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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
Long FLIGHTS OF Birds.

The distance which birds travel is
marvellous, the nhturalists say, and
lavmen are inclined to believe them.
w. Herbert Purvis writes to the Lon
don Field that every spring great
numbers Of golden and ringed plover
arrive III the Hawaiian Islands. and
leave the first week in May.
The nearest points of the American
coast to which they go are in southern
California and the Alaska peninsula
respectively, about 2, coo geographical
miles, and there is no Intervening
land. 1t may be that the birds drop
into the water to rest occasionally, rs
ducks do, during such long flights,
but it is not probable. This is the
longest regular flight known of shore
birds over water, but it is known
pretty certainly that some sea birds
fly as regular thing much further
than this during their mlgratiOns.
The brant geese, for instance, are said
to nest in Siberia, and to fly north
over the Arctic Ocean and south again
to Cape Hatteras, or there abouts and
beyond, every year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11

Old Winter is a Saucy man,
And when he covers you with snow,
Then chu"lllinG on his way doth go.
Oft comes he slylT in the night,
And barley candy, clear and bright,
Hangs out upon each separate twig,
On this one small, on that one big,
While all around. in frOlc mood.
He on each hill and field and wood
A pure white sugar dust will throw,
Then silently doth humeward go!
And when the early morning breaks,
And fresh from sleep tn" boy awakes,
He secs outside his window dim
What the Good Man ha.; done for him
And from the house with eager feet
Runs out into the shining street,
Sr0oping the sugar in hot haste,
Thinking twill be SO sweet to taste.
But when a mOuthful he has ia en-,
Th" pleasure soon is lost in pain,
To find it only cold as ice.
Turning to water in a trice.
So Winter is 4 rogue YOU see,
Doing such mad pranks constantly,
While in behind the hedge he hides,
AE1 all the day unseen abid"s.
For the German
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
NO. 16.
When the Circus Comes to Town,

When posters yellow and red and green
Are spread over everything,
To tell of the magical sights to be seen
In the tent of the sawdust ring,
When joe " and elephant march in the rear
OF the painted and pallid clown.
Weknow we have reached the time of the year
When the circus has come to town!
Each youngster rushes to follow and look .
When the blare of the band he hears,
And grandma beams from over her book,
~ guess that I'll take the dears!''
And papa, of course, has to go with the rest
To attend to the matter of cost,
And brother is suddenly much distressed
Lest the young ones might get lost
And mamma concludes she'll have to go,
For with all of them out of sight,
With the lions and tigers around at the show,
She'd be sure to expire of fright.
And sister, all suddenly, too, displays
An affectionate mild distrust
Lest they might run away with the circus
craze,
And declare that go she must
The minister watches the'gay parade
With a twinkle incased in a frown,
And he seldom inquiries where his little boy
played
When the circus has come to town!
For real boy once, is a boy though grown,
On the day of the sawdust ring,
When the children bow at the gilded throne
Where the tinseed clown sits king!
New York Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11

his desk. He looked up as I closed
the door, and-he was Jack"
Jack y gasped Kathryn.
Eyes, Jack. l just couldn't spe
my feelings were SO mixed, you know.
So he rose and said, 'Marjory, 1 do
hope you will forgive me. You know
if you had taken much interest
in my career, it would not have been
possible for me to have practised this
deception.
81 WINGED little at that and felt a
blush slowly mounting to the parting
of my hair.
"'You have done splendidly, he
went on. 4 had no idea at first that
you were SO gifted. l am in sober
earnest about the offer We might
make 1t a partnership affair. What 90
you say %
$50 now you see, Kathryn Ball, l
have not given up my career at all,
and as q married woman [ shall go
right on with my literary work. -
Womankind.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
Three Houses Form This Parish.

The changes necessary to Queen
Victoria street, London, have brought
about curious state of affairs. Piece
by piece has been taken from the par
ish of st. Mary Mounthaw until at
present it actually consists of but
three houses, and yet it is legally
an electoral parish still.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
HUMOROUS.

