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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
PUNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

If some people should speak the
truth it wouldn't shame the devil as
much as it would surprise him. Puck.
Eff walking was work the walking
delegate would be unknown as the ex-
cresence on the cause of labor.-Chi-
cago journal.
There are a good many married
men in this world who know all about
what wife should be, but who have
very hazy ideas about the competent
elements of model husband. -Journ-
alof Education.
Little Alice-"And did Solomon
know more than any body who was
ever in the world, papa?" Papa
(thoughtfully) - swell, l guess he
knew more than any body ever met
except, perhaps, your sixteen-year-old
brother Jack. Lowell Citizen.
-"You do not sing as much a you
used TOP Mr.. Tompkins, said young
lady. mo" What is the matter?"
81 fear I have lost my voice" 20,
dear! l hope nobody will find it =
Merchant Traveller.
Van Daub-"I understand that old
Mrs. Mushroom wants her portrait
painted the worst way" Van Dyke
Wants it the worst way, does shep'
Van Daub-"So she says" Van Dyke
Then you're just the artist for the
job. America.
Mrs. doctor, what is the
amount of your billP" Doctor-"My
dear madame, as your finances are not
in very fourishing circumstances, /
have concluded not to make any charge
at ALL" ''That's all right, as far as it
goes, but want to know who is to pay
the apothecary?"-Texas Siftings.
I'll should so like to have coin
dated the year of my BIRTH" said
maiden lady of an uncertain age; ''do
you think you could get one for meP"
'T am afraid not" he replied; ''those
old coins are only to be found in valua-
BILE collections. And he wondered
why she cut him the next time they
met.-Demorest.
-Grimby-'I say. stiggers, how is
our mutual friend, Larkton, coming onP
l heard, the other day, that he was
very low" Stiggers (sorrowfully)-
Eyes, poor man, he is very bad off.
The doctors have given him up"
Grimby-"Heaven be praised that they
have! Now the poor fellow will have
a chance for his life. Epoch.
$50 your daughter joins the ranks
OF the sweet girl graduates this year,
Mrs. DeJohgns?' said Fitzroy in
patronizing sort of way. Eyes, Ara
bella graduates this year, and will
Immediately begin her life work"
''What profession is she to enter?'
30, | don't know, but l presume she
will teach her mother society manners
for year or so. That's what all girls
do after they come home from school,"
Hartford Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
One of the most curious invention,

One of the most curious inventions
of 1868 was that OF a safety coffin, In
tended to obViate the results Of pre-
mature burial, and invented by NJ.
Vester, a Germans The coffin was
made larger than required by the size
of the body; it had at the head a
movable lid, communicating with the
open air by means of a square trough
from the bottom Of hegraEe. The ar
rangement was such that a person
might thus readily escape from the
tomb. The inventor proposed to place
refreshments in the coffin as a prudent
precaution against starvation. =
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
A VALUABLE RELIC.
The Weapon Found by . Colored BTau on
the Field of Chickamauga.

Tho weapon Found by . COlOred hfau on
the Field of Chickamauga.
While / was riding over the battle
field of Chickamauga came to cabin
occupied by a negro family, and the
man came out and wanted to dispose
of some relics from the battlefield.
He had some bullets. pieces of shells,
two or three old bayonets and cannon
ball or two, but the relic of all relics
was an old scythe-blade, to which a
rough wooden handle had been tied
with sheep twine.
"What do you call that?" l asked.
''Dat sab. is what Gineral Grant car
ried in dis yere fout, and reckon he
moved down about fo' thousand rebels
wild it."
MY friend, General Grant was not
in this battle.''
"He wasn'tP''
''No, sir. And no general or soldier
Of any grade ever carried such Weap-
on as that"
"Dey didn't?"
"of course not. Where did you get
itP"
picked it up on de field, sah."
''It looks as if you made it within
week"
Look yere sab, war you in
fout?"
NO"
"War' you widin fifty miles of itP"
NO"
"Wall, 1 was right ober to Abner
Jackson's, not ten miles away, an if l
don't know what relics are, you can't
larn me. Good-day, sah."
''But no General ever
"Good-day, sab! Pussons who is so
very, very partickler had better go
long an hunt up der own relics.
Chillen, yo' watch dat white man till
he gifts beyan' de turnip patchm m-De-
troit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
Established July /, 1850.
WHEN LANGUAGE FAILS.

