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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

United States Senator Stephen B.
Elkins, the coal baron of West Vir
ginia, before the last Presidential
election, was loud in his profession of
friendship for wage-earners, and as
ured them that Republican success
and high tariff would give them
steady work and better wages. 1t
seems pretty tough now to tell them
squarely that their wages must come
down. But this arch-hypocrite has
recently thrown off his mask, and
now bluntly tells his former deluded
followers that "wages must come
down." This open declaration to
"grind the faces of the poor" is what
that class of grasping and greedy
capitalists like Elkins have been plot
ting and planning secretly for many
years. They are doing more than all
the anarchists and socialists in the
country to provoke spirit of unrest
and disorder. They may awake some
day before long to find that they have
gone a step too far. Even "the worm
will turn against the foot that brushes
it," and the farmers, mechanics, min
ers, and laboring men generally of
this country will certainly rebel
against the class of men who are
amassing millions year by year, out
of the sweat and blood OF the real
producers Of wealth, while the toilers
are growing poorer all the time.
A revolution is bound to come
The only hope for the future is that
it may simply be peaceful revolu-
ton at the ballot box. It would be
better for Elkins, Hanna, Quay, Plat
& Co., to keep quiet about reducing
wages and 60 slow in arranging a
tariff that will protect and foster
trusts, and at The same time add to
the burdens of the laboring classes
by increasing the price of their food
and clothing. Decreasing wages on
the one hand, and increasing the cost
Of living on the other, seems to be
the policy of the Republican leaders
Tho people will give their answer al
the polls.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

st. Louis Republic: This is the
thirteenth extra session, and super
stitious Republican Congressman are
apprehensive of it's it's outcome.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee, will re-
sign his Office in October to resume
his lecture tours.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Formerly war was considered a
matter of war and patriotism. Now
it is largely question OF cash and
big guns.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Hartford Globe: Keep your tenn
per. The cold hammer molds and
masters red-hot iron.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Seventy years have elapsed since
the first railway in the world was
finished. During that period 400, 900
miles have been constructed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
Thursday.:::::::May 20. 1897

Good roads are what tie people
need and desire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Shreveport Journal: Go where
you may in Shreveport and you will
see improvement being made. The
spirit of improvement is in evidence
everywhere.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

The Dixie Mosquito Frames and
Nets, sold by j. A. Stephenson, of
Shreveport, is easily attached to any
style of bed, and is very popular.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

The Trinity River has flooded about
600 miles of Texas territory.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Sioux City Tribune: Look. out for
bristles on the man who is forever
prating about his kindness, his cour-
tesy and great consideration for the
rights of others.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Ten persons were killed Friday by
the collapse Of an ore dump at Pink
ney, Tenn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20
For Sale.

nne Winchester Repeating Shot Gun. In
~ good fix. Will 60 cheap for Dash. Ad-
dress this office.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

There are people in this country
who believe that popular government
is a failure. Tie fact is they bad
their predecessors in this country
years since. With them popular gov
eminent was a failure because they
wanted it 80. Popular government
interfered with their ends, aims and
ambitions. They were aristocrats
with love of place and power. They
represented a small per cent of Che
people then, as now, but the relative
position OF the twcAthe thens and
the nows-are quite the reverse
The aristocrat of former days longed
for power, but had scrnples that in
terfered with the attainment of it
The aristocrat of to-day is no longer
signing dreamer, but triumphant,
proud and arrogant possessor. He
no longer questions popular govern
ment, for it lies almost a wreck at bis
feet. Forms, statutes and constltu
tons still exist, but their interpreta
ton and execution are in his hands
and the people are slowly and surely
finding it out. 1t is an interesting
situation,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

