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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

The tin plate trust has closed
the mills at Cumberland, Md, and
1000 men are thrown out of en-
ployment. This closing of small
manufactures by the various in
dustrial combines is one of the
most depressing and discouraging
Of the many evils that follow in
the wake of the trust movement.
Not only are thousands of men
thrown into idleness and their
families made to suffer want, but
whole villages are desolated. In
many instances a factory is the
sole support of a town.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Rev. S. A. Donahoe

TEsTIFIEs TO THE GOOD QUALITIES OF
CHAMBERLAIN's COUGH REMEDY.
On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev.
S. A. Donahoe pastor M. E. Church,
South, Point Pleasant, w. Va, con-
tracted severe cold which was attended
from the beginning by violent coughing.
He says: CATER resorting to number
OF so-called Specifics, usually kept in
the house to no purpose, purchased a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which acted like charm. most cheer
fully recommend it to the public
For sale by DR.. w. M. Abney, drug
gist, Benton, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

If the Republican party be sin
cere in it's opposition to trusts it
has the power to prove it by
adopting remedial legislation in
congress, where the party has a
strong working majority in both
branches. Without such practi-
cal proof of the party intentions
platform declarations will be a
waste of words.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
News Notes.

The Columbia and Shamrock
had their first race Tuesday.
The Beers continue to mobalize
in the vicinity of Majuba, and a
clash is daily expected.
Heavy frosts and ice were re-
ported from various sections of
Missouri and Illinois last week.
The people of Mafeking are
much alarmed over the massing
of Beers on the border near that
town.
A prominent Milwaukee Catho-
lie has petitioned the Pope to
send 200 Italian priests to this
country.
The International Crown Tooth
Company is suing Boston dentists
for infringing its slow bridge"
patent rights.
Col. VIM. J. Bryan has COM
pleted his Nebraska tour and has
started for Texas. From there he
will go to Kentucky.
Reports from the districts OF
India which suffered by the re-
cent storms indicate that the loss
of life far exceeds 300.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

ney-general who halls from the
State which is the mother of
trusts and who is himself friendly
to those institutions. A law can
not be enforced if there is no way
of compelling the law officers to
do their duty. The federal law,
weak and inefficient as it may be,
has not had a thorough test. It
meyer will have under the present
administration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Succession Sale.

Succession of Chas. Ncstfield, deceassl1
In District Court, Bossier Parish, "A
Dy virtue Of an order Of sale to me NJ
ID rected from the Honorable Dss1lA
Court in and for the Parish Of Boai3
La, I will, on Tuesday, October 70 y
at Lays store, Koran, La, within =
legal hours for sale, proceed to sea, :
public auction, to the last and highM
bidder, the following described propdgs
to-wit:
A parcel of land described as iollosE
The southwest quarter OF nortn
quarter, section IA, township 4, u
II; 40 acres, situated in Bossier peIia
Also, skiff (boat), / saddle. ha1 !. !.
tcrest in blacksmith tools, hers ! e.
buggy and harness, | lot OF shop -
Terms Of Sale Cash, if the apprnl.
ment or two-thirds thereof be BE- s
on credit of twelve months, accolu
to law. J. j. LAY, Adminisnaso
Benton, La, Sept. Z, 1893. ocsa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY, :: OCTOBER 5, 1899.
MANS INHUMANITY.

We talk of the trust forming
power of civilization and of the
almost universal recognition of
Christian ethics, but scratch the
skin of even the most civilized
nation and you find barbarism
and savagery beneath. In Ger
many the crowd follows young
war lord and his army would fly
at the throat of any people if he
but gave the word. So in Russia,
at the nod of Nicholas, 1000, 900
men would take up the march to
devastate the homes and burn the
cities of peoples who never did
them harm and with whom there
was no real cause of quarrel. So
even in our country we find that
the voice of reason is stilled and
that of blind prejudice and I'M
thinking jingoism is dominant.
Let us not deny, the world over,
that we are perfectly willing, at
the suggestion of a Nicholas or a
Wilhelm or a Mckinley or a
Chamberlain, to sink all of our
pretended moral conceptions and
to indulge in precisely the same
line of conduct which we declare
is terrible when we read of it in
ancient or modern history.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Succession Sale.


