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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24
HER WEDDING TRIP .

Her Husband just Remembered Hor in
Time to Save Her Life.
The wife of well-known New York
er told about an incident of her we'd
ding trip the other evenlngsAs illus
trating the forgetfulness of man
who has only recently abandoned
selfish bachelorship. They had only
just begun their bridal journey. On
that afternoon the train left the track
and began to bump along the ties. It
happened at that moment that the
newly-made husband was walking
down the aisle of the car away from
the seat where his bride sat. He knew
that part of the railroad very we'll,
and he was terrified at having the
train leave the track there, for they
were upon bend on a steep and lofty
embaukment. With thought of
nothing but the peril which threat
ened the train he dashed madly Cor
the door. He was on the platform al
ready, careening and wavering, and
in another instant he would have
leaped, when, unconsciously looking
back at the danger he was leaving, he
saw his wife. Instantly he turned and
dashed back into the car. He was
just in the nick of time to reach his
wife, for already the car was tottering.
Hold on for your life!'' he cried to
her. "We are going headlong over
the bend"
He had fallen in the aisle at her
side, and, clinging to his seat, held his
wife.
Hold on for your lifer' he cried
again, for we are going over!'
And they did go over several times,
and though the bridal couple were
cut and bruised terribly, they were
more fortunate than many others, for
the death list after that wreck was a
long one.
but, my husband" she said, in tell
ing the story, could not seem to for
give himself for having forgotten me
for second, while 1 could understand
it perfectly. He wasn't used to look
ing after wife, and if you want to
know the truth" she added, with a
smile, 81 was glad that it all happened
as it did, for don't believe that any
man who was caught in danger with
his wife would desert her, but it takes
brave man who has got out of dan
ger to go deliberately back into it.
He knew that danger better than any
one else in the car, l suppose, and he
must have felt that we were both lost
Yet he came back to me, and that was
how learned, on our wedding day,
that my husband, if he was forgetful,
was also brave."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24

"A two hundred and fifty poun'
shoat, by jeeswax! An ez fer the sheep,
tha never was nicer an fatter eve
ever riz fer muttonr'
"Ye mean yer gointer git q hogs
head to salt 'em down imp"
II mean I'm gointer git bar'l to
salt 'em down in! Jist one bar'l! That's
what mean!'
Then yer lynn Eastern a hoss kin
trot! That's what mean, by hen!'
The wise-looking old woodsman was
excited. The man from the back dis
tricts just grinned. After he had
gr,nned awhile he looked solemn and
said:
Il want to tell ye, though, that it
hain't no pleasure to me to hef to salt
down that bar an that sheep an that
pig all together in one bar'l. I'd
rether put 'em in three bar'ls, but
bar'ls is skeerce an high, an times is
hard. So I'll hef to do it. If ye know
where Honey Bee Rock Hole is, on
Kittle creek, then ye know where that
bar had fixed up place fer winterin'.
Id had my eye on him fer better'n a
month, an thort I'd let him save till
the weather got threatenin' an he had
got all the rib fat on him that he could
carry fer lastin' him through the long
snooze that lay efore him soon ez the
threatenin' weather started him. for
the Honey Bee Rock Hole. l had sold
al my sheep but that one eve, an I
had got her in the ch'icest kind O.
shape to be corned mutton fer me an
the OF woman. She were nippin'
away in the pastrr' yet, an t'other
day me OF woman says:
"'Balaam,' she says, we better be
fetchin' that eve inter the barnyard,
fer she's gettin' bout fat enough to
suit Reub Shane says she.
'Reub Shane is a neighbor of our'n,
an I kin give We an idee O. Reub's
standin' over our way by tellin' ye
what the reg'lar sayin' is 'lnongst us.
For instance, mebbe I'll say to my
neighbor, Or mebbe my neighborn say
to me:
"'How's yer sheep gointer come
out?'
Then I'll say, or my neighbor'n say,
just accordin' ez to which it mowt be:
"'Wall, if the sniff1es, or the foot
| rot, or Reub Shane don't get 'em,
| they'll do first class
| $50 l says to my oil woman:
"'All right, Hammer. I'll fetch the
eve in Tomorrow says. -....
THAT Berkshire shoat O. mine were
fatter'n butter, bout then, an l sot
the day fer butcherin' of him the same
day had laid out to fetch the eve in
from pastur'. I KEEP him in that
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24
], NOT UNHAPPY ENOUGH.

