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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
STATE ELECTIONS.

Tuesday following the third
Monday Of April, 1900, is the day
for the election of all State and
parish officers, country District
Judges, District Judges and men,
bers of the General Assembly
Tuesday following the first Mon
day in November, 1900, is the day
for the election for Presidential
Electors, congressman and for
Civil and Criminal District Judges
for the Parish of Orleans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY, :: :: SEPT. IA, 1899.
THE HISTORY or 4 DA Y.

4 single day! "thou knoweth
Hot whats day may bring forth"
It seems to count for little, and
vet. it's incidents. include both
tragedy and comedy 1t is an in
finitesimal bit of brightly colored
stone, but component part of
the mosaic of universal history;
an invisible atom of time in COM
parison with the cyclesof historic
duration, and yet the effect of
proceed n, and the cause of sue
eeeding events. To some it is the
beginning of career, to others
its end; a ''raw, rheumatic day"
for many, a ''most courageous
day. for many more, and for all
81 hidden hand leading US to what
Victor Hugo called 'the great
perhaps.
It is an instructive task to look
over the columns of a newspaper
and note the events that have oc-
cured within the narrow limits Of
any given twenty-four hours.
They cover the whole gamut of
ht.maH joy OF sorrow. In one
part of the world a brave steamer
pounds itself on some hidden rock
and goes to pieces; in another, a
fierce strike of workingmen fills
the air with a pitiful moan; in
still another some emperor is
playing his game of chess with
neighboring nations, while in the
odd hooks and corners of our civ
flnation crime testers and breeds
burglaries and murders. With
your def and thoughtful fingers
lift one day from its place in tie
week, examine it as an unrelated
and insulated atom. What a tor
rent of strange reflections comes
rushing through your mind
What a curiosity it is, and what
turiority it excites.
The history of a day! jumbled
IN confusion worse confound.
ed.'' Side by side stand comedy
and tragedy; tears and smiles
tread on each others heels. Ane
yet the strong grows daily strong
er and the weak drops out. His
tory keeps its millstones grinding
and after the lapse Of time throw
the grape refuse away, but pre-
serves the good wine, which be
comes richer as the years pass.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

New Orleans States: Every
body knows that the criminal law,
as it is now administered, is a
refuge for the murderer. Ii a
wretch commits an atrocious MUIR
der, he knows that if he can es-
cape the hands Of an infuriated
!populace and reach the parish
jail he is safe. He will be- housed
and fed at the public expense for
perhaps a year, and when he does
come to trial there are nine
chances in ten that he will be &C
quilted; there are seven chances
in ten that if proved guilty at all
the verdict will be without capital
punishment, and landed in the
PEI isentiary, he has all the
chances of being pardoned after
a brief incarceration. There is
nothing actually in the admins
tration of the criminal law to re-
strain the nfurderous instincts OF
bloodthirsty men. Every time
popular justice is administered, a
crime is not committed; and let us
take the number of murder cases
tried in the courts of the mod
ern era and the number of Grim
inals strung up by Judge Lynch.
a I'D it will be found that Judge
Lynch has administered more
substantial justice than all the
criminal courts in the land com.
bined.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

4IuSGs
A picture memory brings to me-
look across the years and see
Myself beside my mothers knee.
/ feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods, and know again
A chiid's blind sense of wrong and pain,
But wiser now, man gray grown,
My childhood's needs are better known.
My mothers Christening love own.
Gray grown, but in our Fathers sight
A child still cropping for the light
To read His works and ways Alright.
l bow myself beneath His hand;
That pain itself for good was planned,
I trust, but cannot understand.
I fondly dream that it needs must be
That, as my mother dealt with me.
So with his children dealeth He.
/ wait, and trust the end will prove
That here and there, below, above,
The Christening heals, the pain is love.
u. Ct. WHITTIER.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

There is no potent agency to-
day at work to bring about the
government ownership of rail-
roads than the railway managers
themselves. By influencing leg
islation and corrupting officials,
as has been done by the railway
managers in nearly every State
in the union, a public sentiment
against the roads is created which
is constantly growing and will in
the end become powerful enough
to enfosce needed reforms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

No relief from the trusts can be
expected from the Republican
party, as that party is bound hand
and foot to the trust concerns
For relief the people must place
America in the hands of the Dem
ocratic party.
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W. J. HUGHES.
FOR SHERIFF.