Perkins Ito Jenkins)-I heard this
morning that Barlow had been ar
rested What has he done? Jenkins
Everybody.
Mrs. Musicus- you have much
trouble in learning to sing so beauti-
fully? Miss Frankly Yes; especially
with the neighbors.
Tommy-Paw, what sort of orders
are "sweeping orders" that the papers
talk about? Mr.. Figg-Just wait till
your mother gets to housecleaning.
''Did the jury find the prisoner
guilty?" inquired man concerning a
burglar. mo SIR" responded the
policeman, "they didn't find him at all.
He got away"
Mrs. Nix-I hope you are not afraid
of work. Weary Willie (uneasily)-I
amt exactly afraid mum; but I al
ways feel fidgety when dere's anything
like dat around.
First What do those
people in the gallery mean by yelling
"rats?" Second Foreigner - Those
must be the cat calls of which We
read.
'It is said there is little difference
between genius and insanity?""Well,
there's one important difference-the
authorities protect us from the luna
tics"
Nell-Chollie told me last night he
thought my face would stop an angel
in it's flight. Belle-Don't you think
you'd better practice on a clock first,
my dear?
"Mr. Perkins, what is your idea OF
culture?" "Well, Mrs. Perkins, it is
letting new neighbors movein without
looking to see what kind of furniture
they have.
"What can it be that has come be-
tween Dawson and his wife? They
used to be SO happy together" "Mrs.
Dawson got the chating dish habit"
go, too bad. Poor Dawson!"
"To my mind" remarked Squildig,
"Nansens greatest difficulty is not
finding the north pole. "What is
Nansen's greatest difficulty?" asked
McSwilligen. Finding his way
back home.
Farmers Wife-What does the
weather indications in the paper say?
Daughter Clear and warm. "What
does the Almanac say?" "Wind and
storm" "Well, it do beat all how
these scientists disagree"
Guthcrz-Look here, Zapfer, do yor
believe in the transmigration of souls
Zapfcr-No; do you? Gutherz-Mos
> certainly do; and l am thoroughly
convinced that 1 was an ass at the
time | lent you those fifty dollars.
Mrs. May -Fair-Well, Mrs. Parvie.
, New, how does your daughter prog
ress in her piano lessons? Mrs. Par
vie New-I amt no musician myself
n but did hear her teacher say onl
yesterd,y, Emma, my child, your
quite ten bars aheadp So she mus
a be getting on.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
All That Was Claimed.
" so sad Wllbur?"

"Why so sad. Wilbur"
"Lost my wheel. Bought it from
a man who said it would go like the
wind-and it did. Went like the deuce
for an hour, and then died down com
plstely. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
GREEK CHARIOT RACES,

The charlot-races, like those of the
Roman circus, initiated from the
Greek, were of striking interest.
There was scarcely any honor of the
games more glorious than the chariot
eer's victory, especially if the owner
drove his own horses. The danger to
to life and limb undergone by the
charioteer was not less than that risk ed
by the athlete in boxing with the ces-
tus, or in the pancratium. The vivid
chapter in "Ben Hur" depicting the
chances and perils of chariot-race
essentially the same as that of the
Olympic games gives an excellent no.
ton of such contest. st. Njcholns.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11

In Berlin the height of buildings is
limited to the width of the street, in
Paris to one-half more than the width
of the street, in Chicago to 130 feet,
and in Boston to two and one half
times the width of the street.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-06-11
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it. He had penetrated the sham and
would have no more Of it.-Our Amir
NAL Friends.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08

mere force Of muscle that is now mat
ter of pulling levers in a machine.
8oys do the work that half a dozen men
Gould not have accomplished in the old
times, and the rapidity of the trans
formation from a growing tree to fin
ished lumber is marvellous.
Through the long days and by cleo
trio light all through the warm nights
scores OF sawmills in Georgia, Siissis.
sippi and Louisiana are eating into the
timber growth. In Georgia fears are
expressed by many Well-informed men
that the state will lose it's forests en-
tirely II the needless slaughter of the
trees goes on. In Louisiana, even, this
fear has commenced, despite the fact
that there are stretches of forest land
SO extensive that were party Of chop
abers to commence at one side their
track at the beginning would be grown
up with fair sized timber ere they
reached the opposite one. All northern
Louisiana and southern Arkansas are
a vast woodland with massive trees of
cypress and pine 80 feet high without
limb or knot.
The railway lines push spurs directly Y
into the heart of this wooded section
and the trees. felled by modern appIi-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08