Byron Posed Victim of Deep Mel
anchoIy.
The characters of two men are very
fairly brought out in the following in
cident: Thorwaldsen, the Danish
sculptor, was absolutely single-minded
in his devotion to artistic truth. He
would never have consented to falsify
what is, for the sake of what ought to
be.
Lord Byron, on the contrary, had so
much small vanity that he could not
resist posing. When in Rome the poet
went to Thorwaldsen to sit for a
statue. He got into position and as
sumed an expression of countenance
quite different from his everyday
look.
my lore" said ThorwaIdsen, "be so
good as W sit perfectly still. Only, l
beg of you, do not look SO disconso-
late!''
This is the expression which char
acterizes my face, said Byron. e.
''IndeedH' replied the sculptor; and
without paying any further attention
to Byron's suggestions, he worked
away according to his own ideas.
When the bust was finished the sculp-
tor was quite satisfied with it, and so
were Byron's friends. Only one per-
son complained, and that was the poet
himself.
THAT is not my face" he said. Il
look much more unhappy
He had assumed a certain pose be-
fore the world, and he was determined
that his expression should bear him
out in it.-Youth's Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24

''BY JEEswAx, THA's A BAR IN HERE
kivered shed o. mine, and allus lef' the
door open SOS he could git out in the
straw yard an mummix around if he
wanted to. Early in the mornin' o. the
day were gointer butcher him Joe
Been come over to help me do the busi-
ness.
"'Fust,' says to Joe, let's go over
and fetch the eve in from the pastur
"We went over, an the eve wasn't
there. She were gone, slick an clean.
"'Ding my biscuits says l. 'Reub
Shane kin jedge a sheep better'n any
feller ever see! He know'd that eve
hadn't orter be out another day, an SO
he's took her imp
"'Joe Been he looked around bit
an shook his head. But he didn't say
nothin' for quite bit. Then he says:
"sMebbe it were Reub, an then
ag'in mebbe it wasn't says he.
'That were all he said. Then we
went back to butcher the shoat. The
pig wasn't in the yard an the shed
door were shet.
by jeeswaxr says I. That's
funny says l. -........-
'Mebbe it is,' says Joe, AN mebbe
it hain't,' says he.
Invent up an opened the door, but
l slammed t too ag'in durn suddent.
you bate yer boots.
".By jeeswax, Joev says l. sTh as
a bar in the shed!'
That's what l thort,' says Joe.
AN yer sleeps in there, too says he.
An we won't hef to butcher the shoat,
neither says he. All we got to do
now, says he, is to gether in the bar.
Tha's been lot o. work took off O. yer
hands, says he.
II went to the house an gotmy gun.
When I got back Joe opened the door.
Out sprang the bar, an he looked ez
big ez q heifer. an he were bulged out
at the sides like a hog full o. new
grass. He showed couple rows o.
teeth that looked like double blank
dominoes sharpened at one end. He
pounced right fer me, but I give him
nine buckshot out o. each barl O. my
gun, an he laid down in the yard an
didn't git up ag'in. went in the shed.
The pig were gone. -.
/" The sleeps layin' on one side O.
that bars innards,' says Joe, an the
shoat's on t'other side.' says he. Yer
days work has been short, sharp and
deessive, says he. AL ye want now
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of Busy Life; Its Fluctuations and Its Vast COncerns


says he. lis bar'l to salt yer b'ar
down in, an then yen hev the bar an
the sheep an the pig all salted down
together says he, AN reckon they'll
be prime says he, an he went home,
$50 guess I'll go an buy that bar'l
now an do the saltin', though it hain't
no pleasure fer me to know that kin
git that bar an that sheep an that pig
all in the same bar'l"
But the man from the back districts
went away grinning. N. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24
AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.

