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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

The charms of solitude depend largely on
the man who is to be charmed.-Chicag
Democrat
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Some men never realize how mean they
have been until they run for offce.-Chica
70 Daily News
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Couldn't Think Of Vampire.
Pearl-What do you call these bats that
hang by their heads, Ruby?
Ruby-Acrobats. dear.-Chicago Evening
News
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Teacher-"Willie, can you tell US what
lie Starvem 1.-THE landlady's son)-um.m.
Why-er-er-" Teacher"Come. What
does your mother put the cold meat and
vegetables and things in?" Willie Starvem
Frightening - "Hash!" - Philadelphia
presa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

To fully Introduce our Famous 'oOUT8Gn1
BELLE CI0ARS' give TO each psRson euyil4
Of so cigars for $3.50 and express charges sn
American make, which with proper care should w.
for years; also patsd watch chain and charm sehas
cigars. watch, chain and charm H. after exaninaaos ~
are satisfied pay your agent $50 and express cnaf
Southern Belle good many l0c cigers ROY enSc
Address tionai Cigar Co., Dept. 3, q hsns ~
When ordering please give the name OF this pepsf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

In Newsboy's Alley.
"You's de inside of bunghole!" yelled
Jimmy.
"You's de center of . cruller!" retorted
Chicago Evening News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

.t Ms iSss, ndy Bd t 'h'9 Tbe1
say he is half drunk all the time" Mr.. Fogg
And that's the way the world loves to
exaggerate! It does Bobson rank injustice.
He half drunk all the time! The things
absurd There are many hours in his life
when he is asleep, and there are many hours
when he is drunk through and through
Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Age may not be garrulous, out there is n,
denying the fact that it tells on both mel
and Chicago Daily News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Miss Nice-"W What do you think of the new
woman, Mr.. Fair?" Mr.. FART detest
the bold, shrieking creature. How much
more lovable is the old woman, like you'll"
Miss Nise-"Sir! (He tried desperately to
explain, but she would not hear.)-Mel.
bourne Weekly Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-05-17

Suspicious Bank Manager-"l think we'd
ond in Command-''Do you think he is EN-
bezzling?" Manager-"1 am almost sure Of
it. He is growing very careless about his
personal appearance. Only rich men can
afford to do that."-Sydney Town and Coun
try Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
4 Rev Cure For Insomnia.

Many people claim that they cannot
sleep we'll at night Some of them
drink too much eff 20, au,oke too many
cigars or torn, ~, their stomachs at
supper, etc, etc But there is hope
for all the sleepiess by very simple
device. Victor Smith says, in the
New York Press: Il suppose all Of
US are suffering from the invasion CT
electricity. My OLD friend Bouace,
who was a victim Of Insomnia for 40
years, thinks he sleeps now better than
any man on earth. He lost his way in
the Adriondacks and stayed over night
in the cabin of forester. His sleep
va, the sleep of man Just made per-
feet, and in the morning he found that
be had not moved half an inch. It's
the insulation, the forester insisted.
You city folk are KILN yourselves
with contact Ify,u'll break the con-
tact you'll be able to sleep and get your
Derves back. This matter Of contact
VAS finally e1 planned to mean that our
bed posts are in contact With the floors,
the floors with the walls and the walls
with Mother Earth, so that whatever
Iersonal magnetism man has In him
io,s a6ay in the night time, leaving
him like log on the mattress The
forester had obtained four glass in
sulators from telegraph poles some
where and screwed them on the posts
Of his guest bed, so that the electricity
could net run away. Bounce, the
very day he got home, insulated his
bed, and from that moment to the
present his insomnia has been Danish
3D."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
AT THE SHOW.
What Was Heard During Most Ah
sorhlns Scene.

