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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-08
SOCIAL INDlSCRETlONS.
Contemplate Conduct of Young Men
Toward Young Women.


Toward Young Women.
One of the most common social indis-
cretions of which young men are guilty
is the practice of visiting at houses
where there are young ladies who are
more or less attractive and the singing
out for special courtesies of some par
ticular member of the family. AS GUS
tom has decrced this to be the initia-
tory step to matrimony, it is often the
case that young ladies accept such at
tentions; and, as they become more
and more marked, take it for granted
that matrimonial intentions are in the
mind of the individual. Society does
not permit either question or sugges-
ton from the young woman, and, as
time goGS on, other young men take it
fer grated that said young lady is
spoken for and turn their attentions
elsewhere.
If the apparently devoted lover is not
in earnest and is merely amusing him
self, some day, without reason or an
explana ton, he discontinues his visits
and leaves the young woman and her
family in state of wonder bordering
on amazement. Something must be
wrong. Have they quarreled, or what
is the matter? Of course, the young
lady is perpleXed, maybe hurt, possibly
heart-broken, for she may have become
deeply interested. The queries and
curiosity of her friends are very hard
to bear, and nine times out of ten she
| is blamed or accused of flirting. There
| is nothing in the world so difficult as
the attempt to justify oneself in cases
| of this kind. Of course, all that she
can say is that she knows nothing
about the reason. The young man
| when questioned says he has no reason,
never had any serious intentions. mere
| ly liked to go there, and that is all
there is to it. This is selfish way of
| declaring that he chose to find an
agreeable place to pass his time, and
when he found one that pleased him bet
ter had perfect right to transfer his
attentions.
Such conduct is cowardly and con-
temptible in the extreme. While it is
true that a young man may not always
desire to marry where he visits. it is
quite possible for him so to distribute
his attentions that no one shall be dis
tressed or made unhappy, but this does
not answer his purpose as well. Under
such circumstances he would have to
take his chances with the casual caller,
but he prefers to have somebody on the
lookout for him, always interested in
his coming and always glad to devote
herself to entertaining him.
The social code should prescribe some
very peremptory fashion of dealing
with eases of this kind. Until this is
done, it would be much better for the
family, the young woman and indeed,
the young man himself, were the
parents and friends of the girl after a
reasonable time to demand some decla-
ration of intentions. No wrong could
come of this, and it would save much
unhappiness. 1t would. in addition to
this, show to triflers and those Young
men who go in society merely for the
sake of being amused, that they cannot
indulge their desire for society at the
expense of somebody's else comfort and
| h:.DDineSS N V T,adUar
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-08
A READING BOY.
What the Habit of Being Studious Accom-.
plished for One Lad.

What the Habit of Being StudIous Accom-.
plished for One Lad.
do not think it is very serviceable
to make list of books for children to
read. No two have exactly the same
aptitudes, tastes, or kinds of curiosity
about the world. And one story or bit
of information may excite the interest
of class in one school, or the children
in one family, which will not take at
all with others. The only thing is to
take hold somewhere, and to begin TO
use the art of reading to find out about
things as you use your eyes and ears.
l knew a boy, scrap of a lad, who
almost needed a high chair to bring
him up to the general level of the
dining-table, who liked to read the
encyclopaedia. He was always hunt
ing round in the big books of the
encyclopedia-books about his own'size
for what he wanted to know. He
dug in it as another boy would dig in
the woods for sassafras root. 1t APP
peared that he was interested in nat
ural history and natural phenomena.
He asked questions of these books, ex-
actly as he would ask living au-
thority, and kept at it until he got an
swers. He knew how to read. Soon
that boy was an authority on earth
quakes. He liked to have the CONVEX
sation at table turn on earthquakes, for
then he seemed to be the tallest person
at the table. l suppose there was no
earthquake anywhere of any impor-
lance but that he could tell where it oc-
CURED, and what damage it did, how
many houses it buried, and how many
people it killed and what shape it left the
country it had shaken. From that he
went on to try to discover what caused
these disturbances, and this led him
into other Investigations, and at last
into electricity, practical as well as
theoretical. He examined machines
and invented machines, and kept on
reading, and presently he was an ex.
pert in electricity. He knew how to
put in wires, and signals and bells,
and to do number of practical and
useful things, and almost before he
was able to enter high-school he had a
great deal of work to do In the city,
and three or four men under him.
These men under him had not read as
much about electricity as he he'd
Charles Dudley Warner
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-08