We are authorized to announce Mr..
A. r. THOMPSON as a candidate for
reelection to the Office of Sheriff OF
Bossier parish; subject to nomination
by the Democratic party.
We are authorized to ammo nee Mr.. r.
e. WYCHE as a candidate for Sheriff
of Bossier parish; subject 10 nomination
oy the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Capt
John H. NATTIN ;s c lndidate for
Sheriff of Bossier Iarish; subject to
nomination by the Democratic party.
FOR CLERK.
We are authorized to announce Mr..
B. A. KELLY as a candidate for re-
election for Clerk of District Court OF
Bossier parish; subject to nomination by
che Democratic party.
We a'e authorized to announce Nr.
ISAAC H. MARTIN as candidate fol
Clerk of District Court of Bossier parish !;
subject to nomination by the Democratic
party.
FOR ASSESSOR.
CARD TO THE VOTERS OF Boss1ER PARISH
lam a candidate for the Office of Tax
Assessor, subject to an endorsement by
the Democratic primary to be held on
Friday, October 6, 1899, and in present.
ing my claims to you for support, do sc
without having anything to say against
my opponents. am, as many of you
are aware, unable to do manual labor on
account of wounds received at the bat
ties of Shiloh and Murfreesboro. AS te
my qualifications, believe both my
friends and those that oppose me, viii
admit that did my duty when I held the
Office before. If / am honored by YOU
endorsement, ! can only promise to DE-
my duty to the fullest extent to the ia,
payers. Trusting to receive your sup
port, l am respectfully,
B. r. NASH.
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF BossIER PARISH
am a candidate for reelection to thu
Assessors Office, subject to the action O
the Democratic primary to be held Octo
Der 6, 1899. Ny past record is befor'
you, and promise in the future, as il
the past, to endeavor to so equalize as
sessments as to make taxes bear on al
alike, and to do my duty without partial
ity. Very truly yours,
FOR POLICE JUROR.
We are authorized to announce Mr.
T. w. HOLMES as a candidate TO
election to the office of Police Juror O
ward /; subject to nomination by tn
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce MI
w. D. MERCER, JR., as candidate 70
election to the Office of Police Juror o
ward 1; subject to nomination by tn
Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
Homestead Entry No. e2oe

department OF the Intsk
Land Office at Natchitochee +.
Notice is hereby given that az IT, y
N ing named settler has jled noisa
his intention to make final pvoof y ,.
port of his claim, and that "a -
be made before the Clerk Of ~ n;a
Court at Benton, La, on Octshss3
1899, viz: Homestead Enhss
Lyles, ST., No. 600 for the ~ r.
southeast quarter of section q - F.
half of southwest quarter Of assSI. :
township 70 North, range u Ws1Ia
isiana Meridian.
He names, the following wiz
prove his continuous residence =,
cultivation of said land, yis:
Farley, John Pier, Thomas ~
Enoch Cook, of Midway, Ia.
j., RNEST BREDA. ReGfi.1
August "a, 1899. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
Homestead Entry No. COZ.
Department Of the Inte
Land Once at Natchit0Ghea 4

LdIlu Omce at Nalcnt0Cheo, 4f
August
Notice is hereby given that n
~ ing named settler has flea rci|
his intention to make eommutstjm
in support OF his claim, and t1fi
proof will be made before b. a.
Clerk District Court, at BentoI NJ
September is, 1888, viz: IL
Entry No. 6O49- Seaborn n. Yol
for the east half of southwuk F.
southwest quarter of soutAeast
If section 10, township q Nossk
II West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following Wiho
prove his continuous residence NJ
cultivation OF said land, VII:
Robinson, Ran jackson, Daye M
Henry Hammonds, Of Plain d.
J. ERNEST BREDA, ~
August 10, 1899. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
=. @. HARDMAN.
Wholesale and.
retail dealer in
Lumber, Shingles, Sash,

noors, Blinds and General House
IL Furnishing Goods. Office and
salerooms corner of Spring and Crock
EFT streets; Lumber Yard corner of Lake
and Mcneil streets,
SHREVEPORT, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

