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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

After nine years labor, the first re-
vision of the Malagasy Bible is now
completed.
There are now thirty-one women
in the Universalist ministry. Six of
these have churches in nlinois.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
1t is stated that nearly one thou.
sand persons have united with the Meth
odist Church at Los Angeles, CAL, as a
result of the recent revival.
The Baptist Southern Theological
Seminary has had 5000 given to it
by Messrs. Rockefeller, Hoyt, Bostwick
Pratt and others.
Rev j. Benson Hamilton, of New
York, illustrates his sermons by means
of blackboard at the rear of the pull
pit. He is drawing large audiences
~ Y Times. R.4
The pupils of a Georgia school
who went out on strike against an OBJ
noxious teacher got so far as to nail up
the school-house door. Then their
daddies took them in charge.-Cbicago
Mail
The superintendent of the Rutland
(Vt.) schools encourages the pupils to
lay aside their spare pennies in a saw
ings bank, and with such success that
at the end of last month they had de-
posted about two hundred dollars
Rutland Herald.
The order of Jesuits, which has
been in existence $50 years, has sup
piled the world with 248 saints, 1,500
martyrs, Is Popes, 60 Cardinals, 1000
Archbishops and Bishops, and has at
present $500 missionaries.-N.Y Y. In
DEPENDENT
The French officials on the island
of Marc, New Caledonia, continue
their high-handed persecution and inn
prisonment of the native Christian pas
tors for the crime of being Protestant
Christians. As yet no effort to secure
redress has been available.
Rev. DIR. Carey, of Delhi, India, in
a recent missionary speech in England,
said that there are two William Careys
now in the missionary field, both con-
nected with the Baptist Society, and
that another of that name, now little
boy, he trusted would yet be mission
ary. } ag
The New England Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church re-
Gently held its eighty-seventh annual
sesslln at the Washington Street
Church, Newburyport, Mass. The
membership of the churches repre-
sented has increased to more than
thirty-fve thousand, and the number
of pastors has more than doubled since
the conference last met in Newbury-
port, thirty-five years ago. Boston
Journal.
The New York Examiner reports
religious interest in most of the Baptist
schools for colored people. In Rich
mond Theological Seminary number
of students are planning to go to
Africa as missionaries. At Hartshorn
Memorial College, IN Richmond, the
students have given eighty dollars for
African missions. At the Atlanta
Seminary one hundred and twenty-five
young men are enrolled, nearly half Of
whom are ordained, licensed, or have
the ministery in view.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS

"A teacher of swimming is sub
merged in business even when he has
but one pupil. -Teras Sittings.
AS the convalescent patient said to
the doctor, when an extravagant bill
was presented: 'What is the use Of
your saving my life, if you shove bill
at me afterwards so, big that worry
myself to death over itp"--M Y. Tete-
gram.
els there any thing which can be
both rare and well done at the same
time?' asked Dobbs, as he contem-
plated his roast beef. "Yes," said
Nobbs, "a truly generous action is rare,
and it is, of course, well done. IN Y.
Ledger.
An Irish peasant being asked why
he permitted his pig to take up its
quarters with his family, made an an
swer abounding with satirical naivete:
.Why notp Doesn't the place afford
every convenience that q pig can re-
quire?'- Boston Post.
30, dear!'' sighed Mrs p, with .
toothaehe. "Why can't people be
born without teeth?' '.If you will re-
fiect moment my dear" replied Mr..
F., ssyou will be convinced that such is
the fact. ''-Burli,sqtos Free Press.
-Master-"John, how Is thisp This
letter must have arrived week ago.
and you have only just given 1t to me =
Valet-"But, sir, it only makes an ap-
pointment for tomorrow and | did not
think it necessary to hand it to you be-
fore. IN T. Telegram.
What kind of man is hea good,
bad or Indifferent" ''Well, If you size
him up alongside of Judas Iscariot, he
looms up middlin' fair; but when you
set him down between such fellows as
you an me, Judge, he does dwindle
terrible surprisin he does for u fact. /"
--Proirie Farmer.
--Strong-minded Wife--Eh, Jeanaes,
you are great on languages; what is the
difference between exported and trans
ported?n Submissive husband Why,
INV dear, If you should 60 to the East
Indies you would be exported, and l.
well, should be transported. "-P Puts.
mrgh Ctrosaicle.
-Didn' t stop to think: One of hei
friends, not very well off in worldly
way, had brought her 9 simple bu
pretty gift on her birthday. "It's onlJ
a trife-" the friend began, when Miss
Volatile interrupted her with: 20. M
apologies. | beg. Ishall value it JUS
j as much as the presents have receives
which are really worth something. =
Harper's BGzGr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
IN THE FIRELiGHT.

