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In Old Kanetuck.

Did you ever listen 70 .
WARBLER" wabble "In Old
Kanetuck2 2" Have you ever bathed
your drowsy eyes In slumber while gay
lothario wabbled Just One Girl ? /"
Have you ever felt like "leaving for
parts unknown while your next door
neighbor purloined ten notes above high
G on "Two Little Girls in Biue," and
abeconded with ssJust Tell It to Mother. -
There arc many singers. Some are
good, and some-well, you know. t i
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-03-15

yhs tvo weeks meeting at the
Il church in this place closed
81 Sunday night. In addition
~ I've ascessions to the church
ni;oned in our last issue, Mr..
~ Oaeal was baptised Sunday
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ne members of the Epworth
lsaeue are requested to meet
nuaptly next Friday night at
- 4 full attendance is inn
.tnnt for the transaction of
business that ought to have
40 attended to sooner.
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PEASANT to agreement at last
.:,o. the Bossier Levee Board
snsby called to meetin special
s,l;on. at Bossier City, on next
sday, March %, 1900.
]. W. JErER, President.
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- Ns
No. AZ Ma1ket stases shreveport s
TIE place totake your hfcycles ana guns
whom you want them repaired.
Shipments Of poultry, eggs, butter.
fruit, game and hides, furs, wool. bees
wax, grain, feedstuff and all other coun-
try produce are solicited BY Mr.. A. NJ
lighthouse, Shreveport.
We all get sick. When we do, pleas
ant surroundings, good treatment and
careful nursing are to be desired. All
these can Be had at the popular Shreve-
port Sanitarium. Rates moderate.
squire and fresh drugs carefully COM
pounded" Take your prescriptions to
IRONS Drug Store, Benton, and your
get them filed that way. No pains arc
spared there. Read the standing I'd.
Happy the man and happy he alone,
he who can call to-day his owns -
But, my friend, there comes = morrow
there are impediments unforeseen. Bet
ter talk insurance with Mr.. J. H. Ross.
of Shreveport.
Poor fellowl he s'can't do a thing
but print" That's what he says in his
ads. However, he does not court your
sympathy, for he excels in his line his
is q successful business. Who IL he3
why, o. p. Ogilvie, Of Shreveport. Read
his "wabblings !" in this issue.
A Shreveport firm we'll known by
Bossierites is that OF Willer 4 Marks,
commission merchants and general deal
ers in dry goods. Mr.. MARKS was with
the late Mr.. Sam Benjamin for twelve
years. Mr.. Willer is native Of Benton.
and, for several years past, has been IN
business at Mansfield.
MoNTGoNERY's!-In general country
store can be found most anything you
need, and this Is true Of Montgomery's
store. He has these ends In view when
he makes his purchases. His aim is to
please. So please be pleased to call
around and get pleased and you'll please
him, and MS too, for wc are easily pleas
ed.-MoNTooMERY'sl
Many of our readers know Mr.. Arthur
J. Newman, successor to Downs & New
man, Shreveport. Mr.. Newman is bet
ter prepared now than ever to do work in
marble and granite and to build iron
fences. Write him for prices, etc.; no
trouble to answer questions. Country
trips often made, and out-of-town work
is specially solicited.
II sou are about to build or do any re-
pairing, you cannot do better than to gel
Mr.. G. C.. Hardman's prices on doors,
blinds, sashes, paints, etc. There Is moi
q better man in this line of business in
North Louisiana to buy from III treat
you "square." His ad. will not appear
| in the Banner again for some time, g
saye your paper and you'll have his nd
dress.
Among the leading merchants Of thil
place is Mr.. c. o. Gayle. His is vel
stocked house literally running ovel
with pretty and seasonable dry goods
furniture. crockery, glassware, china
ware, saddlery, harness, fresh groceries
etc. Mr.. Gayle and his brother, Mr.
w. I. Gayle, are good salesman, but bot
ter buyers prices are carefully watches
and the interest Of the customer is eve
paramount. II you wish to get you
moneys worth, be promptly and cour
teously waited upon, enlist your name .
once as one of the numerous customer
Of this staunch and enterprising firm.
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CIl0 6slUo II Priv
ing. Tho world il
fun Of printers.
Some Of them have
hung on to the
ragged edge Of the
business for many
years, and, to save
their lives, they
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Dentistry.

