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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.
The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
DnMsOn and Cost &2O,OOO.

The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost $2O,OOO.
Jack Collins, who started for Dawson
City with band of sheep last summer,
has been heard from. He sold part Of
his flock for $4,000. The other and
biggest half of the flock fed the birds
Of the arctic zone. This is how it hap
pened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dali
ton trail. Some time before Dawson
was reached cold weather came on, and
Collins decided to kill his sheep. He
killed and sold 500, and received nearly
$40. 900 for them.
Then he concluded to hold the re-
mainder for better market. He killed
the remaining 400 in sort of secluded
place off the line of travel and suspend
ed the carcasses on poles far enough
above the ground to be out of the reach
of bears, wolves or other wild animals.
He left two young men to watch the
mutton, and proceeded to look for
mining section. Having found one, he
located a claim and proceeded to test
it. After he had dug out few thou
sand dollars worth of gold he thought
he would, as the French say, return
to his muttons."
His stay had been so prolonged that
the young men had become weary of
holding a wake over the sheep, and,
imagining Dawson to be only few
miles away, had started for that city
to enjoy some of the pleasures met
ropolitan city can afford. 1t proved to
be about 100 miles to Dawson, SO their
absence was more extended than they
had inended, and when Collins reached
the place where he had left the car
casses of 400 sheep he found only 400
bleaching skeletons.
The eagleAOravens, crows, kites,
hawks and other birds of prey which
inhabit that region had been feasting
on mutton. "Where the carcass is,
there will the eagles be gathered" is
proverb which applies to other birds
of prey. Collins had left so many car
casses that invitations had been sent
out and general roundup of all the
vuitures and things in that region, from
Behring sea to the Mackenzie river, had
taken place. Whether the claim COL
Inns secured will make good the loss
of the mutton or not remains to be seen,
but when he drives in his next band of
sheep the birds of prey will not get
SO large percentage Of them.-Port-
land Osegon.sn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKA7
Some Requirements That VIII BE
Found Indispensable.

Found Indispensable.
The universal article of diet in that
country, depended upon and indispensa-
bic, is bread or biscuit. And to make the
bread and biscuit, either in the camp or
upon the trail, yeast cannot be used-it
must be baking powder; and the pow
der manufactured by the processes Of
the Royal Baking Powder Company,
miners and prospectors have learned,
is the only one zach will stand in that
peculiar climaif cold and dampness
and raise the bre1d and biscuit satisfac-
torily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska and
the Yukon country to know, for should
he be persuaded by some outfitter to
take one of the cheap brands of baking
powder, it will cost just as much to
transport it, and then when he opens it
for use, after all his labor in packing it
over the long and difficult route, he will
find solid caked mass or Il lot of spoiled
powder, with no strength and useless.
Such a mistake might lead to the most
serious results. ALASKA is no place in
which to experiment in food, or try to
econolnize with your stomach. For use
in such climate, and under the trying
and fatiguing conditions of life and
labor in that country, everything must
be the best and most useful, and above
all it is imperative that all food supplies
shall have perfect keeping qualities. It
is absurd to convey over such difficult
and expensive routes an article that
will dete-iorate in transit, or that will
be found when required for use to have
lost great part of it's value.
There is no better guide to follow
in these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is SCALED "the
father of Alaska after an experience
of years upon the trail. in the camp, and
in the use of every kind of supply, says:
I'VE find in Alaska that the Importance
OF proper kind of baking powder can
not be overestimated. A miner with
can of bad baking powder is almost
helpless in Alaska. We have tried all
down to use nothing but Royal. 1t
is stronger, and carries further, but,
above all things, it is the only powder
that will endure the severe climatic
changes of the Arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the U!
S. Government in it's relief expeditions,
and Peary, the famous Arctic traveller,
have carried the Royal Baking Powder
exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose it's strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most nightly concentrated and eff
ficient of leavening agents. Hence it is
Indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had of any of the trading COM
panies in Alaska, but should the miner
procure his supplies before leaving, he
should resist every attempt of the out
filter to palm off upon him any of the
other brands of baking powder, for they
will spoil and prove the cause of great
disappointment and trouble.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
Her Test.

"Tell me, Claudia" he whispered,
"tlat you love me-"
Il love you, Constantine" she mur-
INJURED.
"Are you sure of it?" he asked.
"Yes," she replied, II am positive"
'How do you know you love me ?" he
continued.
Because she answered, "if did
Of love you would be disgusted with
the perfume you use.'-Cleveland
Leader.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
Uncle Sans Big Paw Roll.

