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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
NO. 2l.
HABITS OF THE MikADO.
Why He Is Regarded with Admira
tion and Reverence.


His majesty's daily customs are regu-
lar. He always goes to his study at
nine a. IN. and remains at work there
until four p. m. He reads and signs al.
parliamentary laws and DEGREES.
When a cabinet minister addresses
his majesty about any public matter
he inquiries about the subject, the
purpose and condition, and decides it.
He is firm and not changeable. When
after that be moved.
At the beginning of Matsukata's cab
met parliament decided to reduce the
salaries of the cabinet ministers and
other government officers. The prime
minister, Count Matsukata, addressed
his majesty about it. His majesty did
not consent, and he said: MANY Off
GERS cannot live upon a fixed salary.
Some cabinet ministers have been
obliged to borrow money, and I have
advanced money from my treasury to
support them. If the present cabinet
ministers retain their places by bor-
rowing money all cabinet ministers
| therefore cannot do SO. Therefore l
| cannot consent to the reduction of SAL
aries"
| Count Matsukata retired from his
majesty. However, the cabinet once
more debated the question with thu
count and Matsukata went again to
consult with the emperor.
His majesty was not inclined to see
| him again, and sent an attendant to
say to him: Il have already conf
manded about the reduction of salaries.
| cannot see you any more" The sal
aries were therefore not reduced.
His majesty understands the condi-
ton of the lower classes and familiar.
ICES himself with the private conduct
Of the cabinet ministers. When he
reads newspaper articles relating to the
private misconduct of any cabinet
minister and attacking him, his maj
esty sometimes smiles.
His majesty is fond of reading books
and newspapers. He is especially fond
of German books He likes to COM
pose japanese poems, which he can do
readily. His ability in that respect
is much admired by his attendants.
His majesty dislikes all pretense and
hypocrisy. .-
When it has been reported to his
ajesty that some of his subjects have
given their lives in time of food or
earthquake to preserve his majesty's
picture he has been much touched, bat
he is anxious to discourage his subjects
from such QuiNotism and to preserve
them from any but necessary danger.
Withal the emperors life is a happy
and peaceful one, blessed by the love
and respect of grateful subjects, and
when his majesty makes tour any
where in Japan without his guards
he is in no danger, but is received every
where with reverence and joy.-Japan
csc America Voice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22

Long after his children and wife were
sleeping, Mr.. Janeway sat smoking, and
thinking complacently of his success.
lie, Madison Janeway, had begun with
nothing, and al so he had won the things
he had longed for at 20. The opening
and closing of the door attracted his
attention. He looked up.
A womal walked across the room-a
plain woman, with an honest, ugly face
and short, thick figure.
who are you?" Mr.. Janeway asked,
frowning at her intrusion
Don't you know me, Maddy?" she
| returned.
He was startled when she called him
| Maddy-it was more than 20 years
since he had been called that. Are
you-but you can't be Sa-
rah," he stammered; she has been
dead these many years."
Il am Sarah," she answered. "You
have changed, Maddy."
"Yes-yes. We are apt to-" he re-
| piled, uneasily. But you look Just the
same" He said this to see if she would
account for her pI Iesence
The living can only see the dead as
they were in life" she returned. You
sold the farm, didn't you?"
Mr.. Janeway felt as if reproach lay
in the observation. Yes, | sold the
farm" he said. Il needed the money
to put in other investments"
81 worked hard OH that place." she
said, crossing her hands-yery rough
worn hands. Il worked hard there
these years. tried to save all could
Maddy."
You were a good wife, Sarah," be
replied. land both of us had our bur.
dens, guess"
And it was my money that bought the
farm. You had nothing when you
came counting me, did you, Maddy
And you said that my being so years
old and your being just of age made nc
difference"
Yes. | suppose l said that. and Tn
sure l always tried to be good to you.
he said, in answer to that unspoken re
proach that seemed to lie behind hel
spoken words. Il tried to treat yol
we'll"
THE money that came to me just be
fore ! died from Uncle John must hay,
been help. left it and the farm t.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
FiskcrmaH'B Worst Enemy.