Macauley's Theatre was 80 crowded
the last night Of the Julia Arthur en-
gagement that there was no room lor
the Fool Killer who came late. Down
In the parquet was couple in need OF
his services. They had been engaged
probably twenty hours, and within five
minutes everybody in their vicinity
knew it. Two young men who think
Miss Arthur the greatest as well as
the most beautiful English-speaking
actress were in front Of the loving pair.
Trouble started with the second act,
when Miss Arthur swept on the stage
gowned in her Cleopatra costume, a
vision Of perfect loveliness. The au-
dience gasped it's admiration and the
only male creature that had been en-
gagged since Eden whispered to the cot
ton-locked damsel beside him: ''That's
just as you looked last night, ETange-
line"
Then followed the scene when Jose
phine, with all the seductive power OF
her voice, her beauty, her love and her
womanliness, coaxes the sulky Napo-
icon from his room. The house was
scarcely breathing. The two young
worshippers were living on Miss Ar
thurs pleading. The voice Of the girl,
who had bitten of more love than she
could digest secretly, rasped them to
earth again.
Henry" she grated, that's just aa
I begged you after we quarreled to-
night
Again came comparative peace until
Napoleon began to urge the divorce.
Josephine sinks on a sofa overcome.
Her husband offers her water. She
shrinks from him. THAT water is
poisoned, Junot. Drinkr' thunders the
emperor, and Junot drains the glass.
would you do that, Evangeline,"
grunted Henry, turning calf's eyes on
her.
''I'd do it if I loved him. I'd drink
poison for you, Henry" she whimper-
ed, sentimentally.
That was past all patience. One OF
the men whirled in his seat.
"For heavens sake, young woman,
drink it, and drink it quick" he said.
The voice from the stage was heard
alone after that.-LouisVille Courier
Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
FREE BLOOD CURE.
An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers

Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are
all durable by B. B. B. Botanic Blood
Balm, which is made especially to cur,
all terrible Blood Diseases. Persisten,
Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes,
Scrofuia, that resist other treatments,
are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanit
Blood Balm). Skin Eruptions, Pim-
Piles, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales,
Blisters, Boils, Carbuncles, Blotches,
Catarrh, rheumatism, etc., are al! due
to bad blood, and hence easily cured
by B. B. B. Blooi Poison producing
Eating Sores, Ecuptions, Ssollcn
glands, Sore Throat etc., cured by B.
B b. Botanic Blood Balm), in one to
FIVE months. B. B. B. does rot con-
tain vegetable or mineral poison.
One bottle will test it Ia an case. For
sale by druggists everywhere. Lars e
bottles 81, six for FIVE S.. Write for
free samplebottle, which will be sent,
prepaid to Times readers, describe
symptoms and personal free med f
advice will be given. Address B o ID
Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Shall Mt Be Queen.

A stormy debate vas participated in
il the lower house Of the Hungarian
parliament on the Archduke Ferdin-
and Remuneration Of claim TO the Hung
arian throne in behalf Of the issue Of
his morganasic marriage. Francis
Kos5uth had insisted on the right Of
Countess Cho:ek to become queen Of
Hungry, and the premier, kolonau de
Sslle, had declared this was impossible.
Immediately there arose a tremendous
tumult, with deafening cries Of She
shall &c qae,D.' When quiet was re-
stoc J ;hv !srcm cr e. p 'e>sei the great
est respect Tor the wife OF Archduke
Ferdinand, but explained that it was
impossible to alter the law Of succession.
This explanation, ne followed with a
strong appeal to :he chamber to psss
the bill confirming the renunciation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
q New Surar Cane.

DR. Stubbs, director of the United
States agricultural experiment. sta
tion auoucn Park, Ls., who recently
announced the discovery of new sugar
csae which would yield thirty yer cent
more sugar than the product os grown
IN lhe state OF Louisiana, IS confident
that It viii reVoiutionize the sugar in
Gus ~ "a that state. lie says he secur.
ed geRialIy grow in the South anu in
cre.se the sugar output fer the acreage
already planted in the state. Hs has
TWO planted IN the kinds Of care ghich
he considers very valuable. Ole kind
produces 3o tons per acre, ana its juice
yields Ii per Cent. Of sugar, the old
cane produces 81 TO 35 tons pr acre
with a II per cent. yield in sthe juice.
This Was the only cane on the expert
meat sta:ioo 1ot blown down in the
great storm. Oar farmers should ge:
some Of this new cane aad give 1t a
trial,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
NEW VALUE OF SAGEBRUSE.
The Long-Despised Plant Has Been
Found TO Be Excellent Food
for Cattle.

