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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Says Self Culture: Simple integri.
ty, simple fairness, simple justice to
rich ana poor alik>- giving to each
one his rightful dues, estriving neither
to oversell nor to underbuy goods or
labor, mourning no debts but such
as admit of being promptly met, and
ling no one else to do so-in short,
carrying out in daily life the princi-
pie of honesty and fairness, is the
very best and most efficient means OF
benefi'ing the community, and the
foundation on which to build be-
nevolence worthy of the name.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
The Texas Farm and Ranch hew

The Texas Farm aud Ranch hews
to the line in the following paragraph:
No wonder the soldiers in field and
camp are deprived of proper clothing,
food and medicines! How could it
be otherwise, when these things pass
through the hands Of a procession of
thieves, whose populations are wiuked
at by the War Department and dis
missed with the declaration that ''this
is war; such things always existed and
will continue to exist" A few con-
tractors sent to the penitentiary, aud
a few contracting quartermasters
reduced to ranks for collision to
swindle the government and the army
would be more like business.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
An interesting Farmers Institute

An interesting Farmers Institute
was held at this place Tuesday, con
Quoted by Mr.. j. G. Lee, Commits.
sioner of Agriculture of Louisiana.
The Bossier Agricultural Society
was organized by Messrs L. 7. San.
ders, T. J. Tidwe'I, J. I. Many, A.
j. Dcmoss and j. w. Jeter, with
Mr.. Sanders President and Mr.. JeteI
Secretary. The first meeting of the
S,ciety will be held at Benton next
Thursday, 25th inst. A cordial in-
yitation is extended to all Bossier
farmers to participate in the meet.
ing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Netice-To Ambitious Boys and Girls
of BOssier.

The Police Jury has made an ap-
preparation to detray the expenses
Of one boy at the State University,
at Baton Rouge, and Que girl at the
Industrial Institute, at Ruston.
Here is ine opportunity for a
good education offered to the pupils
OF our public schools, without cost.
The selection will be made by a
competitive examination held by the
Parish Board of Examiners at Ben
ton, on Saturday, Sept. 3rd.
Applicants must be not under Ia
nor over 20 years of age, and the
boys must be without such physical
defects as would prevent them en-
tering Military Academy.
j. A. W. LOWRY,
Chairman Board of Examiners.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
ChicarO ChrOnicln IT. was

Chicago Chronicle: It was not
until 'S2 that the last of the civil
war stamp taxes disappeared. But
there was no disappearance of the
drastic custom tax. The tiger had
tasted blood. The American man
ufacturer, satisfied with home
market, insisted that the American
people must be fleeced for his bene-
fit, and whenever We have had a
new Republican tariff law we have
had higher rates of duty than were
permissible during the civil war.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stock
bridge, Ca, while attending to his
pastoral duties at Fleetwood, was at
tackled by cholera morbus. He says:
"By chance I happened to get hold
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy, and 1 think it was
the means of saving my life. 1t re-
lieved me at once" For sale by DR..
w. NJ. Abbey.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

The BEST REMEDY FOR FLUx.-AIr.
John Matthias, a we'll known stock
dealer of Pulaski, KY, says: "Aftel
suffering for over week with fux, and
my physician having failed to relieve
me, l was advised to try Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy, and have the pleasure Of
stating that the half of one bottle
cured me- For sale by DIR. W. NJ.
Abney.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Communication Homestead.

Land Office at NatchitOches, La, }
June3. 1893
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make communication proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the Clerk of the District Court, at
Benton, La, on September g 1898, viz: Home
stead Entry No. 667i-Jack Patterson-for
the southwest quarter of section 3, township
20 North, range II West Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Robert Stewart, Martin
Stevens, Amos Jennings of Alden Bridge, La.
and Andy Player Of Hughes Spur. La.
EDW'D PHILLIPS, Register.
June 9, 1898. sspt
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
A Big Gun Shot /!