We, also, at the same time. place and man
ner drew the following thirty names of persons
qualified under the law to serve as Petit Jurors
fer second week of Jane, 1897, Term of Dis
trict Court, said second week commencing the
first Monday, the 5th day of July, 1897, to- wit:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Tanner says that he will not call
an extra session of the Illinois Leg
islature unless be is forced to do 50.
st. Louis Republic.
Gov. Tanner is right, and although
a Republican, shows his sound judg-
ment in this matter. Average legis-
lative bodies are nowadays generally
"loaded LOADED for evil to the
public good and the people they fire.
quently misrepresent, and their sex
ira" convocations should be religious
ly avoided.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20

Ex-Congressman Stephen Russell
Mallory, who was elected by the Flor
ida Legislature United States Sena-
tor last Friday, is a son of Stephen
R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy in
the Confederate Cabinet of President
Davis. He was born in Pensacola in
1S49; was q Confederate soldier at
l6 years old, has proved himself I'M
compensatory Democrat, and at
all times the opponent of corpora
tons, except where the granting Of
privileges to them was for the public
welfare.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-20
Time Table Cotton Belt Route.

Trains Northbound.
Freight, No. II, due at Benton. 10 A. M.
Passenger, No. 8, due at Benton. .....sl0 P. n.
Trains Southbound.
Passenger, No. 7, due at Benton go. 9:4l A. NJ.
Freight, No. ii, due at Benton. 35 p. NJ.
o. r. DENTON, Agent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Chechaco is Alaskan for tenderfoot.
The Portuguese first brought tea
from China and the East in the six
teenth century.
The first solid head pin was made in
England in 1924 by an American, Lem
uel w. Wright
In 1850 the cultivation of tea began
in Brazil, and considerable quantity
was exported from that country.
Paper flooring is in use in Germany
1t is laid in pasty mass, smoothed
and then pressed. Footsteps on it are
noiseless.
Massachusetts is one of the richest
of the states, having valuation f
real and personal property amounting
to 81 ,5S4, 1865, ,802.
The finest human hair is blonde, and
red is the coarsest. The thickness of
human hair varies from the 250th to
the 600th of an inch.
Only twenty-seven per cent. of the
capital of this country is owned by
men holding between 800, 900 worth
and 81 900, 900 worth of property.
The largest mass of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province
of Galicia, Hungary. 1t is known to
be $50 miles long, twenty broad and
$50 feet in thickness.
The smallest horse in the United
States is owned by Colonel Harvey
Bolts of Carroll county, Missouri.
The animal is five years old, thirty-two
inches high, and weighs only las
pounds.
A break in the main waterpipe in q
street in Tombstone, Arizona, in No
vember, was found to have been caused
by the roots of tree, which had
grown around the pipe and crushed it
SO that it burst.
The cook working for a farmer who
lives near Portland, Oregon, found a
dollars worth of gold in the gizzard
of goose the other day. Perhaps
this goose was of the same breed as
the one that laid the golden egg.
A nervous bridegroom in Auburn,
N. Y, became so excited while dress
ing for the bridal, that he inadver-
tently put on two laundered shirts,
and did not discover his blunder until
the reception was in progress, after
the ceremony.
NJ. Berthelot, the chemist who was
foreign minister in NJ. Bourgeois's
government, reports to the Academic
de Sciences that the copper objects
found at Negadah and Abydos, in
Egypt, by NJ. de Morgan are Of pure
copper and not of bronze.
At indianapolis, Ind, street car
conductor was just about to take up .
fare when the trolley wheel slipped,
the pole sprung upward and loop in
the rope caught the conductor under
the arm and lifted him over the tall
board. He was landed in heap on
the pavement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

