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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

ADvICEs from Biloxi, small town on
the gulf coast OF Mississippi, tell of yell
low fever there, and at Mississippi City,
another small town not far from there
This is bad enough in itself, but as nearly
all the crafts that trade between Mobile
and New Orleans by way OF Lake
Ponchartrain, stop in at these places
EN- route, the great danger lies in their
injecting the larger cities. AT this
distance from the scene OF the ravages Of
this deadly fever, it is difficult to con-
ceive the horror its known presence has
for the people OF the extreme South, and
none but those who have braved its hor-
rors and witnessed the walls OF anguish
and terror that follow in its wake,
can form an adequate idea OF its deadly
effects. 1t is cheering to know, however,
that the quarantine authorities, National
and local, have the matter in hand, and
that between their efforts and the late
ness of the season, the dreaded scourge
can al least be kept within narrow
bounds. The poets say that all rivers go
singing to the sea, but the song of the
Father OF Waters has been a continual
funeral hymn for years, through the raw
ages OF yellow fever, and at any time
between May and November OF any year,
there is likelihood OF recurrence of the
sad refrain.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

DIR. POTTER advertises his well known
horse Zip" also furniture, etc, for sale.
See our advertising columns.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

HEADQUARTERs for Fruit Jars at G.. f.
Culmer d Bros.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

To SHOW the growing importance Of the
labor movement in the South, and TO
prove that that section OF the country is
metamorphosed from what it was in
anti-bellurl days, the following from Il
special TO the Omaha Herdd is to the
point:
The centre of interest is in the progress
of the iron and steel industry. Arrange
ments have been made for the erection of
steel works, three large pipe works, basis
steel works, a large steel rail works and two
stove works, s,many of which are now in course
of construction, These new enterprises axe
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

IALANTHE LODGE NO. 3, X. OF REG.
~, ~ ulmr conventions every Monday, at Castle
HAL walker Opera House, Mt no n NJ,
visiting knights madewelcome. '
G. B. LANG, X. of II. and S W. W.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

NIFTY ENCAMPMENT No. Q, o.o.F.-
each month at 500 p. M, In odd Feliowsi I.ii
are invited to attend. s. EWING q pis p
j. j. THOMAS, Scribe - N'i
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19
ODD FELLOWS LODGES.

JORDAN LODGE NO. 3, /. o. o. F.-MFETs
lows Hall, Union Block odd Fellows in good
standing are invited to attend
w - , L. CAFFALL, N. q.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

GOVERNOR FORAKER, OF Ohio, in order
to bring about campaign sensation
sought out several convicts in the State
Penitentary and published their stories
OF maltreatment, etc, thereby weakly
initiating the celebrated Butler expose OF
the Tewksbury Almshouse affair. Butler
proved that negro hide had been tanned
in Tewksbury, and Foraker attempted to
show that canes were made from human
skin in the Ohio prison. The Morse ed
itor OF the Cleveland Plain Dealer, trans
lates the following from the original
Morse by Foraker himself:
am Foraker
am Benjamin.
am the Governor!
Here in my tannery,
My fastness and fortress,
Reign forever!
Here amid convicts
Rule the Nation;
This is my skin-cane;
Sherman, the Iceberg,
Women and children
Cannot Withstand it!
These are the dayltS
Wherewith l WELD it,
And hurl it afar off;
These are my convicts,
Whenever / poison them
Strength is redoubled!
The smell which thou smellest
Stream through the heavens,
In tannery richness,
Is but my coons skin
Blown by the night wind,
Affrighting the nation.
Nye is my brother
His lies are like lightning;
The voice of my convict
Rolls in the thunder;
The blows of my skin cane
Ring in the earthquake!
fool rules the State still,
Can rule it, shall rule it;
Pardons are mighty;
Skin is triumphant;
Over the whole earth
Still am | monarch
Small are my breeches,
But I've got the big head
L am Foraker
am the Governor
I'm the Jim dandy !!
I'm a whole tannery III!
Gordon.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19

