davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
NUMBER II.
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The song They're After Me" Is
catchy air.-Lancaster Gazette.
If some people would always think
twice before they speak, they would
keep still good deal.-Ram's Horn.
Mrs. strict-''I know your mother
brought you up to respect old age.m
Miss Clipper-''Yes, indeed; she didn't
even allow us to laugh at an old joke"
Comforting ng.-Dramatist first night
TIA! is that man hissing?" Mana
ger-''No. 1t is a man in ore of the
back seats snoring. He has peculiar
snore, hasn't heP"-N. Y. Sun.
-Superfluous. -"But, Mrs. Brown, you
don't seem to take any interest in the
poetical productions of your husband. "
''Why should I? have him himself. -
Fliegende Blatter.
-Cora-"I would wait ever so long
for any man that could love me for my
self alone" Violet-"What patiencel
And you have already waited so many
years. IN. Y. Ledger.
-Chawley-tWhat are you all bun
died up and shivering so for this warm
day?" Algy-''Why, it's English, you
know, my deah boy. The weather'a
very cold in Lunnon. Buffalo Express.
Mrs. Singleboy-I hope, John, you
are not too hard on Jack at the Office.
You know he is our idol child. Mr..
Singleboy .(with sigh)-Yes, Mary, he
is indeed our idle Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
You claim that you were insane
| when you proposed to her?'' 'Yes,
sir" ''Can you prove it?" Eyes, sir. {"
s'How?" by producing the plaintiff in
court and letting the jury look at her. >
! Exchange.
"A new farcica1 comedy brought out
in New York is called Nerves" After
the critics get through with it the mana
ger may know the meaning of ''shat-
tered nerves. IN Norristown Herald.
-"Your poem is good, but do not
like the rer etition of ideas" 81 am not
aware, sir, that have repeated my
self?' ''No-but you have repeated
Shakespeare and Thackeray and several
others all the way through. Epoch.
When girl is sixteen her ideal man
is named Reginald. When she is twenty
four it doesn't matter to her very much
what his name is so long as it will work
well on the business end of a check
Somerville Journal
-Travers-''D you know, it's a sin.
gular thing, but every time have had
new suit have been engaged to a
different girl" Dashaway-' Heavensl
When you get married what bill for
your wife "-Clothier and Furnisher.
Deacon Hardscrabble Ito passenger
requiring three seats for himself and
baggage)-"Y are from the city, /
presume?" Mr. Shoat-''Yes; how did
you know it?'' Deacon Hardscrabble-
80, we butchered our country hogs
three months agoT"-N. Y. Herald.
"A Financial Discussion.-Old Man
Moneybags (facetiously)-"Come, my
dear, aren't you going to advise me?
Here's a man that wants me to lend
him ten thousand dollars on his Atchi-
son stock. Now what would you advise
me to do?" Young Wife-''Why, you
know that 1 don't know anything about
money" Old Man Moneybags-'Don
know anything about money! That's
pretty good, when you made as much in
one day as / have made in all my life. =
Young Wife-'Why, when was that?'
Old Man Moneybags (uproariously)-
When you married me-" Young Wife
Yes, but all my friends have told
me that / couldn't have made worse
bargain. ''--Boston Courier.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
The worth of Tobacco to France.

Frenchmen are about to erect mon
ument to Jean Nicot, who introduced
tobacco in France Nicot, while Am
bassador to Portugal in 1860, sent a
package of tobacco seed to the Queen
Catharine de Medici in Paris. The
weed throve so well on French soil
that sixty years later Cardinal Richelieu
found it worth his while to begin col
lecting the first French tobacco tax.
In 1897 this tax was 40 sous on the 100
pounds. Shortly afterward the annual
product of the tax was some $500
In 17IS the right to the product of the
tax was let out to the collector for
So, 200, O00 Between 1719 and 1870 the
tax was not collected. 1t was reintro-
duced at the latter date, and in 1901
was again abolished. Napoleon /. in
1910 began collecting the tax by means
of Government monopoly. The first
Empire got some Ss,O0O,O0 annually
from the tax, and in 1880 the product
was SO. .0OO, 900. In the following half
century the tax grew to $4S, O0O,0 Al
together, the tax has brought the
French Government S1,S00, 900, 900. No
wonder that enthusiastic French smok-
ers have suggested that the Govern
ment could well afford to commemorate
in pure gold the fame of Nicot.-N. I.
G17r
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
nust and the Con.plexIon.

