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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26

Mr.. Sandidge was authorized
to have all small pox infected
houses In ward six fumigated.
Mr.. r. T. Land, District Attor.
ney, was elected parish attorney,
at q salary of 500 per annum.
payable quarterly.
The Clerk of Court was author.
lied to have the index to convey.
ances rebound or repaired.
The Clerk OF the Police Jury
was authorized to purchase 9 new
record book and q new warrant
book.
The Bossier Parish Fair Asso-
citation was donated an additional
$3.50.
Messrs. Tidwell, Many and
Logan were appointed . commit
tee to advertise for bids for the
ceiling Of four Of the rooms in the
court house, painting Of the cell
Ing in the Clerks Office and re"
pairing the roof.
Messrs. Tidwell, Sandidge and
Logan were appointed . commit
tee 70 examine tho public road
leading from Red Chute to Dill.
lard's lane and, II found neces.
ssry, have same repaired.
The following claims were q.
lowed:
D. B. S6nson, blacksmith work,
$7.35; B. A. Kelly, for type-writ-
ten assessment notices, $6.66.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26
With Pride

VXTe Invite you to yisit cur leealjll
w and plaut. Il II c0nes1e1 ~
the largest and best Printing He1oe j
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26
For Oongress.

We are authorized to announce Hon.
PHANOR BREAZEALE as candidate
for reelection to represent the Fourth
Congressional District, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26
When Sick

much depen0e W
the way in which yo1
medicines and tonics -
prepared. Carefully writes
prescriptions win avail non.
ing If they fall into tho handg
careless druggists. At mons
Drug Store, Benton, can always
be found q fresh and comple1
stock of drugs and an e1pes1-
enced pharmacist. Patent meo'
icines, perfumes, toilet soapas
brushes, sponges, hne staso-
cry, paint, pictures, albums -
other books, always in CO.
IRTON @=IRIONJ
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26

The passion of envy in the soul
burns like the very fire of hell.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-07-26

On motion, the jury adjourned
until the following morning.
T. J. T1DwELL, President.
B. R. NASH, Clerk.
BENTON, La, July %, 90.
The jury met this day in regu-
lar session, roll call showing the
following members present:
T. W. Holmes, J. C. Logan,
]. A. Ford, NJ. W. Cason, j. T.
Many. T.. j. Tidwell, President.
and C. D. Sandidge being absent.
Mr.. Many was elected Pred-
dent pro tenn.
Minutes of the previous days
meeting were read and approved.
The following claims were al
lowed:
J.A. Ford, bridge work, S10.6;
B. r. Nash, for making out the
road tax roll, Silica; r. E. Hol-
loway, road work, 600; Ransom
Fay, road work, 25c; Gus Martin,
road work, Soc; J. W. Rabb, for
capture Of Jim Porter, S.; A. r.
Thompson, serving assessment
notices in Caddo. $3.50; Whited
L Wheless, 1915; r. E. Thomas.
lumber, $3.50; H. N. Carlton,
small pox claim, s..
The Parish Treasurer was au.
thorized to pay Mr.. Nash upon
his presentation Of Collectors
receipt.
Messrs. Homes and sandidge
were appointed . committee to
look after the repairing OF Goat
Hill bridge.
A change in the public road
leading from Poole's Sixteenth
Section" to tho south end Of the
parish was granted, and G. A. F.
Poole, J. H. sibley and G. Gar.
rett were appointed . committee
to locate said road; the same to
| he opened without cost TO the
parish.
| Mr.. Ford was authorized to fur
nish the flooring, sleepers, braces
and banisters for . bridge ovet
Still House bayou, the parties in
terested to receive the lumber at
the mill, and to construct the
bridge without additional cost tc
the parish.
| Mr.. Ford was authorized to ex.
pend 500 for bridges and Other
improvements on the Plain Deal.
ing and Miller's Bluff road.
The Parish Treasures bond
for $1,000, was approved.
l Messrs. Logan and Tidwel
were authorized to have the roat
that leads from Adger's bridge Il
the Benton and Midway roat
worked. and at q cost not to ex'
coed S75.
The following changes wer'
made in assessments:
Jno. A. Skannal, on gin, $3.50
u. g. 4 w. E. McDade, on gin
5000; L. E. and M. Dortch, OF
!, land, $500; J. B. West, on land
S12,8 800; Mrs. T. c. Barrett, Of
gin, $500; P. B. Cash, on gin
$500; E. ]. Bryant, on gin, $500
Harris McVea, on gin, $500; es
tate of E. Jacobs, on gin, $1,000
w. B. & Thos. Hickman, on gin
$500; Shreveport Cotton Oil Com
pany, reduced to $4,000.
All other assessments to renal
as fixed.
H. H. Montgomery was allow
ed $500 as part payment on th
1900 tax roll.
The small pox claim Of Mr.. Jol
Boisseau was not allowed.
The following claims were al
lowed:
E: $. Dortch, per diem an
committee work, $3.50; ]. w. Al
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For Sheriff $3.50 90
For Assessor .-.......... 700 90
For Parish Treasurer ................... 800 90
For Parish Printer ....................... 100 90
For Collector =. 1900 90
For roads and BRIDGES ...............:.. A6O0 90
For court expenses ........... 5000 90
For the Police Jury. 1000 90
For Clerk of the Police Jury. 200 90
For Schools. ................. 1857 80
For miscellaneous purposes..... 1000 W
RATE OF TAXATION:
For schools ...... 2h mills.
For roads and bridges ......-.....14 mills.
For the general fund ....~..~.~...S mills.
Total ..........................!6X mills
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
Not SOured.

