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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
HIGHWAYS OF BRICK,
Method For Constructing a Road
of This Material.
GRADING IMPORTANT FACTOR
For Satisfactory Results the Bed Must
Be Entirely Free From Depressions.
Proper and Economical Way Of lay
ing the Brick.

ing the Brick.
In an address before a recent engi-
neering convention in Indiana on the
construction of brick highways w. L.
Blair said: \ brick highway to be en-
tirely satisfactory must be entirely
free from depressions, every part con.
forming to the grade This result
must be anticipated in the preparation
If the sand cushion, first spread ut the
estimated depth of two inches and
these depressions avoided by the use
of hand roller weighing from 300 to
400 pounds. additional sand applied.
rolled and screeded again at least
three times. At the last screeding it
sand will not be over one-quarter inch
in depth at any one point.
1t is certain also that in ironing out
what few depressions remain and com.
pacting the brick into the cushion but
very little sand will be pushed into
the interstices by the final rolling.
The brick should be dropped in
straight lines upon the sand cushion.
with the best edge of the brick upper
most Economy for the contractor
would require that the brick be
brought to and deposited within reach
Of the person who actually lays the
brick in way that will accommodate
his method Of dropping them in place,
insuring the best edge uppermost. But
previous to dropping the brick in the
street attention must be given to the
necessary provision for the expansion
cushion next to the curb.
The board should he prepared by
beveling joist eight inches in width
the thickness determined largely by
the width Of the street Even III q
narrow street the expansion cushion
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
Poiiteness In China

In China parents are held responsi-
Bile for the manners of their children.
Accordingly. for the credit of their
parents. people try to be polite. II you
are mobbed In Chinese town you
should look straight at one or two Of
the people and say: "Your parents did
not pay much attention 10 your man.
ners. They did not teach you the
rules of propriety" A remark like this
will make the crowd slink away. one
BY one, ashamed of themselves.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
Theory and Practice.

''Dinglebat has original ideas about
family government. He says every
home should he little republic. where
universal liberation prevails and every
one has voice in the government"
Yes: his family is managed on that
plan But he and Mrs. Dinglebat have
the same old wranglc every day as to
who shall be president"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
HOW TO KEEP THIS ROAD
FOR YEARS.

This road was constructed for
your use.
Don't drive in one track. Avoid
making ruts.
II all use one place all the
wear will be in one place and
make a rut.
If you use a little care and do
not drive exactly where the last
wagon did the wear will be dis
tributed, which will keep the
surface smooth and the road
will remain good for years;
otherwise it will soon be rutted
and the smooth surface gone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28

The cards are 3A by 5la inches in
size and are given to the men in
charge Of road work for distribution to
,passersby. This calls direct attention
to the subject and seems to he more
effective than placards tackled ut the
side of the road. Instead of hasty
glance in passing, the patrons of tho
roads put the cards in their pockets to
be reread and given more mature con-
sideration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
Stood on His Riohts,

The Lawyer twho Is drafting Mr..
Snarler's last will and testament,-Oh.
but II ! may make suggestion. don't
yon- Mr.. Snarler- Hang 1t all. who's
dying-you or ,ne. eh!- London Tit
Bits
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
The Foolish Man.

II see," said the landlady. that Il
man III Ohio has got himself into trou
BILE by marrying two women"
"IIuh!' grOwled the bachelor board
er Just as though one wife couldn't
make trouble enough!"- News
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
The Reason Of Il.

"Why is II that novels are so much
more popular with the women than
With the menT'
''ln a novel the fellow invariably
asks the girl to be his wife."-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
CaImness.