The government is to buy from
the Crow Indians, and throw open
10 settlement, LOO, 900 acres of
good land in the Yellowstone
Valley.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
DIR. r. H. BLACR
DRUGGIST,
PLAIN DEALING, L.

nealer in Drugs, Patent !!
IL Soaps, Perfumery, So
School Books, Cigars, Par
Oils, Varnishes, Sponges, 49,
Fancy and Toilet Articles. =
Agent for Lowney's - !! !|!||
box candies, chocolate1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

Heat was responsible for eight
deaths in st. Louis Wednesday
and Thursday Of last week.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

highest vote in the first primary
shall be voted for, and the candl-
date receiving the highest vote in
the second primary shall be de-
elared the nominee.
w. M. ABNEY, Chairman.
s. j. HARRELL, Secretary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

There are cotton mills in forty
three of the ninety seven counties
in North Carolina, the total num-
Der in the State being 205.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

Affection is the stepping stone
to God.-M. Marcel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

There is a district in Liverpool
inhabited by 60, 600 people where
intoxicating liquor cannot be
bought.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

In Manitoba there are 2, SOC, 900
acers under crops Of which 1900
600 Is wheat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

Samuel F. Langham has been
Coroner of the city of London for
fifty years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

DR.. James Foster Scott: There
is a habit of laughing administers
Of the gospel who. thunder out
ienunciations against dancing,
but from purely medical stand
point the customs of the ballroom
are perfectly indefensible.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

High heels, it is said, owe their
origin to Persia, where they we; Q
introduced to raise the feet from
the burning sands of that country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

A wide, rich Heaven hangs
above you, but it hangs very high.
A wide, rough world is around
you, and it lies very low.-Dreon
Lite.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

In Abyssinia coffee grows wild.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
Trust,

Sin luxuriates in ignorance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14

Anyway, a mannish woman
isn't as bad as a womanish man.
York Press.
But either is bad enough.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-09-14
ANNOUNCE MENTs.
FOR STATE SENATOR.

Il S~A~e$e@
We are authorized to announce Hon.
E. S. DORTCH as candidate for Sem
alter from the 21st Senatorial District
composed of the parishes,of Bbssier and
Webster subject to nomination by the
Democratic party.
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.
We are a,thuMzed to announce Hon.
A. J. MURFF as candidate for District
Judge of the Second Judicial District;
composed Of the parishes of BOssier and
Webster; subject to nomination by the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Judge
j. T. WATKINS as candidate for re-
election to the Office of Judge of the End
Judicial District Court, composed of the
parishes OF Bossier and Webster; sub
iect to nomination by the Democratic
party. - $1,000
We are authorized to announce Mr..
THOS. T. LAND, Jr., as a candidate for
District Attorney for the Second Judi
cial District, composed of the parishes Of
Bossier and Webster; subject to nomi-
nation by the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Mr..
JOHN N. SANDLIN as candidate for
District Attorney for the Second Judi
cial District, composed Of the parishes Of
Bossier and Webster; subject to nomi-
nation by the Democratic party.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
[ We are authorized to announce Mr.. j.
\ o. NUCKOLS as candidate for Repre-
sentative from Bossier parish in the next
General Assembly; subject to nomination
by the Democratic party.
We are authorized to arnounce Hon.
w. B. BOGGS as a candidate for re-
cleo ion for Representative from BossieI
pari h in the next General Assembly OF
Louisiana; subject to nomination by the
democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Mr.
L. T. SANDERS as a candidate fol
Representative from Bossier parish in
the next General Assembly; subject te
nomination by the Democratic party.
To THE VoTERs OF BossIER PARISH
Having been solicited by several friends
of mine, hereby announce that l will
if elected, accept the position of Repre-
sentative for Bossier parish, and viii
serve the people to the best of my ability
| Respectfully,
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lowing SdlU 0l0cClOn.
Carried, by the following vote:
Yeas-Harrell, Barnes and Ed
wards; nays-Abney, Cabeen.
DR.. Abney offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That there be private
polling booths at each polling
place where the voter shall be
required to go and prepare his
ballot.
Lost. Yeas-Abney; nays
Harrell, Barnes and Edwards.
DIR. Abney offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That Bossier parish
be relieved of the. restriction of
private booths SO far as judicial
officers are concerned.
Lost. Yeas-Abney; nays
Harrell, Barnes and Edwards.
Resolution by Mr.. Barnes:
Resolved, That the majority
rule shall prevail and any candi-
date receiving q majority of the
votes cast at said election shall be
declared the nominee, but in case
no candidate for either office shall
receive q majority Of all the votes
cast, there shall be held q second
primary at q time to be fixed by
this committee at its next meet
ing, in which second primary the
two candidates receiving the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18
Draperies.

