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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Clean wringer rollers which

Clean wringer rollers which are
soilcd with colOred clothes by rubbing
with a cloth saturated with coal OIL.
Tainted and foul smelling jars and
cans can be perfectly sweetened by let
ting them stand six or eight days filled
with drv earth.-Sarah Z. Wilcox, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Apple Ice. Pare and core eighteen
juicy apples; cut them in small pieces
and cook in three pints of water with
two slices Of lemon peel When soft,
pass the pulp through hair sieve and
sweeten with pound of sugar; add
the strained juice of lemon. Set
aside to cool. and freeze. -fIarper's Ba-
Ear.
blackberry Saracen.-This is good
for the children's lunch. Make some
slices of thin, crisp toast, and butter
well. Line the bottom and sides Of a
pudding-dish with it, and til the dish
with black berries, packed closely, and
generously strewn with sugar. Bake
half an hour, and serve very cold with
thick, sweet cream.-COuntry Gentle
man.
L
sugar add two tabIeapoOnfuls of water.
Boil it until it will thicNen in cold
water, but not candy. Beat the white
OF one egg to a frOth, and add the
| boiled sugar while hot, beating well
| Flavor to taste and beat until it begins
| to cool. Put on your cake after it has
| become cool. Try it and you will like
| it.-Farm, Field and Firesiie.
Cucumber Catsup -Grate three
! dozen large cucumber and twelve
white onions; put three handfuls OF
salt over them. They must be pre-
| pared the day beforehand, and in the
| morning lay them to drain; soak cup
and half Of mustard seed, drain II
and add to the cucum Oers, with two
sroonfuls of whole pepper; put them
| in a lar, cover with vinegar, and cOrh
tiIIt: keep in dry pLace.-farmers
| Voice.
Small Cucumber picI<les.-Wash anc
wine one hundred small cucumber!
and place them in jars; cover then
with boiling brine strong enough tt
float an egg, let it stand twenty-tou
hours Then take them out, wipe, ant
place in clean jars and cover with no
vinegar spiced with onion, twelv
whole cloves, one ounce mustard see'
three blades of mace. They will b
ready for use in two weeks -Orang
judd Farmer.
Vanilla Jumbles.-Half pound @
butter half pound Of powdered sugar
one teaspoonful of vanilla. two table
SpOonfuls of sherry, three eggs an
nine ounces of -four Beat butter an
sugar to a cream until very light; bea
the eggs without separating and al
to butter and sugar. Ada the sherry
vanilla, and finally the sifted tlou
Beat we'll and hard and drop in sma
>poonfuls on a lightly CREASED pape
Bake until delicate brown in a MOI
-, crate oven.-BOston Budget.
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"Pull your leg when I lift" Tom


