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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18
AHMADoU THE MIGHTY.

Chocolate-Colored Sultan Who Has
Long Fought the French in Africa.
Sultan Ahmadou is one of three DOW.
erful rulers who contested almost step
by step the advance of France up the
Senegal river and to the Niger. Alma.
dou is the last of these rulers to succumh
to the power of France. The French
have finally cleared the field of their
most formidable foes, and it is certain
that the stormiest period of the French
occupation of Sanegambia is now at
an end.
Ahmadou has long ruled the large
country north of the Senegal river, ex-
tending to the Nigar. His stronghold
on that river was Segu-Sikoro, where
he had large fort with very thick
wooden walls, which, in the opinion of
Frenchmen who had passed it on the
river, could never be taken except by a
cannonade.
Last year Segu-Sikoro fell into the
hands of the French during the absence
of Ahmadou in the northwestern part
of his territory, where he had another
stronghold at Moro, in the large dis
trict of Kaarta. The French were very
jubilant over the fall of Segu-Sikoro.
Ahmadou had given them far more
trouble than any other of their fanati-
cal foes.
In 1887 he made q treaty of peace
with France, but it was not long before
he violated his promises and resumed
his old policy of giving battle to France
every time her forces made an advance
IN. Y. Journal.
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is refused, and then in furious 1ndlgna-
ton she declares that she is the Ouch
ess of X" They tell her blandly, "Ah,
madame, there are so many duchesses
herep'
Well for these cleaned out aristocrats
If they desist while entirely unshorn.
Some players play on to their bottom
dollar, and then it is hushed-up story,
another suicide, or ono of 'those who
know everything and everybody will
point to a seedy, slip-shod wretch mood
lily taking the air by the sea and tell
you, 'So-and-so, do you see? Lost ev-
cry sixpence at the tables, lives now,
I'm told, on pension from NJ. Blame. ="
There is no 'betting even'' with the
tables. Those who are judicious cow
ards, who fight and win and run away,
will in nearly every case return to have
another try. The tables can wait; they
never forget, never forgive. While life
is left they still count on recovering
what they have lost.
The story goes that some one COM
miserated with the old Mr.. Blanc when
the tables had lost very large sum to
a Monsieur Chose. "What! is he dead?"
No need for pity while the winner lives.
And yet one player there was who beat
the tables, if an old and pensioned
croupier who lived near Wilhemshoe is
to be believed
They came and told him that the EN-
peror Napoleon had been made prisoner
at Sedan. "What Napoleon? Louis?
He was at Baden in Island won. He
owes the tables $4,000 francs" Poor
Napoleon Ill; he never paid that debt,
but he lost much more in another way.
IN. Y. Home Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18
Beef-Eating Eats.

A farmer near Lunenburg, VT, one
morning found sore place on the shout,
der of one of his cows; as she stood al
the further end of the stable, he thought
she might have rubbed it, and changed
her place, but the next morning 1t was
much larger, and another COW also had
a raw place on her shoulder. The pc
culiar disappearance of the hide became
puzzle. After watching he found that
rats were actually eating the hide off
his cows. Quite large patches had been
dsnuded. National Labor Tribune.
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GRAPE CULTURE.
Some Interesting and Curious Facts From
the Census Reports.


| the Census Reports.
A recent bulletin from the census de-
| partment gives some interesting facts in
regard to the history of growing
in the United States. For more than 100
years, says II. Gardner, special agent in
charge of this branch of the agricultural
division, efforts have been made to grow
the European varieties of grapes in the
open air, always, however, resulting in
failures, except in California, where
viticulture was introduced by the Fran
ciscan farmers many years ago, and
where the foreign grapes grow to per-
lection. Eastern growers finally turned
their attention to the improvement of
native varieties, with great success.
In New York state. in what is known
as the Lake Keul1a district, a grower of
grapes shipped his first crop, amounting
to fifty pounds, to the New York mar
ket, about 1915, by way of the New
York & Erie canal. The grapes were
delivered in good condition, and the
commission houses handling them wrote
encouragingiy to the shipper, advising
| further shipments. The next year the
| grower was able to ship some 200 or 800
pounds. He overdid the matter, how
evet, and the New York market on
grapes broke under the pressure. 1t is
estimated that during last season $500
there have been shipped from this same
district and carried by the different
railroad and express companies to
New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia, and other distributing markets
about 10000 tons or 10000, 900 pounds
! of grapes, and probably one-quarter of
this amount was in addition sold to
wine manufacturers. The Hudson river
| district in the same state is estimated
| to have shipped to the New York and
other markets during the same time be-
tween 10, 900 and Is, 900 tons or 28, 900, 900
pounds of grapes, while the ChautaRqua
district of New York, where the indus
try has been growing and prospecting
| only through the last decade, furnished
as its 1890 crop for the different mar
kets of the country probably about
| 1900 car loads or 30,000,000 pounds of
table grapes, making a grand total of
90, 100000 pounds as the product of what
is know as the New York state district.
This does not include the large amount
of grapes used in the district for wine
Tehama county, California, has the
largest vineyard in the world-3,eOO
acres. There were in the distillery on
this vineyard in April, 1890, 800, 900
gallons of brandy and 1000, 900 gallons
of wine. California has also the small
est vineyard in the world. 1t is vine
yard consisting of single vine, in
Santa Barbara county. 1t was planted
by Mexican woman about sixty-eight
years ago, and has diameter one foot
from the ground of twelve inches, its
branches covering an area of 1900 feet,
and produces annually from 10000 tc
$4,000 pounds of grapes of the Mission
variety (many punches weighing six
and seven pounds), the crop being gen
orally made into wine The old lady
who planted the one-vine vineyard died
in 1865 at the age of 107.
One of the largest wine casks in the
world is at a winery in Ohio. 1t has a
capacity of $4,000 gallons. - Chicago
| Times
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FASHIONS FoIRLEs.

