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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
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two feet. Fill up this space with gravel,
and every month throw in some fresh
sand or gravel
The building is three feet high in
front and five feet at the rear; at the
peak it is seven feet. Place raft
ers and studding two feet apart, nailed
on top of the sills.
For the covering use matched lum-
Der, which can be bought for s1S per
1000 feet, or you can use the sheeting
paper under the lumber, and it will add
much to the warmth of the building.
The building is divided into two pens
with a brooder and so chicks in each.
The partitions can be made of rough
lumber and lath. A hall three feet
wide extends along the north side of
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
THE FARMING WORLD.
BROODER HOUSE PLAN.

One Adapted for Hundred Chicks-Ma.
terial Required.
The following is an excellent plan for
a brooder house. Size, 1sx10 feet It
can be made any length desired, but
the plan given is adapted for 100 chicks.
Fig. shows a perspective view of the
building. The front should face the
east, and should be placed on ground
well drained; if possible, in sandy land,
as this is best for chicks and is dryer
than other soil.
The frame can all be built of AKA
scantling. The sills should re placed
about six inches from the ~.ound and
can be supported by posts set every
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
An Even Thing.

Dashaway-I hear you are living out
at Lonelyville and come in every day.
Don't you have to get up pretty early?
Won Blumer-I did, but now I've got
so can eat my breakfast in ten min
utes.
Dashaway-Doesn't that give you
dyspepsia?
Won Blumer-I get too much exercise
for that. have to run like smoke to
catch the train.-Judge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
Horses Require Green FOOD.

The weak horse gets very little grass
in summer, yet the horse requires green
food as well as the COW. 1t is expect
ing too much from the horse to turn it
out to Craze at night, after performing
hard days labor, and protection from
flies must also be looked after.
small allowance of green food E,ight
be cut for the horse with but little
labor, as an addition to the noon
meal, and it wound serve to keep the
animal in better condition and increase
it's appetite.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14
In the Central Park Monl

In the Central Park Monkey House.
First Simian-''Let'sb be sensible and
act like other humans" Second Sim
iam-''All right; what'll we do?" First
Simian-"Oh, let's have a Delsarte
matinee" (They do so, and the spec
tators think they never saw the mon
keys SO funny before).-Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14

PROVIDE roots or ensilage for sheep
In winter They will do better IL sup.
piled with even small allowan al
sseealspt food during Geld weather
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14

AN Invention of the Enemy
what is piano-forte, JoshuaPn
Uncle Josh-~-"Guess 1t must be plaes
for the poor players 70 bids in?n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-09-14

PUT extracted honey In attractive
packages. neatly labeled.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Twilight Bridge.

I know little fairy bridge that spans tiny
stream
And there the sky Is ever clear. for lie is like o
dream
AS the silvry stream goes ripping. running on
ward TO the sea,
While the little birds are singing in an ecstasy
OF glee
The path one Side the tiny stream is bright and
busy Gay,
And night. forest dark and drcar, lies just
across the way;
But the fairy bridge called twilight, clasping
hands between the two
Is the brightest, dearest spot on earth mortal
heart e'er knew.
For when the day has passed away meet my
sweetheart there,
While in the ripping stream beneath throw
away my care,
And just the falling shadows and the sunset
glow above
Watch DER the little twilight bridge and wit.
ness to our love.
Edith L. Crazy, in Judge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
PLEASANT THINGS in ARIZONA.

Poisonous Sl1unIs, savage Pccrarics. ella
Monsters. Scorpions and Iarnntul,s.
ARIZONA, from the nature of its lOca-
ton, is, suppose, the most peculiar
country in it's animal. insect and rep
tile life on the continent" said c. NJ.
Bruce, member OF the legislature and
one of the cattle kings OF the south
west to a reporter for the san Fran
cisco Examiner. There are pcccarics
that are very s;lvagSin the high Rincon
and Chiricahua mountains. have
heard it said that t;.cy have hoofs like
mules, but I never saw any of that
kind. They are as big as n siX-months'-
old shoat, have il sharp back and long
hair and emit musk something like a
skunk. They are so savage they will
attack you whether you attack them
or not. Every once in awhile some of
the boys get caught in the trees by
these peccarics. They have to take to
the trees or get torn to pieces.
II know fellow in the Rincon
mountains who was kept mp for several
hours. There was II large band of
pcccarics under the trees. The tops of
the Rincon mountains are covered with
live oak, or what they call post oak.
ana the pcccarlcS feed on the acOrnS.
They are simply a wild hog | am
confident onr domestic hog is de-
sccndcd from them. Speaking of the
pcccarics throwing musk and the dan
gers from their teeth reminds me of
the spotted black and white skunls,
whose bite down there is poisonous.
The sliunlis have rabies and IL bite
from them at such times is fatal They
make for IL man rs quick us they see
him, and he has to be very lively if he
gets out of the way. Two vaqucros.
employed 10y the Crittcndcn Cattle com
pany, died from their bites last sum
mer. | suppose If have known OF one
ease have known of twenty of this
kind.
-. Weir Mitchell. nov of the Smith
sonian institution, but stationed for a
long time at Fort Wingatc. y. NJ,
made them IL special study He made
the ella monsters, ccntipcdcS scor-
pionS, tarantulas and all the animals of
the desert the subject of special invcs-
teation while he was at Fort Wingatc
rs an officer OF the nited States army
Ills Investigations bear out all have
said relative To the animate, and rep
tiles of { hat region"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

