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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The next international congress OF
chemists will be held in Paris in 1909.
1t takes dentist to drill a raw re-
cruit.
Some people believe too much and
others net enough.
sweet bat unrcfned.
All men are gCod-good for some
thing or good for nothing.
The man who says he hates a liar
often merely lacks self-esteen.
Wien public official imagincs him
self big gun it's time to fire him.
Wit may move the world. but the
truclman gets the credit for dongi it.
Only q strong minded woman can
write Il letter and OMIT the postscript
The man who is superior to his cloth
ing usually wears mighty poor clothes.
y physician says woman is never
really i'll as long as she is able to com
plain.
When young man embraces a girl he
shows his love for her in roundabout
way.
Some mems desire to say, II told you
So is greater than their desire for
immortality.
Ten minutes recreation in merry
go-round will convince the most shep
teal person that the world moves
About the only time some women re-
fuse to talk back is when they accept
some mans seat in a crowded street
car.
\ woman writer says that mischief
causes dimpies. Some people are I'M
der the impression that dirlples cause
mischief.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
Her Guess.

He-For week have not slept an hour
at 6 time. have tossed upon my bed night
after night, only to arise weary and de-
pressed in the mornings. l cannot eat l
come and go and am weighed down with one
all.pervadng thought. It is with me in my
waking hours. 1t is with me in my dreams
She-Ah, it is too bad. I'm sorry for you.
Marie, have you not guessed what it is
that troubles mc?''
Yes. You're afraid there may be
and fight"
An hour afterward he was still walking
around in circle and wondering whether
she really meant it or not.-Chicago Evening
NeNs
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
COME ssion of a Millionaire.

A millionaire confessed the secret of his
success IN two words-hard work. He said
he put in the best part of his life in gaining
dollars and losing health, and now he was
putting in the other half in spending dollars
to get back health. Nothing equals Hostel
ter's Stomach Bltters for restoring health to
the overtired body and brain. 1t gets at the
nervousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia and
INDIGESTION
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
Had Its Uses,

Mrs. Watts-Don't you find your neural.
gla an awful annoyance?
Mrs. Potts-Oh, get used to it, more or
less. and, besides, l always get the tender
est piece of the steak when my teeth are
lame. --lndianapolis Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

And Then They Made Up Shc-"I
soon come back again. Shc-"No won't !"
heI.Ihcn, my dear, go by all means She
Oh. | see you want to get rid of me.
hen, sir, l shan't go, and you re hard.
hearted brute. and love YOU only too much,
and | couldn't live away from YOU (Sobs'
but that IS how a man manages woman).-
Fich-Me-Up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
Meanness PersOnified.

did l understand you to say that dress
you admired so much to-day was dream:"
inquired Mr.. Smokehart.
Yes answered his wife hopefully.
WELL he proceeded very kindly, "you
keep your mind on it when you are to sleep
tonight and maybe you will dream one of
your own."-Washingto Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Great Diseretion-Y ounger Sstcr-"Why
dld you tell Mr.. Galiagan how old am o.
Elder sister-"I You're too young for that to
rake any difference. Now, it would be DIFF
fsrent II you We're to tell him my age
well, l didn't l only told him YOU We're
ten years older than am truth
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
A Sweet Memory.

She-1 shall never, never cease to enjoy
the memories of my college days
He-What incident connected with them
is brightest in your memory?
She-Let me see-oh yes. those elegant
ice cream sodas we used to get down at the
village apothecary's.- Roxbury Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
At 1t Again.

Mattie-I'm invited to the Sweldon' ball
next week, but really l don't know what
I'm to wear.
H.len-Wel, dear, if you want my advice,
think a thick veil would go well with your
compassionate icago Evening News
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Another in Her Mind.-"That widow
scared me away" How" "She has beel
married only once, but she always refer
to the dear departed as her first husband. -
Chicago Daily Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

In angling it is much the same as in love
making. The fish We land are very small
try IN comparison with the beauties that
get away.-Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

A new way to dodge paying bill is to sa,
you have no revenue stamp for your check
Washington Ua.) Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

81 was afflicted with Eczema more than
twenty years. One box of Tetterine cured
me. Hey. y. {. Turner, Lakeland, Fla. Soc
at druggists, or by mail for cash or stamps
j. L. Shuptrine, manir., Savannah, Ga.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Mrs. Newlywed with evident surprised
Aren't, you the very man gave some cake
TO two days ago. Plodding Pete Tin expla
1ation)-"Yes'm. l'see, [ didn't eat it.
Answers
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