said the stranger, extending her hand
gracefully. "He has talked so much
Of you-and Miss Hutton tells me you
are an old friend Of her own"
From one to the other Harry Arm
strong looked in blank surprise.
He stammered some reply lily ac-
cording with his usual ease, then,
standing before Irene, he offered her
his arm.
"Will you take turn on deck with
me, Miss Hutton?" he said, empha-
sizing her name
She rose instantly. They walked
to the other end of the ship, when he
paused and confronted her.
Irene, now tell me what it all
MEANS" he said.
"Only that am Miss Hutton STILL
II saw your mistake and encour-
aged it, hoping you might never know
the truth. My mother died and 1 was
penniless. ! am companion TO the
lady to whom / just presented you
and governess to the little boy"
''Why did you not marry?"
"You have no right to question me. I"
81 assume the right, and, by the
heavens above, you shall answer me. Z"
'I-I could not. Oh, this is cruel,
Mr.. Armstrong; Yet perhaps l de-
serve that you should know the truth.
could not periure myself at Gods
altar. Loving one man, could not
swear to love and honor another. 1
chose poverty, loneliness and my own
self-respect
"And the man you loved.-you have
ceased to love him?"
She made no answer, but her head
bowed lower, and he could see the
great tears rolling silently down her
face.
Suppose he could offer you today
little more than he offered you then,
Irene, what would your answer be?"
Harry, Harry, don't mock me, "
she cried "You cannot know the
emptiness of my life or you would not
hold out to me the semblance of its
rich fullness. l deserve my fate.
Let me accept it. "
"Only in accepting me, Irene. All,
my darling, it was your true self
loved, after all. You strove to wear
the mask and could not. Heaven has
indeed been kind to us, my love.
came on this ship lonely, desolate
man, though fortune has smiled upon
me, and 1 can offer you, Irene, home
worthy of you. The old days of toll
and struggle have ended; but after all
they were the rich days, dear-rich in
hope and rich in love. have been
poor ever since in all that makes life's
real wealth-until tonight. Irene, you
have loved me always?"
And over the wide ocean the wind:
swept and whispered answer. cal
ways"
And into two human souls crept
perfect peace.-Saturday Night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

in the make of these dresses that
they are not Mt all monotonous.
The exodus of the fashionable
world has well commenced, and every
seaside resort is filed to overhowing
with visitors. "Pour les bains' il
the cry, and "pour les bains" it is
marvellous what costumes are here
required. The influence Of the pre-
vailing modes is seen in the bathing
gowns, which are worn trimmed with
ruches, gallons and insertions of lace;
large white collars fall over the mar
row neckbnnd Shoes, with strings
laced up MS far as the calf, hats of n
shape known aforetime as the "Dolly
Warden" are now indispensable access
sories to Parisienne's bathing cos
tune.
Three toilets a day for ladies is the
dictum at all fashionable resorts.
White reigns supreme this summer
season, not only for gowns of washing
material, but also for tailor-made
costumes, which are now turned out
in white cheviot, serge and cloth.
A most beautiful gown, worn by
stylish woman a few days since, es-
cited considerable admiration among
the crowd on the promenade at Trou-
vile. 1t was Of ecru linon, embroid-
cred in black silk to about the knees,
where the embroidery took the form
of an uneven border, under which was
gathered deep founce of Chantilly
lace; the body was of linon, covered
with narrow lace frills, each headed
by narrow band of black satin rib
bon; the sleeves were of the embroid-
cred linon. The hat yorn was of
black lace trimmed with ribbon and
black feathers and roses. Black
gloves, stitched yellow, and tan shoes
with patent toes, completed one Of
the most "chic" costumes seen this
season.
Light-colored gloves are worn, but
delicate biscuit or pale cane tint has
been even more seen than the some
what obtrusive white. White boots
and shoes are making their appear
ance among us once again, but it is
thought that they will figure but a
very short time in the fashionable
woman's wardrobe. They certainly
look well beneath white dress, but
they are considered very unpracticable.
Nevertheless, very many ladies will
wear white boots at Trouville during
the summer months. New York Mail
and Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08
Mrs. stowe Died In Poverty.

