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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

miles of main line canals, and to each
mile of canal six miles of permanent
laterals, or $4,000 miles of irrigating
waterways. According to the census,
in eleven Western States and Terri
ritories there are over $1,000 irrigat-
ed farms. There are 1880 artesian
wells, each irrigating 1921 acres on
an average. Now, the effort is to
increase available water for irriga,
ton by constructing reservoirs to
hold food waters and to even the
flow of irrigating streams. From
one peak, Prof. Carpenter, of the
State College of Agriculture of Col
orado, counted 131 little lakes, nearly
all of which were artificial reservoirs.
But irrigation in the arid regions
seems nearly to have reached its
limit. The conclusion of the census
Office is that ''as a rule, the greater
part if not all Of the easily available
water supply has been utilized."-
By other authorities it is stated that:
"As a whole, canal construction in
the Western States has reached its
limit, the capacity Of the canals on
most of the streams being greater
than the volumes of the streams. J"
All of these efforts to retain swamp
and overfowed lands, to tile and un-
derrdrain, to lead mountain streams
upon desert lands, to economize
food waters in reservoirs, to bore
for irrigating wells, point to the fact
that the agriculture of this country
has entered upon the intensive phase.
The crowds which stand in line upon
the opening of some paltry Indian
lands point to what the Germans cal
"earth hunger" A population in
creasing at the rate of 1900 per day
with no new Territories for an outlet
with no more available public lands
, with no great extention of irrigation
, in the desert lands, indicates tha
t hereafter close and careful cultiva
: ton of high priced land will tax
. the place of the easy and wastefu
i agriculture of new and cheap lands.
a William Il. Seward, in his ''Travel
S Around the World" described th
i agriculture of Japan: ''There is n
d waste, either by rock, marsh c
e jungle; every hill is terraced, ever
n acre irrigated, every square foot
n land is covered by tree, cereal or e.
culent. Instead of farms, there al
: small plats, and each is titled by
y single family with care equal to thu
: bestowed on our flower beds. n
81 allowance is made for even accident
7e waste. The stalk of wheat which
st bent down by the storm is restore
i'll and supported. Each boil Of cotto
xt each head of rice is kept in its pla'
/ until it is carefully re noved 10 Il
ry harvest.
of A law of the empire obli8es eve
On one who fells tree to plant another
Nv These are conditions of agricultu
at in a densely peopled country. 1t "
a be long before they are fully realiz
~ in this country, but each decade "
he make our careful agriculturist 81
gh more careful, and will make the ca
e; less cultivator poorer LoatSid
III Planter and Sugar Manufacturer.
- Only eight men are now living
:. the $4,000 who fought under Ma
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Drowning as a punishment for
crime was legally enforced lin Scot
land mp to the year 1911. The same
punishment prevailed in England
up to few years before this date.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

An observunt contemporary has
reached the conclusion that it Is the
setting up of drinks that is upsettlng
SO many of our Young men.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

The only sure happiness in this
world is making other people happy.
Remember that and practice it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09
Letter from r. II. Allen.