THE Idaho Register, in answering an
article in the Salt Lake DEMOCRAT in
relation to John HALEY, says;
Now, we will ask the DEMOCRAT or any
man in Idaho who has grain of common
sense, if they for one moment think the
reason John HALEY told the committee or
credentials he would not accept the nomi
nation if the Mormons were allowed seats
in the convention, was because he is an anti
Mormon at heart" because he is and was
not in sympathy with them?
The Register reminds us OF the Dutch
man who whipped his boy for swearing.
After the walloping the youngster knelt
down in corner. In few moments the
old man yelled out CLANS, vot you doin'
dere?" "Praying, fader," replied the
young repentant. "You lie - responded
the incredulous parent. "You pretend
to be braying, but you thinks by tam, und
l vips you some more, aind't it," And
he did it.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-19
Mental Cure,

Mrs. A. Dayton, teacher and prac-
titioner, has removed TO II West, Second
South street. Glass hours to suit pupils.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Lolita, Mary Anderson, Emma Ne.
vada and Marie Wilton are all COM
municants of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Nathaniel Hawthorne never used
an italicized word in any of his works,
bis style furnishing all the needed en-
phasis.
Mrs. Dahlgren, the novelist, is q
GAINESVILLE CO., girl. She is wealthy,
and she owns several houses in Wash
ington.
The tallest man in Washington
Territory is John Hutchinson. He
stands seven feet four inches in his
stockings.
Robert H. Newell, the s'Orpheus
G. Kerr" of popular remembrance, en-
joys a serene old age at cosy home
nest in Jersey City.
Hon. Galusha A. Grow and Hon.
A. Gilmore are the only surviving
members of the Thirty-second Con-
gress.-N. Y. Tribune.
Mime. Sophie Menter, the famous
pianist, is now enjoying the possession
of fortune of three million dollars,
left her by Russian admirer.
A Calcutta paper says that a ma
tive woman has become the editor of
a Christian periodical, which she con-
ducts with remarkable ability and sue
cess.
Prof j. N. Langston (colored),
formerly United States Minister to
Hayti, has been appointed President of
the Colored Normal Collegiate Insti-
tute, near Petersburg, Va.
Catherine Gregory, who died in
New York the other day, was a
school teacher for twenty-five years,
and never missed a day during that
period until she was taken sick.-N
Y. Post.
The Mexican Congress proposes to
change the press laws to the end that of
lenses charged against newspaper
writers shall be tried before a special
jury, and not as is now done, under the
criminal code.
Lord Hotchkiss, one of the swell
cowboys of Montana, recently won a
heavy wager by walking from bis ranch
to Miles City. distance of twenty-five
miles, in four hours and four minutes.
Chicago Tribune.
Ex-Governor Bishop, OF Ohio, is
sixty-three years old, but is still very
active. Last summer he went to his
sons home in Clifton, and, passing
through high gate, was attacked by q
savage dog who did not recognize him.
The Governor took running jump
and cleared the high gate at one bound
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

-''Is the man honest?" asked old
Hyson. Honest as the day is long"
"Ye-es," said old Hyson; "but then he
won't do at all. l want him for q
night Waterman. boston Bulletin.
Boston Estheticism.-
What to me are heavenly pleasures,
That from earth my fancy weans?
What care for worldly treasures?
Waiter, please, more pork and beans.
Chicago Telegram.
About four thousand Russians
came to this country last year. This
is not large number, but if their
names were tied together the unpro-
nounceable appellations would reach
round the earth.-N. r Telegram.
-''Do you allow drunken people on
the traine" asked an old gentleman at
the City Hall elevated station. "Some-
times, but not when they are too
drunk, )" replied the brakeman. "Just
take seat near the middle of the car
and keep quiet, and you II be all right !"
IN. Y. Sun.
-He-'My dear, we can't possibly
take this fiat. Why, when our furni-
ture Is in there won't be room for me
to walk around in it." She-'sNon-
sense; you are not expected to walk
around in o modern fat. When you
want to walk what is the matter with
outdoors?''-N. 7. Tribune.
A four-year-old, who has a drum
and is not so slow to beat it, heard q
hand-organ the other day, and was
particularly struck with the fact that
the grinder took up collection.
After the musician" had departed the
little fellow remarked: II don't drum
any more only for money"
We are told that more than eight
courses at dinner is vulgar. Snibbs
says he is in the height of the fashion,
for he has only six, as follows: Soup
aqua pura, beans Ia oven door, pork
de scored top, brown bread a la steam
er, oleomargarine in butter-dish and
toothpicks ad libitum. Boston Budget.
A few days ago two men were in
Smiths barber-shop. One had red
hair and the other was baldheaded.
Red hair to baldhead-"You were not
around when they were giving out
hair?" Baldhead-"Yes, / was there;
but they only had little red hair left,
and l wouldn't take t."-BoW rsulle
(Ga.) Union.
Now, john" said the keeper Of
the cigar store at closing up time to
his boy, stake the Indian figure from
the door and lay it down behind the
counter" Hadn't we better let il
stand behind the counter" said John.
"Why SOP" asked the employer. "Be.
cause figures never lie, you know
Boston Courier.
George Felt He Was Safe.-They
were standing at the front gate.
won't you come into the parlor and
sit little while, George, dear?" mo
I think not" replied George, hesitat
ingly. II wish you would" the CIR
went on; ''it's awfully lonesome
Mother has gone out, and father is up
stairs grooming with rheumatism in the
feet. y" ''Both feet?" asked George
Eyes, both feet" ''Then I'll come in. y
IN r. Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
MAYOR STEEPULS' BRIDE.
Poor Stanley Huntleys Story of . Holiday
in Dakota Town.