DR.. T. NJ. Comegys, Office in the new
Cooper Brothers building, second floor;
Shreveport.
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z seport 6anitarium Il . pri-
= ~ with pleasant surround
~, commodious, three-story
VIII trained nurses = every
aience;-a thoroughly up
eaafang room, and only two
r snioa dspok Ambqlanoe
q ans when notified.
Il Very truly,
7. 3. 6caulrzRr.
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For Sale.

DARED Plymouth Rock Eggs, Of the
ID Felch strain, at 30 cents Per thir-
teen, from = good stock = there = in
@. 5. NORMAN, Midway, L.
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espt tho mint, can na1ss
= asestislne olaa slae.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-13
Mr.. Dooley on the roer War.

Mr.. Dooley, like others, has been
puzzled by the South African dis
patches, He thinks they are written
by an English pote," one OF whose
tales of battle Mr.. Dooley thus gives:
Las night at eight clock, he soyo,
we found our slender but intrepid
army surrounded by wan hundred
thousan' Beers he says. We at.
tackled thin with gr-reat fury he
says, 'pursuin' thin up tn almost in.
accessible mountain side an capturin
eight guns, which we didn't want, so
we give thin back 10 thin, with
siveral iv our own he SAYS. Tn
Beers retreated, be says, pursued by
tn Dayitt Terrors, who cut their way
through tn fugitives with awful
slaughter, be says. They have now, 3
he says, 'pinethrated as far as Pre-.
toria, he says, til officers arrivin' in
first-class carredges an tn men in
trucks, he says, AN ARE camped in
tn bettin'- shed, where they ARE sf.
forded i7ry attintion be Tia vanquished
inimy, he says. AS fr us. he saws.
we decided, aither til victhry. 10
light out Fl LABYRINTH, he says.
'Ih' inimy had similar iutintions, he
says, but their skill has been vastly
overratej, lie says. we bate Thin
he says-'we bate thin be thirty miles, .
he says.
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"The sen, The sen,,,

We all went one day. says W. J.
Stillman in the Atlantic, to Coney Isl.
and, on the southern shore Of Long
Island, since q popular bathing place
for New York, but then a solitary
stretch Of seashore, with a few bath
ing boxes and a temporary structure
where bathers might get refreshments.
We drove ont IN my brothers buggy, s"
and es, az a turn in the road. L caught
a glimpse Of the distant sea horizon. I
rose in the buggy, shouting, "Ehe
sea, the sea" and, in an uncontrolla-
bic frenzy, caught the whip from nv
brothers hand and slashed the horse
IN Wild delirium, uncons cious Of what
/ was doing. The emotion remains
inelaceable after more than three
score years, one 81 the most vivid Of
my life. And how ecstatic was tho
sensation Of the plunge into the break.
ere, holding fast 90 my mothers hand.
and then tic race mp the beach be-
fore the next comber, trembling lest
% should catch me. as if 10 were q live
ing thing ready 90 devour me. They
never come back, these fret emotions
81 childhood. and though have loved
The rea al my life. T have never again
felt the sight q &c as then.
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Old TEsTAMeNT SLANG.
EVERYDAY Expressions That Have the
support OF the Bible.

