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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28
HERE AND THERE.


Recent experiments by scientific
authorities point to the fact that diff
ferent kinds of tobacco have d deadly
effect upon a number of micre-organ-
isms, especially the tubercle bacillus.
An inquisitive correspondent wants
to know which is worse, caterpillars or
grasshoppers? Depends on where you
have 'em; on the wheat, grasshoppers
are worse; down your back, caterpil-
lars.
DIR. James E. Reeves. OF Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, an expert microscopes,
has discovered the germs Of yellow
fever, and has been invited to Johns
Hopkins University to demonstrate the
manner in which they were found
The Home for Homeless Women
in New Orleans has. during the past
year, sheltered. fed and partially
clothed seventy-tbree adults and nine.
teen children, and has found places
for fifty-seven of them.
The largest flower known is the
bloom of a parasite of the grapevine
in the Philippine Island OF Febbar
1t measures often nine feet around and
weighs twenty-four pounds.
Root grating can be done at any
time during the winter when the
weather will permit Taking mild
day for cutting the scions, select good
vigorous shoots, taking care to label
carefully and store in the cellar.
For summer pasture, no grass is
the equal to Bermuda. IL will stand
the hottest and driest weather. spring
ing forth Immediately after a good
rain.
The value of tobacco smoke as 8
disinfectant was severely tried by puff
ing cigar or cigarette smoke over
piece Of linen which had been dipped
into q liquid containing microbes Of
cholera, anthrax and pneumonia. ln
every case the effect of the smoke was
to check the growth of the organisms
as compared with microbes not sub
jected to smoke, and In some cases =
killed them entirely.
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MISCELLANEOUS

"A porker in Otoe County, Ne
braska, emerged from an attack Of
cholera with its bristles, formerly
black, very pronounced gray.
"A Grand Rapids, Ia, lad, wears
artificial limbs as result of having
been frost-bitten during the great
blizzard.
Pneumonia causes the death Of
over 300 people annually in New
York City alone. March is the most
fatal month, the average number Of
deaths in that month for the past ten
years being 40.
-AMichigan court. was lately called
upon to decide whether woman
seventy-four years old can drive a
horse thirty-two years old through
mud ten inches deep faster than the
four miles an hour permitted by law.
"A man was recently examined at
Galveston for license to practice law.
''In order to constitute a last will what
is essential?" asked the lawyer who
was questioning the applicant. "a
corpse and some property are all that
is necessary was the reply.
There is a dog employed in the
the postal service in the Office at Allen
town. The mail bags are laid on the
pavement and the dog sits on them till
the proper person takes them away.
IN a1c 70 hr
while in the dogs custody.
Preserved Gaige was the queer
Puritan name of one of John Nor
risey's cronies who was buried in New
York one day recently. 'Lord Chester
field" was his nickname. The hearse
containing his mortal part, on its way to
the cemetery, passed the very saloons
in which he had dissipated fortune of
5000
"A search was lately begun in the
Adriatic sea, near Trieste, for treasure
which went down with the French cor
vette Danal in 1912. The treasure con-
sisted of jewels and valuables destined
for an exalted parsonage at Trieste.
The vessel sank as the result of an ex-
plosion, and since, it seems, not
vestige of the craft or its treasure has
been found.
About ten years ago an old gentle
man of Gainesville, Ca, bought Post
Office money order to make payment
due in another State. Thinking it was
simply a receipt for the money, and
that Postmaster Wikie would send on
the funds, he put the paper away and
considered the matter settled. Recent
ly the parties began to dun him for the
amount when he hunted up the money
order and took it to the Office, when
Henry Miller explained the matter to
him, and the order, given in 1878, was
duly forwarded.
The number of artificial teeth made
in America last year by three of the
largest business houses engaged in the
trade was nearly 20,000,0 900, and this
was not more than half the actual
product of the country. One peculiar
feature of the business is that the
houses which do the most extensive
export trade are obliged to prepare
teeth of different colors for different
countries. In Canada, for instance, the
demand is for molars as white as snow,
while in South America no such teeth
could be sold. There they require
teeth that are almost yellow, and the
ID
one, is for nothing but black teeth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28

