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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-02-15
A TAME WILD RABBIT.
An Animal That Is Difficult to DOmes.
ticate-A Hunters Story
of One.

Two sportsmen lay in Montgomery
county field the other day, smoking and
rejoicing in the possession of a coed
string of rabbits, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Ibid you ever see a
tame wild rabbit?" said one of the
men. ''No, they say they can't tame
the wild ones,' the other answered.
MY boy used to have some domestic
rabbits, though "Well, my boy had
a tame wild rabbit" said the first man.
"He got it young, and in week or two
it would come up on to the porch and
Jump on your lap like kitten. 1t
would always be going for your legs.
trying to make you play with It, and
when you took it out the little thing
would make naturally for the woods
and underbrush, though if dog got
after it it would kite like the wind
for the house. A very tame wild rabbit.
Ny boy kept it in the yard with tame
guinea pig and alligator. Sometimes
he would take all three out fer an air.
ing, and it was funny to see, on the
pavement, going slowly along behind
my boy, the rabbit and guinea pig,
with the little alligator waddling awk-
wardly in the middle. They were tho
best of friends, but some bad young
sters from next door broke into the
yard one night and killed them with
an ak. That rabbit of my boys was, /
guess, the only wild one ever known
to be tanned"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-02-15

den will keep his money. What besati-
ful silver serpents are crawling about.
What pretty present one Of them
would make for my sweetheart
Never mind them!' I shouted:
they'll all be yours in half an hour!
Keep awake, man, keep awake!' and
mechanically few more journeys were
covered. But total collapse seemed
imminent.
Thirty to go and he wanted to water
his palms with silver from his pail, and
was dissuaded in the very nick of time.
The tension was becoming unbearable.
Poor Schmidt's mind was unhinged for
the time, he babbled nursery rhymes
and sang snatches of songs, and yet,
as if actuated by Providence, with
many halt and stumble he still strug-
gled on.
Twelve to go, both eyes closed and
he reeled with sleep. We dosed him with
brandy; we shouted and implored him
to keep at it with his eyes shut.
''The end was very near. and, believe
me, like a blind man he felt his way
across the lineoleum track and back II
weary times and put up his pail for the
last load. Pulling himself together for
a final effort, he walked straight across
the pathway, emptied it, returned,
hung the pail up on the spigot of the
now empty globe, and the game was
played out and the prize won.
"Cheer after cheer was given by us,
but they fell on deaf ears. Prudden had
gone off in a dead faint when he saw
the impossible made possible, and the
hero, his task completed, had calmly
gone to sleep, leaning against the
empty globe" - Stillwater (Minn.)
Prison Mirror.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-02-15
--,TAl,,Me SISTERS BEAU.

-. heau's = feller AT mos any
med like, oo ha Ia. a
- orful good n'e' al ~
zoe n1s !. standin' by the gate. outside.
an II IT. in to sccldin'. but he took my
par woudn't hurt 1t, an I didn't
neither. Say! ,.-.
s.. .inY It mean % scolo ooy Aoie
- ecmp'ny hathaway!
~, Ills he looks at, an my For
8 a.Good-Boy" cup, =.
- rm a-entertainin' him while SIS Is
dressin' up.
-. ,rs, wrapped up In furrin stamps
s ~ s,s,stmarks. an tin-tags. too;
..asrsd him mine, an he jes' looked my
whul collection through.
no "dotes" on bird eggs, an he
handles EN- as II
Is. troved 'ey'd break like ev'rythlng II
l once 'ey got bin!
% sav ne listens to me when I tell him
-. | hsr IA beau, jes' fore him. an how
u seed em kiss!
=. teller. iaughin', says: "Oho, OF knowl-
edge deep sup
nav Pm a-entertainin' him while sis is
dressin' up.
sr.n sis she comes downstairs. with face
as fair as any saint, :.
sheard him say, soft like TO her-ne ooesn
know it's paint!
- ,most afeard to tell him, though
want to mighty bad.
- he's the tiptest-toptest beau at sis
phe ever had.
. 4, ,tisn,t right to fool him. Gee! he tells
such bully things.
a ahootin' bears an catamounts an al
such scary things;
! a, me an him talks ev'rything IRON
porkypine to pup.
when I'm a-entertainin' him while sis Is
dressin' up
.Hoy Farrell Greene. in Leshe's Weekly
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-02-15
BABY SHIPPED BY EXPRESS.
A Mysterious But Bright Infant II
Delivered to q Woman ut
Bristol, Ind.

