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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
CANES I'M HISTORY
Important Information Gathered for the
Benefit of Dudes.

Important Information Gathered for the
Benefit of Dudes.
That canes have been put to nobler
uses than that gof affording nourish-
ment to the abysmal mouths of dudes
is proved by history. In fact, the cane
is surrounded by historical memories
of surprising interest. The Mexicans
first used canes in America. When
the Spanish conquered the country a
queer custom was introduced The
chief executive of the town carried
stick with gold or silver head. 1t
was kind of scepter. The people,
of course, rarely knew how to read or
write, and when any one was wanted
for a crime one of the mayors sub
ordinates would take the cane, find the
culprit, and place it horizontally upon
the latter's chest. The proceeding was
equivalent to a summons, and the man
had to appear before the mayor under
he penalty of being cast into prison
The custom was borrowed from Spain
where it still prevails in the more i'm
portant sections.
The cane of early American history,
like that of Biblical times, was part of
the repertory of the leaders of the
church. 1t was the principal badge of
the deacon. 1he cane was about five
feet long. One end was embellished
with a big knob, the other with
feathers. When the small boy rebelled
against the straight-backed pew he got
a rap on the head with the uncharitable
end of the cane. IF the head of the
family got to dreaming about his old
English home and the cozy little nest
in one of the shires the turkeys plum
age on the deacon's cane feathered the
sleeper into life again.
The Irish have always been associ.
ated with a blackthorn stick of short
and thick dimensions. They used
these queer little sidearms in the inva.
sions of the English kings and in the
religious wars. Even in its unpolished
state the blackthorn stick is one of tht
most cherished by cane connoisseurs
.-CtacSanati En0alrer,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
Blew Himself Up With Bomb


An extraordinary suicide has just
occurred at a village near Anglers. a
peasant named Bordereau was working
in a field with his wife and brother-in-
law, when trifing dispute took place.
Bordereau left the field and returned
to his cottage, whittier his wife soon
followed him. As she was about to
enter the house her husband called to
her to remain outside, and moment
afterwards there was tremendous ex-
plosion, which sent all the glass flying
and filed the air with smoke. The
neighbors rushed to the spot and
promptly extinguished the flames that
were bursting out of the cottage. Then,
entering Bordereau's s room, they found
him lying Ifeless on the shattered bed,
his body fearfully mutilated, while the
walls were smeared with blood. He
had undressed and lain himself on the
ced. placing at his side shell which
he had brought home with him on his
return from the military service. He
had then ignited the shell and blown
his body to atoms Bordereau, though
still young. was in very bad health,
and when he weuded his way to the
cottage his wife had presentiment Of
some approaching disaster, Loisaoia
Telegraph
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
First Principles Of Trade.

Jake-Mrs. Growler wants two more
yards of that cloth she bought here
yesterday, but she says we charged her
ten cents more than Wool & Co.
Dealer-How much did they charge
herP
Jake-Stxty cents, and we've been
getting seventy for it.
Dealer-Well, why don't she buy it
at Wool's then?
Jake They haven't any; nobody in
town has it except us.
Dealer-How much did you gay it
was yard?
Jake Seventy cents.
Dealer-And she wants two yards
more?
Jake-Yes.
Dealer-Nobody else has it?
Nobody.
Dealer-W Well, let her have it fol
ninety cents, then, Detroit Free Press.
"A noted chemist has invented d
solidifed gas which can beimmediately
volatilized for the special qSg Of bal
loonists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
scIENcE AND INpusTRY.