Dust is the great enemy of health and
of women's good looks. 1t settles in
the skin, especially where there is
little steam to help it; the wax and oily
matter of the skin FIX it till no ordinary
washing will remove it. Wrinkles are
accentuated by it, as they have a deeper
bed to draw in the dust with the stylus
of time. That is the reason so many
women look about ten years younger
when they find time TO take their hot
bath and the vapor has fifteen minutes
or more to soften the tissues. There is
nothing like steam for plumping up the
skin and washing out the CRIME which
clouds every complexion not daily
treated to soap and hot water. How
many have the heating pipes Of the
furnace cleared of the years accumu'
lation of dust? From the pipe coils i
is ready t. enter lungs and skin, and
being deadest of all dead matter, it i
itself death to hair, to freshness o
complexion and general vigor. -shirle!
Dare, in Detgoit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
, ForeIgn clubs in America.

Clubs composed of foreigners exist in
all the big cities of the world. They
are nearly all prosperous, except in the
City of New York. English clubs
which have been founded there from
time to time have failed, and the Cana
dian Club found it necessary to throw
off its restrictions on membership and
admit other persons than Canadians be
fore it became successful. The French
societies in New York have very lib
era1 percentage of American members
and the German clubs are all rapidly
becoming American institutions. II
London there are two clubs which arC
exclusively American in membership
and management, and there are goo(
English clubs in Berlin and Vienna
Chicago Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
slgERIAL SOIL,
In some Places it is Frozen Six Hundred
Feet Deep.

Feet Deeps
For many years scientists have been
perplexed over the phenomenon of a
certain well at Yakutsk. Siberia. AS
long ago as 1928 Russian merchant
began to sink this noted we'll, and, after
working on It for three years, gave it up
as a bad job, having at that time sank
it to depth of thirty feet without
getting through the frozen ground. He
communicated these facts to the Rus
sian Academy of Science, who sent men
to take charge of the digging operations
at the wonderful well. These scientific
gentlemen toiled away at their work for
several years, but at last abandoned it
when a depth of 382 feet had been
reached. with the earth still frozen as
hard as rock. In 1914 the academy
had the temperature of the soil at the
sides of the well taken at various depths.
From the data thus obtained they came
to the startling conclusion that the
ground was frozen to depth exceeding
800 feet.
Although it is known to meterologists
that the pole of the lowest known tenn
perature is in that region of Siberia, it
is conceded that not even that rigorous
climate could force frost TO such great
depth below the surface. After figur-
| ing on the subject for over a quarter OF
a century, geologists have at last come
| to the conclusion that the great frozen
valley of the Lena river was deposited,
frozen just as it is found to-day, during
the great grinding up era Of the glacial
epoch. Mechanical News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
oBscURITY.


,,.,, seen a pure, white lily
Pc pasy is stately, queenly head
slose. secluded corner,
rrsere no ray of light was shed
-. ,oticed twas surrounded
lIssr - rpgainly, scentless flowers,
=. = ,tev m aid not mar its beauty,
y, !. al !. bIooned away the hours.
~ 1ts purity and freshness
pr me contrast was increased;
n ,sr,enber the great lesson
mat it taught, 1 have not ceased
!. nat lily through the summer,
Md surroundings coarse, could bloom,
.,,.ost hidden from the sunshine,
casting. vet, its sweet perfume,
nasy lives refined and noble
Eften flourish in the shade,
pssginp only in the sunlight
rsat their own pure thoughts have
made.
rsovgh the song they sing may never
~ ihe world at large be heard,
!, ssme heart. toil.worn and weary,
Good impulses may be stirred.
md the gracious, tender Father
Iayes that unknown soul the same
aethe one whose name is written
m the broad white scroll Of fame.
.r,ra N. Saunders. in American Spectator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14

