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THE BUTTER INDUSTRY.
01story of Ono OF the Staple Commoditioe
of Modern COmnnerce.

Alstory of Ono Of the staple Commoditssa
of Modern Commerce.
Mention is several times made of the
word butter in the English translation
Of the Old Testament. but most schol-
ars understand the Hebrew word for
butter to refer to some liquid prepara-
tion of milk or cream. The oldest dis.
tinct a1lusion to butter is by the Greek
historian, Herodotus, with an occa-
sional reference by other contempo-
raneous writer's who lived about five
hundred years before Christ. The
Tbracians and the Greeks were the
earliest nations to adopt it as food, for
1T served as an ointment before it came
to be eaten. 1t subsequently came into
use among European nations.
1t is related by Plutarch that while
. Spartan lady Yves visiting the wife of
a distinguished nobleman of an ada
cent principality, the former smelled
SO strongly of sweet ointment, and the
latter SO strongly of butter, that a
mutual repulsion was the consequence,
which finally ended in war.
A distinguished Grecian physician,
who lived about the time of Christ
mentions that butter was made by
agitating the fattest milk, as that Of
sheep.
Another writer treats of the COM
parative qualities of that made from
the different animals, but none make
mention of it's being used even at this
period. except by the Thracians and
ancient Germans
1t was between the third and fourth
centuries that butter came into gem
era1 use. 1t is supposed that the gen
era1 custom of eating of butter was in
troduced into northern Italy by the
of Genoa and Venice,
and from these cities the custom grad
ually spread over Europe as the good
qualities of it became known. Ameri-
ca MS are a nation of butter caters, and,
though immense quantities are con-
at home, many thousand pounds
ness is steadily growing, and the quail
ity becomes Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can.
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consequences what they might-Prof.
eequita, tho glory of English science.
the dear friend of go many among his
confreres, undertook that last opera
tion which should crown, and, as it
were. sum up all the labors of tho
human intellect, in ali ages.
What was that operation? cannot
tell precisely. Mira Sequita has found
very little to assist conjecture In the
study at Epson, and of his papers ut
Ratholin not tho tiniest fragment re-
mains. 1t would be quite consistent
with the professors other arran ge-
ments to destroy every hint of his pur-
pose before leaving home. For If the
operation succeeded. he designed, 1
know, to make a public announcement
instantly; but If 1t failed. he. would be
anxious to prevent others following the
same deadly course Of experiments.
Therefore. 1t is scarcely to be hoped
that detailed memoranda survive.
But although unable to give any ex-
act Information, I can furnish some
hints. Prof. Sequlta chatted to me-
a friend from boyhood. ignorant OF
haps. than to his brother savants,
upon the dnal purpose of his investi-
cations. There is no harm. l think,
In sketching the general idea which
those conversations left on my mind.
Everyone knows that the higher prop
ertaes OF electricity were his special
study of late years. After inventing
all those wondrous applications of the
power which have made his name inn
mortal and gained him such wealth,
he sought, in his own words, the First
Cause. OF his conclusions upon that
matter. up to a very recent date, there
is no secret-they will be published
But this inquiry led him, by
parallel course. to speculate on the
of electricity. That it is the
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home HINTS AND HELPS.