Now that all the merchants are
preparing for the fall trade, l have
commenced by receiving car load
of celebrated S,can Lake Flour, just
from the mills. Made by the Pinck-
neville Milling Company, of Pinck-
vile, I'll. Every barrel and sack
guaranteed. So don't fail to try a
sack and you will use no other.
j. p. CRESWELL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Wooden shoes in France are pro-
duced to the extent of about 4, 100000
pairs yearly. They are made in Alsace
and in Barriers by machinery and
Lozere by hand. In the last-named
province 100 persons are engaged
IN this manufacture, and the yearly
product is more than half million
pairs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
stray Safe.

Estrayed before me, J. C. Bell, J. P. Ward
IL l, Bosser parish. by Harrison White. on
August 3. and will be sold at Magenta, La.
within the legal hours of sale, on Saturday,
September II, 1898, one Red Steer, with white
spots, sway backed. smooth crop, one split in
the right ear and staple fork in left ear, with
out brand. About ; years old.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property and pay charges, or the same
will be sold as the law directs.
J. e. BELL. J. p.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

NoTICE.-Hereafter, parties want
ing ice on Sunday will please send
for same from 8 to 8 in the morning,
and to 5 in the afternoon, as store
will not be opened at any other
hours during Sunday, only in case
of sickness.
Respectfully,
DOWELL & co,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Both for Little More than the Price
of One.

This is the best offer ever made by
any newspaper. We will give to the
subscribers to the Twice -a-Week Re-
public, as special inducement, the
new and supurb Republic Sunday
Magazine, 50 complete numbers, Is
pages of the choicest illustrations and
miscellaneous reading that money can
buy.
The regular price of this one paper
is 81 25 year.
We offer both publications, The
Twice a-week Republic, which alone
is 81 a year, and the Sunday Maya
zine, which alone is 81 rs a year, for
only 81 SO year for both.
When you renew our subscription
do not lose sight of this splendid offer.
Address all orders to
The REPUBLIC, St. Louis, Mo.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Barbacues and picnics are now in
order, and you can make a pleasant
day of it for yourself, family and
friends, if you prepare for the occa-
sion by procuring from DOWELL &
co. ice in any quantity desired, fresh
meats, bakers bread and fancy canned
goods of all kinds, such as are pala-
table to the most fastidious. By vir
tue of having cold storage and other
modern preservative methods, they
are enabled to supply you with
oranges, bananas, pine apples and
lemons, practically the year round.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Ruby Nay, second child of Mr..
aud Mrs. j. F. Adair, died at Ivan
on Monday night about 10 O'Clock
aged about q years. The remains
we're buried at Rocky Mount We'd
nesday morning.
"She will never be forgotten,
Never shall her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger,
Round the grave where she is laid
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

n. O. Times-Democrat: Sampson
has had more chances of distinguish
ing himself than any commander now
in the navy, and he has conspicuously
failed to do anything with his chances.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Only Two Weeks More

To close out our entire stock oil
Dress Goods, Ladies and Children's
Shoes, Carpets, &c.
Our entire stock must be closed
out by that time SO that we can com.
mence alterations in our store. All
ladies' goods of every description
must be sold at once regardless OF
cost.
Don't miss this chance of securing
bargains.
Jules Dreyfuss & Company, Limited,
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Chicago Chronicle: Nothing Nc
Kinley so adnires in man as the
possession of pelf. Though his cab
met ministers have been, on the whole,
commonplace, they have not lacked
in the prime qualification. They are
rich.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

In place of glass, the Philippine
islanders generally use plates made
OF the shell of kind of oyster, which
admit an agrecably subdued light,
and are not SO easily damaged by
earthquakes as glass windows are.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

G. 0. Gayle has a full and CON-
plete line of the best quality of fam
lily groceries, with prices to suit the
times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Che $ossier 8anner.
BENTON, La,
THURSDAY, ::::::::::::::AUGUST le, 1898,

Whs-n ~ n.,u "t cry goods, GRO
ceries, cigars, tobacco, candies, &C.,
buy from the cheap store of C. O.
(1aylc. Goods delivered in town,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

The tea tax for July amounted to
S2O9,948. The estimates of the
Treasury Department are that the
tax will yield S10,000,0o0 year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

The population of this country is in
round numbers, 73,O00,00O; that is %
to each square mile.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Dentistry.