Since my last letter, the farmers of
Pulaski county, Ga, have been busily
engaged making compost and pre-
pairing land for planting, and to gain
what information I could in this mat
ter, I visited Peacock & Oberry's
farm, which is being managed strictly
on scientific principles. Here found
a number of workmen making com
post, which is done in the following
manner: First, all the manure from
the stables and other stock-pens is
carted to one side of the lot; then a
plat is laid off about 100 feet long by
20 feet wide. This is covered about
three inches deep in the stable ma
nure. Then cotton seed is put down
about an inch in thickness, over which
is scattered another layer of manure;
also a sprinkling of acid phosphate
is scattered over each layer of cotton
seed. I noticed that one or two men
were kept on the compost heap with
forks smoothing and keeping even
the heap, as others tossed the manure
upon it. After the compost heap is
completed, it is allowed to remain
undisturbed until it is drilled in the
row. Then bed is is thrown on the
furrow, and then corn or cotton plant
ed.
Peacock & Oberry prepare their
lands well for planting. They told
me that 800 pounds of guano on an
acre would produce 40 bushels oats,
and 200pounds on cotton land would
give three-fourtbs OF bale per acre,
Now if this land can be made to pro
duce that much, there is land in The
hills of Bossier that can be made tc
bring twice the amount. The farmer
here never sells his cotton seed, no
does he allow them to rot as so many
use to do in Bossier, but they pe
them on the compost heap, sound ant
dry, or put them in the corn row, anc
bed on them about two weeks before
planting.
The wiregrass land is Of yer,
poor quality, and when first broke
is turfy. To thoroughly pulverize
a cutaway harrow is run over il
- which leaves the land in excellen
working order.
Peacock & Oberry also raise as fin
horses as the Kentucky blue gras
farms do. They have some very fas
trotters. A trainer is employed t
train their horses. They have quit
Il number of thoroughbreds, and 1t
G. treat to me to visit their stabl'
and race tracks.
Georgia is competing with tt
North in fine horses, and farming
- not behind. I wish I had visited th
country twenty years ago. Ii had
a dare say it would have proved ste
D ping stone to my success-which hi
eGg eG been a failure to so many in Louisiar
III When I see what can be accomplish
re on this poor wiregrass land, L lea
l l that fortunes have been, and are
iug lost in Bossier, where the Ian
are SO much better. There are G
Z" fields there growing up in bush a
bramble, which, if Peacock & Ober
oy had, they would make bale OF CT
IN ton per acre on them. THERE'S arou
my old mothers yard and lots su
nr- cient manure, with 200 bushels c.
ton seed and 200 pounds acid ph'
phate, to make three-quarters ol
~ bale of cotton per acre on the
field adjoining her yard; and in t
years that old field could be made
bring thirty bushels of corn.
r. Fl. ALLEN
Manufacturer Record: "W
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

'Idleness,' said public speaker,
is the mother of crime, and be never
uttered more just verdict.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

A million and a half men are em-
ployed in coal mines and of these
300. 900 are in the United States.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Our creates good and what we can
least spare is hope.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Only eight men are now living OF
the 5000 who fought under Napo-
leon at Waterloo.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

No thoroughly occupied man was
ever yet very miserable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

The man who dares is the man who
wins.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Eighty-seven people in the world
die every minute.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Atlanta Constitutions: "Too much
whisky has tangled the legs OF the
trust.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Our enemies are our outward
consciences.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Falsehood can make the best squirt
but truth can do the steadiest trot-
ting.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

Manufacturer Record: " What
the country most needs, and es-
pecially the South, is public spirit in
public men-the South being in
greatest need Of development, is IN
greatest need of developing forces.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-02-09

The annual meeting of the Loulsl-
ana State Dental Society will take
place at Tulane Hall, New Orleans,
! on Feb. 18th.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14


The story that tells Of swans singing
before death is very old, and of course is
founded upon fancy. The idea has been
brought down from ancient myths. The
voice of the swan is extremely harsh
and disagreeable, without a single mu-
steal note in it, and no good reason can
be found for likening some of the worlds
sweetest poets to this unmelodious voiced
fowl.
The only approach to a verifcation
we have ever .seen is the following,
clipped some years ago from a Virginia
newspaper:
"a sporting friend, recently returned
from a foray upon the Potomac river,
below Mount Vernon, was the guest of a
venerable and highly intelligent lady,
who has always lived on the Potomac.
Speaking of the swan, she gave it rs her
decided opinion that this bird was in the
habit of singing OF making a plaintive
noise when dying. The reason she gave
for entertaining this belief was that on
very many occasions in the last 90 years
she had been awakened at night by a
sweet and exceedingly sad noise, some.
thing like the tones of afageOlet coming
over the water, and that on every sub.
sequent morning a dead swan was found
to be floating on the water or to have
been washed ashore. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
A FIGHTER WITHOUT LEGS.
A CoIored Man with No Legs and One Ar
Makes Things Lively.