900 wards skone 50 inches vide all oqorS ,c Sp
IVY able for bed and window drapsry OF 'of s',o'"
filing, regular l5c quality will go at 9cI
per yard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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yard, ,mS su wde o coo inches vde 13c
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1000 yards good quality scrim, 50 inches sc
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Son" pl a Bsi;s S IF F9P Fo4 from a1 ),
per Yard, will he offered at the uniform 80
price of, per yard
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

NyeSt and best Refrigerator ever
|sl' Tor $3.50. Note size. viii
~ 100 pounds ice in ice chamber.
Mesa free press., 1899-06-09
Ten Millionaire Telegraph Operator.

Ten-Millionaire Telegraph Operator.
The coming Of age Of Frank Gould,
the youngest son of the noted railroad
and telegraph magnate, and the turn
Ing over to him of a fortune of ut least
$1O,0OO,0O0, did not in the least turn
the young mans head. He was
brought up with the knowledge that,
while he would inherit one-sixth share
in his fathers large estate, he would
be expected to work, not for his living,
but for his own moral and Intellectual
good. He was educated ut the Uni
versity of the City Of New York. and,
Immediately after leaving his studies,
was put to work as telegraph opera
tor in the Western Union office, with
the view of acquiring such familiar
ity with the affairs Of that corporation
that in time he would be able to take
charge of it's management. The four
sons of Jay Gould are now hard at
work. George is particularly 1denti-
fed with the management Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway system; Edwin,
beside other interests, manages large
match mandatory; Howard Is an &C
tive member of the New York Stock
Exchange; and young Frank is prepsr-
ing himself to take control Of the great.
est telegraph business in the world.
Mesa free press., 1899-06-09

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na She says: "Only
those who have suffered with sleepless-
ness from overwork in the school room
such as have, can know what bless
ing it is to be able to find relief by
spending couple of dollars for some
Pe-ru-na. This has been my expert
ence. A friend in need is a friend in
deed, an every bottle Of Pe-ru-na 1 ev-
er bought proved good friend to me. .
Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior street, Racine City, Wis,
writes: 81 feel so we'll and good and
happy now that pen cannot. describe it.
Pe-ru-na is everything to me. l feel
healthy and well, but if should be
sick I will know what to take. I have
taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for
female complaint. I am in the change
of life and it does me good"
Send for free book written by DR..
Hartman, entitled Health and
Beauty" Address DR.. Hartman,
Columbus, 0.
Mesa free press., 1899-06-09
DEADLY LEsEL BULLET
ITS Enormous Penetrating Force IA
Shown by Recent Use.

