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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
THE ANIMAL TRAINERS SECRET.
Constant WatchfuIncss the First
Essential of His Success.

Constant WatchfuIncss the First
Essential of His Success.
From the London Spectator.
With the rise of the circus clement in
menageries has come an additional demand
Tor tie tanning and training of wild and
domestic animals. The trainer is not al
ways the performer. There is no better
proof of his success than when some one
else can enter the cage and take his place.
as when Madame Baptistine Pezon, when
Ter husband fell i'll, put on the costume he
Used in performances, and put the lions
through their tricks. The demeanor of the
ANIMALS themselves, when lions, tigers or
leopards perform, is often evidence of the
n ethod, whether cruel or kind, employed
first in tanning and later in teaching them.
correspondent of the Globe recounting
the history of the famous dompteur. jean
Baptiste PeZon, states that lions are often
tanned like hawks, by deprivation of sleep,
but accompanied by plentiful feeding. 1t
Is very doubtful whether English trainers
are cruel to animals. Mr.. Sanger makes
the following ingenious defense of his pro-
feSsion: Il have trained everything in the
business" he writes, from the child 10
the elephant, and / would like to deny the
Slanderous things that have been written
by inexperienced people, and to correct the
idea of the ignorant, that everything be-
longing to circus life must be carried by
the arm of terror and cruelty. There may
profession, I an proud to say, have the
feelings of fathers and mothers. With re-
gard to the training of children, the care
and interest bestowed in the teaching of
arduous tricks are really an education and
the perfection of humanity; and with re-
gard to the training of horses, a bit OF
sugar or a carrot is far more efficacious
and more often used than the whip" But
horses are not wild beasts: and Pezon adj
mitted that he never dared to take his eyes
off those of his lions until he contrived to
have some highly charged electric wires
between them and him. White bears are
almost too dangerous to train at all. Some
appeared in Hagenbeck's last sale cata-
lcgue; but even Pezon was nearly killed by
one, and retired from training after the ac-
cident. His colleagues in the business
claimed that sang froid and courage were
the main qualities in the success OF the
dompteur and that the animals FELT nrst
surprise, then establishment. and lastly rear
of the man who did not fear them But
the highest class of Zion tanners have
qualities other than mere courage, part be-
ing no doubt an almost magnetic intrusion
of the working of the creatures mind, and
the power of conveying impressions to the
animal and engendering confidence Inc
old IrishmaE known as ''The Whtsperer
was the classic instance Of this kind or real
tanner of savage animals. Pezon himself
possessed 1t ir high degree, for he began
his reputation as a pscifier or vicious
horses and savage bulls In the village OF
Lozere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
St cello. Geo. W.. Ind, the Portland.

Steele. Geo. W.. Ind, the Portland
STEPHENS, J. H, Texas, DO N j. ave Sc.
Stewart. A.. Wis, I0l4 Vermont ave.
Stewart, jas F., n. j., the Normandie
Stokes. J. VIM. S c.. SOB St ne
Stone. w. A, Pa. 172l . st. NV
Stone, G. W., Penn, 46 b ST. me-
Stroud. w. F.. n. c., 30 Sd ST. Sc
Sullivan. w. V, Miss. the Metropolitan,
Subway. c. A., N. H, the Varnum
StraGe. J. b., Neb., 92t 18th ST. NV.
Talbert, w. j., S. c., 116 9th st. NV.
Tate. f. c.. Georgia. 80 A S. Sc
Tsiwney, J. A, MINI, 104 14th ST. NV.
Taylor, r. w, Ohio.
Terry, w. L.. Ark. metropolitan.
Todd. A. NJ, Mich, the Cochran.
Tongue. 7. H., Greg. 81: ST. NV
tpdegraft, T., Iowa, the Ebbitt
Underwood, o. W, Ala, 103 Md. ave ne
Wanger. Irving p. Pa. 1911 Vermont ave.
Van Vocrhis, II. c.. Ohio. the Cochran.
Nehslage, j. H., \. Y, Congressional Hotel
Walker, Jas. A. Va, the Norma ndie
Walker, JOS. Henry, Mass, the Shoreham,
Ward. W. L., n. T.. the Cairo.
Warner, V, Ill., Ebbitt.
Wheeler, c. N. KY, the Wellington.
Wheeler. JOS. Ala, 122 T.. Capitol st.
Williams. Jno. Sharpe. Miss, Metropolitan
Williams, NJ. b.. Pa. the Cochran.
Wilson, S, s. c.. the Riggs.
White, Geo. H., N. c..
Zenor. ". T.. Ind. 213 N. Capitol st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
Among the Plain People of Spafn.