Remember on every occasion whi h
leads thee to vexatiOn to apply this
principle-that this Is not misfortune.
hut that to bear 1t nobly IS coed for
tune.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28

you a doctor! Why. nobody in his
senses would employ your'
Perhaps not. but I'm going to IL.
a doctor to lunatics!'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28
TIPS TO HIGHWAY USERS,
Engineers Novel Method For Keeping
Roads In Good Condition,

Roads II Good Condition.
A novel and unusual method Of call.
Ing attention to the proper way in
which to use good road was recently
put In operation by State Highway En-
gineer A. N. johnson Of Illinois. It
consists of card bearing the follow
ing legend:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28

A lie always has a certain amount
Vt weight with those who wish to be-
lieve it.-Rjce.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-28

High birth is poor dish on the ia
ble.-Irish Proverb.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

other than yellow. The color of the
bill is very important for exhibition
birds, and not i~nfrequently n of the
best drakes is disqualified for having
a faint tracing Of black in the bill.
The eyes are of a deep leaden-blue
color. The neck of a Pekin should be
neatly curved; in h drake it should
be large and rather long, while that
of the duck is of medium length. h
back is long and broad; breast is
round, full, and Very prominent. h
body is long and deep, and the stand
ard describes the carriage of the body
as elevated in front sloping
toward the rear. The wings are short,
carried closely and smoothly against
the bodv. The birds cannot sustain
flight. a 2-foot fencing being ample
to restrain them in an Enclosure. he
tail is erect, more SO than in any other
duck.
The curled feathers in the tail Of the
drake are hard and stiff. The thighs
are short and large; shanks short and
strong, and in color are a reddish
orange; toes straight, connected by
a web and reddish orange in color.
The uma is downy and Of g faint
creamy white throughout. Recently,
it has been noticed that preference in
the show room is being given to the
white plumage. The breeders are Sc
lectinc as their show birds those that
have the snow-white plumage instead
! Of the creamy white, as given in the
| standard.
The standard weight of the adult
drake is s pounds; adult duck, Z
pounds; young drake, I pounds; and
Young duck, s pounds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
WHEN SHOULD BULBS BE
PLANTED?

Bulbs should be put into the ground
as soon as they can be procured from
the dealer.
The impression prevails to a large
extent that bulbs can be planted any
time during the fall. That is, that
it is safe to put them out any time
before the ground freezes.
This is a mistake, which grows out
of a lack Of knowledge Of the plants
hagits. A bulb makes an annual
growth Of roots during the fall. These
are the roots which support it next
spring, while it is blooming. Unless
this ro~ot-growth is completed in the
fall, it will give a crop of inferior
flowers, as the incomplete work OF
autumn will be taken up where it was
interrupted by cold weather, and car
ried on to completion while the plant
is trying to produce a crop of lowers
h makes it attempt to do double
duty on a slender stock Of vitality.
Late planted bulbs, therefore nearly
always give us inferior flowers. and
often none at all.
Ihls explains why it is advisable to
plant bulbs as early in fall as possible.
Give them ample time to develop
their roots before old weather puts
an end to the work of the season. If
you want them to give you fine flowers
next sprlng.-Eben E. Rexford.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
NO SURPLUS OF coon
So Great is the Demand
Grades OF Fruit That II is u,,.
o or Less Scarce, >
(By G.. r. Barnes y

~ bN1 IIt~
1t is an interesting. far-
great of fruit zrn..- ne
all parts Of the country r- .'
not by a decline of
but by a very considerable aa..9
The question whether or not m.
tlplcation of orchards ana
patches will have the effect -
uuclhg d gut SO as to render rr.at.
less the labor and
the fruit grower, seems. th.r
likely to meet a negative reur.
In the first place the dem.r7
all the fruits of North Amar.
worldwide. The worlds a0na+,+.
them is Unsuitable; and as the e..r.
ties for distributing them are hotter
s~ystematized through intellig.ur
operative arrangements 1.t...
growers and transportation aa.-
and selling agencies in the ...
seems as though the problem is T.. ha
not how to get rid OF surplus f--
how to get enough Of any kind -
good fruit. In years Of great al.ad-
anc in American apple orchards
good apples ave sold in Mazieo A.
15c apiece. In London they have r.
tailed at csc apiece. Other f~.f.s
capable of bearing Transportation I'M
long distances have commanded rro-
portionately high prices. OF course.
these prices have been for eha5ea
fruit. In New York and Boston. even
10 and Is cents apiece has been READ
lily o~btainable for choice apples
Such exceptional figures are not.
however, necessary as a basis for pro-
fitable fruit growing. The moderate
prices paid by the mass OF American
consumers are sufficiently hjga FIR
that.
1t would SEEM. then that the
grower need only to see to it that his
fruit is of good quality. attraettva.v
put up and intelligentiy marked, 10
be certain of a reasonable reward.
But the day when neglected orchards
and bushes could be depended upon 10
produce salable crops has passed. The
grower of tOdav must be equipped Av
study for battling with insect pests.
must be insistent in cultivation and
in the use Of the sprayer; and must.
in short, give as close attention 10
his trees as the stockman does to his
cattle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
VALUE OF HOG CHOLERA SERUM.
Practical Tests Have demonstrates the
Efficiency OF the New Serum for
Preventing Hog Cholera.

