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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Tho woman who can control her
own tongue is greater than he who
ruleth city. She is also scarcer.-N.
Y. Star.
1t has been estimated that after a
lapse of ten million years the sun can
not give out sufficient heat to support
life on earth.
The fabric known as Chinese grass
cloth is made from the fiber of nettles.
The cloth is peculiarly glossy and trans
parent, and as betting for machinery
has double the strength of leather.
Two substitutes for the high priced
gum arabic-one from hax-seed and the
other from starch-are expected to
serve all purposes for which the genu-
Inc gum is used.
Without taking into account the
small variations due to refraction, ETC.,
the days and nights are always of equal
length at all points on the equator,
without regard to the position of the
ecliptic.
Steel is iron with from one-half to
two per cent of carbon. 1t was former
ly prepared by heating wrought iron
with carbon till it took up the proper
quantity. tits now made ON large scale
by the Bessemer process of burning
out the carbon and silicon of cast-iron
by forcing blast of air through the
molten metal.
Additional experiments have been
made, and with good success, with the
new French method of coating pipes
with cork. A layer of cork is first en-
ployed, asbestos coming next, and
finally another layer of cork. The tenn
perature inside the pipes was some
4O0o Cent, and after $50 hours the
| temperature of the outer surface of the
coating was found to have only risen to
$50.
DR.. Julius Pohlman thinks the
reason why our teeth decay so fast is
because we do not use them enough,
and, like other organs that are not ex-
ercised, they tend to atrophy. Our
! teeth become weak because unused to
hard work. The author warns mothers
and nurses not to give children soft
food if they would have them have
good teeth; in other words, make them
eat their crusts.
"A French experimenter, utilizing
the power generated simply by the
! heat of the sun, has succeeded in rails
ing $500 quarts of water in an hour
from depth of twenty feet. Extrava-
giant hopes have been entertained that
in the future the energy from this
source may be so brought under con-
troll that many of the present methods
of obtaining power may be done away
with.
A recent writer makes q strong
plea for simplicity in the terminology
of science. The late eminent chemist,
M. Mumas, is reported to have said
that the complexity and uncouthness of
modern chemical nomenclature were
something gigantic, and that he found
it impossible to keep pace with all the
new theories and verbal alterations
that were flooding his favorite science.
An interesting development in
photography is in the use of clockwork
In printing from negatives. By this
means a continuous web of sensitized
paper Is drawn at suitable intervals
under d negative exposed to a source
of light. After printing the paper is
drawn, still by the mechanism, through
washer" ''toner" and ''ixern success.
sively; and appears finally as a series
of finished pictures ready for mount
ing, and all alike in exposure, color
and tone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-23
BELLEVUE, La. THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1885,

before them, and their temper is tried
by pricking them with pointed sticks.
They soon learn to regard any thing
red as an antagonist, and when they
enter the ring they are as ferocious as
lions
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-23

VINO used to plow and SOW and reap,
And with the lark from slumber leap,
And with the chickens go to sleeps
That Farmer.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
THE LEES ARE WASHERS.
". Lee, Late Of China. IL the Next Celes
tial to Garry or White Bride.

W. Lee. Late Of China. IL the Next Celes-
tial to Garry or q White Bride.
HARTFORD, Conn, May -. The
Chinese Lee family have fondness for
American wives While the thoughts Of
many are directed to the baby girl Of
Van Phon Lee and his American bride Of
a year, who reside in New Haven, gos-
sips of this city are busy discussing the
approaching marriage of another Chinese
Lee to Hartford school teacher. The
prospective groom is named Wah, and
his sweetheart has endeavored to have
him sign himself w. Lee. He is the pro
prietor of laundry, and has been in this
country twelve years. A few years ago
he was converted to the Christian relig-
ion, and off vent his pigtail. The lady
who is to become Mrs. Lee is Miss Ida
Spaulding, teacher who has been study
ing at the state normal school. Miss
Spauiding became acquainted with Wah
Lee in her work In the Chinese mission.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
ARE AFRAID OF The TARIFF.
NEITHER PARTY ANXIOUS TO BRING
UP THE BILL AGAIN.

