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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
THE scoRE-CARD FlEND.
The Base BAH Game Couldn't Go Or
without Him.

The Base BAH Game Couldn't Go On
without Him.
If you want to enjoy yourself at
baseball match manage to sit beside the
man who tries to keep a score of the
game for his own satisfaction.
No one has yet solved the mystery
why this mau bothers his head about the
score, but all the same he is as much
absorbed in the work as if every mark
and figure he makes were to go into the
next United States census reports.
The chief popularity of this man is
that he doesn't know how to keep a
baseball score anyhow.
The official scorers, who get paid for
their labor, do not do half the work for
their money that this man does for the
pure love of it. 1t is understood that a
large part of the satisfaction he finds
comes from knowledge that the people
around him can't keep a score, and there
fore he must be greatly envied and ad-
mired. This belief may be right OF
wrong, but with this man it goes.
The score-card fiend does not go to
the ball-match for the pleasure of see
ing the game. He is educated far be-
yond that point and goes for the pleas
ure of recording the play-the game.
People who are satisfied with merely
watching the progress of the game on
the field are subjects Of this mans pity.
When the scoro-card fiend is so anx.
tout to keep a correct record of every
detail on the field, we hold it is not
tive information. If, for instance, he
has been absorbed in watching the
ladies in the vicinity, and the game has
got away from him, it is not fair to tel
him, when he asks, that O'Keefe wen
out on a foul when, in fact, he made 8
home run. Misintormation of this kind
when given to him dozen times during
the progress of the game, has tendency
to mar the accuracy of the score. Give
the score-card fiend . chance. IN. Y
World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
$500 per Annum.
PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

--Employer-"Well, Patrick, which
is the bigger fool, you or I?" Patrick
Faith, / couldn't say, sor, but it's not
mesilf, surely."-Boston Budget.
-Quevedo Cooking for board, happens
in at dinner time)-'sDo you take in
bc&rders, majam?" Boarders with one
general shout)-''You bet she does
Philadelphia Enquirer.
-Husband-'I have often heard that
bread is the staff of life" Wife-''So
have /, Oscar" Husband-''Wen, this
bread would make good staff for pos
liceman. Ocean.
-Minnie-'T heard that you are going
to enter the lecture field" Mamie
''The idea! I'm going to be married.
Minnie-"Well, / knew it was some
thing of the sort. ."-Terre Haute Ez
press.
bought for five dollars" Miss Gilman
-"Why, these I'm wearing cost me ten
dollars" Miss Crabtree-'I suppose
they charge according to size. "-Boston
Herald.
Poor woman! Have you no husband
to help you earn iving?" 81 have 5
husband, so called, but he is deeply en-
gagged in something else" ''Ot whai
nature?'' Trusting in Providence. -
Chicago Times.
do you think" he asked in hest
tating accents, ''that you could learn ts
love meP" Eyes, she replied coyly, q
could learn, but I'm afraid you'll have
good deal of trouble teaching father
Washington Post.
Cotton merchant Ito son who wants
to be a poet)-"Why, boy, remembei
that poetry, even good poetry, viii
never pay as we'll as cotton, even bad
cotton-especially bad cotton. "--Har'
per's Bazaar.
-Palmer-'sIt's mighty funny, but
there are no less than six people with
whom I have been talking within a
week who are now dead" Curtleigh-
81 haven't the least doubt of it. I'm
sorry I can't stop to listen to you to-day,
but the fact is I'm not prepared. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Mrs. Brown-0ur sex is advancing
every day. They are beginning to ap-
point women in the small post-ofaces.
They should have done tina t years ago.
Brown-"Not at all. They had to wait
till the postal card went out of fashion.
-Lippincott's Magazine.
Tourist (headed westward so
there many wolves in Kansas ?" Mover
(headed eastward Heaps NV 'em,
pardner - Tourist-Row do you pro
&. nounce the name by which they are
called-c-o-y-o or ki-ote ~ Mover
"Wall, some calls it one an some the
other, but them that have run up agin
'em much pronounces it real-estate
agent. Munsey's Weekly.
First Farmer-"I hope we're goin
to have a spell of dry weather, now
neighbor Meadows; it's just what We
need.' Second Farmer-"Well, I'd JUS
as soon it would rain right along.
First Farmer-"Why, what's the reason
of that?" Second Farmer-''My citJ
cousins said they were coming to stal
with me If the weather was fine. Light
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE.
The Gratifying Reputation Enjoyed by
Noted Massachusetts Jurist.