That woman tried to beat me down 0,
the price of quinine.' What did she say 2
She said ought to make it ten cents cheap
or because she had to pay her little boy t
take 1t. -Chlcago Daily Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

If you must be liar, be statistical on
and you will never be caught at it-Atchi
son Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Cats are very gentle to their kittens, not
outstanding the fact that they lick them
frequently .-Golden Days
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

An Atchison man loses the money he win
playing poker, by playing at business
Atchison Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Very few people appreciate the i'm
rtortance OF doing thing right in the first
Elace.-Atchson Globe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

4 candidate for Office is criticised If toe
friendly and also if rot friendly enough; :
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

it all troubles have gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful. but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. / cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. MY
husband AID friends see such change
in me. I look SO much better and have
some color in my face"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
III to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
Time to Begin,

The President--Is the list of football
players thoroughly advertised?
The Dean-It is
the college.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

When two gentlemen are introduced
to each other it is the accepted rule
that they shall shake hands.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her OF All
Her Troubles.

Mrs. MADGE BABcocK, 176 Second
St., Grand Rapids, Mich, had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she is well. Here
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Providence saves us many failure by not
Permitting us to carry out the plans we have
most confidence in-Truth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Only % letters can be taken seriously:
the others are all in fun.-Goden Days.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

After six years suffering l was cured by
Plso's Cure:-Mary Thomson, 291 Ohio Ave,
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, '94
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Check Colds and bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

When a man has troubles he increases
them BY being cross.-Atchison Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

Disiocated by Scorn-"Is Glorinda proud.
since she has been abroad?" Proud? She
holds her head SO high that it hangs down
her back. detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
An Authority.
Willie-Mamma, what does making a bad
break mean?
You'd better ask your father, Willie.''-
indianapolis Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-01-05

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
REBELS FIRE IN DARKNESS
General Pulion Starts Boosted CAM
paign at IlOilo and Important
Fighting is Expected.

MANILA, Oct. 24.-5:50 p. m.-Iloilo is
stirred by the expectation of important fight
Ing. Generar Pulion began "unrolling the
ers In recent speech, by firing voleys at
the American outposts nightly. Since Sun
day reinforcements have been arriving from
the north. This activity is designed to
divert the Visayans from their dissatisfac-
tion against the Tagalos. Aguinaldo has
ordered the release on parole of Areneta and
other Visayan leaders, who are disposed to
negotiate for peace, and Is watching them
to prevent further negotiations.
The Fourth infantry reconnaissance about
linus found that the insurgents had returned
to Las Marinas. Their buglers blew when
the Americans approached.
1t Is reported that they are reorganizing
at Malabon and other towns The leading
inhabitants of that section have requested
Major General Otis to garrison the town, be-
cause the insurgents are living off the
people. Sufficient troops are lacking for
this.
General Otis has prohibited the local
papers from printing the arrivals, departures
or any movements of troops. Aguinado, II
ho is student Of the Manila papers, has
been kept posted as to the movements OF
every company in the army
The news that the Spaniards attempted
to surrender the rebel artillery at Santa
Rosa has reached Tarlac and has spread
through the country. The Filipinos are
taking vengeance on the prisoners by cur
| failing the few privileges they had.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
new CASES OF YELLOW FEVER
Twenty-Five Patients Appear Mt Key
West and Eleven mt Miami, but
the Disease is Mild.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Six new cases
Of yellow fever at Key West, Fla, today
were reported to Surgeon General Wyman
of the marine hospital service. At Miami,
Fla, nineteen cases in all are reported.
The marine hospital service will establish
detention camp near Miami as soon as
arrangements can be made.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 24.-Key West
reported twenty-five cases and two deaths
from yellow fever last night. Miami re-
ported eleven new cases for yesterday, but
the disease is mild.
DR.. Porter is anxious to get off all persons
likely to take the disease and has given
them until Wednesday afternoon to decide
about sending a trainload to the North Caro-
lima or Georgia mountains.
JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 24.-Two new cases
OF yellow fever have been reported in
Jackson since last night, making a total OF
twenty patients now under treatment.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
TWO DIE FROM STARVATION
Schooner Hera Arrives at seattle
from Cape Nome with Passengers
In wrctched Plight.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 24-After voy-
age OF twenty eight days from Cape Nome,
during which two men died from starvation
and others were half-crazed from want Of
food and water, the schooner Hera arrived
in port this morning with nearly 200 pas
sengers on board.
News OF the wretched plight OF the Hera' S
passengers was brought here Sunday night
by the steamer Lakme. The revenue cutter
Grant and the tug Sea Lion were Immediately
started after the schooner They succeeded
in finding the schooner yesterday about
fifty miles off Cape Flattery.
The two deaths reported are those Of ]. S.
Ryan, who came on board a we'll man, but
through bad food and lack OF attention grad
ually grew worse until he died on October
6. The other case is much the same. George
Lamby through want of nourishment and
confinement in ill-ventilated quarters, was
taken with typhoid fever and died on Oc-
tober 81. While he was sick he had abso-
lutey no medical attention. Both were
buried at sea.
From the statements of other passengers
1t is learned that the agent of the ship at
Nome guaranteed them plenty OF good pro-
visions on the way down. They were
charged $50 apiece for their passage. When
they were few days out meat, sugar and
butter ran out. The menu consisted Cd
salt pork and canned mutton.
There was a little dried fruit on board
but only enough to supply the table three
times with dried peaches and twice with
dried prunes. From that time on, for nearly
twenty four days their food consisted oi
| flour and coffee There was plenty Of -four
but the water was short. Four days age
the last OF the unpalatable salt horse was
consumed. Had it not been for transforms
which fell for a few days, they would have
been without water also
When the Hera anchored out in the stream
the majority OF the men were so weak thai
| they could not carry their gold dust ashore
without assistance. Several passengers were
crazed from their terrible experiments ant
| had to be carried ashore and taken care OF
Even taking their terrible voyage into
consideration, the passengers unite in de
claring Nome to be the greatest camp or
earth and many of them will return in the
spring
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
,IlSTER-OUT OF THE lOWANS
III rrr ,'he Fifty-FIrst VIII BE
q Again by
tbcr 2.