shouted, and then he stopped down and
got hold of the edge Of the wheel.
He Strengthened his back, bent his
knees and gripped the wheel tight;
then with a great effort he flung back
his head and Strengthened his knees.
Up came the cart, wheel. frame and all.
Pull your leg out!' Tom shouted
again. The man started, tried to SIT
up. pulled his leg little way out,
gave up and rolled over on his face
with his head directly under the wheel.
1t was too much. Tom thought he
would rather have died than see such
a thing happen. He could not hold up
such a load for more than few mo-
ments, and it would kill the man when
it fell. No one was in sight. He could
not move, not a muscle, or he would
have to let 90. Oh, if he had only let
the fellow lie there and brought help.
Get out Of there. Rouse up.' he
cried; and then, as the man did not
move: "Help. help.' he yelled "There's
a man dying. Help!"
There was only one house near
enough TO send him aid in time, and
he directed his cries at that. There
were lights in the windows, but no
one seemed to stir to help him. Atlast
the strain became 50 great that he
could shout no longer. lie clenched
his teeth and resigned himself to de-
spair.
A door slammed. He looked up at
the house and saw girl running down
the steps. Could he hold out TIL She
got To him? iii make a good bluff at
it. anywav,' thought Tom, grlmly
and he held on. He had not strength
enough even to hurry up his rescuer
The girl, who was we'll buHa, strong
and ruddy, reached his side quickly.
'What are you wanting sorr"' she
said,
Tom was gasping. Great drops o
sweat ran down his face. His fee
staggered about from place to place
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His legs were strained past bearing,
his hands perfectly numb. He felt
that he was all but done for.
'Pull out the man." he muttered,
and then shut his lips tight as the
whee, almost slipped from his grasp.
The girl looked down and without a
moments hesitation crawled under the |
wheel to pull him ont.
Don't go UNDER Tom gasped, in
agony Il may drop it"
Faith, then, you won't.' came her
voice, without tremor. "1ou'n hold
onai. longer. You won't let it hurt
mel"
That was enough for Tom. He bent
his knees a tritie. renewed his grip on
the wheel, leaned his head forward Il
little, and then "Ready. Heave,'
burst out on the night air that made
the street ring.
Back flew his head again, his great
knees Strengthened themselves, and
once more wheel, frame and wagon
shot up in the air. A moment later
the girl had pulled the coal man out
of danger.
Tom thanked the girl as best he
could, and then, utterly at the end OF
| his strength, sank right down where
he was in the mud and dirt. 1t seemed
| as if he could never move again.
Sure twas an iligant pull entirely"
said the Irish girl, admiringly. "What
| shall be dom nOW?"
run for the DOCTOR Tom said, rons-
!, =, l.;
be necessary.
A car was coming, this one out from
town. It was crowded. With great
effort Tom stood on his feet and ran
T. the track. stop, stop" he cried.
Some ones hurt.
The motor man stopped Tom
climbed on board, and slammed open
the front door as there doctor
here" he inquired. A middle-aged
man rose from his seat and came
toward the front of the car. Tom led
the way TO the coal cart. The team
fell on him and hurt his leg" he said.
The doctor stopped down and began
to make his examination. A crowd
from the car gathered about the spot,
The girls father was one Of the num-
Der, and he eagerly questioned his
daughter about what had happened.
She told him what she knew, and al
who heard her turned eagerly to get {
sight o. the young fellow who hac
, borne so much to sac the injured
/ mans life.
But Tom was no longer to be seen
. He liked to do his duty, but he hated
r to tall. bout it. He was on his wa,
hon. nd hard enough it was for hin
I to. ere.
The ext morning at breakfast Mr.
r Gordon read from the newspaper
very ornamental but substantially cor
rect account of the strength an'
bravery Of an unknown young MAJ
who had preserved Michael Daily, o
! WoodhouSe's Coal company, from in
slant death Mr.. Gordon read well
y and his wife and daughters could hard
= IL breathe till he had finished.
y "O-o-oh." cried Gertrude, when tn
g end came. "What splendid mar
: And so modest. too not letting anyon
:. know who he was. He was rea
hero, wasn't he, Ton?"
why, no." said Tom, nnconcernet
:. e. II can't say see anythln
. specially heroic about it.
>, ''Wellr' Gertrude exclaimed, turf
+ .ng to her mother. Tom is the mo;
y unromantic boy, don't believe
:. knows what a hero iss"-foaths Con
Ipanion
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The question arises again as to what
constitutes beauty in women. This is
constantly being resurrected, and al
WAYS with but little success Some
say she should be petite, blond and
plump: others that she must be tall,
dark and willowy. Society journals
call every rich and fashiOna bic woman
"beautiful." and, of course. every foot
light favoritc is thus termed. The
chief characteristics of a beautiful
woman, according to eminent authori-
tv. are irregular features. clear, full
eyes, q skin beyond reprOach, glossy
hair. a white. expressive and fairly
small hand" She must a $50 know how
to dress and how to DO her hair, or she
loses half her beauty. Every Jack,
however. considers his own particular
Jill beautiful, whether she has all or
none OF these attractions. Love trans
forms defects into heauties-that is,
while he is Jill's lover. After she be-
comes Mrs. Jack he discovers that her
nose is a pug. her eyes aren't quite
straight and her complexion poor. Blu,
at some period of his existence every
man considers d woman 49, ! whom he
is in love, whether she uc so or not
really beautiful. The standard, there
| fore. varies. and always Whilst Loui.
Rpnr1blic
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COI0red COnStanCy.

