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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-23
eABY's DRESS.
Why 1t Should in No Way Interfere with
the Laws Of Health.

Why 1t Should in No Way Interfere with
the Laws of Health.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness" are inalienable rights of the in
FAINT, as well as of the adult. 1t follows,
then, that its dress should in no way
interfere with these rights. It should
be loose, soft and warm, covering neck,
arms and body equally, and short
enough not to restrict motion of legs
and feet Petticoat bands pinned
around the body interfere with breath
ing. and thus with life and happiness.
The long roller bands of infants are
means of torture and cause ruptures
more than prevent them. One thick
ness of flannel loosely pinned around
the abdomen is enough for all needed
purposes.
A very practical wardrobe for an in
FAINT, that answered all the demands of
health and comfort, was made by
young mother for her frst-born. It
consisted of long-sleeved. high-necked
shirts of wooden, With cotton, similarly
made, to be worn over them. The
binding of each petticoat was basted to
the bottom hem of the shirt CORE
spending to it. OF eyeless holes were
worked in binding and hem, and the
two laced together with soft cord.
Thus the skirts could be changed with
out undressing the child. The hand of
the mother could reach any part of the
child's body. Buttons were dispensed
with as uncomfortable for baby to lie
upon, and the undergarments were
fastened in front. At three or four
months, according to season and vigor
of the child. the skirts can be short
ened. A child as young as three
months has been trained to dispense
with napkins by careful attention to
regularity in attending to Natures
wants. The trouble required to reach
this result is more than offset by the
gain to all concerned in comfort and
health. Drawers of cotton flannel, tri-
angular in shape, buttoning together,
can be made to cover the limbs and
should be suspended from the bottom
of the shirt by little tags. one on the
back and two in front. A rubber cloth
for protection is Objectionable, because
it keeps the body in vapor bath. Un-
bleached muslin will answer the pur-
pose, but neither should be used con-
stantly.
For children of all ages the funda-
mental rules for dress are warmth of
the whole body, perfect freedom of
limbs and internal organs, and softness
of material with simplicity Of style.
All clothing should be suspended from
the shoulders. The feet of the infant
are best incased in soft, square-toed
wooden socks; they should never be
thrust into stiff leather shoes. Until
physiological shoes are for sale, the
mother will do well to make her baby S
first shoes. l used to take the outline
of the foot on paper, and from this cut
soft leather or cloth sole, to which
fastened cloth top. The foot was
thus adequately protected and its shape
preserved. The head-covering of the
child should not be so warm as to make
the head Congregationalist.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-23
GERMAN SOCIALISM.
An Omcial Admission That Anarchy Il
Spreading in the Empire.

An Official Admission That Anarchy Il
Spreading in the Empire.
The Imperial Government has pre-
sented to the Reichstag its statutory
annual report on the application and
effects of the Socialistic law. with more
especial reference to those cities and
districts which again had to be placed
under the minor state of siege. As re-
CARDS the general present condition of
Social Democracy in the empire the
report states that the movement is
spreading rather than otherwise, de-
spite the repressive means employed to
combat it; and this result is partly due
to the revolutionary fuel supplied to the
party in Germany by the Anarchists of
other countries. Moreover, its members
continue to hold frequent public and
private meetings, and their influence is
especially strong in trade unions, whose
effective organization has been mani
tested within the last year by compre-
hensive strikes.
Again, the organ of the party, the
Social Deanokrat, still retains its infiu-
ence, and is struggled into Germany as
extensively as ever, in spite of all the
means employed to keep it out. The
principles which continue to be preached
in this publication aim at forcible up
turning of the present order of things.
After considerable pause" says
the report, "the German Anarchists
again gave sign of themselves in the
recent murder of Police Inspector
Rrrp inf Of IF IL.
there is reason to believe will be fol-
lowed by others of a similar kind
and they seem to partake as freely as
ever of the intellectual food dished up
to them in the Freiaeit by John Most.
Of this antarctic print, five thousand
copies are struck off in America,
where only about five hundred remain
for home consumption, while the rest
find their way to Europe, especially to
Germany and Austria, whittier they
are sent without any chance of their
ever being paid for. In recent num-
bers the Freiheit has concerned itself
with the theoretical formation of
Arbeiter-Bataillone', or workingmen
battalions; and described, in minute
and scientific detail, how explosives
may be chemically prepared, stored
and employed for the destruction of
life and property"
In Berlin itself there is no sensible
decline from the extraordinary
height reached by the Social-Demo-
cratic movement at the time of the
general elections, and the seeds then
sown continue to grow with luxuriant
strength, To what extent this ia the
case may be partly inferred from the
fact that within the last year the
police have had to dissolve meetings
and issue interdicts in no fewer than
one hundred and seventy-five cases.
On several occasions violent resistance
was offered, and the numerous strikes
which have lately occurred in the
capital are in a great measure trace
able to the influence acquired by the
Social Democrats in trade unions and
other workingmen's societies. Berlin
Cor. London Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-23
A Soulful Appetite.

