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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-08
ORCHARDS.
Efforts That Should be Made to Remove
Insect Pests.


Insect Pests.
It is important that arrangements
should be made by the owners of or
chards for the free run Of sheep, swine,
and poultry, for devouring the infested
fruit which drops from the trees. There
are three insects which need special at
tention, the codling moth. curculio, and
apple maggot. Sheep will pick up and
devour the infested and dropping speci-
mems of apples, plums and pears, and
swine will do the same, but they are not
SO vigilant. Hens pick up fallen plums
early in the season while the fruit is
small. Some persons enormously assert
that hens devour the insects alone, but
these persons do not seem to reflect
that hens can not reach up the tree-tops
and get at the curculios while they are
depositing their eggs, nor seize the lar
vac as they are leaving the young fruit
to enter the ground. The useful work
of the poultry is, in devouring both the
infested fruit and contained Larvae at
one stroke. In addition to the jarring
process, there is some reason TO believe
that Paris green may be successfully used
for the curculio, either by acting on the
young larvae orin some other way. There
is therefore no difficulty in meeting the
curculio if proper means are used.
With the codling moth there are two
well proved notwithstanding with
Paris green, and deyouring by sheep
and swine. For the apple maggot,
which comes later in the season. there
appears as yet to be no remedy devised
but beating off the infested fruit, for
sheep and swine to gather.
These insects do not always confine
themselves to the fruits which they are
commonly supposed to specially attack
The apple and the pear are often ruined
by the curculio. Prof. Maynard coli
lected large number of the young ape
pies, which dropped from tree with
an abundant crop, when they were half
an inch or more in diameter. Out OF
800, it was found that all but three
were punctured with the plum curculio,
and not infested with the codling moth.
It is well therefore to make provision to
meet these destroyers with ample APP
pllanccSi ANA Une OFch&FOlSG VINO raises
fruit for market, or for home use, should
have enough animals to take care of the
depredators, as well as to aid in maaur-
ing the soil. Sheep sometimes attack
the bark of young trees, and we have
known swine to strip the stems; but the
use of repelling wash has held sheep
in check, and few twigs of sweet
briar or Usage orange bound around the
trunk have kept swine at respectful
distance. If in addition to the above
, mentioned modes of protecting the crop,
the use of poisons is added, there win
I, be . reasonable certainty of havias
fair and handsome sneoirnens.-C euas
| try Gentleman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-08
RUSSIAN OFFICERS.
How the Youth of the Empire are Pre-
pared for Army Service.