Over a thousand women and girls
in Pittsburgh work in the iron mills,
principally making barbed wire.
"A patent has been granted in En-
gland for a new process of purifying
alcohol by means of hydrocarbons. 1t
is claimed by this new method that a
pure spirit can be readily obtained by
removing from the crude alcohol its
fusel oils and other noxious ingredients.
China Grape, as its name would in
dictate. was originally manufactured
in China, where the process was kept
secret and for long time baffled all
attempts at imitation. NJ. Dugas was
at last successful in discovering it and
introducing the manufacture into
France.
-Wood-creosote oil is recommended
by Captain w. H. Bixby. in the For
estry Departments Report on the Re-
lation of Railroads to Forests and For
estry, y as possessing valuable antiseptic
properties. 1t is an efficient poison to
animal and vegetable life; it thoroughly
repels moisture, and ITS tar acids pos
sess the power of coagulating albumi-
nous and other fermentable matter.
"A new process has been invented
in Chicago by which cold can be as
readily conveyed to buildings and as
easily controlled as water and gas.
With a9hydrous ammonia sixty degrees
below zero can be maintained. Eleven
years ago a chemist named Lucas dis
covered the peculiar cold-producing
properties of ammonia. Beef can be
solidly frozen after having been placed
in refrigerator cars for transportation.
Lead in the form of filings, under
pressure of 1000 atmospheres, or
thirteen tons to the square inch, be-
comes compressed into a solid block,
in which it is impossible to detect the
slightest vestige OF the original grains.
Under a pressure of 5000 atmospheres
it liquifes. Tin, when compressed in
powder, becomes solid under a pres
sure of ten tons on the square inch;
zinc at thirty-eight tons, antimony at
thirty-eight tons, aluminium at thirty
eight tons, bismuth at thirty eight tons,
and copper at thirty tons.
-Quicksand is composed chiefly OF
small particles of mica mixed largely
with water. The mica is so smooth
that the fragments slip upon each other
with the greatest facility, so that any
heavy body which displaces them
will sink and continue to sink,
until solid bottom is reached.
When particles of sand are jagged and
angular, any weight pressing on them
will crowd them together until they are
compacted into solid mass. A sand
composed of mica or soapstone when
sufficiently mixed with water seems in
capable of such consultations.
1t is claimed that cotton of low
grade is a perfect substitution for jute
in bagging cotton bales. The New
Orleans Democrat says: "The
bagging is as elastic as jute, as strong,
as well adapted to covering cotton; il
will stand hooks, congresses and hand
ling of every kind; it will protect the
cotton bettor from dirt aud from water
and affords it ample ventilation. Ii
the matter of price it can compete with
jute, and as it can be used again, it viii
actually prove cheaper to the planter
| than the Indian product. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
BELLEVUE, La. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1889.

the absurdity of perpethstlag such
practice as this in a century of
smoke-stacks. 1t was but a coarse bit
of foolery, AMI it is happily ended.
The early inspiring sentiment of it had
ages ago died out, and nothing survived
but the opportunity for the forecastle
to prove how rough and brutal it could
be when licensed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-07
An intelligent Monkey.

An instance of the instinct and
fidelity of a young monkey from Batig
noiles, a suburb of Paris: A little boy,
the son of an inhabitant of that part of
the city, was playing in one of the
rooms of his fathers fat with the
monkey, which is most intelligent
and domesticated member ofits species.
The boy, in a fit of juvenile caprice,
tied the cord of window-blind around
his neck and pretended to hang him
simian playmate, which grinned and
chartered on a chair. Suddenly the
boy became ivid and began to cry, for
the cord had got into real moose
around his neck. In very short space
of time the monkey took in the situa-
ton and tried to undo the moose with
its paws, but had to give up the at
tempt. 1t then hopped to another
room, where the boys grandmother
was sitting, and began to pull at her
gown, to chatter, grimace, and look
wistfully toward the door. At first,
thinking the animal wanted to bite her,
the old lady was frightened, but seeing
that it was endeavoring, with might
and main, to drag her toward the door
she arose from her seat and went, pilot,
ed by the monkey, to the room where
the grandson was moaning. The boy
was Instantly extricated from his peril
Gus position, though it was some time
before he recovered from his pain and
fright. London Telegraph.
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WILKESBORO WAITS.
FD1 40 III ne IL.
Condensed from tie Chronicle. !

Mrs. W! F.. Alexander, of Roaring
River, died last Thursday night,
Mr.. B. n Garner who has been liv-
ing on Hunting Creek for some time,
has gone to Nebraska
Verd Greene and, Dick Hackett
made some kind of business trip into
Ashe last week. + gIHL ZEf'/!-I
There are several wagers put up
that the railroad will reach Wilkes
boro by the first of EFebruary.,eIt is
coming right along
The Winston Wilkasboro railroad
will be completed to the Yadkin River
and cars running thereon in the
course of some two weeks This xil
be % milessof the lined ompieted. x
considerable part of the Remainder
of the line Is alreadvagraded, and the
work is going rapidly on. The cars
will reach Elkin in June or July, as
is thought 3-n 3sot- 9lod" e
Fires are prevalent. The woods in
part of Caldwell. Alexander, and
Wilkes HAYES been burning for some
time. Dwellings, also are Being bur-
ned. News comes of dwelling near
Elkin being burned lastyweek, with
everything. in it. The, dwelling of Mr..
A.lC. McCrary, Of Reddies River, was
burned last Friday the, losszbeing
considerable. There eannotI fe too
much care taken abouts fires SIS
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GERMANFoN GLEANINGS, led
ltoaatyasea from the Elnes.J FH z