It Is Not at All Likely that They VIII
Place Themselves ON Record In the
Matter Until After Presidential CandI-
dates Have Been Put In the Field---
Important Measures Passed BY Con-
80 Es.lE7ss 81 900 Ef'7Es ts4tF
sress---Washington Wirings.
WASHINGTON, May s3.-It is generally
conceded that Republicans will not agree
to vote on the tariff bill without dis
cussion by paragraphs. Whether the
discussion will be resumed before the
conventions are held is uncertain, but
certainly it will not be concluded until
long after that date.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
ST. PAUL AND SOUTHERN.
Waseea Believes # Will bo Built Befor3
the Omaha Air Line 10 Started.

W 89eG1 6el1eVoe IL Will OC 0utAt 0cAOES
the Omaha Air Line 10 Started.
WAsEcA, MINI, May %. 1t is report
ed here on what is considered reliable au-
thority that the proposed air line from
Duluth to Omaha, and which would, it
constructed, run through this county,
will not be built, at least not for some
time to come. This has revived interest
In the proposed St. Paul & Southern
railroad, whose principal officers are res
idents of this city, and which line, if con-
structed, would run parallel to the one
above mentioned. Prominent officials of
the st. Paul & Southern assert that there
is no doubt but that the road will be
built, and it is rumored that negotiations
are now in progress which, if sucesscful,
will insure It's completion. Mr. Bohen,
vice president Of this road, is now in St.
Paul
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
TAMMAnY VS.. THE DEMOCRACY.

A Ridiculous Rivalry Between the Two
Will lie Seen at st. Louis.
NEW YORK, May "a, The Tammany
hall committee of twenty four have made
final arrangements for the St. Louis trip.
The delegation leaves June 2 on the New.
York Central. There is trouble brewing
between Tammany and the counties
about the size of their respective delega-
tions. Likely both organizations will
send many more men than has been
agreed upon, and the effort to outshine
each other in St. Louis will probably be
carried to a ridiculous extens.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
REGULATION Of CONVICT LABOR.

Some Pertinent Arguments Against the
Pending Bill.
The House convict labor bill was dis
cussea. Plumb Qlls.) spoke against the
bill. He said criminal should not be
kept in idleness, as idleness lecomes in
human and tends to check repression of
crime and is in its highest degree detri-
mental to the state. It was false
measure and not in the interest of labor.
Rogers Of Arkansas opposed the bill, in
rs much as it suppressed free trade be-
tween states aud is unconstitutional
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
FEARFUL POWER OF PAINT.
TWO WCRKMEN BLOWN TO PIECES
eY "A vARNisH ExPLo LosloN.

The Factory Completely Wrecked and
Burned---Seyeral Deaths from Drown
ing Reported from the Mississippi Flood
Distrlcts.--The List of Casualties In
creasing as Communication with the
Inundated Disrricts Is Established---
Minor Matters.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 23.-Fire in
Hacket's chair factory, caused by an ex-
plosion Of v4rnish destroyed the building.
John Curley and David Hayton, col
ored, in the cellar at the time, were
blown to pieces.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
wfsconsin waifs.

Incendiaries attempted to burn the old
city hall at Florence.
George Owens, the Florence forger, was
sentenced to year at Waupun.
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows meets
at Wausau the first week in June.
The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, Inde-
pendent Order Of Good Templars, will
convene at Wausau June 5.
The various town boards In Trempe-
leau county have been arrested for failing
to place signboards at highway crossings.
Reinholdt Kurth, the 0-year-old boy
lost at Oconto, was found wandering on
the marshes by farmer and cared for.
It is proposed by the Business Msn's
association of Ashland to raise the sum
of 800. 600 for the erection Of a theatre
block.
The assignee of w. w. Jones, the La
Crosse hardware merchant who failed ~
Gently, has filed his report, showing that
the liabilities are $10, ,062.7l, and the a.
sets about q. .S17.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
THERE WE'RE CASUALTIES.

Several Person Were Drowned in the In-
dian Grove Flood.
QUINCY, ILL.,, May 23 Reports received
to-day record the drownwing of Samuel
Moore by the floods in the Indian Grove
levee district and two children of Will
lam johnson in the Sny district Two
families living in the Sny district are un-
accounted for, and no trace of them can
be found. It is probable that many IA
talities will be recorded when all the
facts regarding the fcod are fully known.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
FELL FROM WINDOWS.