How the Youth of the Empire are Pre-
pared for Army Service.
The aristocratic youth of Russia COM
mence their military career in gymnasia
(schools), where they receive liberal
education at the age of ten. Religion,
languages, history, mathematics, etc.,
form part of the course, which lasts for
seven years; but drill, fencing. gymnas-
tics, and swimming are subjects to
which considerable prominence is given,
and each school has a uniform in which
the scholars invariably appear. At the
end of the course they are medically in
spected, and only those who are phys
ically fit are permitted to be examined
for cadetships; those who are rejected
may be appointed to different offices
under Government. The corps delite
are held out as inducements to those
who pass the highest standard of ex..
animation. There are eighteen or
twenty of these at present in the differ
ent portions of the empire. They feed
the eight cadet schools which provide,
the higher class of officers. OF these
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most aristocratic, and supplies most
of the officers for the guard. The
remainder are at ST. Petersburg, with
the exception of the Alexander school
at Moscow, and the Finland cadet corps
at Helsinfors, the latter being exclusively
for natives of the duchy of Finland.
The Machael artillery and Nicholas en-
gineer cadet schools furnish, as their
titles imply, the higher class of artillery
and engineer officers. The progymna-
STA, of which there are eight, receive
boys of any class, ten years Of age, a
small percentage of whom join the
army direct as non-commissioned Off
GERS; the remainder supply the Junker
schools, after seven years course. The
Junker schools provide the body of off,
GERS The course lasts for two years,
and only those cadets who obtain GER
tain figure of merit are appointed to
commissions. The cadets, in addition
to theoretical instruction, have most
practical course of study in sketching
and outpost duty; they also 90 into
camp for four months in the year, and
take part in sll drills and exercises.
Batteries, squadrons, and battalions are
formed, all manned by cadets. These
schools are in the different military dis
tricts and under the staff of those dis
tricts, and the instructors are taken
from the best officers in the district
Contemporary Reriew.
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ing bali, Tommy Ting let tie ball IN
right at my face, and give me the bio
gest blow; my, how it hurt! ached to
hit Tom back, and twas the worst bat
tie I've had to-day; temper kept say
ing: i can't restrain myself, then the.
good giant would say:1 WILL and so I
said: Please try not do that again.
Tommy and he actually wanted me to
take cent his father gave him to
spend, but course wouldn't"
81 had one battle more when cook
wouldn't give me biscuit after school;
but it came easy that time, and | kinder
imagine if | keep right ON fighting, by
and by / won't have so much trouble
with this temper of mine" 81.
The tears were in his mothers ewes
when Sammie finished his story, and
that night she read the story of II
CAN'T and II wilr' to him again, to
impress it on his mind: and now Sam
mic says he is an out and out warrior.
for he has to fight battles every dav.
But he also says it is constantly becorn-,
ing easier to conquer his temper, be-
cause II can't is getting tired of hay
ing to give up to II will" then others
see what an effort he is making to keep
down his hot temper and help him all
they can.
Sammie will conquer at last, and so
will every dear child who makes up his
mind in earnest to listen to the good
voice of valiant Il will, and crush out
the foolish voice of 81 CAN'T One is
small but persistent, the other giant,
but the boys must never forget that
many giart ever since the days Of
Goliath of old has been slain by what
after all is no stronger than sling and
| a stone, so he must make strong fight
on the part of the good giant Il win p
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-08
MANS ORIGINAL TASTES.
The CannIbaiistic Tendency OF the Paleo-
lithfc Species.

lithic Species.
Paleolithic man used to eat his
brethren; and so used his compare
lively highly civilized successor 1--WE
must not say descendant) of the new
stone age. In Italy, in the dried
mp lakes, (terra-mares,) which con-
tain remains of the old stone age,
one finds human bones not gnawei
only, but broken for the sake of the
marrow-treated just like the beasts
bones among which they lie. In France
it is the same; experts say they can tell
the difference between the marks of a
rats or tigers tooth and of that of a
man, and no animal has ever got so far
as breaking the bones that it mumbles.
In our British barrows there is net the
slightest doubt, from the arrangement
of the remains that, when chief was
buried, not only were his slaves killed
and buried with him, but their bodies
first furnished out the funeral feast.
The horrible old Hellenic myths, such
as Tantalus cooking his son Pelops as
meal for gods, and Aureus dishing up
his brother Thyestes' children and ask
ing him to dine off them, are survivals
Of time when the man-cooking oven
was as much an institution in Greece as
it was the other day in New Zealand or
in Fiji. Dog does not eat dog; very
few animals viii deyour their own kind,
unless, Ike sows or rabbits. they do it
under the influence of terror; but man
In this. as in some other matters of con-
duct. soon got below the brutes. even il
be was not cannibsl at the OUTSET
Al The Year Roassd.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-08

Physicians in the Sandwich Islands
have come to the conclusion that the
only way TO stop the alarming spread
of leprosy is to begin vaccinating with
leprosy microbes. They think the on,
Grafton win be success
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-08

The hair may be kept from falling
put after illness by frequent applicas
zion to the scalp Of sage tea. Exchange
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

ing occasion to pass the front of the
house for two days the loss was not
discovered by the father until on the
third day, when, on coming from the
barn with wheel-barrow, his young
est son, lad of ten years. helping, he
looked up, and turning to the boy with
face liyid with rage, he said:
You villain, where is that sign?'
Quaking with fear, yet full of laugh
ter, the urchin replied:
'.Ask mother. y
Dropping the barrow, with hasty.
nervous strides, he made his way to the
house; from whence, after the lapse of
about ten minutes, he came forth with
the pleasantest look upon his face, a
look which he continued to wear as
long as he lived.
What was said is not related, but the
mothers lore conquered. Through the
many changes of occupants of the old
tavern, that sign has remained where
it was placed at that time, until little
while ago, when it was given in keep
ing of the Historical Society of Lexing-
ton.
This faithful mother reared these
boys to noble manhood, the Youngest,
now at a mature age, giving the facts
OF this history. Mrs. Simonds was r
sister of Cyrus Peirce, Esq, teacher of
the first normal school, then at Lexing-
ton. subsequently at Newton. The spirit
of this worthy woman IS such as the
soil of Lexington abundantly produced
during revolutionary times. and such
as should be emulated during all time.
A granddaughter, of this city. active
in Temperance reform and works of
charity generally, is proof incontro-
vertible that true worth deScends even
to the third and fourth generations. -
Cambridge Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
CHEAP MEALS.
The Profit the Vendors Of Indiffere1A
Spreads Realize.

