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MOORISH CAVALIERS.
How They Practice the Fantasia TO s1-
lutte Their Sultan.

How They Practice the Fantasia 70 s1-
lutte Their Sultan.
Morocco has many claims to distinc-
ton in the eyes OF the Sultan of that IA
nous province, but there is nothing of
which he is moro proud than Of the
noble horsemanship Of his subjects
He is himself splendid cavalier and
when he wishes to dazzle the eyes Of an
European sovereign he sends him one
of the famous steeds from his own
stable. These animals are priceless;
no European monarchs have any such
superb stock and IL is the boast OF the
Sultan that money can not buy them
From time to time the Sultan Jour
neys from tribe to tribe throughout the
limits of his empire, and at the boun-
dary line each tribe places delegation
of its finest horsemen to welcome him.
It is on such occasions that the hne
flower Of Moorish horsemanship is dis
played, as of old it was shown on the
plains of Spain against the Cid Cam
peador.
All along tho ''f1ower-bordered high
ways the cavaliers indulge in fantasies,
Al HnICu oil AAAuAbO AOO Vi DOWQ5E ~
consumed, and the horses show their
wonderful mettle.
A fantasia consists in series of cav
airy maneuvres which combine all the
surprising feats of hoFsomanship Of
which Comanche Indian is capable,
with the precision and quickness Of the
best Europeans regiments
A leader, clad in dazzling white and
armed with long lance, dashes ahead
mounted on a spirited Arab.
A little behind him come two or three
hundred horsemen. each one In white.
and with flashing black eyes showing
beneath their white turbans
Swiftly they ride through the long
thickets Of asphodel and Iris until they
arc few hundred yards beyond the
Snltan and his escort. chen at word
Of command they turn, and with the
speed Of light they come rushing back.
discharging their muskets in the air and
yelling like demons 70 salute the Sui
tan as they pass.
This IS lhe Moorish faatasia y. Y
Journal,
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n DEAN AND IT'S MEANING.


t-parn one night that seemed so queer
ils. 1,.so ned until gept, and walked my spouse,
d thercat 90 filed with sudden fear
eTs 5-s.s Ne ID turn awakened all the house.
s..aun vas this: 1 thought lived in Spain
= ,sth 81 nv ancestors, from now to Sheln
l.sore likewise back there before tbs rain
e rs,st fell for forty days, destroying them.
.. ho,.se we lived in had q single room,
~ aae small bed therein, in which we all,
ssss night had STEPPED the valley in its
gloom,
uosId-eyery one of us contented crawl;
"a ,hsre we'd sleep, with Adam ON one side,
I'D i the Youngest of the limo, on t'other.
e aere-s the fun whereat laughed and cried
sntil nv wife and family thought I'd smother:
4,nsbed nv father gainst my grandad: he
Tpnsbefi IN against his father, with snore;
IN 4 II went up through my ancestry
rfsfil old Adam fell out On the floor.
s4is rogsed his anger, and he turned about
Iaa soundly spanked his baby for the trick,
W6athereat on his own son took it out
n giving him most tremendous kick.
And gathered force as nearer me it came.
spsaR ancestral down the ages spun
feared would be so foreeful as to maira.
Id s.. poor coward that I am, slipt
Ont On thefIoor: then speedily awoSe
Inst IS ms poor grandad was soundly clipt,
and left my father victim Of my joke.
.vswiie when she had heard the fearsome tale
Vas sure some horrid omen she could trace
71ffeln and pleaded with me not to fail
Fohage some doctor diagnose the case.
Ind so sought the DOCTOR and he said,
The dream is fraught with portent in my
sight
II means he then observed, with shaking
head,
That you must give up lobsterl late at night"
Carlyle Smith, in Harper's Bazaar.
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Stylish Rodicas.

In the large cities signs are out adyer.
tising to cut and fit bodices without
seams, which is sure indication of the
popular styles for the coming season.
The most stylish bodiees give a long.
wasted effect, and are fastened invisi.
bly, II fastening must be in sight. ii
is buckle or fancy pin, but not : bnt.
ton is seen on the new dresses. Those
which are made so that no one can tell
how the wearer got into them, are con-
sidered most successful. Fancy sleeves
VIII still be worn. and the rolling collar
will Be in even greater favor than dur.
sng the fall The HapsakaansE
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$500 per Annun-
PuNegNT PARAeRAP.Hs

