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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to sun
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

Rentham--"How absurd it is! Everybody
knows there is no north pole, and yet think
of the money and the lives that have been
thrown away in order to discover it." Red
ding-"Yes, but think Of the time and eff
fort wasted in seeking the man or woman
who comes up to our ideal! Neither exists,
you know."-Boston Transcript
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06
Best for the RoNela

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Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

Carter'sInk isjust as cheap as poor ink and
is the best ink made. Always use Carter's.
Returns-"Does he get any returns from
his poetry" Cali he does get. "-Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

.''They say" remarked the philosophic
man, chat the darkest hour is just before
the dawn" 'Jimminy!" exclaimed Lazi.
bones, chats one of my brightest hours,
for I'm always sure to be asleep then"
Philadelphia Press,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

It is said that an ordinary brick weighs
about four pounds. Nevertheless, the man
who gets hit with one imagines it to weigh
about four tons.-Norristow Herald.
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To Cure y Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. "A
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The Dashinr Explorer.

Polar Explorer-What shall call my new
book? "a Dash for the Pole?"
Publisher-No. Call it "a Dash for the
Lecture Platform" -Baitimore American.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

It was the middle of the week when the
young man appeared at the Office to make
his excuses and explanations. you should
have returned from your vacation last Mon
day, sir" said the proprietor of the estab-
lishment. "You were having a good time
at that summer resort, suppose, and
thought you were entitled to three days of
graces" "N-not exactly" stammered the
young man, with heightened color. Laura,
sir."-Answers
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06
Needless
Indigestion

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trouble ceases. It is the mis-
sion of the liver to protect you
from the evils Of over-eating.
If you have fullness or distress
after meals, if your food fer
ments, sours or forms gas,
stop the trouble in a day by
taking
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Storms
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ss5 DROPS" Is q proven
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-12-06

He was rather a rackety young man and
kept very late hours. He was going on a
long journey, and on bidding farewell to
his beloved he said to her: Darling, when
I am far away, every night I will gaze at
yon star and think of thee. Wilt thou, too,
gaze at yon star and think of mew Il will,
indeed, dearest" she replied. IF | needed
anything to remind me of you would
choose this very star" "Why" he asked
Because it is always out SO late at night
and looks so pale in the morning. Pick
Me-Up.
Ex-President Cleveland is widely cred.
tied with originating the phrase: Public
.ffice is a public trust" Two years before
his death in 1874 Charles Sumner wrote:
"The phrase Public office is public trust
has Of late become common property. Dor
man B. Eaton said in 1881: The public Of
fees are public trust" Calhoun said IL
1895: the very essence of free govern
ment consists in considering offices as pub
lie trusts" Thomas Jefferson said in 1907
'tWhen a man assumes public trust h
should consider himself as public prop
erty. Kansas City journal
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
ADS SHOULD BE CENSORED.

w. G. Holmes, business manager of
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, enun-
ciates good doctrine when he says:
81 believe one of the weak spots in
the business end of the newspaper of
today.,is that it is not careful enough
in the nature of the advertisements it
places in Its columns. A good deal of
the advertising is not only very obiec-
,ionable, but great deal of it is fake
advertising, and imposes upon the
readers of the paper. The standing
of a newspaper has more Or less to do
with the value of its advertising; and
if the public finds large part of the
advertisements unreliable, then it pays
less attention to the other advertise
ments, and the whole value of the pa
per as an advertising medium is weak
ened."
The Courier is glad to be able to say
that the advertisements appesring in
its columns are carefully censored.
Not only is Objectionable advertising
vigorously excluded, but almost every
week cash in advance advertising prop,
vertisements give evidence on their
face of being fakes or frauds. The
Courier will not knowingly insert adj
vertising of this character at any price
We desire that the advertising columns
of the Courier shall not only be clean,
fresh and newsy, but that the an
'nouncements therein shall be strictly
reliable. We want the advertising in
the Courier to benefit not only the adj
yertiser but the general public as well.
In fact the public receives the chief
benefit from the right kind of advertis
ing, and the Courier does not propose
that any other kind shall appear in its
columns.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
A CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL.