From the Illustrated American.
Every fifteen minutes at least the train
would stop for five minutes at a small sta
ton. The platform was always crowded
with men, wrapped in long black overcoats,
enc end thrown over their shoulder, and
their heads covered with wide sombreros
or immense soft felt hats The women, in
short skirts Of bright colors, mostly red
or yellow, and tight-fittng bloUses, their
heads covered with rnantillas of gay pat
all came there to see who was in the train,
to hear the latest news from other sta
items where We had stopped. Conductor,
engineers and guards would leave the train.
cFat with those people, tell them all they
knew, laugh with them. How happy, quiet
tranquil. Indifferent to the struggles az
the world, all those men and women ap-
Feared / asked a number of them whether
there were news from Cuba. A sad ex-
preston would come over their faces, they
would shrug their shoulders and shake
their heads, their big black eyes would
suddenly look into the distant horizon far
far away. as they said: mo, senior, no
news. Cuba is bad place. 1t takes the
strong boys and hard-earned pesetas, and
Goes Lot even give us news in exchange.
Ch no. we do not hear, except when more
Toys and more pesetas are needed" Among
the gayly attired crowd 1 began to notice
keeping somewhat away, many a sad-look-
ing woman in dark dress Were they moth
ers, wives. sisters. sweethearts, mourning
the loss of dear che?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

From the Engineering Magazine
In the tall building it is emphatically "a
condition, not a theory" that confronts
Us. The many-storied Office building is a
necessary product Of certain economic fac
tors which have operated in spite of the
architects, and more intensely in the United
States than elsewhere. This is what has
made it so peculiarly an American product.
OF these economic factors the cost of land,
so commonly alleged as the controlling one,
has really been the least important Land
in parts of Paris and London is costly
as in New York and Chicago but the
fifteen-story Office building has never come
into vogue there, while, on the other hand,
buildings of ten or twelve stories are not
Uncommon in American cities of the seq
ond and third rank, where land is rela-
lively cheap. The causa causans of the
sky-scraping monstrosity is to be sought
in the drive and hurry of American bust
ness life, and in the accompanying Amer
lean propensity to save time and labor.
The "sky-scraper is huge labor-saying
and time-Saving device.
Each building is almost a complete city,
often comprising within its walls banks
ard insurance offices, post Office and tele-
graph office, business exchanges, restau-
rants, club rooms and shops. The bust
ness man can provide himself with Clothes
shoes, cigars, stationery and baths; re-
ceive and dispatch his mail and his tele-
grams: speculate on change, consult his
lawyer and his architect in their offices;
ana transact his own business-all with
out leaving the building in which his office
Is located. The express elevator which
shoots him up to the sixteenth story
or drops him with breathless speed to the
basement Is a product of this same Ameri-
can haste and economy. and without the
elevator the tall Office building would be
an impossibility. 1t is the triumphant sue
cess of the 'sky-scraper'' as time-saving
invention which has made 1t so conspic-
nous and insistent an element in our
American architecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13


Some of the wasteful expenses incident to
competition may be enumerated here. Au-
thentic statistics of the amounts paid by
rival INES as commissions for securing
business are very difficult to obtain. as
the success of such practices depends very
largely upon the degree of secrecy that it
is possible 10 attain. The interstate COM
merce commission was able to ascertain.
however, that nine roads paid out an ag-
sregate sum Of more than one million dol
lars in a single year in commissions on
Passenger business alone. 1t is stated on
reliable authority that as much as SO 40
has been paid to secure a single second
class passenger from Chicago to San Fran
cisco. The multitude Of outside agencies
aid travelling agents maintained solely for
the purpose of securing the business for
their respective lines that might other
wise go by those of their competitors in
wolves an expenditure great, even dur
ing periods of comparative harmony, that
1t has been necessary TO restrict their num-
Der by contract. The contract now in
force limits to eight the number of agencies
That may be maintained in the city OF
New York by each of the nine roads COM
peuns for through west-bound traffic. As
IL Is fact of ordinary observation that
such agencies invariably cluster in particu-
lar portions of the city and around particu-
lar corners, il is obvious that under a sys-
TEN of joint agencies. the public could be
accorded superior service at lower cost.
During the too-frequent periods of I'M
tridled competition, popularity denominated
rate wars each participating road has
its freight and passenger agents in every
important city in the country, at a total
expense for rents. clerk hire advertising.
etc, that must be enormous. Four roads
operating westward from Chicago are
known to have expended 81 2s3. 5S5 for out
side agencies and advertising in a single
year, during which rates were fairly main
tanned, while during an equal period one
re ad out OF New York expended SS1l 29l for
similar purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
A PECULIAR PARTY.
The Sad Results of Various Kinds of
Heating.

