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The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04
THAT AWFUL WOMAij.
4 Fellow-Passenger Tells of Her Suprs
Selfishness.

Selfishness.
She is to be found between the hours
of seven and eight in the morning in the
dressing-room of every sleeping car in
America.
/, who take it upon me to denounce
her, have plainly verified the facts of
her existence and habitat.
Given a sleeping car on long route,
ten women in the various compartments
are notified by the porter promptly at
seven that the train will stop at Charles
ton or Chicago or Denver at eight for
breakfast Each Immediately rouses
herself, rescues her different belong
ings from the CULTS and creases into
which they have fallen, fastcns them
with difficulty at levels which are
strange to them, seizes her dressing bag
and goes to the dressingroom to find
eight other women gathered outside
and the door locked, barred and bolted
between them and the tenth one-the
woman who forgot others. Five min
utes is the limit which is allowed by
just division and law of equity to each
Of these women in which to wash, brush
and put up her back hair. They wait
patiently for five minutes, grumbling
for ten, impatiently for fifteen, indig-
nantly for twenty, furiously for twenty
| five. Then there is an eye-conference,
| then series of knocks which take on
the character of violent remonstrance.
| Thirty minutes rty-forty y-tive!-
the bolt is heard to slide back and some
one emerges-combed, curled, brushed
| powdered and buttoned-a self-satistied
creature who smiles innocently in the
pent-up, cindery faces which confront
| her.
Then is heard long-drawn sigh of
wondering contempt from the group;
the one nearest the door bows depre-
cating1y to the others, slips into the
dressing-room, spends her shrunken
minutes as best she may and emerges
with wetted sponge and open bag to
stand in corner of the passage and
finish the process of making herself
unnoticeable.
am persuaded that any fragrant in
fraction of the rights of individuals or
the part of woman is generally to b'
referred to inexperience or ignorance
She finds herself in totally new posi-
tion-that is, in possession of a dressing
room which belongs to her only b.
courtesy and for a very limited time
If she is young or dull or totally with
out the discipline of constantly chang
ing circumstances, her mind fails t.
recognize the temporary tenure, and IL
consequence she sins in an unforgivabl
manner against the laws of courtesy.
Unless she is very, very dull sh
scarcely commits this sin second time
but if she does, some punishments shoul'
be invented-for surely none exists
equal to the awful evaporation OF he
crime.
leave the suggestion to the man.
who have suffered at the hands of thi
sort of woman, and commend her to tn
: class whose ''tender mercies' are chal
acterized in the Bible as cruel.-Car
dace Wheeler, in Chicago News.
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NOTES ABOUT coLoRS.
Religious aud Political Significance OF
Various Hues.

Various Hues.
A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrius
vas one day walking along the sea-
shore. when he found and ate a murex,
a species of shell-fish. Returning to his
master, the latter noticed that the dogs
lips were tinged with color, and in this
manner Tyrian purple was discovered.
The color was used in the robes of en-
perors and mobiles, and the expression
ssborn to the purple" meant that the
person was of high birth. 1t is strange
to think that the favorite color OF royal
| ty can be traced to the curiosity or nun
| ger of the dog of Tyre.
In the seventeenth century the favor
ite color of the Scotch Covenanters was.
blue. and blue and orange or yelloM
became the whig colors after the revc
luton of 1883. Green is the color OF
the Irish Roman Catholics, while OPP
posed to it is the orange of the Orange
men or Protestants of the north OF Ire
land.
Ecclesiastical colors include all the
primary colors and black and white,
which are used at various church of
| noes. lne CdTuiHdAo Va OAAO A~oAAe.-
church have adopted scAtlet as theiE
coler, which was originally red. In an
Gent Rome the occupation and rank Of
many people were made known by th'
colors of the garments which the!
wore. Black Is in common use amonl
us for mourning, but the Chinese wea
white, the Turks wear violet, and Il
Ethiopia brown is the proper hue
White was originally the mournin
color in some European countries. bu
black is generally accepted now. Dii
ferent colors have frequently bee
! adopted by opposing parties, and II
colors of various nations are incorpol
. ated in their flags, for instance, tn
I ''Yed, white aud blue" OF the Units
statss.~-naspsfh Ycasas People,
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04
He Was q Stranger.

"Alas," exclaimed the returned ma
tive as he wiped his eyes with his pock-
ct handkerchief. 'Alas, alas! / see no
one know! They are all strange faces
here. are they not?"
Nav" said the resident, they're
the same faces we see every day! Yours
is the only strange one here!'-Boston
News
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04

Poems as Pointers to the Public
Struggling Bard-"Can you use this
half-column poem?" Editor-"Certain-
ly not Don't want any poems, and
epecially if they are long" Bard
"But this is headed Boil 1t Down and
advises correspondents to be brief. "
Editor-"Say, make a column OF 1t and
I'll take it,
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04
A Picture.