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere;
like troubled spirits. here and there
The trelight shadows fiuttering go.
And as the shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from The further room
Comes: "Now lay me down to Sleep"
And. somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
NV thought goes back to distant years
And ngers with that dear one there;
And as hear the child's amen,
Mymother's ia tn comes back to me-
t,rouched at her side seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh. for an hour in that dear place
Oh. for the peace in that dear time,
oh, for childish trust sublime.
Oh. for glimpse of mothers face!
Yet. as the shadows round me creep,
do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And NOW | lay me down to sleep!"
6 Farm, Field aud StOckmdf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17

The River Sanpo, which descends
from the Himalaya mountains and flows
for nearly one thousand miles along
the southern border of the Thibet. has
been the subject of more geographical
controversy than any other river in the
world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17

The number of telephones now in
the United States is 325,574 while in
Great Britain there are only $4,000. In
other wor3ls. there are over twenty-five
telephones in the United States TOR
eyerv one in England.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17

-" Chambermaids in Mexican
hotels are male Indians, termed mazos,
They are deft and quick, and will hire
themselves to stranger in the capital
for three dollars per week, giving theil
employer undivided and very welcome
service.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
WOMEN's REToRTS.

A Female Witness who Had Roland for
Each of the Lawyers OIivers.
Lawyers not unfrequently receive the
most provoking retorts from women
whom they are trying to confound. A
counsel defending a prisoner on trial,
before an English court, for stealing
money, began his cross-examination Of
the principal witness, a woman, by
saying:
..Tell me, my good woman, what sort
of money had your
i had eight shillings in silver, and
sovereign in gold.''
Tell me, my good woman, contin-
ued the lawyer, with a sneer. Intended
to confuse the witness, "did you ever
see a sovereign in any thing else than
gold?"
20. yes. sir. answered the woman,
with calm smile; II saw Queen Vic
toria. God bless her''
Madam, said a coarse lawyer,
baffied in his attempt to make cool
witness contradict her statements. .'you
have brass enough to make a sauce
pam
s'And you have sauce enough to fill
it," she retorted. = Koutb's Companion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Facts of Interest.

Midway island, one of the Hawaiian group,
belongs to the United states, and is used as a
coal station.
It is said that within radius of 100 miles
around Asheville, N. c., every known min
eral can be found.
DR.. E. Parmly Brown declares that the ex-
cessive use of salt is one of the main factors
in the destruction of human teeth.
Divers in thirty feet of water, at Holyoke
dam, near Hartford, have kept up communl-
cation with the men at the pipes by means OF
telephones.
Prof. Pickering, of the Boston Institute OF
Technology, with several skilled photograph
ers. went to Grenada one of the West India
islands, to observe the sun eclipse of Aug. ~.
A good Cremona violin has fifty-eight dl-
visions The back, neck, sides and circles are
of sycamore; the belly, base bar, sounding
post and six blocks of deal; the finger board
and tail piece of ebony.
A New Zealand mushroom, which grows on
the trunks of trees, is likely to become an ar
tlcle of expectation to England. 1t is ex-
ported in large quantities to China, where II
| is used in the preparation of soups.
A Frenchman with prophetic tendencies
declares that the great iron tower l,OOo feet
high, proposed to be built in Paris, Will be-
come magnetic on account of the huge blocks
of iron running north and south. In this case
all iron things for mile around Will be
| drawn to it.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
New Street Dress.

