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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Leavenworth (Kan.) man will
clear nearly $1,000 from four-acre
crop of celery this year.
-"What IS the interior of Africa
principally used for? asked teacher of
pupil in geography. "For purposes
of exploration" was the reply.-M Y.
Ledger.
A contemporary states that $780,
100000 corkscrews are turned out
every year in Newark, N. j. We were
always under the impression that cork
screws were turned in onEers States
man.
Visitor (noticing an active autumn
industry)-'I should think that Chi
cago would be an excellent place for
comic papers," "Why SOP"
Visitor--''It is such a good chestnut
market"
Papa" she said. entering the old
mans room. George is in the parlor,
and have broken the dreadful news
to him that you have failed" What
did he say?' "He wants to know what
you paid on the dollar. ~. 7. Sun.
The coolest known point on the
earth, says DR.. Fl. Koppen, of the Rus
sian Meteorological Service, is Wer-
chojansk. in Eastern Siberia, where the
mean temperature for the year is two
degrees and nine-tenths below the zero
of the Fahrenheit thermometer. This
place is on the Yana River, just north
of the Arctic circle. Y Ledger.
On account of its embarrassing
qualities, there would seem to be no
good reason why cypress should not
make Roadway rs material for
siding, in competition with white pine.
1t is being used to small extent for
house finish is some northern cities. 1t
has pleasing appearance Wood
Yorker
Travellers through the Hoosac tun-
mel recently experienced curious
change in weather. On entering the
eastern end of the tunnel the travellers
left country on which rain was pour
ing and was devoid of every vestige of
snow. On leaving the tunnel, the
traveller saw with astonishment a
| driving snow-storm and snow-covered
ground.
The oldest canal in America is for
sale. 1t is called the Union canal and
extends from the Schuylkill river near
Reading, Penn, to the Susquehanna at
Middletown. The route was first sur
veyed in 1862, but the canal was not
completed until 1927. 1t is eighty-nine
miles in length and cost 5000, 900.
No doubt it can be bought at much
lower figure. 1t is not stated whether
the property has to be removed or not.
Last winter a family in Monroe
township, Bedford County, Penn, suf-
fered severely with diphtheria. The
heavier coverings used on the patients
beds were not washed or fumigated
after the disappearance of the disease.
In the spring these covers were packed
away, and few weeks ago were taken
out and put on the beds. There are
now three cases of diphtheria in the
family, and no other cases in the neigh.
borhood.
-Ayoung man had his girl out car
rage riding the other evening, and the
horse took fright and ran away. In
turning corner the vehicle overturned
and the young lady was pinned to the
earth, the body of the carriage lying
heavily across her waist. She was rem
dered unconscious. When she was re-
leased from her perilous situation she
slowly opened her eyes as conscious
ness returned, and family gasped:
-squeeze-me-qui te-so-hard
-next-time-Joh
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-02-02
THE WRONG WAY.
Some of the Results of Lack Of System In
Doing Homework.

Some of the Results of Lack of System In
Doing Housework.
When she rises from the able she grabs
up half dozen knives and forks, carries
them to the sink, and, as the dish pan Is
missing, drops them into the sink. Then
she begins hunt for the pan. After five
or ten minutes search it occurs to her that
she carried 1t out with some water In it for
the hens She soon finds it, but 1t is covered
with mud, for the hens have made q foot
bath of it After bringing it in and wash
ing it. she puts the half-dozen knives and
forks into the pan; then turns around and
looks at the table, trying to decide what
she will do next In a few minutes she
goes to the table and picks up some plates,
but puts them down, deciding that she will
Ike cup and saucer which she puts into
tue dish-pan. Itnow occurs to her that the
milk pitcher should be put in the dairy but
on taking itup she finds that two or three
flies are bathing in the milk. After search
ing in vain for clean spoon she puts her
longest finger into the milk, expecting that
the flies will crawl out on it, but the flies
are "too fly" SO she goes to the swill pail
and tries to turn them out After two
thirds of the milk has run out the flies con-
clude to go with the current AS there is
now about two spoonfuls left, she decides
that it is not worth saving, and puts the
pitcher into the pan to be washed After
filling the dish-pan with dirty dishes she
turns on them about quart of warm
water. She now rattles the crockery around
with the intention of--cleaning it, but as
the water is at the bottom of the pan the
operation is not a success, SO she picks out
the articles one by one till the soapsuds are
reached. By the time the table is cleared
away (it has taken her two hours shs is too
tired to stand up This is the result of not
having any order or system in doing house.
work.-N E. Homestead
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The Grange.