''Crumley the artist is an odd fell
low"
What has he done?"
Just paiHted q hvs-hundred>dollas
picture ef handred-dolias heares4as'
Judge
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04
Information.

"Papa, the paper says the marriage
took place at high noon What is high
noon?"
High noon, my son, is--um-is noon
among the-er-among the higher
classes. Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04
Probably.

Young Man-Do you think your sister
would hate to marry and leave you?
The Tersor--o, yes. She said she
would have married ienE ago ait hsaat
haen for ms,-Lifa
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-04

Elder Berry-"Joblots created a
scene ut church this morning" Mrs.
i,erry-"How9" Elder Derry-"Eas
sersa the soprane."-N. !, Herald
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
4 Strange Amicticn.

"A French journal describes the case
Of woman twenty-one years of age
but whose physiognomy is that of a
woman fully seventy years old. The
appearance of the young woman is SO
deceiving that her father, who is fifty
years old, has frequently been as Sed if
she We're not his mother. The surface
of the skin is the only part affected.
The doctors describe it as decrepitude
of the cutaneous system. Beyond this
the young lady has nothing old appear
ing about her. Her hair is blonde and
of ordinary length and her memory,
Judgment and intelligence very good.
Drs. Charcot and Souques, under whose
observation the case was studied, state
that the wrinlsling of the girls skin be-
gan when she was about eleven years
old. Up to that time she had been a
vivacious and happy child, ranking well
In her studies at school. The wrink-
ling was so rapid that her friends were
unable to recognize her after a period
OF two weeks, unless they had seen her
In the interval. DR.. Charcot- states that
the skin. during the early stages of the
change. resenbled the scales of fish.
Every possible means have been tried to
improve the young hdy's condition, but
they have all proved unavailing.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
THE TIN MINES OF AMERICA.
Where They Are Located and Their 1'ro-
portions OF Value.

Where They Are Located and Their 1'ro-
portions OF Value.
The tin bearing ]odes are for the
most part on the western side OF the
Black Hills, among the older schists,
and are of very different degrees Of
value. Some OF them are of enormous
thickness. exceeding one hundred feet,
but the cassiterite is not equally dis
tributed in them. It is found in strings,
and patches. and sheets, and many Of
the veins and large parts of others con-
tain none. They dip into the ground at
high usually about seventy de-
grees-in this respect resembling che
lodes of Cornwall, and their working
will consequently be very similar Inn
mense quantities Of cassiterite exist in
hills. The granite veins are very nu-
merous, and a large proportion of them
are more or loss stanniferous, says a
writer in the Engineering Magazine.
But the percentage, as elsewhere. is
very low, about equaling the average
yield of the Cornish mines at present in
operation. It is not easy to give fig
ures, but a sanguine estimate might put
forth at two per cent, and probably in
order to attain this some of the poorer
mineral must be excluded.
The granite of the Temescal range in
San Bernadino county, Cal, has
yielded small quantities of tin ore and
q few rich specimens. In 1851 consid-
cradle exploration was made in the re-
gion, and this has recently been re-
newed. But so far as is known the con-
ditions of the occurrence of the mineral
do not differ from those obtained else
where. Maine, Alabama, Massachu.
sets, Virginia and South Carolina have
at various times yielded a show of cas-
siterite and always in close connection
with primitive rocks.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
BABIES ON ORDER.
| Foundlings Shipped About the Country
In Quantities.

Foundlings Shipped About the Country
In Quantities.
| Do you want baby? If you do it
, can be had to order on short notice at
reduced rates from the New York
founding asylum of New York city.
This institution, says the Chicago Post,
and others of similar nature are
doing a thriving business in Chicago,
and for. several years past they have
unloaded anywhere from three hun
dred to five hundred unfortunate waits
per year on families in and about this
city. No less than fifty Of these little
unfortunates, for the most part chill
dren of crime, were sent to this city
during recent month. One consign-
ment alone consisted of thirty found
lings, and other shipments varied in
numbers from two to ten. This traffic
in human fesh-for such it is--has
grown to such an alarming magnitude
that local benevolent societies have
been forced to take cognizance of it,
and it is more than probable that steps
will be taken to suppress it, The claim
is made that the babies are sold at
SO much per head, and when a con-
signment arrives all. that is necessary
to DO is to go to the pen, pick out the
baby that takes your fancy, pay the
stipulated price, and it is yours. The
parentage of the child is carefully con-
cealed, as this is the safest course and
prevents any future entanglements as
to the right Of ownership. 1t also
throws halo of romance and mystery
about the little waif, and leaves pleas
urable possibility that its mother may
be member of 1.-THE Four Hunlred''
or it's father congressman or Doodle
alderman who will appear some day
in the distant and misty future and
shower his millions on his illegitimate
child. Be this as it may, the fact re-
mains that New York founding homes
and baby farms are sending hundreds of
children to this city, and they are per-
fectly willing to take money for them if
it is offered, and in many cases they sell
them openly.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
spurious shawls.