Everyone will be surprised to learn
that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe died
almost penniless, and that her home
stead is now offered for sale. This
statement, by Mrs. Isabella Beecher
Hooker, herself famous writer, is
made public in letter. The twin
daughters of the distinguished writer
and philanthropist are in actual need.
1t has been proposed that a monu-
ment should he erected to the memory
of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, but it
is not question of monuments; it is
a question of bread and butter for her
children. The daughters of Mrs.
Stowe have themselves made no ap-
peal for aid. They are ignorant of
the fact that others are making such
an appeal in their behalf.
On the same block on which stands
the home in which lived for so many
years Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
stands also the home of Mark Twain.
On its roof there have fallen the shad-
ows of evil fortune, but lifc and will
and vigor still remain with him, and
it is hoped that kindly humor's smiles
may yet banish the frowns that darken
it's deserted threshold. - Hartford
Conn. dispatch to the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

A Paris house furnishes the follow
ing real news of the fashions:
The heat has become so unbearable
here during the last few days that all
the Parisiennes who are still in town
pass the day in idleness. and in anti
cipation of their dinner at a restaurant
in the Bois. Crowds of carriages
every evening spin rapidly down the
Avenue de Bois, and their owners re-
pair to Armenonyille or one of the
other fashionable restaurants.
A type of dress much favored at
Armenonville just now is the black
embroidered and beaded mousseline
de sole. One of these becoming gowns
was worn there the other night by one
of our best known elegantes, with
transparent neck and sleeves, the
mousseline being just thick enough,
with its design of roses and leaves, to
allow of the omission of lining. The
embroidery is also introduced into
the skirt above the founce. White
ioulards, with mauve fowered designs,
are seen ON number of the smartest
people; but there is SO much variety
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08
Ea sl,ion Notes.

Belts, chatelaine bags and purses
are ont in the fashionable purple seal
leather.
Antique Cyprus and Cretan rides
cent glass vases are out in both large
and small sizes.
There is almost no end to the vari-
ETY. of table furnishings shown in sill
yer plated ware.
Many OF the designs of flowers and
fruits wrought in silver are taken di-
rectly from nature.
India muslins, fowered taffetas,
French organdies, plain and fancy
grenadines and etamines, batistes and
sheer silky grass linens are among the
favored materials used in making these
lace trimmed summer gowns.
Never before has there been such
variety of batiste embroidery as there
is this season. Every tint of ecru,
from cream to the brownish fax color,
is represented in these lovely trim
mings, and the latest designs come in
deep founcings and wide insertions,
with irregular edges and open patterns
exquisitely embroidered in various
colored silks of subdued shades, artis-
tically harmonized.
Feathers and flowers are united in
another large hat of fancy yellow straw
with brim upturned at the back and
standing out fiat at the front and
sides. Pink roses are clustered about
the top of the crown, which is hidden
ljy deep frill of cream lace. Pink
satin is frilled about the crown and
three pink bows cluster at the back.
Three white tips nod at the left side
of this charming hat.
Yellow and mauve form very
pretty combination ON light summer
gowns when the tints and textiles are
carefully chosen. Black net over
white satin, and black lace over white
transparents, are the height of style
in Paris. The gowns are finished
either with sashes of silk muslin car
ried twice around the waist, or of
soft, undressed silk in pale mauve,
pink, lettuce green or black.
A ruche-like arrangement of flowers
is new feature in millinery. In
large hat of fancy geranium straw, silk
poppies and buds are wreathed about
the crown over a drapery of geranium
red velvet and ribbon. The ribbon
and velvet are formed in standing
loops at the back, where poppies are
punched against the up-turned brim.
A black straw facing relieves the
warmth and intensity of the red
The picturesque 1880 style is re-
called by large white chip hat with
broad, dropping brim that overshad-
ows the eyes in captivating way.
Cream lace is applied full as facing
to the brim, and lace is frilled over
the brim and hangs in loop low over
the hair. Yellow chiffon is twisted
softly around the high crown, and at
the left side are disposed four white
erect plumes and one dropping plume.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