Miss Clara Cat the front door)-
Goodnight, George, dear. As you look
upon the moon on your journey home
ward, let the thought come to you that
I, too, am gazing toward the same pale
orb. and our souls will hold sweet
communion. Goodnight.
A little later. Miss Clara Tin the
house)-Mother, do you know what
has become Of those cold buckwheat
cakes left over from breakfastp-N 7.
Sur.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-23

out OF sight Of yesterday-there It
shines still with fearful, gentle lignt
through the rack Of the storm. Tie
heart beats sadder, the tide of life
runs slower, but the Yesterdays come
drifting down to waiting Age-wait-
ing for him who enters hall and howell.
unbidden and unstayed. "Don't for
get!' Alas who does not remember /?
It is hardly likely that we want
Christmas to come so often now
We have grown older and much wiser,
and perhaps a trife sadder. Wehave
lost our faith in Santa Claus, and in
some other things besider. If how
ever, we have found disappointment
ii the years have taken away some
things have they not also given much
more? If the pleasures of Joyous
ignorance are gone, are not those of
ripper intelligence and gentle culture
more varied and intense? And of
Christmas, for those who choose il
so, the best, the very best remains
peace and good will.
For many years the Banner has, ON
this joyous day, sent kind greetings
to its patrons and friends, which it
gladly renews again, and if possible,
with feelings Of deeper sincerity and
gratitude.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-23

"A reef known as the Culaboras,
sixty miles from Tonga Island, in the
South Pacific, has become an active
volcano three hundred feet high.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
Where Burns was Born.

Five miles from kilmarnock is Irvine,
where Burns made his unfortunate start
as a fax dresser, and, worse still, eontrac-
ted. in the opinions of his biographers
very many bad habits and nine miles in
another direction is AYR, where in the
summer time omDibuses run regularly to
and from the station to the cottage in
which the poet was born, the monument
erected TO his memory, the Auld Kirk Of
Alloway and the Auld Brig o Doon-the
three latter being situated all close to
each other, and about mile to the south
of the former The struggling High
street reached. one soon finds the inn on
the right. in which Tam and his dear
companion Souter Johnny are said 10
have got " fou together" An oil painting
above the door represents the hero re-
luctantly bidding good bye to his COM
panions of the evening, in
THAT hour o. nights black arch the key-stane.
That dreary hour he mounts his beast In
diH1 elNt~ "a ieiAi Atteeh III "a AebNs NPHiAttf
way. of the start for that memorable ride.
The house is PLAIN substantial Scotch
building, two stories high. with thatch
ed root. and remains very much what it
must have been when, rs the story goes,
Dugald Greene of Shanter and John
Davidson, the drunken shoemaker, the
originals of the poem, used TO 60 there on
market days. The room up stairs in
which Tam was glorious Is still point
ed out but the chairs of the Carrick
farmer and Souter Johnny have been
recently purchased by the Ayr Burns
Club, and placed in the memorial room
in the cottage where he was born at
Alloway. The original drinking cup, or
9 caup," of the inn, is now the property
Of some private individual but the pre-
sent landlord shows fac simile in well
executed piece of dove-tailed woodwork
bound together with silver hoop,whieh
is filed and emptied by enthusiasts, as
well as the old one
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
An Ant-Hill as a Compass.