IA wellspring o. pleasure
He was so helpless, he was strong,
The our-year-old.
All things unto the king belong
OF flock and fold;
The waving Of his tiny hand
win summon all unto his stand
No mighty monarch Of the land
Is half so bold
Hs was q toddiing little lad
So full Of play,
And such q cunning way he had
To pass the day. aes. ...s
He was so winsome ard so shy,
With such big and lustrous eye,
Just like slice Of azure sky
Both blue and gray.
The Saxon and the Celt combined
il lusty strain; .
The feryor tempered, cooled, refined.
And sure to reign.
The gurgling laughter gushing free
As bells that chime their revelry
When Christmas comes with gracious glee
And glad refrain.
The ruler of the house and homo,
Although so small,
I A face as sweet as honeycomo
He beams on all
Close clasped unto his mamma's breast,
Snug as pigeon In the nest.
He sinks to sweet and soothing rest
While shadows fall.
James E. Kinsella, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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winter" replied the man from the
back districts. Didn't s'pect I'd be
saltin' of him down for mex summer
did yee"
''Hev ye got bar to salt?" asked
the wise-looking old woodsman.
IF it were a coon or groun' hog y
said the other. do ye s'pose I'd be
astin' ye ez to how bar would salt
DOWN."
.Is yer bar deadP' asked the wise
man.
Course not!" exclaimed the man
from the back districts. "I'm goin' ter
salt him down alive, hide an taller,
claws an gizzard, an all his fxin's,
from the top of his snout to the end of
his tail! Any durn lunkhead knows
that salted live bar orter be better
chawin', long in the winter, than salt
ed dead b'arr'
"How old is yer b'ar?''
II didn't famine his teeth p'tic'lar
close when he fust showed 'em to me,
but from the glimpses got of 'em
think he can't be day less n four
year old, come spring"
Wall, If yer got a bar, an he's
dead, an hain't more'n four year old. !"
said the wise-looking woodsman,
he'll salt down better'n anything ye
ever socked yer teeth In, I don't keer
whether it's, fish, flesh or. fowl! But
don't salt down the head. Make head
cheese outen it! Ye hain't got no idee
how much better bar head cheese is
than any other mess o. vic tuals that
ever was put together An the grease
that ye skim often it when it's cookin'
ye can't put no price on that's big
enough. fer it hain't got its ekal for
hair oil, or fer griddle greasin', or fer
curin' the roomytis. An don't salt
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24

uown the bars feet. Pickle 'em.
rickled bars feet sets better to fel.
aer's ribs than menny in the wilder.
aest did to the children o. Israel, time
tney run short O. fodder. VIII b'a,
sait down any way nigh proper? Huh
Mebbe he won't! If ye don't think he
WuI send him to me an I'll resk it!'
That's all want to know" said the
one who was seeking information. II
oon't keer nothin' bout making head.
eneese outen him nor picklin' of hi.
.eet ! jist want to salt him down.
II go buy bar'l an salt the bar an
sne sheep an the pig all inter it to.
gether."
Inter one bar'l?"
Inter one bar'l."
Yer bar must be durn scraggly
tnnt, then!n
PATTERN goslin'. an weighed four
hundred it he weighed an ounce!"
sointes pack suekin' pig in with
pm. thsnqs
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24
EALTING DOWN A BEAR
An Experience That Gave q Ma
tive No Pleasure.

OW N in t h e
Cross Forks in
t h e Pennsylva-
n ia h e m lock k
belt one fall a
native of one of
the back dis
tricts came in.
sd o e S IN y
b o dy KIN 0 W."
said he, "if bar
m e a t IL salt
down anyways
nigh proper?"
For winter?''
S a / d a n oil d
woodsman, who
looked wise.
skG L.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
REMOVING THE OPPORTUNITY.

