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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20

SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS.-In
England we do not look quite so much
upon uniforms as they do in France; and
little incidents of this kind are therefore
not very likely to occur on this side of
the chanuel. Stfll, Il welI-known EngIisA
cabinet minister did once get into diff
cuities, not through going about in multi
but through wearing too much uniform.
We will not mention the eentlemau's
name, for he is still extant. This dstir-
guished poiltician-not even his friends
ever thought he was Il statesman-was
once upon a time first lord of the admir-
atty. Full of the Importance of his
geouS uniform of lord high admiral,
whose representative he was. The first
time he had official business with the
fleet, the right honorable gentleman put
on his uniform and went abroad one of
her majesty's ships. The minister, who
liked to look upon himself as lord high
admiral, had his flag run up and the YES
sci started. In a few minutes one of the
officers came up and politely touched his
hat to the first lord.
eff you please, sir, what are your or
ders?" he asked.
''Orders. what orders?"
CAS- your flag is flying, you are in COM
mand''
"But don't understand at ALL"
''Well sir, you are in command, and in
a few minutes we shall run into the
queens yacht Will you give me my
orders?'
The un!ucky first lord became crimson
with veXation, and the lord high admir-
aPs pennant was promptly hauled down.
BAD HABITs.-Habltual constipation gives rise
to piles ana to other dangerous and painful afec
tons, all of which may be cured by the of Ham
burg Figs, fruit laxative which even children like
II Il
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20
FOR SALE.

offer for sale at yer, reasonable rates my q ace,
consisting Of % acres nf land, house and barn in
good state Of pb4lf Wifl rifHt5hE water o. bot
g,ol orchard and other de-igahe things Allin
good nelghhQFhn0d. JOSEPH HOLMES
So Albany, VI, Nov, IN, 1881 ffisF
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20
Save Your Hair

= Y a timely use of Ayer's Hair Nigor.
II This preparation has no equal Is
dressing. 1t keeps the scalp clean. cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color,
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
"I was rapidly becoming bald and
gray; but after using two or three
bottles of Ayers Hair Nigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. melvin Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, n. II.
Some time ago l lost all my hair in
consequence of measles. After duo
waiting, no new growth appeared. L
then used Ayers Hair Vigor and my
hair grew
Thick and Strong.
1t has apparently come to stay. The
VigOr is evidently a great aid to nature"
j. b. Williams, Floresville, Texas.
az have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
the past four or i've years and find il a
most satisfactory dressing for the hair.
1t is all 1 could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair to retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
to render the hair easy to arrange. -
Mrs. NJ. A. Bailey, . Charles street,
Haverhill, Mass
" have been using Ayers Hair Nigor
for several years. and believe that il has
caused my hair to retain its natural
color. Mrs. III. j. King, Dealer in
Drv Goods BE BiShOnVille Md
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20

BAD HARITs.-Habltual constipation gives rise
to piles ana to other dangerous and painful affec
tiOns all of which may be cured by the use of Ham,
burg Figs, a fruit laxative which even children like
Is cents. Dose, one Fig. Mack Drug Co., n. Y.
Sold by druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-01-20

The man who reaches the top of the
ladder must get there in Il round about
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
NANTucKET,s SWEET eELL.
How It Was Brought from Portugal t
Peaceful New England.

How 1t Was Brought from Portugal to
Peaceful New England.
The subject of church bells is re-
minder of the beautifully sweet-toned
bell in one of the church towers of Nan
tucket. It has something of a history.
It was cast in Portugal and was intended
for use upon a convent, being dedicated
''To the good Jesus" in somewhat
lengthy inscription in the Portuguese
language, cast in raised letters upon it's
side. There are various romantic stories
concerning the means by which it came
to be hung in the belfry of New En-
gland church. One says that it was
taken from floating wreck by Nam
tucket crew; another is to the effect that
it was captured by privateer, as the
angels in the old North Church, Salem
street, are said to have been taken. The
real truth is said to be that Nantucket
sea captain at q Portuguese port heard
the bell as it was being testod, fresh
from the foundry, and, being captivated
by its exquisite tone, induced the makers
to part with it and cast another for the
convent. He brought it to Nantucket in
his ship, and it has ever since hung in
the church steeple.
There is a tale about this wonderful
bell that has local application. 1t is
said that some years. ago some people OF
the congregation of the old South Church
heard the bell and thought that itwould
sound we'll in Boston. This was while
the church was still worshiping in the
old edifce. They made overtures to the
Nantucket church, writing from BostoI
that they had heard that it was pos
sessed of a very fine bell; that the Ole
South was in need of bell. For what
price would the Nantucket brethren sci
thei7 bell The Nantucket church ig
nored the main question, and returned
reply that they had heard that the Oh
South had very fine clock. For wha
price would the Boston brethren sci
their clock?-Boston Advertiser
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12