Ladies who keep up with the prevailing
styles have already learned that the under
skirt of the coming costume need not in any
way resemble the rest of the suit, and that so
long as it is striped or of fancy colors 1t Is
quite the approved fashion. To select, there
fore, from short lengths such pieces as will
make the lower part and side panel of walk
ing skirt is the objective idea of many shop
ping excursions. Judiciously used, five and
one-half or six yards of these elegant mate
rails will make the required underskirt, and
be sufficient for any combination IN the
basque, if it is desired.
In heavy fancy goods there should be no
foot plating or fullness of any sort for the
bottom of the skirt The breadths should be
plainly scanned up and finished out at the top
by the skirt lining, as the thick goods does
not extend to the belt on account OF its weight
and for economical reasons as well. The
drapery should be carefully planne1 SO as to
leave one long breadth on one side over which
the front and back draperies must part to
show the panel from the foot nearly to the
belt or to the edge of the basque. Very rich
silks with fancy stripes, striped pushes, vel
vet and MORE will be made up for these skirts
A few very heavy high cost brocades are to
be similarly employed. The overdress should
be of wool, with long sweeping draperies,
plainly hemmed, or in some goods showing
the selvedge at the edge Of the drapery. The
basque must be short and with the severely
simple effect of a riding habit. This is to be
the characteristic walking dress Of the COM
ing season-Demorest's Monthly.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
hall Man Soar Like the Birds?

Professor Isaac Lancaster has presented to
the American Association for the Advance
ment of Science an account of a discovery
about flying that he has made. The learned
gentlemen of that body consider it wonderful
achievement, so there must be something in it.
They have offered prize of $50 for the best
paper ON the subject next year.
Professor Lancaster has devoted his atten-
ton to the floating or soaring of birds. He
observed that large bird will move forward
and remain awning hours and hours without
q single flap or motion. He thought if he
could get the secret of it then any substance
shaped like birds wing, and no heavier
proportionately than that, could do the same
He studied birds carefully for months, cover
ing himself with green and brown cotton
cloth to disguise himself as pine tree The
artificial soaring wing he found must have
the under surface rough to motion from rear
to front, ami smooth from front to rear. 1t
must have the front ledge on the under side.
1t must have the elastic feather tips and be
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

A tin tray heavily plated with brass, st,o
upon a little stand in bay window. TIE
brazen surface was brilliantly polished, ana
had been hammered to resemble alligator
hide. The lightning lit this tray in flashes OF
rather alarming briiliancy. Hiss Alilan
Thought she would remove it to a darker part
of the room. As she was about to do so al
overwhelming sheet of light came that blind
ed and startled her The tray CLEANED as IL
it had been ablaze She seized it in hurry,
threw a cover over it and put it under the
table Then she left the room.
Next morning a reject picture OF the
Young lady was found to be photographed
upon the tray. 1t was produced by the bra.
surface of the tray beneath it having beeii
dulled and darkened to deep buff color 1t
was profile picture, a.d where her eye was
the brass was left b. hit and shining, th~
surface being here untouched, as is indicated
in the illustration.
Miss Paul has short, black curly hair
Where it appears to be in a knot behind a
lock must have been brushed up from leaning
against chair.
Such is the lightning photograph. How it
was made, who shall say? Nobody is wise
enough to explain it as yet. reflection OF
the girls face may have been thrown upon
the polished tray by light streaming from il
to the tray Chemical rays in the lightning s
tlach may have caught the reflection acted
on it in an instant and fixed it, But how
about the bright spot that was left where her
eye was!
Different and stronger rays may have
streamed from her eye, rays SO strong that
the electrical chemistry could not decompose
them. How the picture came to be caught IN
profile is also mystery. She may have been
holding the tray at the moment so that re-
Election of her side face fell upon it when the
picture was made. But still it is all not very
clear We only know it is very remarkable.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
AFEW EARNEST WORDS !