The little village of Bristol, Ind, has
new sensation. Mrs. Seiin Settlers
received by express the other day a
bright six-months-old baby. She is COM
pletely mystified by the arrival of the
youngster, which was delivered by the
express agent, who refused to state
whence it came, processing ignorance
on that point.
Mrs. Settlers announces that she will
adopt and rear the child. The.infant
was well clad, properly tagged and is
believed to have started from station
on the Lake Shore road not far from
Bristol.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-02-15

Pure butter, eaten in moderation.
will furnish the oils required By II. hu.
man system.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
SHOWS A PROFIT.
Postal business in Philippines a Ri'
aanoiaI suceess--Report frou
islands Received.

Postmaster General Smith has re-
ceived a report from the director OF
posts of the Philippine islands under
date of April IA, in which he states
that with all expenses paid there will
be a profit of over $4,000 for the IL
months from May l, 1899. This, he
says, makes absolutely certain con.
tinuance Of service until June without
a deficit. During the last quarter,
with four stations to be heard from,
the receipts on account of sales Of
stamps were s27,612; from box rents
and second-class matter, 1854. The
accounts for the quarter were not all
paid, but the expenses were consid-
erably less than the receipts. The
only accounts outstanding were those
for foreign service and for supplies
from the states. The money order
business Of the Manila Office for the
quarter was as follows: Domestic or
ders issued, s,555, amounting to $685.
o5l; international orders, 293, amount
ing to 1880; fees received for money
orders, $3.50; orders paid and repaid,
1,7s2, amounting to s1OO,577.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
PROPERLY INITIATED
Reginald C. Vanderbilt Made 70 De
Amusing Things.
We ID roe Through All sorts OF aidi-
sulews Anties by the Greek Let
der Society at Yale Uns-
varafty.

The initiation OF members OF the ju-
nior societies Delta Kappa Epsilon, Psi
Epsilon, Alpha Delta Phi and Zeta Psi
were held on the campus the other
night. Promptly at eight o'clock the
members of the societies appeared at
different ends OF the campus and the
summonipg az candidates from their
rooms Immediately began. One of the
first men to be called out by Psi Up,
silon was Reginald c. Vanderbilt, OF
New York city. He was dressed in a
dark suit and wore the black slouch hat
by which he has come to be distin-
guished by his classmates. He was
taken to the northeast end of the
campus, where he was quickly SUR
rounded by knot of prominent Psi
Upsilon men and made to go through
the customary stunts" They consist
OF climbing trees, running races with
fellow candidates, crawling in the
gutter, and in shouting such phrases as
these: II am Bathhouse john" II am
Hinky Dink--the two great Chicago
politicians" II am drooling, simper.
ing IDIOT" etc. The noise attracted
quite u crowd to the campus and the
antics of the candidates proved highly
amusing to the spectators. After an
hour of this "horse-play," the candi.
dates were taken to the various fra.
ternity "tombs," where the formal mi:
tiation took place.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
TO USE STEAM AUTOMOBILES.
rAa Adams Express Company Aboat
Go DO Away with Hoxss
Power

Steam automobiles will be put in op.
GRAFTON by the Adams Express company
in the near future to snpplant the work
now being done by horses and wagons.
Arthur Herschmann, an expert engi-
neer, has been experimenting in the
interests of the express company for
the past two years ON various kinds
and styles of self-propelling wagons
and now thinks he has hit upon q prac-
tical truck capable of doing the heavi,
est kind of work.
One wagon has been constructed and
two more are being built on lines sug.
gested by Mr.. Herschmann. One OF
these wagons was brought to Chicago
and tried on several of the West side
streets. This wagon has been run on
the streets of New York, Brooklyn,
Jersey City and Cincinnati. While the
present wagon is not as perfect as Mr..
Herschmaun hopes to have,it, it proved
seccessful in every city but Chicago.
The streets on which the wagon was
tried Wednesday were too much for it,
and Mr. Herschmann was much disap-
pointed in his Chicago experience.
Mr.. IIerschmann says that steam is
at present the only motive power
capable of successfully operating heavy
trucks designed to carry from two to
three tons, The wagon the company
is now experimenting with has speed
capacity of six miles an hour, and
costs between $4,000 and 5000.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
CURIOUS DOCUMENT FOUND.
Author of "Home sweet Home" Act
ed as Land Agent While
In Europe