Poor Stanley Huntley's Story of Holiday
in Dakota Town.
In recent issue BRAKES Travellers
Magazine prints an article by the late
Stanley Huntley, found among his pa
pers after his death. 1t describes his
actual experiences while editor of
paper in Bismarck, D. T., and contains
this interesting sketch of a wedding
celebration on the frontier:
1t was a holiday in the town of
Prince when Mayor Steepuls came in
from a more eastern town with young
and blushing bride. Business was sus-
pended save in the bar-room; the fire.
engine was washed and the brasses
frightened. Some American flags had
been extemporized and band Of the
village, consisting of two drums and a
cornet, turned out to do honor to the
advent. Two chairs had been rugged
on the engine, one on each side of the
air-chamber, for the bride and groom,
and the city and county officials, in
black pantaloons and blue shirts,
manned the rope. Behind the engine
the townspeople had been arranged in
sections of four, with their hands on
each others shoulders. The District
Attorney had been appointed orator for
the day, and, approaching the young
and happy couple, he thus made
speech: "George, my boy, and Mrs.
Steepuls, when you went away you
swore you wouldn't get married while
you were gone, but when we come to
look at your wife we are glad you
lied about it. We haven't many
ladies here, mum, and I'm glad
there are not more like you, for
there'd never be q lick O. business
struck. You're welcome to Prince,
mum, kindly welcome, assure you,
and / know you'll know we mean it,
when l tell you you are the only real
rival the old engine ever had. George,
my boy, congratulate you, and so do
the boys, and may the fires of the love
which I know are cracking in your
heart now be the only flames the old
engine will never put out. Shake, old
mani" And the applause that followed
was as hearty as the welcome. Con-
nubial bliss and protracted inhibition
were too much for the Mayors warm
heart. Tears stood in his heart as he
replied: "Me an tn old woman Is
much obliged to yez, b'ys; ye've done
the purity thing. dom know she can
cook, fer l haven't thried that yet, but
av wan av yez is liver hungry, come to
the house-yez moind well where it is,
fer yez ave all been drunk there-and
see av she don't find somethin' fer yez
to ate" And again the cheer was pro.
longed. The District Attorney and the
Mayor assisted the bride into her chail
on the off side of the engine, and, the
Mayor taking his on the other side, the
band started up and the procession
moved.
At the house there were more con
CALCULATIONS, and something strong
and during the balance of the day tbs
town was given over to genuine happi
ness. A homely sort of performance
you may say, but it was an honest one
and bride nor groom never entered
| home with warmer welcome than die
our Mayor and his wife.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
RESTORED TO SIGHT.
The Wonderful Progress Made In the
Treatment of Eye Troubles.