Major Roosevelt was O man of fixed
habits. At nine o'clock every morning
he entered the door OF his club, seated
himself before the fireplace, and pro-
ducing a copy of New York paper of
the previous days issue, proceeded to
perusc it. 1t was an unwritten law Of
the club that while the Major was SO
occupied he should not be disturbed,
and the only man who at any time
dared to do 50 was Crichton.
Crichton was a man with an mex.
haustible supply of dreary anecdotes.
Everything reminded him of stories,
which he would relate with infinite
care and elaborate detail whenever he
could secure an audience.
Therefore when the Major saw
Crichtou enter the library one spring
morning he buried his nose deep in
the editorial columns Of his favorite
Journal, and made no sign OF recogn1-
tion.
Crichton strolled ABOUT the room in
a desultory way, until the Major be.
gan to grow nervous end uneasy, and
to feel that the room was getting
rather close, so he called to one Of the
servants: 'sCharles, I wish you wou "a
let that window up. It's very close IN
here
Here was Crichton's opportunity.
Smiling pleasantly, he commenced,
sLetting that window up reminds me
of story =" when he was interrupted
by roar from the Major:
''By Jove, Charles! let that window
n!"-Harper's Magazine:
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
Sc,ySy Southern Notes.

B,ain@iag ~. Il ~ lay. a:! !a"or IN the Bir-
r,;;i:ha!n. Aia. Rolling Mills not - verned
::v The a;:,:il-.;: sale were advanced III
I.'.r rc;it.
Fire ir Cirrnlton, Ky, Friday morning
destroyed ir'';:;F Iii tiis' business portion OF
tie IOWA. The loss is $1,000 With S60,-
N3) ;n;':r";:I-'.
Perry Z VI. Il negro brakeman on the
LpuiSv.!l ;lH;: Nashville road, fell from
train At Mrttr's switch, near Montgomery.
Ala. an! broke his neck.
\. Saa tatonio, Tex, Peek Il Cos I'M
mcl:se furnit"vc store WIS destroyed ny lire.
Tie tcta! loss is about 00,O0o, and Is par
tally covered by insurance.
Commencing September 18th. tho Atlantic
Coast Line vii! put in service through
raIlmaa ear line between Jersey City and
Atlanta. VI. Washington, Richmond and hu-
.C*ta. Ga.
At Corlcic. Ca. 4. T. Carry. real estate
broker. shot ;lad killed Z. +. Krardcn, vet
crtaarv sur-a0n. The trouble was about the
r"nt;n:, of Il house. R"ardcn attacked Gerry:
The crronrr'S jury brought in i verdict OF
irSt:lIb!@ homicide.
Thirteen houses at Huntington. Tenn,
We demolished by d tornado on We"nes-
t!ar morning. Onr man was seriously IN
jnrr,l. III" ,!cya+tatioa widespread i'll other
districts not h"ari from.
4 destructive fire Visited Elk Garden. ".
Va. "iiacr On In" line Of the West Viz
Sii,.a C.niral amh Pittshurg Railway on
F-;dav. Twenty dwellings, and stores were
crtirriv destroyed. The conilagratlon has
left twenty families homeless.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
Making Shot in Water.

The shot making trade has legend
which recites that back in the days
when guns were shot off b. lighted
matches and were swi7eled to supports
because they were too big and clumsy
to be lifted to the shoulder, and when
all shot was nodded as bullets are to-
day, somo workmen were fastening an
iron grating to the wall Of o castle.
They had cut out the hole in the
stone, aud, after placing the iron in
the hole, poured some leai in to hold
the iron in place, just rs they do to-
day. Some Of the leal escaped anil
ran over the edge of the wall into the
moat below. Soon afterward the at
tention of the soldiers was attracted
to the lead in the clear water, AMI,
dipping it out, they found that the
metal in falling from the height hal
become giobules. After that those
soldiers ma lie their bullets by sprink-
ling melted leal over tho castle wall
into the waters Of tho moa!. Hard
ware.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
4 Tennessee Tornado.

