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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
A FRENCH INDUSTRY.
A Snail Culture Carried on During
the Winter and Summer


Snail farming forms a peculiar
branch of agricultural industry in
France and other countries, and the
consumption of them in France is very
large. Edible snails vary greatly in
size; the large white ones are the real
escargot, but this term is usually en-
ployed to designate all edible snails
adapted to table purposes. But in the
markets, besides escargot, there are two
other varieties, known as limace and
limacon, the former being of medium
size, and the latter being quite small.
Though the great ajority of the EDIBLE
snails produced in France are of natural
growth, their artificial culture is carried
on to very considerab bic extent. They
are propagated from August to October
in ground especially prepared for the
purpose, and fed with cabbage, clover,
etc.
During the winter they are sheltered
in houses composed of brick or wood,
and they are gathered and marketed
from April to June. In the Tyrol from
June to the middle of August the snails
are collected from every available damp
place and taken to the feeding ground
near the owners dwelling. This is bit
OF garden ground free from trees or
shrubs, and surrounded on all sides by
running water. In this feeding ground
are little heaps of mountain pine twigs
mixed loosely with wood moss, and
these twigs when dry are replaced by
fresh ones. Every day they are fed
on cabbage leaves and grass, and when
cold weather sets in they go under
cover-that is, they collect under the
heaps of twigs and bury themselves
and then seal themselves up for the
winter When this has been sue
cessfully accomplished, they are
collected, packed in perforated boxes
lined with straw and sent off to Paris
and other towns.-Nature.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23

A witty southern woman, widow of
a famous southern statesman, was talk
ing one day about the dullness of the
social season in Washington, and by
way of pointing her remarks quoted the
innocent saying of another lady. This
second lady was calling at the south
ern widows house, and spoke of an
afternoon reception at which she had
shortly before been present. There
was nothing very interesting about it,
she thought. Her hostess politely
agreed with her that. such functions
were apt to be a little formal and stu
pid. Yes said the caller, they arc
always so tame! It is just like this
everywhere one goes" She spoke so
innocently that the southern lady felt
nothing but amusement. How the
speaker herself felt, when she realized
what she had said, must be left to the
Imagination of the reader.-Youth's
Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
A PEANUT PARTY.
Form of Amusement That Is Great
Fun for the Children.

A peanut party is great fun for chill
dren. Several quarts of peanuts should
be hidden about the house and the small
guests given little baskets or kinder
garten paper boxes in which to place al
those they find.
When the signal is given for collect
ing again in the drawing room from
which they started those who have the
most nuts receive prizes and there
may be others for discovery of special
peanuts marked by ornamentations.
The supper table should have salted
peanuts and peanut sandwiches on it's
menu, and should be decorated profuse-
iy with tiny owls stuck everywhere
on each napkin, on piles of sandwiches,
the cakes, and dotting the cloth at in
tervals.
These are made by running black
pins through white beads and sticking
them through one end of peanut to
make eyes. Other pins should be thrust
through small hens feathers and then
through the nut, when they look veSy
like little wings, and give an extremely
birdish appearance, while the whole
effect is really funny. The table will
seem as if it were taking to itself wings
and preparing to fly away.-Chicago
JOurna1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
NO. 30.
WIT AND WISDOM,

Pop, what is humidity 2" Boiled
air, my son."-Judge.
-"Borgess has untold wealth." ""How
do you know?" II just saw the tax as.
SCISSOR coming from his house."-Cleve.
land Leader.
Not to Be Expected.-He-"I think
only of you! And do you think only of
me?' She-"Why, George. I'm arrang-
ing my trousseau!"-
Mrs. Howso-'Did the butcher send
the lobsters?" Bridget-"He did, mum,
but 1 sent thin back. They wuzn't
ripe. ."-Brooklyn Life.
-Fuddy-'I heard good poker
story last evening, but declare l have
forgotten it, Duddy-"That's all
right, my dear fellow; there never was
more than one poker story, although, of
course, it is told in numberless ways"
Boston Transcript.
"A man and a woman" remarked
the observer of men and things, "are
quite likely to look at thing from
opposite points of view; a man will see
nothing but the outlay, where a woman
has no eyes for anything but the lay
out."-Detroit Journal.
~ envy her her complexion" said
Maud. "But she freckles and tans SO
easily!" replied Mamie. That's just
it. She can go to the seashore for a
few days at the end of the season and
look exactly as if she had been away
all summer. r."-Washington Star.
Point of Difference.-Affable Gus
tomer-"You shave differently in Ire
land from what you do in America,
don't you?" Barber Mulligan Gust
over)-"An' in phwat way, sor?" At
fable Customer-'Here you mix lather;
there you lather micks. Judge
The American-"Well, you must
agree that, individually and as nation,
we are a strong people," The English
man-"Yes, indeed; l see in youah pa
pers quite frequently where some Chi
cago thief holds up a street car, you
know" Commercial Trib-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
Good Rules for Living.