The Wonderful Progress Made In the
Treatment of Eye Troubles.
Science has made great progress in
treating diseases of the eye. Cataract
in most cases can be relieved, and good
working vision retored, even in the very
aged. The disease consists in the
crystalline lens becoming Opaque. and
its treatment, in removing the lens and
supplying its place with glasses. There
is another still more prevalent disease
of the eye, in which the iris becomes
adherent to the transparent protecting
cornea before it, and the latter be-
comes of milk-white opacity. This
disease has been looked on as nearly
hopeless. But last year the surgeon to
the St. Paul's Eye and Ear Hospital,
England, treated case of the kind with
a success which fairly astonished him,
and which leads him to anticipate in
the future as favorable results as in
other grave diseases of the eye.
The girl was in her twentieth year,
and had always been blind. One eye
was plainly beyond relief. But the iris
of the left eve did not everywhere adj
here to the cornea. It seemed to the
girl, however, as blind as the other eye,
and she could not distinguish her fin
gers held closely before it. Still. there
was trifiing perception of light. By
several operations, extending through
nearly two months, the adhesions were
severed. Contrary to expectations,
the lens were found to be transparent
and otherwise in good condition,
though the long tension had resulted
in producing myopia (short-sighted-
ness). There was also a good-sized
pupil, though temporarily ragged on
two sides from the cuts, and the mi
mute muscles of the iris had retained
in full their sensibility and contractil-
ity. Glasses remedied the myopia, and
in less than two months the girl was
able, with some difficulty, to read or
binary print, and coarser print with
ease. Meanwhile the vision became
clearer.
What seems surprising in the case,
is that the Eetina had retained its sensi-
tiveness, and the muscles of the iris
their sensibility and full power of &C
zion, through the disease of twenty
years, it being a general law that a
disused muscle or organ in time loses
its functional power. We all read with
interest accounts of the first impress
sions felt by those whose sight had
been suddenly restored. In this case,
the sensations were quite peculiar.
The first was one of profound horror.
When she first became conscious of sight
and space, her feeling was like that Of
one who looks over precipice. and
she seemed to regret that she had cop
sented to be taken out of her lifelong
darkness! Time corrected the misan.
| prehension. She learned her letters in
day, and to read in week.-Youths
| Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
a." Ttoelve Years Of My Life,

a." Ttcelve Years Of My Lte,"
by Mrs. B. Beaumont, of Wood.
vile, Mississippi, is a highly in
teresting autobiography, in press
and soon to be published by Messrs.
T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila
delnhia, Pa. 1t relates chiefly to the
varied and trying experience of the
author, who is SO widely known and
who is close observer, while her
comments on what she saw and un-
derwent, are wildly described in a
crisp and flowing style, and the in.
terest is intense from the commence
ment to the end OF the book. The
price will be $3.50 copy, and Or
ders for it can be sent to the Beau
mont Hoase, Woodville, Miss, or
direct to the publishers, Messrs. T.
B. Peterson y Brothers, Pbiladel-
phia, Pa.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
MAKING GLOBES.
Where and How the Miniature Earths Ar,
Manufactured.

Where and How the Miniature Earths Are
Manufactured.
1t is fact not known, perhaps, by
many readers, that Troy is one of the
largest and best producers of school
and library globes in the country.
The manufacture was begun in this
city in 1852. At first only a ball
five inches in diameter was made, but
ten-inch terrestrial globe was soon
added. The list of sizes was rapidly
increased. The balls are made in Bos-
ton, but the appendages are supplied,
and the globes are mounted and
shipped in this city, where are owned
the plates from which the maps are
printed. Globe-making is a skillful
and delicate process. The maps are
printed in small sections on English
drawing-paper, and these segments
must be so nicely put upon the hollow
ball of papier mache that there shall
not be the slightest break in the align.
ment of letters or the continuity of
lines when the smooth and painted
surface is complete. Three months
are required to construct one of these
WOIIuS III mluldtuTC, lEOLu The Time Cndt
the ball is begun until it rests in its
frame or sits aloft upon brass, bronze
or nickel standard. 1t must be so
trimmed and mounted that it will have
no disinclination to change its inclina.
ton in the frame, and will hang so
truly in space that it will halt in its
revolutions at any time when so COM
manded, and remain motionless, as il
its center Of gravity were in truth equal
ly distant from all points upon its cir.
conference. If the globe refuse to
rest with any other country than Amer
lea on top, the maker will be deemed
more patriotic than skillful. The sizes
manufactured range from three to thir-
ty inches in diameter, and from two to
two hundred and twenty-three dollars
in price, and are mounted in forty diff
ferent styles. The constantly increas-
ing demand for these portable orbs is
very forcibly shown by the fact that
the shipments from this city last year
were fifty per cent. larger than during
the proceeding year.-Troy On ~
Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