| Cookies: Three eggs, two cups o.
| sugar. one cup of sour cream. two
thirds butter. one teaspoon soda. flavor
, to taste. This makes from seventy.fi five
TO one hundred good-sized cookies
Ohio Farmer.
Chocolate Walnuts: Dip halves OF
English walnuts in melted chocolate,
. let them harden, and then dip again.
Chocolate creams can have half Of a
walnut dropped on the chocolate ms
soon as dipped SO the walnut will show.
fhberts and pecan nuts can be dipped
in the chocolate twice, and are very
nice.-Good Housekeeping
Indian Pudding: Let quart OF
milk come to a boil. Stir in meal slow.
~ until you have a batter a little
thicker than Cruel. When smooth take
it off the stove and stir in salt and mo-
eggs well beaten. Pour over it one
pint of cold milk and bake until brown.
which will take nearly one hour
Farm. Field and Fireside.
Picked Sweet Apples: For picking,
they may be pared, quartered and
cored, as for canning, or pared and the
core removed with a slim. sharp knife,
leaving the apple in its original shape,
minus the core, or they may be cut in
halves and the core taken out. Cook
until soft in liquor made the same as
for pickling pears. In short, in any
place where pears are used, sweet APP
pies make a good substitute, and they
are hea1thful as we'll as appetizinE.-
Country Gentleman.
How to Pop Corn: Place a quart
of common salt in a large iron pot, and
heat until thoroughly dried out. Place
a teacupful of the shelled pop corn into
the hot salt, stir constantly. and when
1t begins to pop. keep it moving with q
large iron spoon until it ceases to pop
=
use the same salt again. Indeed it
can be used several times. putting it
away where it will k eep dry each time.
The philosophy of this method is that
the hot, dry salt absorbs all the mois-
ture in the corn, thus enabling it to
pop out clear and brittle. This is much
better than when a pepper is used as
SO much more corn can be popped at
one time. Orange Judd Farmer.
Boiled Salads: Perhaps it never
occurred to some houselxeepers that the
remains of an old-fashioned boiled din
ner could be converted into a very
pretty and delicious salad. Equal
parts or any proportions of different
vegetab bles included in the dinner can
be used BY arranging them in layers
on a fiat dish they may be made very
pleasing to the eye as we'll. Make a
little mound of dice potatoes, then one
of red boiled beets, then one Of turnips,
next cafrots, then caullHowers, then
string beans, and in the center a little
mound of the cold meat. Parsley and
turnip tops (the young sprouts which
grow in the winter) may be used for
decoration. The best dressing is the
plain French dressing; three table
spoonfuls of oil, one of vinegar, and
salt and pepper. Melted butter, cream
or sweet bacon drippings can be sub
stituted for the oil, but should not be
mingled and poured over until the salad
is about to be eaten.-American Agri-
enlturiSt
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s.ICoNsULTED SCOT. !"

ment Of . sovereign. If you wish to
know more, come to me at EPSON as
soon as you please, on condition that
you stop q week. have some very
curious novelties to show YOU"
Clearly there was no accident" in
this case. If my poor friend did not
know what would happen. he foresaw
At least grave danger. In truth, the
circumstances published prove SO
much to anyone who considers them
thoughtfu1ly. It would have been an
accident indeed, and a strange one, If q
man Of Prof Sequita's character and
habits had been lef. alone in the
house, unless by his express desire. Of
course, he did not send away that ad-
mtrable woman to whom savants all
over the world are offering respectful
aympathy. Nor did he volunteer per-
mtseton 10 the servants. Watkins and
Ms wife, to attend the festivity at
Br0ath. With the same patient i'm
Kenufty which led him to such marvel.
Gun una1ventions-we used TO call IL cum
11NR in the domestic sphere-he con-
ayedsthAt MrA Sequita should go on q
v1eas two days before, and that the
sousener asOuld call. In his tax cart.
!1Pcn tAA yvay TO Broata, thus tempt
~ : - eervanta 1tappears even that
- re<e one upon his pony In the direc-
80 0x Kay's hut--the shepherd Of
~ 10S1 ne wrote ne. Doubtless he
eeeeAsds ~ with the intention of send
MI fAAt family TO Broath also. with q
eQysSetxn to spend: but they had
G1seedx left Aud tl,cn-assured that
} haeaeels weuld snsssr, W The
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of the pieces has fallen out Where
the two or more cracks meet, remove
the pointed piece and carefully break
off a small bit of the point, replace the
piece. lay one button face down on the
outside with the ends of the wire down
through opposite holes, and both ends
through the opening in the glass; put
the other button on the wire face up;
twist the wire until the buttons press
the glass firmly, and the pieces will be
held securely Elders Wife, in Amer;
lean Gardening.
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auita, cared nothing for popular opin
ton-indeed, he never looked at . news
paper while living, and it seems nm
likely he would adopt the practice now
But observe that the scientific jour
mails quite mfsapprehend the story OF
his sad fate-and that he would feel
hcntely. All the lesson of it may be
Host unless the facts be made plain. Nc
one can perform that service for the
dead but myself, and regard 1t as a
duty.
Even the motive Of his retirement to
the Null of Cantyre is misunderstood.
It has been hinted in society, hear,
khat. an impatient scorn of his con tenn
porartes drove that great soul to make
his DIV ellinR in barren spot, far from
fhehaun t. of men. In other words, Prof.
BeQuitn-the simplest of human be-
1ngs. whose whole mind was absorbed In
projects for the happiness and advance
mont OF the race--was a misanthrope!
Persons more charita BILE If not much
better Informed have stated that his
nerves became SO irritab BILE under the
pressure of those tremendous studies
and calculations that he felt stifled as bv
1croyvd. even in his lonely house on Ep-
som Downs There is some faint truth
In this. He said to me once that every
day seemed to be Derby day when he
shut his eyes But mind SO well bal
0nccd, 50 reasonable, would never have
been tempted to withdraw into the
Siesert-for such was his abode on the
Null OF Cantyre-by fancies like these
The reluctance to move which is natur-
al to such dispositions would have
checked him. The truth is that Prof.
Soqutta had long foreseen the necessity
of Securing a habitation in which he
could carry through his last decisive
processes without fear of harminv anv-
ono besides himself. This fact l have
under his own hand. in a letter dated
July last year. I had heard of his
Journey to Cantyre-as who did not?-
the movements of such a worldwide
genius are chronicled at the antipodes
In enswer to my inquiries, the profes-
R0r wrote:
st is quite true that have built a
little house at Ratholin; you shall
come and see it for yourself If all goes
well-about this time next year, SO far
as can calculate. It is true also that
have built it secretly-that is. Scot,
my lawyer, made all the arrangements
without naming me. But the state
ment that have paid many visits to
assure myself that the laboratory, etc,
is properly constructed. that mean to
live there. ard all the other gossip
which you retail. are grotesquely mex
act. There is no laboratory, had
never seen the house till last week, and
4 have not thought of living in it ex-
cept for q day or two at rare intervals
~ 70 uVe years since perceived that
q time would come, if my researches
Jed me to the result which they seemed
to indicate. when it would be
advisa BILE to have a pied a terre'
In some unpeopled neighborhood.
consulted Scot, in the strictest
confidence. who advised Ratholin.
He has carried out my wishes admir-
ably. The little house is comforta BILE
enough for me. and for you too.
hope. As for the main point, there is
but one human dwelling within five
miles, and the occupants of that,
shepherds family. are moro than will
ing to turn out for the day upon pay
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Funsus Spores In Seeds.