AA0 FkcpubAtAOn EDJOyeO -
Noted Massachusetts Jurist.
A compliment, paid by Rufus Choate
20 Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachusetts,,
happily illustrates Burke's pithy phrase,
''The cold neutrality of an impartial
judge" ''With what judge" said Mr..
Choate, ''can you see your antagonist
freely conversing, without the slightest
apprehension, as you can with him?"
Once during the trial of case, an
eminent lawyer, associated with Mr..
Choate, was rising to contest an un-
favorable, if not unfair, ruling made by
the chief justice. "Let it go!' whis-
pered Mr.. Choate, drawing him back.
''Sit down. Life, liberty and property
are always safe in has hands.
Gracefully as these sayings compli-
ment the impartiality of one of the
most upright of judges, they are not
more expressive than one which was
paid him by a sporting man." noted as
an assistant in prize fights.
The ''sport" was witness in murder
trial, and during his examination the
chief justice walked to the edge of the
bench, and in grave way, peering over
his spectacles, asked the witness several
questions. After the witness had left
the stand, he said to an officer Of the
court:
Ibid you see that chap that sot with
two other coves behind little fence
there in COURT mean the cove called
the chief?''
SO yes, you mean Judge Shaw" said
the officer.
That's him; but what glorious fel.
Ter he'd made for a referee in fght!'
said the bruiser.
Daniel Webster did one of the bes,
works of his life when he seated him
self in Lemuel Shaw's Office, and spent
several hours in pursuading him to re.
linquish lucrative practice to accept
the Chief-Justiceship of Massachusetts.
Though its salary was so small as not tc
amount to one-third of the sum which
Mr.. Shaw earned yearly, by the prac
tice of his profession, he yielded to the
sense of duty, aroused by Mr.. Web
ster's arguments, and for thirty year:
served the Commonwealth by admins
| Gof1nB 1uSVlce.
The Constitution of the United States
and the Constitutions of the States arC
peculiar in this, that without expressly
authorizing the judiciary to pass upoI
the validity of laws enacted by the leg
islative authority, they place the courts
in such position of complete inde
pendence that the judges have assumed
and exercise the right to pronounce ont
law constitutional and another uncon
stitutional.
The fact that after century of thi
method of governing through the judic
iary the people still reverence tn
courts, and especially the Suprem
Court of the United States, indicate
the wisdom of our ancestors, and tn
moral influence of "the cold neutralit,
of an impartial judge. Youths Com
panion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
THE SINGING VOICE.
Singers and Doctors Agree That Tobacco
Affects It.

@~-NN-
Affects 1t.
That the voice is affected by tobacco
is proved by the testimony Of singers on
the one hand and by the experience Of
physicians on the other. A very large
acquaintance with vocalists of all grades,
extending now over longer period Of
years than / care to think of, enables
me to say that, while few consider
their voice as improved, the vast major
ity think it is more or less injured by
smoking, says DIR. Morrell Mackenzie. /
attach far more Importance to the testi-
mony of the latter than to that Of the
former, as singers have frequently the
most eccentric notions of what is good
for the voice." AS stout, mustard and
melted tallow candles have each been
vaunted by distinguished artists as
vocal elixirs of sovereign efficacy, it is
not surprising that tobacco should also
| have it's adherents.
The example of Mario, who smoked
incessantly, is eften cited as proof Of
the utility-or, at any rate, the harm
lessness-of the practice. 1t is obvious,
however, that an exceptional singer is
so by virtue Of possessing an exceptional
throat, and no rule for general use car. .ba
safely founded on such an instance. Bal
zac used to say of great men who were
victims of the temper passion that there
was no knowing how much greater they
might have been if they had been free
from that weakness. In the same way
we may say of Mario: How much fineE
might even his voice have been without
his eternal cigar? It might at least have
lasted longer than it did.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
PRESERVE OLD LANDMARKS.
An Item Suggestive to Every Community
in the Land.