SAN FRANCES D, Oct. 24.-(Specal Tel
egram.)-The order was given today to
the officers in charge Of the Fifty first Iowa
to make every precaution possible for the
mastering out of the regiment on next
Saturday. The under officers feared that
this could not be accomplished in that short
time and asked their superiors for a con-
sultatlon on the subject. They held one
and came to the conclusion that they will
be able to meet the mastering out demands
by November 2, and 1t Is more than likely
that they will be given until that date
to do the work. BY leaving here November
they should arrive in Iowa on the morn
ing OF the 9Th and be in their respective
homes on that evening or on election morn
ing
Governor Shaw visited the battleship
Iowa today and was honored with a salute
OF seventeen guns. The governor was
shown all over the big boat and enjoyed the
visit. Governor Shaw, Secretary Of State
Dobson and State Auditor Merriam left for
home this evening and should arrive there
Saturday. They paid a farewell visit to
the Preside this morning.
Governor Shaw was entertained at the
Union League club this evening previous
to his departure for the east Regrets were
expressed that the distinguished visitor
could not prolong his stay and permit the
club and city to show 1owa's chief executive
little Of California hospitality but Gov
ernor Shaw declared that having come SIM
ply TO greet the returning volunteers from
his state he could not tarry longer though
he was already charmed with the cordiality
OF San Francscans in their treatment OF
the soldiers of the Fifty-first
During a spirited dialogue participated in
by Governor Shaw Joseph Spear, Surveyor
of the Port NJ II. DeYoung and others,
construction and differing of state COM
mands were discussed as one of the prob
lens presented by the recent war Governor
Shaw declared that he believed all state
| regiments should hereafter be so organized
th". in the event of actual volunteering for
service colonels should fall back to lieu
tenant colonel and the president have the
| power to appoint regimental commanders
! from some well known and capable West
! point trained officers. With such an ar
rangement he thought that in the late war
| every regiment would have been sent to
! the front Immediately and enough men
\ would have been poured into the Philippines
| to put down the rebellion as soon as IL
| arose. AS 1t was, army officers high in
| command naturally cast their eyes over
state troops and selected commands be-
| lieved to have the most efficient militia
| colonies. 1t was a guess, he said, but In
every case the colonels proved their ability
| Governor Shaw will probably agitate re-
! organization of the national guard of Iowa
along the lines suggested in his remarks
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
MCCOY GOES TO ST. LOUIS
New Ruling on Status in Classified
Service Regarded rs an lmpor-
tant Departure.