Some fungous diseases of fruits aud
vegetables live over winter in the
seeds. This is especially true of the
bean anthracnose, and possibly also of
the watermelon rot. The fungus spores
in the seeds may be killed by soaking
for an hour in a solution of three
ounces of copper carbonate in one
quart of ammonia and diluted with
four and a half gallons of water. This
is somewhat similar to the treatment of
oats and wheat preparatory to sowing
found SO efficient at many Of the ex-
pertinent stations and in actual prac-
tice on hundreds of farms
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FARM AND GARDEN.
A TERRIBLE BURDEN.

Poor Roads Arc the Heaviest Loads Farm.
ers Have to Garry.
There is consfderab BILE talk in a quiet
way among farmers concerning the
roads and the question of bettering
them. They are beginning to realize
that the only time the roads are good
is in the summer when they are most
engaged with their farm work, or by a
chance freeze up in winter. The times
when they need tkem the most they
are the worst. In the city where peo-
pie drive for pleasure the roads are al
ways good. The first and most liberal
Improvements are put upon the high
ways. An investment of this nature
not only serves for pleasure, but COM
mercial profit. No business man would
allow for a moment Il mud hole or rut
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HEALTH IN LONDON,

Fluctuations OF tho Death Rate tho
Eighteenth Century.
From 100 to 1850 the death rate in
London was SO high that the popula-
tion stagnated. In the former year the
inhabitants numbered $685. 200. and in
the latter year 653, 900. During this
period the deaths were in the ratio of
about one per thirty persons living.
BY 1901 the population had crept up to
TT, 900, and the deaths had fallen to
one in fortY-one persons living. This
great improvement IN the state of pub
lie health in London was not, except to
a trif1ing extent, the result of sanitary
legislatio People were becoming
more enlightened on many matters
affecting their health, partly owing to
a more general knowledge of chemis-
try, physiology, and other sciences re-
lating to man and his surroundings.
When those intrusted with the con-
duct of public affairs became aware how
much the health of the people was af-
fected by bad water, by foul emana-
tions, and even cesspcols, and by too
great a density of population, they be-
gan to secure supplies of pure water,
to construct proper house drains and
street sewers, TO remove systema tically
filth from houses. and to widen streets.
The PRONUNCIATION of the natural laws
OF health preceded the enactment of
laws of health by the state. Jenner's
discovery of propeylaxis in smallpox
had for its corollary the vaccination
laws. The chemical ana lysis of water
was the basis of acts of parliament re-
1ating to water and rivers.-Charles
Cameron, at Sanitary Congress.
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Everybody IL Interested.