whom the world was no longer dark, but
full of rosy hopes, and glad child who
felt that this first day was but prom
ise of like days to come, and to whom
the silvery snow yielded silver harvest.
Miss Hyacinth was let into the secret
and as long as the snow lasted and the
sleighing carnival wakened the echoes
of the silent country round about the
little frame house of the Keenes, she
allowed Katie to manage so that all her
lessons were done in the mornings
both studying and recitation-and her
afternoons were her own in which, as
her teacher said, she could receive"
It would seem as if there was no end
to the doctors popularity, If all were
friends of his who drew rein in at the
Keenes' gate-and such shower of sill
yer coin as ratified into the little tray as
the sleigh-riders put their coffee-cups
back with a sigh of satisfaction and
gathered up the reins for further dash
along the smooth, broad highway! No
day passed but some one stopped; and
often it was big sleighful of curious
people who had left their warm fireside
to see the little child who was so
bravely battling for the lost light of a
dear mothers eyes.
At the end of three weeks Mrs. Keene
was taken to DIR. Optics fine home in
the city and Miss Hyacinth left Farmer
Bassett's to go and help Katie keep
house. At the end of four weeks Mrs.
Keene was brought back to the little
frame house again, the happiest little
woman in the land, for, though her eyes
were carefully guarded from the daz-
zling, snow-brightened light of day, at
night she dared to peep out for mo-
ment at the dear, familiar objects of her
old home. Dearest and fairest of all was
the face of her noble little girl, who had
been real ministering angel in all that
long and wearisome spell of dreary
darkness.
And this is what, with an innocent
childs faith in her own earnest en-
deavors, Katie did.-Eva Best, in De
troit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
PuNcENT PARAoRAPHs.

We suppose it is the old feline in-
stinct of the fddle-string that makes 1t
arch its back and yell when 1t meets its
beau.-Binghamton Republican.
-Tippler-'Do you know the reason
have never met with success in hfe?
nspeaker-"Yes; there have been
too many bars in your way"
-Mamma-''Now Cecil, you have told
me he." Cecil-"But mamma, you
told me I must say yes or no; you didn't
give me time to make the truth fit!"
-Wickars-"I am afraid you have
very little conception of the wisdom of
nature" Vickars-''And I am afraid
you have very little conception Of the
nature of wisdom. "-Terre Haute Ex-
press.
New Enthusiastically, madam, this
is too much. ! can not stand the ever
lasting fault-fnding of the coachman.
He says I have a worse temper even
than you.-Fliegende Blatter.
-'tWhy can not a woman become a
successful lawyer, l should like to
know?" asked lady of a cynical old
Judge. because, madam, he answered,
''she is too fond of giving her opinion
without pay."-Demorest.
He had asked her the momentons
question with great warmth. "You
know" he said, after pause, that
a soft answer turneth away wrath. /"
That's very true" she replied with a
sarcastic tinge in her voice, tbut soft
question doesn't"
Pastor -''Mrs. Jones, have you ever
reflected that in the course of time you,
too, must join the silent majority?" Mr..
Jones-''That's so, Parson: and / kinder
wish you'd impress on her that she
ought to be practicin' for it now. Bur
lington Free Press.
mo, sir" said tho Rhode Island
man, 81 am proud to say that you rarely
see a drunken man in our State. "
"That's probably true" returned his
friend. ''But you would if they didn't
miss their way home and stagger over
into Massachusetts" "--Munsey's Weekly.
At the close of heightened and
bitter wrangle between judge and q
prominent counsel, the former said,
''Well, sir, if you do not know how *
conduct yourself as a gentleman, an
sure l can't teach YOU" To which ths
barrister mildly replied, THAT is so, nj
lord.
-She-'Are you fond of music, Mr.
Smell? Howell, don't know tell
you the truth, we've had piano in ths
house so long that really don't remem
Der; but / think-that is to say, have
a faint impression-I was fond Of 1t /
great many years ago. Boston Trans
eript
Anxious mother-''I am afraid there
is something wrong with William. Hea
out late every night now" Father
''He's all right. You'll probably hea
of his engagement shortly" Mother
81 think he would have told me if tina
was the reason" Father-'"That'
nothing. Don't you remember that yoI
didn't want me to tell, because you saiC
my mother would blab it all over towl
in less than twenty-four hours ?"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
rhe ChiId of the Fnture.