One Of the strikingly remarkable
things in the development of this coun-
try has been the transformation Of
views that has taken place in the pop
ular mind regarding relative values.
Sections of the country, their ca pabili-
ties and products, that in the early days
were regarded as wholly worthless, of
late days have been discovered to be
among the richest wealth-producing
territories to be found anywhere on the
face of the earth. Take, for example,
that section Of country lying between
the Missouri river and Denver. Thirty
Eve years ago the principal part Of
what is now known as the great corn
belt was supposed by the shrewdest
and best informed men of affairs to
be little better than vast irreclaim-
able wilderness, incapable of afording
sustenance for anything but jackrab-
bits and prairie dogs. It's chief product
in those days was sagebrush, which
was thought to be useful for nothing
but adding fuel to the flames OF prairie
ares in the fall season, says the Chicago
Post.
Bu. that supposed wilderness has
turned out to be the garden spot Of the
continent, which requires only to be
tickled to produce in superabundance
of food for man and beast. It has, IN
fact, become the great granary of the
world, on which the eyes of civilization
are constantly fixed to see what prom
ise for the future it has to make. Not
only so, but it has been discovered that
the despised sagebrush is in itself an
article of great value, through the cul-
tivation of which the people Of the sec
tion which is its habitat may be
greatly enriched. So clearly and forci-
bly, has this been demonstrated that
the department of agriculture at Wash
ington is actually sending out free to
the agriculturists of the region in ques-
ton packages Of sage seed. the cultiva-
tion of which is strongly urged.
Recent Investigation has shown that
the plant contains highly nutritious
qualities, and is the most desirable for
age that can be found for cattle in win
ter. Furthermore, it has been found
that cattle are exceedingly fond of it,
and will eat it when available in pref
erence to anything else. Stock fed on
it make rapid growth and are said to
be remarkably free from disease be-
cause Of the tonic qualities it contains.
It cannot be cut and cured as is hay,
but where cattle can be allowed to roam
at large during the winter months 1t
affords them most desirable feed. It
will grow anywhere. Alkah and nom
alkali lands are the same to It, and it
fourishes alike in dry and wet seasons.
Seeds and stems are both eaten with
relish by all grazing animals.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Bug Stings Kills

a dispatch from Birmingham Ala j.,
to The 4 lapta Journal says: Thomas
S. Boykin, promiaent wholesale pro-
ducs man, died sunday from septic
pneumonis, produced by the bite Of a
kissing or electric light bug Eight
days ago the bug stung him on the lip
while he vas standing in the lobby of
the Morris hotel. He felt the sting,
bat paid little attention to it until few
days ago, when his lip and the entire
side Of his face ssclled to unusual
proportions and festered. He then call
ed in physicians, but it was too late.
The posion of the bugs bite had pen
etrsted his entire system. and he died
The remains were taken to Selma, Ala,
for iuterment. He was IS years Of age,
and leaves widow. He Has marred
only three months ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
KILLED THE PAY CLERK
But tn. Assistant Shot Tw, Robbers
and Saved Money

Four | allan mipers attempted to rob
Pay Clerk Wn. Hosler of the South
west Conncllsvilie Ccke company,
while making his trip between Puts
bug Pa aad A,verton with the pay
roll cf tie 4 vcIton aad Tarr Works,
amcu tug to 81 0O0 Mr.. Hosler is
dead his compsnion, Harry Burgess,
mcsseDg OF the company, is wouJd ded;
two Of the Italians are dad; third
is ally woundei and the fourth in jail.
Hos.er ana Burgess left this city at
o'clock this Afternoon with the safe
contain og tie money TO pay eli the nen
at the Alverton AID TAR Werks. As
they reached the summit Of the long
hill sboVe More1, u, st below which
lies A,verton, large coke to Hn, with
out secord warning, the four I,a,isns
fired vollcy from their hiding place
and spr.pg forward firing as they ad.
va1ced MIR. Hosler fell dead, at the
d.st volley. Youug Burgess, though
wounded, vas able to return their fire
with cfoct aad one CT the numb;r at
the horsehsads fell dead A second late
he fred his revolver in the very face
Of another, and as be fell his remaining
com panions became terr.6 d and leav-
ing the dead, one SCI out with the
wounded one over the hill to the south
in the direction of the Alice min,s
Burgess managed to drive on into
A.vurton with the BODY Of Mr.. Hoslcr
and the safe, where he gave the alarm
Mount Pleasant aud vicinity with the
clerical force Of the coke company tur0
ei out sou st;ong headed by Lieut.,
John G. Thompson, of Companl +, AID
soon corraled the two, who had con
cealed themselves in a f ID on the
Durstine farm, mile or so from this
| toRn.
A summons to surrender was ans Rer-
ed By a vo;iey iu which one of the
posse received slight wound on the
ches. The outlaws, from their forti-
icd position, made fierce stand for a
few minutes until one Of the posse sue
ceeded il getting in the rear. He shot
one through the head, killing him iu-
stant!y. rhe other surrendered and
was brought to the Office Of Squire
Rhodes and remsnded to Ill.
In the meantime another division Of
the posse overhauled the third would
be roboer, who had received CHASTITY
wound The ball, entering his mouth
and penetrating lis head, came out at
the baok of his neck. He is not ex.
pected to recover.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Outlandish.