! Yankee carpenter tells a story that
Is intended as ii joke on his wife When
they were married they rented apart
incnts in a block, the rear of which
Overlooked one of the rivers. and among
the wifc's earliest culinary efforts was
a batch of bread. The young husband
sampled his wifc's contribution to the
world stock of the sta of life" and,
arising from the table, playfully re-
marked: My dear, cast your bread
upon the waters" The wife took Of
Tense at the injunction, and. as the
husband left the house, she flung the
remaining loaf out of the window into
the river. 1t struck passing boat,
ct:s hing through the bottom and sink
ing in the waters murlly depths. Tho
next She knew, the boa tman. dripping
wet. made Il tour Of the block, bent on
discovering who dumped the hod of
brick mo his craft
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Egypt Ills parents, Milan, the ex.
king, and Natalie, his queen, were
married i'll 1875, when Milan was
twcnty-one years of age and Natalie
only sixteen. She was very beautiful
in those days, and very charming. and
she won the hearts of all her Kingdom
Milan. the king, was not kind to her
after IL little, and such trouble arose in
the kingdom that finally the king had
to resign the throne into the hands of
his son and go away. He was really a
very bad man-cruel, selfish and dis
honorable. too. Queen Natalie was
separated from her son and not allowed
to remain in Scrvia, and nothing could
have been more distressing than the
family troubles of these royal people
Alexander mourning his mother and
trying to he happy without her in
Servia where he had to play king by
himself. Some months ago the divorced
couple became rcconcilcd, and then
commenced the conspiracy which ter
minated in the ousting of the Servian
regency and the assumption of auto
cratic power by the Juvenile ruler.
There is no doubt that cx-Qucen Natalie
was at the bottom of the recent de-
movement. and her permanent resi-
dencc i'll Belgrade is now assured.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
THE CoweoY AS HE is.
Moro Stern and Commonplace Reality
THIN Poctrr in Ills Life.


Moro Stern and Commonplace Reality
Than Poetry in His Life.
The life of the cowboy" of the great
west is but little known. says the Rich
nond Dispatch. Somehow newspapers.
and especially the writer's of dime
novels, have thrown sort of romance
about the cowboy that makes his life
seem charming, but there is no charm
about it. As II rule there are 10 more
hard working, simple and unassuning
men than the cowboys They have
been maligncd and slandcrcd as much
as any othcrmcn, because all the dcpre-
dations committed on the frontier are
attributed to the cowboys 1t is not
uncommon for him when he enters Il
town, after spending weeks and per-
hapS months III the great solitude OF
the plains, to get Il little more whisky
than is good for him and become Il
little frolicsomc and reckless lie has
n careless way of handling a six-shoot-
err that makes II tendcrfoot the least
bit nervous. But the cowboy drunk
and the cowboy sober arc two different
persons. Drunk, he is like all other
drunken mcn-insanc for the time be-
ing and really not accountable for
what he does sober, he is usually
quiet and as gcntccl as he eau be. Liv-
ing life Of danger makes him fear
less, and do not known of Il real cow
boy who will not at any time risk his
life for a friend.
If he is treated cordially by strangers
he returns the compliment, but woe to
the unhappy tcnderfoot who attempts
to put on airs when the cowboy is
around. He has been known to make
the plug hat. or, as the cowboys term
them, the hardknockcr hat" of a
dude the target of his six-shootcr and
he seems to delight in expcctorating
tobacco juice on pair of freshly
blackcncd boots.
In his wild western life his home is
in the saddle. He frequently passes
weeks without seeing Il house or hav-
ing tent or shelter of any kind
Where docs he sleep? you will ask. On
the ground, his saddle for pillow and
his ''sliclicr" his only covering.
If it rains he usually sleeps on his
pony, sitting upright. He has studied
the habits of the cattle until he knows
them. He has to take his turn when
driving in for the roundup to ride the
circuit to keep guard during the night
They guard by reliefs. The cattle are
punched" or got together, and the
boys, save those OH duty, sleep through
the night. Those on duty must keep
continually riding around the herd. for
young cow or steer will occasionally
take it into its head to steal away. The
darker the night the greater must he
the vigilance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