mistake. Please let US out, doctor: wa
are starving and freezing" !,
"Well, it is pretty late to be shut un
without your supper, I'll admit" re-.
piled the doctor as he threw open tina
door. "And by the way, perhaps You
would like to know that Martin won
the prize for the spelling match. II
was said by some one that If Stephen
had been there perhaps the prize would
have been more difficult to win"
With this parting shot the doctor
smiled, as the boys filed out in the dark.
ness, knowing that the boys had learned
a lesson they would never forget
Belle V. Chisholm, in Christian at Worl.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-06-08
Jellied Veal.

Boil knuckle of veal till the meat
can all be picked readily from the
bone, but not so long as to lose the
flavor and nutriment CT the meat.
Chop fine, adding pepper and salt to
taste, few drops of lemon-juice and
half teaspoonful of Indian curry
powder, if liked; strain the liquor in
which the veal was boiled through a
jelly strainer, and season as above,
leaving out the curry. Add a good
pinch of gelatine and let it dissolve.
Grease jelly-mold with a little but.
ter and line it with slices of lemon and
red beets cut in fancy shapes. Just be-
fore putting the mixture in the mold
mix the meat and liquor together,
stirring only just enough to mix; let it
stand few hours. Turn it out on a
platter garnished with the tsnder
white leaves Of lettuce and little rad
isAss.'~N, Y Trihnna
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
Definitions of BABY,

a London paper awarded a two
guinea prize for the best definition of
a baby. The lady who won the prize
sent in this answer:
A tiny feather from the wing of
love dropped into the sacred lap Of
motherhood.
The following are some of the
definitions given:
The bachelors horror, the mothers
treasure, and the despotic tyrant of
the most republican household.
The morning caller, MONDAY crawl
er, midnight brawler.
The only precious possession that
never eXcites envy.
The latest edition of humanity, of
which every couple think they pos
sess the finest copy.
a native Ofall countries who speaks
the language of none.
About twenty-five inches Of COO
and wiggle, writhe and scream, filled
with suction and testing apparatus
for milk and automatic alarm to
regulate supply.
A quaint little craft called inno-
cence, laden with simplicity and love.
A thing We are expected to kiss
and look as if we enjoyed it
a little stranger with a free pass to
the hearts best affections.
That which makes home happier,
love stronger, patience greater, hands
buster, nights longer, days shorter,
purses lighter, clothes shabbier, the
past forgotten, the future brighter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

He and she were married and reside
at the west end. She wanted to at
tend the theater. He didn't. There
was another mar in the case and the
other mar was, of course. only too de-
lighted to accompany the wife. She
had n new and very chic costume and
donned it for the occasion. We do
that for "the other man." naturally,
though may be we wouldn't for u
own private and particular man. She
came down to dinner adorned in the
elegant frock and may be boasted a bit
to the husband. She asserted that she
was going to the theater with Mr.. 49,,
etc. He chewed a cigarette and said
nothing. The bell rang and the
servant announced the arrival of the
escort. He (the husband) still said
nothing, but he picked madam CHS
wife) up in his arms, and when he sat
her down it was in the bath-tub filled
with water. The new costume shared
the ducking. That's all. N. B.
Madam did not 90 to the theater after
all.-BoSton Courier.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