Much of late has been written about
the various kinds of food which par
ticularly nourish or supply the waste of
the brain. That the labors of the brain
are eXhausting to the animal economy
is very true, but the experience of the
studious has proved that it is not so
much the intensity of the study as the
length of time spent on it, and neglect
of relaxation, that produce the eX-
haustion. German students generally
study more hours than we do here. vet
break-downs very rarely occur among
them. The reason of this is they take
better care of the body for the sake Of
the mind-of the house because of the
tenant that occupies it. The real fact
is that the majority of us rust out
rather than wear out. That the brain is
affected both by the quality and quanti-
ty of the food and drink like other
parts of the body-perhaps more in pro-
portion to the amount of blood it con-
tains-no psychologist will deny. But
that there are certain kinds of food
say fish and milk, as some have MAIN
tained-which are specially adapted to
repair the exhausted brain. has never
been actually demonstrated. The best
way to preserve the brain is above all
not to unduly tax it, to eat temperately
of such food as has been found by ex-
perience to agree with the stomach, to
avoid late suppers and night work, and
to sleep as much as nature requires.-
N Y LEDGER
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
Canned Pears,

Pare, cut in halves and remove the
core. Throw into very cold water;
when sufficient to put up at one time
is prepared, drain and weigh, put in a
preserve kettle, cover with boiling wa
ter and simmer about 90 minutes.
Make sirup of one-fourth of pound
of sugar and pint of water for every
pound of pears, let boil and skim. Lift
the pears carefully from the kettle, and
drop one piece at time in the boil.
ing sirup, let them heat, put in the
cans and seal.-Housekeepe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
Senator Perkins GalIantrv

Senator Perkins, of California, rides
a wheel. He is not yet an expert. The
other evening the senator was whe cling
through the agricultural grounds when
he met a gentleman and two ladies
whom he knew. Quite properly the
senator raised one hand from his wheel
to lift his hat, and the next minute he
had tumbled into a bed of flowers.
You did that very gracefully, senator" ;"
was the comment of the trio of BIZ
cyclers. II always dismount in the
presence Of ladies'" instantly replied
the senator. with the instructive gal,
Iansry et Chesterfield. ashipgsaa
pssk
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23

vine, and kept it there until we'll into

the night.
The moon came up aod showed to the
bucks hiding behind the cedars and
scrub-oaks on the rise, the soldiers
lenned in the gully below them. 1t was
merely, for the :atter, question Of
holding out and having a few men
killed. The danger was not great un-
less the Apaches should be reinforced
or the couriers should not reach the
fort. So the men took shelter behind
bushes and rocks, and fired at the flashes
of light in the darkness above them,
The officers walked about in the deep
shadows, firing, too, and giving orders
First Lieut.. Osborne was with his
sergeant and another lieutenant when
he came upon Eecond Lieut. Osborne
crouched down between two rocks, his
arms elapsed over his bent head and
his carbine dropped on the ground be-
side him.
There was no mistake TO be made.
The other lieutenant hesitated, the
sergeant drew back. But Osborne went
up and touched his brother with his
foot.
Lieut.. Osborne" he said, to the
junior, "go and report to the officer in
command, Capt. Clarke. l shall have
preceded you and have reported you for
cowardice."
He went in search of the captain, and
made his report, and Second Lieut.. Os-
borne was sent under arrest back to
the dismounted horses in the rear.
Then the first lieutenant threw open his
blouse and covered his breast with a
wide, white silk handkerchief that
CLEANED even in the shadow, and
walked out into the full moonlight.
1t was a matter of only moment be-
fore the hidden Apaches saw him with
the white target on his bosom. And two
of them, at least, took aim a the target
and hit it full in the center-and First
Lieut.. Osborne pitched forward on the
stones.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
THE SAVING OF FATS,
An Important Item of Household
Economy.