] n TILE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE lIt'ST-
q. 1893.
IL. ID; Gilkeson, Z. NJ. Gilkcson ,,.i,,,r.
and L. c. Harrison, ''a'hti's
d. V. Reed, f. l.. Hn nRan"s' W.
w. Berkeley, trustee: Marga-
ret o. Reed Sas w. Burt Defendants
trustee and the Bankers Loan
and Investment Company,
corporation,
In Chanccry
the object OF this suit Is to subject the follow
Ing real estate in the city OF Roanoke. Va to-
wit: Lot No 3 section -, according to the map
OF the Rogers, Fairfax and Houstoii's addition,
to the payment or n certain debt evidenced by
an instrument drawn by said ID. " Reed, i:
favor OF the plaintiffs for the sum OF $2CO, dated
June IL, 1880, payable two years after date. with
interest from date, subject to credit OF $it0 AZ
same date from said ID. V. Reed TO A. p. Staples,
recorded in the aforesaid clerks office July 10,
null and void, and have the same delivered up to
be cancclled,a certain deed OF relcase. executed
January =, 1Sa by A. p staples, trustee; II. B.
lensing the above lot from tho lien oi the deed OF
trust aforesaid; also 10 declare null and void, III
so far ne they relate to the above described prop
erty. the following deeds A certain deed o.
conveyance from ID. " Reed and wife To F. l..
Huffman, dated November 2G, $3.50; deed OF
OF even date, recorded in the aforesaid clerks
%ge III deed deed book s. Gsge l5 deed OF cor
Margaret o. Reed dated September is, 1891 and
fonr deeds OF .rn:t from snid Margaret .. Reed,
ana d. '. Reed, her husband, to Sllas W Burt,
to secure various loans, es stated in said deeds,
made by Bankers Loan and Investment Com
pany, three OF said deeds being dated December
], 1871, snd recorded in deed book H. pages lO3
lug and ITO respectively, and one or the said
deeds dated December D. 1891, snd recorded In
deed book Il, page 81. And an affidavit having
been made and filed that Silns w. Burt trustee
one OF the defendants in said city, is not resi-
dent OF Virginia, 1t is ordered that ne do appear
here within fifteen days after due public alton
hereof, ana do what may he necessary to protect
his Interest in this suit; End it Is further or
dercd that copy hereof he published once
week for fonr consecutive weeks in the Roanoke
TIMES, a newspaper published in the city OF
Roanoke, Va. and that copy here OF be posted
mt the front door OF the courthouse OF this city
on the first day OF the next term OF the Hastings
court A copy teste'cc. IS. BROOKE, Clerk
ID. 5. GOOD, p. qE- sas.:., -sl5 II 81 p: -
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

an expedition. In 1865 he was pro-
noted lieutenant, and in 1SGO-Gl was
attached TO the Crusader of the home
squadron. He took part in the battle
of Port Royal, was attached to vessels
performing blocliading and cruising
duties, and in 1862 received his promo
ton to lieutenant commander lie
served with the famous West Gulf
blocl<ading squadron, sharing its for
tunes and participat ting in all its excel
lent work. and after the close of the
war was detailed to the Susquehanna
then employed on special service. In
1867 he was promoted to commander,
and after duty at the navy yard. New
York, and as lighthouse inspector. was
ordered to the command of the monitor
CanonicuS, and subsequently of the
monitor Saugus After being promot-
ed to captain in 1873 he comma nded the
Richmond, on the Asiatic station, and
when his cruise was done returned
home. and was assigned to duty at the
Portsmouth navy yard. and later to
the command of the lighthouse dis
trict, New York, the most important
assignment in that line. In 1855 he
was made II commodore, and comma nd
cd the navy yard at Mare island. and
upon his promotion to the rank of rear
admiral was ordered to the command
of the South American station Cir
cumstanceS have prevented him reach
ing the limits Of his station. as he was
ordered to Europe in connection with
the Spanish Columbian celebration.
and upon the completion of this he
was actively engaged in various duties
up the Mediterranean. His latest duty
was to tow to ilavana from Spain the
caravcls, and this was most successful
ly performed. Out of his fortv-siX
years service he has been TWENTY-FIVE
years at sea, eighteen years on shore
duty and five and half years on leave
or unemployed. There is a common be-
lief in the service that every man who
has served with Benham wants to serve
with him again. and there is no duty
wherein he would be asked to lead
where volunteers would not throng
Popularity is sometimes meanlv
bought, but the affection and service
regard for Benham, says Iiarper's
Weekly. are as sincere as the charac-
ter which has evoked them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Quantity Versus Quality.

