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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31

President Mckinley has par
doned his thirty first bank robber.
By reasonable diligence during
the rest of his term he ought to
be able to make the average for
four years one robber a month.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31

Gov. Heard's administration
will be creditable to himself and
to our great State. He is a man
who has a strong sense of duty
and will always do his best.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31

The District Conference for the
Shreveport District, ME-. Church,
South, will be held in Benton from
June 9th to July 2, 1900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31
BENTON, LOUISIANA,
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1900.

It is deplorable fact that idle
curiosity keeps a lot of people
busy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31

No man can be said to have
failed who has kept his manhood
whole in all emergencies.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31
Homestead Entry No. 6126.

Homestead Entry No. 1926.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
April %, 19oO.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in sup.
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before B. A. Kelly, Clerk of the
District Court, at Benton, La, on June
9th, 1900, viz: Homestead Entry No.
6126-Abner L. Strange-for the north
west quarter of section 26, township 10
North, range II West, Louisiana Meri-
dian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: S. W..
Diffey, Andrew Harris, Arthur McDade,
of Haughton P. O., La, and j. w.
Savage, of Allentown P. o., La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
April "a, 1900. june
Stray Sale.
Estrayed before w. M. Vickers, JUS
u tice of Peace, ward 6, Bossier par
ish, by Sam Jenkins, and will be sold
at Bellevue, La, within the legal hours
for sales, on Saturday, May 18th, 1900,
one pale red and white colored bull, one
year old, marked crop and overbit in
splits in left ear. Appraised at Sc.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, ETC., or the
same will be sold according to law.
w. M. MORROW, Constable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31
7. I. Land.

A ttorney at Law, Benton
~ practice in the courts 3 ~; Y.
and adjoining parishes. ? = -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-31
a. J. Murf.

\ ttorney at Law, Benton
"A practice in the courts - - s
and adjoining parishes. Z =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

IEESUV 4e5rfztE4ax4111 k&tty4
/ ram ements In these matters are not
yiJout design! Il The most Icharming
woban of all is she WING has thei con,
!sn4lnate Wit to seem to look up when
really size stands Oh level With the
m4 who loves her or pefchance a hE
laH aboy6 shimsi ui3snh sBhA slid.
iOne thing imperatiyRlNd demanded in
TIP makeup, Of the ideal woman is
Sympathy that all divinils, all-forgiy-
If quality which inakes the w6oleI
pbrlflliakinbs tsympathy is one .6s the
! lme factors ofaeharmg $50 Ia, hpmor.
map is ,feagffglly lonesome y sIEp!e when his
3ffe cannot See his Jokes. She could
5ardly offer him 8 Smofe deadly iafffont
fhan7t6l laukiH inilthe WRONG place at
Sne of3his pet stories.,f The fdeal,wom
tn ts, Relationships the wise, sweet,
bid fashioned notions about right and
Wrong. man Il Quite capable = 81
making merry over ll,Isy wife'sj scrnples
Of Gonsciepees but 4 think he would, he
rather disappointed If she had no scrp-
ples-if in his worldly way she was
guided Chiefly by ekpedieHtes af1ea mny
not say many pray ers HIMSELF butshe
likes to know that his children prayyat
their mothers knee. Perhaps he, some-
times reflects that the nightly petition
from innocent lips, sGod' bless fafh w.
may not be quite empty Of meaning.n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

year us a boundary commissioner in
Griaualand est, he was given the
command first .ofsthe Diamond Fields
HOSE aud subsequently of the Field
Fore in the GEiquas and Bechuana
campaigns of 1870. Here he saw a
great deal of "rough-and. tumble" fight
,4pgD and emerged with several men
,tions in, dispatches and Ia brevet lieu
AtenRnt colcnelcy. In the Egyptian ex-
'pedition of 1882 Sir Charles was en-
pfloyed on special service among the
Beduin IN connection with the murder
Of Prof. Palmer-a duty. for which his
neutrality-suspicious. in Palestine explo-
,ra ton lyyas;a useful qualification. In
1SS4-S5 he led the Bechuanaland expe-
fdition, having under him, as command
ser aof 1sMathuen's Horse" the officer
nov in charge of Sir Redyers Buffers
First infantry division. In 1886 Sir
Charles commanded at Suakim, and
from s16S8,8s he was chief commission
er Of the Metropolitan police. From
1SS9=94 he was in the Straits Settle
Imentslas colonel on the staff, and sub
seqnently das brigadier general. In
1895 he was appointed to the command
Of the Thames district, which he relin.
gliishediin September of lastyear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
rA-syn.p..,,e,ic -prln,o "a