A good deal of indignation has been
excited by discovery recently made
by the Calcutta customs of trade in
spurious Cashmere shawls. It appears
that large quantities of shawls have
been imported into India from Germany
with imitation Cashmere marks on
them. On arrival in Calcutta the shawls
are treated by some peculiar process
and then sent into the interior and sold
there as real Cashmere productions.
Their actual cost in Calcutta is about
Eve dollars and they fetch when sold
about thirty-d Ave dollars.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
SIBERIAN HORRORS.

The Desperate Condition of an American
Sailor Prisoner.
Charles Wilson, mate of the sealing
schooner George r. White, tells tale
of suffering in Siberia. On trip in the
spring of 1890 the schooner got into
Russian waters and barely escaped ar
rest. Another American sealer at the
time was captured by the Russian au-
tl1orities, says Wilson, and the crew
compelled to work in the coal mines.
Capt. Alexander Mclean, of the schoon-
er Eddie D. Webster, of San Francisco,
was arrested, but it is not known
whether these men belonged to his or
another vessel. Two of the crew of
Americans, names unknown, incurred
the displeasure of the officials because
Of a disposition to shirk work. They
were chained together with iron bands
around their wrists and large iron
ball at the end Of the chain. One man
was very large and the other below the
medium height. They were kept under
ground and had to dig a certain amount
of coal each day or no food would be
sent down to them. The supply got
short and the big man ate his COM
panion's food for five days. The small
man became frantic with hunger and
murdered the greedy prisoner while he
slept. He called to the guard at the
mouth of the shaft and told him he had
killed his companion and asked to be
4oosened from the dead man. The
guard refused. In desper alton the small
man took coal shovel and cut the dead
man in two and loosened the band from
his waist. Neither was seen again.
The supposition is that the murderer
was killed by guard or starved to
death. The story is told by a prisoner
who worked in the mines where the
tragedy occurred. Many arrests are re-
ported of poaching sailors by the Rus
sian authorities and many prisoners
never leave the mines alive.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
Soap That wouldn,t Lather.

The Norwegians make of goats milk
brown cheese called "mysost, /" which
does not look very inviting to a foreign
er. It is made in the shape of little
bricks. A native, DIR. Julius Nichola-
son, was sending some Norwegian deli
cacies to friend in Germany and
among others he put in : piece Of my
sost. His friend wrote and thanked
him for the salmon, etc, and then con-
tinued:: The soap is very nice, but we
find great al Guilty iir making the
3lather. g 81 This was the cheese!
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27

MAPS and other publications
W( sent free, and letters Of inquiry
answered, by F. I Whitney, G. P.
& T. A., G. N. Ry., st. Paul, MINI.
The Irish standard., 1892-02-27
Trains daily except Sunday.
SUMMONS.

>TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
~ pin. fss.
State of, Minnesota to william H. Johnson.
defendant
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before the undersigned, one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for the City of Minneapolis, in
said County, on the 9TH day of March, 1892, at 9
O'Clock in the forenoon, at my office, No. PSI
in said County, to answer to J. e. Brothers in a
civil action. Should you fail to appear at the
time and place aforesaid judgment will be given
!. T. Brothers, for such sum as he shall show
himself. entitled to.
Given under my hand this 10th day of Febru-
ary, A. D., 1892. =. =.
5S#s Justice Of the Peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
DISASTROUS FLAMES IN BALTIMORE.