Two colored handles were overheard
INDUCING in the following converse
ton on one OF the streets OF Texas
town:
II say, Jim. YOU doesn't call around
as much as yer ulster at de house of
Miss Matilta SNOWFALL"
De truth am, Julius. called on her
so many tunes i'll dis here close, dat Use
afeerd she will suspect my wardrobe
am limited.
'Pshaw, niggah, you is fool. Jess
keep on goin ter see her jes' as you is,
and den she will be sure TO take to you,
hekase YOU are so unchanging in your
suit. Heah. neah! heah!"-Texas oift-
lnga
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

"A statistician of the German gov
eminent determined to make an in
vestigation of the superstition regard
ing Friday as an unluc}iy day. lie has
given the world a book Of queer tables
and figures. which prove that it is
Monday, and not Friday, that is the
most fatal and unfortunate day of the
week.
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had once learned II, ne never lid" ~
look at it again. In athletic sports,
too. he was not brilliant, but he could
be relied upon. He was like stone
wall at first base, though he was not
SO successful as a batter. In football
he was not aggressive enough to suit
his schoolfellows; but he was fearless,
and he could carry au indefinite num-
Der of opponents on his back In the
tug of war he was unconquerab
There was a story that, when MIR.
Browns school, with Tom for anchor,
pulled the Normal Stars, Toms three
rope men, after having, with Toms as
siStance, secured an extra loot or Two,
went off and got drink of soda water,
leaving Tom to mind the rope alone.
Tom always denied this story, and L
must confess that it sounds unlikely.
think the reliability is that If they
went away at all, they went away one
a: time.
That day Tom pulled anchor, but
generally he pulled on the rope. lie
was captain. of course; and his thun-
derinr ACKNOWLEDGMENT was enough
of itself to take away the strength OF
the other side. 1t was great dlsap-
pointmcnt to Tom when Mr.. Brown
forbade the tug Of war, on the ground
that it injured the boys.
Il suppose it is bad for you,' Tom
was heard to say; "hut boy ought to
learn how to keep his back straight
and put his strength . a thing. lie
NAV have to lift some A.ng heavy some
day"
For the rest, Tom was a tender
hearted fellow, who could not bear to
hurt anyone. When he was a little
boy in the sixth class, one Of his class
mates, installing gcntleness for cow
ardice. forced Tom into a fight Tom
hit out SO quickly that one knock set
tied the other fellow, and then he fell
to CRYING because the blood came out
of the little rascals nose.
One evening after supper Tom took
the electric cars and went in town or
an errand for his father. His bushes:
ACCOMPLISHED, he set out to walk home
for, although d few flakes Of snow ha'
fallen, the night was fine, and he want
ed to get some good fresh air into h
lungs before sitting down to spend al
evening with Cicero.
He had reached a deserted part o
the street and was wa liking up ION:
hill not far from home when he say
coming toward him a heavy two
wheeled coal cart drawn by one horse
The wheels were on the car tracks; tn
drivers head had fallen over on HI
shoulder and he was fast asleep. Mean
while the brave old horse plodded o
with the ccItentment of veteran
the coal business who has left his loa
of coal, whose driver IS asleep, an
who is going down hill on his wa
home.
From out of sight far along tn
street came the singing of the wire
which means that an electric car is al
preaching. A moment later the ca
coming on like mad, hove in sight som
distance behind the coal cart. AS
reached the summit of the hin and b.
gan the descent its speed did not bait
Nearer and nearer it came, but tt
motor man did not seem to have an
fear of running into the coal CART
even turned round and said somethin
to the conductor, who was standir
behind him. Then he turned bae
again, but he turned too late. He w;
nearer than he thought. lie jammt
on the brake and reversed the pow
Just as the old horse turned aside
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

Fraud loves a SHINING mark. OCCASION
ally spurious limitations spring up OF Hos
letters Stomach Buffers, the great Ameri
can family remedy for chills and fever, dys
pepsia constipation, biliOusness. nervous
ness. neuralgia, rheumatism and kidney dis
order. These limitations are usually fiery
local hitters full of high wines. Look out
for the firm signature on the genuine label
and vignette Of ST. George and the Dragon.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