If an Indian loses the points Of the
compass ON dark day while travelling in
the mountains or on the meslsss, the inst
thing be does Is to hunt up an ant-hill
and set himself right. The opening or
doorway of theae ant-uIOunds invariably
points 10 the northeast. have had oe-
casion to test and verify this statement
scores of times, and never knew il to
fail. There are many curious and inter-
esting signs Of this kind that are depend
ed upon by the Indian for his guidance
and instruction that the white man would
pass unnoticed. The gift of detecting and
prohting by the minute and instructive
signs. marks and lessons Of nature, seems
born in the Indian, as much superior 10
the white man a. the keen scent of the
bloodhound Is 10 that Of the ordinary
dog. The Indian will follow with accu-
rlcy trail that Is perfectly invisible to a
white man, unless he be trained scout
Cor. y. y. EcsHiHg Post
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
IngersoIi on Napoleon.

\ little while ago / stood by the grave
of the old Napoieon--a magnificent tomb
of gilt and gold, fit almost for a dead deity
and glzed upon the sarcophagls Of
black Egyptian marble, where rests at
last the ashes OF that restless man. /
leaned over the balustr;lde and thought
Of the career Of the greatest soldier of the
modern world / saw him walking upon
the banks Of the Seine, contemplating
suicide | ssw hiIu putting down the
mob in the streets Of Paris | saw him at
the head of the army Of Italy | saw him
crossing the bridge of Lodi, with the tri-
color in his hand l saw him in Egypt
in the shadows of the pyralnids | saw
him conquer the Alps and mingle the
eagles of France with the eagles Of the
erags. / saw him at Marengo, at Tim,
and Austerlitz: | saw him in Russia,
where the infantry Of the snow and the
cavalry OF the Wild blast scattered his
legions like winters withered leaves. |
saw him at Leipsic in defeat and disaster
driven by million bayonets back
upon Paris, clutehed like wild beast,
banished to Elba. saw him escape and
retake an empire by the force OF his ge-
MUS. saw him upon the frightful bat
tie of Waterloo, where chance and fate
eomnided to wreck the fortunes OF their
former king | saw him at St Helena,
with his hands crossed behind ham. gaz-
ing out upon the sad and solemn SEA. |
thought of the orphans and widows he
had made. Of the tears that had been
shed for his glory, and Of the only wo-
man who ever loved him, pushed from
his heart by the cold hand of ambition.
And | said ! would rather have been u
French peasant, and worn wooden shoes.
| would rather have lived in a hut with
a vine growing over the door and the
grapes growing purple in the kisses of
the autumn sun would rather have
been that poor peasant with my loving
wife at my side, knitting as the sun died
out of the sky, with my children upon
my knees, their arms about me | would
rather have been that man and gone
down into the tongueiess silence of the
dreamless dust, than TO have been that
imperial impersonator of force and muir
der known a. Napolean the great. And
50 | would. ten thousand times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
Old conveyances.

The first mail coaeh was started in
i7s4, and in 1874 there was rot single
mail running BY road out of London. In
fact. the coaching system. ike theSe of
eiiPIer-slliI~ and wet-plate photography.
Was brought to perfection only 70 ~
down almost imme,iiAtcly before the in
troduction Of superior mctho1. The
mails kept wonderful tine 50 exact
were That people used b time their
watches by them A few fthe time-bills
Of the mails. with their stoppages. are
given The Bristol, the Devonport. and
the Holyhead were the fastest mails out
Of London. the last naIfi,.s doing 259i
miles in 26 hours and ~ minutes. an ay-
erAge pace Of little under 10 miles an
hour including stoppages. Bot the wear
and tear Of horsefiesh 70 keep up this
pace in all weathers, and against bad state
Of road must have been fearful. and it Is
no wonder that the Postofiiee often had
great difficulty in getting their contracts
taken up. Mr.. Horne considered that
the pace was too great, as the mails con-
stantly drove over people and killed
them INDEED, accidents OF all kinds
were common the Beaufort Hunt
WIS upset twice within fortnight. These
acci,ients often arose from what Mr.. Har-
ms eaaritably calls the indiscresions Of
the coachInan but whateSer their
carIse. they were frequently hnentable
and severe. One Of the oldest coach
proprietors made it a maxim never 10
employ cOachman who had not had an
upset, for the reason that without such
an experience he would not know now
to get coach up again, There can be
no doubt that there WIS great deal Of
reckless driving and racing. Cat.sstrophes
also happened through getting eff the
road in . iog, and from collisions. and in
addition 10 these caJisss. thoroughly
fractiogs or vicious horse might prove An
equal source Of danger Mr.. Harris en-
lar-es on the subjects Of eoaehnien.
guards, and accidents in As many enter
tanning chapters. and he neatly taPerst III
his subject by dissertation Of the early
days of railways. Coaching left il marx
on the railways in several respects. The
distance between the rails on the narrow
gauge Of railways Is the same as the
width between the wheels of the old
mail coaches, viz, feet s. inches. Even
to the present day carriages may be seen
on some Of our lines painted to resemble
three coach bodies placed end 10 end,
which seems to have been the original
idea in the construction of railway ear
riages, though it has probably never 0e-
CURED to one traveller in ten thousand,
obvious ts the imitation l.. Many ofthe
old mail coach guards passed into the
service of the railways, and not few
. down the road men did the same
thing.-THs Spectator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
The Public Road Law.

