little scraps of poetry and little grabs of sentiment which had long been forgotten. Here, fill 'em up again." They drank. "I promised my wife tha at would not drink again." said the colonel
 @Well you haven't drunk again." re- piled the friend. "You've drunk whisky"
 By George, that's good joke" ex. claimed the colonel "Haven't drunk again. Haw, haw, hawi Old fellow, you ought to start humorous paper" II could run her and don't you forget it.n
 "Well, I should say ss. Say, when I go home, my wife will not know that ! have taken drop." @Of course, she wont. Suppose we try it again." aOh, Pm with you.n They drank. "I don't see how these fellows around town can stand t to drink 8 much, ]" said the coiond. "I couldn't I am sure. In fact, I don't see why any man desires to throw himself away. Les's zee, what remark vas 1t that the governor of North Carolina made to fheD
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02

It is not likely that the political spoil system will ever again be openly prac- ticed in America. The idea of civil ser vice reform has become so popular that without making pledges in this direction, no man can be elected president of the United States.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02

It is impossible to please some demo- crats. A politician, upon hearing that a certain man had been appointed as min ister to one of the South American coun- tries, wrote as follows to the president "i am mighty s'prized at you that feller aint no preacher an why you send him of as minister is big s'prize to yourn fyulv D
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
VACCINATION.

The German Medical Profession In Favor
of Several PustuIes.
The question whether one or several
pustules should be made in vaecinating
is one that is hardly raised at all in this,
country. Even in the elaborate and
careful article upon the Technics of
Vaccination by DIR. Foster, in Pep
per's System of Medicine" no reference
is made to the matter Yet it is well
known that the profession in Germany
have very settled convictions that
several pustules should be made. The
German Commission which met years
ago at Berlin to discuss and formulate
conclusions upon the subject of vaccina-
ton took up. among other things. this
point: sin what relation" it was asked,
''does the number of vaccinia pustules
stand to the protective influence Of the
Yaccinationp"
According to DR.. Koch, out OF 7Q3
smallpox patients in the Stockweh
Hospital there died, of those having no
scars, AZ per cent; of those having poor
scars, % per cent; of those having one
gnu cCalf 30 PCK OCHb. ndVJHE TWO
good scars, Al per cent; having three
good scars, 2.3 per cent; having four
or more scars, IL per cent From this
it would be inferred that a person
having four scars on his arm is almost
certain, even if he gets smallpox. to 60
through it safely. Koch himself takes
the position positively that the pro-
tective power ofvaccination is in direct
relation to the number OF vaccine
pustules.
Prof Grosshelm cited cases to show
that in revaccination the virus ''takes"
less often on those who have several
scars. Similarly. Siegel found that
among children presented for revacci-
nation. the successes were the rule if the
child had but one scar, and the ex-
ception if it had four to eight.
Arnsperger had observed during
smallpox epidemic that the protective
influence of the vaccination increased
with the number of the scars. -Medicas
Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
SHOEMAKlNG.
A Trade Which Flourished Long Before
st. Crispin's Time.

Trade Which Flourished Long Before
st. Crispin's Time.
Rude drawings were seen on the
walls of Thebes %. c. 1405) of shoe
makers performing their tasks, showing
the trade to be extremely ancient as
well as eminently respectable; and we
read in Homer of princes manufacturing
their own shoes. They have been made
Of various material--hides, flax, silk,
cloth, wood, iron. silver and gold-and
in great variety of shapes, plain and
ornamental. Among the Jews they
were made of leather, linen and wood.
Soldiers made them of brass and iron
tied with thongs. To put off the shoes
was an act of veneration. The Asiatics
and Egyptians wore shoes made out
of the bark of the papyrus. Among
the Greeks the shoe generally reaches
to the mid leg, like what we now
call boots" Ladies, as a. mark
of d 'stinetion, wore sandals sort
of loose shoe. something like the
modern slipper The Roman shoes
were of two kinds-the calceus, which
covered the whole foot, and the soela.
which covered only the sole, and
was fastened with thongs. Ladies of
rank wore white and sometimes red
shoes; other women wore black. In
the ninth and tenth centuries the
greatest princes of Europe wore
wooden shoes, or wooden soles in
stead, fastened with leather thongs. In
the eleventh century the upper part of
the shoe was made of leather and the
sole of wood. The Saxons wore shoes.
or such, with thongs. In the year 1890,
in the reign of William Rufus, the great
dandy Robert was called 1.-The hornet,n
because he wore shoes with long points.
stuffed. turned up and twisted like
horns. Shoes of this kind became fash
ionable, and the toes continued to in.
crease in length until. in the time of
Richard L., in 1890, they had attained
such an enormous extent as to be- fast
ened to the garter by a chain of silver
or gold. The clergy declared vehe-
mently against this extravagance; but
the fashion continued, even for several
centur.es Chicago Interior
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
FARM / AND FiREsloE