There are many pictorial expires.
sions In constant and everyday use,
and familiar as household words, hav.
ing their origin il passages to be
found in the matchiess English of tho
grand old king James Version" of
the Bible. One who did not know
might hesitate TO believe that they are
supported by such high authority,
and our modern oversensitlve taste
might be tempted even to designate
them as slang, but they are really
word pictures.
Nearly ohc-half of those here quot
ed, with reference 10 chapter and
verse, it will be noticed, arc taken
from the Psalms, but David, the sweet
singer, was what we would now call u
familiar poet:
have stuck INTO my testimonies.
Oh, Lord, put me not to shame. -Ps.
cxix., 81.
Their heart is as fat as grease. but
I delight in thy law.-Ps. cxlx., 20.
have escaped with the skin Of my
teeth. job. xix, 30.
/ may tell all my bones; they look
and stare upon me.-Ps. xxi, II.
Spreading himself like a green bay
tree. -Ps. 4xxvii., 30.
Is his mercy clean gone forever
p. xvii, 9.
The words OF his mouth were
smoother than butter, but war was in
his heurt.-Ps. iv.. 81.
His enemies shall lick the dust
Ps. lxxii., ..
They reel to and fro, and stagger
like drunken man, and are at their
wits end.-Ps. evil, ~.
He that is surety for a stranger shall
smart for it.-Prov. XII. Is.
Tyre, the crowning city, whose mer.
chants are princes. Is. xiii, 8.
The Lord of hosts shall make unto
all people feast of fat things, feast
Of wines on the lees.-Is. XIV, 6.
The nations arc as a drop OF the
bucket and are counted az the small
dust of the balance. Is. XII, 10.
As if a wheel had been in the midst
of a wheel. s wheel within a wheel.)
Ezekiel 4, 10
1t was not the patriot, Patrick
Henry, who exclaimed:
Peace, peace, when there is Il peace!
Jere vi, IL
There was one familiar quotation
almost invariably attributed to scrip.
ture authority:
God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb.
II is by Rev. Laurence Stcrne, and
occurs in "The Sentimental Journey"
Boston Transcript.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-03-13
PRECIOUS METALS IN THE ARTS.
Enormous Quantities Consumed in the
Various Industries

Enormous Quantities Consumed in the
Various Industries.
1t is easy to ascertain how much gold
and silver are absorbed in the coinage
OF the various nations, but the most
careful estimates as TO the quantities
OF these metals used in the arts and
industries are only approximate. Sta.
tlsticiaus in the Treasury Department
OF the French Government recently
undertook the considerable task of
compiling the best information on this
subject, and the figures they have
reached are probably as accurate as
any that have yet been published.
Most Of the gold used in the arts is
for ornamentatiCp, though il is also
employed to a large extent for the
most practical purposes, as in den
tlstry. Il is doubtful If even iewelrv
consumes q larger quantity Of gold
than some other ways in which II is
used. The consumption for gliding
alone is very large. The films Of gold
leaf are very thin, but enormous mum
bers Of them are applied to q consid-
cradle variety Of manufactures. such
as signs, ieweiry, books, frames. fur
niture, pottery and other articles, and
the aggregate value Of the gold thus
used IS very large. The consumption
OF gold for gliding has considerably
increased since eIectrO-giiding came
into vogue. but because more gliding
Us done and also because the new pro.
cess wastes a considerable Quantity Of
iae metal According 20 the French
figures tue United States consumes in
the arts about thirty-one thousand
pounds of gold in wear. which
amounts iD value % $1,000. 600 in
round numbers. France. however.
with ler prominent manufactures of
.eveiry and other articles % luxury.
heads tie ii-t with ON annual con
sumption Of about thirtv-fye thou.
sand two hundred pounds "a wear
Grea. Britain also -1rra=sas the Uni.
tel States with 54.1gI pounds. Ger.
many consumes %, If1p pounds. Switz-
srland $4,000, Italy 1000. Russia
5000, A1s'ria-Hu1rarv rI-5. and Bel.
GUM and Holland T-Zn
Perhaps one reason why the United
states consumes il the arts good
deal more silver than any other cauu.
Try IS because Photography here. Will
it- amateur branch. Be- far more ezteu
stveIy iu 1se than iu any other land.
The chief industrial uses OF silver are
for SOLID silver plate aud silver plating
m1unlngs f.r harnesses and other
1r1auenta'ien, and photography. The
silver industries iu the United States
consume over five hundred and fftv
five thousand pounds year. Germans
and France about three hu1i-eI anil
thirty .lau-aud pounds each. Russia
100000 and Great Britain -Is0lD-
New York Sun.
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slory of KInlinr,. Chilli