There is anhour when language fails,
When speech is poWerless to impart
The depth of grief and wretchednesx
That agitates the heart;
The lips are closed in dumb despair;
A shadow on the face appears;
Andthrough the silence breaks alone
The eloquence of tears.
There Is an hour when language fails
To tell the joy that stirs the blood,
And sends it rushing through the veins
Like to a spring time food;
Tears for the mastery contend.
And wrestle ct the gates awhile
But gladness triumphs in the end
With its expressive smile.
o more than words are smiles and tears,
And sighs, that from the heart deem weIl
Arise, and to the attentive ear
Their tale of sorroW tell
For as, when shaken by the storm,
Eachflower its perfume sweet exhales
So does the sympathetic heart
Respond when language fails.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19

Husband--It seems that several great
men have had wives who were entirely
dumb.
Wife-Couldn't talk at alp
Husband-Not word.
Wife-My! What terrible pressure
of thinking they must have kept up
Chicago Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
sOms Thick.sklnned AnImaIs.

The whale, which belongs to the
mammalia, no doubt holds the palm for
thickness of skin. At some parts of the
body the skin is only two inches thick,
but In many places its pelt is fully two
feet in thickness The skin Of the
whale is the substance generally known
as blubber, and in large specimen
viii weigh altogether more than thirty
tons. The distinction of being the
thickest-slxinned quadruped belongs to
the Indian rhinoceros, whose hide has
a knotty or granulated surface. and Is
so impenetrable as to resist the claws
of the lion or tiger, the sword, or the
balls Of an old fashioned nusket Sc
stiff and hard is this skin that wars it
not divided by creases or folds the ani-
imprisoned in its armor could scarcely
move. It is manufactured into leather
of great strength and durability, and
targets and shields are made Of II that
are absolutely proof against darts OF
sword strokes. The skin Of the hippo
potamus runs that Of the rhinoceros
very closely as regards thickness.
When dried 1t is also used for shields,
which sre highly prized by the nativss
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19

1T is now claimed that the whole
domain of optics is annexed to cleo
tricity, which has thus become an i'm
perial science.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-19
THE EDEN OF TIGERS.
A Trio Of Encounters With the
Terror Of the Jungle.

Man Eaters Are Beasts That Do Not Inn
prove Upon Close Acquaintance.
While They Are Particularly I'M
desirable Bedfellows.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
A FRIEND ABROAD.
Views of Sir Edward clifford in the
London Times.


London Times.
A letter was received from this gentle
man bv DR.. Rodgers by the last mail,
enclosing clipping from the London
Times. which expresses the views OF
gentleman who is thoroughly qualified
10 speak on the subject to which ne
refers. 1t will be remembered that he
spent some months here. In a note
ACCOMMODATING the slip, Mr.. Clifford
saws that. excepting one article in Long
mans Magazine, he has read nothing
but praise of the Governments care OF
the ASYLUM. We republish Mr.. Cliff
ford's letter to the Times:
'sTo the Editor of the Times-Sir: !
was surprised to read in your issue OF
the 18th that Mr.. Manley Hopkins had
found "a good deal OF blame expressed
or implied by English newspapers on
the conduct OF the Hawaiian Govern
ment in relation to the lepers.' have
read some hundreds OF cuttings on the
subject in the last four months, but,
with the exception OF one magazine artl-
Gle. | have read no censures, and
should be sorry for it to be supposed that
Fnglishmen had been unjust to the Ha-
waiian Government. 1t has certainly
SET us an example OF care and gener-
csitv that we have been slow to follow.
The lepers at Molokai were in de-
plorable state when the settlement was
first established there, and details may
be found in the reports OF the Hawaiian
Board of Health, but owing to the repre-
sensations of Father Damien and OF
other officials the state OF affairs was
remedied almost as soon as 1t was
known, and the improvement has been
especially marked since the accession OF
the present King. But these facts have
been repeatedly brought before the
public lately, and l am only surprised to
find that anyone has discovered Ignorant
censures anywhere.
l am, sir, your obedient servant,
EDWARD CLIFFORD.
Redland-green, Bristol"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
Something Useful.