in the Land.
The news that Mr.. George NJ. Pull
man has offered to erect monument to
commemorate the massacre of 1912 at
the point in Chicago where it has been
definitely ascertained that Fort Dear
born stood, should be suggestive item
to every community in the land. There
are few sections of the country which
have not been the scene of stirring, or
at least interesting historical events.
The Central West is full of locations
where Indian fighting, renowned in his
tory, occurred. These points can now
be readily ascertained and permanently
marked at slight expense. Another
generation will find it difficult to do
this. There were many sites of forts
which figured in the civilization OF
the West as prominently as Fort Dear
born. All Western cities of Importance
have grown up around such Notifications
as this. At the East there are points
that can yet be identified upon the bat
tlefields of the revolution, and houses
which are still standing and known to
have been the headquarters of notable
commanders. There are ruins of forti'
fications, both of 1776 and 1912, which
can be plainly traced at various points
along the Eastern coast. But, in ad-
dition to those which are still visible,
there are countless spots of most inter
esting and important history which
can readily be found and thoroughly
identified. The mysteries of the
Indian mounds should incite the pres.
ent generation to preserve American
history. Until recently these matters
have not attracted much gen.
eral attention. They richly deserve
National consideration. The exact To-
calities of great events in which either
the armies of civilization or the armies
which fought our wars took part are
rapidly becoming lost both to sight and
to memory. A very little public spirit
aud small amount of research by local
historical societies would at once rescue
from the teeming past the history and
exact position of thousands of spots
which, in all coming years, would in
| terest and instruct our millions. Those
who have driven over the road from
Boston through Lexington to Concord
will appreciate what can easily be done
to preserve the history of importan
localities and make it familiar to al
passers. The granite tablets by tht
roadside, which tell of all phases
of those days which show on the birth
places of our independence, add an in
terest to the drive which nothing elst
could give it. The brief inscription!
make it possible to repeople these his
toric spots with the actors of thos'
patriotic days and scenes which sur
rounded them. 1t would be a worl
worthy of any community to thus mari
and permanently preserve the points o
its local history. There will neve
come time when such monuments viii
lose their value. In fact, as the year
pass and the Nation grows in extent an
population and power, such monument
will grow proportionately in intere S
and in wortk.-Cincinnati Commercial
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-07-31
HOE Grace of MarlboronRh.

Yesterday afternoon encountered tbs
Duchess on tour of 3 picture gallery.
She is not an especially pretty woman
in spite of the adulation Of the tribe Of
Jenkins. She represents a very usual
type of the well-bred society woman,
with brown hair, the standard blue-gray
American eyes, regular features and
somewhat epnuied expression. She IS
rather above middle height and weighs
from fifteen to twenty pounds less than
she did when she was plain Mrs. Ham
ersley. This, however, is an improve.
uaent. rather than otherwise. She wore
a tailor gown of chocolate brown With
brown straw capote trimmed with one
rather large yellowish-brown orchid
she chatted with her two companioni
with considerable animation, and hel
voice was cultivated and musical. Shs
is making herself very pleasant in New
| York, but there Is look about hei
mouth and her eyes which would no'
impress me as belonging Of right to
woman who was especially happy IN Ael
day and generation, ,-M Z. Letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
FAITH CURE AND sPIRITUALIsM.
What DIR. Purvis Said of Prevailing
lsms to Howard Medical Graduates.