-Brown-"Can sell you a hcrse?"
Bagnall-"Whats the matter with
?"--Brooklyn Life.
An active foot ball season at the
colleges is shown by an equally ener.
getic sale of arnica in college towns.
II do like crying children
The bachelor said "And Why
friend asked, should you like themg'
They're sent out when they cry
i'm Spain the barber shears donkeys
as well as men. In America the barber
shears dudes as well as men. st Jo-
seph News.
AT twenty man thinks he it
all; at thirty he merely thinks he could
have known it all if he had tried. In
dianapolis Journal
i'm the market coffee is said to be
strong, and growing stronger. But it
isn't that way in the restaurants. .-Sa-
vannah News.
When a man succeeds in saving
$4,000 he regards himself as rich man,
but after that he gets poorer all the
time. Globe.
-Incurable. Officer "He's pretty
wild, sir. Thinks he owns tn world
Justiee-"What's his business?" Officer
He's been janitor of a downtown
ofice-building. Judge.
-Husband-"For heavens sake. what
is the matter?" Wife (groping desper-
ately under the bed)-.'I have lost my
collar-button. "-Binghamton Republic
can.
"A mans idea of married happiness
is having a wife who will devote all her
energies to secure his comfort A wo-
mans idea of married happiness is hav-
ing husband who willlove her alone and
tell her of it once in while.-S Somer-
vile Journal
-Rose-"Ah, you're ready for the
ball, are you? 1t makes me think OF
our schooldays to look at you. You
we're always so clever at composition. "
Maude-"Yes; but what reminds you Of
it?" "You still make up so well. st
Joseph News.
Win mans friendship by telling
him to-day that he is the smartest one
in his family, and you will have to tell
him tomorrow that he is the smartest
man in town, and the next day that no
is the smartest man in the State. -Atch-
ison Globe.
Entitled to pass: President X. NJ.
T. R. R. (haughtily) is this
James w. Bungstarter who wants a
pass?" Private Secretary Great cap
italist of eboygan-president Of the
| Knocash Natural Sand Bank--lessee OF
the" President Chastity send him
an annual. thought he was some poor
devil who couldn't pay his way. West
Shore.
1T is said that scientist somewhere.
after two years close practice. has got
so that he can exchange ideas with his
dog And now if he will buckle down
for few years more and get on speak
| ing terms with an old hen, so that the
news may be carried to the hen-roost
whenever eggs are worth fifty cents
dozen, he will be very apt to get monu-
ment with gilt letters on it-Ram's
Horn.
First lady-''Come, let us go and
see the play tonight. It's a society
drama, and every body says it's just
lovely" Second ditto. "Why not 90
down to Tating & Biasfeld's opening OF
Partisan costumes? Well SEQ Just as
much and more, and then, you know.
we don't have our attention distracted
by the conversation of actors, which 50
distracts from the effectiveness of the
drama. First lady: 20, yes; that'll be
ever so much nicer than the tbeater.
Strange didn't think of it myself. ~
Boston Transcript
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Il.
3 takes quiet and serene aiter-dinner
~ ~ a tho cage. Then he rises. yawns,
- ms eyes and starts out to attend a
sssgress ss;4 Of rats that are planning to
saaa 9 PANTRY.
i, 1ne new cage Is most attractive lit
ussaurant for a rat to look upon
80 tne outside. The cheese is fresh
sao fragrant. The service seems to be
81 st The floor is so bright that ii
s.hss Tho bon riraat rat saunters in
~ says; .Iguess I'll try the new res.
,ssnA This is regular Delmoni,
sanees around at the door Of the
= remains open. Then he looks
asa cEstical eye for the ppgiu9
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Asted By soft electric light and made
cool by an electric fan, read message
nom China sent by an electric wire,
and take moonlight ride on the Har-
len In an electric boat before going to
bed says the New York Journal If he
is . member of an electrical club he
nay have his boots polished, his hair
eombed and his coat brushed by cleo
uicity.
Electricity is the great new force that
modern intelligence has tanned and
asrnessed for the sons OF Adam. The
Leyden jar may ultimately take the
place Of the coal mine as the source of
laa force which moves tho machinery
1.-THE world. So manifold are the uses
otelectricity, small wonder is it that so
many ingenious electrical contrlvances
nave already been invented.
Z may surprise the reader to learn
mat rats are put to death painlessly by
electrical execution. The new electric
sattrap was invented after much study
q an ambitious young electrician of
Vmaaas Neb. 1t resembles the ordinary
lastrap, which is hardly more or less
man the quiet restaurant where the ex-
pefienced old rat eats his meals. He
ufops n three times day for cheese
sanaRich, nibbles it like gourmand,
~ ne Is connoisseur in old cheese,
aau saunters out Of the little inn, leav-
,ag lhe door open behind him. He
Knows that the landlord will be around
q me morrow and replenish the cheese.
ne regards himself as a steady board
g VINO may breakfast or dine whenever
e ilkes, and has never a bill to pay.
aslaetlFnes when he has dined heartily
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-02-26
Old Residents.