From the Chicago News.
The girl In the Russian blouse had tears
in her eyes when she greeted Howell Van
Rensselaer, Gibbon.
'Goodebening," said Howell, low are
you donidt?'
"Berfectly biseerabler' gasped she. II
never al such god.'
Dor L. said Howell.
"Pshaw"' gayly cried the girl in the pink
waist. you ought TO live in a steam
heated flat the way l do and then you
would never catch cold. We never have
any heat and therefore we become cold
proof When the fire goes out We don't
notice it, and when cold weather comes, as
1t has now, sit with the windows open
and fan ourselves"
"Geep stillr' moaned Howell. you are
as bad as those internal volks who RECON-
mend ice-gold blunges every borning.'
The girl in the pink waist sat stock still
thinking. Il have a new idea" she cried
irrelevantly.
"Oh, do you 'aven'tr Howell said vicious
ly. It's the same old one and you CANT
work 1t off uSi
Il shall give a party" she went on ex-
citedly, 'and only people who have colds
will be asked-which means every one this
week I'll manage to get one myself by
that time. There will be a prize for the
hoarsest voice and one for the reddcst nose
The person who sneeZes the most times
during the evening also gets prize and
the person who never once says L don't see
where l got this wretched cold will have
the BOBBY prize. The girl whose hands are
the most chapped will get a big bottle of
cold cream tied with pink ribbon and the
other prizes will consist of cough troches
in satin boxes and camphorated oil cut
glass bottles. Perhaps I'll give porous plas-
tiers done up in silver paper, too, with real
violets stuck through the little round holes
Each person must bring written out his
favorite cure for a cold and a committee
will pick out the best one and it will be
served Immediately after supper. As no
one can taste anything when he has a cold
l rather think the supper might as well
consist of sawdust sandwiches and hot wa
ter. No references to previous terrible
colds Will be allowed, but every one may
talk about the present cold as much as pos
sible and the one who describes his horrible
sensations in the most glowing terms will
also get prize. The crossest person will
be the belle of the evening and hot lemon
ade and whisky sings will be served be-
tween all the acts. Win you Gomez"
Come? OF gourse" said the girl in the
Russian blouse. ITS beautiful, isn't i'd.
'Owell?'
IT'S an idspirationr' said Mr.. Gibbon.
solemnly. I'm helb you wride the idvida-
tons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
Moving Up I'm the Street Cars.

Snyder, the calculating barber. has been
figuring again. 1t seems that he had an
afternoon off on Thursday, and in Journey
ing to kensington in trolley car to see
his best girl was compelled to change his
position on The seat three or four times to
make room for other passengers Its
nuisance, this sliding up and down in street
cars" said Snyder. last night. Ibid you
ever stop to think how much energy is
wasted in that way? Every time you move
to make room for somebody else you edge
along perhaps six inches. Every time you
travel in the cars you have to move three
or four times. Call ii three-that makes
eighteen inches. Something like go. 900 OU
people fode in the trolleys last year. If
only half of them, or 5000. 600 were seat
ed they slid up and down to the extent of
22J0. 100000 inches, or about ssh miles,
Now If all this energy had been expended
by one man he could. in the course of a
year, have slid around the earth, with over
10000 miles to spare. Does the razor hurt::"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
Jury Of BARRIERS.
From the Glasgow Weekly Mail.