A SUPREME love of truth, disposition
to make all sacrifices for it, and to follow
it, though it lead to contempt loss and
danger, this is the esserce of honesty of
mind; and where this exists it will induce
impartial and serious inquiry. Chanabar
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-28

| Told in eloquence sincere
Told OF woe they could not speak.
But this scene OF weeping DER,
Past this scene OF toll and pain,
They shall feel distress no more,
Never, never weep again.
'Who are these under the altar?n the
question was asked, and the response
| came: ''These are they which came out
of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb" Our friends went
by path of tears into glory. Be not
surprised if We have to travel the same
pathway.
l remark, again, if we want to win the
society OF our friends in Heaven, we will
not only have to travel path Of faith and
path of tribulation, but we also have to
positively battle for their companionship.
David and his men never wanted sharp
swords, and invulnerable shields, and
thick breastplates so much as they wanted
them on the day when they came down
upon the Amalekites. If they had lost
that battle they never would have got their
fsmilies back. / suppose that one glance
At their loved ones in captivity hurled
them into battle with tenfold courage and
energy. They said: ave must win it.
E7ery thing depends upon it. Let each
ore take man on point of spear OF
sword. We must win it" And have to
tell you that, between US and coming
iuto the compasionship of our loved
ofes who are departed, there is an
A1steriltz, there is Gettysburg, there
Is Waterloo. War with the world.
war with the flesh, war with the devil. We
have either to conquer our troubles, or
or troubles viii conquer us. David win
Of Their Stay the Amalekites or the Amale-
kites viii slay David. And yet is not the
fsrt to be taken worth all the pain. al the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07
TERMS: $l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

the unused arm get fabby and faccid Wen,
that is just how it is with the eye The mus
cles Of the one that is so little used become
soft and lax and lose their control over the
eyeball so far that it falls into that position
which produces cross eyed sight-where the
rays Of light coming to it intersect those that
come to the other eye. After this has fully
developed an operation is the only remedy.
This is cutting these 6abby and worse than
useless muscles and releasing the eye. In due
time these muscles will grow again.
"But if only taken in time there is a sim.
pie method Of curing, or rather preventing
its ever taking place. In the first place, and
very early in life too, the eyes of every child
should be carefully examined 1t is, think,
something not generally known. that at the
infirmaries Of the city those who cannot af-
ford to pay an oculist may get their chill
dren's eyes examined free Of charge II
there is really anything the matter with the
childs eyes the infrmary physician will
write prescription for eyeglasses, and what
are called dispensary glasses may be bought
anywhere from 81 up, and that is the rem
edy for cross eye in its early stages-the wear
ing of certain glasses. The physician pre-
scribes such as viii equalize the visual power
of each eye, This is most generally brought
about by a different glass for each eye."-
New York Mail and Express.
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ENGRAVING A "eReENeAcK."
A Brief Explanation Of the Various Proc
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Brief Explanation Of the Various Proc
esses by Which the Work Is Done.
So vague is the general idea as to how
bank note is made that we propose to explain
briefly the various processes it goes through
before it is issued as part of the ''money of
the realm,n saying. by way Of Introduction,
that this country leads the world in bank
note engraving. Unfortunately, the first
consideration in making a bank note is to
prevent bad men from making counterfeit
of it, and therefore all the notes Of a certain
denomination or value must be exact dupli-
Gates of each other. If they were engraved
by hand this would not be the case, and, an
other thing, hand engraving is more easily
counterfeited than the work done by the proc
esses which we are going to describe.
Every note is printed from a steel plate, in
the preparation of which many persons take
part Ifyou will look at a five dollar green
back" you will see picture in the center; a
small portrait, called a yignette, on the left,
and in each of the upper corners net work
Of fine lines with a dark ground, one Of them
containing the letter V and the other the lig-
ure 3 These -four parts are made on sepa-
rate plates. To make a vignette it is neces-
sary first to make large drawing on paper
with greet care, and daguerreotype is then
taken Of the drawing the exact size Of the
engraving desired. The daguerreotype IS
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