ITS Enormous Penetrating Force aS
Shown by Recent Use.
The writer of an article in the echo
de Paris" referring to certain disad-
yantages offered, as alleged, by the
British magazine rifle bullet, argues
that the bullet fired by the Lebel ride
renders all the services required, and
does not stand in need of improvement
,r of any such notifications as those In
troduced in the Dum-dum bullet.
At 5000 meters the Lebel bullet trav-
erses the fleshy portions of the human
body and skaters the bones Of the
limbs. The penetrating force of the
bullet is enormous. During the Da-
honey campaign Lebel bullet was
found to have passed through a tree
and through the five natives who had
taken refuge behind it. The French
officers who have been able to observe
the effects of the bullet in Dahomey,
Tonkin and Madagascar declare that
the men struck by the Lebel bullet in
full trajectory fall at once after con-
vulsive leap.
When the camp of Gen. Dodds, dur
Ing his march on Abomey, was the OBJ
ject of a surprise attack the terrible
effectiveness Of the Lebel bullet was
proved in the most signal fashion. The
assailants received the bullets almost
Immediately after they had left the
rifles, and entire files Of the native war
riors were seen to have fallen, one on
top of the other, traversed by the same
projectile. If the bullets had not stop
ped the natives forthwith Gen. Dodds'
forces would have been wiped out. Oc-
.asionally, no doubt, a man struck by
Lebel bullet Is not put hors du COM
bat Immediately, but this event is rare,
and such cases VIGOROUSLY occurred in
he past when bullets Of larger caliber
were in use.
The writer concludes by saying that
the French have no reason to feel
alarmed at the complaints made of the
lneffectiveness under certain conditions
Of the British magazine rifle bullet Of
small caliber. eff the Lee-Metford
rifle" he says, ''has given unsatisfac-
tory results the blame does not lie with
the small caliber et."-London
Standard.
Mesa free press., 1899-06-09
A Dazzling Array.

The hotel clerk told the following
story: Charles L. Davis, the actor, 9TH
erwise known as calvin Joslin," was
in the lobby of the st. Charles. in New
Orleans, when man from Chicago
stepped in front of him and looked over
his head in search of an acquaintance
that he supposed was in the hotel lobby.
Davis, mistaking the Chicago mans
purpose, remarked: "Ahl L see you ad-
mire my diamonds This ne"-indicat-
ing the stone on his shirt bosom-"cost
me $4,000. These showing his cuff
buttons -"cost me So, 500 each, and my
wife has trunkful up in our room.
The Chicago man did not say much,
but that evening, by arrangement with
the head waiter, Davis was placed at
supper alone at a table where there
were several vacant chairs. Presently
several men, all commercial travellers,
entered the dining room, and each one
had large cut glass fruit dish fastened
on his breast. while glass prisms hung
pendent from each coat and vest button.
Soberly marching to Davis table, the
seven men took the vacant seats, and
the Chicago man entertained the actor
with: "Ah, I see you admire our dia-
monds This one'-pointing to the
fruit dish-''cost me $4,000, 900.
These indicating the prisms -"cost
$3.50, 900 each, and we have three car
loads like them at the depot waiting to
be side tracked" Davis not only chang
ed his table, but went to another hotel
louisville Courier Journal
Mesa free press., 1899-06-09
TELLING CHARACTER BY HATS.
Amateur Divinations by Very Strange
Means.

Amateur Divlnations by Very Strange
Means.
Character reading is the very latest
fashionable diversion of social Chicago.
Not professional character reading, but
amateur divination by society people
themselves. The old style palmistry is
now supplemented by character read.
ing by means of study of persons
handwriting, of his facial lines and ex.
pressions, of his walk, of even the
clothes he wears.
can tell more about woman's per.
sonality from examining her shoes and
hat than l can by watching her face, -
remarked q clever man the other day.
81 always look first at her shoes, then
at her skirt and finally at her hat. The
waist or coat never remark at all.
Sometimes I am mistaken in the shoes,
because the pair may be new and stiff
and have not had a chance to become
part of the individual.
''But the hat is never debatable terri
tory. It's shape, it's trimming, its size
and the way it is placed on the head
all tell something of the owners per-
sonality. A hat is to me the typical
straw that denotes the outlines of the
wearer's cter."-Chicago Chron-
icle.