The following story about the Arch.
dnchess Valerie Of Austria ia told by
the Nienna correspondent Of the Lon
DON Morning Post: A. shortstime ago
a 13-year-old schoolboy was summoned
home from his boarding, school at Linz
The lad WAS without travelling COM
panlons, and, while waiting on the plat
form at Einz. began to cry bitterly. His
distress was noticed by lady in first
class compartment, who summoned the
'gnard and had the boy brought to her
Size paid his excess fare tor ira yelling
first class. and devoted herself to the
task OF comforting him and relieving
the tedium of helong journey to Vienna.
Ito; ttend, his fathers funeral in Vienna,
telling him that she, too. had suffered
much from the loss of a parent, who
died sud unexpectedly In
a foreign land The sschoolboy was not
a IttleS asto ntshed at the end of the
JOURNEY TO learn that the kind-hearted
lad n was the Archdnchess Valerie.
daughter 81 the Emperor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14


sSsOne or tile curious sights to an Amer
sican Visiting the Chinese and native
quarters Is the ever present pig, but, as
pigs are not allowed at large, they have
an Ingenious method Of tying the pigs
by the ears. They cut n small hole
through the Rigs ear, one; half ito an
inch in diameter. Through this hole
they insert rope, with aslarge knot
on one end This rope securely con
fines the pigs liberty about the prem
Uses. The same sights are seen often on
the native boats and even on the swell
steam launches plying on Manila Bay.
grransportingdpigs through the streets
of Manila always ATTRACTS a crowd, aal-
though the sight Is common. The legs
Sof the pig are tied together securely,
and the pig is then suspended onsa long
pole restingion the shoulders Of native
carriers. The pig, with his legs up and
head down, makesiabout as much noise
while in transit as the pig undera gate
in Missouri, and never. fails to hold the
;crowd.-Manila Freedom. III no.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

yu0ts1 INK s9cE4 AOFus 4
At the University OF Illinois the stu
dents We're tested in judging several
varieties Of corn according to tho, stand
ard adopted by the Illinois Corn Grow
Sers' Association. Asmapy people have
never seen corn Judged In that way,
though they may have seen itexhibitel
and premiums awarded a tt the county
kor town fairs, We will give the various
points to be considered and their value!
sThe standard of perfection demands
that the, ear shal.be 40 inches Ions, 71@a
inches Up, circumference, and, have 80
per cent. of grain to cob. The, scale
tof points as follows: Uniformity Of
ears in samples shows i've points,
shape 49, color Of corn and cob 10, ripe
ness 5IJfIllng ontat ends 10, perfection
and uniformity. ofngraim g. length OF
ear DO circumference of ear o. space
s;betNeeni rows 40, per cent. of grain %,
An q, total of 100 points. Perhaps we
could not frame. a better scale of points,
though. the late Dir. B.. L. Stlirtevant
taught us to attach much Importance
Ito the uniform color and shape fgrain,
and but little to length and ctrcumferi
sence of ears See ifyou can select seed
scorn next year that,,will score, we'll by
sSthis 81 ale of points.- American Guilt
L vator ~ . x 'a - 6&
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
HIS IDEAL WOMAN,


Not So Much of an Angel asa Sympa-
% thetic, All-ForgivingI an Biz
sssS"Man has number Of fixed, old.
notions .aboutthe IDEAL WON
an Which are quite apart, from cues
lions of complexion and dress whites
Carrie II. Garrett in the ylWoman'B
Home Companion. fssa taieaiT
% "The sober truth is that while men
may seek diversion with the more
SNOWY, fiippant type Of girl. and are
often caught by mere glitter, they have
an ideal far, far above this cheap type
which Is ilpperIshable. A man does not
picture a. completely limp and characf
terless creature, as his soui's ideal. how
ever swests Yet The woman as she
appears IN his dreams<fs not too clever,
Il Is n pleasure to him to be saaittle
superior to his mate-to, be looked up
tp'-and as the Eue woman desires to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