There is in the New York rivers and
lakes a parasitic fish, the lamprey,
which lives entirely by sucking the
blood of other fishes, attacking even
such vigorous fish as the black bass and
the pickerel. Prof. Gage, of Cornell
university, has seen $4,000 of these
lampreys spawning at one time in the
inlet Of Cayuga lake alone. BY actual
count IL out of every Is bullheads
caught in Cayuga lake and tributary
have been attacked by these blood
suckers, and Prof. Gage, who has made
n special study of the lampreys, makes
the sober scientific statement that they
annually destroy more good food fish
than all the hooks and nets of all the
legal and illegal fishermen of New York
state. The iamprey is about the size
and has somewhat the appearance of an
eel. An effort is now being made to
obtain from the state a small appropri
alton to see whether the lampreys can
be exterminated by trapping them as
they go up the creeks to spawn in the
spring, as Prof. Gage thinks they can
If SO we may see the day when fishing
with nets may safely be made lega
throughout the state.-N. Y. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
Wanted No More of Them,

Two Turks were at French banquet.
Toward the conclusion of the feast a
Frenchman selected toothpick from
the tray near him and politely passed
the tray on TO his neighbor, who, how
ever, peremptorily declined the offer,
exclaiming: No, thank you! I have
already eaten two of the accursed
things, and | want no more!''-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
MR. JANEwAY TOOK HER ON HIS KNEE
you, Maddy." Her dull eyes seemed to
al. ln6 lolf

you, Maddy." Her dull eyes seemed to
force him to acknowledge his debt.
"Yes-yes, Sarah. know that owe
much TO you. Without your help and
money should have had much harder
time getting on my feet. Yet think |
should have succeeded in any case. Mr..
Janeway could not forbear offering this
tribute to his self-esteem. "Ilowever. L
gratefully acknowledge your aid,
Sarah"
"You have another wife now, Maddy,
and children" she said, "but was first.
| believed in you and | worked for you,
oh, so willingly! | knew that you were
different from me. knew that you had
hopes that stupid Sarah could never I'M
dcrstand. | knew that | was your COM
panion in your work, but not in your
hopes. ! knew that we were growing
farther apart every year that we lived
together. ] knew that while | was
getting to be worked out and middle
aged, you were only coming to your
prime. | knew that it was best that
died when | did-before | came to be a
drag on you. Yet, Maddy, before her
| and your children, | think you ought
! not to shame me, for was your faith
full wife. the wife of your youth, and
gave you all had to give-my money
my love, my toll"
| Before Mr.. Janeway could answer sht
was gone, and he sat alone.
The next day, however, he took the
old photograph down and ordered fol
il gorgeous frame. When it ~as re
turned, he hung it in his library. wher'
i: looked strangely alien between st
Cecilia and the Arabian Falconer
bought at the instigation of the archi
tect.
Florry, with cilild's quickness, no
ticed the fine gilt frame that sur
rounded the ugly, good face. "Wha
have you done to the lady?" she asked
Aren't you going to pack her away, a
mamma said?'
NO; the picture is to stay here. D.
you remember who l said it was?"
Yes; you said it was your first wife.
Mr.. Janeway took her on his knee
''Florry," he began, soberly, when
was little boy, was very poor, as poo
as the Galts"-a family celebrated i
the town for i'll luck and poverty. ''
went to school when l could, but tina
was mighty little, for l had to wor
, most of the time. Sometimes I'd &c
!: most discouraged. but | had 10 wor
just the same. One year | worked 70
6 maa asmea neeFiBg, iie bad q iausl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
BENTON LOUISIANA THURSDAY, JULY 22 1897.
Fitch was dashing fellow, and he

Fitch was a dashing fellow, and he
at once played policy by adopting the
ways of the country. He was baptized
in the Mission church and was after
wards known as Don Enrique Domingo
Fitch. He opened a saloon on the corner
diagonaly opposite the church, which
is still used as such, carrying the sign:
"AguardientO, mascal, y tainales.
There is a wcll-founded tradition" to
the effect that while young sailor
named Richard IL. Dana and COM
panion were tuking in the town, or
pueblo, one night, they had also taken
in too much mcscal, and Fitch put them
out of his saloon. Those who have read
Dana's 1.-Two Years Before the Mast
will perhaps recollect that he gives
Fitch roasting.
Fitch soon won the affections OF
Josefa, at which the jealous Gov.
Echeandia was very angry. The mar
ringe ceremony was announced and
when all had assembled in the church
an objection was made to the perform
ance of the ceremony and the priest
refused to proceed. it come from one
of Josefa's near relatives, instigated. it
is believed, by the jealous governor.
But this did not stop the dance that hud
been advertised for that night at the
GARLIC casa. While the gran baile was
at it's height and la jota was being
danced to the soft sensuous strains OF
a native Spanish air the plot was thick
ening. \ vessel was anchored in the
bay ready to sail; several horses were in
waiting in a grove near the casa, and
| the plotters were within. At the con
clusion of the dance Josefa was es
corted to her horse by her cousin, Pic
Pico, and with several cavaliers, inclHd
ing Don Enrique, they swiftly rode E
few miles down the beach, and tht
elopers were taken out to the vessel
which sailed away"
Don Pho Pico, who became governor
of the state, has related this romance
The church records also bear testimony
to it's correctness, and one of the bell:
in the belfry is in evidence as punish
ment of the ''crime." A few years after
ward Don Enrique Domingo and hi
wife, Josefa, returned. The padre sait
that an elopement was sin, crime
and that they must be punished. Th
guilty, happy couple were tried before
church tribunal, and it was decided tha
while they were married they were no
married. They had disobcyed tn
church in going beyond their owl
parish. and though they had beel
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
THE BEST KIND OF MILK.
An Easy Way in Which the Housewife
Can Keep Tab ON the MiiIzmnn.