The Pima Indians, who live in
thatched hats on the banks of the river
Gila, in the South Arizona mountains,
antedate the white man in America by
many years. They were folrishing
race three hundred years ago, when tue
spaniards came among them
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Miss Gossip-I hear your club had a
meeting last night.
Miss Dorcas-Yes, indeed We had a
splendid dinner at Delmonico's that
cost $50 plate, after which our presi-
dent read helpful paper on How to
Live on $500 Year "-Munsey's Week
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By NEW METHODS.
Row Electricity Can Maks Lie
Worth the Living.

WEARY N e w
York clerk may
lay down his
electric pen,
take an electric
bath, board a
Madison avenue
street-ear ru II
by electricity
and ride home
through streets
lighted by cleo
tricity, ring an
electric door
hnl1 aufor n
70 m illumi-
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Good coal miners are scarce.
Toronto has an eight hour league.
New York has q Hebrew Painters
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-02-26

The largest factory in the world do.
voted exclusively to subhsr shoemaking
has been dedicated iu WeOnsoeket r. ].
, 1891-09-11
SkIRMISH SHOOTING.
Good Scores Made at the Fort
Sheridan Tournament.
Sergt. Mayer of the 18th Makes
the Second Best Run.
The Fort Russell Man Third on
the Army Team.

CHICAGO. Sept. 10.-This was a gala
day in the United States army national
shooting tournament, the first day of the
competitive skirmish firing. Eight marks
men who composed the first skirmish
line stepped up to the GOO yard limit and
waited for the signal to start. When it
came they started off with a swinging
stride. Then in quick succession came
the signals double time. halt, fire. At
the command fire the men dropped on
the ground at full length and the rifles
began to crack. Then for thirty seconds
it was a continuous roar, the bullets
whistling IN the air and embedding them
selves In the back stop, dust and pebbles
showering around the figures. At
the command to cease firing the
men arose and the process was
repeated until ten halts were made. Some
exceptionally good ms were made, three
OF them breaking previous skirmish rec
ords In this range Sergt. Powell, ID com
pany, 18th infantry. whose score OF l73
points was the best made Wednesday at
target shooting, piled up the grand total
OF l45 points in his afternoon runs. But
his forenoon run was only 90, 80 tor the
day he got but 1874 points. which was
eaualled by but three contestants, how
ever. Sergt. Mayer. q company, 18th
infantry, made the second best run, rid
ding figures to the extent OF lab points.
His morning run was lis, bringing his
average for the day up to l31. Sergt.
Rose, A company, 18th infantry. scored
lis 10 the morning and 1877 in the
afternoon; average, l26. His pre-
vlous scores give him a total
of 404 points, which places him first
among the army team men. Powell is
second and Mayer third. The Dustin.
guished rifle m~arksmen, to use a camp
expression, are mot in it." but three of
them scoring 300. Corp. Sweetheart,
whose phenomenal score Of It's on Tues
day placed him far in the lead. made but
"a points, yet so indifferently did the dis
tinguished men shoot that he still retains
second place. Pvt. Davis. B company.
10th infantry, who scored an average OF
ITO, is first. with a total of 43S.
, 1891-09-11
Must support Themselves.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-The board Of
managers of the national homes for disa-
bled volunteer soldiers has about com
pleted its quarterly meeting in this city.
at the last meeting provision was made
for the creation of medical boards at each
branch to examine the inmates and ascer.
tain what proportion Of them were able to
maintain themselves and were not disa.
bled. These reports are now under con
sideration. The board at the California
branch reports that there is not a single
inmate who could properly be excluded.
In the central branch the board found
that thIrty-fve inmates should be ex.
cluded because they have sufficient income
to maintain themselves, and seventeen be.
cause they are physically able. The Mil.
waukee branch has not yet reported. The
board has not yet determined upon a line
OF policy TO be pursued in these cases. II
is desired to rid the homes of inmates
really able to take care Of themselves in
order to afford room for deserving veter-
ans. but SO many considerations arise that
1t is not practicable to apply a general
rule.
, 1891-09-11
Terrible Suffering at Sen,