A successful demonstration of the
value of the new government serum
for preventing hog cholera has just
been concluded at South Omaha, Neb.,
by the Bureau of Animal Industry Of
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture. The efficiency of the serum
has been proved many times in the
past, but in order that it's value might
be brought out the more strikngly a
demo was arranged for at the
Union Stock Yards at South Omaha
Yards Company Of Omaha.
The stock yards purchased
thirty pigs, weighing from 40 to 60
pounds each, from a farm which had
been free from hog cholera for several
years. These pigs were brought to
the stOck yards, and on July %, 1910,
-four of them were injected with blood
from hogs sick of hog cholera. These
1~nOculated pigs were placed in a pen
by themselves, and within five days
they had become sick, at which time
eighteen of the remaining pigs were
each given one dose Of the serum,
while the other eight pigs were not
treated in any way. The eighteen Sc
enumerated pigs and the eight un-
treated pigs were then placed in the
same pen with the four pigs which
had been made sick by incubation.
The four pigs which were first given
hog cholera all died, and the eight
untreated pigs all contracted the dis
ease from them. The eighteen pigs
which were given serum, and which
were confined in the same pen with
the -four original sick pigs and with
the sick untreated pigs, remained per
fectly well, and We're finally turned
over to the officials of the stock yards
company upon the completion of the
experiment, September II, 1910.
The experiment was witnessed by
representatives of the Nebraska Agrl
cultural Experiment Station and of tn
Nebraska wine Breeders Association
as we'll as by representatives of agTl
cultural papers published in Nebraska
The department Of agricultur'
does not distribute this serum to farm
ers, out is endeavoring to bring tn
value Of this method to the attentiol
of the Stock-raising interests in Orde.
that they may arrange to secure stat
funds for the manufacture and dis
~tributiOn of the serum. The govern
ment authorities consider that thi
new serum treatment, if properly ap
piled, will result In the saving Of mil
lions Of dollars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
COUNTRY VS.. CITY CDoAt<t'.

A travelling harvest hand W"
"beefing' at the poor cooh-a@ "
said he found in the country" "
our house, you may be sure.
that was one reason why he ""--.
rather work in the city. II IN" A'a.
did not suit him he could @H'-~
boarding houses, while II D. S.'-
a bad cook on the farmland ne S.''.
ed to find no other kind-he ',...
not get away from it until M ma
served his time. [ don't beHe<' .'
the average cooking or the ta.l"
half as bad as the grub IN me "'
age city boarding house. l ha.F -'
both and l will back my He--.
against the farm every time. "
the bad cooking and spoueo
ever ate, I hav found 1t III Ut.
boarding houses. On the farm
vegetables, milk and butter
every day and that is half the pr
Of good health. Who ever h'@-.
ptomaine poisoning from dlft
ruined butter or half rQtteH
tables or meat on the farm
B. c. NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
AN EXPENSIVE LESSON.

One of nv neighbors learned a les
son in hay bailing this year. He had
never been a hay farmer until last
wear when he put in a crop Of timothy
red top mixed. He cut a pretty fair
crop in July, but he was 50 eager to
get at the new work that he cut it
> little too soon. He has about so
acres in grass and concluded to bale
the crop and sell it. I suggested h
he ought to stack it and let it stand
at least six weeks for curing before
balins it, but the hay looked pretty
drv and he concluded to haul it direct
from the cocks to the baler. Tt looked
very nice and it came out of the baler
and our neighbor stacked it all up
three tiers deep.
OF course the bulk of the hav
snoiled and it will be a total loss. I
never think Of baling timothy hav
on nv place until it has gone through
a sweat and is practically cured. there
fore, 1 stopped selling baled hay sew
eral wears ago because I discovered
that it paid much better TO feed the
hav to make beef and obtain manure
to put back on the land to raise mora
hay. This season l cut an acerao %
Of three tons Of timothy on 40 acres
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
THE WHITE PEKIN
DUCK POPULAR