DR.. T. NJ. Comegys, Office over
Zodiag's, adjoining Opera House,
Shreveport, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Just Received,

A car load of fresh meal. Every
barrel guaranteed. Also, constantly
on hand a large lot of corn, oats
and hay.
T, NJ. VAUGHAN.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

Glasgow, Scotland, wants the city
to purchase and operate its telephone
system.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
=. 0. Gayle sells early aud late
and sells everything cheap.

Smallpox is the most infectious
disease. Then comes measles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18
Or. C. C. McCIoud all Riqht Again.

Ut. =. =. McC10uu all RIgnt Again.
Having lost my entire Office by fire,
I have a bran new outfit in two days
and am ready for business. My Office,
till the new building is completed,
will be over the Mary A. Files Mill
merry store, two doors from my former
stand.
Your business solicited.
CHAs. C. McCLoUD, D. D. S.
Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-18

The British empire embraces 10
900 islands.
The evening times., 1898-09-03
CAPT. DUNcAN,s STATEMENT.
Positively Declares His Innocence
of Grave DesecratiOn.


of Grave Desecration.
Capt. Louis C. Duncan, of Topeka.
Kan, who is now in Jail at Fairfax, Va,
charged with the crime of desecrating
the grave of Confederate officer on the
battlefield of Bull Run, now claims that
he is entirely innocent of the offense.
Tried before court marital composed
of sixteen officers of high rank includ-
ing two ex-Confederate soldiers. he was
acquitted OF the charge of conduct un-
becoming an officer and a gentleman,
the general head under which the crime
| was calendered, but he has been turned
over to the civil authorities by Gen.
Graham, and unless he can furnish bail
in the sum of 81, 100 he will have to await
trial on the charge OF grave desecra-
| ton at Fairfax Court House until the
| third Monday in September. The PEN
atty for the offense in Virginia is from
| five to ten years at hard labor.
| In the course of a statement concerning
| the affair Capt. Duncan says that at the
| court-martial over sixty witnesses tes-
| titled and 500 pages of evidence were re-
corded, and what was the decision? That
l took no part in these dissertations; that
l was guilty of neglect of duty only be-
| cause / did not arrest privates who were
digging in the grave. My part in the de-
| piorable affair, testified to in the court
martial by myself and borne out by other
evidence, was as follows:
"On the morning of August 6, while the
| Second Division was camped near Bull
Run, l went out sketching, as is my Gus
| tom when / have leisure. While strolling
about the battlefield l came upon body
| of men digging in a little hole, about s
| inches deep and feet across.
Il had already seen dozens of men all
| over the field searching for relics and
not a. few digging, so l thought nothing of
II. 1 stayed some ten minutes, watching
the digging and talking TO another officer
who was present. Then / learned that
a gravestone was thereabouts, and found
II lying out some 10 feet from where the
men were digging.
Il learned what was on it. but as had
been informed that all the bodies of SOL
diers thereabouts had been removed to
| Arlington and Manassas, did not think
| much of the matter. However, l saw a
| hospital corps man there, and ordered
him back to camp the was the only man
| there over whom l supposed 1 had au-
| thor1ty). The other men there were not
not under my commandment even of my
| regiment. AS l am a surgeon, l have no
| command.
After ordering the men away / left
| the spot at once and have never seen 1t
| since. That is the sum and substance
! of my guilt. And there is no evidence
TO prove that l was there again"
Referring to charges that the conduct
! alleged against him was because of feel
| ing toward the Confederate dead, Capt.
! Duncan declares that he has had the ut
most respect for the men of Stuart, Jack
| son and Lee and that the memory of
! their heroism is heritage of all. Neither
! does he think that the men who took
| part in the affair did II out of sectional
feeling. but rather out of recklessness
| engendered by camp life in volunteer
| army added TO foolish desire for rel
| les
The evening times., 1898-09-03
In the Police Court.