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IO.-The bark
Royal Tar, which arrived from Australia
yesterday, is detained at quarantine, fever
and scurvy having been reported on
board. and the captain and mate are both
dead. The Royal Tar left Sydney last
March, with Capt. 7. A. Franklin, two
mates, eleven seamen and a boy, bound
tor Frideric Wilhems haven, in German
New Guinea. Shortly after arriving
there the captain and four seamen were
stricken with fever. The medicine gave
out and the captain soon died. First
Mate Rogers took command of the vessel
and sailed to Humboldt, Cal. Shortly af.
terward Rogers died of fever and Second
Mate John McColl took charge and sailed
back into San Francisco. All the crew
were i'll at one time or another and dur.
ing the voyage for several days only three
men were able to work.
In July all stores gave out except the
tea and flour. No anti-scrobuties were
on board and the men suffered f~earfully.
Ten days ago the German bark HYDRA
gave them a little meat and q%uinine. The
appearance of the men is frightful. Some
are toothless, others pitted and Scared
with gapgreDe, but 1t is believed the lives
of all will be saved with care and rest.
, 1891-09-11
Much Married Par.

ADMISSION, Ala, Sept. lO.-There
lives in Admission a couple who have been
married to each other no less than three
times, besides twice to other parties. John
Dickson and Mrs. Susan Dickson are the
psrties. In 1879 they were married IN a
small Georgia town. and after living to-
gether a couple OF years separated and
obtained a divorce. A few months
later John led to Hymeu's altar a a
and fascinating widow. Mrs Dickson
followed suit with Q widower. and in two
weeks she was Mrs. Thompson. Mrs.
Dickson No. 2 lived ouly a year or so,
and after her death Dickson made over
lures to his former wife, who repented,
and deserted husband No. 2 and came
with Dickson to Alabama. They located
in Admission in 1888. and had only been
living here a few months when they
again separated and were again divorced.
Both married again. Dickson taking a
young girl not her out of their teens,
and in the summer of 1886 Mrs. Dickson
was married to a Mr.. Baker. Last year
Baker died. Again Dickson and the
muchly married woman made up, but to
get Dickson's wife out of the way was
the question. For several weeks they
puzzled over it and planned to no effect.
Finally the opportunity came. Trumped
up charges werc brought against her,
and 40 plain a case did they make the
unoffending girl that Dickson was again
granted a divorce. The decree was made
last spring and a few days ago Dickson
Turner and Mrs. Baker we're married for
q third time. How long they will live to-
gether no one can tell.
, 1891-09-11
English Trades Union,sts.

LONDON. Sept. 10. Among the sub
iects brought before the trades union con,
gress this morning was that of the age
at which children should be allowed to
work In factories. The great majority OF
the delegates were in favor of raising the
limit of age; a minority opposed it.
Finally a motion to raise the age limit to
thirteen years passed by a vote of 255 to
1853. Today one of the political feat
ures before the congress developed. 1t
arose when the question of paying mem
bers of parliament came up for discus.
sion. As is well known, a member of
the British parliament receives no pay
and consequently it is a difficult matter
tor a pool man to get into
parliament and still more diff
fcult to stay there. 1t was
announced in the congress today that this
question, as well as kindred questions
those of the payment of members of
county councils and school boards-would
come up prominently at the next session
OF parliament, and the willingness of a
candidate for parliament at the coming
general election to vote for these paw
ments would be made one of the tests
upon which the trades unionists would
decide whether or not to support such
candidate. 1t will thus be seen that the
labor party seems inclined TO ignore the
old political parties, on the whole, and
support those who will support measures
advocated by the trades union congress.
, 1891-09-11
burned Their Corsets.