baltimore Auz. a.-l)n. OF the most disastrous nr~
Tint THIS city has FOR several years broke ont
tits morning IN John Cbstterton & Co.'S hirnitnr
factory No. 10 routh Frederick st. Tie IRE te'e-
graph sysicm WAS out Of order. and the Information
OF the nrs was borne b. The department by poi"e
man after several failures 10 send IN the signal rom
the boxes When the Grcmen arrived the building
was a mass o, names owing 10 the Intense heat
and the oIisc smoke The nrem"n were unable to get
Al The flames effectively.
Tic intense heat fir to the roof of no. - south
Frederick st. a thr.e Nory brick building occupied By
rccn & Co. o. the Hope Brass Works, which was
al.n In n Few minutes mass Of Games. Flc'schman
& co.'s building No. II. on the north tire" story
hunding was licked by che flames and sclcgel's or
clcstnon Hail. Nos. o. and D. on The north. was
nj. Threatened at times AtsrIt IS the nr In The
Chnttcrton Building began 10 subsdc the inhammnbe
material stored ia II having burned Itself out and
IN, heat grow less intense. From that umc on The
nnucs wcre grndually brought under control. and the
lr.men xerc masters Of The situation.
The books and papers II John Chattcrfon & Go.
vcro IN their two safes I'm :lc Office on the second
door The contents ~ the large safe are supposed 10
lie intact In smaller one were some vnluahl' i%1'
ors and papers. This safe Is supposed to have been
Ot,en Tie estimated loss the buildings ana STOCK
viii reach 200 900 The burned buildings and stock
were well insured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
CRITICISMS ON CENTRAL PARh.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SMITH REPLlEs-s SHOULD
THE TREES BIZ TIiINNFD orTi

ASSISTANT SECRETARY SMITH REPLIES SHOULD
THE TREES BIZ Trimmed ovTf
Statements rhecting upon the management OF Tho
PARK Department and the failure 81 the CouiihiS>""
to take potce OF and TO institute means for RENE
diving abuses pointed out by Commissioners DalY 81"
Wahc. Of the Bureau OF Accounts. IN the report OF
their Investigation " the Central Purk I0Ol"e'"i COZ
lection have been published recently Complaints
also OF ncvlnty and careesspcs the part VI seine
Of the Park employees, and Of the sOvcnly appearance
OF certain parts OF the Park. were referred 10 ana
said to receive attention. III addl1oh Il"
these allegations Of remlssness against the kehei"i
management, copious criticisms have appeared IT,
sardng the management OF the Central PhrK trees
and shIubbery. The given for the decadence
that there too many trees IN the frk 'mit
they thick that there WIS constant struggle
among them for bare existence wholesome thih-
Ming out OF trees all over the Park wns advised.
Assistant Secretary Clinton II. smith, who WAS III
charge Of the department In the absence OF 'he oo
toner's aud Secretary Burns yesterday find ha' o
complaints OF the description referred 70 mid pee"
received bv the Commissioners III there u un''hhS
wrong with the methods or manners OF PARK en-
ployes,s Mr. smith said. which has escaped the oh
servatlon Of the Commissioners and tho higher officials
they ar, anxious TO know IT. aud would be Thankful
for information on the subject But 40 fsr no sHtc
ments showing a want Of satisfaction WIN Ce"''"'
Park management have been lodged here To my Miowi
edge As 20 the report VI the Commissioners OF &C
counts the assistant secretary did rot care 10 speak
lie thought. however. that the Park Commissioners
had taken cogDzance OF the cases OF bagI''nt der~
licti0n brought To their notice. A number OF denh
oucnt bark officials either had been dismissed. or
their r,..ignatons demanded. which amounted 10
the same thing. The recommendations Of tie &C
counts Commissioners hud received due attention.
Regarding the accusation that thcr we're more
trees In Central Park than there should be. ana
that a general thinning ont necessary TO promote
their growth and development. Dir. smith sah mat
many per-ODs might agree With the critic ldraS
OF BENNY Ia trees we'll OF their treatment ehn
care differed widely ii part % The dnty OF
SUPERINTENDENT Parsons 10 look after this branch OF
The department. and most people would say that II
could lie safely left To his judgment and ability.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
.ryy IyD NAVY INTELLIGENCE.