Three Fatal Cases Reported in q Few
Hours in New York.
New YORK, May 23.-One case Of
death, and two of probably fatal injuries
from falling out Of windows are reported
as having occurred in the past few hours.
Alexander c. Brown, aged so, o lodger
at Glenmore hotel, was found dead be-
meath an open window Of room on the
fourth floor. ltis supposed he walked
out in his sleep. James Corrigan, aged
55, while drunk, fell from second story
window and was impsled upon fence.
Nicholas Lawless, aged 20, while clean
ing windows, fell from the fifth story to
an extension four floors below, and suf-
fered internal injuries.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
NOT GENEROUS 10 THE WEST.

The Mississippi River Appropriations
Must Suffer Nearly GeO0, 900 to Make
Room for Improving Eastern Mud
holes - Some Wisconsin Items In
creased and Others Slightly Reduced
Appropriations for the Missouri.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-There is little
resemblance between the river and har-
Dor bill reported to the senate Monday
and the liberal measure as it came
from the house few weeks
ago. The South and the
Northwest are its principal sufferers.
The committee increases the bill
s., sos, ,S33.79 and knocks out 81, ,123,-
2S3. 13, making a net increase Of 81, 472,-t
5000 Following are the important
changes on Northwestern rivers and har
bors:
Oconto, Wis, house So 900, senate $50,
600, $l8,000 Of which shall not be avail
able until the city shall repair the old
pier. Hay Lake channel cut down to
$3.50, ,000 but restored to $500, eco. Fox
river, Wis, 100000. This was the
house figure, but the senate committee
added the following amendment:
"Five thousand dollars or SO much
thereof as may be. necessary to open
the south outlet of Lake Winnebago at
Neenah, so as to make navigation prac-
ticable during low water; $4,000 or so
much thereof as may be necessary to be
used in constructing a levee at Portage,
Wis, to prevent the overflow of the
Wisconsin river into the Upper Fox; st,
Croix river, Wis, house, $780,. senate
$40, 900.
The entire paragraph making an ap-
.propfiat;on of ST., 900 for. continuing the
operations upon the reservoirs at the
headquarters of the Mississippi is stricken
out.
The amount appropriated by the house
for maintaining snag boats on the upper
Mississippi is cut from s25, ,0GO to SO, 600.
Improving the Mississippi river from Des
Moines rapids to foot of Washington street,
Minneapolis, house, $3.50, 600; senate,
$500,
The appropriation for the Missouri
river is Jumped as follows: Improving
from mouth to Fort Ber ton, continuing
Improvement, $l,050,000, including re-
moval Of distractions. surveys and ex-
aminations, together with office expenses
and salaries of the Missouri river COM
mission, to be expended under the direc-
tion of the secretary of war in accordance
with the plans and specifications Of said
commission
The changes in the Mississippi river
improvement, it is stated, are not aimed
at any particular project, but are simply
to cut down the whole general amoont.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
BOGUS BONDS.

The Treasury Department Has Been
Caught ON Forserles to the Extent Of
SIS, 100000.
WASHINGTON, NAY 2S.-Five million
dollars in bonds, accepted by Acting Sec
retary Thompson, have not yet been de-
livered. The offer was made in the name
Of a well known and responsible Phila-
delphia firm and was accepted in good
faith. An investigation now in progress
will, it is thought, show that the offer
was bogus one and that the signatures
to it are fOrgeries.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
cHAMBERLAlN's POLICY.

He CommeDds the Liberal scheme Of
Public Land Purchase in Ireland.
LONDON, May 2S-The Birmingham
Post, the personal organ Of Joseph Cham
berlain, commends the policy toward Ire
land recommended by the Liberal Union
lists. The principal features are the un-
dertaking of an extensive public land
purchase based on the Irish credit, re-
forms Of executive administration and
municipal government and the establish
ment of provincial councils
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24

MILWAUKEE, May 23.-Paul Grottkau,
the socialistic leader who was sentenced
to ore year in the house Of correction
about year ago, but who entered the
prison about the 9Th of April, this year,
while an appeal was taken to the SUI
preme court, has been released by writ
Of habeas corpus before Judge johnson,
Of the superior court, who decided that
the term of his imprisonment had ended
Nav 7, 1883,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
GEORGE PECK FOR GOVERNOR.