Announcement has just been made
of the organization of the Correspon-
dence school of Highland Park college,
with DR.. Henry Sabin, ex-state super
intendent of public instruction, as con-
ductor. DR.. Sabin's long and useful ca
reer as public school man and his
recognized eminence in educational
circles will make everyone interested
in his future plans.
During the first year of the Cor
respondence school the following
courses will be offered: Normal, Ace
demic, Pharmacy, Steam engineering,
Electrical Engineering, Telegraphy,
Shorthand and Typewriting,
Business and Ornamental Pennman-
ship. The need of correspond
ence instruction is attested by
the great success of correspondence
courses offered by many colleges and
universities during recent years. To
public school teachers these courses
are very great benefit.
Highland Park college is comforting
a public benefit by offering this oppor-
tunity to the people of Iowa. 1t af-
fords chance for those who must
work or have other reasons for stay
ing at home to get an education. The
name of DIR. Sabin at the head of this
department gives assurance that it will
be ably conducted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Born New York, October 81, 1858.
Educated at Harvard university. Men,
Der of the New York legislature 1924.
Leader of the minority 1888, leader ut
the house 1854. United Civil service
commissioner 1sS9-95. PRESIDENT New
York police board 1S95-97. Organized
Roosevelt's Rough Riders 1898. Lieu
tenant colonel and colonel, in COM
mand in Cuba. Elected governor OF
New York November, 1898, with plu-
rality of 1899. Nominated for vice
president June 81, 1900. Residence, Oy-
ster Bay, Long Island. Publications,
War of 1912, 1882; Hunting trips of
a Ranchman, 1885; Life of Thomas
Hart Benton, 1886; Life Of Governor
Morris, 1887; Ranch Life and the Hunt
ing Trail, 1888; The Winning of the
West, 1ss9-95; The Wilderness Hunted,
1883; American Ideals, 1898; The
Rough Riders, 1899.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
THE BEAR GRoWLs.
From Wednesdays Daily.

The Courier's dispatches from China
yesterday gave the first hint of trouble
between the Russians and the. Anglo
American forces in the fowery king
dom. Few people but expected some
thing of the kind, tho it really came
sooner than it was looked for. IT was
apparently impossible that the lion
sand, the bear should lie down in peace
together, or that they should ever
join forces in the hunt. The first low
growls have already been heard. Evi-
IDENTIFY the American eagle is expected
by the rest of the menagerie 10 take
or not must remain to be seen. If
he takes sides at all it must be with
the beast whose tail he has 1T times
delighted to twealS, and not with that
shambling, awkward fellow, the Rus
sian bear. The latter is dangerous
and avaicious animal, but if he comes
to try conclusions with the eagle and
the lion he will fight the fight of his
life.
Seriously, a great war at the present
time, or indeed, at any time, would be
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03

country in that section. American
cottons, oils, and American manufac-
lures generally are in great demand in
the province of Shinglliug, of which
NewchwaRg is the treaty port and
most important city, and goods reach
the interior by the Muren river, which
is navigable nearly to the northern
border of the province. The proposed
Russian railway line, which is project
ed thru Manchuria and the province of
Shingking to Port Arthur, passes near
Newchwang, and is to be connected by
a short line. Another, British line,
will connect Ncwchwang with Shan
balkan, which is already in railway
connection with Pekin. The demand
for American goods ae this treaty port
and the country adjacent to it is
shown by the following extract from
the report of Walter Lay, commissions
er of customs at that point, written in
1898:
THE rapidity with which English
drills have been disappearing may be
seen by noting that the importation
only four years ago, amounted to So
GOO pieces, while during the period un-
der review only 5000 pieces arrived.
The predominant position secured by
American drills and sheetings is now
one OF sheer supremacy. The value of
these two items aggregates 3,125oOO
haillwan taels-that is, not far short
OF half the gross value of all foreign
arrivals coastwise. Cotton yarn did
not >recede from the advanced position
assumed in the previous year, for the
falling off of the Indian yarn was neu-
tralized by the increase in Japanese
yarn. The inelastic character of the
trade in wooden goods continues. me
most striking feature in the category
OF sundries is the overwhelming impor-
tation of kerosene oil, in which trade
the supremacy of American brands is
exceedingly pronounced, for the large
Importation of $4,000 gallons. In 1896
has been eclipsed by the 2,O41 900 gall
Ions to the credit of the period under
review. The net value of the imports,
which is practically the same as the
large figure of the previous year, may
be considered fairly to represent vol
ume of trade equivalent to that year.
With reference to the leading articles,
native cloth, medicines, silk piece
goods, green tea, and prepared tobacco
have gained, while raw cotton, paper
and sugar have lost. Cotton yarns,
manufactured by Chinese mills, adj
vanced from 600 hailwan taels to 77,sSS
haikwan taels
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
ANOTHER PROPHECY.

