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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

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Contains 100 superb half-tone engravings,
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Manila, the Beautiful Women Of Cuba and
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
"Your Medicine Worked wonde.r,

81 had been sick ever since my mar
rage, seven years ago; have gisea
birth to four children, and had I'm
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dyspepsia and nervous trembling q
the stomach. Now have none Of theso!
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

For refreshing summer bath use soft
water. Make dozen or more cheese cloth
bags. Fill them with oat meal, and finely:
shaved Ivory Soap, add a little powdered
orris root, mix well, and tie up securely. One
bag in tub full of warm water will make a
delightful, cleansing bath, and render the
skin soft and smooth as velvet.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
What to Say About the BABY.

The wise bachelor who is called upon to
compliment the new heir of his welded
friend can make himself popular by declar-
ing with emphasis: well, that is baby"
There is no gainsaying that. It isn't bit
complimentary, and sounds like strong
praise Philadelphia Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
His Practice.

"Say, you knew Deacon Hardway's boy
Hen, who went up to the city to study med
icine, didn't you?' -,
"Oh, yes; I knowed Hen well. What
about him." :.
'He killed himself day before yesterday"
"You don't say! What was the matter?
Couldn't he git no outside practice? '-Chi-
cago Times Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
SHE PREFERRED DEATH FIRST
yvnuld Brnye the Horrors OF the Deep
Before She Would Make u Fright
Of Herself with a Life Prescrver.

She was a very plump woman. There
are people who say they would like to be
Just as plump, but the woman herself IS al
ways thinking of ways and means by which
her appearance OF diameter and cireumfer,
ence may be reduced, and anything that VIII
apparently increase she regards with dis
like that is little short of adherence. But
If there is one thing that she dislikes more
than her comfortable plumpness, It IS the
water. So, when one day, on steamer in
a fog, there was a collision, she was even
more unhappy than most people are under
such circumstances, though it was related
afterward that she behaved with great cool
ness. There was fortunately no more seri-
GUS result from the collision than several
hours delay, but no one was quite sure In
that time what the next minute would bring
FORTH The husband of the woman with the
comfortable plumpness, like the good hus-
band that he was, Immediately after the ac-
cidcnt found life preservers, and IN mat
ter Of fact way started to assist his wife to
put one on. But she recoiled with such hor-
cor that for moment he was not sure but
the shock had deprived her of her senses.
Put on one Of those things! She almost
shrieked Never! just look at that fat
woman over there with one of them on.
She looks perfect sight"
And she didn't put the life preserver on.
and it was her good fortune that she had
NO reason 10 regret In i. LINES.
Diagnosing Her Case.
He-H | were rich, darling, would you
love me more than you do!
She-I might not love you any more, Hen
~, but / know would look forward to oul
wedding day with a degree of impatienct
that never seems to possess me at present.
Chicago Evening News.
Overheard i'm q Cemetery.
Boyle-I am strongly opposed to crema
tion. / think it is carrying things entirel.
too far.
Coyle-How so?
I'VE would then be compelled not onl,
to earn our living but to urn our dead
NJ Y. World.
Some people demand that the world no
only be patient with their foolishness, bu
that it applaud.-Atchison Globe.
When q river has q run on its banks j
hoa&1 lot Of stock.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

Student-s"These college authorities are
diotic. They want to know whether they
should drop Latin and Greek from the
course" ''Well?" Student-"And the,
consult the professors for advice! VIII
Monde Illustre
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
An Irritating Phrase.

care you seriously ill.," asked the well
meaning friend. "Oh, no. answered the
dyspeptic, with Earring, sarcastic laugh
Il hurt all over and don't care whether the
sun rises tomorrow or not. But Pm not Sc
riously i'll. I'm loosely, 1ippant!y and farei
toms, but don't mean one Of them. Wash
ington Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
Obeying Orders.