laxly enforced as to be practically Il
dead letter. Aims are asked on Penn
| sylvania avenue with impunity, and
thereare numerous professional beggars
here IN the national capital. Local
talent SO completely occupies the field
| that ftinerants are kept out. There Is
| q class that asks only for 'scole vittles.''
| It consists Of negroes, principally chill
dren, but some women engage IN it.
There are families which subsist by
sending the children ont day after day
to beg for broken vietuals and cold
scraps. These children have their
regular beats. They soon learn where
their requests are tolerated, and the
| house that accommodates them once is
| pretty regularly visited thereafter.
There is an old eolored man here, the
proprietor OF cheap boarding house
| who supplies his table by begging cole
vittles.' Armed with an old market
basket and q tin coffee pot, he starts
out early in the morning on his daily
round. He isyery pious, or at least pse-
fesses to be. But many suspect that
his boasted piety is merely part Of his
stock in trade. for he turns 1t TO good
account. Age has bleached his Wooliy
locks, but he steps along with good
deal of frmness. At the door he will
say: "AIa, missus, amt you got some
sllin' for de ole man to-day? He dat
giyeth to the po' lendeth to the Lord,
an de Lords KEEP me hyar until Use tee
ole to work." ]"
4 contribution to his basket is sure
to elicit profusion OF thanks, and the
bigger the contribution the more pro-
fuse the thanks. He quotes Scripture
quite fuently. and fs as garrulous as
any old woman. On Saturday he car
ries two baskets, presumably to get q
double supply Of grub to carry his
boarders over Sunday On one oeea-
sion where he visited the same house
several days in succession, and was given
something each time, the question:
asF hat do you do with all the stuff you
get a' was asked. The old ma resented
the question as piece Of impertinsnce.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
oPELoUsAs LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1896

opposite a noisy aawmiII.s Now 1t is
that the most interesting feature OF
numbering begins.
A long chute, made of heavy planl<s.
wide at the top and tapering to point
at the bottom, leads from beneath the
surface OF the water up an incliued
plane into the mill. An endless chain
with projecting hooks runs In the bot
tom of the trough, and the logs are
steered by the woodman over this until
one of The projections catches its lover
surface. Then steadily, but slowly, the
heavy log mounts the incline, SEEM
ing to move of itself. AS it slides
through the doors Of the mill a clerk
quickly measures it, thus recording
the exact amount OF timber entering
the workshop.
In the next Is minutes the log goes
through a Transformation. Rolled 10
small ear. it is held by four men
while the car Whizzes back and forth.
at each forward motion pressing the
log against btzz-saw which slices
away two-inch strip. Soon the log
is gone, and another takes its place.
The slabs pass down a succession of
tables, where the strips, handled by
boys and young men chiefly, become
smaller and smaller as different kinds
of boards and timbers are sawed out,
until nothing is left but refuse pieces.
Such Of these as viii make fence pick
cts are selected for the purpose, while
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08

the remainder Is carried up another
chute or carrier outside the mill and
dumped into the fireplace of the huge
engine house, thus serving to furnish
the motive power of the mill ma
chinery. Nothing is wasted in the
modern mill-even the sawdust is util-
lied In the furnace.
The southern logging camps lack
much of the interest that cold weather,
big cracking fires and blankets of
snow gave to the old-time tim ber-cut-
ting OF the north, but the results ac-
complished are enormous compared
with the slower progress in more
frigid elimes. In Mississippi and
Louisiana the workmen in m1dWinter
are in their shirt sleeves, or inside the
mills stripped to the waists, yet the
perspiration rolls from their bodies.
1t is a new experience for the workmen
of the south and is far more weari-
some task than tilling cotton or rice.
Curious, indeed, are the paths made
by the woodehoppers through the al
most illimitable reaches of timber.
On 5elg|1eF sue SIana tue Iall ITeeSs
straight as arrows, reaching high into
air and es regular as telegraph poles,
only closer, much closer, together.
Miles and miles these are formed in
places and the Iiehes being taken from
the forest in bringing them about are
proving one of the south's most sub
stantial resources. s6
Many fear lest the wholesale denud-
ing of SO large territory may de-
crease the rainfall, hut this is not
likely in sections near the Cult coast.
Farther inland, it may well cause un-
easiness. so extensive IS the business
becoming. While it is profitable, how
ever, the work is not likely to cease.
CHARLES MoREAU HARGER.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
How to Renel Moths.