Fhe Profit the Vendors Of IndiHereIA
Spreads Realize.
EYES," said the proprietor as the
newspaper man complimented the meal
in the hope of getting cigar in recipro-
cation, II call that 2 good spread for
the money, and I ALLOW it's good thing
for fellows that hain't got much STUFF
left. When they's get hungry and they
has only twelve or fifteen cents left the
first thing they do is to go into free
lunch place and buy beer. They's get q
little something to eat, but 1t hain't
enough for man to live on, and lack
of nourishment breaks 'enl down an
mikes EN- take to drink all the stronger.
Yes, call that good spread for twelve
cents. SoI1e days has a bit of vegeta-
bles an drops the pie. Don't see how
| kin make money on it? Well, that
soup costs me next to nothin', of course,
though it's good. The bread and butter
is less than cent. The coffee and
sugar costs me about cent. You had
about one-third of pound of beef that
cost six and one-half cents a pound.
The piece of pie costs cent and q
quarter. Put in the potato and figure
it up, and you'll see the whole thing
didn't cost me Eve cents for raw mate
rails, leaving me seven cents for rent,
fuel, help and general expenses. / tell
you it's surprising how much to eat can
be bought for five cents when you don &
have to pay twenty cents for style and
ten cents for food, and all l want is
plenty of customers at fifteen cents q
dinner. VIII you smoke with mef
Don't mention it. Call again. Mash
Uitle Tenn.) Union.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
put his foot on one Of them, mot there, =

put his footon one Of them, mot there, =
she said appealingly, II 60 in by the
area steps Do you repent?'' Her
voice had taken joyous ring. almost .
laugh, and in the midst of her confus-
sion he kissed her with sudden passion.
ssThere is no one to consult be
whispered, land I shall come for You
tomorrow. My home is ready. Sister
Greta will welcome you, she knows my
wishes. Good night, dear one"
He was gone, and she entered the
dark hall In whirl of amaze. To BE-
married tomorrow! Yet it seemed az
If she had known him all her life, and
noW she remembered many things that
proved he loved her; she had always
felt that he was her friend; she would
yield; heart and art would be safe in his
keeping, and as she CROPPED her way
towards the upper hall. the voice Of
Miss Maude called over the balustrade:
T'It's not proper, Lisbeth. to be talking
te q Eyoung man and laughing on the
area steps"
1T shall not happen again. Miss,
said Lisbetk, as she made her way for
the last time to her attic studio. -Asl,aa
z. Fack, in Wonan's Magazine
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
REMOVING THE SIGNS.
A Heroic and Faithful Wife and Mother
A New England Incident of Fifty Year

A Heroic and Faithful Wife and Mother
New England Incident of Fifty Years
Ago.
In the old, historic and beautiful
town of Lexington, Mass, more than
fifty years ago, there might have been
seen across the front of large. sub
stantial-looking building on the princi-
pal street, sign bearing these words:
civilian Simonds, Inn-keeper That
this house was the resort of sleighing
parties and merry making generally,
needs not be told nor that the hot mugs
of flip, egg-nog and other drinks, were
the chief attractions of the place. This
same William was alert for the pennies
of his customers, hoping thereby to re-
plenish his exchequer.
Now, at the head of the family was a
woman of sterling character, a Chris
tian and mother, with noble boys
growing up to manhood surrounded By
these communicating influences, for
whom she felt the most active interest
Having expostulated in vain with the
good husband and father in regard to
this business, and implored that the
sign be taken down, and the legitimate
products OF the farm constitute their
support, she took the opportunity one
day, on his absence in a distant part of
the city. to say to the boys: ''The sign is
coming down" @
That the magnitude of the work may
be more apparent, we will say that the
sign covered nearly the entire front of
the house in length, and was of con-
forming width, the thickness being such
as in those times was deemed proper
for Substantially.
Assembling her forces on the front
piazza, with ladders and ropes, the old
EST Boys mounted the ladders, and soon
he obnoxious object was swinging in
nid-air, on its way to the ground. Be-
ng safely landed, the next thing was to
get it up in the garnet. "Where there's
viii there's way" 1t was pushed
Up the first fight of stairs without
much difficulty, but the second fight
vas narrower and winding, which
caused it to stick fast. A call to the
mother was readily responded to, and
With cheering words and her deter
mined Now boost boys, for your
ifeE up it went, with the aid of her
tHrdy shoulders; the good woman say
ng: There let it stay. boys"
Upon the return of the father at night
III was as serene as though nothing had
happened, the boys having been in
;trlcted 10 say, when asked where the
Sign was: go to mother Not haV-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