a most useful and convenient little
cookery book has just been issued gratis
by the Liebig Company, showing the
hundred and one ways in which their
extract of beef can be used in prepare
ton Of soups, game, poultry, fish, sauces,
gravies, vegetables, cold and hot meats,
and invalid cookery. There are 152 cap
ital recipes contained in this little book,
embracing a wide range of the culinary
art, and cooks and others interested in
preparing the good things of the table, or
nutritious food for the sick room, cannot
do better than write to the Gffice OF this
paper ior copy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
Insurance Notice

The Agent for the British Foreign Marine In.
surance Company (Limited) has received in
structlons to Reduce the Rates of Insur-
ance between Honolulu and Ports IN The Pacific
ana Is now prepared TO Issue Policies at the
lowest rates, with special reduction on freight
per steamers. THEO H-DAVIES
1lg3 ly Agent Brit. For. Mar. ms. Co.. Limited
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
@errral advertisements.

Boston Beard Of Underwriters.
A GENTS for the Hawaiian Islands,
"a 1870 " c. BREWER & CO.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
Banana Trees in Sacramento Garden
in Full Bearing.


q. A. Stoddard has recently taken
some excellent photographs of the
banana plants growing in the garden Of
S. II. Gerrish, at 1917 Il street, in this
city. The pictures are decidedly trop-
zeal in character, and look as if they had
been taken in Central American gar
den, rather than in a latitude nearly as
far north as that of Philadelphia. These
plants have no protection at any time.
The largest stalks are eighteen feet high,
and measure twenty-six and a half
inches in circumference six inches from
the ground. Six Of the stalks are now
bearing. There are twenty-five large
stalks, besides numerous smaller ones
nov growing. Visitors from Central
America, Mexico and the Sandwich ISL
and pronounce them as fine and growing
as thrifty as any in those Countries
Sacramento Union.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
asAMBURGH HsREE7
Fire Insurance Company.

The unde~ nedhaving been appoir TED Agents
of the above Company. are PR pared TO insure
risks against IRE OF Stone and Brick Build
ings, and on Merchandise stored therein,
OF the most favorable terms. For particulars
apply at the office Of F. A. SCHAEFER & CO.
1877 1y
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12

London, Sept. "a.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
MIR. Manley Hopkins Reply to MIR.
Clifford.

Mr.. ManIey Hopkins Reply to Mr..
Clifford.
In addition to above we have been
favored with Consul-General Hop
kins' reply, for which we are in
debted to the Foreign Office, and
insert it below. We may add, in
this connection, that the remarks of
the New York Tribune and Christian
Union referred to, were based en-
tirely on the erroneous and mis-
chievous statement of Mr. Ballan-
tyne, in Longman's Magazine:
To the Editor of the Times, Sir: l
am glad to find by Mr.. Clifford's letter
of this morning that he is not aware of
any imputations made of neglect or in
difference to the lepers by the Hawaiian
Government and its Board OF Health. l
forward his communication to Honolulu.
1t is true that at meeting at the Duke
OF Newcastle's, and another at Cardinal
Manning's, at both of which | was pre-
sent, l do not remember that any open
censures Of supineness were made. But
il is complained that the large sums
which had been collected were sent d.
rect to Father Damien without any con-
sultation with the Hawaiian Govern
ment, and that no concurrence was asked
about its expenditure. The Government
was simply ignored, and the left hand,
the Hawaiian Ministers, did not know
what the right hand of generous people
In England was doing. After those two
meetings was also left out and received
no information Of the proceedings. l
am obliged to disagree with Mr. Clifford
on the main point-that OF censure. Mr..
Ballantyne, in Longman's Magazine,
leads the English attack. In unmeas-
ured terms he says, Perhaps no spot
on the face Of the earth can equal for
concentrated misery and hopeless horror
the leper settlement of Molokai."
The New York Tribune, enlarging on
the theme, says, "The brutal indiffer
ence OF the Hawaiian Government had
thrust these poor creatures away on
barren peninsula" And the Christian
Union American Christian) asserts that
'fthe Government had adopted the bar
barous theory that the lepers could sus-
tain themselves" and it speaks Of their
miserable huts huddled together, filled
with Indebtedness and debauchery." l
will only add the comment of the Ha-
waiian serial, the Friend :-"In the fore
going extracts the grossest ISLANDERS upon
the Hawaiian Government are inextri-
cably mixed with the laudations of
Father Damien"
1t is not my business nor my wish to
detract by one iota from the services and
sacrifice of this excellent man. My
object is to show the manner in which
the Government represent have been
accused and abused by groundless accu-
sation. | am, Sir, &c,
MANLEY HOPKINS,
Hawaiian Consul.
London. Sept. "a
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12
Cash Assets Jan. 1st, 1884 :. $685., $50 "a.