1t is a dreadful point about these
microbes that the only way to avoid
having them in a virulent form is to
have them in an artificial or attenuated
form. The children of the future will
not run through the present gamut Of
infantile disease, but they will probably
be subjected to incubation with various
microbes every few months First,
they will be vaccinated for small pox;
when they have recovered from that
they will be taken to a Pasteur institute
to have mild form Of rabies. Next
they will be given dose of the comma
bacilli to prevent cholera, and SO on
through all the ever-growing series OF
disease microbes. o, luckless child Of
the futurel you will never be i'll and
never be well; your health will be awful
ly monotonous, you will never know the
WEAKNESS of the first night of measles,
when it was so nice to lie in mothers
lap and feel her cool hand on your fore
head; you will never know the joys Of
eonvalescence, when oranges were NUM-
erous and every one was kind to you be-
cause you were not well; and your end
| will be to die of debility. How glad we
are that we live in the present, with all
its ups and downs Of health to lend va
yisty to life and death, Hospital.
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and L am prone to believe that the
r1ghtness and fitness" of all things
seemed just then to enter Katie's mind.
That the green shutters were amazed
at what, not fifteen minutes later, they
saw done before their very Stats, I
shall not attempt to deny; that the
tin water spout at the corner of the
house was not astounded at the sudden
appearance and nearness of a sENooth
pine board bearing these words:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
THE BLACK SWAN.
The Graceful water Bird Is No Longer
Rara Avis.

The Graceful Water Bird Is No Longer a
Rara Avis.
At one time the black swan was un-
known or regarded as freak of nature.
In the "Antiquary'' Sir Walter Scott
makes one of his characters say: ''Whati
is it my rara avis, my black swami" But
since the discovery and opening up Of
the Australian continent it has become
more common, for it Is found in large
fiocks in the south and west of Australia.
One writer says that they have become
SO abundant that he has seen fiocks Of
them being driven in the streets OF
Sydney as if they we're a flock Of geese.
They are found to be very prolific and
are tanned with great ease, and it has
not been found difficult to keep and
breed them in captivity, but the expert
ence has been that the time Of their
breeding is uncertain, because the sea
sons are entirely reversed on the north
ern half of the globe to what they are IN
the southern hemisphere.
The black swan is more slender In
build than the common swan and net
quite SO large in body. The plumage,
as the name denotes, is entirely black
on the body, only few fight feathers
being white The eyes are bright red,
as is the beak, but the latter has white
tip. The feet are black. The young
when Matched are of whitish gray in
the down.-Country Gentleman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
SHADOW PICTURES.

wears ago, when you were little,
Not SO queenly, grand and tall,
oft saw your tiny shadow
Thrown by lamplight on the wall.
Always with the arms uplifted,
Reaching out fer my caress,
was the shadow, till the substance
Found her fathers goodnight kiss.
And tonight, my fair young daughter
when met you in the hall,
Teould see again your shadow
Thrown by gaslight on the wall.
Arms thrown out and face uplifted-
Could it be for kisses still?
Here the substance solves the question:
sPa, want dollar bill!''
Buffalo Express.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12
Engllsh as written in Japan.