At what age bachelors and maids
should be called old is topic now be-
ing generally discussed. 1t is safe to
adhere to the old truth that woman
is no older than she looks, and man
no older than he feels. The fact Is,
people bring upon themselves the ap-
pellation of ''old bachelor" and ''old
maid" AS a rule it is not given to any
one who retains a well-regulated mind,
a disposition to enjoy simple pleasures,
sympathy with the suffering of others,
and fortitude to support his or her own
pains. A bachelor who becomes small
in his aims and pursuits, who is self
absorbed, If not selfish, who behaves in
an unseemly way, who is easily pro-
voked, who rejoiceth in iniquity-such
as he Is considered miserable "old"
bachelor. SO too, the term "old" rlaid
is given soon and frequently to the
harsh-vOiced, abrupt un.
married woman, who initiates man in
dress, and tone, and bearing, who in
terferes with relatives and sets them
quarreling, whose rudeness and selfish.
ness make every one uncomfortable at
the hotel or boarding house where she,
her cat, dog and canary bird live. Very
different is the old maid who may be
described as q success-and there are
such. She may not have an absorbing
mission, but she puts every one into
good humor, and is always desired. She
is not soured by celibacy, but can think
of and plan for the happiness of others.
She is gentle, ready, helpful, and firm
withal in sickness or any other emer-
gency.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
Oriental HuInor.

Some of the SMILES used by Oriental
advertisers are as remarkable for hui
NOR and naivete as even those of the
mortal Sam Weller. Here are one or
two specimens which have recently ap-
peared in Eastern newspapers:
Goods dispatched as expeditiously
as a cannon ball"
Parcels done up with as much care
as that bestowed on her husband by a
loving WIFE"
paper tough as elephants hide"
"The print of our books is as clear as
crystal; the matter elegant as singing
girl"
customers treated as politely as by
the rival steamship companies"
"Silks and satins smooth as lady's
cheek and colored like the rainbow
London Tit Bits.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
JUDGMENT, NOT SUPERSTITION.
Miners Show Wisdom in Paying Heed
to Certain Phenomena.