ceeded to Gloss to tie opposite build
ing hand over hand and amid the
most intense and breathless suspense
on the part of the spectators. He
soon weakened, however, and threw
both legs over the cable and thus
worked his way tediously to the
haven Of rescue, while the life saving
nets were held under him by the
police and flremen and the spectators
shouted to the imperiled man to drop.
lie had reached midway between the
two buildings, and as the smoke
cleared away his white, agonized face
was recognized as that of Chief John
Pagan, out for the first time since
suffering a fraction Of his collar bone.
A squad OF men quickly mounted the
building for which he was heading,
and loosening the cable gradually
lowered it until a hook and ladder
company rescued the man and carried
him to a place of safety.
George McCaller told Of seeing four
mel and women clinging to the stone
work six stories up. 1t was impossi-
bic to reach them, and one by one
they dropped, striking with a sicken-
ing thud on the frozen ground. Each
OF them was unconscious when
reached, and from the nature of the
fall every bone in their bodies must
have been broken.
The police service was admirable.
The employees of many of the large
stores in the vicinity were On duty
until the fire was under control,
ready to move out the goods if neces-
sary. Incoming trains from all d.
rections were heavily loaded during
the early evening, and probably over
10000 outsiders helped pack the
streets in the vicinity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
HAS HIGH HOPES FOR MANITOBA.
A Winnipeg Man Thinks II VIII Yet BE
the Granary Of the World.

"If the horse could stand it," said s
A. Rowbothan, a w~ell-known resident
OF Winnipeg, Manitoba, to a reporter
for the Washington Star, "a man could
leave Winnipeg and ride 1000 miles
west and northwest over a level prai-
RE before he would be INSTRUCTED by
the mountains. This gives an idea Of
the great territory lying west of Win
nipeg, which, to the eastern man,
seems way out of the world. The soil
of this prairie produces the finest
spring wheat grown anywhere, and
the enormous plain I've just mentioned
will in a few years be the great gran
airy of the world. Eastern people have
a misty idea of our expansive terri
tory. We are just commencing to
grow wheat compared to a decade
hence, though u crop two years ago
was 80 0 900 bushels. We have but
little snow and in the many years I
resided in Manitoba l never saw the
tops of the bright prairie grass COW
cred. Cattle fairly roll in fat, and we
are becoming a great cattle country.
While most of our settlers are from
across the water, yet the number from
the western states is yearly increas-
ing, We have no wild west frontier
scenes. There are no settlers killed
owe disputed claims, as has been an
everyday story ia the west for years.
Our homestead laws require a three
| years residence of six months each.
Land may be pre-empted, too. Gold
has been discovered III wonderfully
rich quartz deposits a few miles east
of Winnipeg, and paying mills have
just been erected by Minneapolis capi-
talists. / predict a rush to the Lake
of the Woods district next year. VIM
nipeg has 5000 inhabitants and is a
thriving city. Our winters are cold,
but we do not mind them. The at
mosphere is dry and the days are
clear, murky weather being almost
unknown
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

Oh, the days OF tribulation that are coming IL
the nation, when the joyous spring adj
yancing brings the change in woman's
dress:
When the crinoline and bonnet form the
theme Of song and sonnet and the female
form enhancing causes man TO blush and
guess.
Then farewell TO love and kisses, tender senti-
ment and blissrs. that have been our daily
pleasure through the reign OF clinging
skirts.
For the teIephone-long distance-must pro-
claim fond loves persistence in exasper-
Gting measure to the dainty beaux and
firts.
Is ii not enough to swaddle men so they can
scarcely waddle in an overcoat whose
pattern Is an ample fit for two?
But that we should be surrounded by a hoop
SKIRT all ~unbounded, whose dimensions
rival Saturn or a star in heavens blue.
Who Will venture on inspection meath that
bOnnet's wide projection, to discover If our
faces are the faces loved and lost.
when a circle of resistance bids him keep q
cautious distance or surrender to the
graces on a hoop-skirt billow-tossed?
Then the actor, bold and dashinR, bent on
making hits" and "mashing," will as
sumo q pose effective from the door across
the way.
And an accidental meeting will disclose the
man TetreGtiug up the lamp-posts form,
defective, while he says his little say.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
TO GUIDE THE MARINER.
Six Thousand Lighthouses In the World
500 of Them In America.