KINGSTON, Ont, Sept. l0.-A few
weeks ago the Free Methodists began q
series OF revival meetings in Sydenham,
and made many converts. Women
seemed particularly anxious to be gathered
into the fold. As the number of converts
increased the excitement grew and the
meetings, which were held in the town
hall, grew SO noisy that complaint was
made to the authorities and the revivalists
we're notified last week that they would
have to hold their meetings elsewhere.
Nothing daunted, yesterday, after putting
out scouts to advise their friends where
the meeting was to held, they met on a
large vacant lot in the edge OF town.
Here they were addressed by j.. f.
Frazer, a r~evivalist, who sailed into the
prevailing mode of female dress, and said
women are born beautiful and die mis-
shapen because of the wearing of corsets.
Frazer is an earnest aud powerful speaker,
and his words created great excitement
among the women present. Throw off
the accursed invention. he cried. Throw
it off and 20 to God as you left him; burn
them rather than burn yourselves in ever
idStiuR ure.
This suggestion struck a responsive
chord, and he hardly ceased speaking when
an enthusiast piled up material for q bon
fire and applied a match. 1t was a weird
scene-the dusky evening. the crowd of
religious enthusiasts quivering with ex-
citement, surrounding a fire which shot up
long tongues OF flame.
Throw off the garment" shouted the
revivalist. Burn them." Historically
shouted a feminine voice in the crowd
and. pushing and painting, a young
woman of rs forced her way to the center
near the bonfire. She was tuggiag at her
dress. There was a sudden CLEAN of
white shoulders in the glare of the fire
light and she flung her corsets into the
flames, saying she would die as God made
her and not as she had made herself.
Her example was contagious, and in less
than half an hour not a woman in the
crowd wore a corset, and nothing re-
NAMED in the blaze but a mass of
g%rotesquely twisted corset steels, amid
which the flames playfully fickered. The
excitement was SO great and the nervous
strain so tense that several women grew
faint, but they had burned their corsets
aud were happy. The Free Methodists
consider the revival a great success and
talk of carrying the war into the states
across the St Lawrence.
, 1891-09-11

NEW York, Sept. I0.-The tale of
the horrible disaster in Park Place. re.
sulting in the death OF sixty odd human
beings, is now enGed with the verdict Of
the jury. 1t found that the people killed
lost their lives by the collapse of the
building. caused by the giving way of the
supporting iron columns neal the middle
of the ground floor. due to some sudden
shock applied to said columns. and not
primarily due to their apparent inherent
weakness. The Jury was unable to find
whether the breaking of these columns
WAS due to IN explosion or not. The Jury
recommended legislation authorizing the
fire department to periodically inspect all
buildings used for printing, manufactur-
ing and storage purposes.
, 1891-09-11
stocks ana UatrIe Markets.

NEW York, Sept. l0.-The stock mar.
ket opened generally fractionally higher
than last nights figures. For a short
time Missouri Pacific and Rock Island
exhibited special weakness. Demands,
however, soon changed the temper o.
speculation and the Vanderbilts led the
upward movement, which lasted through.
out the forenoon and placed the most
active stocks at large fractions above first
prices The buying power then fell away;
a heavy failure in London added its in
1uence to the bear pressure and prices re-
ceded all along the line, Lake Shore be-
ing one Of the weakest, though, as a rule,
Gould shares led the list. The decline
was not checked until the last few
minutes, when a feeble rally occurred.
the market closing firm, but near the
lowest figures of the day.
Governments-Easy.
Petroleum-Closed at SIS.
Copper-Steady. Lake. September,
$l2. 80; October, $l2. 30.
Lead-Fairly steady. Domestic, $4.473.
Tn-Easy. Straits. $40. O5.
Money on call easy; closed offered at 2.
Bar Silver. 98f.
Following are closing prices OF stocks:
U. 8. As, registered, l6: coupon, III;
Is registered. 993; Pacific 6s,
l03; Atchison, 42i; Canada Pacific. 30;
Canada Southern, So: Central Pa
ciio, 80; Burlington, 95i; Delaware,
Lackawanna l. Western, AZ: Denver 4
Rio Grande. preferred. 45a: Erie, est;
Kansas K Texas. l75; Lake Shore, ia;
Louisville 4 Nashville. 7St; Michigan
Central. 1908; Missouri Pacific, 725; Nor
thern Pacific. 26a; preferred, 72f;
Northwestern, 12s; preferred, 81;
New York Central, 1881; Oregon
improvement, 25i; Oregon Naviga-
ton, Isl; North American, l4s;
Pacific Mail, 81; Reading, 36b; Rio
Grande Western. 40; preferred, 10;
irsts, Tot; Terminal, l4s; Rock Island,
S23; Milwaukee Il st. Paul, 7Os;
St Paul & Omaha, 80; Texas Pacific,
l4s: Union Pacific, 42t; Oregon Short
Line, 264; U. s. Express, 60; Fargo Ex
press, 40; Western Union. S3i. American
cotton oil. %.
CHICAGO. Sept. Observation-Disclosures.
IA, 500. Market steady. Natives, $751; 0
| GAG, 25; Texans, 50. 1908 10; stockers,
81. 10@3.40; range steers, SO. 6O@5. 90.
Sheep-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Natives, 81. 1904. 60; Westerns, "a. GOA
4. So; mixed, 50. 500 800.