During his address to the graduates at the
commencement Of the medical department OF
Howard university last Friday night DR.. Chas.
B. Purvis said:
There is yet great growth for the profess
sion. The bacillus or microbe that destroys
youth and makes old age is yet to be discov-
cred. Physicians will always be in demand
The desire to stay in this world of conflict
rather than to go to the one beyond, where
there is beauty and peace sublime, is strong
This desire, like that possessed by the Span
Iards In the sixteenth century who went to
Florida to find the fountain of perpetual
youth, together with the stronger wish to turn
an idle penny, has brought to the surface many
treatments-such as the clairvoyants art, spir-
ltualism, mind cure faith cure. Christian sci
ence and hypnotism. As Alexander the Great
gathered wisdom from his slaves SO may you
gather something of value from these various
lsms. Not that you should be their devotees,
but their investigators, for the mysterious
always sharpens the appetite and quickens the
desire for light. The Greeks erected temples
IN honor OF Esculapius which the people wOr-
shipped as gods, believing they possessed heal
ing powers. The priests protited by this
blind faith, but would let no one approach the
oracle till he had bathed in the sea- used pur-
gatlves, and drunk spring water, and rested
several days III the shade on the mountain
slopes. He then looked upon the serpent
which crawled about the altar and went away
blessing the divine author Of his recovery. If
any were not cured they thought it was because
they had not made sufficient offering.
Spirituallsm is not phenomenon it is a NOR
bid condition with pathology yet to be ex-
planned 1t is one of the mental diseases to
which the specialist has not devoted himself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

TOO MANY PLACES WITH THE SAME NAME.
In reply to House bill 1891. TO change the
name Of Caroline street northwest to Hancock
place, Capt Rossell recommends that the
Commissioners inform Congress that there is
now in the District of Columbia a circle called
Hancock circle. or rather one laid out which
II to be called Hancock circle. and a Hancock
avenue. In view of this he recommends that
some other name be found for this street rather
than that 50 many different streets should have
the same name.
POLICEMAN AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Policeman Chas. W. Skinner has forwarded a
report to the Commissioners relative TO the
refusal OF Mr.. Dumont, assistant attorney for
the District, to prosecute Mr.. Jas. Capps for
failing to exhibit lights on building material
on the 18th ultlmo. 1t will be remembered
that this case was printed at the time in The
STAR. Mr.. Dumont refused to sign the infor-
nation on the ground that it was aftea hours
The Commissioners will look into the matter
RKQUEsT FOR PAVING OF RIGGS PLACE
In response to the request of Mr.. W. A.
CroEof that Riggs place be added to the
scht -ile Of streets to be paved this year Capt.
Rossell in his recommendation to the Commis-
sionars today saws that the estimated cost of
doing this work would amount to $780, The
street, he says, Is Ill no sense a thoroughfare.
but Is a short piece lying between two princi-
pal streets-l6th and 18th. He therefore re-
fuses to recommendit. but thinks that it should
be taken into consideration at the proper time.
especially as it is being built up with good
class of houses.
ESTIMATED COST OF A STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Capt. Rossell today replied to the letter of
Mr.. ID. \ Windsor OF 1913 street northwest
In answer to his inquiry the captain says that
the estimated cos, OF macadamizing the road
northeast from North Capitol to boundary will
cost S25O 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
DOCTORS AND DENTISTS.
Graduates From the Columbian Medi-
cal School to Receive Their Diplomas.

The sixty-eighth annual commencement of the
medical and dental departments of the National
medical college Of Columbian university will
take place at Albaughs opera house Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The program of ex-
ercses includes music by the Marine band;
prayer by the Rev. Chas. A. Stakely. d. D.. con-
ferring Of degrees by President ]. c. yelling,
LID. address to medical graduates by Prof
A. r. A. King, AN, Md, dean of the college
address by Prof. II. b. Noble, DDS; valedic-
tory by Madison Mills Brewer, MD; award of
prize by Prof. f.. Il. Fristoe, AM, LID. The
graduates in medicine are: Edwin W. Ashford
d. c.; William W. Ayres. Pa; Madison NJ.
Brewer, kan. Charles S. Elliott, Kan; George
w. Fitch, n. j.; Harris ii. Freeze. Neb.; Chas
II. Gardner, Md; Henry s. Goodall, VT. Chas.
s. kalb, Va; John t. Kelly, jr., Nd; John
W. klemm, n Y; Louis Mackall, jr.. D. c.
Daniel p Mccormack, Wis; Oscar A. Menoca,
ID. C.; Veranus A. Moore, n. y; Daisy NJ. Ore-
man, Fla; William F. Il. Phillips. Va; Sterling
Rufiin, n. c.; John J. Shirley, Wis; John E.
Walsh. ID. C.. The graduates of the dental de-
partment are Stephen b. Cassin, Charles NJ
O'Leary John l.. Reid and Thomas W. Stubb BILE
field of the District and Jessie Kappeler of
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
ST. PATRlCk'S NIGHT.
Entertainments at Which the Emerald
Flag Was Conspicuous.