In his speech at Hornellsville, n.
Y, August rs, 1896, Mr.. Bryan thus
acclaimed against the gold Standard:
'They know the gold standard en-
courages the boarding Of money, in
stead of expanding it in the develop
ment of the resources of the country.
land now this policy of boarding is
driving thousands of workingmen out
in the streets, where they beg for the
privilege of working for their daily
bread"
Commenting on the above in the
Conservative, Hon, j. Sterling Morton
a democrat of democrats, says:
st was not the gold standard that
created the conditions 20 which he
referred, but the fear of reputation
drove capital from the usud, channels
OF investment. If there was any doubt
about this at the time it las been re-
moved by later events. The defeat of
Mr.. Bryan, the consequent restoration
of public confidence in our financial in
tegrity brought the gold from hiding
and employed it Sin developing The
resources of the country and thus
gave employment to labor
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Hang ON Embnnkment,. Edge.

st. Louis, June s7.-Two passenger
coaches filled with members of st.
Louis Sunday schools, hanging on the
edge OF a high embankment at the
east approach of the Merchants bridge
was the frightful result of an engin-
GERS carelessness at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day morning. The perilous experience
of the excursionists followed side-on
collision which threw the Two cars
from their trucks and tearing them
from the center of the train plunged
them to the very edge of a steep thir-
ty-foot cut.
Many women and children were
scratched and bruised as they escaped
by the car windows, after having been
thrown in heaps on the car floors by
the force of the two trains coming to-
gether. The train which crashed into
the special was No. s, of the Chicago
& Alton from Chicago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
THE NINA MILLER TRAGEDY.
Suicide of George ID. Medill. at Milan
Ill, REEVES Interest in Girls Death. (

Ft Madison, June 25.-The death of
Nina Miller, of Milan, Illinois, whose
body was found floating ca the ice at
Fort Madison last winter, is recalled by
the suicide of George d. Medill, whose
body was discovered in a clump of
willows near Milo. A telegram from
there says that at the coroner's in
quest many witnesses were summoned
as the deceased had been prominent
in the case of Nina Miller, whose
body was found on cake of ice in
the Mississippi river January 1 last
and who was thought to have commit
ted suicide on account of mans
falseness. D. I. Little, Of Milan, was
the only witness who threw any light
on the cause of suicide. Mr.. Little
said:
81 saw him alive Saturday evening
about 6 or o'clock. About three
weeks ago he came into The store and
called me into the back room. He told
me then he had a good notion to kill
himself. / asked him why and he said
he had perjured himself before the
grand jury. He said he would have
killed himself that morning, but the
people would think he was implicated
in the Nina Miller case, but did not
say anything about .ne point OF per-
jury. The next day saw him driving
out of town and asked him how he
felt, and he replied First rate That
was the last saw of him until Satur-
day."
The suspicion that has prevailed for
some time that the deceased could
throw additional light on the disap-
pearance of Nina Miller is not lessen
ed by the tragic ending Of the unfor-
tunate life
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Dollar Wheat.

Keokuk Gate City: Dollar wheat is
4 possibility, in spite of the fact that
silver is under sixty cents. The value
of commodity depends upon the sup
ply and demand, and if the drouth in
the northwest should prove as serious
as reported, wheat will go to higher
figure.
And after all this is nothing on
which to build political hopes. 1t is
not a matter of politics but of econom-
les. We might say to the democrats,
go up into North Dakota, where the
drouth is, and lay the responsibility
of the lack of rain upon the republic
ans. And what is North Dakota's loss
will be Kansas, gain. She will pay off
her mortgages and North Dakota
will get good price for small crop.
Nevertheless dollar wheat is not.very
inspiring to those who are getting
their machinery in order to run a cam
paign on the calamity line. 1t will be
hard to impress the people of Kansas
or even Nebraska with the idea that
dollar wheat is fictitious because the
price of silver is not what it should be.
The people of those states will pocket
the dollar with the glad realization
ttat it at least is not fictitious. Bry-
ans own state is feeling the benefits
of good crops and it is not likely that
it will take as pessimistic view of
things as it did four years ago. Pes
simism and populism go hand in hand.
Contentment does not seek a change
and the farmer with the big crops is
satisfied with his farm. his country and
himself. Do not talk calamity with
him,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
WAS DURANr INNoCENT9