A CoIored Man with No Legs and One Arm
Makes Things Lively.
City Jailer lola Canova says that "if
they ever send him out again to arrest a
one armed, no legged man he amt going
to 60" TolG's resolution is on account If
an experience he had with an individual
Of that description a day or two ago.
lola wat kicked in his dinner by a no
legged man and felt so bad about it
that he was almost tempted to send in
his resignation.
1t seems that Peter Moody, a colored
man, who lost both legs and n arm in
q railroad accident, filled up on pure IN
adulterated cussedness at a cost Of 5
cents a drink, and proceeded TO paint
East jacksonville in bright vermilion.
The first thing he did was to fire his pis-
toll at a boy who drives an ice wagon for
Martin Ferguson. The boy outran the
bullet, and his cries brought Officer
Moore to the scene, but Moody stood ON
the stumps Of his legs in the middle Of
the road ard defed the officer to come
near him, at the same time waving in
the air, in a reckless manner. a formid-
able looking revolver.
Officer Moore telephoned for assis-
lance, and Sergeant Thames and Toia
Canova went to the scene. They bad
the hardest kind Of a struggle with the
disorderly individual, who inflicted upon
each Of them some very painful blows
with the stumps Of his legs and arm.
Finally, however, they got him in a cart,
and by choking him succeeded in keep
ing him quiet. The blow Of the stump
that caught lola In the stomach lifted
him in the air somewhere in the neigh
borhood Of three feet.
Moody is now in the city Jail. He will
be turned over to the county authorities
on a charge Of assault with intent to
kiI.-Florida fimes-Union.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
a LEGAL COMPLICATION.
nshIr.. ~ aI,.. b. ,IIa,,aI naal

uohiuan Law Gives the Mineral Range
Train obbcr an Unusual Chanco.
In the case Of the people against Domi-
nick and Edward Hogan, William But
Ter and others, accused Of the Mineral
Range express robbery near Houghton,
Sept. IS. the prosecution Is in quandary.
The case Is soon 70 DO called for trial.
Meanwhile the prosecution has TO solve a
very delicate legal problem or forego the
hope Of convicting all Of the Eve men at
present under arrest
The specific charge against the Ave
prisoners IL robbery. The Michigan
statute defines robbery az the theft Of
property by means Of violence to the
custodian or owner thereof, or intont to
do great bodily injury or 70 kill in case
Of resistance. Fear Is made an essential
element Of robbery. thus implying that
the person or persons in charge Of the
property must DO put in fear Of death or
great bodily injury. The maximum PEN
atty In Michigan Is Imprisonment at hard
labor for life. Dominick Hogan was the
agent of the express company, and the
$40 900 stolen was il his charge. If he
pOhseadlOu OF Tue money
through fear Of violence, he was robbed
and was not himself q robber.
On the other hand, II he was a party
10 the theft and feared no injury, then
no robbery was committed, and none Of
the prisoners can be convicted Of q more
serious offense than larceny, the maxi
mum penalty for which is five years i'm
prisonment. Therefore, to secure q con
viction Of any Of the accused on the
charge, the prosecution must prove the
innocence Of Dominick Hogan, whom IL
has caused to be held twomonths In Jail
and whose good name has been ruined.
The only alternative appears to be the
withdrawal of the charge of robbery and
substituting the charge of larceny, the
punishment for which must be very
light as compared with the just deserts
Of such audacious criminals. The do
Tense will llake this legal technically
the main point in their line Of action
during tho trial.-Minnespolis Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14

Likewise coed Luck on = Phsnomsnatiy
Good Imagination.