Succession CT Henry c. Dickerson, ds'l|
In District Court, Bossier Parish, Il
Dy virtue OF an order of sale to ne u.
ID rected from the Honorable Diad6
Court in and fer the Parish OF Boaix
Louisiana, will, on Tuesday, Ocs1h1
II, 1899, at the Court House, IN the tCul
of Benton, La, within the legal hon
for sale, proceed to sell, at public ancfda
to the last and highest bidder, the A.
lowing described property, to-wit:
Lot 8, of Bossier City, according ;
the subdivision Of land in the west In
tional half CT section 30, township 4
range t3, containing three acres, mn
or less, with all Improvements thefem
Also, horse, old buggy, Told vsga
1 saddle, farming implements and hoa1
hold and kitchen furniture, &c.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, if the appfsis
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, T.
on a credit OF IL month, according tolI
A. r. THOMPSON,
Sheriff and ex-cfficio Auctions
Benton, La, Sept. IA, 1893.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

The trusts might as we'll stop
putting forth evasions and ex-
cuses. They were formed to do
the very things they have done
namely, limit the output and raise
prices. The people are willing to
credit them with enough business
sense to have carried out their
intentions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Worked Against Himself.

The man who talked and the man who
toiled
Began two tasks one day;
And the man who toiled when the dark
ness fell
Had his work all cleared away.
And he gloated gloats DER the man who
talked,
But alas for the man who worked!
Next day they gave him the task to do
That the other man had shirked.
Chicago Times Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
The Ninth Of April, 1866.

The following poem was written by
famous Englishman, who was one Of the
most ardent sympathizers of the South
em Confederacy and who has written
history of our Civil War.
1t is nations death cry; the agony is
past;
The stoutest race that ever fought to-day has
fought its last;
Aye! start and shudder, we'll thou may'st,
well veil thy weeping eyes;
England, may God forgive thy part-man
cannot but despise.
Aye, shudler at that cry that speaks the
South's supreme despair
Thou that could save. aud saved'st not-tbat
would, yet did not dare;
Thou that had st might to aid the right, and
heart to brook the wrong;
Weak words of comfort for the weak, strong
hands to hep the strong.
That land. the garden of thy wealth, one bag
gard waste appears;
The ashes of her sunny homes are Stacked in
patriot tears
Tears for the slain who died in vain for free
dom in the field;
Tears, tears of bitter anguish still for those
who lived to yield.
The cannon of this country pealed Stuarts
funeral knell;
His soldiers cheers rang in his cars as Stone
wall Jackson fell;
Onward DER gallant Ashby's grave swept
wars successful tide,
And Southern hopes were living yet when
Polk and Morgan died.
But he, the leader on whose words those cop
tains loved to wait,
The noblest, BRAY est, best of all, hath found q
harder fate;
Unscathed by shot and steel he passed o'e'
many desperate field;
Oh, God, that he hath lived so long, and only
lived to yield!
Along the war-worn, wasted ranks that loved
him to the last,
With saddened face and weary pace the van
quished chieftain passed;
Their own hard lot the men forgot, they tell
what his must be;
What thoughts in that dark hour must wiring
the heart of General Lee.
| The manly check with tears was wet, thu
stately head was bowed,
As, breaking from their shattered ranks
around his steed they crowd;
| 81 did my best for you"-'twas all those trem
bling lips could say
ALI happy those whom death had spared tn
| anguish of to-day.
Weep on. Virginia! weep these lives given t.
thy cause in vain
The sons who live to wear again the Union
CALLING chain;
The homes whose light is quenched for aye
| the graves without stone;
The folded flag, the broken sword, the hop
forever flown.
Yet raise thy head, fair land, thy dead die
bravcly for the right;
The folded flag ia stainless still, the broke
sword is bright:
No blot is on thy record found no treaso
soils thy fame!
Weep thou thy dead with coverd head W
mourn our Englands shame.
-PEEcr GREG.
Dorset Hall, Surrey, 1865.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Real Estate Agent.