EASTERN Stranger-"Whata arc they lynch
ing him tOrF Quick Drop pau-'.At-
tempted suicide." Eastern Stranger-"They
might just as well have let him kill himselfn
Quick Drop nan-"No, Stree. The boys
out here don't believe in Teller being so
selfish. '-Life.
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To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup Of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only so cents; the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Man
ufuctured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

WHAT profits US that we from heaven de-
rive soul Immortal, and with looks erect,
survey the stars, if, like the brutal hind,
we follow where our passions lead the way
dryden.
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GET your enemies to read your works in
order to mend them. for YOUR friend is so
much like your second self that he will
Judge too much like yOu.-l0pe.
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THE only thing don't like about Miss
Pecler IS her bathing suit" THAT isn't
much against her. Life.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

PIso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs Rev. d. BUCH-
MUELLER, Lexington, Mo, Feb. "A, '04.
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ART thou in misery, brother2 Then l
pray be comforted. Thy grief shall pass
away Art thou elated! All! be not too
gay; te mper thy Joy: this, too, shall pass
sway.-Paul II. Hayne.
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MORE RECENr.-Jack-'Ah You are a
true daughter of Eve Indeed
am not. We go back only to William the
ConQueror PUCK.
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-Mediaeval knights often took a
voluntary oath that they would never
spare the life Of an enemy.
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FoRr!FY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hulc's Honey Of Horohound and Tar.
Pixies ToOthache Drops Cure in one minute
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IF YOU can bear all your small trials Won
will never break down under your great
ones Texas Siftings.
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HCI, IUSS CT dPpStIIV, NU1TtCII
gestion, OF dyspepsia, windy belChings,
heart burn" pain and distress after eat
ing, and kindred derange of the
liver, stomach and bowels.
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y LIFE OF ease is difficult pursuit. Cow
per.
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WHERE STRENGTH HELPED.
BY ROBERT BEVERLY HALE.

LO W at h i S
books Tom Cor
don certai n | y
was; yet he had
a good mind.
1t took him a
long tt m e t o
learn a lesson,
but when he
The Washington times., 1895-05-12
Cotton.
Baltimore Markets.

Baltimore, May 11.-Flour firm, un-
changed-receipss, 8,50S barrels; ship
nents, 10, ,622 barrels; sales, 275 barrels.
Wheat dull and lower-spot and month,
81 3-8a67 1-2; June, 81 asked; July, sc 3-4
ass 78; August, Sc 12 asked; steamer
No. red, ga I-4a64 1-2-receipts, "a, ,935
bushels; shipments, 151 200 bushels; stock,
1888 bushels; sales, 10000 bushels;
Southern wheat by sample, 69a70; do. on
grade, 66a69. Corneasy-spot, 55a55 IA;
month, 54 3-4a55; July, 90 1 4 bid; Au-
gust, SO LIZ bid; steamer mixed, 90 12
hid-receipts, 1886 bushels; shipments,
6S,571 bushels; stock, 176, ,75o bushels;
sales, $4,000 bushels; Southern White
corn, 56a56 1-2; do. yellow, 57a57 1-2.
Oats, demand slow, prices barely steady
No. 2 white Western, 37a37 12; No. 2
mixed, 33 Pass 3-4-stock, 139 ,S27
bushels. Rye quiet-No. 2, 68-receipts,
8,755 bushels; stock, 3,O05 bushels Hay
steady, good demand-good to choice TIM
othy, 13.O0a1400 Grain freigths steady,
demand slow, unchanged. Sugar firm,
unchanged. Butter weak-fancy cream
cry, 18a19; do. imitation, 15a16; do.
latile, l 4; good latfle, 11a12; store packed,
Sa10. Eggs weak-fresh, IL. Cheese
quiet, unchanged.
The Washington times., 1895-05-12
FIGHT ON GRADE CROSSINGS.