1.-The Grange has taught many a
young farmer that he is not country
clod-hoppar, but man. in the truest
sense of the word, endowed with more
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-02-02

WITHOUT humanity and mercy no virtu-
GUS character is complete
, 1888-04-24
The Young American Man.

"When 1 despair of the American re-
public" said IN eminent statesman, 81
look at an American boy, and my hopes
revive" There are no young men in the
world with better manner than the best
type of American men. Manly, simple,
unaffected, respectable and remarkably
graceful, SO bright 'that If they turn
themselves on, you can see to read by
them" The young American man is
conceded to be agreeable the world
over, such as a graduate of one of our best
colleges, n cadet from West Point.
Many a youth who has worked his way
up from poverty to good position. They
are wonderful fellows. There is some
thing in this air of equality and freedom
and of liberty which makes a gentleman.
They behave much better, as a class, than
do the young women of America, for they
are so chivalrous that they have partly
spoiled the young women. They are in
comparably better than either
young Englishmen or young Frenchmen,
as a class. There is, to be sure, an
occasional Miss Nancy, a girlish young
man, who is as abnormal as a mannish
young woman. Both are fortunately rare.
Mrs. John Sherwood.
, 1888-04-24

The "dog corps in the French army is
peing carefully raine at Belfort, and the
pupils begin to do credit to their teachers.
Huge dogs are chosen, and every day they
IRE shown soldiers in German uniform
and excited to fly at the pseudo enemies,
being meanwhile kept in by a strong
:hain. This lesson learned, the dogs are
aiken to the outposts, each attached to a
when presently a sham German
by. The dogs fly after him with
such zeal that as a rule the soldier mas to
for the nearest tree. One difficulty
)erplexes the authorities-the sporting
logs will neglect their man hunting duties
they get scent of any more legitimate
game, such as a partridge or a rabbit
Paris Cor. Albany Argus.
, 1888-04-24

The old argument whether dinner,
Which ends his day, or breakfast, which
begins it, is the more important meal,
till lives and loves men of gentler in
But n well known musician, who
the softer strings in peoples ma
.ures with the taste md excellence OF
)oth his little dinner and breakfast par
les, has received many compliments for
MS skill i'll devising the following break
asst: First, oranges sliced in siXteenths,
.prinkled with sugar.; second, omelette of
brains, Vienna rolls, cafe a la
IRENE cutie; third, n Philadelphia broiler.
mushrooms broilcd, on toast, hot corn
mullins, troutia water; fourth, n whole
skinned, headed up in lettuce,
5mithfield ham; fifth, whole ~artichokes
mayonaise; sixth, a glass of port
vine.-New York Press EVERY Day
, 1888-04-24

First of all, I want to say hat the
newspaper business is, to my mind, a
'urely commercial enterprise. I do not
that newspapers are published for
he good of the public. That is to say, 1
% not believe hat philanthropy enters
hto the question in the slightest degree.
'he newspaper business is carried on in
luch the same way as any other business
-let us say, the shoe business, for in
tance, by way of example. The man
Eho sells shoes is anxious to get all the
he can. He tries to buy a better
rticle thar his competitor, and he tries
o sell it cheaper. BY so doing he gains
rade and many dollars. The newspaper
ditor aims to he more enterprising than
is rival. He tries to get more and better
ews and special articles in advance of his
eighoor, and in that way gives his news
apor n standing for enterprise and abil-
5y.-Foster Coates in Sunshine.
, 1888-04-24

