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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23
Horrible Discovery at the Pole"

The shouting ''speshul edishun"
newsboy is as well known in London
as in Chicago. Recently when the
Nansen North pole excitement was at
it's height pedestrians along a certain
London thorOughfare were over
whelmingly amused at hearing a
strong voiced youngster laden with
papers and hurrying by call out earn
estly: "Evenin' paper, speshul dish
I'm, 'orrible discovery at the North
pole"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23
Gludness Comes

With better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
lightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. It's therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur'
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health.
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives Or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sl<illful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrupof
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23
Abandoning Tobacco Culture.

The splendid farms in Pennsylvania, near
near Marietta, belonging to the estate OF
the late Colonel James Duffy, and contain
ing over 600 acres, have been noted for the
past twenty-five years for their great yields
OF tobacco-among the largest in Pennsyl.
vania. This year not tobacco plant will be
raised. the profits from tobacco farming be-
ing too small to Offset the risk of failure OF
the crop. Not three-fourths OF the usual
acreage will be put out in tobacco in Ian
caster County this season. A few years ago
Is, 900 acres were devoted to this crop alone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

The franchise of easy digestion-one Of the
most valuable in the gift Of medical science
can be secured by any person wise enough to
use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. either to
suppress growing dyspepsia, or to uproot 1t at
maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fever and
ague sufferers, persons trou bled with nervous
ness, and the constipated. should also secure
the health franchise by tho same means.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

Buy ST. 90 worth Dobbdns floating Horax Soap OF
your Grocer. send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mig
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They will send you free
Of charge, postage paid, Worcester Pocket Die
tionary, sss pages, bound in cloth, profusely IL
Illustrated Offer good until August LIST only.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

FITS stopped free by DR.. KL1NE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor children
teething. softens the gums. reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie Csc. a bottle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23
NEEDLESS WOMEN.

They Pay a Sad Penalty for Their Neglect.
1t women only needed first symp-
toms-nervousness, backache, head
ache, lassltude, loss of appetite and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

Conductor E. D. Loomis. Detroit, Mich,
says: 1.-THE effect OF Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful" Write him about it. Sold by
Dry0sts TIC
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

The Methodists propose to hy tho
United States flag over all their stee-
ples
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

There are $4,000 patents which in one way
or another benefit the farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

The slums of New York city are being
gradually swept out of existence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-07-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No. I
Asthma medcine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, Antioch.
Ills. April IL, 1894.
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careless, or their physician is to blame,
and they drift into some distressing
female disease. The Vegetable Com
pound at once removes all irregulari-
ties of the monthly period: infiam-
nation, liberation and displacement
of the womb, and all female troubles.
All druggists have it. Write to Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, if you wish
for advice, which she will give you
free.
- should not be alive to-day, if it
had not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Twas suffering
greatly from an attack of female
weakness, and nothing l had tried
could give me relief: when by the
advice of friend began the Com
pound. After using it two months l
was different girl, and now at the end
of six am entirely cured. MIS- ANNIE
KIRKLAND, Patchogue, L. /.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
GOOdhart's Joke.

eyes, DEAR" said Mrs. Goodhart as
she handed her husband his cup of cof-
fee across the breakfast table, ''Irealize
that we simply must economize, and
I'm willing to do my part. I've thought
of one way of economizing already"
''How is that?" asked Mr. Goodhart.
"Well, I'll tell you. l have a good
sewing machine and plenty of time,
and if you'll select the cloth I'll cut and
make you that new pair of trousers you
want my own self and save-why, Hen
ry Goodhart, what is the matter with
you? Mercy! The man is going into a
fit. Here, Jane, bring some water! Go
for the doctor, somebody! Help me to
support him and keep him from falling
out of his chair What can the matter
be? 1t looks like apoplexy. There He
breathes easier and has opened his eyes.
Now, Henry, dear, what is it?''
Nothing, my dear, nothing, only a
sudden faintness. I'll get over it in
few minutes, and I-I-was just jok-
ing when | said that we had to begin
economizing somewhere, only joking.
my dear. detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
CHARACTER n WINDOW SHADES.
They Tell Tales About the Inmates of tho
House, = Young Woman Says.