1t Is "a general doctrine Of law in the
country that the lands in the highways
belongs 10 the owners of land lying along
each side. The farm only extends 10 the
road and the public has only the right TO
pass and repass in an orderly manner,
and keep the road in repair. The farmer
owns the highway, the soil. grass. trees,
stones, gravel, and everything else upon
the surface, OF under II, and may Use
them in any way that does not affect the
public right Of passage. and the law viii
protect his ownership in them, just as
much as if they lay inside his own fence
Notwithstanding the fact that the farmer
owns the land Of the road, he cannot use
it himself for any purpose that at all in
terferes with the public rights there. He
cannot put his wood pile, wagons, or pig
pens thereon, and If he does. and the
traveller runs into them at nigh; and *
injured, he would no, only be liable for
the private damage susiafhed, but he may
be indicted for ObStncting the public
highway. No person has a right to pas
ture on the side Of the farmers highway
any more than in the enclosed lands, nor
can he hitch horse 10 a tree there with
out being liable for the tre-spass. II
person lets his cattle 20 into he highway
he II liable for the trespass they commit
by simply being there unlawfully; for
the injury they do to the sod or by the
barking Of the trees. and for any other
damage they may do. II while there
they hook, or kick or bite any person,
lawfully using the way, he would be IL
able for the iui,lrv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
Ute PappooseS.


The Ute pappoose when quite young is
placed IN buckskin or riwhide recep-
t,Icle with straight board back. The
buckskin opens down the centre Of the
front The pappoose Is placed in ii, and
the edges Of the buckskin are drawn
tightly together by buckskin thongs. as
YOU wouid lace a shoe. The ehil,rs arms
are pinioned down by its side; NJ part Of
the body can be moved except the head.
which can be rolled slightly from side to
side straps are attached % the board
to enable the squaw to sling il across her
back or hang it in the branches Of a tree.
You very seldom hear a Ute pappoOse
cry. | have seen the little things stand
ing up against the tree in the boiling sun
III one of these barbarous strssit-Iacket
reeeptacles. The flies were crawling in
and cut the corners of its eyes, and great
tears were chasing each other down its
checks, but not whimper nor sound
Was heard. They are kept laced up this
way, except at short intervals. until they
are large enough 10 learn to walk They
are taught % ride horse almost before
they begin to walk, and il Is curious to
see the little things, often three aud four
on one horse, and elinging 10 his back
and to each other with the tenacity of
monkeys. The children of years old
and up are often bedecked with war
paint and bead and silver ornaments un-
til they are hardly recognizable Great
silver rings are suspended from their ears,
silver plates three and four inches in di-
ameter hang upon the breast. Three.
four and sometimes five pairs Of silver
bracelets Of Navajo designs adorn the
arms Beaded buckskin moccasins. a
bright little Navajo blanket. otter-skin
trimmings in the hair, rings upon the
fingers, a brass or silver arinlet above the
elbow, and several necklaces Of beads.
VOLTS teeth, SSe., buckskin belt five
inches IN width and gorgeously worked
with beads. and you have a Ute child
dressed and ornamented according 10 the
fond parents idea of artistic taste.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
September Bargains.