Good Imagination.
The scene Of the following incident
was about 40 miles from Glovcrsville,
N. Y, on a beautiful little lake just
across the tableland at Piseco lake, in
Hamilton county. The day was all that
q fisherman could desire, and every con-
dition was right for good fishing. A
party Of three were in the boat-namely,
l.. e. Everest. his friend, Professor
Spencer from Brooklyn, and the writer.
They had taken nearly 80 pickerel IN
less than half q day, and the size was
good, weighing from ~ to 8 pounds.
The last turn around the 'lucky point"
was being made before we started for
home. Everest, who was trolling n Of
the lines, said; Eve got another. He's
a big one from the way he pulls" Ever
est let him play at one time nearly 200
feet Of line before the fish could be
turned. When he had been brought
into sight, he was not so large as some
we had already in the boat, but there
was an unusual motion all about him.
Soon the line was drawn 70 tightly it
was necessary to let him play again.
When brought back, it was discovered
that a large pickerel had attempted to
swallow the n on the hook, which was
now quite exhausted.
The big fellow still followed, shark
like, for the dead body of his victim,
which, however, we were not disposed
TO give up. just as Everest was about
to swing the fish on his hook into the
boat the professor took up his oar, hop
ing to strike and thus capture the large
one. The movement Of the oar attract
ed the attention Of the fish, and in g
twinkle he made q pass at it. The blade
was about 2 inches wide, but his jaws
grated across the upper and lower edges,
saving a groove on either side with his
sharp teeth. The professor, by carrying
his oar forward with the movement Of
the fish, at the same time raising it from
the water, landed the huge fellow into
the boat.
He weighed 1884, pounds. The fish on
the hook only weighed three pounds, but
showed signs Of battle, being bitten in
several places. Upon opening him we
found, as is often the case, a fish Of
smaller size in his stomach. This one
showed signs of life and was opened.
We then discovered a pretty little gold
c~hatelaine watch and were surprised
that the time agreed with our watches
and that it was running.
More than pleased with u fishing ex-
petition, we returned to the Adirondack
hotel and informed Landlord George A.
Mccoy Of our good luck, at the same
time showing the watch. In less than
two minutes all the guests about the
house were in the Office, and among the
number was a pretty young lady from
Albany, who said that the watch was q
token of friendship which she had priced
very highly. When on the lake in the
early part of the day, it had fallen into
the water, and, she supposed, was lost.
1t is needless to say she was overjoyed at
its recovery.-Albany Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
II Was Al Love.

A writer for the Boston Transcript
was the witness the other day of a very
pretty scene on q street al There was
an old negro very black old
woman-whose face, besides being black,
was pockmarked. No doubt a superb
cial observer would have called her re-
pulsive, but there was a sweet and kind
ly look in her eyes and a benevolent ex-
preston about her black features which.
as you looked at her, gave you q glimpse
of something beautiful.
At her side, with his sweet child face
toward the window, knelt a little white
boy-a handsomely dressed little chap
with blond curls and blue eyes. He
asked the old black woman questions
now and then, which she answered with
a deep, grave, kind voice, and she called
the little fellow 'honey."
Presently this little Caucasian leaned
over tenderly toward the old woman,
put his arm lovingly around her neck
and laid his pink and white cheek against
her black face. That Obliterated every
bit Of responsiveness the woman might
have had with every person of sentiment
in that car. To this little boy the old
black face was entirely beautiful, be.
cause it was all love. The beauty that
he saw was a good deal more than Skin
deem.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
The Bang Called In.

One Of the most noticeable changes in
fashion this season is that which affects
the dressing Of the hair. The "fringe"
has been gradually giving place to softly
waved bandeaux, and the bandeaux are
creeping gradually lower down until the
return seems imminent tothe pulled and
waved bandeaux to be seen in the por-
traits Of Jennie Lind taken along in the
ffties. To young and delicate faces the
style has an agreeable piquancy and
quaintness, but TO women past their first
youth or with strong, coarse features the
bang has a softening effect much to be
desired.
Another style now gaining favor and
one becoming to round faces with low
foreheads is that Of turning the hair
back from the forehead loosely in a twist
that is lost In the light coils and puffs ar
ranged in the middle Of the forehead.
In this style of couture the front hair il
parted off on either side and twisted in
the old fashioned way into two rolls
New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
IL Went unnnnI.heh.