Odd Notes of Interest to Devotees Of lTas
Cat's-eyes and tiger-eyes are added 9
the imitation jewels with which drsa
trimmings are studded.
Jet cabochons an inch in diameter ala
set in open lace-like squares in pase
menteries.
Nail-heads initiating amethystsl ensf
aids and topazes, for studding slseya
collars and plastrons, are eiia
''jewels" in the shops and are sold e
twelve to fifteen cents a dozen.
Centuries of gold or of net, Swiss beng
with pendant fringes, and most realisEs
serpents of beads and silk cords O.
added to girdles of gold GALLON, pass
menterie and jet for finishing y
waists of new gowns.
A military pompon of plated Ice I
set erect in the middle of round D.,
and capotes. It is sometimes enclfcs
by the asp of jet, with ruby or eHeia. !
eyes, or else it springs from cree Y 7.
large gilt or jet balls that are Eesll
mammoth beads.
Flannelettes for tennis gowns ~
ribbed like Bedford cords, and CONS Y
narrow strips of lilac, pale blue, O. ~
with white. More dressy white wOoAsls
as sheer and soft as crepon, are also :
the popular lengthwise ribs.
A fraise or ruche of white lace y
jabots and cravats Ci lace are @ y
cloth costumes for spr lg made by fl-
modistes.
Mousseline de sole and chiffon fu.l.'
for the neck are printed with gag ~ y
rettes, or else dotted and scaliopea ~
black. &
Braiding and embroidery are dons I
very light garlands up the iron. -
sides of princesse gowns OF hgns ci0''
worn by Parisiennes.
Flat bow-knots of gold galiooA I
jet or of velvet are sold singly or u 3, -
and applied on bodices and 49, -
Trimmings of flowing ribbons ana ~ !
are cut out of velvet and arrans
lengths for sleeves, for the irous
bodices, and for skirt panels OF OOiS.
| -Harper's Bazaar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18
Insnranna CrippIes.

A. N. Lockwood, president o. = Is,
cident association in New Yorsi s.
that since the accident compaIls Is
fered an indemnity of 50, 500 for tns. -,
of hand or foot there has been ~ 4. :
increase in the number OF acclas ~, 4.
the left hand, so many, indeed - 80
was found that people were mal -.s
themselves to get the insu.s )
Finally the companies were lOls ~
offer a less sum for the left manu- -,
for the right, since which tlLns e..s
has been a decrease Of eighty psl IS
in this variety of accidents. 49, ,-.tAs
companies contemplate elimlnalu
leg and arm indemnity CLAUSE III
their policies for self-protecsloA ,,.a.
Lockwood says there are m0ss "a
ance cripples in the country to-0%
war cTipples. Chicago Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18

those days; the death-watch was not
strictly kept, and many murderer
eluded the hangman and went into the
future by route of kis own choosing.
Aram used his razor on the night be-
fore his execution, and when the Off
GERS went to his cell they found him al
most dead through loss of blood. A
surgeon stopped the bleeding, and
Aram was taken to the gallows in a
fainting condition, " here, although he
was perfectly sensible, he was too weak
to join in the short religious exercises
which preceded the fall of the drop
n. Y. Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18
FIREslDE FRAGMENTS