During the early spring months, before
the round up begins, the chief work is in
hauling out mired cows and steers; and
If we did not keep a sharp lookout, the
losses at this season would be very serious.
As long as everything is frozen solid there
Is, of course, no danger from miring; but
when the thaw comes, along toward the
beginning of March, u period of new Ian
ger to the cattle sets In. When the ice
breaks up, the streams are left with an
edging of deep bog, while the quicksand
is at its worst. AS the frost goes ont of
the soil, the ground round every little
alkali spring changes into a trembling
quagmire, and deep holes of Shiny, ten
acious mud form in the bottom of all thu
gullies.
The cattle, which nave had to live on
snow for three or four months, are very
eager for water, and are weak and in poor
condition. They rush heedlessly into any
pool and stand there, drinking gallons of
the icy water and sinking steadily into
the mud. When they try to get out they
are already too deep down, and are too
weak to make a prolonged struggle.
After one or two fits of desperate founder
ing, they resign themselves to their fate
with dumb apa' by and are lost, unless
some one of us RI nng about discovers and
hauls them out. They may be thus lost in
wonderfully small mud holes; often they
will be found dead in a gulch but two or
three feet across, or in the quicksand of u
creek SO narrow that it could almost be
jumped. An alkali hole, where the water
oozes out through the thick clay, is the
worst of all, owing to the ropy tenacity
with which the horrible substance sticks
and clings to any unfortunate beast that
gets into it. In the spring these mud holes
cause very serious losses among the cattle,
and are at all times fruitful sources of
danger. Indeed, during an ordinary year
more cattle die from getting mired than
from any other cause.-Theodore Roose-
welt in The Century.
, 1888-04-24

"If young men knew how hard earned
IS the plumber of burglars, - said Inspector
8yrnes, ''they would never go into the
business. Aside from the hard and dan
gerous jobs undertaken and the almost
certainty of imprisonment, there is the
pther fact that a thief has to steal about a
hundred dollars for every five that he
His swag usually consists of
watches, jewelry, silverware and. fine
tlothes. To turn these things into money
he is compelled to take them either to
b%awnshops or to criminal receivers of
stolen goods, and he will not get more
han n twentieth of their value on an
average New York Cor. Chicago
Herald.
, 1888-04-24

The greatest theme is not too high for
,he pressman. Years & l made it a
labit to ask, if l had pre-empted no
what are the people thinking
todayY' With the appliances
Df information collected n become
h task is to meet the greatest
public curiosity in the most instantaneous
way, and that kind of writing is what
literature prepared the way for-that
men might speak in the spirit of this era,
rs Jesus did, with authority, and not
like the scribes. George Alfred Town
send in The Writer.
, 1888-04-24

Villon mas found in the corn worm a
peculiar kind of animal tannin. The
worm contains about 3 per cent. of tan
hin. The amin thus obtained has ali
the properties of oak tannin-tans hide,
gelatine, etc. 1t is not n little
to find this substance in n living
animal. He must make an extremely
bitter pill for the birds who dine on him.
1t will now be in order for some ingenious
scientist to discover that birds eat this
worm when they nave sore throats.-
Times.
, 1888-04-24
Concerning Waiter. In London.

"What do you do when you want a
waiter''' 1 said to the proprietor of n big
hotel in the West End a few days ago.
"Send to one of their clubs" Suppose
l want a courier to personally conduct me
through the continentS'' "Send to the
couriers' club; but couriers are going out
of fashion, killed by education" (which
race makes the best waiteri'' 1.-THE Eng
lishman; but he drinks and is given to
prigging; therefore, the German takes his
place." "Can you prevent tipringi"
mot II we paid twice the wages. Pail
Mall Gazette.
, 1888-04-24
Spring and Summer I'M
defaUeaf' in plain and pref
ty stripes at vi. MarkS'.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April l6, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
AIph X. Chanee,
of Fort Collins, Larimer county, Colorado,
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim, No. 2,549,
for the W J of sw sec. 20, and e of Sc
of sec 10. tip 10 n, r G2 W, before register
and receiver at Cheyenne, Wyo., on
Tuesday, the 22d day Of May, 1883.
He names tho following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim
alton of said land:
Owen Carroll, John II. Gordon, Will,
lam G. Lykens, Thomas Rutledge, all of
Little Horse Creek p. o., Laramie
county, Wyoming.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-04-24

Why does medicine exhibit such poor
progress toward scientific results when
What disease is has not yet
beenS tecurately defined, rs no two cele-
brated physicians will agree in the dag
nosis of aCase.-Hall's Journal of Health.
, 1888-04-24
SUCCESS.