This story is told Of the late DR.. Hol-
land, better known as Timothy Tit
comb" During the service of one Of the
large churches in Springfield, Mass, a
heavy electric storm came up. and one Of
the gentlemen Of the choir set out to
secure an omnibus to take the ladies
home. Among the fair singers was a
certain Miss Eta S.. and as DIR. Hol-
land was CALAMITY helping her into the
vehicle a terrific clap Of thunder startled
them. upon which he remarked, " Eft
in terror packs home in a bus" CIT in
terra pax %hominibus). To close this
strange tale. it may be well 10 add that
the doctor was not Immediately struck
by lightning, but died years afterward
peacefully in his bed.-Sen Francisco
ArgOnaut.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14

THE KING OF BEASTS
ne IL Merely q Mig Cat. Amer An. end =
Coward at Heart.

-" M
Coward ~ Heart.
II We quit heraldry for fact and go BY
the testimony Of travellers and hunters,
n a very doubtful whether the lion de-
serves his magnificent reputation. Il IL
his appearance, no doubt. which has
gained for him the appellation Of liking
Of beasts" with all the regal honor per-
tanning TO It. Certainly he looks EVERY
inch a king" Nothing can be finer. The
fancy itself could conceive nothing more
fttingly representative Of majesty than
the full grown male lion, gazing with
great yellow eyes, which seem 10 know
no fear, and the ample honors of his
shaggy man wrapped round his massive
front and forearms. He looks like the
embodiment by nature Of loneliness and
magnanimity, and he has been adopted
as such in all literature and poetry from
Homer and Eschylus down to the Lion
comique" Of our music halls. Yet he is
only n cat-a great cat-after all, and
those who know him in his native wilds
give a very different character of "felis
leo" from popular conceptions.
We do not wish to calumniate a crea-
ture 80 intimately connected with Brit
ish story and so digniied in bearing and
behavior, for nobody can deny that the
lion is a great gentleman in his manners.
Nevertheless, African sportsmen relate
that he gan show himself as cowardly as
he is cruel; hat he will abandon his
consort and cubs in a moment of ex-
treme danger, and that he scarcely over
charges straight home upon anybody
who, armed or unarmed, has the pres
ence Of mind to await his onset. He is
described as very nervous and very cum
ming, and dreading beyond everything
the superior prowess Of the white a
The early Dutch settlers at the cape
speak Of lions prowling round the fort
at night Gin such numbers as though
they would take it by storm" Now one
must go very far into the African
"veldt" to see a lion, and a strange fact
Is that he has learned the craft of silence
and is seldom or never heard to lift up
his mighty voice excepti in the far wilder
ness, where the hunters have not come
except singly. Thus it is written in an
African guidebOok: Though his foot
prints may frequently be seen neal the
mountains of Lokaron and Boatlanama,
and he will sometimes venture to carry
away an OK from a wagon span there
abouts, he rarely or never makes his
presence known by his roar, having
learned apparently that It will only have
the effect Of frightening off the few timid
antelopes upon which all hopes Of re-
plenishing his larder depend, or, worse
still, OF. betraying his position to his in
veterate enemy and prosecutor, man.
London telegraph.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14

Women In the Kansas school EIootiona.
Opponents Of woman suffrage IN Kan
sas who have insisted that the women DO
not desire the ballot find that the returns
from the school elections held through
out the state do not corroborate their
claims. Reports received at the Populist
and Republican woman's headquarters
from a majority Of the counties show an
increase Of nearly 100 per cent IN wom-
ems vote At these elections. The school
elections were held only IN the country
districts, and the remarkable heavy vote
shows plainly that the farmers wives
and daughters are abreast the equal suf-
frage movement In Kansas.
The opponents Of equal suffrage have
insisted that only a small per cent Of tho
women In the towns and cities wanted
10 vote, and II left TO the women In the
country they would speedily squeloh the
suffrage question. Thursdays vote has
completely nonplused them, and they
6nd themselves without an argument.
Fully 20 per cent Of the male vote Of
Kansas own, rent or lSbor OF farms, and
II the result Of Thursdays elections In
dictate anything It lie that the equal suf-
frage amendment to be voted On next
year will carry by q big majority.-ro-
peka Cor. Philadelphia Press.