The farmers will be the prir cipal
beneficiaries from road reform but the
benefits will be extended to all classes
and its effect upon business must be of
the greatest Importance. The move
ment should command the support of
every citizen, and wherever a man is
found with moss-covered ideas of pro.
gresslon he should oe an especial object
of consideration by his neighbors.- -
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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professor had demonstrated long ago.
That it is life, not only the principle OF
life. and that men possess intelligence
in proportion to the volume or the ac-
tivity of electric matter within them
will be shown in the work forthcom-
ing. From these conditions 1t follows
that If electricity could be stored in
the human body, every mental or phys
ical capacity would be strengthened to
degree only limited by the amount
which it could hold. "Visions of glory
crowd the aching sight," murmured my
thoughtful phrases he limited rather
than spoke to me of the theme that a b.
sorbed him. The feeblest mind would
soar to the heights of genius; genius
would rise to the level OF angels. Air
and water would be as familiar to man
as earth. No limits would bound his
forces or his enterprise. And he could
live unchanged for ever.
But how to charge the body with this
elixir, and how to retain it? Such were
the problems which held Prof. Sequita
enthralled daily and nightly for ten
years past He never confided the re.
suit of his labors TO me, and if any
We're dropped, I had not knowledge
enough to grasp them. Gradually,
however. l came to perceive that his
course was growing palmer. He
thought at least that he had a clew. It
must have been about that time Mr..
Scot received Instructions to build q
little house in some unpeopled spot.
am reluctant to name the idea that
formed itself in my mind. because it
may do the professor injustice; but
your readers will understand that it is
entirely my own. I fancied then that
he had the project of reducing cleo
tricity to form which might be i'm
hailed, or by some such means taken
into the body. like gas-not. as ut pres
cnt. by a series of shocks which must
kill before any great quantity has been
absorbed. How it was to be retained,
l have no suspicion. Once, however,
upon that point, and he au-
swered lauRhingly: ''If the genie
doesn't tear me to pieces, 1 will force it
into the bottle-and trust me to keep
it there!''
This was the operation, I make no
doubt, which shocked the universe by
its terrible result Everyone has heard
how the merrymakers of Arbroath
were tossed headlong on sudden in
heaps, how the farm buildings were
and a tidal wave swept the
coast. To speak of an explosion" is
singularly inaccurate. All agree that
no sound was heard, no wind felt, no
movement of the earth. Prof. Sequita
was torn to pieces by the genie he had
raised. OF his cottage, and oil in it.
cot trace remains; but the soil be-
neath is undisturbed, the foundation |
wallis are shaved of, as it were, at the
evel of the ground. 1 have visited the |
'pot-how sadly unlike the visit to |
which had looked forward-and in !
ruth superstitious persons might think |
hat some Divine vengeance had fallen |
IN it! Had Prof. Scquita's design sue
:eeded. men would have beer as gods
in their forces and capacities |
Is there a point at which |
Tread powers stand armed to arrest the |
riumphal march of science9 Did our |
ost friend. suspecting only material |
hangers, touch that pointe Sometimes
think so.
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Cows Must Have salt.

Don't let the cows get hungry for
salt They must have 1t in order to
give milk, for milk contains soda. and
salt (the common name for chloride Of
sodium) is the material which furnishes
the soda. But for the soda the casein
of milk would be absent. Neutralixe
the soda by putting in an acid and see
how soon 1t turns to ''clabber." Give
cows daily access to salt
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1T ID computed that the death rata
of the world ia 81 a minute, and tho
birth rate 20 a minute, and this SEEM
ingly light percentage Of gain is suf.
icient to give n net increase of popu-
lation each year of almost l,4oo, ,OQ9
souls.
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lin 1866 tho states of Illinois, In.
diana. lows and Kansas lacked but
seven of the number of divorces
granted In Framed; Ohio, Texas, Penn
sylvania, New York and Wisconsin
Jointly equaled Germany; Austria had
three more than Kentucky; Italy had
two more than Connecticut; Bel9ium
bad tWeptY-uiue mcrp thA~ Georgia
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BUTTER must please tho eye. Speak.
people, we would not buy white buttes.
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TEMPORARY MENDlNG.