This tale has to DO with Kipling's
little lost Josephine. Once the poet
was driving up Arundel street in Lon
kon toward the Strand when. all Of
sudden, the hand Of the "bobby"
ahead was raised. The word was
passed down the street that Her Ma
jesty was coming along the Strand on
an official visit to the Lord Mayor at
the Mansion House. Josephine had
never seen the Queen and Kipling
thought it was a good opportunity TO
lnGtll little reverence in her. lie
raised the child high in his arms that
she might see Victoria. The outriders
prauced by, followed by the royal car
riage. When It was all over. and the
finger Of the law was lowered. Kip
ling put down the child. He said.
well, Josephine, what did you think
Of it,"
Much to his amazement. the child
replied, Papa, did you see the
funny red soldiers on horseback"
Thereafter Kipling never ezerted
himself to point ont Her Majesty 10
any member Of his family.
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The amateur elocutionist vas tossed
and torn by conflicting emotions.
The performance Of the night be-
fore, when he had appeared The sole
entertainer at a charity function. the
management Of which bad paid hiu
go extra for bis services. was the
cause Of Dc all
But Why moufn2
A friend burst in upon him TO offer
generalization The friend mad not
attended the recital.
How did it 60 Off he asked
cheerily, grasping the young mans
hapd in both his, as be spoke. was
the audience carried awayf"
'N-n-no. was the dou btful reply.
They left Of their own accord"
Under such circumstance q person
never knows whether 90 smile or as
sumo q saddened cast q countenance.
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Coed Government Pure Homes and e,dly Hearts.
GAINESVILLE. w. VA. TUESDAY, MARCH -. 1900.

down to the depths OF the canon.
Then the boat seemed to Jump forward
like frightened steed. The speed
was frightful; away went my hat, but
l did not notice it then. My attention
was concentrated on that yellow streak
lying across my path far down the
slope.
If the timber were not too near the
top of the hume l might lie down in
the boat and pass in safety. That was
my only chance. 1t was impossible to
stop the boat on such a grade, even
with moderate head of water; but
with such torrent as was bearing
me on, 1t was worse than useless to
try.
In my anxiety and terror-for I
must admit was thoroughly fright
ened-1 had risen to my feet to get a
better. view of the dangerous spot. 1t
was now close at hand and 1 saw that
there was no hope for me. The big
timber nearly touched the top of the
tiumc at one side, but its outward end
was down and the other end tilted up.
The boat might pass under. but any.
thing resting on the boards on which
stood would be swept off and sent
whirliug dowu on the rocks, two hun
dred feet below.
felt that the end had come. Ire.
member wondering dimly how long it
would be before they would find my
body, and when and how my mother
would hear the news. 1 felt a vague
feeling of pity for her. Ididnot seem
to think OF myself; 1 seemed to be a
thing of the past. Practically I was.
IN my own eyes, dead man, and still
had not given up hope, for every
faculty was on the alert, ready to seize
on anything which might offer a
chance to escape. 1t was the instinc.
tive physical fight for life of man
trained in athletic sports, with every
muscle under perfect control and ready
TO obey the order of the brain.
While these thoughts were fitting
through my mind-and they could not
have occupied more than few seconds
the boat reached the timber and shot
under it. Involuntarily jumped over
the big stick, landing safely in the
boat on the other side, like a circus
rider jumping over a banner.
Then my nerves took their revenge
for the strain they had been under for
the long period OF about minute and
half. Ny trembling knees gave way
and 1 sank down onto the boards and
burst into wild peal Of laughter.
which / seemed to be unable to check
until long alter had passed the sec.
ton house at the foot OF the grade.
The hume-tender who saw me 70 bv
told me nfterward that he thought ]
was crazy man.
From that point down to Chico ii
was all plain sailing, and by the time
l had finished my long slide down-hill,
my nerves had renewed their tone,
and was ablet to telegraph back to the
Hume men to remove the dangerous
timber. But never after that fol-
lowed big timber down q fume. Ihad
received my lesson Youths Com
panion.
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whittier. Love at hi. Friends.