The Chicago Tribune is led to In
Quire: Have men any rights?" There
are women who say the memdnxe all
the rights, and that they haseSslightl
sense of justice. But this Chicago
newspaper, which certainly represents
the thought of some men, speaks of
"the rapid advance of woman in these
closing days Of the century and the
desperate but apparently Intellectual eff
forts of man to hold his ground and
keep himself from being swept off his
feet by the female onrush." You see
so much depends upon the point of
view. There are men, equally with the
women, who think they are losing all
their rights, and who are disposed, in
to remember the parting
century with more or less contempt.
The women are getting SO wretchedly
Independent. The time was when they
would put beefsteak on their own eyes
and never once think of the divorce
court. but that happy time seems to be
passed. The habit women have got
into Of earning their own living is sub
tracing vastly from the sum of do
nestle happiness. Sex no longer deter
mines who is the head of the house,
and the number of men who at home
are ashamed of their trousers Is annuI
aiiyamultiplying. Who can tell what
AL, thisas to result in? There cannot
Betty supreme powers, of course. The
momenHseeJhat the supremacy of man
ilsldeparting,sand the men are becoming
more nlQlE5PIa nd more conscious of their retro
gressien,sandsyet the men seem to have
no pbwesf TN them to retake the kops.
The IMeal simply cling to the ancient
fahhH and An argument point to the
scriptures and when the Scriptures
fail them they show their hands, the
,sizesof which cannot be disputed. But
the women have the power to turn up
their noses, and way of asking the
men to step aside and permit them to
pass that Is not easy to describe in
words alone. The men are left by the
way, quite helpless, and only conscious
that there is stream of women going
by them. The men have made a botch
of everything, because they have
thought more of the grip they had upon
the throat of somebody than Of the
grip they had on the heart of anybody.
The time is near, they say, when mere
brute force is no more to have the mas
terry, and they have come to associate
men with the brutes to that extent that
they do not hesitate to speak about 1t
In the family. These women say that
love is to rule, and from mere force
of example they sometimes shake their
fists in way that makes the men up
right for the instant. Wonderful age
OF revolution this is; and yet there are
women who complain bitterly over the
slow progress of events. A girl baby
these days may well be pride; but a
boy!-a fathers heart may well sink
within him. 49,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
Y lfisswsFa.r Noises Tr..vei..

when the alkaii worksiat St Heiens
England. weresblown uplby the eSploll
sion, of eighty stpns Of ehlorate Of pot
ash, the noise. was heard at. ,layple,c
tfwIentyieigh liz, miles away, At the battle.
Of Gorunna 500 barrels Of gunpowders
blew up, causing the ground to rock for for
miles. The blast at Heil Gate, New
York, 1870 tons of dynamite, was per!
ceiyed 1888 miles away by the Vibrations
of mercury nThe Shock aofl the I'd lynn
mite explosion, fifty tons, at Johannes.
burg was felt at Pretoria, thirty7three.
T 1 Toplon, Was = Heard At Nee s
eighty four miles distant and eve even Ia at
Ventfmiglfa, III Italy, loo miles distant '
The county for d radius Ut nearly two
miles was blown bare, houses knocked
tojfpieces and trees uprooted or bent
into Fantastic, hapesaamltann&9 yij5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

flash, is sent out. These flasjes iare
read by the person at tile receiving end
with thefease OLA telegraph perator
taking a message. The ihelogriphIwhs
Invented In 1921 BY Gauss. whd used 1t
as signal in the measurement of an
giles. The longer4tte line the larger
-mustibe the disk The longest tinei thus
far observed tis 1872 miles, Which, was
observed in California, and rEqpired %
mirror Of seyenty;seven square Inches
In urea. Ordinary heliotropg used Oh
lines less than fifty miles III length are
only about two square linch{ IS IN area.
For its successful operation cleariat-
smosphere lis lnecessary.dyT wbl hours he.
fore sunset is .thasmost fayprpble, time.
Tbs, lm military value Of the heliographfic
method of transmitting Information
may be readily imagined. Tits qfirst ad.
vantage is its extreme simplicity ut
does aotnecessitatethe keeping open of
llnesuofr communication there are no
wires ltol protect. mo- ba tteries tto3 look
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
P.td'Duty a on . MonII.I.sal