An officer Of the board of health says
that no housewife should accept other
than bottled milk. Milk dealt out from
the ordinary 40-quart milk cans, SO
this official says, is bound to be contain
mated, owing to the fact that the cans
milkman in making the house-to-house
service to his customers. AS for bot
tied milk, this expert says that no
ether should be taken than that bot
tied at the farm, as milk shipped to
New York bottled at the depots is
certain to be less rich.
The question may be asked,' he
said, "how it is possible to tell whether
milk was bottled at the farm or in
town? That is easily done. If it was
bottled at the farm there will be time
enough between the time of bottling
and time of delivery for t,se cream to
rise. A glance at the bottle will show
IL thick coating of cream over the milk
at the top of the bottle. If the cream
is not there, depend upon it that the
milk was not bottled at the farm.
In this way also it may be deter
mined, to certain extent, whether the
milk in the bottle has been diluted with
water. No appreciable amount of
cream will rise to the top OF watered
milk. The absence of cream, therefore
at the top Of the bottle may be an in
| dication that the milk has been doc
tored. If housewives will go to the
trouble of making this sort of inspec'
ton Of the milk served to them, and
| will call down their milkman when the
| cream coated milk is not furnished
they will get nothing but pure milk
that has been bottled at the farm. Thi:
is not scientific talk, it's practical eN
perience.'-N. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
PALMS OVER A CENTURY OLD.

ernor, he first landed at San Diego,
and was very Hospitality entertained at
the GARLIC casa, then the most aristo-
cratic and finest mansion in the pueblo.
The senior had daughter, Josefa, "and
there was none fairer than She" The
governor at once became smitten, and,
in order to prosecute his suit at short
range, ordered that the archives of
state be removed from Monterey to
San Diego. And this casa became the
governors palace" also. But that did
not help his suit. About that time a
low, rakish craft" the Maria Esther,
with 50 Mexican convicts condemned to
exile and a soldiers life, landed here,
under the command of Henry Delano
Fitch. known as the "Americanc
Yankee" The early Spanish settlers
cannot explain how it was that an
American had command ct a Mexican
sesasI loaded With eeHyssts,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
SILK AND TAiLORS.
The Fatter a Chinnman Gets the Bet
ter Pleased He Is.

Ter fIeaseu lie Is.
The first person in all the world who
raised silkworms for the purpose of
Iobbing the cocoon of its soft covering
was Empress Si-Lung-Chee, who
Teigned in China 2700 B. c. She is now
worshiped as goddess of the silkworm.
Once each year national festival is
held in her honor. The reigning EN-
press and her maidens resort to the
temples of Si-Lung- Chez and pay her.
i'll flowers and spirit money, an in
stallment upon the debt which China
owes to her; for did she not make the
important study whereby the poor may
earn life's necessities and the rich may
rustic in shining garments?
Perhaps more people wear silk in
China than in any other country; for
plain raw silk is almost as inexpen-
| sive as cotton. Even for winter gar
| ments this material is made to serve,
with layers of wadding placed between
| the outside and the lining. As their
garments do not go out of style, 1t is
not necessary to buy new ones until
the old are well worn.
| MS is d great ittiH VI Saving loE
e, eryone but the tailors; but If the
people followed the example of the tail
ors themselves there would be still less
for that craft to do. Like the feet of
"shoemaker's children" the Chinese
| .aiIors, while at their work, are as nearly
bare as possible. When well fattened
their uncovered bodies suggest the ami
mails which Americans inclose in a
sty. The more like welf-fed porker
a Chinaman becomes the prouder he is
of his looks, for a corpulent man is re-
garded by his almond-eyed brethren az
high type of humanity.
In the tailor's workroom, which is
frequently open on all sides. the passer-
oy may see from five to ten men squatted
around a low, matting-covered table
Each man is in undress uniform, con.
sisting of his cue, a pair of slipper:
and pantaloons about six inches il
length. They work both for shops ant
for individuals. receiving about five dol
lars a month; yet somehow they man
age to keep fat.-Lippincott's.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22