Of all ducks for farm and practlcal
nom stands higher IN popu-
lar esteem than the White Pekln. IL
is valuable for raising on a large scale
and is the more easily raised OF all.
It is a very timid bird and must De
handled quite carefully. 1t was m
ported from China in the early sew
enties, and has steadily grown In pop-
ularity since its introduction into this
country.
The Pekin duck has a distinct type
of it's own and differs from all others
in the shape and carriage of its body.
In size Ax;e ducks are very large
some reaching as high as 90 pounds to
the pair. Their flesh is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
considered among the best OF table
fowls.
The standardized Pekin has a long
finely formed head, a bill Of medium
size, of an orange color, that is per
fectly free from any mark or color
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
NO MAN.

4 farmer who lives within $50 miles
Of Pittsburg IS making a great deal
of money by curing pork for city Gus
toners. He smokes and cures hams
shoulders and bacon in the good old
fashioned way, using no injurious
chemicals, but depending on molasses,
black pepper and hickory wood smoke
He feeds his pigs to about $50 pounds
and does not try to make them very
fat. He sells all his stool to city peo-
nle dire and pays no freight charges
He is now selling bacon at 80 cents
delivered at his home station and has
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
HELPFUL HINTS.

before you sell the farm take q
month TO think it over. There are
aohie thlhgs lacking in a new location
that money will not buy.
Less land and more work would
nia5e rich many men who are now
It's a mighty mean man who Will,
m - d plow n c%ultivator while his
VIE uses a Wash-tub in place of .
machine and her hands for a u1rina
II there is a day when NOBODY an
one place is rushed with work send
eu' a team with the road drag for =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
rHE FARMER AND MECHANIC

and it was as fine hay as ! ever saw.
Some Of the neighbors VINO are nay
sellers got only on an average % ~
tons ana thew do not seem to under
stand where the trouble is. origin
ally their lane was as good as NINE
but they have yet to learn that they
cannot keep on selling off their hay
crops ithou putting anything PACK
on the land-R. A. O..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

(Special to News and Observer.)
New Bern. Oct. 2e.-One of the most
disastrous fires of h present year
occurred in his city tonight when the
Norfolk Southern freight depot which
was located in the Southern part of
the city was destroyed by a contlagra'
ton of an unknown origin.
Shortly after six o'clock this even
ing fire was discovered in the upper
story of the large building and the
alarm was at once turned in, but be-
fore the fire company had arrived
the whole top Of the building was in
a light blaze, and it was seen that it
would be impossible to ave it.
The building was built entirely Of
wood and filed as it was with vari-
as cotton, oil and benzine, powder, etc.
It was only a few minutes before the
flames had spread to the first floor.
Several box cars that were standing
on a siding, near the structure, be-
came ignited and before an engine
could be secured several of these were
partially consumed. The eastbound
passenger train attempted to cross
over Trent river bridge, but it was
thought best not to attempt this and
and the train was delayed more than
an hour. The loss to the building,
including the freight and other arti-
clcs destroyed viii aggregate s125,-
600.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
PEDIGREED SELz.

Just about thirty years @go
an article from a farm paper
breeding Beans" telling no"
bred a strain Of beans of hlgii
and the way some of the agTi'
sharps jumped on me was
Now we talk about pedIgT''
without startling anybody an
good farmer wants well pre-
as well as we'll bred live stoch.
S.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

II IS reported that the Wisconsin
seatlon has made fairly good grades ~
bpatptearr rom the whole hemp stock and
osa grades from 20 per cent he0nn
ana so per cent wood fibre. ep
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

writer has seen in the early spring
many cows that are too weak TO @ilse
from the ground without being as
sisted. This is a splendid way of losing
none fast and it is inhuman az
we'll.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
DON'T STAIsyE THE COWS