Housekeepers who have depended on
camphor, pepper, cedarwood and the
like as. preventiyes against moths will
be surprised to Iearn that although
these substances are distasteful to in
sects under ordinary conditions they
cannot be relied upon. This is proved by
the fact that moths have been known TO
hatch in an atmosphere impregnated
with eamphor. As moths will work in
warm rooms in winter as well as in SUM
n1er it behooyes us to be vigilant, and
TO use during all seasons some reliable
moth-rep pellant. It is said by those who
have tried it that q barrel or keg in
which whisky has been kept is the most
reliable place known for the preserva-
ton of furs. Keep in a dry place and ex-
anime occasionally. When furs are put
away for the summer they should be
beaten with small cane and carefully
combed through and then sewed up IN
linen or muslin carefully turned in at
the edges.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
CUT OFF HER TREssEs.
a Bold Tramp Robs a ST. Louis
Girl Of Her Hair.
When Miss Zertanna Refused to Give Her
Dirty Visitor Fifty Cents He Clipped
ON Her Fine Braid with
Butcher Knife.

Yesterday Miss Dora Zertanna, a
bright young woman residing with
her parents at 1871 Donovan avenue.
st. Louis, was the owner Of the most
layuriant suit of hair in the whole
country adjacent to Forest park suit
OF hair that was at once her joy and
Pride and the envy of her less rtunate
sisters and associates. To-day she
mourns the loss Of her flowing locks
and the police are scoaringthe country
in search Of the miscreant who is re-
sponsible for the outrage.
At ten minutes before noon Miss
Zertanna was in the kitchen Of her
home preparing dinner for the family,
all of the members Of which were tenn
porarily absent from the house. Her
father, Charles Zertanna, o carpenter
had returned from his work only d few
minutes before. Finding his dinner not
yet ready, he started over to Clayton
avenue, only two squares away, to buy
some nails. John Lawrence, young
man who had been calling at the house,
had been gone about 20 minutes. Miss
Zertanna, thus left alone, was hasten
ing to get the dinner ready. She was
leaning over the stove, with her back
to the door, when somebody opened it
and entered the kitchen without cere-
nony. 1t was q young man, apparent
II a tramp. He was roughly dressed
and his trousers were too short. He
wore black sloueh hat, carefully
pulled down over his eyes. After reas-
suring himself that nobody except the
young woman was present, he advanced
towards her and grnffiy demanded that
che give him so cents.
II have no money" declared Miss Ter
tanna, summoning all the courage she
could and looking squarely into the
mans face, which had been blackened
for the occasion.
The tramp repeated his demand, and
the frightened young woman declared
she had no money.
..sThen I'll take it ont of you, ex-
claimed the tramp with great emphasis
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
MILL ON a BAYoU.

ances and sawed into proper lengths,
are loaded in twinkling to the fatcars
for sending to mill or market.
But not all or even a considerable
portion is thus transported. All
through the great pine regions of the
south are rivers and bayeus leading to
ward the Gulf of Mexico. Lakes are
here and there and their still waters
reflect exchanging boughs draped in
The beautiful Spanish moss, sway Cd by
the soft southern breezes. Toward
these the logs are RATED, splendid pieces
Of timber suitablef for being transformed
into clean, straight grained lumber fol-
the building trades of the nation
Noisy steam tugs lead the logs down
the streams, guiding the unWieldy bur
dens around the curves of winding
rivers and at last into the boom
where acres and acres of logs lie close
Iy together in the quiet waters, kept
from drifting away BY line of their
fellows which, bound together, make
continuous circular barrier on the
outer edge of the gathering. IT is
quaint sfght-these great fields of logs,
some moss-grown and Others losing the
bark that once inetosed them Il is.
like a herd of cattle at a roundup
awaiting the calling out process by
which in turn ali shall be chosen for
slaughter.
And the method of selecting the logs
ts not unlike that of choosing the cat
tie. A woodman armed with a long
pole, of which one end bears a spear
like iron head, walks with careful and
praetieed step from one to another and
half pushes. half pulls the trunks to-
ward q portion Of the bank which il
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
THE LUMBER INDUSTRY,
Many Parts OF the South Have
Boon Developed by 1t.
Wherein Timber Cutting and Logging In
Georgia, Arkansas and Louisiana Differ
from the Same Operations
in the North.
Special New Orleans Lattsr.