Long years ago had by chance u Thought
a thoughtful Thought il was as all agreed
And when in its totally twas caught.
sat me down TO frame ii in a screed.
Now breviiy. men say, 3 the soul OF wit:
And hence sought, in writing, TO be brief.
In four long lines l made my fancy fit,
And sent il out-and came, alas! to grief.
For years the unappreciated verse
Lay in my desk unnceded--nay, forgot
But yesterday took that Quatrain terse
And once more cast IL in the smclting-pot.
/ wrote six hundred lines all fcatly rhyIned,
And then an envoi holding sixty more;
The selisame thought was there that once L,
timed
So that twas clear in seconds three or four
Again sent II forth. This time success
My efforts crowned, 10 my exceeding gce;
Yet WAS saddened somewhat. confess,
To note the public's love for quantity;
And when reader wrote to me to say:
There's lots OF stun in that You've made q
hit"
II made NE vince 10 hear il put that way,
For as 10 stuff" the rhyme was full OF Il.
John kendrck Bangs, in Harper's Magazine
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
ooMMIssro NERs. SALE.

{ COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIRTUE of
- decree entered In the chancery cause OF
others ut tho April OF the crcui, court Tor
tho city OF Roanoke, the undt rsigncd trustee and
special commissioner named In raid decree will
proeeed 20 sell the following described property,
courthouse ON TIE eoTn DAY OF NAY y 1s u.s.
an y O'CLOCK NOON, described as follows:
and Short street and fronting so feet on Chestnut
nmov n runEing back on Short street between
Parancl line 100 feet to an alley and known az
nIdition' ~, SECTION D, OF the Trout and Jamison
,.i nc aDove property has been divided into the
,oSS"sng parceis namely: four lois 25x5U feet
each, aoi which front on Chestnut street and run
- leet on Short street running back between
parallel lines so feet and upon each LOT therc
Is dwelling house. and they Will be arst
offered for sale separately and then the
entire property as whole and whichever brinns
the highest price will be declared sold to tho
highest bidder as the case may he.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient to pay the
costs OF this suit and the expenses OF executing
the trust and expenses OF sale and the sum OF
SlGi.fS, the amount then due, and tho balance II
any, III oi monthly payments OF SASS each, cx-
cept the three last maturing, which shall be TOR
81 80 each, and nll OF which shall be secured by
notes OF the purchaser or purchasers, secured by
deed or deeds OF trust upon tho property con,
tanning the usual provisions and the residue, il
any, In cash j. ii. CUTCHIN.
In the clerks office OF the circuit conrt OF the
city OF Roanoke: George Washington and ala
paintlfr, against j. H. Cutchin, trustee and ais
|, 5. 5. Brooke, clerk OF said court, do certify
That the bond required of the special commits
sioncr by tho dcc:cc rendered in said cause on the
@th day OF April, 1898 has been duly given.
Glvch under my hand rs clerk OF the said court
ids Clerk
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
NOTICE TO rREEAvLo TENANTS.