The lighthouses of the world are in
round numbers 5000, with abot $50
lightships. OF these lights Europe has
$500; North America, 1929; Asia. 476;
Oceanica, 319; Africa, 219; South Amer
lea, 1863, and West Indies, LOG. The
coasts of the United States are illumi-
mated by S02 lights, distributed as fol-
lows: Atlantic coast, ACT. gulf coast,
10; Pacific coast, 3S, and the north
western lakes, 218. Of these lights
thirty-two are displayed from light
ships, nearly all Of which are on the
Atlanti ccoast.
The most famous Lighthouse of which
history gives any record, says the
Boston Globe, was the lighthouse Of
Pharos, on the eastern end of the ISL
and of that name in the Bay of Alex
andria. 1t was begun by Ptolemy
Softer and was finished by his success
sor, Philabelphus. 1t is said to have
been 400 feet high and to have cost
800 talents, equivalent to 81, 240, 900.
The oldest lighthouse in the world
is at Corunna, Spain. 1t was built in
the reign of the Emperor Trajan, and
in 1864 was reconstructed. England
and France have towers erected by
their Roman conquerors, which were
used as lighthouses. Contrasting them
with the light-towers that have been
built for the benefit of commerce we
see that the art of building has lost
nothing with the lapse of time.
The great improvement of the latter
towers over their predecessors is that
the stones of each course are now
dove-tailed together laterally and ver-
tically. Formerly metals OF wooden
pins were used or dependence placed
entirely in cement. The modern
method was first used at the Hanois
Rock light, on Guernsey. On the up
per face and at each end of one block
are d~ove-tailed projections, and on the
under face, and at the other end, are
dove-tailed indentations. The upper
and under dove-tails fall into each
other, and when the hydraulic cement
is placed on the surface il 50 locks the
dove-tailing that the stones can not be
separated without breaking. So, when
the cement is set and hardened the
whole of the base is literally n solid
mass ~ granite
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
The Saint and the Sinner.
l.ln hnLN SlnaIincr $1,000 l.ar l.aaa

Heart-worn and weary the woman sat
tter baby sleeping across her knee.
And the work her fingers were toiling at
Seemed a pitiful task for such as she,
Mending shoes for the little feet
That pattern over the cabin floor.
While the bells of the Sabbath day rang swee.
And the neighbors passed by the open door
The children played and the baby slept,
And the busy needle went and came,
When, 10. IN the threshold stone there slept
A priestly figure, aud named her name:
What shrIft Is this for the Sabbath day,
When bells are calling. and far and near
The people gather To praise aud pray,
woman, why are you toiling hereI'
Like one In a dream she answered low:
Father, my days are work-days all;
j know not Sabbath. i dare not go
where tho beautiful bells ring out and call,
For who would look 10 the meat and drink
And tend the children ana keep the place?
1 pray in silence, and try to think
For Gods love can listen, and give me
grace"
The years passed on, and with fast and prayer
The good priest climbed to the gate of rest,
And a tired woman stood waiting there,
Her work-worn hands TO her bosom pressed;
20, saint thrice blessed, mount thou on high"
He heard the welcoming angels say.
when meekly. gently, she passed him by,
WHO had mended shoes on the Sabbath day.
Madeline 5. Bridges in Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

and the older heads and wiser will be driven
TO devise a plan whereby their sweet ad
yances can be made without pen;
For thereH be no use in talking, whether
riding out or walking-and they'll never
take the chances of a breach of promise"
then!
Matinees will be f~orsaken-three seats by one
woman taken-theatre and opera ended by
the woful lack of room.
At tho elevated stations "5tairways closed for
MISUNDERSTANDING for the time suspend.
cd. adding to the nations gloom.
Like a hen In ruf1ed feather, through the
streets in windy weather, maidens fair will
reel and tutter in a frenzy OF DISTRESS:
Cabs and cars will be deserted; men and boys
will walk inverted. and reserved seats In
the gutter will be gobbled by the press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
.,,,fulness of The Climate.