Special New Orleans Letter
laundering in northern forests,
where the OK teams haul great loads
IF oak and beech and maple over white
roads of cracking snow, is familiar to
thousands of homes. The joys and
hardships connected with clearing
away the trees from the farms CT
Michigan, New York and PENNSYLVANIA,
IS well as of the New England states,
nave been common experience
through many generations. In another
part of the country the people are just
beginning the work, and it is to them
novel experience. The southern
states are realizing the wealth their
people possess in the vast forests of
cypress pine and live oak, and with a
remarkable energy are hurrying to the
market
Modern methods in timber cutting
md marketing are not like the old
ways, and visit to southern lumber
camp would be a revelation to the old
Time choppers who did so much by
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
A story from China.

The Chinese burglar takes an ingre-
dent Of his own, burns it, and blows
the smoke through the keyhole of the
bedroom where the master of the house
is asleep. The fumes dull the senses
Of the victim just enough to make him
helpless, while at the same .tiIne per-
mitting him to see and hear verything
that goes on in the room. The only
antidote against this charm is pure wa
ter, and most Of the wealthy Chinese
felix sleep with basin of this near
their headsN. <. Ledger.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
Habitues Of the House aallery.

The galleries Of the house are pretty
well filled with visitors this session
Of congress. Each day they assemble
there by the time the house meets, and
watch eagerly for something interest
ing to happen. A large percentage
OF the visitors are ladies. They mani.
fest the utmost interest, finding some ex-
eitement in the merest incident, and de-
voting themselves, when the session is
unusually dull, to learning the names
and faces of the members. The mern-
bers oil have their regular seats, which
are numbered. and can be easily placed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-02-08
BASE ISLANDER REFUTED
Supreme Court Justices Deny That
They Maintain d Bar.
Remarkable Specimens OF the Genus Mem
dfeant Most Persistent Visitors to the
House Gallery Are Sentimental
Ladies and Negroes.
Special Washington Letter.


The Justices of the supreme court
are very indignant over reports that
have been sent out from here about a
barroom they maintain behind the
scenes. People who read that article,
and it has been widely published
Throughout the country, will infer
from it that the highest judicial tri-
bunal of the country, which we are in
the habit of considering tile ablest,
purest and Wisesf IN he world, is eom-
posed of lot of old soakers engaged
| in prolonged debauch. The story
goes that they have a sidebaard filed
with the finest liquors, kettle of wa
ter always at tho boiling point,
and keep man at the ex-
pense of the government, whose
choicest qualification and only
| duty is to concoct palatable potions.
Every body. who knows anything about
the supreme court Is aware that the
story is d pure fiction, invented to give
spice to Sunday letter, and possibly
written without malice or a thought of
the false impression it would create.
But such things do more harm than
any amount Of malicious fa1sehood,
by degrading the court in the eyes
of the people. One of the justices vas
speaking about 1t yesterday. II have
actually received letters from people
who ought to know BETTER" he sad,
asking whether there is any truth
In the story. One came from clergy
man who knows me very well, but has
never seen any Of my associates, and la
ments that the supreme court is u
school of drunkards. He thinks we
ought to set better example to The
youth Of the land. could only ansW er
that the story was an absurd falsehood,
and he Immediately wrote me that a
load had been lifted from his mind
There is a tradition = continued the jlls-
tice, that years ago there used to be
8 black bottle kept in the consultation
room, and that the members of the
court used to pass it around at inter
walls but have never known anything
of the sort in my time. have nsver
seen any liquor of any sort In any Of
The rooms occupied by the court. and I
have never known Of any Of the Justices
taking drink at the capitol. I am not
n total abstinence man myself, but ]
would just as soon suggest that a ques-
tion Of constitutional law be decided by
a flip of q copper as to ask one Of the
attendants Of the court 10 mix me d
glass OF grog or pass bottle around
the consultation room. It is wicked.
silly story, and hope it viii be wide.
" conrradicted. :,