Hattie Queenan, Annie Young and AL
Ice Forest, three colored woman, quarrel
ed in Gordon Avenue were arrested last
night. They pleaded not guilty this
morning in the Police Court. but upon
the testimony of the policeman they
We're fined So each
Martha Craig was insane from drink
last night and il took three policemen
to get her to the Sixth precinct station.
She continued her shrieks and rawlings
and was finally placed in the dungeon
where she nearly tore the clothes from
her body in her frenzy. In the Police
Court this morning she admitted getting
drunk, but denied being disorderly. The
court sent her to the workhouSe for thir-
ty days in default of a fine of $40.
Lucy Hamilton Pleaded not guilty to be-
ing loud and boisterous. Policeman
O'Dea's testimony was contrary to her
statement and she was fined 81
Garfield Essex and James Hill We're
charged in the Police Court today with
disorderly conduct. They pleaded guilty.
but Essex denied having a pistol as
charged by Policeman O'Dea. He was
fined $50 for carrying concealed weapons
in default of which he went to jail for
three months. fine of so was imposed
on each Of them for being disorderly
Mary Addison and Maria Doddson were
charged with disorderly conduct The
former went to the worknouse for thirty
days and the latter was released on her
personal bonds.
James johnson was convicted of being
a vagrant and went to the workhouse for
one month
The evening times., 1898-09-03

It's fact which admits of that school teachers
is severe one indeed and requires perfect
nerves to be able to conduct classroom That
ans labu help keep the perfect
the nerves testified to by school
who says have been teaching the Ninth Grade the George
wharton School for the eight years. and hard
comprehend what task have when
OF pupils from the lower sections You requires great patience
and assduty to discipline and educate boys
rduous one Especially this the during
the work exacng and the
leaning books and marking papers
time get headache and entire system gets shattered but
Pans Iabue always straighens morning
tor the task again. feeling fresh
magic Tabue taken the previous night certainly
remedy for and nvgoratng
voice the of all the teachers
whom has used them with equally beneficial results"
dEs
iTE bs
The evening times., 1898-09-03
A PENSION RULING.
many ohicfaI Documents Will BE
Open to the Public.

"hhy omcfaI Documents Will BE
Open to the Public.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis this morning made an
important ruling regarding the examina-
ton of certain pension documents.
His action lays before the public in the
future all papers relating to claims for
pensions or bounty land reports from the
War Department, certificates of examin-
ing surgeons and reports of special ex-
aminers, except documents relating to
criminal cases where the ends of justice
might be defeated.
Up 10 the present time the Pension De-
partment has held tha, en reports Of
special examiners and kindred papers
were to be kept in secret, and the result
was that hundreds of appeals were ta-
ken by dissatisfied pension claimants
who did not know why their claims were
rejected.
In lessening appeal cases alone the or
der will save the Government thousands
of dollars annually.
The evening times., 1898-09-03
ARE YOU ONLY
.0NE-HALF A MAN ??
o &2z2SS
CALF HOS
SENT FREE TO MEN
BY SEALED MAIL.
No C. 0. D. or Deposit Scheme.