~'uccess sways with the breath Of Heaven,
md though thou thinkest that thou knowest sure
by victory, yet thou canst not surely know;
'or we are all, like swimmers in the sea,
'oised on the top of a huge wave of fate,
Which hangs uncertain to which side to fall.
nd whether 1t will heave us up to land,
IT whether it will roll us out TO sea-
lack out to see, to the deep waves of death
We know not, and no search will make US know;
the event will teach us If its hour.
Matthew Arnold.
, 1888-04-24

1t is n curious fact that wasps' nests
sometimes takes fire, as is supposed by
the chemical action of the wax upon the
material of which the nest is composed.
Undoubtedly many fires of unknown ORR
gin in haystacks and farm buildings may
thus be accounted for.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-04-24

SON0

1 pssIs GRlld1 iia5l. They he s ssS ss;
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
ftc. We guarantee Acker's English
kennedy n positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-24

A fossil egg in the Paris Academy Of
Sciences measures "a 1-2 inches one way
land 20 inches another. The original is
supposed to have been the egg of a bird
three times as big as an ostrich.-Chicago
Herald.
, 1888-04-24

Buenos Ayres, in the Argentine Repub-
.lic, is now the largest city in South Amer
flea, the census of 1887 giving it n popu-
llation of 434, 000.
, 1888-04-24

ANOtiOS 10 hSiOpy gwen lhab
Maurice IL. ZOok,
of Fort Collins, Larimer county, Colo
RADIO, has filed notice of intention to
make proof on his desert land claim, No.
1854, for the sw sec 81, and sc
and e J of sw / of sec 20, tip 10 n, T 60
west, before register and receiver, at
Cheyenne, Wyo., on Tuesday, the ODD
day of May, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclama-
ton of said land: Owen Carroll, John ii.
Gordon, William @. Lykens, Thomas
Rutledge, all of Little Horse Greek post
office, Laramie county, Wyoming.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-04-24

"Who was the wisest man2n asked the
Sunday school teacher.
Solomon promptly replied n little
girl.
"And who was the holicst?''
"Moses."
"Moses! What makes you think SOP
"Bccause l often hear papa speaking of
Holy Moses. '"-Boston Courier.
, 1888-04-24

An Albany reporter writes of "a quiet
but effective wedding"
, 1888-04-24

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
kxhiskies, choice RqueOrs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
directs.
, 1888-04-24