H sponge-cake is mixed v;D
water, it is yellow; but if the w "
boiling hot the cake will be wb Ss
For canl1ered Threats, mi~
parts of powdered borax and -,
and blow little into the throat t5s
q quill.
Salmon Salad: &-ee the coptan.
a can of salmon from. skin and ~
and arrange them ON q bed Of let,'
leaves. Pour over the So, non bsg
cup of lemon juice, and serve Aery eoh
Ladies' Home Journal.
Brown Sauce: Melt q tabIcsrN :,
of butter, stir until brown. add ! - ~ I
spoonful of -four, mix well, uour {. 80 =
a pint of soup stock and Stir ma, M |.
boils; season with salt, pepper and -. Y
juice.-The Home.
"A very large fish should ~.
cooked whole, as the thin mart y, =
tail would be done in much lsss N
than the head and shoulders wogla ~
quite. If you wish to cook il ~ Il Y
shape 1t like the letter S, by tvi..
string around the tail, then VIVA !
around the body, and finally 49,.
around the head.
Pie crust may be glazed to pr,,..
q juicy 1nixture from soaking intoa
crust, rendering it heavy and unfit \
eat. Beat an egg till light, line 4.
baking tin with the crust, and brush
over with the egg just before boOr,.
in your fruit. If a top crust 8 W.
treat in the same manner. The ~
is also an improvement to rolls gio-.
cakes and rusks; for the latter Ri,
sugar should be added.-N. Y. Worls
Queens Pudding: One pintofbrs,,
crumbs, one quart of milk, four svr,
(yOlks), two tablespoonfuls Of sp9 "
grated rind of one lemon. Bake am
one hour, then spread the top with n,
rant jelly. Beat the whites Of fam
eggs to a stiff froth; add one Gun !
sugar dissolved in the Juice of a lensa
Spread over the pudding and brown
Boston Budget.
"A tested receipt for the delicim
''pop-overs," which are SO welcome
the breakfast-table, calls for two cuu
of -four heaped a little, two cups !
sweet milk, butter the size Of wahu
two eggs beaten separately, one tab
spoonful of sugar and little al
These should be baked in hot gem Dan
the pans being only half full, for twens
minutes, and it goes without sayn
that they should be eaten at once.
-Deviled Eggs: Boil twelve fires
eggs, take off the shells and cut IN II
in the middle, take out the yoIks Al
mix them with one-half teaspoontn
mustard, one-half teaspoonful Of POI
dered celery; salt and pepper to tast
butter size of an egg and one-fourtA
a cupful of vinegar or less. Cut q ii
slice off from each end of the white
the egg, so that each little cup win
firmly on the platter; fill the cups vi
the prepared mixture; garnish the a
with celery, lettuce or nassurtig
Observation-Disclosures.
Breakfast Biscuit: If you happen
have your bread dough rising ear
enough, these nice biscuit may
quickly made and the baking viii IA
only twenty-five minutes, providing
oven is hot as it should be. Take
piece of the risen bread dough and Wo
into it one tablespoonful Of butter
one beaten egg. When 1t is thorougi
mixed, -four your hands and make i
small balls or oval shaped tiny loai
and put on a hot buttered tin to Bal
Send them to the table Immediately
taking from the oven.-Prafrie Farm
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-18
MAN-oF.wAR BooMERANes.
Shots That May Shiver the HulIs of TIL
Ships That Fire Them.

Shots That May Shiver the Hulls of the
Ships That Fire Them.
Few people," says a naval officer,
appreciate the tremendous nature of
the blast caused by firing big gun on
board of a ship. An example of its eff
feet was seen in some recent trials in
firing the sixty-seven-ton gun of the
battle ship Trafalgar, considered one of
the three or four finest vessels in the
British navy. The gun was pointed di-
rectly ahead, and fred with charge of
$50 pounds of ow-burning powder and
a 1,25o-pound projectile. The blast
produced by the rush of the powder-gas
and the shot was so tremendous that
the plates of the forecastle were forced
in and the deck beams bent out of shape,
while almost every round carried away
some fragment of the projecting por-
tons of the ship, even when the train
ing was to the right or the left. 1t is
estimated that the vessel would be re-
duced to something very like a wreck
were twenty-five rounds to be fred,
either directly ahead or directly astern.
This iFrerferes with, or renders impos-
sible, firing when either in. fight or
chase, and has caused our naval con-
structors to modify the plans for the
projected battleship, as it is not deemed
desirable to have them sink from the
discharge of their own guns. IN. Y.
Continent.
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Saved the Trouble. did you
finally break the ice with Miss Haw-
kins?" 1T wasn't necessary for me to
break it. | found her IN a melting
mood. Epoch.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
utnots pr,