Turing my twelve years experienes !.
IL the real estate business y
made a great many sales. MY iaci9. 4
for selling property at this time Me
ter than they have ever been. 49,
correspondents in the North ana y ID
who come in contact with parties ~.
ing to make purchases. ! prefer 70 n 81
die large tracts Of timbered lanos, u
can also give attention to good 49, ~
lands. Should you need my sel 1.s
address me w. G. PEKhiN
1t8 Texas Street, Shrevepofs -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

It is evident from the recent
trust conference and it's press
echoes that the Republican lead
ers are lining up on the theory
that trusts are an economic de-
velopment" with beneficial feat
uree, and that the desirable course
Is TO nurse them under restrictive
laws. That means that the trusts
would continue to run the coun-
try and defy the restrictive laws.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Mr.. Washburn, of Minnesota,
says that the Republican party
must disconnect itself from trusts.
But how it is to do this and at the
same time collar the campaign
contributions of the trust mana
gers is q hard question to wrestle
with.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Men fear death as unquestion-
ably the greatest evil, and yet no
man knows that it may not be the
greatest good.-W. Milford.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Every gross act of sin is much
the same thing to the conscience
that a great blow is to the head
it stuns and bereaves it of all use
of it's senses for time.-SOufL.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Anti-expansion orators should not give
all their sympathy to the Filipino SOL
diers. Our boys over there might come
in for little bit.-Lafdyette Recorder.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

This is to notify the public that our
cattle are branded F on the right side.
We have lost few and will pay suitable
reward for their return to our plantation.
J. NJ. & w. L. FOSTER,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Diogenes being asked: "What
is that beast which is the most
dangerous?" replied: ''Of wild
beasts, the bite of a slanderer;
and of tame beasts, that of the
flatterer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

More than 5000 persons are
killed and $4,000 injured on the
railways of this country every
year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

After his victory in the battle
of Dunbar Cromwell wrote: ERE
form the abuses of all professions.
If there be anyone who makes
many poor to make a few rich
that suits not a commonwealth. :"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Envy sets the stronger seal on
desert; if he have no enemies, l
should esteem his future most
wretched.-Ben Jonson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Listen not to a tale bearer or
slanderer, for he tells thee moth
ing out of good will; but as he
discovereth of the secrets of 9TH
ers, so he will of thine in turn
Socrates.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
500 Reward.

THE Police Jury Of Bossier par,sn ~
i pay to any person $1OO WHO
furnish evidence for the arrest ana ~
viction of any one selling intoxl
liquors without license to sell sauna
in violation of their said ordinance.
E.S. DORTCH, President Of -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Tax Notice,

A II State, Parish and Poll Taxes
n the year 1899, as set forth @
rolls on file are now due and VIII 49, ~.
delinquent on movable property ~
Der list, and on immovable properly y
cember 31st. A. r. THOMPSOS1
State and Parish TAI Cole.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Montgomery, the man who sets the
pace in the mercantile line, has just re-
ceived an immense consignment of fall
and winter goods. He wants to see you.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

The Alpharetta Free Press says
the news from the State is like
the negroes 'possum "The
longer you chaws it the gooder it
gets.''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Envy's memory is nothing but
q row of hooks to hang up grudg-
es on. Some peoples sensibility
is a mere bundle of aversions.-
John Foster,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

Range cattle in the Southwest
are selling for $40 a head more
than they sold for six years ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

There can be no federal control
Of trusts where the legal proceed
ings are conducted by an attor-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Generous in Judging.