The total number of officeholders In
the civil service of the country is 17s,-
1T. The aggregate salaries amount to
500. .5sS,s27. The classified list of Of
ficehoiders numbers s7.1Os, leaving in
the uhclassified list 91,6O9, of which
armber about 6O.OOO are fourth-class
postmasters. These figures are fur
nished by the civil service commissiap
At Wash!ngtoa,-Chicago Chronicle,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
What DAhy Said.

Mamma and baby have just returned
from a walk, and mamma exclaims:
''Oh, such good news. Baby talks.
He has just said his first words"
"Really?" said her husband.
"Yes, just fancy. We were in the
Geological gardens. standing before the
monkey cage. when the baby cried out;
Look at Papa!'"-Tt-Bits,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
How She Protects Btrd..

Heleu-Why, Angelica, dear! you sur.
prise me. just look at those feather,
in your hat! thought you belonged
to the bird protective association?
Angelica-l do; am charter men,
ber. wouldn't wear a whole bird on
my hat-not for the world. poor little
things! These are only wiugs.-Judge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-03-17
WHERE CURFEW RINGS,
The Experiments In This Line Have
Proven Beneficial.

Within the last two years series OF
experiments has been on trial in the
United States which at first excited
TO attract attention. These consisted
of the passage in a number of large
towns of what were called curfew or.
dinances, providing that after, say, nine
o'clock at night persons of a certain
age, generally less than Is, should not
be upon the streets under penalty Of
arrest.
Investigation as to the effect of the
passage of these ordinances has shown
without single exception that the re-
suit has been beneficial in high degree.
1t is doubtful if it would be possible
now to repeal the ordinances which at
the time OF their passage caused so
tremendous an uproar.
In order to demonstrate exactly how
these ordinances were liked in towns
where they had been given fair trial,
The chiefs of police in several of the
more notable places were asked to give
their opinions of the laws working.
LUIS 10 "uAl tuey SAUL
Lincoln, Neb.-The curfew ordinance
passed by the city council February, 3,
1869, has given satisfaction in every
respect. The only opposition comes
from the criminal class, so to speak.
Cities and towns in almost every state
in the union have applied for a copy OF
cur ordinance.
I'D. PARKER.
Chief of Police.
nance, so far as this city is concerned,
is success. 1t is certainly an improve
ment over the Old and results in a
great deal less trouble for the police.
The general sentiment of our people
heartily endorses it. There is no oppo.
sition from any quarter. The curfew
ordinance is strictly enforced. The
mayor is very emphatic upon the SUBJ
ject and sees that the law is carried out.
FRED JOHNSON.
Chief of Police.
st. Joseph, Mo.-The curfew became
one of the ordinances of this city on the
18th of May. 1896, and has fully justi-
fled the expectation of its most SAN
guine friends. beg leave to say that
it has proved an unqualified success
and at the present time l am also safe
in saying that at least seven-tenths of
the people Of this city give i: their sim
cere and cordial approval and support.
1t has been instrumental in keeping
hundreds of children off the streets and
away from public places at night who
previous to the passage and enforce
ment of the curfew were accustomed
to run at will at all hours of the night.
There has been reduction Of fully so
per cent. in commitments to the reform
school. of both sexes. 1t has been in
strumental in breaking up several
gangs of juvenile thieves with which
the city was infested previous to the
curfew. 1t lessons crime, reduces taxes
and is also blessing to parents who
have children who defy home restraints.
JOHN BRODER.
Chief Of Police.
Denver, Colour curfew ordinance
is but a recent enactment, but we have
every reason to believe that it will
work very satisfactorily.
]. F. FARLEY,
Chief of Police
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

said. "It is so heart-breaking am some times almost afraid I cannot stand the work. The women are all so sad over the parting that the money part Of 1t seems trivial Many of them talk so simply ana natriotically of their husbands or sons going. and do not seem to know how bravely they are facing their loss: We want baby clothes, and wish those who have little things that mothers need, would send them to us. We must pro- vide for more than one or two little war have little things that mothers heeo to make them comfortable. Materials ana clothing will be just as acceptable as money. We need workers. too, to visit and help in every way.
 One woman came to Mrs. Harland and asked her, smiling through her tears, 1T she would not help her to get work by the day. My husband has enlisted, and there's nothing for me and the children. But I've two strong hands and l m Wiling to work and let him fight You see, madam. if I could get work by the day col,ld he with the children at night.
 "Rut who will take care of them dur ;ne ina daytime?, asked Mrs. Harland, plancing at a little girl not over ', who was holding the hands of two other chill dren yet younger.
 "Oh." said the woman, pointing to the little girl. Nellie can take care of them, can't you, Nellie?"
 .,Yes. ma am,'' answered the tot, they'll be all right ef I looks out for 'em.' and she drew herself up in a manner that sat incongruously on her ' years.
 "Any way the mother continued, growing communicative under the kind ly smile that met her, "any way. the children are so good they won't be any +roubIe Johnnie is the best little boy YOU ever saw. He says he is going to be a policeman when he grows up"
 Don't want to be a cop" bawled Johnnie, ''I wants to be a soldier
 Upon being promised that he could change his first love and be a soldier when he was "growed up" his tears ceased.
 young woman with a sweet dimpled face, a girl who had married at IS, who now has a boy years old and another aged six months, wants to get sewing to do at home. As she sat with the baby in her lap while the small boy held tight to baby's hand and looked up shyly from under his yellow curls, she happily did
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
THEIR WOES.
- BY MIME. HYGEIA