Animals should not be allowed IN
drink from freshly painted troughs.
-Hasty Cup Pudding: Beat fou.
spoonfuls of flour with pint of milk
and four eggs to a good batter; nutmec
and sugar to taste. Butter teacups IN
them three parts full and send them ~
the oven. Will bake in quarter of An
hour.--AI6Gny Journal.
Sponge Ginger Cake: Two and a
half cups of New Orleans molasses, one
cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk
three and a half cups of sifted flour
good measure), three eggs well beaten.
nutmeg, cinnamon aud ginger to the
taste, two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved
in little milk and added the last thing.
The Household.
"A common bread pudding may be
improved by putting sort of finish ON
the top of the whites of two eggs, two
tablespoonful of sugar and four table.
spoonfuls of oocoanut. If you choose
you can use chocolate in place of cocoa.
nut.-Erchange.
This is an excellent recipe for Ora.
ham gems, and differs from any before
given: One cup of Graham flour, ona
cup OF fine flour two eggs, two cups of
sweet milk. one fourth of teaspoonfnl
of salt. Have the gem pans hot and
the oven hot, and twenty minutes will
be long enough to bake them Cleve.
land Leader.
-Oil-cloth must be wiped perfectly
dry as it is washed Use little soan.
and this in tepid water. Change often.
A good brush and piece of dry flannel
will make oil-cloth look ike new, espe.
cially if linseed oil or skim milk be wen
rubbed in after washing, If, in addi-
ton to these precautions, they are var
nished annually, they are almost inde-
structible.-Boston budget
Feed and pasture in abundance are
what make fine fat hogs and healthy
pork. The TITLE pigs are often trouble
some, and the farmer shuts them up in
close pen Just to keep them out Of
mischief and consequently they are de-
prIved OF grass and green food at the
very time when it is most important
they should have tbs kind of food. To
avoid the misch eff VIII ch tile pigs NAV
do by running wherever they please,
and at the same time allowing them the
advantages of pasture, every farmer
should have lot of ample size, so
fenced that the smallest pig can not
escape from it, and then turn them
loose and let them enjoy full liberty
N. Y. Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
UNDERGROUND WEALTH.
\ State Upon Which Nature Has Lavished
Some of His Choicest Gifts.

state Upon Which Nature Has Lavished
Some of His Choicest Gifts.
Pennsylvania is a marvelously en-.
dowed State. The contiguity OF its
bituminous coal mines to the head
waters of the Ohio enables it to supply
the country along four thousand miles
of river front with choice coal for gas
and steam making. by simply loading
it on Hatboats and floating it down the
stream. Its anthracite coal, trans
ported at cheap rates on railroads. sup
plies half the country east of the
Alleghanies; andits petroleum. obtained
from the earth by simply boring, flows
in pipes to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and
Philadelphia. whence it is sent TO all
the world. And, as if this were not
enough. it has such an extensive supply
CT natural gas. which spouts from holes
in the ground in the vicinity of Pitts
burgh, that the Smoky City is preparing
to resolve itself into gasometer for
supplying New York, Philadelphia and
other large cities with cheap gas.
system OF pipes is to be LAID for con-
veying the fluid to the places where il
is wanted, instead Of artificial gas for
lighting and heating purposes; and
arrangements are being devised, also.
to substitute the natural gas for coal
on railroad trains. 1t is said talk
placed under each car will hold suf-
ficient supply to run d train from Pitts.
burgh to New York and back at
much cheaper cost than coal. One
might suppose the source Of supply OF
this natural gas would become ex-
hausted, and make all these costly ar
engagements useless; but the Pittsburgh.
ers have no fear OF that They regard
the supply as exhaustless as that ofoll II
The oil district. which has been flowing
for twenty Ave years without sign q
giving out The bowels of the earth
have been munifcent to PennsYlyanl&
s-Ht. Louis Ret.. blicaa.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
A Good Income.

'You appear to be gay and happy" SAID
Gilhooly to Kosciusko Murphy, whom he
met at ball at the residence of Colonel
Yerger, on Austin avenue. ''You look
well fed, are well dressed, and all that
Must have good income, presume"
''Oh, yes" replied KoscaIsko, Il can't
complain, l have my salary. fifteen hun
dred dollars; then make five hundred a
year by my literary labors, that makes two
Thousand; then | run in debt thousand
dollars. that makes three thousand dollars
A single man who could not subsist on that
ought to be ashamed of himself. ''-1eEas
Siftj7ldS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17

Collecting a Debt.

A good story is told of wellknewl
prOperty-hOGder who has for tenant law.
yer somewhat noted for being a little slow
in paying debts. One day, becoming very
much exasperated, he said to the collector:
Give me that bill. Til show you how to
collect rents" He was absent about three
quarters of an hour. When he returned he
did not have much to say for few moments,
and then going over to the collectors desk,
he sad, in very confidential way "Just
charge Blank with a5,' How's that?'
inquiHed the collector I" Well-I-well-
that's all right. Mr.. Blank was q little
short to-day, and let him have that much"
English Paper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
Learning the Bussness.