STRENGTHEN, H., April B. -Ssnators Crawford Of Rock Isllnd, Bassets, Hamer. auut Shc,i Ian, Thom IS, Ri akert. III ;bee, Secrest, Wright anl NJ nerks wers pres ent Ut the ses i1n of the Seaa.e thii after noon.
 After the usual formali :os, Senator Rich ert presented three petitions from tizc1s or Monroe County for the passage of ths scNool flag bill and tho grantiag oi suffrage to women at school e.ectlons.
 Senator Crawford or Rock Island created a decided sensaii n by introducing a reso- 'ution dischargiag he Committee on Agri- culturs fr m further consi eraton of senate bill No, l3 tc TO yulate tn. cha rses on stock yards, etc, which was referred 10 It on the ls'h or January, and instruoi in ' the committee to return tha same to the Seua'o forthwith for is action.
 Senator Hunt al once took the floor and explained that the bill in question had been referred 10 a subcommittee ef whi h Senator Crawford h mself was chairman
 Tho Chair sugg ,sted tha, the mater would be cebatAble when tho resolution came up for consideration to r orrow, and the nate then adjourned
 Senators Crawford and Hunt had a shart, controversy over tho matter after ad journment The result was that Seaa.or Crawf,rl agreed 10 withdraw u, resolu ton 10 morrow.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Tho Nissouti on . Ram page.

LsAvESwo~rH, Kan, April 12.-Thc Missouri River at this polnt ross over 5 feet with n tho lsst twenty hours. lt ccm. mcnced coming up at 10 o'clock las. night and has continued steadily ever aince, The rAise was very sudden ani unex pected, and it Is csus ng much alarm among river men. It has already re- suited in throwing open tho ro1ton bridge, and will cause a suspension of traffie across tho river at this po nt should the rise continue. Unless the water sub side~ at on e thsre will be gret delays in transferrin; the fast mail, which the postal authorities have not ordered brought up oa tho Kausas s!de of tae river yet.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
GENERAL SPINOLA.
Demise of tho New York Cong re e man at
 Washington, D. C.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14-General Spinola diei at :25 o'clock this morning.
 Francis E. Spinola was born at Stony Rock, Lo0g Island, March 19, 1891; was edu. catel at the Quaker Hll Academy, ia Duchess Co lnty; was five times elected ar Alderman; three times Surveyor; served SIX years as member of tho Assembly of the Stato of New York and four years as a Senator; was appointed Brigadicr General of Volunto, IFS October ?, 1862, fer "meri;or.ous conduct in recruit. ing and organizing briga 10 of four regl- men's and accompany ng them to the field" was honorably discharged from tho service August, 1865, after having been tw ce wounded; was delegate to tho Demo- cratic National Convention whi, met at Charleston in tAe spring of 1860, and was alternate to Daniel Manning. who was a deegats-at large from the State Of New York to the Democratic National Convcn- tion of 1884. He was connected with mum
 ter of insurance and banking institutions aud engaged in manufacturing business; :; was elected to the Fiftieth Con yress and was re elected to the Fifty first, as Dem ocrat, over Wm. Boyhgn, his Republican opponent
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
wnlls Howard Removed.

ST. Louis, Mo, April 1l.-Vvillin Howard, the motor .ous desperado and oae of the ringlesders of the celebrated Howard Turner Bailey feud, of Harlan Court House, Ky, on whose rifle butt thcre are several posches, was last night taken quietly out of the St Louis Jail, whers ho has be.n con fined for the past two months, and at S:l5 ?. m. he and six sherifls, all hesvi y armed and in command of Sher.R Mckeevcr, of Vienna Mar es County, Mo, left on the Frisco train for viepna. On Monday Towards preliminary bearing on charge of murder in tue first cegree. in the killing of John Miller, deaf nuts, at Vienna, wilt begin. The guard was remarkably large one for one firmly handcuffed prissner, but Sheriff McKesyer explained that there were grave fears of an attempt of Towards friends to rescue him. Towards following, to tue extent of several so'noreroed indisiduals, wero q the Lacle Q Hotel all day yesterday. Thoy had heard that Howard was to be taken to V enna, and they wanted te SD ak te tae gusrds. Sherl fl Mclxeever gave 1t out that Howard would not be removed until this Il ornine, and he aise had an engpgs. mont to meet Howard's friends at tho Laclede Hotel last D gnt a, go o'clock, which he snd his party did not keep, because they wanted to throw the Howard crowd oh. Several lassongers wearing sombr ros aud dangerous look ng facas. left oa the same tra.n . with the party.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
THE WEST AND SOUTH.
of the Commercial C,ngres
 at Kansas City


