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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18
BENTON. LOUISIANA. THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1897.

OF wild desire to go on living: the big
dray which had sent her to the hos.
pital had sent her also to her death.
She had wished to die, yes, but death
at close range, near at hand, facing
ole, is a stern reality very different
from the idealized vision of death
which sentimentality and an aching
heart call forth. And to slip out of
life in this helpless way seemed all at
once unendurable. Her whole spirit
rose in arms against it. Her heart
beat suffocatingly, she buried her face
in the pillow and tried in vain to still
the wild throbbing, to calm her troubled
breathing. So wrapt was she in the
inner struggle which consumed her
that she never heard the light football
of the nurse as she approached with
the new doctor, who was making his
first rounds that afternoon, never heard
the kindly woman speak to her, never
knew that an observer was near until
a firm, reassuring yet decided hand was
laid upon her shoulder.
Turn around, my friend, let me
hav' a look at you," said a pleasant,
commanding voice, and she started into
throbbing consciousness at once. Her
heart leaped to the sound of that voice,
sending the vivid color which her
cheeks had used to know back to them,
her eyes were bright with the sudden
excitement. She looked, to the man
who gazed wonderingly back at her.
like the merry-faced, light-hearted girl
of e year ago. What had brought her
here? Next moment she had remem-
bered his cruelty, his undeserved un-
kindness. and the coldness of the past
year came back to her heart and face,
making all its paleness and angles ap-
parent. Then, and not until then, did
size drop her burning eyes and the
new doctor turn his astonished ones
away from her quivering mouth and
altered countenance. Then he turned
to the nurse and spoke as quietly as
though the tragedy of his life had not
suddenly sprung to a sudden resurrec-
tior and dragged into full conscious
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18

the wind had howled madly over its
triumph. 1t blew up against the hos
pital windows in wild gusts, and it
shrieked deliriously as it called to the
lake, tossing and moaning out mourn
full chant of its own.
This, at least, is the way it seemed to
the woman in the end bed of the acci-
dent ward. you're vanquished, you're
conquered, you're beaten at last it
seemed to say as she lay there watching
with her tired, lovely eyes the poor,
gloomy looking clouds buffeted back
and forth. mo hope, no hope" it coun-
ter-called as it swept furiously around
from the street end of the wall and
walled rushingly up and down the mar
row court on the other side. Sometimes
that court, with its cleaning, white
washed wall, proved very messenger
of hope to this stranded bit Of flotsam
washed up high and dry by the tides of
defeat and despair. The long, narrow
shafts of sunlight which crept up one
side and down the other as the day
waxed and waned seemed to whisper of
coming gladness, even to her. But to-
day-this desolate, hopeless day-the
court was SO cherries that she turned
her face away from the window and
gazed at the bare whitewashed wall in
stead. To-day of all days she felt that
eny added dreariness was unbearable.
"A year ago tonight" she thought,
sadly, but with grooming tenderness
with which men look upon dead face,
the face of beloved child soon to shut
entirely away from the light Of day, and
the wind took up the burden of her
thoughts and crooned it, too.
"A year ago tonight, year ago to-
night" it called and shouted until she
thought her brain was turning. "A
year ago tonight" She covered her
aching eyes, too tired TO close naturally,
with her thin, spirit-like hand and tried
to think of something else. What had
happened at the time OF which that
cruel wind insisted on blaring out?
What had not happened, rather? He
had said that he loved her, and She A
burst of tears, none the less bitter for
being SO swiftly and sternly repressed,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18

NAA itiS LttS PRESSED IL HERS.
attested to the fact that her whispered
vows OF reciprocated alteration had
oeen true. And yer, a year later, here
sne was in the accident ward of a char
NY hospital, and he--where? Sh- had
seen nothing of him since the night up
oh which she had gone home to find his
VISITING card on her little table and a
hastlly scrawled message bidding her a
cold farewell, on the back of it. The
reason of this action she had never
known, but the results! Her very heart
ana soul were inderbly SCARED by the
marks Of the agony she had endured at
that time.
, one had given up painting soon after
'hat; and the recollection of his praises
ano hopes for her success had made the
WORK too sorrowful and agonizing for
her TO continue it. With her enthusi-
asm for her beloved work had gone
aer s health, her hope, all but her
aie. And even that was flickering
'as VOW, she though, with a fresh pang
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18

IN THE OLD BARN LOFT.