Newant 10 reduce stock in all Departments
during the month Of July, and have made
great REDUCTIONS throughout our stores.
Readers Of this IaI,er, no matter where they
live. viii find ii greatly to their advantage 70
send for sample, forthwith.
We keep Black silk, colored silks. and
yelvets; Wool Dryss Goods. Summer weights:
Cotton WASH Fabrics. Hosiery. Underware
Gloves, Embroideries. Collars and Cuffs.
Handkereliiefs, Laces. Thin White Goods,
Linens Lace Curtains, Millinery, Dnss
Trimmings, Buttons, Ladies and Childreils
sudts and Wraps. and Mems and Boys Fur
nisliing Goods
Five big storerouoms in one
Our Mail order business extends over all
the states and Territories North, West and
south.
Satisfactory dealings guaranteed, as all
business is done on progressive ideas.
silks and Dnsss Goods our great specially.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
WHOLE NO. 1884.


| The question whether water Is farten-
ing OF otherwise has been much discuss
ed. Formerly it was generally asserted
| that the victims Of OBESITY should morti-
| fy the flesh and reduce the IA; by alb
staining as much as possible from liquids
and remaining in q continual state Of
thirst Latterly the opposite has been al
tirmed, and am toll that reduction Of
weight is one of the results claimed By
the hot water cure" provided always
the water is taken hot as possible, pain.
fully hot, and in great quantities. Experi-
ments have been made in Paris by DR.
pebOve which contrcvert both thee doe
trines- These experiments Indicate that,
provided the same amount OF solid food
is taken, large quantities Of water make
a man neither thinner nor fatter. They
were carefully made on friend who
took weighed quantities of food daily,
and while these remained equal doubling
the quantity OF water had no measurable
effect ON the weight of the body. still,
it Is quite possible that the old theory of
thirst cure and the new theory of hot
water cure may both be correct. Both
violate thei natural conditions of health.
Scalding hot water, ike tea OF coffee. or
grog of similar temperature, unquestiona-
bly, inJuces the teeth, stomach, and other
organs concerned IN the early stages of
digestion, and it is svery probable that de
ficiency Of liquids impedes the latter
stages. whereby the chyme, by the aid of
the digesting fluids, becomes converted
into chyle and blood A fat man may
easily become thinner by injuring his
health Banting is dangerous, u
many who have fairly tried can prove.
The difficnlt problem Is to reduce the
fat without reducing the strength at the
same time. \ skillful trainer will under
take 10 bring any man down to his hight
ing weight, that is, to the best condition
for violent exertion, but as soon as the
discipline of the trainer Is relaxed the
obesity; when Constitutional, returns,
and a long continuance of high training
is murderous. Perhaps the old prescrip
ton, Keep your mouth shut and your
eyes open" when followed with judieious
limitations, is the best. Eat less, sleep
less, and walk more, are safe injunctions,
provided they are obeyed in moderation.
The fat man who uses malt liquor as
daily beverage deserves 20 be buried un-
der eross roads at midnight, according To
the ancient modes of degrading the will
fuI perpetrators of J,lo de se.-Gsatlenefa's
Hagdzine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
A Western Fashion.

Mamma said Miss Penelope Waldo
of Boston. / don't like this Mr.. Breezy
from the West whom We met last night
He is extremely uncouth-'
How ?'' inquired the old lady.
9 We were discussing horseback riding
and be said that he rarely used the sad
die and rode bareback on almost all oc-
casions. OF course one can dispense
with u saddle if he wishes, but for any
body to ride about in his bare back is
unnecessarily Western"
And the old lady thought 50, too.-N.
T. 1smes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08
CHAPTER II.

The sweet midsummer eve closed in,
and the gray of the night came on Stran-
gers from the foreign land of England
wondered as they drove home from their
days excursioning at the fancy of the
peasants for setting light TO the gorse ev-
erywhere.
All the young Qualtroughs were out in
the grounds with Willie and his friends.
Mr. Qualtrough, gray-headed and wise,
went out too Perhaps he laughed over
il all, but there had never been Mid
summer Eve he could recoliect without
the burning of witch fires No, indeed /;
and if his children had shown themselves
very advanced in the common sense of
the age and neglectful of the old customs,
he, good man. would have been just one
degree uneomfortably surprised.
They had all had merry supper
Manx folk are primitive, and supper is