This is a picture from a photograph
of a cow owned by q Well-to-do farmer
who allows his cows to shift for them
selves when they become dry. The
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

1t is an old saving .tb.+
never dies in debt to it's sheep
many a COW does. Get a Rahcae ~.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

A single plant of wheat gro" 80
the ranch of j. c.. Yeaerg NJ -
De1ls Ore. contained over IVV .-I.a.
ALI Of which were fairly Wei
The plant had 135 branches
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

Dont cut down the trees M,
weI VINO saved his walnut trees &c
ven repaid because walnut 49, ,
:" no" worth more than mahoeanr :
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
NEW BERN HAS
A $4,000 FIRE
Norfolk Southern Freight
Depot Burned
WITH ALL ITS CONTENTS

The Fire Started in Upper Story
tng-Roof Was in Light Blaze When
Fire Company Arrived and it was
Impossible tO Save Building or Con
tents-Origin of Fire Unknown.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
THE HISTORY OF A DIME.

Dug as silver Nore from the earth in
Nevada. assayed at Carson City. sent
to the mint at Philadelphia, coined and
stamped dime; sent to the United
States Treasury. where 1t found It's
way to the post-ofiice, where little
boy received it for change. AS he was
going down the street 1t slipped out
of his pocket and rolled to the side
of the street. where 1t laid for q
ing boy, who was hungry; so at a
nearby store he bought box of ,sar-
dimes and a loaf of bread.
A young man came in and got It
for change. It laid in his pocket until
one day his sister wanted 1t to help
make a. bracelet, which she wore for
two years, when the chain broke. She
laid 1t aside. when q servant girl
plugged 1t up and spent 1t.
1t was taken to China on board an
ocean liner and was dropped over
board into the ocean. A large fish
called sturgeon swallowed 1t. Some
Russian fishermen caught the sturgeon
and sent 1t as present to the Gear
of Russia. A servant girl at the
Cars castle cut the fish open and
found the dime. She gave It to the
aCZarina. who presented 1t to the En-
press oftGhina. It was taken to Mar
settles. France; from there to Mexico,
and here 1t is to-day paying an or
aphan's admission to the great Pow
hatan Fair. and / hope 1t will so to
help pay the generous premiums Of
sfered the Boys Corn Club If we get
the dime it will be needless to say that
Its wanderings will never stop.
LOCkSLEY P. 5HENING.
Age II years.
Jefforson Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23

j, wrote In my first essay that
Balnstdam was Joined to Riga by two
bridges. One was an iron bridge, the
other was pontoon bridge. made un
OF pieces which We're screwed to each
other by iron screws. This bridge was
the one over Which I walked home
from school when the ice was floating
and the boat could not so.
One afternoon my brother and were
crossing this bridge on our way from
school. Large pieces Of Ice We're hit
ting up against the bridge, and threat
ene- to break itFup every minute, we
We're about halfway across when an
unusually lanse piece of Ice hit tho
bridge there was terrific crash, and
then q, piece of the bridge right In
front OF us broke off and tloated away
with the ice out to sea,
AT first we didn't realize. our narrow
escape, but then the thought came to
US. uppose we had heenaa few steps
ahead? ~ III
Then NE real zed thai we would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
MAUD,s sELr-DENIAI.

Maud has a new tin cup. Her Uncle
sdoorge gave 1t to her. 1t is very
bright and nice. She had Just gotten
homo from her visit.
Mother looked at the new cup. She
sald - was q beauty. Then she filed
II with milk. Maud took 1t and said,
rslhank You Then mother cut a big
piece OF apple pic and gave 1t to her.
MAUD liked the Pic very much. She
sat down on the front steps to eat It.
Just then an old blind man came up. a
little white dog was leading him. Hear
Ing Maud move, he asked If he could
Sit down and rest for a while. She
said yes, and when she saw that ue
was so weak and old she gave him her
cup Of milk and q piece OF pie. He ate
" and then turned to her and said.
cannot see you. but know you
are an angel" Maud felt as happy as
could be. MARY L. DAVIS,
Age eight years.
1915 West Cary Street. Richmond.