Takes Risks against Loss or DAMAGE NV Fire
on Buildings Merchandise, Machinery and Firm
iture on favorable terms. A. LARGER
lZl2 ~ Agent for Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-11-12

Philadelphia Board Of Underwriters
a GENTS for the Hawaiian Islands,
N 1910 fy c. BREWER Il co
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
FIRES FEARFUL FATALITY.
Continued Prom First Page.

yeloped that but one man had killed
himself. A GLOBE reporter met man
shortly after the shot was fred who had
witnessed the suicide from the street
through the open window. This wit
ness said that the man came TO sew
enth story window in the
rear of the building. and from his
statement and those of the printers it
was doubtless the window that opens
from the closet and printers bath room.
which is at the head of the stairs and
directly opposite the elevator shaft. The
poor fellow had doubtless rushed TO the
stairway and found it in ilameS and had
sought the nearest window. The
words of the man who. saw the printer
shoot himself given will best describe
First avenue south and Third street,
near Harrison Il Smiths printing Office,
watching the fire. when l saw a man
rush to the window and throw
it open. He looked out and meas
ured the awful distance to the ground,
below. could see him as plain as day
as he stood there against the glare
the flames behind him. The look on his
face was terrible. He looked below a
second time. and then putting his hand
in his pocket. drew out a revolver, and
placing it at his head. fired. lie dropped
out of sight, and / heard the report at
the same instant;
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
A Death Roll Of Six so Far as
Ennxun and a Dozen fUiured.

A Death Roll of Six so Far as
Known, and Dozen Injured.
The printers held meeting at the
Brunswick hotel at 1880 O'Clock this
morning 10 see who were missing ana
Who had escaped. The call of the roll
showed that Jerry JenklnsOn and Rob
ert McCutcheon were missing, and word
was brought that their bodies were
in COnnolly's morgue. Owing to the
confusion which prevailed it was I'M
possible to ascertain definitely how
many were missing. 1t is more than
probable that there were four persons
killed, Notwithstanding the fact that
the roll call showed but two. as there
were many subs at work whose names
were known only to few. The list or
dead, as far as known, Is as follows:
MILTON PICKETT, assistant city editor
of the Pioneer Press. lie was married aud
resided At 1923 Fourth street southeast with
his wife and one child.
JAMES +. lGOE, Associated Press oper-
ator. Married and resided at 1920 Fifth
street south.
EDWARD OLSON, president of the Uni
versity of South Dakota. at Vermillion, and
brother of s. L. Olson, Of this city.
JERRY JENKINSON, a printer, single.
ROBERT MCUTCHEoN. printer, mar
ried.
VII. MILI.MAN, commercial editor of the
Tribune
WALTER f. MILES, day operator OF the
Associated Press. He was married and about
twenty.cight years old.
As far as learned the injured are:
WILLIAE LAWN. printer, burned on the
hands and face.
E, c. ANDREWS, printer, burned on hands
and face.
GEORGE E. woRDEN, printer, burned on
hands and face.
FRANK GERBER. deaf mute printer,
ha nds and face burned.
ADAM j. WEISHEMER. printer, hurt
about the hips by falling.
CHARLES ALT WILLIAMS. managing
editor of the Tribune, badly burned about the
head and face.
W. II. WILLIAMS, foreman of the COM
posing room, badly burned about the face
and hands.
S. II. JONES, Pioneer Press reporter,
hands and face slightly burned.
FRANK HOOVER, printer burned about
the neck.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
FILLED WITH COMBUSTIBLES
The Whole Building Packed With
Infiammable Material.