Tts thirty years. or thereabouts,
Since | used to roll and play,
And turn all kinds of somersaults
On the fresh and fragrant hay:
A-jumplng and a-tumbling
On the Ray so sweet and soft.
At my home away back yonder.
In the old barn loft.
How the pigeons used to futter.
And strut about and coo!
And make love to one another,
Like sweethearts used to do.
While I walked the risky cross beam.
Or clambered high aloft,
with half intent of falling,
In the old barn loft.
How / used to frighten sister.
Who was looking for the eggs,
As dangled there. head downward.
Holding by my little legs:
And giving then swing or two.
I'd strike the hay so soft.
At my home away back yonder,
In the old barn loft.
The twittering Of the swallows,
While making homes of mud;
The gleeful game Of hide-and-seek.
The slip, the sudden thud:
The pattering of the raindrops
Above the hay so soft,
Are memories still clinging
OF the old barn loft.
s. A. Harrison. in Chicago Inter Ocean
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18
He Called to the Dog.

when l called on her," said Willy,
"the dog chased me out of the yard"
did no one see you?"
"Her father did"
"Why didn't he call to the brute?"
"He did. He said: Sick him about
q dozen times."-N. ]. Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18
WHAT THE WIND SAID.

T WAS the drear-
i e S t d a y i n
the world wet,
dismal, windy. All
the night before the
wind and thunder
had Wed with each
other in producing
all the noise possi-
ble. All day long
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18

THEIRS Is nothing that would cause a
woman greater secret satisfaction than to
fall over in q faint when her husband 10
scoldins her.-Atchison Globe
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
PRINCESS of WnIea

The Princess of Wales has received a
present of two of the most beautiful
milk-pails ever made. They are of
maple wood, with solid brass hoops
and handles, and the lids bear a floral
design painted by the artist Mussill.
One pail has upon it the Danish motto.
which translated means God for Hon
or and Righteousness" and the other
the motto Of Wales. Herr Hoist the
venerable master cooper of Copenha-
gen, presented them to the Princess a
few days ago. They were made in 1872
for the great Copenhagen Exhibition.
and were originally intended as a sill
yer wedding gift to King Christian TX.
and now, singularly enough, have be-
come the property Of his eldest daugh-
ter.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
Not a Sign Of Righteousness.

A Japanese gentleman, who now
holds the position of chemist in an iron
and steel foundry just outside the city,
has had his religious convictions sadly
shattered since his sojourn in this coun-
try, says the Philadelphia Record. He
was converted to Christianity in japan
through the efforts of an enthusiastic
Presbyterian missionary there, and be-
cause the missionary wore a silk hat
the faithful Japanese supposed that a
silk hat was always an adjunct of
Christianity. When the steamer which
brought him to America reached San
Francisco it was boarded by a man in
silk hat, who swore continuously. in
most shocking style. Such language
from man who was certainly Chris
tan because he wore a silk hat upset
the Orientals belief, and he shortly
lapsed into agnosticisln.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15

infected, he was placed with his bag
gage in a carriage, which was sealed up
and located between the tender of the
engine and the luggage van.
In this way he was sent on to Udine,
where he was again infinitely examined,
and, having been once more disinfected,
he was forwarded on to Verona. Here
the forInalltles of inspection and disin-
lection were again gone through for a
third time, and he was then sent on to
London, and on arrival he had to UNI
dergo the ordeal for the fourth time.
The Englishman took it all in good part
and seemed somewhat amused. He
was allowed to get in sufficient proVls-
ions by the window of the carriage,
and he then decided to proceed by way
Of the st. Gothard railway, but he was
stopped at Chiasso by the Swiss author
tiles, who refused to allow him to cross
the frontier, and decided to send him
back to Milan. His return, still con-
fined in his sealed carriage, naturally
created no small sensation here.
A hurriedly summoned meeting of
many of the principal doctors of the
town was held in the railway station
and they decided that the Englishman
should be subjected to another minute
examination. This having been done,
the mysterious vOyager, who was now
really becoming tired of being knocked
about in this way, asked if he could not
be allowed to go his way like any other
person. Finally the authorities decided
to release him, and the Englishman
booked his baggage and took the next
train via Mont Gents for London. Dur
ing all these sensational proceedings
the identity of this extraordinary trav,
eler has not been disclosed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
AMONG THE LABORER8
EVENTS TRANSFERRING IN THE DO
MAIN OF LABOR.
Interesting items for WaGe-WOrI1-
erH Gathered From All Parts of
the Country.