The saving and clarifying of fats is
one Of those economies which a great
many American housewives have aban-
doned because they have found it inn
possible to make the average servant
save and separate the fats of the
kitchen and clarity them for their re-
spective uses. No French housekeeper
scorns such small economies; nor does
she allow her servant to evade what she
considers a necessary part of her
kitchen work.
Fats of the kitchen may be divided
In to four kinds. First come the delicate
fats, like clarified butter, brown butter
and chicken fat, which are valuable in
the finest cookery. Secondly, there are
the fats clarified from the drippings of
roast meats, the fat SKINNED off the top
of the broth kettles before vegetables
and salt have been added, and any fat
from beef, veal or fresh pork. This kind
of fat is the most valuable frying fat
that can be obtained. 1t is far better
than lard, SO commonly used for deep
frying.
Gouffe, the highest French authority
in cookery, ranks frying fats as fol-
lows:
The best is the drippings of roast
meat and the top of the broth or soup
pot; next is beef suet, chopped fine and
tried out. Butter requires a slow fire
and burns quickly, and is therefore in
feror to either of the fats previously
named for frying, besides being expens-
i've. Oil also requires careful handling.
as it rises rapidly and is liable to boil
over. Lard" adds this authority, II
am no advocate of, as it always leaves
an unpleasant coating of fat on whatever
is fried in it."
The poorest fats, butter and lard, are,
unfortunately, those most freely used
In the average American kitchen, while
drippings and the top of the broth pot
are often thrown away.
The salt fat tried out of bacon, ham,
sausage or salt pork. or boiled out Of
corned beef or ham, should be carefully
saved. This fat is useful, after it has
been carefully treated, for frying po-
tatoes and for various purposes. The
remaining fats of the kitchen, includ-
ing the drippings of mutton, lamb, the
fat of trul1ey and game, or any strong
fat, are unfit for cooking purposes, but
should be saved for soap grease. Sailed
fats are not good for this purpose.
Careful housekeepers put clarified
butter, brown butter and clarified
chicken fat in separate jars. Marmalade
jars are about the proper size. If there
is any butter left in the pan after cook
ing an omelet, eggs or any fired dish,
when butter is used, strain it into the
dish of brown butter. A Agallon jar may
be used to contain frying fats.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
Raspberry and Currnnt Sponge,

One pound loaf sugar, five eggs, one
pint of raspberries, one pint of cur
rants, two ounces of gelatine. Soak the
gelatine in half pint of water and then
stir over the fire until perfectly dis
solved. Make sirup of the sugar with
a very little water; bruise the fruit
and let it boil in this sirup until It is
done. Strain through jelly bag into
large bowl; strain the gelatine into
another bowl into a sieve. When both
are cold mix them. Add the whites OF
five eggs well beaten, whish all we'll
together for half an hour and stand
OIL ice two hours ecsers serYing-~N,
T. LsdgeFi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
DEAR OLD AUNT BELINDA,

She was always hurrying.
Flurrying and worrying;
Dear old Aunt Belinda!
Never had day for rest;
Never had quiet breast:
Always some one sore distressed;"
Kind old Aunt Belinda!
Just in fun, each morn I'd say:
"Nhos the sore distressed to-day?"
How to smooth another's way
Seemed to be her aim each day;
Dear old Aunt Belindai
Always in the same strange mood;
Always, always doing good:
Clothes to one, another food;
Kind old Aunt Belinda!
Just to tease her, would say:
"Whos the sore distressed to-day?"
Deck her form with flowers fair;
Kiss her hands and smooth her hair:
Dear old Aunt Belinda!
Hers, at last. a day for rest;
Hers, at last, quiet breast;
Many blessed she: much she's blessed:
Kind old Aunt Belinda!
Weeping, sad. l turn away
I'm the sore distressed" to-day.
James Rowe. in N. Y. Independent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23