quiet, inactive and sedentary an exist ence as you possibly can. Eat all the starchy fattening food, such as rice, but ter, cereals, eggs, milk and game. Hot chocplate and preserved figs are both guaranteed to make regular museum fat lady of one if their consumption be persisted in.
 Get all the sleep you can, and before rising take a cup of hot milk or of milk and cocoa well sugared. Take tepld baths and exercise moderately. Tapfoca, sago, vermicelli or custard pudding, macaronl cheese, salad served with plenty of oil but no vinegar or pickles, can be indulged in. A teaspoonful of pure olive oil taken several times a day. and frequent rub pings of the body with olive oil will help. Eat frequently. The harem ladies amuse themselves all day long eating bonbons and dried fruits. But, above all there must be absolute freedom rom nerves, care and anxiety, II one WlSheS to be rotund.
 Now, I am going to give you all a per fectly lovely recipe for a skin whitenel. It is:
 CUCUMBER MILK.
 Oil of sweet almonds. 4 ounces;
 fresh cucumber juice (boiled), 10
 ounces; white castle soap. A
 ounce. Dissolve in 3 ounces of es-
 sence of cucumbers and 1-20 ounce
 of tincture of benzoin
 Buy the ordinary cucumbers now sold in the shops. Cut up in small pieces
 
 and pour on just enough water to start them to cooking. When cooked soft and mushy strain through piece of muslin The essence you can make yourself by taking one and one-half ounces of alcohol and one and one-half ounces of the boiled cucumber juice. Add to this your castle soap, and let it stand for several hours until the soap has entirely dissolved Then put in your cucumber juice, which is strained and cold Shake well, so that all are thoroughly mixed. Then add the oil of sweet almonds and the benzoin stirring for some time. Put in a bottle and be sure and shake well before using Apply it at night, letting it dry on the skin, and rinsing away in tepidSwater the The natural arsenic in the cucumber makes this a splendid face bleach, and il is perfectly harmless.
 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
 MRS. J. M SMITH-The fluid extract of which you speak is used for the pur- scribed by the eclectic school of physi- clans, and is prepared and sold by cer- tain company with full directions as to its use. l do not prescribe for disease and with anything so serious as cancer should advise you to consult skilled DAISY M.-When the hair begins to fall it is pretty sure indication that the health is not what it should be, or else it has been brought about by worry. late hours or lack of exercise Be careful about your eating, regular as to your ex- ercise and take a daily. tepid sponge bath. Use this tonic on the falling hair: oil of sweet almonds, 30 grams; essence gram. Rub this well into the scalp. every night. A more simple tonic, which is also good, is thirty grains of quinine to pint of bay rum Either s one of & these gins remedies fe turn gray, 1t indicates a failure of iron in the system, and a good plan is to take a good iron tonic prescribed by physician.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

@ Q MANY distressful walls have S reached me from those who are
 overburdened with flesh, as well ~ as from few who covet nothing
 in life so much as a little fat with which to cover their unsightly bones, that I have decided to devote my taih this week to them.
 If makes me think of the old -conundrum as to why matrimony is like city in a state of siege, the answer to Whlch IS Because those who are out or IL want +o get in. and those who are in want to get out" So it is with these glrls, those who are fat want to get thin, and those who are thin want to get fat. on girls syirlsl why is it that you are never satis- Sfed?
 There is 2. popular belief that fat people are always good natured, but this is not SO for an excess of adipose tissue IS a disease as much as anything else, and causes irritability rather than good na- ture.
 You may laugh and grow fat, but at- fer vou have acquired unwieldy bulk, you will doubtless feel little Sincllnauon to make merry over it.
 Of course heredity and predisposition have much to do with both corpulence and leanness, but 1t is a fact just the same that flesh can be taken off and put on at will It is largely a matter Of diet and exercise.
 To those who wish to reduce their flesh let me say, first of all, don take any of the anti-fat pills and medicines so largely advertised. Abjure all drugs, pat ented or otherwise. You can reduce your flesh permanently only by thorough change of diet and life, assisted by con tinuous exercise. It is not necessary to starve oneself, for while we starve, we lose albumen, which is the principal ele- rnent of the blood and muscles. This brings about impoverishment of the blood and may impair the health to such an extent as to endanger life.
 Remember that your mortal foes are all sugary . and starchy foods. Substitute toast for bread religiously avoid all rats and fattening vegetables, such as rice' nCtatoes, turnipS and beets. Eat spar ingly of butter and the more lemonade you drink the better. Drink little col fee and no milk.
 Get up early in the morning, never sleep more than seven hours. and walk and exercise all that you can. Take hot Datns, not remaining in them long enough, how ever, for them to debilitate. Anything that induces precipitation takes off super fiuous flesh: so does physical exertion. There is nothing better to reduce avoir- dupois than doing ones own housework. After the bath take series of gymnasuc
 Trousseau. a celebrated French phy- sician, advised two grammes of bicarbon- ate of soda at each meal.
 Now for the thin girls. A girl should he nIump enough to be pleasing to the eve. That is, no angles or bones should he apparent but there should be a round ness and softness of contour such as one always associates with the idea of youth and beauty.
 if you are in the habit of fussing and worrying, it will be most difficult to cover those unsiRhtly bones. Lead as caim'
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
GIVING ONES WEIGHT IN GOLD.