 KANSAS CiTY. Mo, April 15. The first Western $ atss Commerc al Congress con vened at nooa to-day at the Coa.es Opera House, with deiegat ons present from the following twenty four Western and South cru States gnl Territories: California, Washu ugton, Idaho. Colorado, New Mex Q, Wyoming, Mo1tlna, Kansas, Iowa, Ne hr sska, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ken. lucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma.
 The delegations are composed chiefly of business men selected by tao Governors of the various States, and are represesentl- tive Of the Western and Solthera paople
 rho Convention was cLlled to order by Statc Senator Kely, of kansaS He in. troduoci the Rev. Dr. Hayes, os this city, who offered prayer. Tho ConSe ltion then proce eded to temporary organization. By motion of Gov. Francis, of Missouri, Sen nter Kelly was chosen temporary Chair man. In long speech or acceptance ha explained the object of the Congress to be ths consl ieration of varioas questions of peculiar interest to thu West aad South MT. Kelly laid all tho blame of ayrlcul- turas depression upon a too small circulas- ing me Hum. As rel of h. slgg estea th, free co uage of silver and the raising of silver money to the staudarl of gold.
 Hoa, John W. Springer. of Illinois. was elected temporary Sc sretary
 Tho Chairman then pres eutel Gov Francs, of Missouri, who welcomcl tho delegates oa behalf Of the Stat,. He said tho Congress ma lSed now trI in ayri- cultural commerc al and financial history. ln tlo cary history of thu country such Gissc lsion and dissa isfactlou as now OK. ists resultel in revolution. The people Of the West were now cry n for Tel of, but tho manner of relief WAS sought not by arms, but by this deliberative congress-
 T. Dwight Thatcher, of Topeka wei com d tho delegates on behalf fl the Stato Of Kaus5s.
 o'c' oclS th!s afternoon
 Upon relssembling letters o' rcgrot were road from thosl who had been given speci- al invitations to attenl ths Cougrsss Among the lctters was oue from Pr s dent Harr son, dealing chiefly with the currency question, sni oppos ng imitation by sive, coinage or otherwi ,c.
 Charles Fran is Adams wrote alettor op posing any government interference with b. slntss
 Letters vera real from NJ. H. Ds Youny, Senator PefYer, II K. 1harbor unl j. V tarwel.
 The Convention then proc c,eicl to enec, permfneut orgnnitati n ov. Francis. 0. Missouri, wa oh sen Presi lent, aud Tem porsry Secretary Springer was retainod as Permanent So 'retlry. Twenty four Vice ePresi tents ono from each Stata represent ed were appoi ted. Tic esaal comm {. ee $ were then seleo.ed and the c nyrsss ad icurned until 10 morrow morning at IO;so
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
A Gigantic Co., Operative Venture.

LONDON, April la-The old and well. Snown house furnish ny firm of Mspe & Co, having anamoer of p,nces of business 10 this ely, branch house in Pari, and corres on ien;s Ia Smyrna Macr.d and frahee1, probably tho largest conccrn in the tolse furnishing and house atting business n Europe, has, 1t Is announced to day, boon formed iato limited liability company. To capital of the company will oe $lo, o0, coo, which h wholly ab sorbed by the partners ia tn, firm, who have grantHd to theic emp oyes share, up on the coop rltive plan in the reorganized co npeny. There gre rco le who bel eye that 'hs Royal Commissi n If |. do,s is work mel isent y. vii come to tho con
 lusicn that co oqcra ion il bus hess and ,rad,s u pon plans similar to that adoniei by Maple X Co, and oh rs ia the ssr | ot ayoiaings rks and other sim lar lab 5r troubles
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-17
Detatis of the MAuipur Horror.

LONDON. Arril I2.-Ths latest aivlces from India concerning the massacre a. Man pur are that Commissioner Quinton was decap tated and his body horribly hacked, the limbs be ug afterwards thrown outside the c'y walls, where they were dcvoured by dogs. Two officers, whose nam ere | gisen, and bigler were SIP sred by the kukis, and Mr. Grimwood, tue British political ayent at Msnipur. and two other oftccrs wer, shot Ths boiiss Of all the victims were brutaly mutilated and aft rwards thrown over tho walls of the city as in the case of the unfortunate Commissioner. The remains of two ohcers who were killed during the fight iog wore treated in a milar maunsr A large rewarj has been offered for the capture of tho Regent of Msnipur.