In a crowded city street an i'll natured mas
tiff seized little dog by the throat and be
gan viciously shaking him. A crowd soon
gathered Words, blows and kicks failed to
make the mastih let go his hold The little
aog was bowling piteously. At this juncture,
when the lockers ON were wondering wha.
70 do young man, exquisitely dressed, came
along. He OF once comPrebended The siyus-
ton.
Leave him to me, nhe said; 81 can manage
him"
There was an incredulous laugh from the
crowd, and cries of The dudes herer
Thinks he's smart'n the rest on u.s." "Let
the dude fix him" and the like.
The young man drew from his pocket a
silver snuff box, and held pinch Of snuff
under the mastihs nose.
The powder soon did its work. The big dog
began sneezing vigorously, and Of course had
to open his mouth. he dropped the little dog
and took TO his heels, frightened and ashamed,
his tail dropping like a whipped ours
The crowd broke into round Of applause;
the young man smiled and went on his way.
Youths Companion.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

NJ. Meilhac, the new French academician,
told an amusing story Of Labiche's early ex-
periences as a dramatist in his inaugural dis
course He offered his first piece TO the man
ager Of a small and long ago vanished house
on the left bank of the Seine-the Theatre du
Pantheon. The manager happened to be a
halter, and three or four other tradesmen in
the same line Of business we're associated with
him in the enterprise They all assembled to
hear the author read his piece When he was
about half way through the first act one Of
the company took up the young dramatist's
nat, glanced into it, passed it on with a sig
nificant shakeof the head to his neighbor, and
so it went from hand to hand till it finally
reached the manager himself. No sooner did
hiseye light on the business label stamped on
the lining Of the crown than he put an end
70 the reading, declaring that the piece was
not at all the sort of thing they wanted at
that house. Labiche who had one eye on
his manuscript and the other on his hat while
it was going the round, knew perfectly well
what was coming, and submitted to his fate
without a word He had bought the unlucky
beaver in a shop on the right bank Of the
river.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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then given to the engraver, who uses a steer
point to mark on it all the outlines of the
picture. The plate is linked and a print
taken from it. While the ink is still damp
the print is laid face down on a steel plate,
which has been softened by heating it red
hot and letting it cool slowly. 1t is then put
in press and an exact copy Of the outline is
thus made on the steel plate. This the en-
graver finishes with his graver, tool with
a three cornered point, which cuts a clean
line without leaving a rough edge
Now, this plate is used for making other
plates-it is never used to print from. 1t
must be made very hard, and this is done by
heating it and cooling it quickly A little
roller Of softened steel is then rolled over it
by powerful machine until its surface has
been forced into all the lines cut into the
plate The outlines of the vignette are thus
transferred to the roller in raised lines, and
after the roller is hardened it is used to roll
over plates of softened steel and thus make
in them sunken lines exactly like those in the
plate originally engraved.
The center picture is engraved and trans
ferred to a roller like the vignette, but the
net work in the upper corners and also on
the back Of the note is made by the lathe.
This machine costs s., 900, a price that puts it
hu1 NAAA AAAS ANaSA VI N0AAAbSA ANAbNAef anu AAo
work is so perfect that it cannot be initiated
by hand The lathe engraves the net work
on softened STEEL and the figure in the middle
of it is then engraved by hand 1t is new
hardened and transferred to a roller like the
Others.
The plates from which the notes are to be
printed are Of softened steel and large enough
to print four notes at once. -Four engravings
of the note must, therefore, be made on it, and
this is done by rolling the hardened steel roll
ers containing the raised pictures over it in
their appropriate places until the pictures are
pressed into its surface. The fine lettering
around the border Of the note is transferred
in the same way, but the other lettering is put
on by hand This process saves a great deal
Of time and it secures absolute uniformity in
the four engravings on the plate.
The black parts the note are printed first,
and when the ink is dry the green back is
printed, to be followed by the red stamps and
numbers. It is then signed and issued. For
greater security one part Of the note is en-
graved and printed at one place and another
part at another place, when 1t is sent to Wash
ington to be finished and signed
But even after all this care and all these
safeguards many skillfully executed counter
feits have been made and issued, some of them
so good as to deceive the most expert judges
of money.-New York World.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