legally married by priest in Mexico, it
was still illegal. Yet, considering the
circumstances, the marriage would be
again legalized after they had appeared
at the church and received the sacra-
ment.
They were then condemned" to ap-
pear at church together on three feast
days with lighted candles in their hands,
and to hear b gh mass; also TO recite to-
gether for 80 days, one-third of the
rosary of the Holy Virgin. AS if this
was not enough Enrique Domingo was
condemned to pay TO the church lone
bell of not less than 100 pounds weight"
Don Enrique sent to Mexico and had
| bell cast, and the newer one On the left
! is pointed out as the "penance bell"
Gov. Echeandia having become dis
| heartened at his failure to win Josefa,
moved the capital back to Monterey.
In this dead pueblo are buried volumes
of romance. Before the Spaniards
came the Dicuqueto Indians had their
romances, which were handed down
in song and story to the last of their
race, who still live on some OF them
beyond the century mark, apparently
only waiting for the end. In this dead
pueblo are also found some of the cid.
est Spaniards in the southwest, and
so provincial are they that they have
never learned English. A few Amer
leans also dwell in the pueblo, whose
industry is mainly confined to selling
whisky to the natives and curios to
strangers. In the yard of an ancient
casa is the oldest palm tree in the state
and near by is the oldest olive tree ir
the state, on which olives are still grow
ing and from which all of the olive or
chards in California date their origin
The old calabaZo is also an object o
interest. The walls show that it wa!
but little dingy dungeon, for, befor'
the Americans came, there was not ,
Jail in California. Each pueblo had ;
small lookup. In this calaboose th'
Graham party" was confined. In tn
, sos Isaac Graham and about s.
Tennesseeans attempted to annex Cal
ifornia to the United States. but tn
, revolution failed. They were finally re
leased, and aided some Mexican revolu
tionists in seating their governor. The
fought on alternate sides, no matte
so they fought Mexicans, and thus grac
, ually prepared the way for the Amer
, can conquest. They were the pioneer
: and the American conquest began {
, "Cid Town." j NJ. sCANLANn,
J A teaspoonfni OF microbes eantelI
! more than t,QQp, GOO individuals.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
EVENING AND MORNING.

The day is done,
The night has come,
sbe moonbeams through the leaves are
stealing;
No song of bird
In tree is heard
rne soothing night-Wind comes with heal
ing.
.. My work Is done,
Sweet rest has come.
At home. where loved ones are abiding;
For rest is sweet
To those who meet
At eFentide with hearts contiding.
The night has fed,
The sun instead
With flashing steps comes DER the hills;
The earth awakes,
And music breaks
From Joyous birds and laughing rills.
) To work again,
Mid sun or rain
With Joyful heart haste me forth;
For work we'll done
At setting sun
Brings surer peace than wealth or birth
William Spanton, in Christian Stand
ard.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
Headed OF.

Mr.. birmingham (timidly)-Mr. N'll-
yuns, wh-whether you are aware OF it
Or not l d-don't know, but your daugh-
ter Elsie loves me, and L
Old Millyuns Gnterrupting) - D.
never mind that. She always brings
home every stray puppy that she finds,
aud feeds him.
Hall an hour later they found the
! dazed young man still walking around
u o clrc!s.~CleYa!aad Leader.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
A PICTURESQUE SPOT.
Made Famous by Helen Hunt and
Other Writers.
sold Town." Now a suburb of Sai
Diego, Once Was a Prosperous
Pueblo-Noted for the Lon
scvity of Its People.
Especial San Diego (Cll) Letterl

Especial San Diego (Cal) letter.
"Old Town." three miles north of The
present San Diego, is perhaps the most
Interesting and picturesque spot in the
west. 1t is the oldest settlement in Cal
ifornia, and contains the oldest inhab-
itants to be found anywhere in the west,
or perhaps in the world. They are the
remnant of the Dieuquto Indians, which
tribe the Spaniards found here in 1869
The immediate descendants of this tribe
are the connecting links between the
past century and the present, for sew
eral of them are more than 100 years
old. One of them, who has been given
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22

Bake sponge cake in gem pans. Cool
and remove the centers. Fill with thick
cream, beaten until stiff, sweetened
and favored. Allow the white of one
egg beaten stiff to half pint of cream.
Decorate with candied cherries and
pgelica.-Leisure Hours.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22
The first book printed in thi:

The first book printed in this coun-
try was the BAY Psalm Book" which
was issued by Stephen Daye, in lo40, at
Cambridge, Mass. Only ten copies are
known to be in existence, and but four
of them are perfect. The four perfect
copies are valued &: about $4,000 each
snd one OF them is ewasd by Cornelius
Vanderbilt,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-22

A teaspoonfnl OF microbes contains
more than 100000 iHalvidaais.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-04
agricultural 8a1ppls1ttent.

ni9t bDber fam unb mag, Drum brt1gt
lie am ~Sobannistag : CUR Sommeri onren@
ipenbe = ben Nuftieg idb gu @noe! = sic
bietet uns gar frObe 3eit, : fe itebt auf
ibrer 6D6s, - Elm Bib, bas i'd in Srsubigz
felt un6 nit 8stpunb'rrng ie6e. -
-Ste6'n au9 bic MenI9en melt unb brett =
tpp6l auf Der !6D6e ibrer 3eit9 = Mitunter,
ia mitunter, bo9 oftmals fte6'n ie Orunz
ter! = Nuf fetner 2ebens>9Obe ftebt,
= tper gut unb treu geiOnnen niht blind
unb tuu6 boriiber gebt = am etp'gen
S90pfungsbronnen, tper ru9ig, in 8e=
i6uuIi6feit = genieBt bic Sreuben bieier
3eit = unb tper fi4 ma4t gum Sitter =
Der tbealen Sitter. = Wer in bes Werftags
@inerlei = mai raIten tann Elm Weil6en =
unb tper BON g1etb unb @deelIu9t fret =
audi anbern gDnnt fein SbeiI4en. @uf
isiner 9ebens@909e ftebt, tper UNI
beirrt bur9's 9aiein ge6t, = bonn Mamz
mon niemals tne9tbar, bonn 80fen UNI
anfe9tbar! -- @rtennt bic 6D6e Gurer
3eit = Sbr Meni9en = unb ~beipunbert =
pie aunit unb WiReni4uft gebsi6t = i'm
f9ei6enben S%a6r6unDert; = iebt 3ie6t Der
Wtenia auf b06tem pfub : per 0uFtz
bolOn gum bD@fen Grab buB er
BON ieiner 6Dbe- ben 9ot bes g1orbens
iebe. = 9es Settles fA0ne Grudt gebetbt =
in bieien li3ten Sagen, -uns blii9t Die
606e btefer 3eit, = ipenn 9prnen 9fpfen
tragen; = @al0einfamteit mobnt uns CUR
5lu4t = gu ibr, es reift gar fiBe Sru6t,
= au9 fam gu unferm 8o6Ge - Die 3eit
Der @rObeerbptple. = Men1 ba Die Sugenb
nod umtrdn5t, unb mem i'm trauten
@tiino4en = gar boIbe Mat0 ben Srunf
freoen5t nit fiiBem R~oIenmiinb9en, =
Der fiibIt i'm 9fei5 bes N~ugen6lids ~ Tt9 auf
Der 906e feines @liids = unb nur elm
Gingepeibter = fi6lt es i6m na9!
@rnf 9effer,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-04
+ I.

Die 0efer unb aud bic bere6rten 9%eIerinz
nen Der n8eilage" foIten ni9t auBer a9t
Iaffen, baB bas Sntereife am Snbalt bisies
8Iattes nur bubur9 auf Der gepobntea 90be
erbalten perben fann, tpenn fe aud ndbz
renb Der gei6dftigen s3eit bes Sdbre5 bier
uno ba Dem S6reiben zines 8eitrdees fir
bic n8eilage" ii6er lire @rfabrungen un0
8epba9tungen auf irgenb etnem Gebiete Der
QanbpirtbT9aft, bes. @irt6i9aftspeIens,
Der 8teb3u9t, bes Sbtbaues II. +, N. Elm
@tinb4en Opfern. @ie bisber, 10 tpirb aub
in 3utunft @Orge g~etragen perben, baB Die
~stngeianbten 8riefe in ri6tiger, p%afIenber
@3retbpeiie gum Qbbrud %gelangen unb es
brau9t baber Niemanb, Der nit IanOtpirtbz
tdaftlt9en Gerdtben better um5ugeben lpeiB,
ols nit Der Sober, fi9 gu f9euen, 2ebtere
gum GuBen unb Sronmen 1einer Miflefer
IN Die 9anb gu ne6men unb Mitt6eitun9en
bon dugemetnem Snterefle an uns ~ein3uIen=
ben.
9ne fOr6e 8eri6te finb gu ubrefftrsn on
Inbreas Stmon,
Observation-Disclosures Rebafteur Der 81.
@taotsz3 eitung, GbicagO, 81.