Are your days and nights made wretehed by
the secret consciousness that you lacking
in those attributes OF virility which fit a man
TO hold up his head among his kind and say
proudly within himself ~ am a manF'
The stealthy, unexpected advance Ct nervous
debility creeps upon man and paralyZes his
powers before he is of it. When he sud-
denly awakens to the fact that his manhood il
going from him he becomes panic-stricken, and
easy victim TO many disreputablc schemers
But all attempts at recovery are vain without
the help of genuine, scientific treatment.
81 do not believe saws Prof. Pierre Fauyeau,
Paris, France, that single human being
ABSOLUTELY and PERMANENTLY cured
of the evil effects of Spermatorrhoea, FarieO-
cele, restored from Impotenoy, until the dis
covery and Of Professor Labordes formulas
of CalthOs. | unhesitatingly say to students
present that his preparation Of Caithos has alb
solutey cured every case that has been under
treatment by the professors of university, and
] believe EVERY CURE Is A PERMANENT
ONE
''The formulas of Calthos by Professor La
borde,' says another distinguished French physi-
clan, jules Beaurand, NJ D. recognized as one
of the ablest practitioners Of Europe in the treat
ment Of nervous diseases, ''are absolute specifics
for Spermatorrhoea, Varic0eee, and Impotency,
and do not believe there is ] single that il
will not permanently cure"
This extraordinary vital res.1 We is the only
known remedy composed upe scientific
principles for the absolute cure Of nervous weak
and impaired manhood. II is the only treat
Inent which will the EFFECTS, no matt r
what the cause may be. IL Is the only remedy
that will cure al any and every stage Of the
trouble, except after it has progressed into cpl
The evening times., 1898-09-03
ANACOSTIA NEWS NOTES.
Policeman Over is on a weeks vacation.

Policeman Dyer is on weeks vacation
Rev. c. o. Isaac. Of the Anacostia Method ST
Church. has returned home after a short visit
TO relatives in Ellcott City, Nd.
Rev f. ". Bliss. the newly selected pastor OF
the Anacostia Baptist Church. has secured a resi-
dence Jackson Street, to which he removed
Yesterday He will preach his first regular sermon
tomorrow morning.
Among the Anacosta boys who ware at s. nt;ag
with the District of Columbia Volunteers
are Charles Smell, Elliott Hoops and Claude Z.
Allen Smell is the OF Rev. F. E. Smell. of
Harrison Street. since leaving WashingtS he ha
been promoted to corporal.
Mr. John f. Powell, in pector OF electric light
ing for the United States. has gone to New York,
where he will take a steamer for Paris. He is a
member OF the United States committee to the
Paris Exposition. and does not expect to return
TO Lis home, Roe Croft for several months.
Bruce A. W. Allen, son of Policeman Allen,
has been ordered by the War Department to
report at the Washington Arsenal Barracks Hos
pital for treatment for his wounds received in the
battle of FL Caney. He is a private in Troop d.
of the Sixth Cavalry, and has been at his home
on furlough.
There is some talk of organizing new citizens
association. to get in shape by the time Con
gress convencs, to urge appropriations for many
needed improvements in the town. station
house is badly needed. the present one on Har
rison Street is far too antiquated. Its sewag,
is particularly bad, and the cells almost uuf
for use. Another improvement desired is the eS
tension Of the water mains up Harris Street
The fire Thursday showed the necessity for this
as the water main ended too far away TO be O.
service to the engine company
The evening times., 1898-09-03
CAUTION TO SOLDIERS.
On the Way Home They Must Abb
stain From DeIicacies.

A telegram in reference to convalescent
soldiers travelling to their homes was
sent by Adjt. Gen. Corbin last night TO
the commanding officers of all camps.
The telegram reads:
1T having been reported to the War
Department that many convalescent SOL
diers who have received furloughs and
started for their homes have been taken
iii on the way, and to avoid further oc-
currences of this kind, 1t is suggested in
the strongest possible terms that all SOL
diers travelling homeward on furioughs
will exercise their best judgments in car
ing for themselves, especially those who
have been i'll in hospitals with fevers.
Their appetites are very keen and unless
they deny themselves everything except
the necessary food of the simplest char
acter are in great danger of d relapse.
This instruction Is sent out hoping that II
may catch the eye OF those men en- route.
and also for the instruction of surgeons
at hospitals 1t is ordered that no man
shall receive a furlough whom the sur
geon in charge believes to be unable to
travel alone and that no furloughed SOL
dier shall leave hospital without re-
ceiving full instructions as TO his diet
while en- route TO his home, from his
surgeon"