hensiblel He handed the man his
change and package and was still con-
versing with the two when suddenly
the door was pushed open and big,
burly policeman bounced in. He laid
his strong hands on both men. ''Jack
Halloran,' he said, ''and Joe Winter.
bottom, l arrest you in the name of the
Queen! Steady now, my men, and nd
fuss, if you please. The game is up! L
have plenty of help outside. So Just let
me put these little ornaments on your
wrists, and the quicker you are about it
the better all around"
The jeweler chuckled. After all he
had been right. and these fellows were
sharpers. He nodded his head COM
placently as he looked on. The fellows
were remarkably good-natured, though
thoroughly crestfallen. They did not
offer the slightest resistance
Mighty hard luck, joe" said John
Halloran, land just when we was off
for the West Indies, too. Well, say,
officer, you amt a-going to drag us
through the streets like this, are yep"
Not by jugful," answered the po.
liceman. know you and your gang
too well. Ye shall have all the style
you want, boys. have a growler
right outside the door, and ye shall be
| driven to the Mansion House. And
now, sir, he said, turning to the jew
eler, what have these fellows been do
ing here?"
| Bought one thousand pounds sterl-
| ing worth of watches each of them. and
paid me each with one thousand
pound sterling note"
Hold on! hold on!'' cried the officer,
pulling out his pocketbook and hastily
opening it. s'Number fourteen thou
sand three hundred and three, amt it?'
eyes, yes," nodded the jeweler.
And number seventy-three thousand
eight hundred and nine?'
ITO be sure,'' chuckled the merchant
Both stolen from the Earl of Aber
deem. You'll remember that big burg
larry few weeks ago, sir? 1t was the
talk of all London, and them's the fel
lows that did its The jewelers. eye:
danced with vanity and gratified pride
He would come in as a witness in thai
CeleDFdJSu case. All LOuCOn MOul(
talk about him and his sharpness.
''Well, I'll tell you what will do, sir,
continued the officer. Just hand mt
them two one thousand-pound sterling
notes, and let your young man go ou
with me and take the watches to the
cab. We shall need all this as corpst
delicti, as the barristers say, sir. AnC
you, yourself, must come in half al
hour to the Lord Mayors office; WI
shall require your testimony, sir
Here, scribbling a few words, ''her,
is the name of the case, sir. and that
me own name and number. Don't fai
to come. This IS very importan
catch and will reflect credit on you, sir.
The men were marched down-stair
by the policeman, the clerk with tn
two packages brought up the rear
The men were bundled into the cab
The policeman seated himself opposit
to them, taking the watches on his lap
and all three were driven off ostensibl,
to the Mansion House. Half an hou
later the jeweler presented himself ful
of pride at the Lord Mayors office, bu
the two rogues and the pretended pc
licem an failed to materialize.-Jev
| alerS' Weekly
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
He May be Going Yet.

At an open-air meeting in London the
follow ng incident took place: A street
preacher was holding forth in the East
End when drunken soldier came up
and loudly ridiculed the whole service.
Finding that it was useless to ignore
the man the preached quickly decided
on his course of action. ''Ah, my friend,
you're no soldier; you've only borrowed
those gay red clothes. No servant of
the queen would get drunk and inter-
rupt peaceful service" OF course the
man warmly protested that he was a
soldier, and invited the preacher to test
him. Very well, was the reply. II
will Now, then, stand at ease" This
the soldier did as well as his drunken
condition allowed. Right about facew
This also was accomplished with some
trouble. .'Now, quick march, And
off he went, marching down the Mile
End road at desperate speed, unable,
apparently, to see through the open-air
preachers successful maneuver. Chi
cago Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
He Preferred the Express.

Morris Towne-I thought you said
Jeweler-So did.
Morris Towne-Well, it stops every
five minutes!
Jeweler-Probably it is an aecommo-
dation train.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
Saved From an Awful Death.

Briggs-I see that while burglar
was climbing the side of house the
other evening it was struck by light
ming.
Griggs-Was the burglar hurt?
Briggs-O, no. He was on the light
ming rod.-Jury.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
SONS OF VETERANS IN CAMP.
The order Well Represented 9t
minneapolis.