''No lapse Of years dimmed Whit.
tiers steady friendships" writes
Samuel L. Pickard, who contributes
q series of letters that passed between
Gail Hamilton and the poet, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. One Of the
letters that Whittier wrote TO Gail
Hamilton is dated September, 1887.
when the poet was in his eigLtieth
year:
Il was gladdcned last evening bv
the sight Of thy handwriting. III do
not see my dear old friends often
never forget them. In these lonely
latter days love to recall thy pleasant
visits TO our Amesbury home when
Elizabeth was with me. am getting
to be an antiquity. l seem TO have
pretty much Outliyed the world. The
last year has gone hard with me.
have as usual spent some weeks in
New Hampshire, but have returned
without the usual benefit Why will
thee not drive over here Ito DanversI:
or, better still, come to Amesburv. and
spend night as in the old time? I
expect to be there the first week in
October. God bless thee! Think of
me always as thy aIectionate friend. "
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Tell 0ll We ever meant TO say
Before they went their lonely way.
Oli surely fools arc we and worse,
10 add unto oar primal curse.
by steadtOst striving to conceal
Inc love that In our hearts we feel.
Like rivers running TO the sen,
hem,o2tSe.s stream flows ceaselessly.
Not like tue cooling waters fow.
That GladGen wheresoe'er they 90.
But Ike the lava streams that pour
FROM mountain tops u oceans shore,
turning the region where men dwell
Into the counterpart Of hell.
Ihus, thus 1t Is rcmCrse doth run
In endless stream from sire to son,
Leaving its black and deadly trace
On every soul o; all our race.
. God In heaven, make US bear.
Like heroes here, our load Of care
Aud. most OF oil, We Thee bescecL
Grant US the use of gentle speech.
SO that rcmorse and her dark road
Shall starve and die for lack Of food.
S c
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A Bear, II bog and rrnve,ry.

One of the Interesting features OF
the grounds surrounding tue Soldiers
Home is the bear pep. lust across tbe
track from the main building: and tho
old black animal therein has been
watched for hours Mt time by the
veterans when time hung heavily upon
theT hands. He is said TO be molten
siYe and entirely free from a quarrel.
some disposition, aud none of the old
men would ever have believed that the
bear would harm kitten or i,tesk tho
crust on meat pie.
They know differently now. how
ever. They saw a tragedy not long
ago which changed their minds and
materially increased tl.ir opinions
about his beGrship. Amr-z tue visi
tors one afternoon were 4 mau and
a little fellow. and be LaI one of
those cute little terriers in his arms
He was delighted over the hca~. and
became So enthusiastic that he dropped
his dog. The little pup scented a
bone belonging TO the bear. and he ran
between the bars of the cage to grab
1t. The veterans who were LOOKING
saw one swift movement, about as
rapid as flash of lightning. and they
heard something. \ moment later
there was q wall from the child. Tho
Oody OF the dog lay across the pen.
Imp aid lifoless, ond when il was
tished out of the cage there was hardly
an unbroken bone i'll the carcass. The
child was inconsolablc, the veterans
were surprised, and q little wire screen
has been placed about the base of
that pen to keep inquisitiyc dogs from
committing suiciie.-Granl Rapids
Press.
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REMORSE,

How many cheeks are daily wet
Win tears that spring from old regret;
How like taunt unto our ears
Come far across the waste Of years
Hemembrnnccs OF cruel speech
Ihat swiftly went beyond our reach,
INJECTING wounds such as no art
Could ever make the pain depart;
And not alone the words we said
Come haunting like the ghostly dead
The gentle speech, the loving word.
That were by us too long deferred
Oh! how their cherries echoes roll
Along the chambers OF the soul:
OH what world we'd give IL we
Had lived with larger charity.
And had with open hearts expressed
Our love TO those We loved the best.
III we could break these prison bars
And press far up beyond the stars.
Far, far above, to place unknown.
Where spirits OF the dead are flown.
Would we not seek our loved ones side.
And, casting old reserve aside,
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The poet Campbell went SO far as TO
speak Of Fries bank, where tigers
creep along, but this way very far
fetched. The wolverine, from which
Michigan has been named. has always
bad, however, the reputation Of being
a most ferOcIous creature. These
stories are not wholly uufouuded,
although no doubt greatly ezaggera-
ted. The Wolverine is usually about
two and half feet long without the
tail, which would make a considerably
greater length Its back is somewhat
arcnsi Dts head s broad aud round
ing % form its nose. lie legs ere
short and tdi1k. The FUR IS a dark
brown, nearly black To- winter. with q
light stripe along the upper part Of
each side meeting on the back. and
another across the forehead. 7. feeds
on small animals and is very fond OF
r0bbing traps ]. is ciassed with the
bear family, but in some respects is
allied 90 the weasel tribe Only al.
night does IS leave its hiding place
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r c u 4 II S re .
Gently issued by
the Department of
Agriculture d e.
scribe with some
detail q German
& ar den school.
Most of the COM
IN o n schools in
small German viii
lagos, it says, have