Miners Show Wisdom in Paying Heed
to Certain Phenomena.
"Well, that isn't superstition; rs
reality" and Coal Mine Inspector Den.
man didn't seem bit pleased with the
suggestion that superstition might
sometimes be responsible for the ac-
tons of miners.
Coal Miners" he went on to say,
''are not superstitious. Hear noisesf
OF course they do, but do people sup
pose those noises are imaginary, 1t
beats all how little is known generally
about coal mining.
Folks get it into their heads" the
will quit work in a certain part of a
Dllne because he sees the rats desert
Ing that section is superstitious, when,
as matter of fact he simply displays
sound judgment. Very soon after the
rats quit sounds will be heard, and
Inter on Il slide follows. What would
have happened to the man had he cred
ited his fear to superstition by disre-
garding the exodus of the rats and the
subsequent noises?
Rats are the first of mines inhab.
itants to realize danger, and then comes
the mule. Man is the last. So 1t is
only natural that he should take as
positive indications of trouble the ac-
tions of the others, and he should not
be regarded as superstitious creature
on that account.
After rats desert an entry it Is next
to impossible to get mule into 1t not
because the rats left, but because the
mule realizes the danger. Left to them
selves rats or mules would never be
caught in slides in mines, but it is diff
ferent with men, who will not follow
the lead of the other two."-Denver
Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

away with them. Shrieks of the pris-
oner maidens awakened their father.
He knew what their cries meant, and
taking down a horn he summoned his
warriors to the pursuit. This was USE
less, for their ponies, tired from the
days chase, could not catch the fresh
er ones of the Bannocks. When these
two braves reached home with their
captives they were married to them
with great ceremony.
Chief Cougar Shirt, Indian-like, VOW
ed revenge. He sent runners to the
neighboring Umatilla and Walla Walla
tribes, whose chiefs soon met the CAV
uses in a council, at which the three
nations formed an alliance and de-
clared war against the Bannocks. But
before the UmatillaS and the Walla
Wallas could join their allies the Ban
nocks, 1000, strong, had almost exter-
minated the Cayuses and returned
home. The medicine man of the Cay>
uses attributed their defeat to the
twins of Cougar Shirt, and since that
time till ToX-e-loX and A-lom-pum
came. two and a half years ago. no
twins born to the tribe have been allow
ed to live.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
Would BE of Vast Beneflt.

The teacher was hearing the gram.
mar class. On the blackboard was writ
ten the following:
Caesar was one of the greatest gen
erals. He was stabbed by Brutus, who
was envious of his greatness"
The paragraph on the board" an
nounced the teacher, "ls imperfecty
written. The class may write it cor
rectly."
In a few moments dirty hand went
up in the rear Of the room, and at n sig
nal from the teacher little Johnny arose
and read:
Caesar was the warmest thing that
ever happened. He was thrown down
by Brutus, who was sore on him be-
cause he was wise 'un."
80. H." said the teacher, smilingly.
Strange as 1t may seem, the idea
would not be bad one, for. in the face
of the rapid strides we are making in
the use of slang, II is liable at any time
to become the proper form Of speech,
and would not the blush of shame
creep into our cheeks If. at some future
day, our children should accuse us Of
bringing them up in ignorance PIN
dianapolis Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

ID. c., there has been erected in his
memory a statue, the work Of cele
brated Italian sculptor, which is the
second to mark decided departure
from the war and navy heroes which
adorn every accessible corner and
square of the city. The first reDre-
sentation of n private citizen was that
of Daniel Webster, also by the same
sculptor.
The new work stands at the inter.
section of two streets and one square
from the Supreme Council Building
where Gen. Pike lived for so long. II
was presented to the city Of Washing.
ton by the Supreme Council of the 33d
degree, and the unveiling was attended
with Masonic ceremonies.
Gen. Pike is represented in bronze,
colossal in size. The pose Is extreme.
ly llfe-like and represents tile great
Free Mason standing addressing the
people with one hand uplifted and a
book of his own poems in the other.
On the pedestal, which is twenty feet
high and of the finest granite, sits
colossal allegorical figure representing
Masonry spreading the Scottish Rite
banner to the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
Pays Employees Every Day.