,g "a 9sdensed from the Times tH s2f
Farmers complain of bugs eating
their TOBACCO plants. w Nwg7
Miss Fannie Dasis is visiting rieiids
in Winston.
Mr. w. P. Hill and family, of Win
ston, spent Saturday and Sunday in
town.
Il. V. Harris was appointed regis
trar and ]. 2. Clayton, J-Y.--BufeA-
field and James Leak judges for the
municipal election for the town OF
Germanton. -.
Mr.. j F. PoisdcSter returned from
his visit to Tennessee lastMee ac=
companied by Mrs J~~S, Poindexter
and Miss Sudie Hughes, who will
spend some time with their friends
and relations. - Q
On last Friday.as freight trainpas-
sed up near Kings Cabin, the woods
was set on fire 10y. the sparks frornthe
engine, and we learn, came very near
running that section, as the fire made
a wide sweep and carried destruction
as it went Mr. Wesley A.. Petree,
who lives about 8 miles northwest OF
this place, was badly damaged. He
had three barns of tobacco, sta bles
! wheat, corn, feed and all outhouses
burned his dwelling would, have
burned had it not been newly cover
ed. His loss is estimated at s. 900
Mr.. John Timmons' dwelling was
burned, together with several other
| dwellings,. The timber is badly dam
| aged. We do not know the full eex
tent of the damage done. = Ii =
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
EASTER IN THE rwIN-c1rY
Almost Everybody Observed and En-
joyed it.

JoyCo H.
Winston-Salem always celebrates
Easter. It's observance is time
honored custom with the Moravians.
as well as the Episcopalians, and
young Winston has always followed
the beautiful example of god-mother
Salem in it's celebration
Sunday morning the Salem band
began the rounds before 5 O'Clock in
the morning, playing slow sad strains
on every street in the city. By $50
a great audience began to assemble
at the Moravian church to listen to
the beautiful services conducted by
Reverends Clewell and Wurreschke.
After reading from the Book, the
audience, led by the band, moved
on to the Salem cemetery where ser
appropriate to the occasion. The
graves were beautifully decorated
with wreaths and boquets of flowers.
All day Sunday, except in the
early morning, the weather was
perfect and the congregations at all
the churches were large. Nearly all
the church-altars were hung with the
seasons most beautiful floral offer
ings and the music, at the Moravian
and Episcopal churches especially,
was far better than usual. Altogether
it was a sweet Sunday; the cheering
sight of young foliage and tender
grass, the soft air and placid skies
came in very happily at the close of a
penitential season, which was re-
markable in the history of Winston
Salem for the extraordinary religious
awakenings and large additions to
the churches.
Monday was not legal holiday,
but in accordance with the hOnored
usage of this community it was
pretty generally observed. OF pic
MICS and excursions there were not a
few, but the popular bent displayed
itself most conspicuously in fishing
expeditions. DOuthet's, Sides, Grit
fith's and other fishing places had
their quota of parties and in the
afternoon a large party of young
people visited Maple Springs, a
charming picnic ground, about three
miles away.
The Twin City wore holiday garb
all day and the evening sun smiled
on as happy community as is in
the country.
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TO WALNUT COVE AND BACK.
A Big Excursion and a Big Time Last
Monday

Fellow-citizens Winston-Salem has
another railroad.
Three weeks ago The SENTINEL an
nounced that passenger trains were
running to Rural Hall, on the Win
ston- Wilkesboro r. r. and now it
gives us pleasure to say that you can
go to Walnut Cove on the II Janoke
4 Southern, the pet of Winston-Salem
and the biggest enterprise she ever
accomplished
The first regular passenger train
freight trains have been running
some days. left Winston for Walnut
Cove Monday morning at 9 O'Clock,
with about 400 passengers.
The trains consisted of eight cars
4 regular passenger coaches and 4
''tiat-cars," fitted specially up for
observation purposes, all drawn by
a shining new engine.
Just 45 minutes after it pulled out
from the new r. Il S. depot it reach
ed Walnut Cove, Is miles away, and
the crowd amused itself according t.
different tastes until 5 O'Clock, re
turning to Winston at about 6.
The work beyond Walnut Cove is
progressing. A contract has been
made with the Penitentiary authori-
ties for 200 convicts and 20 of them
are already shovelling dirt.
At Martinsville, too, the work is
moving. A special dispatch to the
Danville Register of Saturday says:
In this county they work night and
day. AS soon as the moon rises
work commences and is kept up till
the following day at shutdown. By
next Tuesday they will have eight
consecutive miles ready for the cross
ties besides Il great deal of the re
naming distances mostly graded.
On that day the company will make
another formal demand on the board
of supervisors for bonds and if they
are not issued we fear legal steps will
have to be resorted to in order to
force the issuing of the bonds.
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The Winston--Iigh Point Survey.