The fact that the top floors of the
building were saturated with oil
and turpentine, and that the en-
tire place was full of paper made
a regular finder box of the alleged fire.
proof building. The elevator shaft
and stairway acted as drafts and in an
incredibly short time after the
alarm was turned in at 10 rs the build
ing was hell of fire. The flames had
a full sweep from one end of the build
ing to the other, and as the tongues of
fire rolled on they made,a noise resem-
bling thunder. AT 1890 the va
riOus floors began to fall, and as
each one crashed down showers of
sparks and burning wood and paper
flew far and wide. At 10:45 the gable
facing on Fourth steet fell send
ing up a cloud of black smoke
and dust which hid the burning
building from sight for moment.
Half an hour later part of the wall on
the east side of the building fell out
ward, crashing down upon the Journal
Office, and filling the entire place
with iron, wood, plaster and otheE
debris. In the basement aof the :: Trib
une building were three of the finest
printing presses made, costing some
$4,000 or $4,000 each. They are all
ruined. What fate the numerous safes
have met is not yet known. At this
writing 80 a. M, the firemen are still
The four walls are still standing, be-
ing broken only in few places. Chief
Stetson could not determine what COM
dition they were in. but considered
it very likely that they
would have to be pulled down.
An examination will be made
the first thing this morning, and every
precaution taken to prevent accidents.
Every piece of fire apparatus in the city
was called out as soon as the chief ar
rived,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

room on the sixth floor," he said, land
heard the cry of fire. Calling to DIR.
Shaw, / rushed out, and after
calling aloud to all within hearing
started down the elevator. The smoke
was then pouring up the shaft and
when we reached the third floor we
saw the blaze. The north end of that
floor was occupied by the Union League
of Minnesota, and in the center room
the fire was then at work, blazing
frfghtfully. There was no ex-
tinguisher there and we descended
to the ground floor, where /
alarmed the office force and ordered
Tn EN- we undertook to return up stairs
but, as the elevator went up, saw that
it was Impossible to live in the dense
smoke and, as the forces up stairs had
been alarmed, took the eleva tor down
again and, as we passed the third floor,
the windows blew in and the next
ibO oiiOO up tuC
like an expl osion. 1t was the most ter
ribly quick work | ever saw. When
/ reached the ground floor the
fire had reached the sixth and seventh
and l saw the blaze bursting out of the
Pioneer Press editorial rooms. The
men had all been driven to the south
end of the building, except those who
had descended by the fire escape. BY
this time the fire department had not
arrived. For some incredible reason
they were slow. and though repeated
alarms had gone in the apparatus
was not there. When it came the
ladders were put up at the south end of
the building, but not at the corner
where they should have gone. They
reached within twenty feet, and then
came sickening halt. The men were
clustered in a group in the window, and
before they were reached body burst
through the double windows and fell to
the sidewalk. The sight was sickening
in the extreme, and the crowd
yelled like demons to urge the
firemen to quicker work. The water
would not reach to the top and the
efforts in that line were to keep the
flames above the third floor. As l turned
from the sight above heard voice call
out that four men had leaped on the
rear side, which meant certain death;
but finally the ladders were gotten up
to the windows and the men came out,
the foreman, William Williams, being
the last to leave. 1t was not ten seconds
after the last man got out before the
flames burst out after Them"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
PURSUED BY THE FLAMES.
City Editor Hudson Tells OF His
Narrow EscaDe.


Narrow Escape.
City Editor Hudson, of the Tribune.
tells the following story of the fire: Il
was sitting in my office on the seventh
floor when L heard some of the boys out
in the hallway cry Fire They often
did that and so l paid no attention to it.
Sometimes they would set fire to a
piece of paper and try to get up scare
and thought they were at their tricks
again. ] turned to my desk, but some
thing told me to make an investigation.
l put on my hat and overcoat and
started down the stairs. On the floor
below felt the heat and when / got to
the third floor l found that the door
leading to the room on the north
end Of the building had been
broken open. There was a pile of
papers on the floor, and there was an
insignificant blaze among them. 1t did
not look as if the fire would amount to
anything, and Joe Mannix was throw
ing hand grenades at it. / asked if an
alarm had been turned in, and some
one said it had. Then one of the crowd
threw a hand grenade through the win
dow, and in an instant the
whole room was in blaze
and the flames drove us down
the stairway. tell you it was mighty
hard thing TO go down and leave the
rest of the boys up stairs, but we had to
do it. By the time we got to the first
floor the flames had mounted to the top
OF the elevator. No alarm had been