''Is the lady of the house at home to call
ers?"
mo, sir; not to-day"
"But tell her that it is the doctor who has
called"
Impossible, sir; she can't see you. She il
ick."-La Caricature.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

Art Criticism.-Hoa They say that
D. Auber's pictures OF animals are very life
like Joa1-"rhat's fact; ! saw one Q,
|-Philadelphia Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

The Best Prescription for Chills.
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
q tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

We do not always realize what privilege
it is to be able to work-just to have the
strength and vitality to take up our tasks
day after day.-Boston Waterman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

For stockings and mittens for the chill
dren, dye the wool with Putnam Fadeless
Dyes, Scarlet, Cardinal or Turkey red. Each
time you wash them makes them brighter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
Pushed.

Gosh durn those Filipiny fellers, any
how" muttered Uncle Josh; 81 KANT keep
track ov EN-" "Dew tell, JOSH" yep;
I've got me eye on Aguinaldy an Agoncilly
all right, but who in thunder kin this felieI
Archie Pelago be?"-Philadelphia Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

II was afflicted with Eczema more than
twenty years. One box of Tettcrine cured
Rev. A. C. Turner, Lakeland, Fla. Soc.
at druggists, or by mail for cash or stamps.
j. T. Shuptrine, manir., Savannah, Ga.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

De Sappy-"Yes, by Jove! I'm goine
into business, doncher know, and it won
De long till I'll have money all around me
doncher know!" Miss Sharpe-"Then you'll
be Just like doughnut." De Sappy-"l
know!S Miss Sharpe why, you'll B,
nothing, with dough all around, donche
know! San Francisco Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

God help me to keep from under the
thumb of the man who rigidly observes the
letter Of the law, but who has no concep-
tion of its spirit Etchings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
Feminine Impartialit.

When girl is interested in man, if he
isn't bowlegged and squint-eyed, she says
he is as handsome as a Greek god. IN. Y.
Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
Family Duties.

Mabel-Wonder what Mrs. Flayabout
does to kill time?
Sue-Why, she has bicycle and hus-
band, so she divides her time between them
blowing them up.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

MEN are SO illogical" what do you
mean?" why, those four men disputed
over a doctors bill. They banged each
other all up, and they made wore work fol
the doctors" Chicago Daily Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

Kind Lady-"Why don't you get your
hair cut?" Dismal Dawson-.This here hat
two sizes too. large if do."-Indanap.
oils Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

One Exception to This Rule.-"Remem-
ber," said the good man, shat there are
sermons in stones" "Not in those that you
run against with your bike" retorted the
:ynic, and the argument was necessarily at
IN end.@Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-day to Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes. It
cures sweating, hot, swollen, callous, ach-
ing feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails. AL
druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25 cents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi
Blake AYES. Brooklyn, n Y, Oct. 26, "a.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

aight. Does he serve rood dipner? ss
Wicks-"Well, I'll say this much for
Pincheley-he served the dinner rather bet.
ter than he did the diners" Boston Tran.
,crink
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

It should be remembered to the everlast-
ing credit of the men that when woman
becomes famous, no men claim that they
were once engaged to her.-Atchison Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

If one friends advice doesn't suit you,
keep on asking your friends until one gives
the kind you want.-Atchison Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

you~no more" HeMaThanks. That il
very good Of YOU Have you spoken to your
mother Of it YETI" Young Lady "Of
what?" He-My adoption!" = Lustige
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

Figures may not lie, but estimates are
often misleading.-Chicago Daily News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

II Care . CslA N one nav
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets w
druggists refund money fit fails to cure' ~ 8
Uneasy lies the head that wear
crown" Guess so. Any fool ought Is Fn..s
better than to lie down with crown ~ q.
head.-Virginia Etchings.
at were better to be right than 10 VI
president but it were still better to q
both.-Virginia Etchings.
Halls Catarrh Cure
Il Constitutional Cure. Price, &c.
Excellent photograph of Smith" arv.2
cellent! He looks enough like himself 4. 4
to be his own brother!'-Detroit Journsi. s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20

When a river has run on its banks
hoa&1 lot Of stock.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-07-20
Diagnosing Her Case.