House, Young Woman Says.
81 d0nt know anything about tho
front of a hC,1so shat more clearly indi-
Gates the character and condition of the
inmates than the window shades" said
young woman of observation. eff YOU
SEQ the shades all drawn down to pre-
cisely the same level in every window,
you can tell at once that the house is
occupied by a single family and that
the mistress is of a severely orderly
spirit, There II not be u thing out of its
accustomed place i'll that house, you can
rest assured. If the shades of all the
up stairs windows are drawn down to
the top of the bottom sash, while those
of the parlor are drawn clear down, you
can safely judge the family of that
house 80 be one of those essentially do
mestic ones that live mostly up stairs,
where the bedroom is at once the WifeS
sewing room and the husbands library
and where the parlor is only opened on
state occasions. If the bedroom window
blinds i'll the middle story are half way
down while those on the top floor and
of the parlor are away up, you won't
w "ioiiSo LIZ soy Iii@ tlittu tiittu IlOliSt ~
ruled by the young folks, who are going
to have a flood of sunshine in their bed
rooms even if it does fade out the mat
ting and who are not going to have the
parlor smelling like a musty old church.
1.-The room with that one window
blind run clear up to the top is occupied
by a man, and if you see the window
shades at different heights you take it
for granted that they have let lodgings
there or that the housekeeping is of q de-
cidedly frousy character. One of the
most unfailingly indicative shades is
that which runs diagonally across the
window, with one corner close under
the roller and the other half away down
the sash. The woman of that window is
slattern, and it's babies to bodkins
that the growlor is rarely empty there
'Thcso are, of course, only the broad
indications of the character reading that
may be done from the position and wag
of the cyelids Of q house, for | suppose
it is not forcing a figure of speech to
say that if the windows are the eyes of
a house the shades are the lids and can
be held primly straight Or give drunk
en- wink New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
Light Iron Castings.

Light iron castings are at the present
day made in much larger quantities
than any one who has never investigated
the subject would imagine Many years
ago articles cast of iron, and of fragil le
and ornamental character, known as
Berlin jewelry," were in extensive
use, and it was then thought almost i'm
possible that these should be simple iron
castings. At present, however, even
more intricate articles are cast of iron,
hut instead of being simply Of an orna-
mental character they serve variety of
directly useful purposes, comprising. as
they do, scissors and shear blanks, clock
bells, clock and door keys, harness buc-
kles and Il multitude of others, not one
Of which will weigh IL ounces and
many weighing less than one ounce. So
minute are some of these castings that
the molding sand must be sifted in order
TO discover all the results of days cast
ing. The finish applied to some of these
articles, moreover, is such that one
would hardly suppose them to be cast
ings at all, emery wheel and tumbling
barrel work having completely disguised
their character, -Cassier' Magazine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
RUSSIA'S ARlSTOCRACY.
1t Embraces Million Noblemen and
Princesses Who Are Shopgirls.

Russia possesses $50, 900 mobiles with
out counting $50, 600 whose titles are
not hereditary. Among the Russian no.
bility there are many of foreign origin.
The Russian social code recognizes four
cateSories or estates (soslovia)-that is
to say, mobiles, priests, town dwellers
and peasants. The character of their
employment distinguishes these classes
from one another Each is dependent
on the czar for all its privileges, and
the emperor has absolute power to
change the condition of his subjects
from a high to low estate None of
these classes possesses either historic
al, political or social individuality.
The Russian aristocracy is deprived
of political Importance, and it cannot
boast of such chivalrous qualities as dis
tinguished the French MOBILES For the
present it lacks sufficient good sense or
education to play any part in public
life. Russian aristocrats all desire to be
considered as direct descendants of the
Boyars, merely because it is pleasant to
be such, and thus get position of So
cial superiority. Their ambition goes no
higher. The Boyars, like the feudal
western landowners, are the descendants
of the men who of old composed the
Russian princes army. The members
OF the Russian aristocracy have in great
part retained their places at court, so
that there can be encountered most of
the old historic names. Children of both
sexes inherit the titles of their parents.
The Russian aristocracy is distinguish
ed by overweening pride and haughti-
ness, and at the same time there is Of
ten united to this, in bizarre contrast,
a certain snobbishness. Access to the
circles of high society is very difficult.
1t is only possible to penetrate into them
if well born and we'll connected. The
Russians rarely abandon their titles, be-
ing too proud of them to quit them cas-
lily. A marriage between poor gentle
man and a rich stranger, or vice versa,
is considered in this country as shame
full mesalliance, and the couple would
not be received in the aristocratic salons
of the capital. Tolstoi, as we'll as Prince
Maschersky, director of the newspaper
Grajdanine, has given in his novel very
exact and graphic descriptions of Rus
sian high life. But with all their innate
pride the Russian great folk have never
looked upon work as degrading. Thus,
if need be, they will adopt with ease
and without mauvaise honte any offices,
any public charges. There is at st. Pc
tersburg prince who serves in the Gus
tom house, and many mobiles and titled
men become professors, schoolmasters,
even actors. In a pastry cook shop at
Moscow some princesses of high blood
serve behind the counter Others will
become governosses, companions, house
keepers, telegraph clerks-in fact, will
adopt any employment that may turn
up.-Lcisuro Hour.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
HUNTING PYTHONS IN NATAL.
Burn Forests and Dig Pits to Capture the
Immense Reptiles.