Says the Washington Star:-"A pe-
culiar situation has grown out of the
efforts Of certain railroad companies
operating in the far west to secure the
services of sober men on their lines.
1t is plainly to the best interests of
the public as well as the corporations
that inebriety among the employees
should be reduced to the lowest pos
sible point, for intoxication leads di-
rectly to carelessness and thence to
accidents, costing many lives and
large fortunes in damages. To avoid
these results the Santa Fe road and
some others have recently issued an
order prohibiting all employees of
whatever grade or class of duties from
entering saloons, on pain of dismissal.
There is, of course, broad rule
against intoxication in force. 1t was
at first thought that this would suf-
ice, but frequent cases of drunken
ness proved that the only way to
ensure sober force was to draw q
dead line around all places where in
toxicants were dispensed. This order
has aroused the resentment of the as
sociated saloon keepers of the coast
cities and their leader is now on his
way to Boston to protest to the finan-
cial hackers of the Santa Fe road and
to threaten boycott if the order is
maintained. As plain business
proposition it is likely that the roads,
II boycotted, would more than make
mp the loss of traffic resulting from
this action in the form of damages
saved, and also in the additional
traffic attracted to roads known to en-
ploy only sober men. Thus the road
puts premim upon safety that has
never before been possible on a broad
scale. Some years ago one of the
lines running out of Chicago tried the
experiment of prohibiting the visiting
Of saloons. The liquor men and the
brewers protested and finally boy
cotted the road. But the order was
enforced, the average of accidents was
steadily reduced and the road pros
pared ~ never before. The saloon
order end the boycott still exist side
" eide aud the former seems to bs
having the best of the bargain"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

The Transvaal and the Klondike
gold fields are likely to have a rival
in South America, according to the
recent reports from that country. A
San Francisco dispatch to the effect
that recent advices from Peru, which
have been confirmed upon good
authority, state that the wonderful
rich strikes reported from the Klon-
dixie region have been eclipsed by dis
coveries in that country. This state
ment is based upon the rediscovery of
the famous Inca gold fields, in the
department of Cuzco and Puma, in the
eastern border of that country, which
has long been famous for its richness
in precious metals. The supply of
gold may run out some day, but there
seems to be no immediate danger of
it. On the contrary, at present it is
greatly on the increase, aud there is
every reason to believe that the argu-
ment of the silverites, that there is
not gold enough to answer the world
purposes, is based upon false premi-
ses. At least, the present genera
tion is likely to have all the gold that
it needs for the arts and for money,
and comfortable surplus beside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08
Bicycle Girls "shoo" a Herd of Cows.

An incident which took place on
Poplar street, just west of Ridge ave-
nue., recently, demonstrates conclu-
sively that the new woman has out
grown the most pronounced feminine
follies. Next to mouse, the object
that inspired the most fear in the mind
of the old fashioned girl was COW,
but neither of these ferocious animals
seems able to live up to its past repu-
tation. Two bicycle girls were spin
ming out Poplar street, while coming
from the opposite direction was drove
of cows in the charge of couple of
drovers. Instead of showing the white
feather and fainting from sheer fright,
as most girls would have done ten
years ago, these amazons of the wheel
charged directly at the enemy. The
cows were slow in making passage
for the wheelwomen, who tried to
"shoo" them aside. One of the girls
got wedged in the centre of the herd,
and, being unable to proceed further,
steadied herself on the wheel by
actually clutching the tail of one of the
animals and thus was not obliged to
dismount. Finally a clear passage
was made and the two girls rode
through, laughing heartily over their
adventure. Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08

The practice of applying cocaine to
the eyes of firemen in order to reduce
the sensibility of the eyeball to the
effects of smoke has been greatly con-
demned by the New York board of
health. DIR. Fletcher Engalls, in
commenting on this custom, says that
not only is it likely to produce vic
tins to the cocaine habit, but that,
when used often, cocaine kills the
fine sensibilities upon which the eyes
depend. But in any case, the appli-
cation of cocaine to the eyes under
such circumstances is quite wrong.
If it does deaden the sensibility for
the time being, it will not prevent
injury to them by the smoke.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-08
THE FAREWELL DAYS.

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