Just below Natchez and at about 10 o'clock
in the forenoon there was a wild shout of
MAN overboardl" and the engineer at once
got the signal to stop. Those of US sitting aft
saw black man struggling in the water a
few feet astern, and as we rose up to throw
him life preserver a second woolly head
appeared beside him. Some one had jumped
in to rescue him, and he did his work well.
The first one was poor swimmer and badly
frightened, but the second had powerful
stroke and was evidently at home in the wa
ter. He seized and held the unfortunate up
until they drifted down and rope was
thrown them
by George" exclaimed the colonel ds
they were pulled in, 'but that fellow de
serves a medalp
We rushed down to interview him, and as
he leaned against a pile Of freight, wet but
not a bit exhausted, the colonel said
my man, that was brave act Did you
see him fall overboardP
"Why, l dun chased him oberl" was the
reply.
'How"
she dun stole my terbacker an was arter
him. OATS what l saved him fur-didD't
want to lose all dat plugw-Detroit Free
Press
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800 Reward. 500.

The readers of the CHRONICLE will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages, aud that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood aud mucus surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in It's curative powers,
that they offer one hundred dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials Address,
FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
gas-S Sold by druggists, 75c.
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baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.
ID Schedule in effect Dec. 9 1883,
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE DEPOT
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90, 10 Al, II 10, a. M II 49, 90, 90, So, 20.
%, 6 10, 6 4G, O5, so. p. IN.
Philadelphia, Sundays. 20, 90, Z s. 0 O5,1O Al.
II 49, m; u 40. 90, 90, So. 20. %. ~,
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Chester, Sundays, 3 90, 2 90, IS, O5 II IS. a,
m; u 40. on, 90, So, 20, %, 10, S so p. N
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, 90, II 81 a. m;
-, 10 p. M II 46 night. All daily. 80 3. m.
daily except Sunday,
Chicago and Pitsburg, is 80 night, IS p. m;
both daily.
Cincinatn and St. Louis, II 81, a. m, and 20.
p. m: both daily.
singerly accommodation. 50 and II lOp. m,
daily.
Landenberg Accommodation. week days. II oe
a. m; 45 and % p. m; Sundays 30 a. m, and
% p. m.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION:
For Philadelphia 81 p. m, daily. except Sun
day. For Baltimore. IS a. m. AND IS p. IN. +,
daily, 2.35 p. m, daily, except Sunday. For Lam
denberg, 30 a. m, 10 IS a. m, and IS p. m. /,
daily, except Sunday; % a. IN. ON Sunday only;
Is p. m daily.
Pittsburg and Chicago express daily. IS p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON.
Daily, 10 O5 a M. 80. 10 90, II 90. a M, u co.
nooSi 40, 10, 30, 80. so, GO, 10. 10 TO-
Daily except Sunday. 80 and a5 a. M, 25
and 30 p. m.
Sunday only, s sfP m.
Telephone, No. 1913.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line.
CO. sCULL, WIN. CLEMENTS,
Gen'l Pass. ACT. Manager
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PussEY WILLOWS.


Sparkling bright river. that rolleth
Onward towards the sea,
Eddies IKE diInples and pillows
That dance and clasp waves in glad glee.
willows In green ranks that dipp&h
And bendeth in waters deep,
Stems black bearded and gnarled
Outwards on wavelets do sweep.
Pussy willows in fringes that drapeth
Each stem and branch Of your tree;
Pussey willow, that Fashion maketh
proud little wanton Of theel
Didst dream Of thy glory whilst listening
Last spring TO the Cardinals trilf
Didst see thy fair fame glistening
In thy waters and felt your heart thrilli
Pussy willow. I've known you long time,
Swinging on your lithesome branch;
Your beauty and grace SO fine,
Your mien In modest maiden dance
Pussy willow, I've loved you long syne,
In silence, in gladness, In glee;
Pllssey willow, you were all mine;
alone your winsomeness see
Caprice's glance hath caught thee
And ieweled hands held out
Proud Fashions dame hath sought thee
At opera. ball and rout
A sigh comes up from the river,
A sob goes on to the sea,
The leaves and branches ashiver
Forthe honor that's come TO thee.
New Orleans Picayune.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