WASHINGTON, Oct 24.-(Special Tele-
gram. Through an opinion rendered today
by Attorney General Boyd of the Depart
ment of Justice regarding the classification
Of the employees in free delivery postoffice,
when free delivery is discontinued. the friends
Of Charles T. Mccoy, now employed as a
clerk in the Huron Is. d. poetofilce, will be
enabled TO have him transferred to posi-
tion in the postoffice at st. Louis.
The Postoice department and the Civil
Service commission soma time ago locked
horns over the transfe, of Mccoy to st.
Louis on the ground that ne was not recog-
nized an employe O.. 20 Hnron Is. d.
postofice, with the result that the question
was referred to the Department OF Justice
for an opinion. While Mccoy will be given
$1,000 position in st. Louis, it is believed
he will remain there but a short time, as it
Is known he will be given an important
position in the service in this city
The Civil Service commission, under the
opinion rendered today is compelled to re-
verse it's policy respecting offices at which
free delivery has been discontinued. The
case turned upon the appointment of a
clerk in a postof1ice in the interim between
its discontinuance as a classified office and
it's reclassiication and the classification of
the clerk by reason of the change. The
Civil Service commission has held "once
classified, always classified" and that the
discontinuance OF free delivery did not affect
the application of civil service rules, or
that no clerk could be appointed to an
office after it had been once discontinued
and when by its reclassifcation it obtained
status in the classified service. The opin-
ion today is to the contrary and is regarded
as an important departure.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska-Hiram
Millett, at Birch, Pierce county, vice F. II
Birch, resigned.
Iowa.. E. Jackson, at Ortonville, Dallas
county, and W. S. Lenty, at Percy, Marion
county.
An order was issued today discontinuing
the postoffice at Clarion. Madison county
Neb. Mail will be sent to Madison.
The secretary of the interior affirmed the
decision of the land commissioner in the
case of J. DeBruin against A. B. Lucas, in
volving lands in the Mitchell Is. d. land
district
Proposals were opened at the Indian office
today for work of constructing the insane
asylum for Indians at Canton, S. d. The
lowest bid, s50,79 was received from j.
w. Nichol OF St. Paul. The proposals are
in excess OF the appropriation made and
bids will again be advertised for.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-25
SITUATION IN NATAL CRITICAL
Report that Beers Are Shelling
the Town of Dundee with
Heavy Guns.

LONDON, Oct. 24-The war office here this
morning has been trying to explain the sum-
mary of the situation in Natal furnished by
the commander in-chief of the forces Field
Marshal Lord Wolseley, to the House of
Commons yesterday. His statement is now
said to have created unnecessary alarm and
1t is asserted that what the official note
called General Yule's retirement" would
be more accurately described as "a change OF
position for tactical reasons" and that the
alarm for the safety of the wounded is
not justified. 1t is further explained that the
wounded could not be moved. but the fact
that they had to be left to their fate while
the British forces made a strategic move
ment to the rear shows the suspense OF
the house at the absence of subsequent news
is amply justified and that the heavy fight
ing on Friday and perhaps Saturday is only
a prelude to still sterner work In some
quarters the view Is taken that the second
attack of the Beers has actually occurred and
was so successful that General Yule's with
drawal was imperative and urgent to the ex-
tent OF compelling him to leave his hos
pitfalls in the hands OF the Beers, while the
more sanguine express the opinion that Gem
eral Yule, far from retreating, has in reality
advanced to meet the attack threatening
Glencoe. leaving Dundee behind. safely shell
tered from Boer assault.
In the absence of authentic news there are
number of contradictory rumors afioat,
but the most reasonable Interpretation of the
various reports seems to indicate that there
was some artillery practice at Glencoe Sat-
urday and Sunday, but no fighting at close
quarters. AS. however, communication be-
tween Glencoe and Ladysmith. which was
thought to have been restored by the British
victory at Eandslaagte, has again been
| hrn nlFnn hNE Aart
bridge at Waschbank, north of Ladysmith
and between Eandslaagte and Glencoe. the
difficulties OF the British commander in
Natal, General Sir George Stewart White
| in reinforcing Glencoe, have been enormously
| increased and until the British forces at
Ladysmith and Glencoe are united and the
main body Of the Beers is broken the sit
uation must remain disquieting here.
Criticise WoIseIey's Statement.
The afternoon papers here sharply criticlse
! Lord Wolseley's summary OF the Natal sltu-
alton. They say II has a distinct resem-
blance to the statements Of the Spanish min
! istry when preparing their countrymen for
news OF the disaster at Santiago. This is,
however, probably an oyerstrained view.
There is no denying however, the great sus-
| pense and anxiety existing which has been
| increased by the report In circulation pur-
| porting to emanate from official quarters TO
the effect that the Beers have secured the
services Of 1900 natives
The vague and varied estimates OF tho
Boer losses and the absence OF anything
official on the subject are also arousing mis-
giyings as to whether the beaten enemy
suffered proportionately to the disastrous
| losses OF the yictors
One OF the most disquletng stories comes
I from Ladysmith. 1t is to the effect that