Immense Reptiles.
The colony of Natal, South Africa,
abounds i'll boa constructors and pythons.
While they do not attack men they are
especially destructive Of cattle, sheep
and oxen, and for this reason parties
are formed by hunters and natives to
burn the bush and forest i'll Order to ex-
terminate the pests Some of the sol
diers at Pies9rm&ritzburg wero recently
informed by y party Of ncighboring Zu-
lus of the whereabouts Of a huge python
that had been destroying their oxen.
Tho soldiers with 200 natives, start
ed of to capture the snake, and having
located it the forest was fred for about
u mile roundabout, an enormous pit
having been previously dug in toward
tho center of the inclOsed space. What
with the burning brush and the shouts
of the kaifirs they soon drove the rep
tile toward the pit, where. closing in
upon him, they forced him into it. The
python proved to be Of enormous size,
being 32 feet long and II inches in cir
cumferenco. 1t appeared to be quite stu
pld or d2zed, having just eaten young
OK that had been led into the inclosure.
An enormous cage, with iron bars
half way down the front, having been
constructed, tho snake was got out of
the pit and taken to Maritzburg i'll the
cage. Here it is kept on exhibition at
the barracks, and it is fed twice week
two KafIir goats at each meal. 1t will
not cat anything that has been already
killed for it, preferring to kill its food
itself. The goats are thrust through
small door at the end of the cage alive,
when, fixing its great eyes upon them,
the snake suddenly lunges forward and
crushes them in its powerful folds Aft
er covering them with thick slime al
most an inch deep before swallowing,
it flattens them out by squeezing them
and then swallows them almost at
gulp. After this the python goes to sleep
and does not awake until it is time to
feed again. London Telegraph.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
Antiquity of Smoking.

In the mortar of the tower of Kirk
stall abbey, which fell i'll the year 1779,
Whitaker mentions that several little
smoking pipes" We're found, showing
that the smoking of some herb or other
was i'll use i'll England 400 years before
tobacco was introduced. Dr. Petrie
mentions that pipes of bronze for smok-
ing are often found in ancient Irish tu-
null In tie monument of Donough
O'Brien, king of Thomond, who was
killed A. d. 1927 and inferred in the
abbey of Corcumrae, County Glare, he
is represented with a short pipe, or du-
deem, i'll his mouth
1t may be observed that in some very
ancient coal workings, which were
found under Lambton castle some 80
years ago some of these very old smok-
ing pipes We're found, and q generation
or two ago not far from Lambton very
poor old folks might often be seen smok-
ing the common white fowered yarrow,
a herb frequently found in country
churchyards. Newcastle Chronicle
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
In Auction Experience.

Not long ago there was sale in
Washington Of the effects of the Histo-
rian Bancroft. One Of the ladies in
Washington who is welded to Washing
ton ideals and associations wanted a
desk which had been tho historian s for
tho associations surrounding it. She is
wealthy and was determined to have
that Cesk if money could get it. Intrin~
fiCally it was worth very little, but that
was no reason why she would not bid
high CT the desk. The day of the sale
tAc was too i'll to go, and so she sent
her daughter, with instructions to bring
home tho desk, and told her to bid as
high as ;.10O for it, The daughter went
carly to the sale, secured seat near the
coveted desk and waited until it was
put up fer sale. Then she began to bid
for it along with several others. When
the price reached about &l5, everybody
dropped out except the young lady and
rome one over near the door. Every
time the lady bid there was an advance
from the unknown bidder until the price
Lad mounted up TO &lC0.
Knowing that her mother wanted the
desk, but fearing that some one was
bidding against her for the sake of get
ting more mOncy-a sort of straw bid
der, as it were-she advanced the bid
two or three times while she was en-
deavoring TO move around to the door
to see who her unknown competitor
was. The price had reached $115, the
last bid being mado by the unknown
just rs the young lady reached the spot
Much to her surprise she found her
mother to be her rival. The elder lady
feared her daughter would not secure
the desk and came herself to purchase
it, and here these two had been bidding
against each other all the time. 1t is
needless 10 add that the family got the
desk. Washington Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
Terrifying TX, cr;ercc w., y Ian Eater
by HIan Who Vas I':a.:::,c