A Toxic correspondent gives soms
amusing specimens of English as it il
written by the Japanese. Among them
are these, from a library company's
rules: s'The Profession of our Company
is supplying the all Japanese Classical
and Modern Books or Chinese and En-,
glish Language Books to Readers foE
receiving duly Lending Price" ''Tha
object of our library is for the Reader
who desired to Read many books at one
time for searching useful matter.
Therefore all book which is ready in
our Company, is permit to Read; but the
prevailing Book at present is wished for
Reader to be lend from the procedeur Of
Sending" ''Who has read the Book Of
our Company, above three months By
the Polish way of the reading, thought
of our Company will send the Sigma
ture of Special and may be lend BY
paying Lending Price that mitigating
LILO of it."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-12

-'What a resemblance there is be.
tween you ana your husband, Mrs.
Smith, said friend of the family.
did anyone ever call attention to IL
before?" 80, yesm broke in Roberts.
who always blunders. ''They we're walk
ing down the street t'other day, and I
heard a man remark. How much thae
woman looks like her SOM No, no, thaa
wasn't it!' added Roberts, seeing the
cloud on Mrs. Smiths face. What he
said was, How much that old felloW
looks like his mother' "-Demorest.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
PUGILIsTIC NEWS.

Jimmie Lynch wants to meet Barney
Hubbard who was knocked out by John
ny Griffin.
George Peters, the colored heavy
weight, of Detroit, will fight Joe Shechy,
at Minneapolis, next month.
Harry Devinc, one of Australians best
middeweights, was recently defeated
in England by Thompson, of Glasgow.
John III. Allen and Mike j. Mooney
are to fight at the South Omaha Ath-
letic club rooms next Tuesday for s.,
600.
Jimmie MclIale, of Philadelphia, is
anxious TO put up his dukes with
AUSTIN Gibbons to battle for a $1,000
purse.
Ned Mclaughlin, of Chester, Pa,
knocked out Jimmy Carroll, the Phila-
delphia lightweight, in ten rounds with
bare knuckleS.
The Twin City Athletic club OF Min
ncapolis is fishing for both Cal. Nc
Carthy-George Dixon and Pete Mccoy
Black Pearl fights.
George Dixon is on a knockout tour.
He performed the act on Virginia
Rosebud, Iced Andrews, and a colored
pug named Dryson in one week.
Jem Carney, the English lightweight
pugiliSt, is having great luck with his
protegeS. Within the past three months
three of them have won three betting
fights in London.
Jack Dempsey and Bob FitzsimmonS
are preparing for their encounter at the
Olympic Athletic Club, which is set Tor
next January. Dempsey Will do almost
all his training at Portland, Ore.
Peter jackson will arrive it Frisco IN
a week or ten days and he will be given
a big reception. The black will make a
tour of his native land, there to remain
until after his contest with Slavln,
which takes place at the Melbourne
Athletic club in March.
The glove fight between Anthony Dia-
mond, of Birmingham, and Arthur Bob
bet. of Fulham, for 5000, was brought
off near London. Both men fought
pluckily and with science, but in the
tenth round Diamond had much the best
of the fight, and, landing the Londoner
a terrific under-cut on the chin, knocked
him out.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
BALL AND CUE.

New YORK, November 22.-Jacob
Schacfer and Frank Ives Thursday
night played their third practice game
at Maurice Days Assembly rooms,
Brooklyn. The game was 800 points,
fourteen inch balk line, and the Michi-
gan boy proved the wizard" of the oc-
caSion. In the first seven innings the
best run was - by Schacfer, who
scored a total of 1870 against % by Ives,
and both appeared to be decidedly "otT. -
The eight inning gave Ives an oppor-
tunity to show what he could do BY
strong, beautiful and at times exceed
ingly brilliant play he rolled up 1875
points, missing his l3Gth stroke because
the cue ball 'roled OFF," Schaefer re-
piled with 81, winding up by missing
both balls in an effort TO make Il short
masse. Small scores prevailed for the
next six innings.
In the fifteenth inning Schaefer show
ed that he had his stroke by neatly ex-
ecuting 232 shots, his drives and maSSe
shots being as near perfection as any
thing in the line of billiards could be.
1t was general play, with daSheS of balk
line nursing interSperscd through the
run. There was no speciality worked in
its execution. There never was bet
Ter exposition of the beauties of the
game. Not less tnan - difficult maSSe
shots were made with ease that made
them look simple. Schaefer looked at
the string. saw he had GO to go and then
missed short single cushion. The
score stood Schacfer 440, Ives 305, when
the "boy" began his sixteenth inning.
He chalked his cue and made Il few
shots.
Then he filed the tip, put some more
chalk on it and proceeded to play great
billiards. He played all over the table
and gathered l22, Il miScue sending him
to his seat. Shaefer made solitary
point and then slipped up on a cushion
draw. Ives took the halls in the lower
right corner, drove them TO the head of
the table and there made the > he
needed. the feat being roundly APP
plauded.
Both are great players" was the
opinion of CongreSSman-elect John K.
Fellows, whose chair was next to the
players seat during the game. Ives
averaged 20 III and Schaefcr - $40.
The score was:
Ives-1O, -, II. 21 II. o, 4. 1875, IN. e..
9G, >, 3, II, 70. 1872, 800.
Schacfer-15, "a, 9, -. >, 6, 4, -. H.,
:, o, 10, o, 3, 232, I'LL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES

Sire Bros. have purchased the trottint
gelding, Great Eastern for 800.
Mike Horrigan, tie colar-and-elbov
wrestler, is still after John MaMahor
and IL. NJ. Dufur.
Alfredo de Orc, the Cuban, and ChaS
Manning are matched to play for the
/ pool championship and $500 side.
Starter Caldwell will receive for hi:
services at Guttenburg this winter S20(
Il day, the largest compensation ever
paid similar official in the world.
The wheeling season in Australia be
gins with Septembcrand is in full swing
until May. From all indications the
coming season will eclipse all previou:
years, both in racing and touring.
c. II. Nelson, of Maine. says that tho
stallion King Nelson will be retired from
the turf until next year, when thai
horse and Dictator Chief (2:21la) vii
be trained double to beat the record.
Among the applications for seats tC
witness the Iale-PrincetOn football
match on Thanksgiving Day is one from
party of twenty who are coming al
the way from Omaha to see the game.
The diet of L. G.. Belts before start
| ing i'm the lO0-mile road race in New
Orleans recently. in which he lowered
three records, was fruit cake. fried oyS-
tiers and cream pie. And on this he
finished in far better shape than any OF
the other contestants.
A hos hpnD 1rrDpOpl for S1OU Il
side between Farmer Burns, of Iowa,
and Tom ConnorS. The latter failed to
throw the Farmer" last Saturday in
fifteen minutes The bout is to be one
fall in thirty minutes or draw to be de-
clarcd. 1t will be wreStled at the Alex
ander Athletic Club, Chicago, Novem-
Der 20.
George La Blanche was beSted at
Butte. Mont. by George LeSSler, local
middleweight. They fought ID rounds.
and the Marine got the worst OF 1t all
through. In the last round, despairing
of winning. he deliberately kicked kess-
Ter in the groin. He had to be carried
to his corner. KeSSler was fresh. La
Blanchc's friends say he was out OF con
dtion.
Joe Donoghue, the American skater
now in Christiana, writes that after ms
arrival delegation of the ChriStlana
Skating Club called on him and babe
HIM welcome TO Norway. The leader
was AXtel PaulSon, who skated series
of races with Hugh j. Mccormick last
winter in Minneapolis. Donoghue says
that the person in the party in whom he
1Ar ialv
the champion of Norway and Sweden,
who. he adds, has made the wonderful
record of 5000 metres g miles 1ss
vards) in 9m., 10 2-5S., at the rate OF
every mile in three minutes. Joe says
Fredericksen's skates are similar to the
ones used in Newburg last winter by
Jahhsen, but the blades are very thin,
3-64 inches in thickness. Fredericksen
is of medium size aud not heavily built,
Weighing 40 pounds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-11-23

riety company are giving capital en-
tertainment.
The RialtO gossips had not recovered
from the surprise caused by the an
nouncement of the engagement of Lizzie
Evans. the soubrette, and her leading
actor, Harry Mills. when word came
that the pair had been welded. The
ceremony occurred at Atlanta, Ga, and
two members of Miss Evans company
stood up" with the couple. But this
isn't Miss Evans first matrimonial ven
ture. She was formerly the wife of
Nclse Compton, Western manager.
They separated, and, when they became
divorced. Compton married Nellie Free,
another soubrette, while Miss Evans
passed under the management of
Charles +. Callahan, who wrote plays
for her besides. Everybody in the
theatrical ranks had imagined that Miss
Evans and Callahan were aflianced, and
that is why the appearance of Mr.. Mills
caused surprise. Mills is young man
and clever comedian. Callahan was
present at the ceremony. after a month :
rest at Hot Springs, and he had no hest
tation in saying that it was case of
love at first sight. So the affair ended
very happily after all the talk.