Some people demand that the world not
only be patient with their foolishness, but
that it applaud.-Atchison Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

er's twelve hours stop was just draw
ing to close and by the time we got
aboard she was ready to sail. AS we
were leaving the harbor / secured a
picture which | prize as one of the
most valuable in my collection. 1t is
a photograph of the late President
Heureaux going aboard his beautiful
yacht. Space will not admit of my re-
counting the various adventures incl
dental to my six weeks tour of Porto
Rico. Suffice 1t to say that at its ex-
piration / had entirely exhausted my
1000 dry plates, out of which, thanks
to the excellent weather that had IA
vored me throughout my trip, 1t
transpired that 964 came up to the
standard Of acceptance by my en-
ployers.
The trip as whole, however, was
by no means the sinecure had at first
dreamed Of 1t required a deal of
close figuring to cover it within the
specified limit, not to speak of six
months diet the staples OF which were
cocoanuts and baked frijoles, or my
frequent bivouacs among the haunts OF
a million land crabs
w. B. TOWNSEND.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

tive guards touched us on the shoul-
ders and gave us to understand that
we were under arrest. In vain we pro-
tested. We were taken to miserable
little Jail and locked up, and there we
stayed for fully ten hours before
could secure an interpreter Finally,
however, native was admitted to my
cell who could speak little English,
and persuaded him to convey note
to Miss Gomez, with the result that the
young lady in question at once inter-
ested herself in our behalf and secured
our release. 1t appears that we were
arrested purely on suspicion, on ac-
count Of the unsettled state of affairs,
and but for the intercession OF Miss Co.
mez we might have been held indefi-
nitely pending our investigation. AS,
it was. upon being released we we're
ordered to go aboard our vessel at
once. We could not obey this man.
date any too promptly, for our steam
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
a MINE HERO.
He Risked His Life to Save That of a
Fellow Workman.

He Risked His Life to Save That of a
Fellow Workman.
Salt Lake Herald: Heber Franklin,
a young man employed at the Clear
Creek mine, is as much hero as any
man who ever brayed death on the
battlefield. Franklin sought not glory,
but to save a human life. There was
a fire in the mine. The men were
called out. Then they were about to
shut off the air in order to stop the
flames, when it was learned that lone
miner was working deep in the mine
beyond the point where the fire started
and was then raging with growing
strength. Here is the story of the sub
sequent events: Foreman Thomas i'm
mediately called for volunteers to go
with him into the mine to rescue the
man. Several attempts we're made by
different ones, but they were driven
back by the flames, and the cry of
Powder" caused a hasty retreat.
Finally Heber Franklin, young man
whose work keeps him on the outside,
said: II will CO." And, accompany
ing Foreman Thomas, he pressed on
through the fire and found the man
working away tamping hole. entirely
unconscious of the danger threatening
him. They succeeded in getting out OF
the mine safely, when the fan was
shut off and the dip closed up. The
rescue was an act of great bravery on
the part of Franklin, as his work kept
him on the outside and he was I'M
acquainted with the exact lay of the
land inside, and the danger Of suffo-
cation from black damp was great. He
was the only man OF the many stand
ing by whose nerve did not desert him.
It is stated upon good authority that
ten minutes more of lost time would
have resulted in the death Of the miner
who was at work and possibly a great
loss to the company, as the supply of
air could not be cut off while there
was any hope Of rescue, and this would
have tended to feed the flames.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

When the pursuit of wealth tempts
you, my SON" said the sage, 'remem-
Der the fable of the fox that hungered
for some wonderfully fine grapes grow
ing in a garden, the only entrance to
which was through hole in the wall.
1t was so small that he had to fast
three days before he could crawl
through it. After he had got inside
and filed himself he was too large to
crawl back through the hole. and was
compelled to fast another three days
before he could make his escape from
the garden. So he went out as poor as
he went in
Yes" said the ambitious young man,
"but why didn't the fool fox take lot
of grapes to the hole and push them
out through it? Then he could have
carried away enough to keep him fat
for a month"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
Seasoning Timber by Electricity.