The other day in Leeds eleven out of
twelve jurymen on a corners jury were
hairdressers. The exception was chosen
as foreman. AS a rule inquests are not
beld In Leeds on Thursdays, and 1T was
quite unusual to find three or four in
qpiries fixed for that day last week. Here
was the coroner's officers opportunity, and
knowing that the hairdressers make that
afternoon their weekly holiday he sum-
body, are well treated by the officer. who
considerably refrains from securing their
services on busy days. IT seems it is the
custom to summon butchers on Mondays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
swedenbOrG's Grammar Nowadays.
From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin,

When at a spiritualistic seance Saturday
evening the shade of Emanuel Swedenborg
communicated 10 the effect that ''the fools
of earth suiteth not all alike" every one
agreed that lit was wonderfui'-and 1t was.
1t was wonderful as TO grammar. at least.
for Swedenborg. when he lived on earth,
was an educated man. The message recalls
a story of Charles Dickens. The novelist
was once present at a gathering where me-
diums were invoking the spirits, when Il
was announced that the shade of Lindley
Murray was present. Dickens requested
permission to ask a question, and Inquired
Are you Lindley Murray" to which he re-
ceived the categorical answer Il are"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

1t matters little what it is that you want
whether a situation or q servants
want" ad. In The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

Women are more cunning than men In conceal
ing gray hair and badness, and are wiser In se-
lectiDg antidotes. Halls Hair Remover Is q
faycrite with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13
Two Men and Machinery.

ameter and about five feet long, weighing
4,5OO pounds each. When tey were suffi-
ciently hardened they were taken to the
blooming mill. Here two men, manipulate
ing ma chinery, handled them as easily as
two children would handle fence palings.
One of the men was perched high In the
air in a little watch box sort of an ar
rangement. built on the cross section of
an electric crane. When the time for cp-
erations arrived he began to manipulate
q series of levers, and was at once sur
rounded by flashes of electricity. The
crane dropped down the ice-tons hooks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

By the way, you had
better get your order
in for one of those
$21.50 Full Dress Suits
while they last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

You doubtless know what shapely
and splendidly fitting Trousers we
make These will be that kind-;rre-
spective of the extraordinary low
price The Cloths are Atwood, the
kind the sheep furnishes-and they're
nobby Medium and Dark Stripe eff
fects-lots of excellent kinds for gen
eral wear and many dressy enough
for Sunday wear-patterns that You'll
certainly get suited from-and they'll
please you or we'll willingly give
your money back.
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Goods Must be Sold,

AS am determined to retire from
business in Shreveport, and as my
lease expires In 60 days, am com
PEELED to place my eDtire stock of
strictly first.class Clothing, Gents
Furnishings and Hats, at the mercy
of the public. Goods will be sold
at any price so as to Realize Quick
Cash, which must be had. Cost will
not be considered, as | am determin.
ed to sell.
Suits that We're $1,000 are now $3.50.
Suits that were $3.50 are now So so.
Suits that were S15 are now $40.
Pants that were 81 are now 50 80.
Pants that were So are now So 90.
Pants that were Sc are now 81 90.
Overcoats that were 81 80, now s5.
Boys and Children'S Suits at same
proportion. The above list does not
comprise the One-hundredth part of
the bargains that will be showered
out during the next sixty days.
Come aud lay in supply, as the
stock will he sacrificed at any price.
j. LEVIN,
Clothier and Furnisher, near corner
Market, 227 Texas St., Shreveport.
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Personal Paragraphs.

Mrs. G. II. Iriou visited relatives
in Shreveport during the week.
Mr.. b. T. Oneal left Monday for a
few days visit in New Orleans.
Mrs. j. o. Rogers, of Brandon,
Texas, is the guest of her son, Mr..
L. q. Smith.
Mrs. l.. G. Smith spent last Thurs
day and Friday in Shreveport as the
guest of Mrs. Ii. d. Watson.
Mrs. r. II. Lindsay and Miss Mary
Dunlap. of Shreveport, were the
guests of Mrs. S. S. Cabeeu, Friday.
Mr.. j. c. Sutton, who has been
visiting bis old friends 10 Bossier
for sew raj days, will leave for his
home in Terrell, Texas, to-day.
Rev.J. S. Campbell returned Mon
uay ilom LoSanSpOrt, where he at
tending the meeting of the Grand
Cane Baptist Association Friday
and Saturday.
Mr.. Frank Henderson, a citizen
OF this parish before the war, but
now residing near Picklar, Ark.
spent Tuesday night in Benton. He
was on his way to Shreveport with
cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. J. Murff, who &C
companied the remains of their
mother, Mrs. A. G. Garfield, to Alex
andria last Monday for iutcrrment,
returned yesterday morning. Mrs.
oanfield's remains We're temporarily
buried at Coates graveyard on the
first of last October.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02