Pare three pounds of firm, ripe
peaches, remove the stones and throw
the peaches into cold water. Put three
fourths of pound of sugar in pre-
serve kettle, with water to make sirup,
and let come to boil; put the peaches
in and cook slowly until tender, take
up each piece separately, put care
fully in the can; when nearly full, pour
over sirup to fill, press down with a
spoon, seal ard set aside to COOL
Housekeeper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23
FASHION NOTES.
Small Talk About the Latest in La
dies Dress.

dies Dress.
A novelty cape is of black plated net.
I: is doubled before plating, the fold
ed edge is finished with a two-inch
edging put on smoothly. There are
half dozen bands of ribbon, one above
the other. These ribbons are of grad
uated width, the ribbon lace and ma,
terial are all plated and this made-up
frill is attached to yoke of the rich
est embroidery. The collar is of frill-
ing of the same sort, only narrower,
and ribbon loops trim the front, while
clusters of loops fall from the collar
over the cape at intervals of about two
inches all around.
Plaids are used as garnitures, waists,
vests and sometimes as deep points at
the hens OF skirts. A handsome dress
Of suiting has plain skirt and square
nccked bodice of Victoria plaid. The
square neck is filled in with chiffon,
and the collar and either side of the
front of the square yoke are trimmed
with the most elaborate rufftes of very
soft semi-transparent lace. A bow
CT plaid ribbon is worn at the belt and
there is skirt ruching of the plaid that
shows at every movement.
A new model shows waist with a
very full ruffle down one side from the
shoulder seam to the waist line in
front. The other side has trimming
that begins at the shoulder and forms
n half circle, meeting the other row of
trimming just over the bust. There
are three rows of this curved garniture.
The straight side is somewhat on the
surplice idea and folds over the ends of
the curved rutfles.
A novel and pretty trimming for a
dressy waist is of rows of the finest
side-plaited chiffon. These rutfies out
Line yoke which is very deep in the
back and extends just over the bust
in front. Outside of these ruffles are
deep frills of fine lace and on either
side of the front, at the corner of the
yoke-shaped trimming this lace is made
into long lapels, which fall some dis
tance below the waist line.
A beautiful dress is of plain change
tE1c tdletd. L nC SlAil Is tO'SISu =" ; III
rows of feather-edged ribbon set just
their own width apart, the sleeves and
close-itting sides and back are similar
ly finished. The front is of fine lace,
alternating with ruffies of chiffon; the
high collar has large bow at the back.
Pretty dresses of gingham are made
with plain skirts trimmed with a
founce of the material and edged with
some of the neat, readymade trim
mings that are so much liked. A bolero
to wear with a vest of pique or other
material makes a dainty costume.
There is little that is radically new
in shirt waists. The yokes are quite
square across the shoulders of some of
the newest designs and there seems
to be more fullness gathered into the
belt than in many of those heretofore
mentioned.
Shoulder capes are the daintiest and
prettiest creations imaginable. They
are made of frfils of thin material,
either with embroidered edges or, if
of plain goods, trimmed with lace be-
fore being plated.
Some of the new skirts have the
founces placed fat so that they require
very little gatherings; indeed, some of
them not at all. They are edged with
narrow butter-colored lace.-N. Y,
LEDGER
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-09-23

There is at least one law in Hun
gary which might be copied by other
countries of the world. This is the pro-
hibition applied to cripples and people
who are detormcd enough TO offend the
public eye from selling pagers au the
public iAsreusafsgss,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-24
FLYERS AT CHICAGO.
Gentry, Star Pointer, Joe Patchen
Robert J. and Agan Compete.