Judge not, that We be not judged
Matthew, vii, 1.
The homely virtues are to be
most carefully cultivated, because
they have most to do with human
happiness.
The little things of life are far
more important than the great
things. A hair in watch stops
the hands and a fretful temper
renders even genius unbearable.
The man whom the world loves
best is he who loves the world
most. A spirit of kindness toward
every one will find opportunities
for doing good every day at very
slender cost to itself, while an I'M
friendly spirit wounds itself with
it's own sword.
l don't believe a man can DO
thoroughly happy who tries to be
happy without also trying to
make some one else happy.
We are all travelling the same
road, toward the same goal. It is
of no consequence that one is in
fine linen and another in rags.
The sun shines on rags and linen
alike, and the rain pours on them
with equal fury. But it is mat
ter of very great consequence
whether we speak a kindly word
to some one who is overweary, a
comforting word to some one who
is weeping, or an encouraging
word to some one who has STUN
bled and fallen.
These small things reckon for
good deal, and I would rather go
to heaven with an armful of them
than with warrier's fame or
poets renown. You cannot en-
joy a filial relation to God unless
you show a fraternal regard for
His children. What He looks
upon with favor is notyour great
ness, but your goodness. The
essense of Christianity is, first to
be good and then to do good.
After that you need not seek after
happiness, for it will come of it's
own accord ''and abide with
YOU"
| Let me illustrate. One of the
cardinal vices of humanity is un-
charitableness Of judgment. 1t
is a spiritual disease, infectious in
character and fatal to our best
welfare. For some inexplicable
reason most of us rather like to
: think i'll of our neighbors, and
find it easier to attribute an evil
motive than a good one. We may
not be willing to admit it, but the
human heart is desperately
wicked" in this respect.
It is a prime duty to cultivate
, a habit of kindlier judgment both
for the worlds sake and for our
own. TWAS the Masters uniqne
popularity that He encouraged
rather than condemned. His
; whole life on earth might be fifty
represented by a helping hand.
It is so much more ennobline
to think well of a person rather
than i'll. To be constantly critical
, to look at the worst side instead
of the best, to impute bad mo.
tive when it is possible to impute
: good one, is to put yourself ou
8 of accord with Gods plan and t.
do your soul a positive injury
There may be depravity in thu
world, but see as little of it as 20,
can; there certainly is goodness
in the world, and you should SCI
as much of it as lies in you,
power. It is physically and spir'
itually unhealthy to feed on sus
h picion, for under it's influence tn
q whole nature becomes contracted
while under kindness and sym.
a pathy the soul expands. Their
are clouds and tempests, AM
sometimes the elements run riot
It but there is also sunshine AM
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Notice to Trespsssers.

Mo hunting or fishing on my placsss r
IN be allowed. Trespassers W.
prosecuted to the full extent q I19
A. CURTlc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05
Immigration Agent.

immigration Agent. -
Darties wishing to sell land Ncoh NJ
J.E. ADG1
Hughes Spur, Bossier Pam
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-05

These jars are packed one do,e, p
wooden box ready for shipping. M
liver them to the depot in Shr,.'
free of draysge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-01
Cured Him.

An intimate friend of Rear Admiral
John W. Philip tells the following anec-
dote of the gallant naval officer Though
Philips religious side has been much
emphasized and commented on, he is a
determined man and will brook no op-
position. Once when he was in charge
of the Pacific Mail steamer China he
carried two passengers of foreign ma
tionality who persisted in smoking in
their staterooms during the hours when
smoking was prohibited. Philip, then
captain. called their attention to the
fact, but instead of needing his warn
ing one answered him impudently
Nothing further was said at the time,
but the next morning the offensive pas
senger was handcuffed to the upper
deck for three hours. and for the re-
mainder of the trip that particular per-
son seemed to have lost all desire to in
dulge in back talk to the captain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-01
RAILROADS
Southern Railway y.
Schedule in effect April 9. 1893.