The University Of Chicago received
the other day curious Dld document
which is q relic of the early history
of Tennessee. z, d. Mayileld, a lawyer
in Cleveland, Tenn, was asked recently
to look over some old pap ers of Thomas
II. Galloway, of that plase, and in his
search found a document signed by
Galloway and John Howard Payne, the
writer of Home, Sweet Home" The
paper was signed in 1s42. and the wit.
ness was Samuel Colt, tile inventor OF
the famous Colts revolver.
The document shows that Payne,
who was at that time American consul
to Tunis, was to receive one-ifth OF
the profits made off a. certain parcel
OF land which he was to sell in Eng
land, Germany and other European
countries. The land was the Ocee land
district, which was ceded to the United
States by the Cherokee Indians in 1888
and in turn given to the state of Ten.
nessee by the government. The state
of Tennessee gave out the land in
grants, and Galloway received the
major portion of it for services rem.
dered. In the same document Payne
was also given power of attorney on
142,500 acres of the land.
The university authorities will place
the document in the museum.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
TALLY-HO WEDDING.
Inaugurated New Fad and
Surprised Their Friends,

A youth and maiden, who are botf
is, resolved to get married. The
youth was Charles A. Contant, a stu.
dent in Columbia university, New
York city, and the maiden was Miss
Hester L. lansing. Inasmuch as they
were of a novel age for marriage they
decided on novel form of wedding,
After much deliberation, in which
the advice of their parents was not
taken, they decided on tally-ho we'd
ding Having invited eight of their
young friends, the party started for
q ride down Jerome avenue. At the
rectory of ST. James Protestant Epis-
copal church the coaching party came
toa halt, and to the surprise CT all but
two the marriage announcement was
made. Upon the appearance of Rev.
Dr. Charles Holt the couple were
married.
The bride has been forgiven, but
the bridegroom still languishes under
the frown Of his fathers disapproval.
Yonng Contant. nevertheless, says
that he will support his wife, al
though he cannot show whence he
will draw an income.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
TELEPHONES IN FORESTS.
Government 70 Make Communication
Easy SO m to Aid in Fight
Ing Fires.

Commissioner Binger Hermann, Of
the general land office, has issued an
order instructing superintendents
of forests reserves throughout the
west to plant suitable saplings and
trees where portions of the forests
have been destroyed by fire. He is
also making arrangements for the es-
tablishment of telephone system
which is to connect all the forest sta
lions in certain districts, so that in
the future, in case of forest fire,
help may be summoned Immediately.
The forest station near Pasadena,
Cal, has been selected ms the head
quarters for the telephone system,
and the experiment will begin early
this summer, New employees on the
forest preserves will be required to
pass an examination, the questions of
which will relate to practical rather
than theoretical botany. 1t is hoped
by increased care and effort to repair
the injury done the forests of the
United States by the fires of the last
five or six years.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
KISER'S HIDDEN HOARD.
ssexDSstedly Found After His Death
aR the Filth Aniid which
He Had Lived.

William Bowers, a rniser who owned
100000 worth Of property in Youkers
and Chicago, died Il short time ago in
st. Joscphs hospital in Yonkers be.
cause De was weakened by the lack OF
nourishment. Dr.. J. r. Gibson was
made administrator If his property.
and be and +. Y. DoDoghue found that
Bowers had lived in a miserable bed.
room in an apartment house. An old
iron bedstead, broken chair, piece
of wax candle and rags that had been
used MS bed clothing we're all that was
first discovered il the room.
The doctor and Donoghue poked
around among the rags with their
walking sticks and TO their astonish.
ment found bauk books on four New
York banks, showing total deposits Of
$4,000, The tenants of the house
called on Dr. Gibson 10 pay their rent
and, to his surprise, told him the ole
man had owned the house, which is
worth $4,000. Subsequently DR.. Glib
son found an old box in the basement
of the house which contained deeds tc
property in Yonkers and Chicago. 1t
is said all the property is valued al
100000 and is free from incumbrance
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
DEpEw oRAroRY BY PHONE.
New York Senator sits In washipm-
ten aad Delivers Aftes-Dianex
speech 10 Gotkam.

Comfortably seated in a big arm
chair in the library OF his house in
Washington, Senator Chauncey M. De.
pew the other night delivered the
first after-dinner speech ever made
over a long-distance telephone. His
hearers were ON the thirteenth floor
OF the Manhattan hotel at Forty-sec-
ond street and Madison avenue, New
York city.
BY special arrangement of tele-
phone receivers the senator's speech
was listened TO by GO men at the same
time. Then he repeated the speech
for the benefit of 60 more listeners.
Senator Depew's auditors were ths
members and guests of the Transpor-
tation club, of which he has been
president since its organization FIVE
years ago.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
LEADS THE WORLD.
splen did system of Commercial Edu.
cation Maintained I'm Germany
with Excellent Results.