u Do you want to sell lands If
so write to Mr.. Fl. s. Fairall, Iowa
City, Iowa, late commissioner from
iowa at the New Orleans EXPOSE
lions. He is interested in diverting
emigration in Iowa from the bleak
prairies of the territories to the fer
tile lands of the South.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
Getting Up in the World.

Why, hello, Bob" exclaimed an
old farmer, approaching a spruce
young man in the smoking car; "heow
air ye, anyhow Livin' up in Chicago
now, ehP Oh, yer a lawyer, air ye, an
got good practice? Glad to hear it,
Bob. Climbin' up in the world, aint
ye, ladf"
Yes, indeed, UNCLE" replied the
spruce young man, ''and when you
come to Chicago don't fail to drop up
and see me. My Office is in the 'steenth
story Of the new Tootall Block. -
Chicago Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

u The Scientific American, pub
lisbed by Mum Il Co., New York,
presents weekly to its readers the
best and most reliable record of var
Gus improvements in machinery
while the scientific progress of the
country can 10 no way be CLEANED
SO we'll as. by the regular perusal OF
its pages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

~ Here is some good advice for
the young, the middle aged and the
old: When you want anything in
the dry goods line, clothing or gen.
tlernen's furnishing goods, go to
Messrs. Henry Dreyfuss & Sons,
Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
"Godey's Lady's Book" for

u "Godey's Lady's Book" for
December is handsome number
aud contains good variety in it's
hist of short stories, poems, sketches,
frugal art letters, recipes, games,
and puzzles, work department, edi-
tors comments on fashions, book
reviews, etc. w. E. Striker, pub
Usher, Philadelphia, Penn. Price
% yer year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

q Messrs. Henry Dreyfuss &
Son. Shreveport, have an elegant
stock of goods on hand, and are
ready to welcome their customers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

Il Novelties are daily arriving,
and now open, at SO Texas street,
Shreveport. Call on Mr.. Julius A.
Jacobs, agent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

~ The Caterer aud Household
Magazine for December is received.
1t is thoroughly practical, full of in
formation, and treats of domestic
management and culinary art in an
agreeable and entertaining way.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

"A blind man was sitting in COM
pany with some visitors, when one OF
the company suddenly left the room
''What white teeth that lady has!'' sait
the blind man. why" said friend,
In great surprise, show can you tellp"
Because" answered the blind man,
'.for the last hour she has done nothing
but laugh. - Toledo Blade.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

e The "Southern Cnltivator" for
December is an excellent number.
1t contains the usual large quantity
of invaluable matter for farmers,
bortieulturists etc. The Cnltivatof
Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

% The ladies of Rocky Mount
will give supper at that place, for
the benefit of the Presbyterian
church, on Wednesday evening, the
Goth instant, at q o'clock. All are
invited.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

10 IF YOU want we'll cooked
victuals and a good variety, call at
the lCommercial-Gem Restaurant
when visiting Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

- A great many persons are
taking advantage of the low prices
offered by MIR. Julius A. Jacobs,
agent, Shreveport, as his popular
store is crowded with goods.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

u Take care of the present. be
right and do right, aud you need
not dread the future
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

70 Oysters, stewed fried or raw,
at the COmmercial-Gem Restaurant,
No. 90 Texas street, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16

Cg The Preside is the most pop
ular resort to be found this week.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
Furniture a Speciality.

Ded- Room, Parlor, and all kinds OF Orns
ID mental and Household Furniture, kep
on hand, this being a speciality. Furnls1H
Department ON second floor. yxn~e
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-16
HUMOROUS.

-''Is the man honest?" asked old
Hyson. Honest as the day is long"
"Ye-es," said old Hyson; "but then he
won't do at all. l want him for q
night Waterman. Boston Bulletin.