Uncle Sam Is "a stern stickier for form
and the amount ofred tdpe employed n
theteustom hodseiis irealIy remarkable
It.was demonstrated the othes,tlay that
not even q. tiny mouse acanl creepiintot
our domains from foreign shores withu
ont paying duty,lnA gentleman. returnft
lhgI FROM EH550pe brought with ii hi to,
ffhhllaaelpehalpq 3 pet SMhite im9psste,
winch ne mad grown very fond. His,
"mouselets" was assessed at 20 PEI per
cent, whichso enragedl the townerl that
heNlgoronsly protestsda NhiH caseiwas
appealed and, the board of,classiaea,
dpn effgAnerpl ppraisers after mature
delsbera ton In, solemn copelaye, ehando
Cd down a 5 DECISION MI! IN which the protest
T llsst.o 2YyyssIrruled., otor,aa ,Mi,af ssstt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
seealesspFrnit.,

IL. II. Galloway, @of Bethel, Ill.,, has
been growing seedless persimmons for
Several years, the duality of witch
he says Is good Further, lie says:
sslror many years horticulturlsts have
ssougllt-but have tfound,it not4=a seed
less l,ersinimopodI Ihavebfound one
ywhichis practically seelless. Rarely a
specimen can be, found containing one
seed aud Very rarely a specimen con-
staining two seeds, but most Of the
fruit is absolutely seedless. II there
are seetiless persimmons, why not have
;seedless apples, peaches and, plums
and cherries, damsons, nnd,S in short,
all kinds OF. fruit There are .seedless
oranges, and certain kinds of apples
have but few, seeds.
Pomological experimentation and
genius may yet perfect sseedless fruit
of several kinds-an accomplishment
that would greatly please the ladies
who seed the cherries aud plums.
There SIS practically no use for seeds
of aSgreat many kinds of fruit. since
ALL the trees are made by grating and
budding, and who knows that mature
long since of her, own accord furnished
sseedless fruit in order to show man
what is possible y Farmers Voice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
after and no burdensomse3 apparatus to


carry about. T3t i': ie,G
The Indians Of America, like the old
warriors of the Scotch highlands, real
lied the Importance of signal fires IN
war time and made use of code of fire
flashes;l but1it WAS mot unit 1922 that
Colonel Colby of the British Royal en-
glneers deyised q more adequate system,
for, transmitting messages, by sun,
flashes, His method of doing this was
BY mailing d certain number Of pieces
Of bright tin on poles and exposing
them to- the SUMS rays. Some time
later this was improved on by the adop.i
tIon of a plain mirror. q In 1888 an En-
elish officer at Gibraltar used an ordi-l
nary looking glass to reflect flashes
across the strait to Tangier, thereby
CARRYING on a long distance converse
ton with other English officers in At
RIGA. ifua ions. y ~,
This mirror system was experiment.
ed with and improved upon until the
wear 1878, when the United States gov,
eminent purchased the latest models
and began the. instruction bf a special,
signal corps In heliography. The milf
tary value Of such sun writing was we'll
known when, In 1886, General Afiles'
began his Indian campaign against
Geronimo. If the truth were only
known, 1T was the heliograph more
than anything else that led to tie round
iiriiec up and capture Of the famous,
blood-drinking red man. Zone can Iims
agine the surprise Of the indians when
they. found that they could MT move
without the fact being know to the,
Americans and the movement mystic
rIously anticipated. Signal paities, in
fact, were flashing hourly information
from mountain peak to mountall peak,
and the fndisne warriors Headquarters
were always known at Miles camp.
Through tile use off, the ihelltgraph
Geronimo twas kept away from water
by,rapidly stationed and mobile pands
Of. troops and was finally parchei into Is,
submission. & ..3,s5,5 ,,,ify,,5 49,, ~
The English army had already been
making use Of the heliograph in9Afs
4 ghanistan, and during the Boer wir OF
4 twenty years made effective use o1tle
4 Nance photographic 5apparatus.3 ,he
great service this means ofseommua,a,
ton has gheep to- the different British
commanders ampla obessiieged by the B3ooersin
\ the present South African was Is yty
\ we'll known. 800 = ''>''t 20 H.
1.-The field heltograph apparatus, Is
\ used to-day, consists of a sole leatlif
H pouch containing n sun mirror )andh
station mirror, a small screcn rgslu,
ter, a sighting rod and two lsmall tripo,
A stands for the mirrors The entire, an
paaratps does not weigh over ter, poeundfii
and can easily be, carried over the arm
When the afr is clear, signals may b
easily takenzby the naked leyetat a dis
tance of 100 miles, and by anse1per,
\ at the rate of fifteen wordsia minnie. L
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
GioaRaising Cotton.l