Does auy one who reads these lines feel tired
~ nervous? Have you RESPONDENT feelings!
Is your appetite some times poor and again
voracieus? Do YOU notice brict dust at the
hnttom or scum on the top of the fluids you
nossp Are these fluids scant at times ana
Plentiful al others? Do YOU have headaches
ppnoe in while? If YOU have these feelings.
nO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
WEANl Your Kidneys are diseased ! 1t
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time Rights Disease, an. death IN lts most
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Mr.. JOHN w. FURBUsH, an army veteran OF
Wakefield, Mass, neglected these symptoms OH,
and was brought to Deaths door, he TOOK
HUNTS REMEDY andls well To-Day.
Mrs ALEXANDER L. NICHOLAS OF PhGn.X;
r. l., and descendant of General Natlialliel
Greene. was so near the grave her breath only
came in gasps. but she was restored to health
nv using HUNTS REM EDY.
The wife of Captain s. GREENWOOD, master
of the well. known Steamer Kanawha. had
large and painful swelling in the side. when
wa. thought to be tumor. It entirely gi'-
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Ely. Captain Greenwood himself was cured
~ terrible Catarrh of the Bladder by the same
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

The hens lay and cackle like other hens,
raising their little broods on the floating barn
yard. The ducks can't stay aboard all the
time-they must go ont to swim; but at
night every duck comes home. Then there
are boats set apart specially for raising ducks
after they have been Matched by the ovens
The master or mistress soon learns the proper
quack by which the ducklings are controlled.
They too, are permitted to swim occasionally
through the day until they are ready for
market. At night the hindmost duck al
ways gets a drubbing for his hardness III
getting on board One thousand birds may
be tended by one man and raised IN TINS
way. Women and older children generally
row the boats in the Pearl river. The men
90 ashore; but the children are born on the
boats and often their mothers have never
been on land Land is dear and life Is
cheap. Those unable to rent garden
sometimes construct little floating islands or
RATS made of bamboo, and cover them with
soil, upon which they grow their vegetables.
If a boat gets upset. the first impulse is to
save its contents and then the occupants after
ward
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
FASHIONCETS.

The marquise is the newest lace
Flat finger rings are out of fashion.
A glove must be long or it is nothing.
Skirts are gathered, draped or plated
The beryl and the opal are fashionable
stones.
Black and white silk hose in pin checks are
imported.
Etamine with wide meshes is combined
with wooden lace
Velvet jackets, sleeveless of course, are
worn with lace dresses.
Times are good again. The jewelry trade
has improved 25 per cent. over last year.
White silk vests, braided with gold OF a
pale tint, are worn with tailor-made dresses.
Women will wear large and splendid orna-
ments in jewelry, men very small and quiet
ones.
1t is considered more stylish in France for
a bride to wear a long plain tulle veil than
lace one.
Very large ball earrings of dull gold, some
times with jewel set down deep in them, are
coming into fashion.
Shoes are less pointed, and have renowned
the high heels which gave such an unsteady
gait and projected the body forward
Plush Jackets are made without any extra
trimming of fur or passementerie, ana arc
beautiful from their very simplicity.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

A decided novelty is the "fy pin" In
reality this is not pin, but an ornament to
take the place Of brooches and ss.Ser pins,
especially in delicate laces and thin fabrics.
It embraces in its designs large number OF
winged insects and represents sufficient
number of sizes to furnish ornaments for
many purposes. In a word, it appears as a
blue bottle fly on bonnet ribbon, as hum
ming bird for a brooch, a gorgeous butterfly
for hair pin, or dragon fly for bouquet
holder. and SO on through the family OF
winged insects Some of these pins are of
plain gold, others are set with gems, while
others are enameled in faithful copy of
natures hues. The novelty consists i'll the
manner in which these pretty little orna-
mcnts are fastened on to the ribbon, the
dress or in the hair In the body of each fly
is concealed an ingenious contrivance where
by the wings are movable. On being pressed
together backwards, two little gold pronGs
underneath the wings open and, being lald
against the lace or fabric, gains firm CLASP
on the same, when the pressure Is removed
and the wings are permitted to spread them
selves. The advantages, especially for deli
cate fabrics are obvious, the frallest web OF
lace cannot be torn, and as the ornaments are
of light weight there is no pulling or saggine
when fastened to thin materials 1t is be
lieved that fly pins will prove especially at
tractive on ball and evening costumes, fol
hair ornaments, and fastening up lace drap
cries and holding on corsage bouquets
jewelers. Circular
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10