National Rifles hall was handsomely deco
rated last night and hung with the stars and
stripes and the emerald flag intertwined. The
occasion was ball given i'll memory of the pa
tron saint of Ireland by the Emmett Guards
whose banner was draped above the door. A
dance program of twenty-five pieces was started
early in the evening and it was well on toward
morning when it was finished and the merry
party broke up. The entertainment was in
charge of the following:
Executive Committee - Capt. Richard A.
O'Brien, chairman; Sergt John Fainter, jr.,
VIM. Downey. Jos. Edmunds Corp. Daniel Nell
ligan. John Gallagher and Thos Murphy.
Floor Committee-Lieut H. Walsh, chair
man; Sergt. Chas. j. Harlow. Thos. Kelly. NJ
j. Sheahan, Chas. Barnes Corp. Samuel Cor
man. VIM. Madigan, John Carroll and Vim.
Smith.
The alumni association of st. Johns college
gave its first complimentary literary and musi-
cal entertainment i'll the large lecture room of
the college building last evening. The room
was prettily decorated and draped with Amer
lean and Irish flags. The program was care
fully chosen. so that every selection made
land of the shamrock. The entertainment was
prepared by Brother Tobias. president of the
college, and Messrs. VIM. II. DeLacey and Jas.
F. Shea, and 1t gave the greatest satisfaction
to the large audience present. The program
OF the evening was as follows: A piano solo by
Charles f. McEnaney; '.Erin's Flag" John
Moran; comic song, Charles West; recitation,
Edw. j. Walsh; selection, quartet Messrs.
Brosnan, Fennell, Forsyth and Gait; baritone
solo. Charles F. Goodchild; Progress of
Ireland James f. Shea; baritone solo, VIM. +.
Brosnan; 'Shamus OBrien," NJ +. ODon-
oghue; instrumental trio, Messrs Lepley, Gar
land and McEnaney; short talk, ii. j. Schuteis;
tenor solo. A. S. Fennell; speech of Robert
Emmett" John J. Nolan; baritone solo. A.
Hunter Gait; ''Emblems of Ireland" John j.
Dolan; tenor solo, James Ii. Forsyth; song, Ed
Ii. O'Connor, and THE Day We Celebrate
Vim. II. DeLacey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-18
LETTER FROM ROCKVILLE, MD.
ondence Of The EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of The EVENING STAR.
ROCKVILLE. March H.
The March term of the circuit court for this
county commenced here today. Judges Lynch
and VinsOn on the bench The charge to the
grand jury, which was brief, was delivered by
Judge Lynch. 1t is supposed that the term
will last from three to four weeks. Mr.. J. E.
Ayton is foreman of the grand jury.
The newly appointed sheriff. Mr.. Alfred F..
Fairall Of Sandy Spring, has been seriously ill
for the past few days and was not able to ap-
pear here and take the oath of Office On
Saturday he was visited by Capt Jas. Anderson,
clerk OF the circuit court. and was sworn in
and qualified for the Office. having previously
filed his bond. Ex-Sheriff Vim. B. Miller has
been appointed deputy and is attending to the
duties OF the office before the court.
Mr.. W. E. W. Connell was today appointed
warden Of the Jail in place of John s. Stallings,
who has held the place for the past two years.
MIR. Connell held the position several years ago.
and during the entire time of his incumbency
OF the office no prisoner escaped. s. A. M
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