Un May 8, 1885, Rama Varma, the Ma harajah, or Great King'-the highest title now held by any Hindoo sovereign of Travancore, the southwesternmost State of India, eonformed to a pec..- liar custom which is always observed once during the reign of each of it's monarchS-a ceremony traceable back to the fourth Christian century. It is called "Tr' NNaram," which signifies "scaleweighing," and consists in the Maharajah being seated on the scale of an ornamental balance, with his sword and shield, which. of course, add largely to the weight, while in the other scale are heaped on gold coins, each oe which has the name of the god inscribed upon it.
 This Maharajah himself weighed about stone, or 126 pounds, and to bal ance him alone would therefore require about TITO gold coins of the value of our English sovereigns of 81 each. But the clothing and armor so add to the weight that the ceremony in this re- spect generally costs about e12,000, and there is an additional expenditure of about 94000 besides on these occa- sions.
 It has been stated that the money is afterwards dispensed in charity; but it is really distributed to the Brahmins, who are the highest Hindoo caste, and regarded as a most sacred one, and the coin is divided a-4ong them in various proportions, according to their dignity and claims. It therefore depends upon the character of the recipients whether any portion of the gift ever reaches those who most need it.
 The Maharajah had no long time for accommodating kingly treasure. Though born in 1887. he had succeeded on the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
GOOD WORK DONE BY
 THE PATRIOTIC HOME HELPERS

their power to alleviate the suffering:
 At the earnest solicitation of Miss May Hooper, who has placed parlor B of the Occidental Hotel at the disposal Of the society, the Associated Charities has been asked to assist in the investgatlon of the cases that come in. This society has trained visitors, accustomed to the relief work, who can render clear. un- biased report, not allowing their sympa- thy to run away with their Judgment. The work done by the Associated Cnar1- ties. however, does not interfere with the visiting committee of the Patriotic Home Helpers.
 Often a case will be reported so urgent as to require immediate relief, which is given before the case can be referred to the Associated Charities. This assist will inspire confidence in those who give as to the wise disposal of their money. It will also protect the Patriotic Home their own corps of workers has been ef- ficiently organized.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

two children. The man has been out of work for more than a year, with the ex- ception of few odd jobs. They had been very comfortable and had laid up quite a sum, but the money has l cen gone for some time now, and they know what it is to be hungry. The woman has never been strong, and is not able to do more than care for their one room and the children. The boy, a dear little fellow of eight, says he can earn enough to keep them all. He is so confident of success, in spite of the failure there has been in his home, and already assumes command him. so that he need not leave the house for" he says, '.the lady has promised me some work, and she might send for me while 1 was out
 privation the Patriotic Home Helpers are constantly listening and doing all in
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

not realize how serious was the outlook.
 Tt is such fix to be in, with no money. George has been trying to get his money and can't. He is musician and played in a saloon, but the man kept getting behind with his wages. ana George had no money to go to law, so what could we do? Well, George de- cided to go to Manila. Pay in the army is sure, and we didn't think he'd have to wait two months for it. We didn't think it would be quite so hard, but I can sew, and Georgie is a big boy and takes care of the baby, don't you, Geor- gie? Hold up your head, and tell the lady your name. He's awful bashful and ain't used to strangers"
 Another case was that of girl of F. Her husband sailed on the first expedi- tion. He left an order for her to draw his pay, and they supposed it would be a.l right, but there has been no provi- sion made by the Government to cash the orders for the privates.
 Its my own fault she said. "I kept rowing with Tom, and he always said