longer than It is wide, and II it closely imi-
tates the birds it must have from one to three
pounds weight for each square foot OF sur
face. He constructed floating planes which,
for lack of better name, he has termed
ctIlgies. They would draw into the breeze
from the hand and simulate the soaring
birds perfectly, moving on horizontal iihes'
or on any inclination to vertical.
Motionless wing flight That was the solu-
ton of the problem. His most successful
aefIlgyn was a machine with balance arm
rotating in a horizontal plane, like chill
dren's merry go-round or Flying Dutchman.
This remained floating in calm air for three
DAYS, but wind stopped it, unlike the birds,
which soar against the wind. The arms OF
this machine were very long, ninety-four feet
across, extending out each side from hori-
zontal broad plane "a by l2 feet The long,
rotating arms were to initiate the wide circles,
100 feet across, in which the birds move
around. He says the frigate birds can DO
seen any calm day over the lower Florida
coasts going around and around in their inter-
minable circles on fixed wings the whole day
long. Then plane of the weight and dimen-
sons and position Of frigate bird ought TO
move in the same manner If similarly placed.
Thus far has the invention proceeded. Can
n a,hine be made which will also soar IN o
winds The question is open
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
TIE WORLDS PROGRESS.
INVENTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC FACTS
At HOME AND ABROAD.

Photographed by tho Lightning-shnH
Man Soar Like tho Birds ?--Frofessor
Lancastor's Remarkable Invention
A Chinese Duck Boat.
China is SO crowded that thousands OF fa'A-
lilies live in boats on the water They tie up
to shore, and move from place to place us
their owners desire. At Canton there aie
many miles of family boats. Chinese poultry
raisers live on them in great numbers. Ihcy
remind one of the prehistoric remains IN the
Swiss lakes, which show that the primitive
man dwet thus upon the water to protect
himself from surprises by his enemies Mr.
John b. German, in his book, speaks OF the
boat dwcllers of Canton: "In each boat you
see a little awning overhead-bamboo mat
ting-a small cabin at one end, ana the
kitchen, with its tiny stove or brazier at the
other. Every boat is crowded with children:
The Chinaman raises his pigeons, hens ana
even ducks on his boat. You see the coops
setting on the ample decks. You hear the
cf,nticleer crow amid stream"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
The Bodice, or COrse1et.

The fashion of bodices or corselets is on the
increase. They are made chiefly of velvet Of
a color to correspond with that of the dress
Even women no longer young now wear cor
selets, which are completed at the top and
transformed into a high corsage by two
fronts of the dress material trifle shirred.
Suppose toilet of pale gray silk worn by a
lady of a certain age, The corselet will be of
deep gray velvet embroidered in gold, and
the fronts, which simulate a draped fichu,
will be of pale gray silk like the rest of the
dress, the sleeves being like the fronts In
short, the bodice or corselet is given the as
pect of an actual corset put on over the cor
sage of dress
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
How Iron Wears Out.

When worn car wheel tread is examined
under the microscope it is perceived that the
surface of the metal comes off in thin flakes
or scales Examined under high powers the
scales are found to resemble portions OF
brick wall, the fractures being not in the par-
ticles of iron, but in the material which unites
the particles in a manner similar to which
mortar unites the bricks of a wall. Contin-
uous Earring breaks this cement or uniting
material, thus allowing iron SO treated to fall
in DieceS
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10
Moon end Magnet.

An Austrian savant has ascertamed that
the moon has an influence on magnetlZed
needle varying with its phases and its decll-
nation. The phenomenon is said to be more
prominently noticeable when our satellite Is
near the earth, and to be very marked when
she is passing from the full to her first or sec
ond quarter The disturbances are at their
maximum when the moon is in the plane OF
the equator, and greater during the southern
than the northern declination.