The seasoning of timber by means OF
electricity has passed from the expert
mental stage to one of assured success.
The stick to be treated is immersed in
a solution containing 10 per cent of
borax, per cent of rosin and three
fourths of per cent carbonate of soda,
the borax being used on account of its
antiseptic properties and the sodium
carbonate to assist in dissolving the
resin. A porous tray, the bottom of
which is lined with two sheets OF can
vas, with a sheet OF felt between, is
placed over the log, and above this is
placed a sheet of lead connected with
the negative pole of the dynamo. The
positive pole of the dynamo is connect
ed with lead grating, upon which the
log to be treated stands. The current
is then turned on and the treatment
continued six to eight hours. By this
simple means the sap is driven out and
its place taken by the solution. The
various details being thus carried out,
the process is accomplished; the log
is now withdrawn and seasoned by
drying, which requires, under favora-
BILE circumstances, a period of several
weeks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE ANTILLES.

what that formidable snake, which my
photograph showed to be of the con-
strictor family and fully twenty feet in.
length, had anything but friendly de-
signs upon my person.
After completing my assignment on
the Isle OF Pines I returned to Cuba;
and, proceeding to the western part of
Pinar del Rio, began my long zigzag
tour OF the island. which occupied up
ward of three months time Though
availing myself of railroad and steam
boat facilities whenever practicable.
by far the greater part of my journey
was performed either on horseback or
by volante. The latter method OF trav-
cling was much the more preferable,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

Great Britain leads the world in the
number, size and successful admins
tration of its colonies. OF the 125 de-
of various kinds in the
world, two-fifths belong to Great Brit
ain, their area being one-half of the
grand total and their population being
over one-half. The Brit
ish have forty-eight colonies, the
French follow. with thirty-two; after
that comes Germany with eight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
THIS CAT WEARS DIAMONDS.
His owner Has Had His Ears Pierced
fer Rings.

for Rings.
In Cumberland, Nd, there is a big.
handsome cat. black as jet, except for
dash OF white on the chest and fore
paws This cat is conspicuous over all
other cats because in each ear he wears
a sparkling and valuable diamond ear
piece. Sebastian is his name, and he
Is believed to be the only cat in the
world that wears earrings. Sebastian
is the property of Mrs. Cornelia Ander-
son, pet. and came to her under I'M
usual circumstances. Mrs. Anderson
went on a trip to Europe two years
ago, and while on her way home, as
she was passing through the streets Of
Southampton, England, to board the
steamship, she was followed by Sebas-
tian, who was then wild, unkempt,
homeless wait She tried to drive him
away, but somehow the animal man
aged to get on board Sebastian is I'M
usually strong and courageous, and is
In the neighborhood. Indeed, when a
dog on feline murder bent happens 10
spy Sebastian. with tail bristling and
slaughter in his eye. the dog generally
suddenly remembers pressing en-
gagement in another street and hurries
off. Sebastian has seat of his own
at the dinner table, and handsomely
decorated cot to recline in. He takes
milk bath regularly every day. His
ears were pierced by Mrs. Anderson,
who thought it would be novel idea
to adorn him with diamond earrings.
At first ne did not relish the idea at all,
but now that he has gotten used to
them he carries his beautiful decora-
tons with a dignity in conformity with
his exaggerated idea of his own inn
portance.-Ne York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
THE pIcKANINNIEs ARE AT RAID OF THE CAMERA.

for the two-wheeled conveyanees in
question are constructed purely with
an eye to solid comfort-an element
which cuts large figure in the life of
the average well-to-do Cuban.
After completing my work in Cuba
l sailed from Santiago de Cuba on
board Spanish steamer for Porto
Rico by way of Santo Domingo. One
of my fellow travellers on board this
steamer was Miss Gomez, a daughter
of the famous Cuban general, who was
on her way from Havana to her faith
er's home in Santo Domingo. Miss Co
mez was good English scholar. and
in the course of our voyage we grew to
be very good friends, which fact subse-
quently proved most fortunate for me.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09

At the time we touched Santo Domingo
a rebellion had just started, but, in
blissful ignorance Of this fact, l left
the steamer, in company with chance
German acquaintance I had scraped up.
Managing to elude the custom-house
inspectors, the pair OF as wandered up
he main street visa ear cameras. We
lad taken some Ear aozen views when
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS MASCOT.

making for the horses some distance
in the rear Upon relating this ex-
perience to my attendants they laughed
heartily and gave me to understand
that the species Of serpents which fire.
quent that locality, though often meas
uring twenty-five feet in length, are
utterly harmless. Be that as 1t may.
can never bring myse.s - believe bu