A cotton grower tells about his sue
cess this year., When he was laying by,
or giving the crop the last cultivation,
he drilled peas, betwseh rows on a part
of his field. The peas grew and made
ia fine crop. Instead' Of iiijuring the
cotton, the part where the peas were
planted was much better crop; and
now to crown the Success With his pen
crop experiment he is q fattening vhis
Poland China pigs.on the peas 4pHhis
cotton field. His land IS or course,
much improved for the. next cropmforI
there is no better improyerS for land
than field peas. No grain Is better
than half sripes pea 81 for hogs Now ifE
a 50o-pound bale Of cotton, worth $50,
is raised per acre and ypiges fattened
on the same ground and; the land jim
proved, is not this plan to make cot
ton raising profitable ~ Farmers Voice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

= = o..
If the dairymnnsis a skillful farmer,
he can SO ymamge- his COWS that they
become sfresh5 III August or septemher.
Then9he can giSe=the calves (raisedEby
hand, Of coursel a,good start With new
milk, Sand sin.a week or two inter the
cows Come fresh he can begin to make
butter-that Is TO say, when he csanot
make It. more profitable than tosSell
milk. II he cansell milk at fair prices,
he saves labor and time, and that is
money. Dairy products in the United
States bring more money, according to
verified statistics, than raising cereals,
including corn and, other grains tosfeed
cattlenand swine. Only the productsof
the domestic hen brings more cash
than dairying.-St Louis Republlc.ss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
Ayrshire Cow.

The cut, reproduced from the Rural
New Yorker shows tile Ayrshire COW,
Clio Rose, 7525, tile property ofSC. NJ.
Winslow & Son, of Brandon Vt This
COW is fifteen years old this spring and
tss said to be still, hearty and strong,
1nd up TO ner average mink raBr ye,fr
She has meyer been the, heaviest milk
err but a very persistent one, having
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

Some Of the American Indians are
very rich. The Osages, for instance,
number about 500, and are said to be
worth, on conservative property valua-
ton, $4,000 per head. Mostsof this is
in money in the hands Of the Federal
Government, on which they receive in
terest quarterly amounting to several
hundred dollars per capita per annum.
OF course, they don't work-at least,
49, - i,,,t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14
,4uxssysvesnsis IjnFfcH ffiie SbisstfeF a thu

mtfcM the better OF tiiv
two, lnasmuch as the members of the
cabinet are always of the same party
as the President. while the presiding
officers of Congress frequently are of
another party. 1t is no longer posi-
BILE. as it used to be. for the party
character of the administration to be
changed by the death of the. elected
President and Vice President.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

Filial love and devotion is well illus
trated in the case of Samuel Jacobs in
New York. In order to free her father
from an unjust sentence Minnie Jacobs
unraveled crime that was too much
for the-pollce and secured the promise
OF h{Sal4rdon. Now would seem to be
the time for the authorities to rise and
explain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

1f.the wheat does notebook, well after
spring opens apply 100 pounds of nj
ttrate of soda per acre, and the effect
will be NOTICED Immediately, Nitrate
Of soda always gives good results on
wheat If applied in the spring, and
many crops have been saved BY its use.
TIE cost of5theS nitrate Should not ex-
coed So. 50iper acre. and the increase Of
straw and grain will mot only pay for
its but leave a sprodtIas we'll.
Should tthe, frost throw some of the
wheat plaptsl up use the roller as soon
us it can, be done, y{lI1,srr1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

never been dry since her first calf, al
ways giving q fair yield Of milk Of high
quality. Since her first calf she had
given S9,424 pounds of milk to Jan.1
last She has won good many prizes
at fairs, both in, the show ring and in
butter-fat contests Her largest yield
for any one year was S,445 pounds of
milk and Hal poundsSof butter. @
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

Domt alton u L. ttaialeRR. Races lgl1
one leading result OF the struggle fof
spremacy among the Western nations
hsbeen theigradual ascendencs OF the
Aglican3 Teatonici and Scandinavian
DER, the Latin raees,-lle xahnn2 LED
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

d1The helIotrope,' or heliograph, has
played an. Important part in the South
African war With this, little linstrl-
p ent the light Of the sun is used to con
yeyy Intelligence, TO. points far; dlstaqHnIt
Communication between places man
miles apart can be set up by Its us.
The mirror used has a small eyehoe
cut into the quicksilver, through which
the distant station is located. The mir
,rior disk is turned by: means Of a Morse
key, and IL, answering the key a DOT pl|
g dash, in the way Of q long q short