1923 A. M.-Daily-Local for Danville,
Charlotte and way stations. Connects at
Manassas for Strasburg and Harrisonburg
daily and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
Western daily, and with C. & o. &. B. for
Natural Bridge daily, and Lexington, daily
except Sunday.
1875 A. M.-DaIy-THE UNITED
STATES FAST MAIL. Pullman Sleepers,
New YORK and Washington TO Jackson
vile; uniting at Salisbury with Sleeper
for Asheville and Hot Springs, N. c.;
Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis,
Tenn, and st Charlotte with sleeper
fer Augusta. Sleeper New York to New
Orleans, uniting at Charlotte with Sleeper
for Atlanta and Birmingham. Solid train
Washington to New Orleans without change,
Dining Car service. Sunset Personally Con-
Quoted Tourists Excursion Sleeper on this
train every Tuesday and Friday to San Fran
CISCO without change.
4:23 P. M.-Local for Front Royal, Stras-
burg, and Harrisonburg, daily, except Sun.
day.
4:52 P. NJ Local for Charlottesville daily.
$40 P. M.-Daily-NEW YORK AND
FLORIDA EXPRESS. carries Pullman buf.
fet sleeping cars New York and Warrington
to Tampa via Savannah and Jacksonville, and
to Augusta, via Columbia with connection for
Aiken, =. G. Through coach to Jacksonville.
$40 P. aily-WASHINuTON AND
CHATTANOOGA LIMITED VIA LYNCH
BUkG with seepers New York and Wash
ington to Memphis and New Orleans through
Bristol Through coach TO Memphis.
11:05 P. M aily-WASH NGTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN VESTIBULE LIMITED,
composed of Pullman Vestibuled hleepers,
Dining Cars. and Day COACHES Sieepers New
York to Nashville. Tenn, via Asheville,
Knoxville and Chattanooga; New York
to New Orleans, via Atlanta and Mont
gomery. Vestibuled Day Coach Washington
Greensboro to Montgomery.
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO
DIVISION leave Alexandria 9:07 g. m. daily,
and 4:37 p. m. daily, except sunday, and
6:32 p. IN. Sundays only for Round Hill:
4:37 p. IN. daily. except Sunday for Leesburg
and 6:32 m. daily, for Be!ndon. Return
ing, arrive at Alexandria S:25 a m. daily,
ana $50 p. m. Sunday only, and 2:3S p. u.
daily, except Sunday. from Found Hill; -
a. N. daily. except Sunday, from Herndon;
S:25 g. m daily, except Sunday from Lees
burg.
Through trains from the South arrive Mt
AleXandria G:l7 a ID. 100 q NJ, 1:55 p. u,
and SD p. n. daily, HauisoAburg II 30 s.m.
daily, except Sunday. and o:40 D. N. daily,
snh $40 a. m daily from Charlottesville.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull
man reservation. etc. epp!y 70 Z. G. Mess,
ticket agent, Alexandria Va.
FBANk S. CANNON,
Bird Vice President & Aen Manager.
J II. CUEP, Trstic Manager.
W. A. TCkE, General Passenger Agent,
L. S. BROWN, General Agent
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ToNDa aVsNlN4. May / 1888
tGoseI Tic II .,'nShllgton.

At breakfast the other morning a
Washington young woman found a lit
5lc note at her plate lying that her
aunt had arrived from theeast the night
before and was at we'll known hotel
About 9 O'Clock she Went to the hotel
Indicated and asked the clerk whether
the newcomer had been down 10 break
fast yet. The clerk informed her that
he did not believe she had been down
and offered to send up card
oh, never mind doing that she
replied. you just tell me the number
of her room. and l will go mp
No. -" promptly replied the clerk,
and the young woman TOOK the elevator
Upon arriving at the door Of No -.
instead of rapping, she softly pat her
ear TO the door and listened in order
that she might not disturb der aunt if
She We're asleep. She heard no noise
and SO took out one of her cards, and
after writing. Twill come again at o.
Jane " she tied little bunch Of flowers
to it and left it on the knob. where it
would fall into the doorway when the
door was opened.
At 10 o clock she came again. The
clerk had not seen her aunt and did not
believe that she had left her room. So,
after looking about the parlors in vain.
She went to the door of No. - and soft
ly tapped.
who is it?' came a gruff voice. and
at the same time man opened the
door and stepped ont into the hall
"Oh. You are the party who was
coming again at 10, are you?' contin-
ued the man smilingly. well, what
can 10 for you!"
Nothing thank you, she replied,
''unless you come down stairs and help
me thrash that hotel clerk. Wash
incton Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-01

The women are telling of an Atchi-
son man who treated his wife with in
difference and cruelty in their early
married life. They say he is now down
on his knees blowing into the dead
ashes of her love trying to revive a
spark of affection for him How women
love to picture man in such an atti-
tudel 1t is probably the dream Of every
neglected wife that some day her hus-
band will try to warm his hands like a
frozen Cupid at the fires Of her love.
and will find only dead ashes there.
There are enough dead ashes in the aver
age woman's dreams to macadamize a
road. -Atchison Globe.