MINNEAroLIs, Mimi, Aug. 25.-The
tenth annual encampment Of the Sons
Of Veterans has begun in this city with
about five thousand mem bers of the
order IN attendance.
Commander Webb furnishes the fol-
lowing statistics in advance Of his an
nuaI address: During the year 26,J23
members have been taken in; 552 new
camp, with O,32O members, were
mustered in The actual mem be rship
Of the order to-day is quite 100000
Mr. Webb outlined as the
most important business to come
before the commandery Mt this session
certain proposed changes in the ritual
and constitution The age limit for
membership will be changed from is to
~, Then the military feature Of the
order will be divorced from the civic
feature, so that IL will bear about the
same relation TO the work of the order
as the military degree of the knights
OF Pythias does TO the subordinate
lodge
The active camps now In the CITY and
TO come will be quartcred IN tents at
Minnehaha Falls, near the state Sol
cierS' home. This has been christened
Camp Webb and is already largely
populated
One Of the matters to come before
the commnndery that Is Xix ly TO pro
woke lively discussion is the demand
Of Col W. s. Payne Of Ijostoria. ohio,
for reinstatement Payne was com
mander-in- chief in 1906, but was dis
honorably discharged for misuse of the
orders funds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
WHY is HISTORY SILENT7
Captain Lyons Name stricken From the
Declaration OF Independence.

Captain Lyons Name stricken From the
Declaration of Independence.
There is curious tradition in the
Lyon family, OF Ball Ground, Ga.
says the Atlanta Constitution Captain
y. II. Lyon says that the first of the
family to come to this country were
four brothers, Que Of whom was his
great grandfather. They settled in
Virginia and North Carolina When
the struggle with Great Britain for
liberty came at last one of them be-
came very prominent and was hon
ored by his fellow citizens sending him
as delegate to the continental con-
gress.
While in congress the independence
OF this country was declared and the
Declaration Of Independence was
signed. he being one of the signers. II
seems that he was an enthusiastic
rebel in his hatred toward the mother
country and very anxious that that
power be crushed at once.
About the end OF the disastrous cam
paign Of l776 he became 81 exasper-
HCeu al WndE ne IcIUltu w bSulIS bOu
vacillating policy and weak methods
OF dealing with the enemy that he
made very bitter attack in congress
on the commander-in-chief. In few
days came the brilliant victories at
Trenton and Princeton.
This success of our arms put Delegate
Lyon in bad box. Washington's
friends, smarting under the scoring
they had received, determined on re-
venge, Tho test OF loyaHv to the
colonial cause was, Are you loyal TO
WashingtonP' and. of course, as he
was not he was not in for it. A motion
was made to expel him from the con-
gress, and after a strong deba' vas
carried
Not only was he expelled but his
name was erased from the Declaration
of Independence. Curious was it notp
And, if true. still more curious that
history does not mention the incident
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
PITH OF THE NEWS.

There was frost at Marshalltown,
Iowa. yesterday morning.
In collision between two Northern
Pacific freight trains near Palmer,
Washington, Engineer David Young
and Fireman Frank Cooper were
killed
The storm throughout central Penn
sylvaniu sunday light was the worst
in sixty years Many railroad bridges
were washed away Crops were badly
damaged.
The identity of Frank Amy, the
murderer OF Christie Warren at Han
over, \ H.. as George II. Abbott, the
escaped convict, has been satisfactorily
established.
A new American line OF steamers
connecting Philadelphia with Cuba,
rroyreso, Vera Cruz and other gulf
points is expected to begin operations
in Noycmber The line viii receive
no suhvcution.
ten. j. W Foster says that SPAN
has already denounced her commercial
treaties with England and Canada, so
that they will not share in the advaut-
ages OF the new reciprocity treaty with
lhlS country.
Ii. G. Railles, postmaster general of
Eng and, is dead,
Russia is preparing to make an UNI
usually fine exhibit Mt the worlds fair
in Chicago.
An English boolSmakers have been
ordered to quit Boulogue and Calais
within fortnight.
English Liberals are rejoicing
over the prospect of new issue in
politics raised by the controversy be-
tween the peers and the commons.
one hundred thousand persons have
already arrh ed ut Treves To see the
holy coat Professions of pilgrims,
chanting as they march, are continu.
ally passing through tine streets from
{ o'clock in the morning until mid
night
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
WOULD NOT SAVE HER.
Mrs. Wiikie Attempts suicide and
Her Husband Refuses 10 interfere.