The labor party of Australia. accord
ing to antipodean exchanges, is develop
ing into a fine political organization, Of
flcered and directed by trade unionists
who realize that the capttaiistic profit
system cannot be abolished on the eco,
nomic field. The labor party now has
several hundred members in the various
colony legislatures and local bodies, and
every piece OF legislation hostile to the
laboring class is usually blocked. This
Is probably foolish from the standpoint
OF American pure and simpledom. The
Australians ought to organize unions
only, and then vote more power into the
hands of the old parties, controlled by
the capitalist class, in order that the
unions might be smashed. For real
smartnes the Australian unionists are
not In 1t with their American brethren.
The labor press should be careful to
place little credence in the story sent out
from Chicago to the effect that the cigar.
makers have made an agreement with
Vanens & Co.. manufacturers of the
Rare Bit cigar A Chicago cigarmaker
informs this paper that It is hardly prob
able that the union will accept the terms
offered by the boycotted firm. There
fore. II is well to continue the boycott
until official notice is given that the same
has been removed.
There is a legislative Investigation on
in Kansas. Judging from reports quite
a number Of the reformers seem to have
cast old-partyites in the shade so far as
corruption was concerned. If the legis-
lature had been labeled republican" in,
stead Of ''populist" no one would have
been able to distinguish the difference
for as far as can be learned, not sin
gle measure OF material interest to the
wage-workers succeeded in getting
through. And this is reform!
Among the signers for state conven-
ton at Victor, May 2, for the purpose of
organizing an independent labor party
was Rhody Kenehan. Mr.. Kenehan has
just been appointed a member of the
newly-created state board of arbitration
by the silver administration that runs
things in Colorado, and, of course, hence
forth win lose interest IN the forthcom-
ing convention. The job pays $500 year
and there is little TO do.
The New York Central Labor union has
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15

sent a circular letter to central labor
bodies in other cities asking their Opin-
ions as to the causes of involuntary pow
erty and the remedy therefor. big
mass meeting win be held in New York
to discuss the answers. Cleveland Central
Labor Union answered that poverty is
caused by the capitalistic competitive
system, and that socialism is the only
way out.
In Frankfort, Germany, the recent cleo
ton for members of the Arbitration
Council resulted in an overwhelming VIC
tory for the socialists whose candi-
dates averaged 1904 votes to 429 for the
bosses nominees. This board is a very
important body, having power to compel
employers to abide by its decisions.
There are good many strikes on
throughout the country and there is rea-
son to believe that the number will in
crease as spring advances. Organization
is going forward with more or less ac-
tiVity, but there Is no great boom on,
The condition of the miners continues
to be most depIorable. 1t is estimated
unemployed, and these are menace to
the organized men who hardly dare to
stand for higher wages.
Philadelphia shoemalkers adopted a
strong set of resolutions calling upon
their national organization TO Withdraw
from the A. f. of l.. because the latter
body depends solely upon the antiquated
strike and boycott to cure social ills.
Terry" Powderly, the prince of labor
skates, has also filed a petition for a job
as boss immigration inspector. If Hanna
appoints him we will hear that labor has
been recognized"
1t is probable that the shoemakers of
this country will be represented at the
worlds congress of the craft at Brussels,
Belgium, June 6.
A threatened brewery boycott in Chi
cago has been averted. The bosses as,
ISOLATION agreed to treat the coppers
fairly.
Striking Chicago tanners and curriers'
denounced Governor Tanner because he
stood in the way of a settlement.
Strike at the big Illinois Steel Co. s
plant at Chicago, like the strikes in the
Pittsburg district, was a izzle.
Kentucky populists met last week, de-
clared against fusion and nominated a
candidate for a state office.
A Building Material Mems Council, em-
bracing about Is unions, was formed in
Chicago.
Ben Tinett, the English labor agitator,
is broken down in health and has gone
to New Zealand.
Striking weavers at New York and
Riverside N. j., gained small increases.
The election at West Superior, Wis,
is claimed as "a labor victory"
Big eight-hour demonstration will be
held at st. Louis, May 2.
Molders' strike at Nashville has been
satisfactorily adjusted.
Brotherhood of Cooperative Common
wealth now has 100 unions
st. Paul socialists are holding open-air
meetings.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
Cultivation of Vacant City Lots.