The Milwaukee Humorlst Has Aspira-
tion4 Which Have No Joke In Them.
MILWAUKEE, May 23.-In politics the
new feature this week has been the bring
ing out of George w. Peck name in con-
nection with the governorship. Peck has
so long been known only as a humorist
that the proposition to make him guber-
Material candidate seems like q joke. Yet
1t is being well received by the Demo-
cratic prophets. He declares, however,
that no inducement could be offered to
make him accept the nomination.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
I1tah For shermnn.

OGDEN, Utah, May 70. The territorial
Republican convention is in session here.
The talk of delegates indicates strong
Sherman current, with Gresham as Sec
ond choice. 1t is doubtful If the .delega
tion to Chicago will be instructed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
Labor Troubles in Germany.

BERLIN, May 23.--Monster meetings Of
workingmen are being held throughout
Germany, and strikes are spreading. At
Mayence and Hamburg collisions have
occurred between the strikers and the
police. At Meumunster thousand
strikers paraded the streets singing the
''Marseillais y and large number Of
them were arrested.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
a GATHERING OF the GODS.
The Most Noted Actors Of the Day Take
Part In Beneft to Lester WalIack.

The Most Noted Actors Of the Day Take
Part In a BENEFIT to Lester Wallack.
New YORK, May % The testimonial
benefit given to Lester Wallack at the
Metropolitan opera house Monday night
drew an immense audience. The vast
building was thronged to the top gallery.
The play selected was Hamlet" and
many Of the leading stars in the theat-
rical profession took part. Leading parts
were taken as follows: Hamlet, Edwin
Booth; Ghost Of Hamlet's Father, Law
renee Barrett; King Claudius, Frank
Mapo; Polonius, John Gilbert; Ophelia,
Helene Modjeska; The Queen. Gertrude
Kellogg; The Player Queen, Rose Cogh-
Ian. Mr.. Wallack will receive fully $20,-
900 from the entertainments.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
Cable Clicks.

A bill directed against Chinese immi-
grafton has passed the house of repre-
eentatives of New Zealand.
Mr.. Thomas Joseph Condor, member
Of parliament, was convicted and ssn-
fenced to months imprisonment, with
out hard labor, for melting Taxpayers 20
riot.
The Radical deputies in the French and
Italian chambers are considsrinG the
question Of holding meetings Of protest
against 1taly's foreign policy, - tending
to destroy good relations.
The feeling against the Chinese II New
South Wales is intense. Nine-touths OF
the population support the governmsnt
whose attitude is unchanged. Chinese
immigrants will be sent back.
The emperor Of Brazil has wholly ~
covered from his attack OF pleurisy. The
coffee treatment adopted by his doctors
will be continued, together with small
doses of strynia as . nerve tonic.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
TIED UP BY THE X. or l.

The Rochester City and Brighton Rail-
way Unable to Move a Car.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May pa tie-up
occurred ON the Rochester City and
Brighton railroad. Not man reported
for duty, and no cars are moving. The
men, who are all Knights of Labor, are
striking for shorter hours. Both sides
are determined, but no trouble is antici-
pated. Representatives from New York
and Detroit assemblies are conducting
the strike
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
His wrath Was Turned.

81 A letter carrier coming into down
town Office was addressed familiarly by
clerk as "Uncle.n The manipulation of
the mails stopped short in his career and
spoke up: tsHeys What do you call mes"
.'Oh, nothing but Uncle, - said the
ether; Uncle Sam, you knoS
This rather bright reconsti uction OF the
case took the postmnn entirely by surprise.
He was fiattered, besides being thus
substituted for the gov amend, and the
look OF sharp disapprovaa at once changed
to pleased satisfaction. Buffalo Express.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
Fuller WIN Re Confirmed soon.

Z WAsiHISGToN, May 23.-The senate
committee on the judiciary further con-
sidered the nomination of Melville W.
Fuller to be chief justice Of the United
States. A member of the committee is
authority for the statement that the pres
ent status of the case warrants the belief
that Mr.. Fuller will be confirmed at an
early day.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
Bod = Narrow Escape.