TO JULIA A. MURRAY AND j. r. MURRAY,
her husband G.. G. Dcaton, Is: w Dcatou
samuel samuel Dcaton, Mollie Deaton, Virginia A.
Deaton, Josie A. Dcaton, Bernard G. Deaton aud
Mary f. Denton, j. b. Moses and Julia A. Moses,
Ills wife; Wheeler c. DeatOn, Walter T. Deatou
Regina Blnnkenship and ii. G. Blankcnship, her
husband; JAS. MOrcs, w. l.. Gillespie ana Mary
gillespie, his wife; Lucie l.. Deaton and Jonn w
Take notice that on the first day OF the June
tern lS;1, OF the county court for Roanoke
county, the Norfolk " Western Railroad Com
pany VIII move said court to appoint Ave dsiu-
tercstcd frccholders OF he anoke county (any three
OF whom to acD TO 20 upon the lands OF which
the late Elijah Dcaton died seized in said county
10 ascertain and report what will he u Just COM
pensaton for 40 much OF said land as is propOs ed
TO be taken by said Norfolk l. Western Railroad
company for Its purposes, OF which said land Won
are tenants OF the freehold, the portions required
being three certain strips: No. /, beginning at a
point Z, ;a2 feet west from mile post 213 from Nor
FOLK and 40 feet from the center line OF said rail
ROAD ana containing Git . acres more or less No
,, beginning Mt point 2,G62 feet west from mile
post 2I3 from Norfolk and 10 feet from the center
line or said railroad and containing 21O acres
more or less No. 3. beginning at q point 2oi2
Icet west from mile post 2I3 from Norfolk and 90
feet from the center line OF said railroad and con
farming lI-lc0 acres more or less.
. NORFOLK 4 WESTERN RAILROAD co.
BY Waits, Robertson " Robertson, its Attor-
hcys- 521aw-tY
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

The scientific man is very frequently
represented to MS as an individual of
mean physique, but the figures recent
y quoted by Lord Kelvin at the ann i
vcrSary meeting of the royal society
show III the most unmistalSable man.
ncr that the pursuit of science is by no
means favorable to the prolongation
OF NE. 1t appears that of the thirty
Fellows deceased during tho past year
the average was over scventy-four.
only two died before the age of sixty,
while two others reached the age OF
ninety.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Over the WAY,


From over the way Il year ago
The sound OF wedding bells, sweet and low
Came floating to me in the purple dusk,
And heard the music OF Money Musk,
While the dancers, to and fro.
Moved swift as they circ!ed out and In,
And music mad grew the old violin.
AT the touch OF the resined bow.
From over the way \ tiny cry
Went floating up to the starlt sky;
Two days ago and u babe crcpt in
To its mothers arms and 4 world OF sin;
A babe with a look half shy
Laid its little head on snowy breast,
Like II bird that sought place TO rest
As the angel OF Life passed by.
Just over the way tonight there lies
a baby asleep, whose lidded eyes
VIII be opened on this earth never moro:
But over the stream on the other shore,
In the gates OF Paradise,
The rustling sound as OF tiny wings.
WIN catch the ears OF the King OF Kings,
For the soul TO its Maker flies.
Chicago Dispatch.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Much under the spell of rank. scniori-
~, precedent. and the like as the
American navy is, every ward room i
proud to have man, no matter what
his title, who has distinguished hims
self in any honorable fashion whatso-
ever. The inventors of She navy are
held in special regard, and the half
dozen officers whose names appear now
and then at the end Of magazine arti-
clcs arc objects of interest to their
mcssmatcs, to be pointed out to the
visiting landsman. The men who
have made notable explorations or
conducted difficult cxpeditio enjoy
like distinction IN the ward room.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
A COLUMN or VERSES.
House-Cleaning.

From cellar unto attic, oil Is clean;
Nothing there IS that need evade tho oyo;
All the dark places. by tho world unseen.
Arc rs we'll ordered as what open lie
From winters rcvclry and summers ease
Souls seem to get rs foul US houses do;
Each spring. each autumn, revolution sees:
And they are swept and garnishcd all anew"
Spirit how is It with those rooms OF thine?
What front the world look very clean and
fair;
Thy curtains arc so white, thy windows shno
Are dirt and cobwebs hiding anywhere?
An. souls arc houses. and to keep them we'll,
Nor. spring and autumn, mourn their wretch
ed plight.
To daily toll must Vigilance compel
Right underneath Gods scrutinizing light.
Charlotte f.. Bates, in s. S Times
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Old United States army regulations
say that the soldiers cap should he
worn jauntily, with little slant over
the right eye. The origin of that Gus
tom may have been in the attempt to
shade the eye while aiming, but it is
no longer observed, and, indeed, most
officers would reprove soldier who
tipped his cap or helmet conspicuously
on one side. The American soldier
offers marked contrast in that re-
spcct to the English soldier or tho
Canadian militiaman, for they wear
little pork pie" hats that are tipped
SO far on one side that they would fall
off at the slightest motion were it not
for strap beneath the chin