Germany has led and is still leading
the world in commercial education" !"
says Consular Agent Harris, at Eiben-
stock, in a recent dispatch to the state
department. The various commercial
schools, be says, annually send forth
large numbers of qualified young men
to take up lucrative and important po.
sitions in the business world. These
young men, he continues, are selling in
distant countries The products of the
German empire, ranging from loco.
motive to a clothespin, Invariably hav.
ing the advantage over their Amer.
lean and English competitors of being
able to speak fiuentIy the language OF
the country in which they attempt tc
sell their goods. Consular Agent Har.
ris Il tributes the efficiency of German
commercial travellers to he splendid.
ly conducted commercial institutes in
Germany, and strongly recommends,
the establishment OF similar colleges in
the United States. The founding of a
iaree commercial university at Ham
burg is in contempIat lion.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
GOSPELS IN SCOTTISH DIALECT
Forthcoming Publication of New
Testament Ia Awaited with
Interest.

The religious world Of Great Britain
Is greatly interested in the forthcom-
ing publication at Paisley, Scotland,
of Scottish version OF the New Testa-
ment.
All the gospels the Acts and the
epistles will be rendered into the pure
Scottish dialect. The publishers are
confident the new book will find its
way into every thorough-going Scot
tish home throughout the world.
The clergy generally look with favor
on the innovation, believing 1t will add
thousands to the number Of Scotch
men and Scotchwomen who now read
the New Testament.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
OLD LADY KILLS SNAKES.
An Ohio Woman, "a Years of Age, Ia
Congratulated on Her
Bravery.

Mrs. Stephen Doelinge., pioneer
resident of Union county, who resides
two miles south of Maryyille, shot
three monster blacksnakes the other
day. One was eleven feet and eight
inches in length and nine and one-half
inches in circumference. The other
two were seven feet in length.
Mrs. Doclinger for some weeks no.
ticed that her COWS did not give any
mix, and when she went to the or
chard to milk her cows she saw the
snakes follow the cows and she ran to
the house and secured a double-bar-
relied shotgun. Upon returning the
snakes crawled into a brush heap. The
large one had coiled up ready TO make
a spring upon the woman when she
fired both barrels at the snake, killing
it. After reloading the gun she put an
end TO the lives of the other two
snakes.
Mrs. Doelinger is 70 years Of
age, and she is receiving congratula-
tions from her neighbors upon her
bravery.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
PRICES SOAR At PRETORIA.
HcoROmy Being observed from High
OfiSialE Down-Busy Time at
American Consulate.

Late reports to+he state department
from Pretoria show that prices are
soaring in that capital. Cab hire
ranges from $3.50 per hour upward, and
can scarcely be had Sany figure, Econ
omy is universally observed from the
highcst officials down. The foreign rep
reseutatiyes at the capital find that
their salaries are totally insufficient to
pay the ordinary Expenses of living.
The United States consulate is over
taxed. Seven Thousand letters were
received in one week to be forwarded.
Mail packages weighing in the aggrc-
gate 61a tons flowed into the consulate
in the same time. Many small sums
OF money had to be disbursed among
the british prisoners of war, and, al
together, the United States consul with
his single assistant is fully employed.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
Mr.. Clarkson has q thoroughly
equipped harness and saddle shop.
Call on him. 9.tf.
A Night Of Terror.

"AwfA anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn
ham OF Machias, Me-, when the
doctors said she could not live
till morning" writes Mrs. s. HI.
Lincold, who attended her that
fearful night. "AIl thought she
must die Of pneumonia, but she
begged for DIR. Kings New Dis
covery, saying 1T bad more than
once saved her life, and had cured
her of consumption. After three
small doses she slept easily all
night, and its further use complete
ly cured her" This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung diseases.
Only SOC and 81. Trial bottles
free at J. T. Owens, Stafford, and
I'll. z, Wightman, Pima.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
m honest and will fulfill every

am honest and will fulfill every
pledge make.
IfI gave them any reason to
doubt my willingness to go down
to defeat rather than abandon my
convictions they would turn again
st me in moment.
But they shall never have reason
to lose faith.
/ have written at length and
frankly, because if The World
supports me i want it to do so
with full knowledge of what to
expect. would much rather have
The World support my platform
than support me, if it cannot do
both.
/ do not care to hold Office un-
less it enables me to do something
to aid the people in their fight
against organized wealth, and to
make peace with the money trust
would render all effort fruitless.
w. j. BRYAN.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
Ane,ent Jeveled Vest Nations.