Chicago, July 24.-At Washington
park this afternoon there is a remark
able gathering of PAGERS including John
r. Gentry, record 2:0012, Robert j.,
2:011a; Star Pointer, 2:021a; Joe Patch
en-, 2:03; Frank Agan and Marion Mills.
The conditions promise to be perfect
for speed. The weather is clear and
warm, with a bracing quality in the at
mosphere and not too much wind. Then
the track, admittedly one of the fast
est in the country, is reported to be in
good condition, though the surface is
somewhat dry.
Star Pointer, Joe Patchen and Frank
Agan will compete in free-for-all
pacing race; Robert J., will be sent to
beat the worlds pacing record held by
Gentry. Gentry, hooked to an old
fashioned high sulky will endeavor to
lower Johnston's record, 2:06A, the best
under these conditions and Marion
Mills, who makes her race without driv-
er, sulky or pacemakerS, will be sent
out against her own record.
In addition to these events the card
provides for 2:17 PAGERS, for which the
following fast side-wheelers are en-
bert E., Hinbert Wilkes, Nellie M, ,Sher-
man Clay, Mignon, Dick, Wentworth,
Babette and Ithuriel.
Sandwiched in between the heats in
these events will be a number OF bicycle
races, amateur and professional. --t
The result, free for all pace-Star
Pointer. first Joe Patchen, second;
Frank Agan, third. Time 2:O3.
2:03 beats the track record on Wash
ington park. 1t is within half a second
of Pointers record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-24
ARAILROAD CHARTERED
To Run From Superior, Neb., to Lit
tie Rock. Ark.

The secretary of state today issued a
charter to the Superior Hutchinson and
Little Rock Railroad company which pro-
poses to build a line of road from Super
ior, Neb., via Ellsworth, Kan, to Hutch
inson, from there to Wichita thence via
Talequah, I. T., through Fort Smith to
Little Rock.
The directors named are: R. P. Cam
den, Parkersburg, w. Va; R. N. Allen,
Boston; Jefferson Clark, New York; Pow
ell Clayton, Eureka Springs, Ark; R. NJ.
La Toilette, Madison, Wis; W. A. Brad
ford, Jr., L. E. Walker, Chas. Collins.
VIM. Whitelaw, John A. S. Graves and
E. B. Sherman of Hutchinson.
The line proposed will not be built at
once, and the plan seems to be to con-
struct several links and utilize existing
roads where possible. The Kansas Mid
land from Wichita to Ellsworth, which is
now owned and operated by the German
bondholders, has no special object on
earth. By running the road to Hutchin-
son it would give the Hutchinson and
Southern a connection with the Union Pa
cific at Ellsworth. The Frisco has long
wanted the Midland from Wichita to a
connection with the Santa Fe at Hutch
inson, and this is probably a part of the
plan. The survey, which has been made
several times, leaves the present line at
Patterson and comes to Hutchinson
through the rich townships of Clay and
Valley only sixteen miles of track neces-
sary and not a bridge or a big grade This
plan has several times been under con-
siderat ton by the Frisco when it was
operating the Midland and would have
been carried out if the Midland bond
holders had understood the situation and
sold their line to the Frisco at a reason
able figure. The Frisco wants to get
a chance to haul coal in and salt out of
Hutchinson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-24
MR.GODARD'S PURSE FOUND
Tt was Taken From His Pocket Two
Months Ago

Attorney A A. GODDARD, of the law
firm of Valentine, GODDARD & Valentine
of this city, was robbed of a pocket
book containing some money, Valuable
papers and several annual railroad
passes as he was assisting Del Valen-
North Topeka May %. Mr. Valentine
has been here recuperaing from an ac-
cident a Clay Center and was return
ing home. He walked on crutcheS while
Mr.. GODDARD carried two of his valises.
A crowd of young people had alight-
ing the opening of the State Christian
Endeavor convention here. While Mr..
GODDARD was in this crowd and about to
board the train his pocket was picked
and a small pocketbook taken. He no
ticed that a man rubbed against him
and suspected that probably he intend
ed to rob him of his watch. He looked
down and saw that his watch was un-
disturbed Some time after that he
discovered that his pOcketbook had been
taken. He felt so chagrined at being
robbed in his own city in broad day
light that he did not report the rob-
berry. There were some annual passes
on the railroads which he did not care
to lose, so he had duplicate passes is
sued for him.
Early this morning a Topeka police
man found a small pocketbook lying on
er part of the city. Upon investigation
the passes and other valuable papers
belonging to Mr.. GODDARD were found to
be in it, but the money was missing.
It has now been over two months since
the robbery, and the thief probably
not make use of. Mr.. GODDARD is now out
of the city. Chief Steele has the prop
erty in his possession and will return it
to the owner when he comes back.