SrRING LAKE, n j., Aug. -. Con-
siderable excitement was caused here
by the attempt of Mrs. Martha Wilkie
to commit suicide by plunging into
the surf on the beach opposite
the Hotel Affair. She is
the wife of John Wilkie, who is
engaged in the carriage business here
They started for a walk on the beach
to talk their domestic troubles over.
They had not come to an agreement,
and when opposite the hotel they sto d
still and quarrced bitterly Suddenly
Mrs Willsie was heard to eNclaim:
"I'll Kill myself,
There Is the ocean, said the hus
band, "go and drown yourself
The words had no sooner been ut
tered than the woman sprang into the
breakers aad fell forward, disappear
ing in the spray. MIR. WillSic calmly
stood and watched her as she was
tossed about and washed ashore lie
never moved. The woman sprang up
and rushed into the waves again. This
time she succeeded IN getting beyond
the breakers, and IL seemed as II
her wish for death was soon
to be granted. Several guests who
sloou near ny calleu W VIC hldu W go
In aud get his wife, but he told them
that she wanted TO die and he was go
ing to let her The people then called
the bathing master. He came on a
run, and with II few swift strokes
reached the woman and carried her
ashore. She was unconscious but in
ten minutes was restored, Her first
words were why didn't you let me
die? My husband wants me no longer
and wanted to die"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
Such Will be New Twelve Story
Hotel Planned for New
York.
1t VIII Occupy the Present Site
Of the Il shiOnable
Brunswick.
A Stock Company Has the Matter
in Hand and NJ cans
Business.

New York, Aug 25.--Thc most mag
nificent hotel in the United States, il
not in the world, is to be built in New
York. The plans are at present being
made and will be completed next week
or the week after. The new hoteI will
be located on Fifth and Medison ave-
nues and Twenty sixth and Twenty
seventh streets, on the present site Of
the elite Hotel Brunswick. That struc-
turc, which is one of the most substan-
tial in the city, will be torn
down. and in it, place will be
reared magnificent building. Messrs
Mitchell, KcntzIer & S0uthworth, the
present proprictors Of the Brunswick,
do not own the land on which the hotel
stands IL belongs to an estate, and
negotiations are now in progress for the
purchase of that and the balance of
the block The big hotel will be run
by IA stock company, The officers viii
be Mr.. Mitchell, one of the projectors
of tn Brunswick, president; Frames
kent2ler, secretary, and Mr. south
worth, treasurer
The building will be entirely of
marble. absolutely freprOof, and
twelve stories in height, II will be de.
signed in the Roman style Of architect
ure and contain $50 rooms. Banquet
halls, large and beautifully decorated,
will be n feature Russian ana Roman
baths will be placed in thu building.
1t is estimated that the capital of the
company will be nearly If not more
than $50, 900, 900. The stock has been
offered for sale, it is understood, for
about "A week and is almost all alb
sorbod.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-28
is JAY GOULD HARD UPT
The Union Pacific said to He Very
short of Money.

OMAHA, Neb. Aug. 25.-The financial
straits OF Gould's Union Pacific in
terests were made further manifest to-
day and a big sensation in COM
mercial circles was the result. A con
fernce was held in the private Office of
T.. l.. Kim ball, third vice-presideEt of
the Mon pac tic and president of the
Union Depot company, between that
gentleman and a committee OF the city
council, appointed for the purpose OF
finding out what could be done toward
getting work started on the new depot.
Mr.. kimba informed the gentlemen
that the Union Depot company had no
funds with which to complete the
work, even were there no other obsta-
cles in the way. This was explained
by the statement that the money raised
on the bonds of the Union Depot com
pany, issued last fall, had been diverted
to meet the running expenses of the
Union Pacific and Burlington road
and was gone beyond recall. There
was no way to get it back, and the
only thing to do would be for the two
companies to go to work and put back
the amount used up. This would re-
quirc time and might not be success
fully accomplished at all.
Mr.. Kimball spoke for himself and
Mr.. Holdrege of burlington. He said
they were both anxious to have the
depot completed and would do every
thing in their power to have the work
done. One of the conditions, the prime
one, which Mr.. kimball said would be
necessary TO meet before further work
would be done, would be the dismissal
Of the injunction suits now pending in
court prohibiting the delivery Of the
city viaduct bonds to the depot com
pany, The councilmen present refused
to agree to any such condition until
work had been actively and earnestly
commenced on the depot and assur-
ances given thaC there would be no
further delay in the completion of it.
In the meantime Mr.. Kimball will
endcavor to get the matter before the
railroad officials. Jay Gould viii leave
his summer retreat in Idaho in few
days and will be- met by Mr.. Kimball,
and they will come to Omaha for IA
conference with the officials OF the
union depot and the Burlington road,