A recent fad for men in New York
is aat of jeweled buttons for the even
ing waistcoat. The buttons are Of plain
gold, or white enamel, set with dia-
monds, pearls. or amethysts. A set of
buttons can cost anything one likes
to pay, from IS to $500.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
rhn rnd.sant Hog.

The open car is here again, says the
Chicago Record, and so is the hog who
sits in the end seat and compels people
to climb over him.
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
WHERE BRYAN STANDS.


10 the New York World shows
where our leader stands:
Whenever you see in the news
papers that have abandoned sill
yer, or side-tracked it, or tried II
any way to evade it you can SET i
down as false. While men differ
as to the relative importance ofthe
money question and imperialism
! regard all Of them as important,
and have not attempted to decide
which Is most important, II seems
10 me that The World ought to be
able 10 see tho folly of my takinH
sides III Me dispute
Wits saonld ! diseoaIasa tbos
who oppose the gold staRda,d "r'i
the trusts merely to CRAFTY those
who think the question of imperi,
alism the all important question!
Why should l discourage the inn
pcrialists by saying that the trust
question is all important?
Why should discourage the op-
ponents of trusts and Imperialism
by saying that the money question
is the only question to be consider
ed? Others may emphize one
question or the other, but | shall
emphasize them all.
IL we are to win in November
we must have the cooperation of
oil who oppose the Republican
policies, and that cooperation can
only be secured by making u fight
all along the line. The people
who oppose the gold standard al
so oppose the trusts and imperial
ism, and there are nine who oppose
all three to one who favors the gold
standard and yet opposes the trusts
or Imperialism. Why ALLEVIATE nine
to please one?
The men who demand the aband-
onment of the silver question did
what they could to make the party
a gold standard party, and when
they were outvoted they left the
party and did what they could to
defeat the ticket. Now they want
to drive away the populists and
silver republicans who came to us
when the gold democrats deserted.
Whatever influence | may have
will be exerted to holding what
we have and gaining enough from
the outside to defeat the republi-
cans, but do not want it to be a
barren victory.
l want the party to accomplish
the reforms to which it is pledged.
l want the Filipinos to have a
chance to celebrate the Fourth of
July, and l want every private
monopoly destroyed, but also
want silver restored at the ratio Of
is to l and I want the national
banks deprived of the power to
issue paper money.
l also want the constitution SO
amended as to authorize an income
tax and the election of Senators
by the people. In addition to
these | want TO see the system
known as government by injunc.
tion" abolished, and arbitration
between labor and capital es.
tablishcd.
Those who favor free silver |
favor all these reforms. Those |
who favor the gold standard favor
o few of these reforms, but are |
against most of them. | am not |
willing to trade a larger number
of people who are all right for |
small number who are part right. |
! am not anxious enough for the
nomination to purchase it by sacri- |
ficing what believe to be right.
If my principals are us unpopular
as gold democrats think, why not
nominate gold Democrat?
When you look into the matter
you will find that my strength GfI
| have any is not all personal, but
is due to the principles / advocate.
The only part that is personal is
the belief among the people that / |
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
CABLE FOR PHILIPPINES.
Large supply to De shipped 90 IsIaad q
for Use by the Army
There,

Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer, is
making arrangements with the quar-
termaster's department for the ship.
ment of large supply Of cable to the
Philippines, where it is urgently need.
ed in order to keep Gen. Macarthur in
close and constant touch with his
troops in all parts of the archipelago.
About 600 miles OF cable will be re.
CURED for the completion Of the cable
service in the Philippines, and about
half OF ths quantity will be shippee
on the transport Burnside, which will
be fitted out at New York for that pur.
pose. 1t is hoped that she will be ready
to start from New Yorb early in Aug
ust. The remainder of the cable will
be forwarded by mercial lines as
promptly as possibIe
Graham guardian., 1900-07-20
rremium. on..red.

In Connecticut one g;chool-teacher
recently made pupils kiss each other
when they we're caught whispering,
while another suspended Is girls for
flirting. Consistency, says the Boston
Globe, seems to be lost jewel in the
Nutmeg state.