The tramp entered the private Of
fee Of a South Water street cheese
merchant.
Boss" began the knight Of the tin
can tribe, "Ise a Boer, an I wants
yer to help me to land in South AZ
rica."
"Tll help you to land on the out
side!" blurted the busy cheese mer.
chant.
Den, boss, I'll be an outlander."
And the tourist vanished before tho
bombardment Of ripe cheese.-ChL
cago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
ARMY PAY TEMPTED THEM.
Eow New York italians Were In
duced to Answer Questions for
the Census Man.

The foreign quarters Of New York
gave the enumerators great deal Of
trouble. Many thought their names
were being taken for the purpose Of
impressing them into the army. An in
terpreter was sent post haste one day
to help out an enumerator who had
telephoned to headquarters that he had
been nearly murdered by an infuriate6
crowd in crowded tenement. When
the enumerator returned to the teue-
ment in company with the interpreter
pandenonium broke out again. A big,
strapping, muscular woman led the
hostile forces, and was followed by one
Italian armed with q club, another
with picket torn from a fence, while
e third had drawn a stiletto ready for
business.
The interpreter finally managed to
win the attention Of the amazon, when
she remarked in surprise: "Oh, you
act not like an Italian dago who came
around bullying US as soon as they
got q government Job. And you arc
e good-looking gentleman, too"
Then, turning to her followers the
woman cried: Men, these are real
gentlemen, and they won't take you
for soldiers. So answer all their ques-
tions."
'tHow do know that they won't take
me?" asked small7sized man.
They would not take you If you
offered yourself" replied the inter
prefer, and then he explained the quail
i6cations required Of an American SOL
der and told what pay he got.
Fifteen dollars q month and food
and clothes? Most holy Madonna!
And I barely earn that amount the
year round, and have to buy food and
pay rent" exclaimed well-built man.
III 60 and enlist tomorrow"
The next moment 80 Italians were
tunbling over each other to have thelr
names taken down.
Sometimes the work Of the enumer-
ator and interpreter among the Ital-
ians was more agreeable, and had they
been matrinonially inclined they
could have made good Italian matches.
In a comfortably furnished house were
two sisters, somewhat past 20, one q
widow and the other still q spinster.
After giving their names and ages they
proceeded to catechise the visitors,
and when they learned that both were
bachelors the widow at once proposed
marriage She had $4,000, she said,
and her sister had $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Killed By q Fall

A dispatch from Spartanburg to TIE
State says Fr day afternoon colored
boy named Leslie, aged II years, while
driving a wagon to which two mules
were attached, met with tragic death
near Fair Forest, in this county. The
boy, with his parents, lives On the
farm CT Mr.. John Frey, near Fair. He
was hauling up a load of corn. The
mules. for some reason. became fright.
enec and ran at break reck speed.
The boy Was thrown from the vehicle
and lit head foremost in gully. His
skull was crushed and be was instantly
killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Attempted Suici6a

Rosslyn &. Ferrell, who was con.
Vlcted OF the murder Of Express Mes
sengeE Lane, attempted to commit sui
eide at Mary'sville, Ohio, last week,
BY smotherlag hins,lf. He wrapped
the bed clothing tightly about his head
and turned over On his face. When
his purpose was discoversl the guards
pulled the clothes Of, while Ferrell
fought to prevent their removal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
He Guessed Wrong.