-Toads are invaluable in garden
IS insect destroyers, and have market
value in England.-N e. Farmer.
Dry Drop Cakes: One pint of sour
or bu.termilk, three eggs, one small
teaspoonful of soda, little salt and
rye meal to make stiff batter. Ia
dianapolis Journal.
1t is not generally known that the
mountain ash is liable to attacks of the
apple tree borer, thereby becoming !.
breeding pest for the insects that de-
stroy the orchard. Prairie Farmer.
Turkeys are great foragers, and
viii gather their entire food from the
fields during the summer, at the same
time destroying myriads of grasshop-
pers, bugs and other insects that prey
on vegetable and grain crops. -Rural
New Isrker.
Barn cats should rarely be allowed
70 come to the house, and never fed
there. All they need is plenty Of milk.
Compel them to get the rest of their
living, and they viii find it about the
barn, granaries, cribs, sheds and in the
fields. - Troy Times.
An Eastern horticulturist SAYS Is is
not generally known that gooseberries
can be perfectly preserved the year
round in common bottles with pure
water. See that no broken or crushed
berries get into the bottles, but all
sound, perfect fruit; then fill it up with
cold well or spring water, cork tight
and set away in cool cellar. No seal
ing is necessary. - Chicago Herald
Potato Pancakes: These make an
excellent supper dish. Crate dozen
medium-sized peeled potatoes. Add the
yelks of three eggs, a heaping table,
spoonful of flour, with a large teaspoon
full of salt. and lastly the whites of three
eggs. beaten stiff and thoroughly in
corporated with the potatoes Fry the
cakes in butter and lard equal parts)
until they are brown.-Bostoa Globe.
Wax beans make delicious salad.
Choose young beans, remove the
strings, break in inch4long pieces and
cook in salt and water. While still
warm cover them with ADDRESSING of oil,
vinegar. salt and pepper. Be sure and
remember in mixing salads the old say
ing: "a spendthrift for oil, miser
for vinegar, a wise man for salt and a
mailman for mixing" Use at least
twice as much oil as vinegar. Toledo
Blade. MI
When paint brush is stiff and
hard through drying with paint on it,
put some turpentine in a shallow dish
and set it on fire. Let it burn for a
minute, until hot; then smother the
flame, and work the brush in the fin
gers. dipping it frequently in the hot
spirits. Rinse all paint brushes, pen
ellis, etc, in turpentine. grease with a
mixture of sweet oil and tallow, TO pre-
vent them from drying hard, and put
away in box out of the dust. Pbala-
delphiG Call.
This marmalade is excellent: One
pound of currants and one pound of
ripe raspberries; press through sieve
so that the pulp is free from the seed;
to this add two pounds of sweet cher
ries seeded. Clarity two pounds of
sugar and add the fruit with quarter of
the cherry seeds from which the skin
has been removed. Boil until the sirup
becomes thick, stirring constantly and
removing any scum. A tablespoonful
of powdered cinnamon may be added
as soon as the strip begins to boil.
z. Tribune.
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s'What inducements have you to offer to
farmers?" s8tos $50
Nothing extr' ornary, I. reckon. My
regions the Eden OF America. That's all.
Amt no place that can beat it for crops"
II "Corn-?' EH
zone hundred and thirty bushels to the
acre. Plant in April and gather in No.
vember. One blowing, no hoeing. Fodder
till you can't rest. Have to pull it from
horseback. Why? Stalks so high you
can't reach to the top. There's only one
trouble with growing corn in Georgia; you
don't have enough nubbins to feed your
steers H Y&4
'Nubbins for steers?" ~
THAT'S what's the matter. The ears are
SO big that steer can't get them in his
mouth. See? You've got to chop 'em up,
and that takes time"
''Do you grow potatoes"
Sweet? No They grow themselves.
We just give 'em half chance. Run fur
row in the sand, dropin your seed, cover it
up with your foot as you go along and
leave the crop to itself. 1t grows summer
and winter and you needn't ever dig 1t for
a year or two. Of course, by and by the
'taters get too big to be good. At eighteen
months old half one makes a meal for
ten persons.''
ANY turnips?"
"A few 1t don't take many to do us.
We daren't sow the seed as your Northern
farmers do. We check off the turnip patch
like chess-board, making the corners
eight feet apart SO that the turnips won't
crowd. 1t won't do to have turnips too
thick. How large do they grow? Well,
had fourteen merino sheep, fine fellows
they were and l used to fold 'em every
night for fear of the dogs. One day three
of the biggest were missing and the whole
farm turned out to find 'em. We hunted
for em for two days, killed seventeen dogs
on suspicion, and gave up the search. The
next day found the three inside of one of
my turnips. You see they had jumped into
the turnip patch and eaten their way right
into one of the vegetables"
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THE NEW EDEN.
A Georgia Man Who Has Ideas
of Prosperity.
Some Turnips and Pumpkins-Immlgrants
Only Needed to Make the wilderness
Bud and Blossom-A Pros
porous State.