Newspaper readers will readily recall
the sensational murder of Blanche La.
mont and Minnie Williams by Theodore
Dnrrant some time ago in the state of
California. In reference thereto the
Salt Lake Tribune is responsible for
the following
One OF the saddest and most atrocious
legal murders SO far recorded is that of
Theodore Durrant, hanged in Califor-
MIA few years since for the murder
of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Will
liams. most diabolical double crime,
Its very fiendishness hardly having a
parallel in the annals of vice, and its
perpetrator was sought high and low
for several days, the whole world hop
ing for his capture and punishment. In
the meantime the so-called astute de
tectives and police authorities conclud-
ed victim was needed, and after fas-
tening their clutches on young Durrant
proceeded to collect what they termed
evidence, the whole mass of stuff in
all probability being manufactured for
the purpose of conviction, and all of a
circumstantial nature. Durrant stout
ly maintained from his arrest up to the
moment of execution that he was in
nocent of the horrible charge, but for
sooth he could not explain every mo-
ment OF his presence at certain times,
he was convicted and hanged, and once
more the majesty of the law, along
with the thick skulled theory of these
police wiseacres, was duly indicated
Now the sequel: A few days ago, on
his deathbed, Rev. Gibson, who at the
time was pastor of Emanuel church
where one of the murders was commit
ted, confesses that he killed both OF
the victims. He was an active and i'm.
portant witness at the trial of poor
Durrant. the reason of which is now
quite plain, and also in view of the fact
that suspicion was strongly directed to
him at the time.
In view of the prominence which the
newspapers gave to the murder and the
subsequent trial of the accused, we are
at a loss to understand why the alleg-
ed confession of Rev. Gibson has seem.
ingly attracted SO little attention
However, we reproduce the above for
what it may be worth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Stock and lightning.

Newton Journal: Statistics show
that not less than go per cent of the
animals killed by lightning are found
in close proximity to wire fences, and
that the lightning killing them is con-
yeyed by the wire on, the fence. Any
one who has paid any attention to the
matter, will tell you that stock, par
ticularly cattle and sheep, will huddIe
together in fence corner, if they are
in field during storm. This gives
two chances for being killed if light
ming strikes wire fence. A piece of
No. IA wire run from the top of the
fence into the ground deep enough to
meet dampness, three or four rods
apart, would do away with all danger
to stock from lightning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03

conclusion reached was a unanimous
recommendation that the examination
for entrance to the academy be raised
materially, so as to accord with the
first years work. At present the en-
trance examination is framed under
an old law and is so elementary that
cadets readily enter the Institution.
Once inside, however they are confron-
ted with very difficult course. and SO
per cent drop, out the first year. The
board of visitors felt it was quite un-
just to admit cadet by an easy exam
ination and then force him out of the
academy by rigorous course.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Money in the United States is cheap

Money in the United States is cheap
er than anywhere else in the world.
AT the market price in April the aver
age earnings for our four per cent
bonds of 1925 We're 2.244 per cent; for
the tours of 1907 the earnings We're
1857 per cent; for the three's 1.T3s
p = cent; for the five's 1.452 per cent.
German 3h per cents sold at 96h to
81, and German SIS at sc to s6lI, so
that their earnings to the buyer were
more than the interest stated. The
premium on British consols is about /
per cent, and on the French rentes
per cent, and their earnings vary a
little above the face interest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03

men of the people be selected to fill
public offices that have faculty of rec
ognizing them after the elevation as
easily as before. Such an individual is
Mr.. Naming. All the political influ-
ence at the command of the powers
would never cause him to forget his
friends or make any difference in his
treatment of people on account of par
ty differences. These traits are what
make him strong at home and they
are such as to recommend him abroad.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Want Them Back Again.

Centerville Citizen: Of, all the
guests from abroad whe We're here to
attend the Huston-Williams wedding
not one received warmer welcome to
our city than Mr.. C. d. Reimers, the
gifted young editor of the Davenport
Times. Mr.. Reimers was formerly the
editor Of this paper; our people claim
him yet as a Centerville boy-We have
only lent him awhile for work and use
fitness elsewhere and we hope to bring
him back some day and send him to
congress from the eighth district.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Major Copger.

Davenport Times: Major Conger,
the American minister at Picking, is an
Iowa man, as also veteran of the civ
il war. At the present time, beside
his wife and daughter. there are with
him Mrs. Woodward and daughter, of
Des Moines, and a Miss Bayard, of Chi
cago. While they have been in the
center of the storm district in the Chi
nese capital, it is scarcely probable
that any of them have been harmed.
At least, such will be the hope of their
Iowa friends, and the public generally.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
Dolliver In the Nation.

Vinton Eagle: Even if Dolliver is
not nominated, it gives the people Of
Iowa knowledge of the strength and
standing won by Mr.. Dolliver in the
nation. AT home we are so apt not to
notice the growth of our citizens; ev-
cry day seems alike to us. Deliver
has been twelve years in congress, but
his friends hardly realize it, and less
do they realize that each succeeding
congress has brought to him added de-
velopment. He may well be the sub
ject OF congratulation even if he'does
not receive the nomination.