A severe storm, with heavy rain, visited
Mckenzie, Tenn, Thursday morning and
did considerable damage to property in
town and crops in its path. Advices are to
the effect that the Nashville, Chattanooga
and 81. Louis Railroad depot was demollsh-
ed. The roof Of the main building Of the
Southern Normal University was swept away.
and the stores Of ". II. Sorter. Head e. Sons,
Karnam g. Lusky and Scott & Bowdcn were
also unroofeh. The public school building
was ID the track Of the storm and all tn"
windows in one end were blown out This
precipitated a panic among the scholars aud
they were with difficulty kept within dors.
Citizens were all anxious. but feared to face
the angry elements. They. to-, were kept
cooped up. but when finally they rushed to
the school they found the stampede had been
attended only bya good drenchinS and many
bruises to the children. The damage will
run up into the thousands. No deaths arc
reported.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
COTTON MANUFACTURES SOUTH.

The Aggregate Investment in New
Mills Will Amount to SIS, 100000.
The Manufacturers Record says that the
announcements OF new cotton mills project
Cd in the South during the last three months
exceed that Of any similar period in the his
tory Of cotton mill building in this section.
There were reported II mills which will have
an aggregate Of over 800, 900 spindles, which.
added 10 the 500, 900 spindles to be put into
mills that had been reported prior to May
3ls't, makes total ii about 100000 spindles
10 be added to the number now in operation
il the South. Ii these mills are all built as
Indications promise, the aggregate invest
ment will represent something over 81, ,000,
900. large ajority Of these mills arc al
ready under construction or contracted for.
so that the percentage Ofthosc that arc never
built will be very small. Mills reported dur
ing the past week were Il 1900 spindle mill
at Doug!assvillc, Ga; a 100000 mill at
Iorkvillr, $. c.; 2,300 additional spindlcs to
a MoorcSviilc. y. c.. mill; 1900 additional
spiudlcs to a Harmony Grove. Ga. mill: 15,-
900 additional spindlcs to 4 mill at Laurens,
S. c.: Il So: 900 addition to 4 Knoxville cot
ton mill
The ropid expansion of the textile interests
Off. .5out. and the phenomenal activity
prevailing in iron and coal matters, coupled
with an increasing demand for farm lands
for settlement by Western people. is bring
ing about an unusually healthy business con-
dition throughout this entire section. With
the continuation of high prices for cotton,
the enormous grain crop which has been
produced and these active conditions in in-
dust rial interests, the South bids fai TO have
the most prosperous season which it has en-
ioyed for many years.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
GREAI RlnOk EREE.

Wien Dr. R. V Fierce, Of Eunalo, N. y,
published the first edition CT his work. The
Tsoyic's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
he announced that after 6Socoo copies had
been so.l' at the regular r!ice, $3.50 per
copy, the :;roGt OIL wlirii would repay him
for the great amour, Of iabo; anu money
expended i'll producing it, he would dis
tribute ;lc next half million free. AS this
number ofc"riss has :ileady been sold, he
is NOW distributing ABSOLUTELY FREE, 10000
fHHiss Pfs1e, inierest. n rest CoUpoN ins ard Sv vai.
uabic common No113 sense med
the recipieu: only being required to mail
to him. at the above address, this little
corroi With twenty one ,2l) cents in one
cent stamps TO pay for postage and pack
ing only, and the book will be sent by mail.
1t is velitable medical library complete
in enc volume. 1t contains over 1000 pages
and more than 800 illustrations. The Free
Edition is precisely the same as those sod
at $I.so except only that the books are
bound i'll strong manila PAPER covers i'll
stead Of cloth. Send NOW before ali are
given away. They are going of rapidly.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
Miscellaneous,