CULTIVATION OF vacant City Lots.
What is known as the "Pingree Po-
tato Patch Plan" of relieving the poor
in large cities has passed beyond the
experimental stage. 1t has been work
ed with success in Detroit for two sum-
mcrs; 1t showed good results last year
in Cleveland and in Brooklyn, and it
was put thoroughly to the test in New
York and Boston.
In the cities last named some diff
Guilty was experienced in finding va
cant lots near enough to the tenement
districts to be made use of by the I'M
employed. Where they could be OBJ
tanned the plots were eagerly taken up
by industrious people, and the cultiva-
ton of the gardens" was energeticalIy
pursued the summer through. The AS
ISOLATION for Improving the Condition
of the Poor in New York is making
preparations to extend the work this
summer by securing land in the sub
urbs and by providing temporary shell
ter for the workers, thus obviating the
necessity for them to walk long dis
tances each night and morning during
the period of labor. It is expected in
this way to supply plots for several
thousand persons on lands hitherto oc-
cupled only by the sign of the real es-
tate dealer.-BaltimOre Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
po,JTICAL PICKUPs.


rrho s+orias sent out from Chicago 70
.ba eefect that the anarchists OF thaI
civ are unusually active, talk Inya
teriouslv'' ETC., are being laugheu az,
ANYONE who is not a fool or lShoTe 10
1-,,r,T,s +bat there are but few anarchists
In Chicago. and those are not terrorlsts,
hut students of social problems: hi'no-
the warns emanate from certain poLhLe
officials whose object is to scare the rlcl
and get money from them OF tney + a.
fine products of newspaper sehsatiU y, -
mongers who have an uhColiOi oii" w
craving for scoops.
According to Australian papers, the
canitalists are rapidly becoming in FAVOR
of the proposed federation or all the
Australasian colonies. No lesser olstli-
tarv than Cardinal Moran sounds the
l,avnote of the conservatives. He de-
clares that federation of the colonies ID
the only step to be taken to prevent some
of them from going in for extreme So
eialism, - IT he labor papers, all OF WAi i
are for socialism, are making great deal
of political capital out OF the cal ui'i''i .
frank admission.
Some fine straws showing which way
the wind blows, come from France. Bye
elections have been held at four places
recently. At Douai, q clerical strong
hold. the socialists, with hardly no or
ganization, elected their candidate at
Auxerre they secured 277S votes, and II
was the first time they were in the field;
at AK there was also a marked increase;
at Bezieres the socialists elected anoth-
er candidate with comparative ease.
The populist members of congress, In
order to head off the proposed call for a
conference of the readers" have issued
a manifesto showing the absurdity o.
calling a convention at this time to pro-
mitigate a platform for three years hence,
and the hope is expressed that popultst
papers cease fighting each other and
turn their guns on the common enemy.
In Bilboa, Spain, the boss bakers raised
the price of bread. Perezagua, the only
socialist member in the city council,
moved that municipal bakery be estab-
lished to supply the poor with bread at
cost Bosses fought the bad socialistic
scheme that proposed to destroy their
opportunity to rob the poor, but it was
nevertheless adopted.
In three cities of Ohio-Cleveland, Gin
cinnati and Dayton-the socialists polled
more votes for the heads of their local
tickets this spring than were polled in
the entire state last fall. In Cleveland
alone the average vote was nearly as
large as in the state last year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
Tho Language Of the Day