DR.. Henry T. billiard died at Lit
tie Rock, Ark, last Saturday, aged
about 40 years. He was son of
Isaac A. Dillard, deceased, who set
tied in this parish, on Red River,
lust above Shreveport. before the
war. DR.. D.llard was an estimable
gentlemen, and was we'll and favor
ably known in this parish, where he
lived for many years. His remains
we're Inferred with Masonic honOrs
at Shreveport Tuesday morning.
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That Sugar House "Lasses

Kept by Dowe!I & Beasley is
very nice indeed. They are head
quarters for hams, breakfast bacon,
dried fruits and can goods of all
kinds. Go to them for home made
and creamery butter, light bread,
saur krout, pickles and vegetables.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02
Dentistry Without Pain.

l have at last solved the problem of
preparing teeth for filling with no
pain. This is done by the recently
discovered electric instrument which
is simple, scientific and painless, and
is applied to the tooth with no dis
comfort to patient, but allows me to
cut out the cavity, or remove the
nerve, without least pain. AS you
know, l also extract teeth without
pain.
My Bossier friends and patients
will find me at the same stand.
DIR. CHAS. G. MCCLOUD.
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02

chipping TO EUROPE learn
that the Shreveport oil mill across
the river is doing an immense bust
ness this season. That company
shipped something like $4,000
worth of their products to Europe
last week. The cotton seed oil in
dustry in the South is certainly one
of tho most profitable. Shreveport
Journal, Goth ult.
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Frank SarWich.
The Popular Restaurant and Hotel
of Shreveport for Ladies, Gen
tlemen and Children.

Shell and bulk Oysters for families;
salt water and she'll Fish of all kinds.
Meals, best in the city, for rs cents.
Lunch Counter and short orders
in the best style. Open day and
night.
Ten new and elegantly furnished
Rooms just opened up stairs over the
Restaurant.
The finest and best accommoda-
tons in Shreveport; either American
or European plan. Location central
right in the heart of the city!
Everything neat, new and first
class
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02
Photographs.

The studio, No. COL Texas street,
known as the "THE STAR GAL
LERY,' has been remodeled through
out, and is now the largest and most
modern place of the kind in Shreve-
port. Call aud examine our work
before going elsewhere. We can
save you money. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Respectfully,
j. DAMBLY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02

Did yOu erer notice how much
more people read in winter than in
simmer? In warm weather We
spend our time out of doors, but the
cool breezes of autumn and winter
drive US indoors and around the
study lamp. Do your eyes trouble
you? If so, drop in at Leon NJ.
Carriers Optical Department, POP
Texas street, when in Shreveport,
and have them tested free, by an
expert Optician.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02

FOREPAUGH & SELLS Brothers CIR
Gus, TExARkANA, TEX, DEC. 3RD.-
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt Route will sell round trip tick
cts from Benton to Texarkana and
return at rate of one and one-third
fare for the round trip. Date OF
sale, December Bird; return limit,
December, 4th.
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Have 1t Done by Us.

Our Crayons are the best in Amer
lea; our Pastels are unequaled; our
Oil Paintings will suit the most fas
tidious. Call and be convinced.
The BRIcE PoRTRA1r Co.,
$50 Texas Street, Shreveport, La.
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ednesday afternoon:

roiioWing Delegates were elected
" ntate nominating Convention:
D ward Hon. Ii. w. Ogden and
D. a. Kelly; ward 3-Hon. w. b,
and ). f. Strayhan; ward f.
~ .. Johnston and L. I. Sanders;
p s1 8 o,-Capt. Thos, Lyles and Capt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-12-02

Following is the result of the
primary election held Tuesday for
delegate to proposed State Consti-
'utlonal Convention, as far as could
oe learned up to the hour of going
opress Wednesday afternoon:
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Jhe Yo55icr &}a'''ser.
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
Thursday ,::::::::::::::::December 2, 1897.

Ladies can get bargains at the
Mary A. Files Company's Millinery
Store. 322 Texas ST., Shreveport.