Malvern Hill Palmer. 0? Warrenton. n c.,
State bank examiner died at Ashevlile,
Wednesday afternoon. He was a represen-
tative in the last Legislature.
J. Roddy and jim Woodcy were shot and
seriously woundrd at Tracy City, Tenn,
by Deputy United States Marshal J. NJ. Hall,
who was effectinS the seizure Of contraband
whiskcy. Woodlcy is dying.
The Treasury circulation statement shows
a net decrease ofmoney IN circulation in tho
United States September 1st. $40, ,950.959,
making the total circulation 81 .603. .5S3 OPS,
or :22.S7 cents per capita based Oh 70,127,-
900 population.
The Illinois State Board OF Health has
been notified Of the appearance Of fifty new
eases of diphthcr;a in Hamilton county and
instructions for its treatment were sent by
Secretary Scott. The outbreak Of this dis
ease seems general in that county and
number Of deaths have occurred.
Sishy & Co.. stock brokers. with Offices in
Washington, Baltimore, Phjiadclphia and
Atlantic City. made an assignment to-day
due to the failure Of correspondents in New
York and other cities to forward amounts
due. Liabilities about 800, 900; but it is said
business will be resumed in a few weeks.
Tho firm was not connected with the New
York Stock Exchange.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Gen. Coppinger Reports the Bannoch
Indians as Quiet and Peaceful.
By Our REGULAR Correspondent.

By Our Regular Correspondent.
Gen. Coppinger, who commanded The
troops sent to Jackson's Hole on account OF
the reported refusal Of the BanIock Indians
to obey the civil authorities OF Wyoming.
arrived in Washington this week. He brc ught
his report. which is now in the hands Of
the Secretary of War, and has had long
conference with Secretary Lamont, Which
was also attended by Indian Commissioner
Browning. Gen Coppinger agrees with the
U S. District Attorney and Deputy Marshal
whose reports reached the Department d
Justice about two weeks ago, as TO tn" origin
OF the trouble being s,.hemiuS white mcn.
He declares the Bannock Indja2S to be quiet
and peaceable. Gen. CorplnScr thinks 1t
would prevent any similar troubles in the
future If the entire Jackson Hole country
were annexed to the Yellowstone National
Park, but Wyoming may not regard the loss
OF such Il big slice Of territory as satiS:actc-
ry ending of the matter. Congressional ac-
ton would be necessary 70 make :ich =
change.
Now that death has mllr L vacancy in thc
head Of the Fish Commission, tho fight for
the transfer Of that Commission to the ASri-
cultural Department, w!icrc many people
think it properly belongs, wilt be rrorcncd
with visor. There is no doubt that the Fish
Commission has done good work. but it has
!also done much that must be csasscl rs cN-
travagant, such as spending large sans o!
money raising fancy fish. which should havr
gone tow 4rls rcpIenisAinS tho stock of foo
fish in our lakes and rivers. It is ais"
charged that in order to obtain votes Of Sen
atorS and Representatives for appropriations
it has established hatchcrinS and stations II
localities entirely unified for them. IL ad-
dition to thcs= l;lins:; there have h""n sever,
al unScenly ;graasleS among The oGii.'ia!s
the Commission. No harm can com" OF l'Gl-
ting it under the control Of I'll" Department;
Of Agriculture, AMI the chances &rj IL: il
favor Of al Improvement in its work fni!n"
ing such a change. 1t is another one g
those hurcauv of the government w!i,h Il"
used science to CLOAK soft snaps Of hambu:
gerry.
Rumor says the bo1l syndicate, which lla
been putting gold in the treasury I" r"plac
that withdrawn for export, IS merely pr"rar
ing 10 force another ISSUE OF bonds hcfor'
Congress can prevent it. For every dollar
in gold which the syndicate has put into til
Treasury it has taken T"casur!
n )tes and grccahacSS. which are
redcemahle in gold upon presentation. A..
cordins to rumor. the syndicate is holding
al these notes and when they think the time
ripe will them and ':iraa out the Go.,!. th"<
forcing another bond Issue.