CHICAGO, May 23.Tenants at 1853
North Desplaines street had a narrow es-
cape from death in a burning building at
2 o'clock a. m. Fred .Artos and wife
were awakened by smoke, stopped to
pick up a few articles, and were com
PEELED to pass through a blazing hall.
Both are painfully burned, the woman
losing all of her hair.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
1rlsh bishops and tho Pope.

ArleA 1SSoAOPs AhW eAA0 OPos
LONDON, May 23.-The report that the
Vatican had received a communication
from the Irish bishops giving in their
adhesion to the papal rescript against the
plan of campaign was erroneous. The
document was received from Ireland Sat,
urday last, but it was merely formal
acknowledgment of the receipt of the re-
script
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
0rdsr 81 R,uai Rrith.

TERRE HAurE, Ind, May 2s. The
thirty-seventh annual convention of the
district grand lodge No. 2, Independent
Order Of b mai Birth, opened in this city
at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning Seventy
ave delegates were present. President
August Brutone delivered his annual
message. The session will continue for
several days.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
!, swlNpLeR's HEAVY SENTENCE.

a CaliforniAn Mast Pay 1l0, 0,OO1 Elno Q
Serve Fifty-thrse Years In Prisan.
SAN FRANCISCO, May %. Fifty-thrss
years imprisonment for swindling man
out Of SO O0O Is the heavy sentence inn
posed in one OF the courts here Saturday.
Last November Simon Hamburg and m
accomplice sold to man named Parker
certain.real estate in this city to which
they had no title. Parker did not exam
inc the title, but gave them q, 600 cash
and his farm in Oregon, worth "a, 800.
The swindlers were arrested and Ham
burg was fined $4,000. In default Of
payment of the dne he is to serve . day
for each dollar Of it, which makes his
sentence fifty-three years.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
No Rain In run,s.

LONDON, May g. -Advices from Tunis
say that no rain has fallen in that state
for the last seven months, and that thA
Arabs are making futile search for
pasturage and water They are bringing
camels, oxen an horses to the cities and
selling them for the merest song.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-24
SELECTION OF BISHOPS.
the GREAT EVENT OF THE N. e.
CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS.
FIRST BALLOT SCATTERED AMONG
NEARLY 100 CANDIDATES.

Many Of Whom Receive but . Single
-vots---Evsry ssat In the Vast Opera
House Filled with Intsrssted specta-
tors 70 watch the Outcome The
Question Of Bishopric In India Tenn
porsrlly Tabled.
3 NEW York, May 23. For the first
time since the twentieth general Meth
odist conference began every seat in the
vast auditorium of the Metropolitan
Opera house was filled when Bishop
Mallilieu opened the session. The es-
tablishing Of q missionary bishop to In
dia came up Immediately after the read
ing Of the Journal. DR.. Flood made an
earnest appeal for such bishopric.
DR.. Lanahan opposed it and mar
veled at ..the sudden conver-
sion Of some Of the brethren"
The result Of Dr.. Lanahan's opposition was
that the matter was temporarily laid on
the table. Gen. Fisk then moved to hold
. special session Of the conference on
Thursday evening, for the purpose OF
considering the report of the COM
mittee on temperance and prohibition,
which was passed. Bishop Boman then
prayed especially In reference to the or
der OF the day, after which the election of
bishops began.
Four sections Of stellers, consisting Of
three each and one at large, were an
nonnced by Bishop Andrews and took
their places in the AISLE Before the
actual voting took place much timewa
taken up In settling the question as to
whether ballots containing less than the
required number of names should be
counted OF thrown out. After much dis
cussion II was decided to count them, and
the voting began In earnest. h
The total number of votes east on the
first ballot was Al. The number neces-.
sary for q choice was 296. The votes cast
for the leading candidates were as fol-
lows: DR.. j. n. Vincent, yl5; DR.. James
N. Fitzgerald, 1855; DR.. j. A. Goodsell,
160; DIR. j. p. Newman, it7; DR.. J. ".
Joyce, 145; DR.. Payne, 1870; Drs james
King and Earl Cranston, 1913 each; DR..
Kynett, 1l9; II. A. Butts, ll5. There
were twenty candidates who received
less than 100 votes and over nifty who re-
ceived but one vote each. On motion
the time In which to elect bishops was
extended. s-s