One New York millionaire who earn
ed his fortune by his own efforts under
rather disadvantageous circumstances
conducts his business in way that Is
highly original in many particulars.
One of the most striking of these is his
method Of dealing with his employees.
They are paid every night, and at the
close of every business day all the ex-
penSes of running the business have
been met and the manager knows Just
how his affairs stand, as far as that
feature Of the business is concerned.
But that is not his object in paying sal
aries every day instead of following
the usual custom and waiting until the
end of the week or month. He employs
many men who have lost former situa-
tions through intemperance, although
they were all men Of ability in their
field. If they severed their connection
practically with the establishment at
the close of every business day 1t made
no difference to the employer what hap
pened to the man after he left his es-
tablishment. BY this means the mill
ionaire Is able to get the service Of good
men at small salary and have no re-
sponslbility as to their conduct after
they have received their pay for one
days work.-New York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

and made good pasture for great herds
of ponies.
These twin daughters of Cougar
Shirt, relates correspondent of the
ST. Louis GlObe-Democrat, were Won
drously beautiful, and when they had
grown to womanhood reports of their
beauty and grace had spread afar, and
their hands were sought in marriage
by two of the bravest of the young
bucks. One day there came two rivals
OF the CayusG braves from another
tribe-two daring young Bannocks
from Snake River. Now. the young
redskin who steals his bride from an
other tribe is held in great honor by his
clansmen, and if he can capture the
daughter of -far-away chief he is
more apt to become some day chief
tain himself. SO the two Bannocks
were very adrOit. For many days as
guests they smoked the great pipe with
Chief Cougar Shirt Not wishing to
arouse the jealousy of their young
hosts, they looked not on the CHEFS
daughters. But when one day. when
most of the Cayuses were out hunting
and Cougar Shirt lay asleep. the two
Bannock braves each seized one of the
twins, who had strayed from their
tepee' and mounting ponies galloped
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

was years old. He is now 8 years OF
age, is forty-siX inches tall, and weighs
II little more than fifty pounds. He il
the proud possessor of large number
of'gold and silver medals, and has new
er been defeated in contest. Elmers
first record was made at the age Of 5
years, when he made quarter of a
mile in 0:59H. When he was years
old he made three records, the first, q
quarter-mlle in 0:46; the second, a
quarter in 0:45; and the third, the same
distance in 0:44A, which lowered the
worlds record for cyclists Of that age
by thirteen seconds. Last year at Erie,
Pa, at the age Of Z, he made half
mile in / % 10.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
ART OF PACKING CLOTHES.
Ladies' Home Journal Gives Some Val
u: BILE Advice.

NJ BILE Advice.
In packing b trunk, first collect all
the articles to be packed in one place,
and then sort them according to their
kinds, says the Ladies' Home Journal.
Shoes should he wrapped in soft cotton
covers, secured with strips of tape and
placed at the bottom of the trunk. to-
gether with any books, heavy wraps
and heavy flannel or woolen garments.
Above these, and separated from them
by large towel spread and tucked
down if the trunk is not of the dresser
or bureau variety, should come heavy
underwear. A second towel should sep
arate this layer from the piles of gowns
or waists and third should divide
the gowns and fine underwear. The
towels, besides making useful protec-
tion to the different piles of garments,
are convenient when you are travelling
from place to place, and only want to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

commodation, and as this trunk Is es-
pecially made with fiat top and back,
to stand against the wall, it is con-
venient piece Of furniture. The bot
tom Of the trunk is designed to hold
boots and articles too heavy to pack in
the tray drawers above. The drawers
are usually four in number, and are
fitted with handles or straps by which
they may be pulled open. They rest in
grooves, and any one of them may be
pulled out and opened without disturb
ing it's neighbor. The top tray Is di-
vided into numerous small compart-
ments, and the second, which has a lid,
is of sufficient depth to receive hats and
bonnets.
The wardrobe trunk is a case bulged
at one end and on each side, so that IT
can be stood only on the fiat end, and
on the top or bottom, thus preventing
the articles in its interior from becom-
ing disarrapLed. The case contains q
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
when Reed Was Youne in Law

One of the most interesting incidents
of Thomas b. Reeds career in Califor-
MIA is told by Robert p. Porter and
vouched for by the ex-Speaker. 1t was
in 1868, during the civil war, when the
legal tender act was much discussed in
California, where gold basis was then
maintained, that Wallace, whose office
adjoined the one in which Reed was
studying. happened in one day and
said: "Mr Reed, understand you
want to be admitted to the bar. Have
you studied lawF' "Yes. sir, l studied
law in Maine, while teaching" "Well,"
said Wallace, 81 have one question to
ask. Is the legal tender act constitu-
tional?" "Yes," said Reed. "You shall
be admitted to the bar" said Wallace.
Tom Bodley, deputy sheriff, who had
legal aspirations, was asked the same
question, and ne said mo" "We will
admit you both," said Wallace, for any
body who can answer, off-hand, ques-
ton like that ought to practice law in
this untry."-Success.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
HAPPY MOTHER OF TWINS.
Cayuso indian Woman Is Proud of Her
Duplicate Babies.