t. perhaps, nowhere on the
ant a more healthful climate
that of South Dakota. The
conner does 9 not have to set
Mated. The chills and fever,
malarial troubles generally,
h. used to be regarded as an
Loidable incident to the settle
# a new country, are prac-
N unknown here. There is no
swampy ground to breed
Ma. The air is dry, pure and
[nrating. The stranger from
fsst takes delight in inhaling the
(n.riying air of this section. He
in it something which invigo-
He is told that it is ozone,
-om henceforth especially If he
,ssak lungs, he thanks God for
even If he has but a vague
~ what ozone really is. This
70 Is especially grateful to those
have pulmonary troubles. Many
10. have come here as a last
and instead Of dying have be-
robust and strong. The dys-
\ will be able to think OF some
besides his stomach; the
v.chested young fellow will
op an astonishing lung power;
hose suffering from malaria will
the poison driven from their
Ia. In general, the weak will
pade strong, and the strong will
Iase their strength. The sick
he made we'll, and the we'll will
hon into a vigorous physical
[;.ien. OF course people must
here as elsewhere, but figures
Ipstrate that for good health and
life South Dakota beats the
From the United States
ID report of 1880 the following
rate in proportion to the total
lation is given for different
tiles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
CERTIFICATES.

Three grades: For first, in addition
to the former requirements, physical
geography, American literature and
drawing.
For second, additional civil gov
ernment and didactIcs.
For third, same branches as have
been required for second.
First grade issued by state super
intendent, and good for three years
in any county in the state. Second
grade good for n year in any school
in the county. Third grade good for
one year, or less, in the discretion of
the county superintendent of county.
DIRECTORS.
On the fourth Tuesday Of June of
each year in every school district con
tanning more than three schools there
shall be elected one director for each
school; such director must be a
resident elector or patron, directly
interested in the welfare Of the
school for which he is chosen.
INSTITUTE FUI,D.
At the close Of the normal insti-
tute the county superintendent shall
Immediately forward to the county
auditor a certified list of the persons
enrolled therein, and the county
auditor shall present the said list
to the county treasurer who shall
thereupon transfer the sum OF two
dollars for each and every person
named in said list from the county
general funds account, to the county
institute funds account.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

The recommendation has been
made that ex-presidents be senators
of the United States at large for life.
Why should they? They already get
nearly as much honor and a good deal
more fun out o. being presidents Of
humane, scientifica and social societies
One OF our presidents showed his true
greatness by accepting the Office of
justic Of the peace among his neigh
bors after his term in the White
House was ended.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
For Weighing Gold Coin.

In the United States government
mint there is a wonderful piece Of
mechanism in the shape of scales for
weighing gold coin. Two pieces of
paper of equal weight have been placed
upon the balances and, on one being
removed and IN autograph in lead-pen-
Gil inscribed on it and the sheet re-
placed on the scales, the second piece
has been found TO outweigh the other
- KduerleY magazine. 81
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
wanted a Change.

In the old days along the Missouri
River when a steamboat was sighted
people took up the cry in tho streets
very much as they would nj the break
would yell. Then others would
join in the shout, antii ten rain.srs
later half the popuiace would be on
the levee waiting for the boat to land.
aWhy were you so a~nxious?r a young
man asked an o,l-timer. recently. II
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
Changes i'm the School Law.

The new school law was one Of the
last laws passed by the legislature.
Among the changes may be noted the
following provisions:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23
|oession and Size of South Dakota.

F0ession and Size of south Dakota.
ny eastern people object to
\ DaKota because of its location
| up In the far Northwest, the
Vi Almost perpetual snow and
(arus." II such an objector will
1ne map Of the United States
y see that the southern bound
= south Dakota is in practically
sme latitude as that Of New
while very little of this state
o'tn OF northern New York.
DAKOTA extends nearly 200
uOrth OF South Dakota, while
Oesond that lies Manitoba and
Saskatchewan country, where
aass wheat can be grown for
aes north OF the United States.
Dakota has an area Of 76.620
niles, and over 40, 600, 600
~ extends north and south
g miles, and east and west
w. 1t Is one-fourth larger
the New England states
s' 1t Is nearly one and one-
cs as large as Illinois, and
suan one and one-half times as
either New York or Penn
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

Melville d. Landon, better known
as "Eli Perkins," had a heated
argument with the porter OF a Pull
man a in regard TO the ventilation
Of the cars ,,etween Chicago and st.
Louis the other day. The porter
resented the remarks of Mr. n do
and in the fight which followed the
noted lecturer was badly bruised and
disfigured.