How to Repair = Break in Greenhouso or
Elsewhere.
find two large metal buttons and a
bit of copper wire IN efficient means of
temporarily mendinR break in green
house or elsewhere, provided that none
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accounts Of that
terrible Q Y on I
in the Null of
G a n t VI re are
ve ry in accu-
r . t ., b u + l
should have let
t h e m pass un-
der o di n 1ry
circumstanc g q.
Ny poor friend,
Prof. Q u in tu 9
ID xtr0m ma Se-
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Wife-John, you never stand at the
window and kiss me when anyone is
looking.
Husband-Of course not. don't
want people to take my darling wife
Tor q hired gir1.-Tr0th.
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DEATH OF PROF. sEQUlTA
ny FREoERIcK BOYLE

TCoryright, leDs. by the Author.1
!. III e n \, h Il 7, q a
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-26

There are 800 acres of strawberries
planted near Sprindale, Ark.
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-26
BENTON, La,
THURSDAY, ,:::::::::"::::::::"::::APR1L 26, 1894.

AN ANNIvERsARY To-DAY.-Publius
st. italian, San Publio) is the patron
saint of Malta, whose festival is cele-
brated on that island with great
splendor on the 26th of April. By
some writers he is said to have been
of Maltese and by others of Grecian
birth, but all accounts agree that he
and his father were living in Malta
when st. Paul was shipwrecked there.
Publius was at that time the reigning
prince of Malta, and he Hospitality
welcomed the voyagers. Paul in
gratitude cured his father of a chronic
sickness by simply placing his hands
on his head. He performed other
miracles. A viper stung him on the
arm, and st. Paul simply flung it
away and received no hurt from the
wound. These marvels, together with
the Apostles preaching, converted
Publius and his father, and all the
people soon followed in their foot
steps. When st. Paul left Malta he
appointed Publius chief priest or
bishop of the island. But the zeal
and piety of the new convert were
soon made known on the Continent,
and as Dionysius, Bishop of Athens,
had of late been martyred Publius
was placed in charge of the vacant
see. 1t is popular belief among the
Maltese that he there suffered mar
tyrdom by being plunged into den
of lions, but the martyrologies of the
Church are silent on the subject
His life may be foundin the Legenda
Aurea of Jacob de Voragine.
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Consolidated Notices.
LAND Office at Natchitoches. LouIsiana

Land Office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,
April 9, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Clerk District Court at Benton, La, on
May %, 1894 viz: Homestead Entry No 1856
Perry Warren Young-for the southwest quar-
ter OF southeast quarter section 10, and north
half of northeast quarter of section, Is, town.
ship u North, range II West. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation of said land
viz: W. G. Banks, of Ivan P. O., La, w. H.
Smith, OF Rocky Mount p o., La A. R.
Thompson, j. FL. Cabeen, of Benton P. o., La.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and thatlsaid proof will be made before
the Honorable Clerk of the District Court, at
Benton, La, on May %, 1894, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 3i44-Joshua d. Young-for the
southwest quarter of northeast quarter of
southeast quarter of northwest quarter of
northwest quarter of southeast auarter and
northeast quarter of southwest quarter of Sec
ton %, township 2l North, range Ii West.
He names the following witness to prove
his continuous residence upon aud cultivation
of, said land, viz: J. L. Oliver, j. o. Bounds,
OF Ivan T. o., La, A. r. Thompson, j. II.
Cabeen, Benton p o., La.
EDWARD PHILLIPS, Register.
April 10, 1894. NAV "a
The Bossier banner., 1894-04-26

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION Returns
received up to hour of going to press
give Ogden 1922 majority in Bossier,
648 in Caddo and sos in Webster par
ishes. Ogden has received majorities
in Rapides, Natchitoches, Bienville,
DeSoto and Red River parishes
Hicks has a majority in Sabine, We
have no returns from Grant, Winn
and Vernon. Winn is conceded to
Hicks. Ogden has been elected by a
majority of about 5000.
Three cheers for the cold guard "
Democracy of the Fourth District!