William Illlc., "a a,,,2--.cy Of Gcni-
son, Tcl:., had al cX~,-i.ncc With =
man eating clark as '...c.t il to
gulf. Il hired g s:%"!! a.iiIoat," caid
Mr. -Iuller i'll rol;,tir2 lH unpleasant
experience, '';lnd w;.s tyt ronc distance
from land when l laitod l..y hook and
cast it out | used 81 nCy, clothcslino 1C0
to 1J0 feet long for Il cord, and the hook
was quite large, probably six to seven
inches long
81 felt d jerk, and in an instant the
line was under the boats ruddcr / ask
cd the boatnIan to reverse the sail in or
der that the line could be cleared l
was obliviCus to all except the big fish,
and rs the boom swung around it caught
me on the back between the shoulders.
| was tumblcd overheard head foremost
i'll the water, somo 40 to so feet deep AS
| struck the water the fish that | had
caught, man eating shark, laid hold
of the calf of my right leg. The pain
was fearful, and l felt myself jerked
rapidly down toward the bottom Of tho
sea.
In my fall | did not relax my hold
on the line, and as soon as 1 realized my
position | knew that my life depended
on my ability to hold OH to the cord
The struggle | know was not long, but
to me it seemed like an age. The cord
was fastened to beam in the boat, and
inch by inch | gained on my antagonist,
and as soon as l appeared on the surface
the boatman came to my assistance. The
shark retained its grip on my leg until
my body was entirely out of the water,
and even then it did not let go until
the boatman knocked it off with an oar.
When | was safely On the inside, how
ever, we pulled for the shore, and as
my hook was securely fastened in the
mouth of the shark no trouble was ex-
perienced i'll landing the fish. 1t was
between 5 and 6 feet long. Chicago
Post,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
ACID FOR MAKING SUGAR.
A Curious Process Which Has Met With
Some Success In France.

Curious Process Which Has Met With
Some Success In France.
a very novel method Of making sug-
ar has been patented i'll France by M.
Pellegrini. Sugar is chemically COM
pound Of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
in such proportions that if carbonic
acid, water and certain kinds of illumi-
mating gas could be persuaded to unite
Ill the proper quantities the composition
of sugar would be exactly initiated
Hitherto 10 one has been able to make
sugar by mixing water with two kinds
of gas, but NJ. Pellegrini claims to have
succeeded. The apparatus he uses con-
sists of large block of pumice stone,
cleansed by soaking first in sulphnric
acid and then i'll water, which is set in
an iron box plated with nickel inside.
The length of the box is three times
that of the pumice stone block, which
is tightly fitted in the middle, and pipes
are arranged to convey the ingredients
to the empty ends of the box, as requir-
ed. Two of them enter from the sides
and serve to bring carbonic acid and
hydrocarbon gas while another pipe
lIOil dDONe DfdHCHcS SO aS TO reaCn DOtn
empty portions of the box and conveys
steam. All the pipes are fitted with
valve and pressure gauges.
Another pipe at the bottom of the
box serves as an outlet. AT first this
pipe is closed, as is also the steam pipe
from above, and carbonic acid is forced
into one end Of the box, while ethylene
gas is forced into the other under equal
pressure and i'll equal Volumes A few
minutes later the steam valve above is
opened and the steam forced in under
the same pressure. AS the gases unite
the pressure falls, so that the supply of
each must be kept constant. At the end
of half an hour the supply of gas is shut
off, the outlet pipe is opened and one of
the chambers is found to be filled with
sirup containing 20 per cent of sugar.
The sirup is drawn off for refining,
and as soon us the apparatus is cool it
is ready for fresh charge. The ethy-
lene gas can be obtained by roasting
rosin or grease, but M. Pellegrini's pat
ent covers other hydrocarbons, such as
petroleum products The explanation is
that the three gases are condensed in
the pores of the pumice stone and there
unite. Architect.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-03-14
JOHN BULLS HUMOR.
1t Is of ti!e Fat Witted Kind-What Amer
leans Think of 1t.

Hawthorne, observing Englishmen in
witted." Emerson alludes to their
Saving stupidity" Howclls has intro
duced to us some typical specimens of
English rcspectability and rank baf1led
in their chase after American humor,
but on the scent and arriving at the
point of appreciation after considerable
silent Thought, sometimes lasting into
the next day, and here is the testimony
of Lowell from his recently published
''Lettcrs. Ii letter written in 1889
from England to Professor Norton he
thus explains the warm reception given
to Buffalo Bill by London society:
''But l think the true key to this
eagerncss for iiOns-cven of the poodle
sort-is tie dullness of the average
English mind. never come back here
without being struck with it. Henry
James said it always stupetied him at
first when he came back from the con-
tinent. What it Graves beyond every
thing is n sensation, anything that will
serve as a Worcestershire sauce to it's
sluggish palate. We of finer and more
touchy fiber, get our sensations cheaper
and do not find Wordsworth's emotion
over common flower so very wonder
full. People are dull enough on our side
of the ocean stream also, God wot, but
here unless l know my people l never
dare to let my mind gambol Most OF
them, if | ever do, look on like the ia
NOUS deaf man at the dancers, wonder
ing to what music am capering. They
call us superficial. Let us thank God,
dear Charles, that our nerves are nearer
the surface, not so deeply embedded in
fat OF muscle that wit must take pitch
fork to us ''--0utlook.