Prof. ]. L. Ludlow left Winston
yesterday to make the survey on the
projected railroad from High Point
to Winston, via Kernersville. He
began work at Kernersville and will
complete the survey i'll week or ten
days. He will then make a report as
to the approximate cost of grading to
the Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce and that body, in conjunction
with representatives from Kerners-
lille and High Point, will decide
whether or not to accept the propo-
sition made by Col. A. B. Andrews.
Col. Andrews proposes to iron and
equip the road if Winston-Salem,
Kernersville and High Point will
grade and cross-tie it,
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MATTERS IN sURRY.
[C0nde ..e.i from tie Mt. dry Nsps.]

~ CVHdS tSSfS rom t6G MI. Any NGOS.
A church is being built near Sloan.
The Masons and Odd Fellows are
building a new hall at Dobson.
The depot agent at Pilot Mountain,
Mr.. }. E. King, is very sick with
measles.
Our correspondent writes us that
humps and measles are raging in
the vicinity of Westfeld.
p "A mail line is expected to be estab-
.hshed from Pilot Mountain to West
field via Venable's store.
q Calvin Welch's store at Flat Shoals
was robbed of bacon and money last
Thursday night. Loss unknown.
Mr.. VIM. NJ Banner, of this town,
died at the residence of his mother
Last Sunday morning. He was about
60 years of age.
Z, Married, in Westfield, at the resi-
de1ce of the brides father, March 81,
Mr.. Charles Matthews to Miss Sarah
Pell, w. H. Pell, Esq, officiating.
i2lMr. Hasten Mcmillan, of Sparta,
Allegheny, shot and killed himself
last week. He was the son of Col
y AAAN mall a ~ OuAhiiOho SiOAACh
of that county. The deceased was 80
years of age and leaves a wife and
two children to deplore his untimely
death.
,bsDobson has been very much excited
over the forest fires Friday several
fires broke out in the surrounding
community, and the citizens were
very much alarmed. A large lot of
fencing was destr Dyed by it, and it
burned two tobacco barns near Dob
son and a colored school-hOuse
MFR. Andrew Harrell, of Arrarat,
while oiling a saw-mill, last week was
caught by the belt which connected
the mill and engine and was horribly
mangled. His thigh was fractured
seriously, his face badly gashed and
bruised, and he was dangerously hurt
internally.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
The Sentinel Traveller.

Our Mr.. o. R. Mallard, one Of the
cleverest newspaper canvasers in the
country is not satisfied with meeting
the people only at courts but pro-
poses to go to see them at their homes
and sell them the best paper in tie
State. He will be at the following.
places where we hope our friends will
meet him and give him big lists, with
the cash:
At Kernersvelle Friday and Satur-
day, April Goth and 9th; at walnut
Cove Monday and Tuesday, Doth and
Both; at Germanton Wednesday
and Thursday, May LIST and End; at
Lewisville Friday, 3rd; at Old-Town
and Bethania Saturday, 4th.
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observation-disclosures NOTES.
iiappenings Reported BY Our Special
correspondents.
THE NEWS LEAKsvILLE.


I C0nde,tsed from The Gazette
Lastsweek, near Sandy Ridge, Mr.
Peter Hntcherson lost by fire his to
bacco-hoxfactory, planning mill, etc.
valued 1872, 900.
\ fire~did considerable damage hast
week toeertain timber on and neal
Fishing creek. The smoke from it
hung thick in Leaksville
Married in Greensboro yesterday
morningat the residence of Mr.. Lyons,
uncle of the bride, Mr.. r. L. Moir, OF
Leaksvilie, And Miss Scotia Living
ston, of theA bove named city.
Destructive forest fires ragged in
Patrick county, Va, and in the Blue
Ridge last Friday. In Patrick on
"No Dusinessn mountain a million
and a half panels of fence were. de
stroyed, besides several dwellings, and
other property. 1t is reported also
that several men FhQ we're 9gaxd
fighting the fire a,enow hisshg, I'd
their friends fear they persisted in The
burning woods.
H.. r,.7-T..=- -..--4 |,
WILkESBORO WAfFS.
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The Piedmont Springs Hotel.