Brown-You seem to be a hustler.
saw that life insurance agent go into
your house this morning, and in less
than half an hour after him came the
doctor.
Smith-Weu, what do you gather
from that?
Brown-MereIy that you were in a
great hurry to undergo the physical
examination and have it over with.
Smith-You're wrong. The doctor
came to examine the insurance mans
wounds.-Philadelph Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Lead Poisoning.

Lead poisoning may be more com
mon than is supposed. So thinks
French physician who was puzzled by
the illness OF boy Of 12 years, until;
the father appeared with the same
trouble, when 1t was discovered thas,
the family had been using wood from
q white lead tactory.-Cincinnatt En-
cuirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Following instructions.

Young Sammie Sperder Is carry.
ing out his Governors wishes faith
fully, isn't he?"
"HoW's that?"
''Why the old gentleman left instruc-
tions in his will that after his death
his dust was to be scattered to the
winds. Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

LEADING Chicago physicians
declare that the drink habit is
growing among American wo-
men. 1t is a general complaint
in cities, and that, too, among
the 400. Drinking among socie-
ty women is a growing evil not
confined to Chicago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
The Farewell.

Goodbye" said the pale, determin-
ed man, as his wife flung her arms
wildly about his neck, and gave way
to food Of weeping.
do not go into unnecessary dan.
ger" she cried. II know you will be
brave and return with honors."
And he was gone. He was not of
90 the war No; he was baseball
umpire, and he was leaving home for
the opening game. - Philadelphia
North American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Rapid DEVELOPMENT.

"You are In business in Montana"
asked the passenger in the skull cap.
eyes," said the passenger in the
smoking jacket.
"Is business good out there?"
eyes. In the last two years our
plant has increased In size more than
1000 per cent"
Great Scott! What was the size
Of your plant originally%
1T consisted Of pair Of Belgian
its."-CAicaso Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

A Vermont man defends Lees
name and says in the New York
Times: "He was an American
as much as Grant, and if he had
had the men and means behind
MIN that Grant had he would
have whipped u.s.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

THERE is one Hall of Fame in
which the name of Lee will be
enshrined as long as time and
memory shall last, and that is
the hearts of a people who knew
him in the day of prosperity,
tried him in the hour of dark
ness and found in him the gen
tleman, the soldier, the patriot,
the Christian, the greatness that
makes men great, the traits that
bring men love, devotion, and
willingness to die in any cause
they might espouse with him as
leader.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

The Limestone, Ala, Demo-
crat, covers the whole subject
in a few words when it says
that "Gen. Lees name will
honor the Hall of Fame much
more than the Hall will honor
him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

IT my be of interest to call at
tention to the fact that the
Hawaiian government is with
out funds to pay it's current ex-
penses. The wealth of our colo
nies seems to be chiefly rhetori-
ca1
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Mother, Sisters and Wife.

Man spends twenty years Of his
life in Sleep"
"You are mistaken; he spends at
least five Of the twenty years in bat
tling with his women relatives who
want to make him get up."-Chicago
Record
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

SENATOR William Lindsay of
Kentucky, who will retire from
public life next March, has de-
cided to join the colony of for
mer statesmen who are practic-
ing law in New York city. Like
J. G. Carlisle, he went back on
the people who honored him,
and hopes to be rewarded for
being a Southern renegade by
the trusts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
Gainesville. Ca, Dec. 8, 1899

Gainesville, Ca, Dec. 8, 1899
Pitts Antiseptic 1nyigorator hss
been used in my family and am per
fectly satisfied that it is al, and will
do ali, you claim ior it. Yours truly,
s B. G. Dorsey.
P, S.-I an using it now myself.
It's doing me good.-Sold by The Mur.
ray Drug Co., Colunb;a, s. G., and all
druggists, If
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
ConnubiaI Galleries.

York; see they have new cure
for rheumatism. They roast the pa
tient.
Towson-My wife must think have
it.-Baltimore American.