There is a man in the Hammond
block who hates slang with an abiding
hatred. He is an authority in the bust,
ness world, and is frequently called
upon for advice. The other day a
broker entered hllrridly. Il have q
chance to go in With Blims on what
looks like a good DEAL" said the caller
'Is Blims square manY
mo, sir; Mr.. Blims is round as a
marble and short and fat"
''YOu misunderstood me. Is Blims on
the Ievel?"
HAS his ups and downs, just like the
rest of u.s."
"Pshaw! You don't catch on. Is
there anything crooked about Blims?''
Hes straight as a ramrod. Used 10
be in the army, you know"
Say, can't you get next? Does this
man Blims play fair, or is he always
looking for the best of it?"
Get next to what? Play what? And
get the best Of what? You talk in rid
dies"
Great Scott! Suppose 1 should tie up
with Blims, and we were getting the
hot end of it, would he duck, or take his
Cruel like a man? That's what I'm
trying to find out"
swell, sir, you had better consult a
clairvoyant. l can't attempt to deal
with such a mixed-up proposition. If
there's anything can do for you, just
please present your case in plain United
States"
is Blims hOnestP'
Perfectly so. He was with me for
ten years and l found that he wouldn't
even take so much as a joke"
Then the broker FASTENED back to his
office and issued this verbal order:
There's to be no more slang here, see?
This is a new racket and it goes. The
first one that gets gay and makes Il
break gets the G. b. See?-Detroit
Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15

The Rev. VIM. p. F. Ferguson, whose pic
ture we give above, will not be unfamiliar
by sight 70 many readers. A young man, he
has still had an extended experience as
foreign missionary, teacher, editor, lecturer
and pastor that has given him wide ac-
quaintance in many parts of the country.
In an interview few days ago he said:
In the early summer Of '94 went upon
tour through Canada on my wheel. My
route was from Utica to Cape Vincent thence
by steamer to Kingston, and from there along
the north shore OF the lake to Toronto and
around to Niagara Falls. arrived at Cape
Vincent at o'clock, having ridden against
q strong head wind all day.
Affer q delightful sail through the
Thousand Islands, Z stepped on shore in
that quaint old city of Kingston. A slight
shower had fallen and the streets were damn
80 that wisdom would have dictated that /,
leg-weary as l was, should have kept in
doors, but 30 anxious was ! to see the old
city that / spent the whole evening in the
streets.
Five O'Clock the next morning brought
very unwelcome discovery. was lame
in both ankles and knees. The head wind
and the damp streets had proved an unfor-
tpnate combination. gave, however, little
thought to Il, surprising II would wear of in
q few hours, and the first flush of sunlight
saw me speeding out the splendid road that
leads toward Napanee.
NABut OVERLOOK me Ata little village near
Port Hope, but found me still lame. rested
the next day, and the next, but it was too
late; the mischief was done. l rode a good
many miles during the rest of the season. but
never day and seldom mile without pain,
The winter came and / put away nv
wheel, saying now / shall get WE'LL but to
my disappointment grew worse. Some
days my knees almost forbade walking and
my ankles would not permit me to wear
shoes. At times | suffered severe main. 50
severe as TO make study a practical impos.
sibility, yet It must be understood that
concealed the condition of affairs as far
rs possible.
From being local the trouble began 10
spread slightly and my anxiety increased.
consulted two physicians and followed
their excellent advice, but without result.
So the winter passed. One day in March I
happened to take in my hand Newspaper
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
Plague suspect in a Sealed Car

An Englishman, who has just reached
London from Bombay, had provoking,
but in some ways amusing, trip across
Italy. He was landed at Trieste from
the Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperator.
He being the only passenger on board
from Bombay, the Italian authorities
refused at first to allow him to land at
Brindisi lest he should introduce the
plague, but, after being thoroughly dis
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
Had No Chance

Mrs. Moulton-Oh, how did you like
the play last week2
Mrs, Enthusiastically, I don't know,
I didn't have chance to judge what
it was like.
Mrs. MOulton-Why, supposed, of
course, that you'd been there.
Mrs. Flinders-I was, but, you see. 1
was member of a box party.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-15
English Railway Returns.

The traffic returns of the four chief
English railways show satisfactory in
creases in the traffic receipts for the
half-year so far. The Northeastern in
crease is 6214,95