The direcfT @9hsIl Rieoata}
Springs Hotel held a meeting at the
office of Watseb & B1Ntdn Jdstefd6N
1t was determined to furnish the Ho-
tel complete Ind put it fhJdbnfl5tion
to be run, and orders werey given for
the furniture and outfit lt9 e1pdl-
s the running ~ III i NE pSsSaety! 81
G Gpsas care ss &il 9S "a
right man and the, dtrectors Nsht ia
make no mistake. The Hotel vim 1bt
ready for the reception of guests BY
June LIST. We predict great success
for the enterprise.
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Prospective Missionaries.

Mr.. Geo. S. Wills, student at Chapel
Hill, and Mr.. w. B. Lee. at Trinity
College, gave talks on Foreign Mis-
sions before the Y. NJ. C.. A. Sunday
afternoon. At night Mr.. Wills occu-
pied the pulpit of the NJ. p. Church
and Mr.. Lee that of the Centenary
NJ. E. Church. Both young gentle
men are preparing to go as mission
aries to foreign lands and made earn
est talks. We hear their sermons
highly complimented.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
Prof. Trips Lectures.

Prof. Alonzo Trip lectured to a
fair-sized audience in the Academy
chapel Monnay night on sNapoleon
HI'' and iu the Y. NJ. c. A. hall Tues
day night THE Eastern Question
Tonight his subject will be 1.-The Mex
lean Expedition" with an interesting
sketch of Carlotta and Maximilli an.
This last lecture is the gem of the
series and will be a rare treat if we
may judge from those preceding.
Tickets at Lanier's Book store.
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DAvIDsoNsDoINGs.,
+ Condensed fro

CONDENSED from he Lexington Ledger.1s
Mr.. Chas. Koonts.an Miss Bessie
Hoffman were married Tuesday. :.
Fourteen out of a. flock Of La slieep
belonging too Mr.. Henry j Michael,
were killed by dogs Monday -
Miss Mary Cecil, the newly appoint
ed postmaster at Thomasville, has
made her official bond. =
Election for Mayor, first Monday
in May. Jno. H. Moyeris Registrar.
On Sunday, the eth inst, Mf.y ohm
Carrick and Miss Aattie Kinney, of
Healing Springs township, were mar
ried
Mr.. Moses Lamb. one of Lexing-
ton's-b best citizens, died Sunday. aged
81 years. ~ 4
Mr.. Joshua gIaderweod hnd >sSisS
Curry were toahaEe been married Lon
Thursday, but at the last moment
the young lady refused and thewould-
be groom shook hands aud len.
Last Friday destructive fires ragged
through Davidson, breaking out at
Welcome and swept over about 4, :
900 acres. q & Fl
Messrs. Philip and John Hfhkle
had about $50 cords of wood, 1000
panels of: fence ando "a quantity ID
straw, hay, etc, destroyed. Mr. Dan
lei Essex lost, three hogs and his barn
narrowly escaped Tie flames hhno
Fire also got-sut in Eppsns tYW
ship and burned oteE dd4rge bSdy<dl
land. Mr.. Joseph Gordon, who lives
near Cid Nhs TIA tleasif III
tire contents We're reduced to ashes
p p1sa sss loas q zg'Esksg n rs n
| Foust gold -minelxa7als9IAp31led a
gentleman from THAI fdghb6rhbod
informs US that the EahbitsSfrean
like children as the angry flames sur
rounded or overlook them and btirfn-
ed them to DEATH
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for 40 years, ought to know salt from
sugar read what he says.
Oh TOLEDO, O., Jan 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. ]. Cheney & Co.-Gen-
tiemen have been in the general
practice of medicine for mot 40 years
aud would say that in all my practice
and experience. have never set n a
prescription that l could prescribe
with as much confidence of success as
can Halls Catarrh Cure, mannfac-
tured by you. Have prescribed it a
great many times and it effects are
wonderful, and would say in connec
ton that | have yet to find case OF
Catarrh that it would not. cure, if they
would take it according to directions.
Yonrs Truly,
g L. l.. GORSUCH, NJ. D.,
: Office, 215 Summit St.
We will give 500 for any case Of
Catarrh that cannot be cured with
Halls Catarrh Cure. Taken inter
nally. F. j. CHENEY & { O.,
Props, Tol. do, 0
DgSold by Druggists. Toe
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
BARGAINS
BARGAINS!!!

Bargains 5Ila- viii positively
create white heat aud boil the
nerves, il fact we are making
swell priced rivals think that
they have run into buzz saw.
The excitement among the
ladies over our dress goods in
latest New York Styles, is IN
creasing. Our stock Includes
all the latest novelties, and you
will surely miss it if you buy
before seeing US.