Cayuso indian Woman Is Proud of Her
Duplicate Babies.
Him-ye-an-hi-hl is a Cayuse squaw
who has the distinction of being the
mother of the only pair of twins in the
tribe. 1t is the custom in her tribe to
slay all babies that come in duplicate,
and the woman, known as White
Fawn, is proud that an exception has
been made in favor of her offspring
two little daughters, as cute as Indian
babies can be. When she rides into
Pendleton, Ore, near which the reser-
walton of her tribe is located, she lays
them across her horses back, one on
each side, like pair of saddlebags,
and no whimper is heard from them as
the pony jogs along over the rough and
rugged road.
1t is said among the Cayuse Indians
that the two daughters of Chief Qui-a-
mi-som-keen Cougar Shirt are the
only other twins ever reared by the
Cayuses. They were born long before
,nhe paleface had trodden over the hap
py valleys of the red man, when upon
the mountains there roamed the
grizzly and the wild goat when the
streams were full of fishes, and when
the native bunch grass grew knee high
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

detachable swinging box, in which Is
a sliding rack which pulls out readily.
From this rack depend separate hang
ers on which skirts and waists may be
hung. This trunk is arranged. to hold
dozen frocks without creasing OF
crushing.
The wardrobe trunk also contains a
deep tray with compartments for hat
shoes, underwear, etc. All the com
partments are well fitted with straps
and fastenings for keeping in place the
articles that are packed in them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

partially unpack, as the garments may
be lifted out almost as If the towels
were trays.
The upper tray should be carefully
packed, precedence in it being given to
any hats or bonnets to be carried. The
crowns Of either should be carefully
packed with soft, crushable articles,
as this economies space, and the
weight also aids in keeping them in
place. The hats also may be kept in
place by packing numerous small
crushable things about them. An i'm
promptu hat or bonnet case hay be
formed by putting pasteboard about
either one. Everything in a trunk
should be packed closely and nothing
will suffer.
Handkerchiefs should always be
packed in case; wells, gloves and rib
bons in boxes; cuffs and collars also in
boxes; sewing materials in a tightly
lidded box. If medicines are carried
they should be put near the top of the
trunk, the bottles being carefully
corked, wrapped in cotton batting, and
packed In box with the lid securely
fastened, so that there may be no dan
ger of ones clothing being ruined in
case the bottles should break.
The convenient dresser or bureau
trunk is invaluable for the summer
traveller. Summer hotels are always
iA1ifferently supplied with closet ac-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
Curiosity ofLdfe Insurance.

Accident insurance companies do
more business when times are hard
than they do when everyone is pros
perous," says an insurance man. "The
workingman thinks he should insure
his family against danger when he 10
out Of work."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
MIDGET WHEELMAN.

Elmer Thompson, the Worlds Cham
pion Juvenile Cyclist.
elmer Thompson, the worlds cham
pion juvenile cyclist, resides at Come
aut, Ohio. He now holds the worlds
b, 6 and 7-year-old bicycle records. FL
mer began to ride a bicycle when he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17
TO A PROMINENT MASON.
Statue Erected in Washington to
Memory of Gen. Albert Pike.

All the world over, wherever the
Scottish Rite is recognized institu-
ton, the name of Gen. Albert Pike, for
forty-three years sovereign grand COM
mander of Scottish Rite MaSoIB, is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

Doctors keep a rich fhick man alive
longer than poor one,tbut that is the
only difference. Both die when they
get good and sick, and the poor mans
doctor bill Is less.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

We have noticed that when women
refer to another woman as refined
looking, it will be fcand that she Ia
very thin.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-17

The circulation of the blood is an AZ.
fair of the heart.