There is a man here from Georgia
burdened with schemes for making his
region prosperous. He owns land by the
thousand acres and thinks that if he can
persuade immigrant farmers to buy of him
twill be to their everlasting prosperity, and
help him along in the world, beside doing a
little for his State. He doubts not that his
motives are patriotic. 1.-THE people of
Georgia." he. says, ''don't bother their
heads about immigration. Foreigners may
come there if they want to, but they've got
to come without begging We don't mind
their coming if they'll settle among us and
learn our ways, but we don't want 'em in
colonies bringing their socialism and COM
munism and their other isms with them to
destroy the peace of our State Give us
immigration. but no colonization That's
the way they talk and that's why we've
had no agent here to turn foreigners down
our way H&
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A SIMPLE REMEDY.
Horseradish Leaves as an Irritant Good
for Emergencies.


Horseradish Leaves as an Irritant Good
for Emergencies.
We have the leaves gathered before
the frost touches them, strip out the
hard stem through the middle, and lay
them in sunny window to dry. Then
put up in a paper sack, mark the con-
tents plainly, tie the bag and hang it in
some out-of-the-way place, yet not in
the attic or so far away that one will
forego the use of them rather than 90
after them. especially in the night, or in
severe cold weather. Any remedy for
emergencies should be in a place con-
ven1ent to reach.
When wanted for use lay some leaves
(Which quite likely are broken, but no
matter), upon an old plate or saucer,
moisten with vinegar. and let them heat
till soft; then place upon cloth or oil
silk, and apply to the parts aff ted. 1t
is a good plan to cover well to induce
sweating, as well as to protect the
clothing. If something more pungent
than horseradish is needed, sprinkle a
little dry mustard over the damp leaves
before applying, and soon moist,
grateful drawing upon the skin win be
apparent.
In many cases where some simple
remedy of the kind is required without
resorting to the severe Inflammation
produced by blisters and mustard poul-'
tees, there is nothing to our knowledge
so efficacious as horseradish leaves. It
is sweating rather than blistering
process, soothing, even if q little burn
ing. and is one of the few remedies
which we are in the habit OF using for
little ailments. For pain and soreness
in the head, put the horseradish leaves
on the back of the neck, changing il
needful to produce sufficient irritation
of the skin. If the pain is very severe,
a little mustard on the leaves may pro-
duce more effect For soreness of the
chest, pain in the side, faceache and
toothache, this will often give relief,
even if it may not cure, and it leaves no
unpleasant effects behind. - Boston
Globe.