The idea that the British troops in the war
of independence did not take aim, but fired
from the position of 'charge bayonets," is
simply preposterous At the battle of Fonte-
noy, in 1745, Voltaire tells that two English
battalions, the Guards and Royal Scotch, met
face to face battalion of French Guards
and a Swiss battalion at a distance Of Afty
PAGES. The story is well known The En-
glish colonel, Lord Charles Hay, cried out,
''Messieurs, tirez." They answered, "Weare
the French Guard and never fire first"
The order to fire was given by the English,
and from a single discharge 800 men of the
French Guard fell, of whom nineteen were
officers OF the Swiss Guard nearly an equal
number fell. Assuredly these English troops
took aim and fired from the shoulder The
story of their firing from the position Of
"charge bayonets" may have arisen from
some nervous soldier having been seen to dis
charge his piece in raising it to the shoulder.
It was not uncommon for an engraver who
did not know his business well, to invert the
picture, and so to represent troops as firing
from their left shoulder.-Notes and Queries
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

NJ Robert, of Stenay, France, has patented
a rapid mode Of converting iron into steel by
providing means for maintaining constant
relations throughout the whole period of con-
version, which is effected by varying the
position and volume of the blast he applies
a blast of air to a body Of molten metal at a
maximum pressure at the beginning Of the
operation, and after thus overcoming the
inertia Of the metal and imparting to it the
proper speed Of gyratory motion he lowers
the level Of the blast, without carrying it
into the body Of the metal, and varies its
pressure and volume in accordance with the
requirements caused by the reduction in the
combustible elements of the iron and the in
creased fluidity of the metal-New York
Telegram
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

A new process of hardening plaster, so as to
make it available for the construction Of
1oors in place Of wood, has been brought be-
fore the French Academy of Science by NJ.
Julie. A mixture of six parts of plaster Of
good quality, and one part Of finely sifted, re-
Gently slaked white lime is employed like or
binary plaster. After it has become thor
oughly dry, the object manufactured from it
is saturated with a solution or any sulphate
whatever whose base is precipitated in an in
soluble form by lime. The sulphates special
ly recommended for the purpose are those Of
iron and zinc. In order to obtain the maxi
mum Of hardness and tenacity, it is necessary
to temper the lined plaster well in as brief
space Of time as possible, and with no more
water than is strictly necessary York
Mail and Express.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

a Imaginable yet serious incident occurred
near the old toll bridge
A half crazy young man, who lives in
Ward ?, near the river bank, and whose
name is suppressed out of respect for his
family, attempted suicide by jumping into
the river from the bridge
The splash attracted the attention of two
young men who were in a boat some distance
away. They rowed with all their might,
and when about twenty yards away one Of
the young men drew dangerous looking re-
volver from his pocket, pointed it at the
would be suicide and yelled;
'Swim to shore, you - fool, or I'll put a
bullet in your head"
This frightened the half crazy youth so
much that he gave up his idea of ending his
lfe and swan ashore. Springfield (Massl
News.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-06-07

"When you are cross eyed, said the Opt
eian, leaning over his tray OF glasses, lit is
simply the result of having used one eye
more than the other. A child is born, let US
say, with one of his eyes considerably the
stronger That is something often happen
ing. Sometimes the difference in tia visual
power Of the two eyes may come ygS-l he is
several years old This defect is n no way
apparent to parent or nurse, and the conse-
quence is that the child very soon gets in the
way Of becoming almost dependent on the
stronger eye. Now, hang one Of your arms
down at your side and use the other almost
entirely, become quite dependent on it, and
you Will find out how quickly the muscles Of