Washington. Aug s-The United States steamer
paltimore WAS to-day ordered 20 proceed from lacoha'
Wash. % Port Townsend.
II Is understood that the North h'lanuc squa''o"
which arrived this morning at Bar Iarbor VIII remain
there for some days the subsequent movements of
,ho vessel, Are somewhat uncertain. though IL Is
probaAle that summer manoeuvre, In Long lsia"u
sound and its vicinity will be held later
Tho NAVY department Is Informed that the e'inooa'
BENIN gton arrived at CsdiZ, spain, OH 'ne "'' 49,
two DAYS from Huelva The Newark Is also at 'adi1
Capta,n william p. Hall. 9th Cavalry, vii repair
10 this city and report in person at headquarters Oh "
Army. The appointments III the Army of the rOilow'
,rgr.me., officers aud their assignments to regiments
arc announced: second Lieutenant Robert sewell, 10
the eth Cavalry Troup T: Second Lieutenant Wlihhm
H. korford tu the % Infantry, Company ~ oeoo""
Lieutenant Wilbur +. Dove 10 tho l2th infantry oo"
ponv c. The following assignments to regiments Vi
officers recently promoted are ordered
Cavalry arm-ColOnel George Is. oahioru' ~ "e '''
c.voIrv Colonel David s. Gordon. To the 9th Cavairy
,,ou,enont-Coionel Reuben F. BERNARD. TO the oth
cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Louis H. Carpenter 10 INC
% Cavalry: Major Moses Harris to the sth cavalry
ro,or Francis Moore 10 the 18th Cavalry captain John
pitcher t the lst Cavalry. Troop NJ. Capta" ohaie'
" rnylor 10 the 9th Cavalry, Troop c. FIRST Leutc'
nm, John L. Hnnes, 10 the LIST Cavalry Iroop rn'
I,or,cnon Cecil stewart 10 the 4th Cavalry lrooh n
Pr.t Lieutenant Samuel Reber. to the 9'h oa'aiiy'
Troop X. NJ. . ,h. %,
Artillery ARM ptan Ramsay d. Potts u 'he %
,-,,I,.rv pattcry C. First Lieutenant Elmer W. ii"o
hard ,c the 81 Artillery. Battery l.; First Lieutenant
lain X. Cree. to the Sd Artillery. Battery VI.
Infantry srm-Coonel Andrew ;. Burt 10 the -o,"
infantry. lieutenantC Colonel Daniel W. benham' 10
the 7th Infantry Major Charles T. ioS'' 10 te ,.'
Infantry: Captain Hobart h. bailey 10 u'' ''' III
fsutry Company |; Captain Charles D. crane 10 "i'
o.,b infantry. Company J.; First Lieutenant fnlhR
Ncrntvr,, 10 the I'd Infantry, Company N tlrN'
Lieutenant Harry Freehnd. to the 6th lhfhntry' 'oi
many II: First Lieutenant Frank o. khR' 10 t"e -7.'
Infantry. Company IL; First Lieutenant D"''u -
Baker ir.. "a thu cath Infantry. Company u.
I1nve OF absence for two months Is granted 10 fl'N.
lieutenant Roger g. Bryan. I'd Cavalry. The leave oil
absence granted 70 Colonel Charles Page ASSISTANT
.,,-y.o,, general IS extended one month.
An army retiring board having found captain VIII
INN ". Daugherty. god Infantry. incapartat"e ,or
c',ve service he i, by direction Of the ac ing Sfe
so-r 90 War relieved from. further duty In connection
LIN IN. Illinois National Quart and VIII piOceoi "a
NE home and report thence by letter 10 the Ad)utant
General OF the Army second Lieutenant Letrncr
lardinnn. Ath Cavalry, viii report TO the examining
hnord AZ Fort Walla Was. Washington, for examina-
por fo- DrOmotiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-09
TO INVESTIGATE THE COLLISION.

The place Of the Ellis Island ferryooat shackamaxon
which WAS I'm collision with the Old Dominion steam
ship CITY OF Columbia on sunday was taken yesterday
by the John X. Moore, which made two trips, ana
Annex boat No. g. which mndc one TIP. in The
afternoon the latter relieved by the ferry boat
City of NcwbuIg which came down the Hudson River
and DID the ferry service for the rest VI the day.
The slackamaxon IL now nj Port Richmond Staten
Island. She + leaking badly, and her pumps have
10 be kept going constantly. The master OF Tie
Od Dominion boat filed his complaint yesterdny, and
places the blame Of the collision Oh the shackauaS0n
He alleges that he blow whistle, reversed his
engines and put bis helm 10 port. The fcrryboaf,
however, made no answering signal aud Kept on her
course. The collision then Inevitable. Captain
David Dcenc, Of The 6hachnmaXOn gives ms his story
OF the affair a dincrcn. version. lie says In bis
report which he fled yesterday With the Eonrd Of
steamboat Inspectors, that his boat had hardly got
clear OF EMS Island when he the City Of Columbia
which was apparently heading 50 as 10 pass under
tle stern Of the SlachamaXOn Suddenly she changed
her course blew single whistle ard before the Eis
Island boat bad time 10 answer. crushed into the port
side and caused serious damage The steamboat In
.p,ct0rs Will investigate The whole matter ana en-
dcavOr 10 FIX the b.ame Where II belongs.