Even a cur may bark at his own GATE
Japanese Proverb.
, 1888-04-24

United States Land Office,
Cheyenne. Wyo,, April l6. 1883.
Notice is hereby given that
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28
THE SENATE TARIFF BILL.
Distinctively Protective-Sugar and Rice
Cut 80 per Cent-Canadian Prod
| ucts Excluded.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 26.-The republican
tariff bill has been reported to the full
finance committee. 1t covers 100 printed
pages and is the outcome of a vast amount
of labor. The material changes from the
original plan have been few. Concessions
have had to be made on both sides. and
while the bill is not in every respect what
most of the western senator's would like,
they will be found in hearty accord with
the main provisions. 1t is a distiuctively
protection bill. Tue sugar cut of 50 per
cent l. there, and in addition TO this, while
no radical change IS made in the classiti-
s,ation, the consumer Is given the benefit
of 4 of a cent per pound over the refiuer.
! The aim has not been to drive rehners out
OF legitimate business, Out to break up
| the trust which the big sugar monopoists
/ have formed. Rice is also cut 80 per
cent. Manila, sIsal grass and jute are
/ put on the tree list, but hemp and fax
are let alone The metal changes are not
AS heavy as at first proposed steel rails
| beng cut only Sl,32 per ton, but this is
/ understood to be Ouly temporary, and the
measure Will undoubtedly put them at $l4,
or reduction of So ton. Tin plate Is
not touched. Lumber and salt, and in
/ tact most of the Cana iau products which
would open a United States market To the
| Dominion without an equivalent to the
/ United States, are not touched. The duty
on fine wool Is raised a cent per pound,
/ but the chief changes in this schedule
/ have been in equlllzing woods and wOr-
steds. Alcohol in the arts Is m de free.
/ but under stringent regulations which
guard absolutely against fraud. As the
! blll stands at present the entire tobacco
/ tax is wiped out, bat tni, Is hot tudl.
/ The bill is calculated to make a reduc-
/ ton in the revenue OF about SO 100000.
which may toe orieAy summarized thus:
tobacco, $50 COO 0UU: Susdr 50 600 600 !:
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cln be said in addition to what has
been said upon missions in general, only
perhaps on particular points. Jesus
Christ was the first missionary when he
came to save sinners The next world
wide movement In Christian forces was at
Antioch. The church was the mother of
missions. She is the proper starting point
for the spirit among the missionaries The
next step Is to put it into the hearts of
men to 20 when the spirit calls Those
people at Antioch might have objected to
losing such efficient workers as Paul and
arnabas, but they let them 90. The
Holy Ghost authorizes the pouring out OF
so many lives for the conversion of the
many millions abroad and at home, and it
is a work of the Holy Ghost.
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been decided to abandon the
search about o'clock, when Il
shout conveyed the gratifying though
sorrowful intelligence to the searchers
that the body was found. 1t was first
seen by Sylvester Ploof of Ferrisburgh,
who was visiting friends near the point,
and lad of 12 years named Henry Guy
cite, who lives at the point. The body
when first noticed was standing
upright in about 10 feet of water, the head
being about two feet below the surface,
and the indications were that it was just
rising from natural causes. The discovery
was made about quarter OF mile from
the shore and about the same distance
southeast OF the point where the boat and
Nj. Wrght's body were washed ashore.
The body, which was well preserved, was
brought to Mr.. Browns undertaking
rooms and the announcement of its recov-
cry spread over the city with great rapid
ity, furnishing the sole topic of conversa-
ton. The finding OF small cord tied in
Il slip moose about the left ankle, which
was about four feet long and trayed at the
outer end, gave rise to a number Of diff
ferent theories as to the manner in which
Mr.. Van Sicklen was drowned, He had
taken off his hip rubber boots, all his
clothing except his shirt, trousers and
belt about his waist, and the most gener-
ally accepted theory is that he attempted
to tow the boat with Mr.. Wright ashore
who it is said could not swim; that ne
was seized with a cramp or became eX-
hausted and perished in the attempt to
save the life of his comrade.
Not a few insist that this theory Is not
plausible, because they say he would not
have tied the rope about his ankle, thus
greatly impeding his progress, but would
have pushed the boat in front of him, and
in support of this theory is pointed out
the fact that the cord, ABOUT three feet
long found tied in the ring of the boat and
that on the body are not of the same size.
But no other attempt is made to explain
the cord about the ankle. Two pieces
may have been tied together with the
ends so short that the action of the waves
agalHst the boat pulled them apart. Some
think that MIR. Wright became chilled
aud drowned first and that Mr.. Van Sick
leu then cut himself loose from the boat
hut had become so exhausted that he was
not able to reach shore There is nc
theory which is satisfactory, however, ant
the manner of the accident Will probably
be forever shrouded in my stery.
The sad accident has cast d gloom over
the city, which is felt by every class of oul
citizens, indicating the deep hold which
Mr.. Van SIcklen mad upon the feeling:
and respect OF his fellow men.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28

In the Case of the Administrator of the
Estate of the Late James A. stone, -
Against the Central Vermont
KAilrOad COmDhnY.

In the suit for $50, 600 damages brought
at the present term of the County Court,
against the Central Railroad com pany,
by John f. Lavell, administrator of the
estate of James A. Stone, who was one of
the victims of the Hartford horror" for
the benefit of his widow and children,
the counsel for the railroad company de-
INJURED to the plaintiffs IS declaration. The
brief submitted by Hon. Jed p. Ladd, AS
such c. unset, argued that the declaration
was insufficient to establish Il cause of ac-
ton under tue statute for the benefit of
the widow and next of kin because it did
not allege that the action is brought upon
that statute ; or that it is brought for the
widow and next of kin because it did not
allege that the widow and next of kin
were in life; because it did not alege the
names and residence of the beneticlaries,
nor the ages of the children; because it
did not allege whether the action was
brought upon either the one or the other,
OF the only two enaCtments which pro-
vides that representative of a deceased
person may sustain an action for injuries
to his testator or intestase, resulting in
mis- death and because it did not allege
that the death of his intestate occurred
within two years of the commencement of
the action. The demurrer was sustained
by the court.