Grade eros sings Will be one the subjects
e which the Northeast Washington Citi-
zens' Association proposes to devote con-
siderable attention at its regular meeting
tomorrow night. 1t i S determined to
wage a fierce and unrelenting war upon
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
for pers eyering in maintaining crossings
at grade and thereby inIperiling life and
limb. The as sociation intends to agitate
the necessity for viaduct over which
trains can enter and leave the city without
interfering with street traffic and put
ting pedestrians and occupants of ve
hicles in jeopardy.
To all this every body will say amen and
wish the Northeast Washington Citizens
Association ''more power to it's elbow"
The mortuary record of the city bears wit.
ness to the deadly effectiveness of the grade
crossing. and so Will the records of hospitals
and of private physicians testify TO the un-
limited capacity for manning people in
herent in this nuisance
Grade crossings ought TO be abolished.
They constitute a barbarism out of all
harmony with the progress and human
spirit of the age. They are dangerous even
when guarded by watchmen and protected
by safety gates, for watchmen may not
always watch aud the gates not be always
safe. Street traffic should be unhindered,
and it can not be where grade crossings
constantly interfere with it. Trains should
enter a city either above or below grade,
for then they would be innocuous.
Our friends in the northeast may be
sire of the moral and actual support in
this matter OF their fellow citizens in all
parts OF the city.
The Washington times., 1895-05-12
The Drama of To-day


| Primus-Im writing three-act modern
drama.
secundus-what leads you to think yor
| are?
| Primus-Just this. In the first act an
insured manis kidnapped, hypnotized, packed
i'll an egg crate and placed on cold storage.
Ten years elapse. He is accidentally dis
| covered by the detectives, who have been
hard at work ON the case, aud thawed out
| He takes up the thread of his existence
where he left Off, nothing whatever in
his surroundings indicating the onward
march of time.
Secundus-Where on earth do you locate
this scene?
Primus- of course. In the
next act one of the conspirators is tele-
scoped by life-sized, anti-fender trolley
car-full speed-electric flashes-very real
istio.
Secundus-Does this take place in Brook
Iyn?
Primus-Certainiy. The third act is right
up-to-date. Nota Goodthing, disguised as
a glue manufacturer, attends a remnant sale
OF horse flesh. A shop-worn lot of six is
knocked down to him for $5.93-with a
rebate if he returns the shoes. With this
stock he opens aui outlaw race track ear a
town and soon becomes wealthy. A syndi-
cate
secundus-But where is thissorry spe ctacle
enacted?
Primus-Near Washington, d. G.
The Washington times., 1895-05-12
WAIT FOR THE VERDICT.

The reported splentic utterances OF Ad-
nliral Meade should not be credited until
affirmed by official inquiry. They do not
sound like the talk OF an officer Of his
excellent reputation and consequently are
probably exaggerations Of something he
has said in explanation of his resignation.
The worst feature OF this naval muddle
is the loss OF so honorable and able au
officer. Admiral Meade's long and faith
ful service deserves a better rounding out
than voluntary retirement, and before
accepting bis resignation Secretary Her
bert should have made every possible
effort to- continue, ,forthe sake ofhis country,
the brilliant career Of an able naval officer
1T is an unfortunate political system that
The Washington times., 1895-05-12
A TIMELY LETTER.

The letter OF Senator German advising
against contracting the printing of the Pat
ent Office Gazette is a concise and correct
lnterpr station OF the law. The object in
establishing a Government Printing office
was 10 do away with ring contracts and
supply public printing at the lowest posi-
ble cost, and if that object is to be par
TALLY defeated by letting a part Of the
work TO outside bidders, the entire sys-
tenn had better be abandoned, and the Gov
enmeut Printing Office abolished
There is to-day a government department
where contracts have been let for print
Hg to one establishment for a number of
years, and ii is VIGOROUSLY a matter of
comment that no other bidder can bring
influence enough TO bear, or offer suf-
dciently low prices TO supplant the sue
cessful contractor.
IL bas been the experience of every de-
partnlcBt. where it has been tried, that
the contract system builds up a series of
rings that plunder the public, and sup
ply the results OF inferior work, aud those
who have given ii a trial are most earnest
In their opposition.
The Government Printing Office, under
its present management, is credit TO all
concerned. Not only is the work termed
out at a low cost. but the employment Of a
high class OF labor insunes the best results
Turn the work performed in 6his office
over To contractors, aud in few years
they would form a trust, and pick Uncle
sam's pockets, while Congressional COM
mittees held his hands Therefore Sena-
tor Gorman's letter was timely, aud will
put an end to an effort to break up our
public printing system.