The daughter ofa prosperous New yer
'sey hotelkeeper recently married New
York drummer, who was found to have no
apparent means of support soon after the
wedding. The-couple went home to live
with the girls pa. One day during last
summer when the bride and her ma were
seated among number of guests engaged
in general conversation the bride sffectedly
inquired:
'Maw, where's sweet?'
''Down in the bar-room learning the
business from your dad,n the matter-of-facI
mother chimed back.-Detrott Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
The One weak Point.

Minister-Of what were you accused?
Convict-Stealing watch. l made a
good fight about it. had two lawyers and
proved an alibi with sixteen. witnesses.
Then both my lawyers made strong speeches
to the jury. No use. l was sent up for four
years.
81 don't see why you were not ac-
quilted.
well, confess there was one weak
point in my defense. They found the watch
in my pocket" II Philadelphia eau.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
Plain al Daylight.

Guest-Do you know, came near dying
last night. I was seized with cramps, and
Tor about an hour couldn't speak.
Hotel Clerk-Why didn't you let me
know?
Il couldn't 1t was all could do to
crawl out into the hall and pound on the
door of No. 81. No use; l couldn't make
anybody hear"
II can easily explain that Our special
policeman sleeps in that room" -Phtla-
detpl1sid Gull.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
Not ) Deairable I,laoe

Deaf Old Lady Cooking for a house)-Is
the locality healthy?
Landlord with superior smile)-
Healthy? -Four ladies died in this neigh
borhood last week whose ages aggregated
three hundred and forty years.
Deaf Old Lady-Hey? -Four ladies'?
LandlOrd-Yes, ma'am, -four.
Deaf Old Lady lin alarm) III Bless me-
Four, and all died in a single week. II
must be very unhealthy.-N. z. Sun,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
n.-coMPARAr1vE.
A Rapid Delivery.

Postmaster-So you want a place in the
Fast Delivery Department?
Applicant-Yes, sir. My delivery was
always pronounced not only fast but re
markably effective.
I'VE want an effective delivery, OF
course Where did you get your ex
perience?''
'sIn the box"
"The boxw with dazed air).
Eyes. l pitched two years for the Red
Stockings.-Ph tJGtletpisia CaLL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
I1r.-surERr.Ar1vE.
did you advertise for a tat lnanq''

Iu 90 sItl FOI SE5O EOE q IdsS EIEfElI.
Eyes. siE''
Well I'm after situation, and l guess
I'm fat enough for you. What do you wnns
NE to dog'
IT'S not pleasant job, and I'm afraid
you'll not undertake it."
''0h, yes, I'm ready to do anything.
What is it?''
I'VE want man to act as human pin
cushion in our museum. The salary is a
dollar day, and you may have all the
pins liberal public sticks into you. Is l.
goS'
'1es-pm. gOins. r-Chlezno Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17

A robber met coal dealer onra lonely
road, and stopped him.
" Your money or your life," said the rob
Der. 49,
"Who are your asked the coal dealer.
Pm highwayman," replied the man
"Good enough" continued the coal deal
er, "I'm Iow-weighman. Shake. We
should besfriends. ;, s r
And they were. Merchant Traveller.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Brooklyn Divine Discourses
On Drawn and Muscle.

The Results of tho Preaching of the Doc
trine of Free-Loyeism on American So
Ciety-The Responsibility of Physi-
cal Strength to the World. 49,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-13
An Iowa manufacturing company

An Iowa manufacturing company
gave the mercantile agency of R. G..
Dun & Co. a statement oftheir assets,
resources and liabilities, upon which
they were given a rating in the agency,
on the strength of which they procur-
ed credit with St. Louis firm, and
afterwards made an assignment. The
st. Louis firm brought an action
against the Iowa company and set up
fraud and deceit on the part OF the
defendants. The defendants set up
that they had no knowledge when the
statement was made to Dun e. Co.
that it was to be given to plaintiffs,
and one of the defendants stated that
he had no knowledge of the statement
but relied upon the other for it's cor.
rectness when made. The court told
the jury that when person makes
statement of his financial condition he
does SO for his own benefit, and when
hemakes such statement to mercan-
tile agency, he does so for the purpose
of gaining credit. The officers of a
corporation are presumed to havefu
knowledge of the affairs OF q corpora
tion, and when they make state.
meiit thereof they are bound to make
correct one. When third persons,
relying upon such statement, have
been deceived, and thereby suffered
loss and damage, such officers cannot
come into court and plead want OF
knowledge of the facts upon which
their statement was based. The yer.
dict was in favor of the plaintiffs for
.the full amount of their claim.