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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

A Newark On. J.) man 100 years of
age says he is not proud of it, as he
was willing to die several years ago.
Swedish dentists have subscribed
for the gratuitous distribution in
their country of periodical which
is to inculcate better ideas regarding
the care of the teeth
A japanese NJ. P, Mr. Tanaka by
name, has been sentenced to Is days
confinement and a fine of ten shil-
llngs for yawning in parliament. The
crown prosecutor maintained that in
an assembly where order has to be
maintained even an act of a physio-
logical nature should be controlled.
As the defendant, however, had
yawned in order to annoy the govern
ment the offense was even more pun
ishabl
A long-winded visitor once asked
Bismarck how he got rid of visitors
who bored him. 'Why," said the chan
cellor, smiling, 81 have an arrange
ment with my wife. When people stay
too long she sends a servant, saying
that the princess would speak with
the chancellor" While he was say
ing this a servant entered and said
his wife wished to see him. Bismarck
grayely made his excuses and the bore
his exit.
Indifferent correspondents will SYM
DathiZe with the lad who after he
had been at boarding school for a
week without writing to his parents,
penned the following letter: Dear
People,: / am afraid l shall not be
able to write to you often, because
you see whenever anything is happen
ing | haven't time to write, and when
nothing is. happening there's nothing
to write about So now good-by, from
your Georgia"
Arthur James Balfour is said to be
the first musical premier England has
had. He is an enthusiast for the art
and is catholic enough in taste to like
Wagner, although his idols are Han
del and Bach. He is friend of Nine.
Wagner and has been to Baireuth
more than once. He used to make
long journeys to hear the lesser
known works of Handel and in Janu-
ary, 1887, the Edinburgh Review print
ed an article by him on that composer.
He has been subscriber of the
Richter concerts from their COM
mencement.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Suffering Patient-"I think, doctor,
have got the appendicitis" Eminent
Physician-"No man. You
can't afford to have the appendicitis. u
-Somerville Journal
did the great author talk for pub
lication when he landed in New York %
certainly. He wouldn't have had
anything to correct the next day if he
hadn't. ."-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
Beryl-''So Ethel's parents have
purchased her an automobile?" Sibyl
Yes; they think that she will be
able to run across some eligible
young man that way" baltimore
Herald.
II love you," Mr.. Polk stammered.
I've been trying to say this to you
for months. l know / have been slow,
but O! I hope am not too late" You
will be, I'm afraid, if you don't start
now. l hear papa coming down
stairs. s.'-Philadelphia Press.
I'm plain everyday business
if not practical. Miss Wisely, will you
be my wife?" Il admire your frank
ness, Mr.. Merritt" replied the fair OBJ
ject of his affections, because l am
inclined to be rather matter-of-fa
myself. How much are you worth?"-
London Tit-Bits.
A Unique Proposai.-"Whether man
or woman, the individual is incom-
plete," he announced with the air of
one who had figured it all out. 1.-The
individual is not whole person, not
complete unit" "Oh!" she said, be-
wildered. "Then | am incomplete?
"Certainly." "And are you?" "Of
course. We are really only pieces
Then | suppose we ought to pc pieced
out, like tablecloth that's too small
or gown that lacks fullness." "Oh,
no. l don't believe in piecing t o make
complete human entity. There is
a better method" "What?" she asked
Splicing" he replied. Chicago Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
A FORGOTTEN ART,
Creek Indians Are No Longer skilled
as They Once Were in Manufac-
tire of Earthenware.

Civilization has caused the making
of baskets and earthenware vessels to
become lost art among the Creek In
dams, who in early days We're skilled
IN their manufacture. The small cost
of these articles at stores made their
purchase more desirable than the toll
of weaving and molding them at home.
The baskets and pottery were made
exclusively by the women, says the ST..
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Early in the spring, when the sap
was rising in the trees, the clay was
ripe or in condition just adapted
to the use of the potter. 1t was dug
and placed where other soil would not
mix with it. Spring water and pulver-
1zed mussel shell were added to it,
and the women were ready for work.
Jars were built up from the bottom.
The roughness was removed by rub
blng the jar with stone. After the
jars were burned in the kiln they
were allowed to cool gradually. The
interior of the jars was polished with
pebbles. The exterior was never per-
fectly smoothed, and was ornamented
with crude figures and characters.
Many jars were broken in the process
of burning. The finished vessels
withstood the hottest fires and were
the only cooking utensils Of the
Creeks.
Alice M. Robertson, supervisor of
schools in the Creek nation, in a re
port to the superintendent of schools.
said:
THE Creeks long ago were a very in
dustrious people, and skilled in primi-
tive manufactures. The men titled the
ground and wrought in wood and
metal, and the women wove fabrics of
cotton on rude upright looms like
those still used by the Navajo. The
women also made garments of buck
skin. Their beadwork was of unique
beauty, and they were skilled in pot
terry and basketry. Scarcely woman
is now living who can make pottery.
The stone jar from the traders shop
has taken the place of the great ollo-
shaped earthen 'Ahikus-wah,' stand
ing in the chimney corner with its
generous supply of 'sofkey,' the ma
tional dish made from corn, which is
both food and drink to the Creeks. In
my travels among the people / have
given especial attention to native in
dustries, because of the very general
consideration which this subject is re-
ceiying in connection with manual
training. While many Creek women
still understand basketry, it does not
seem practicable to revive this indus
try. The material they use is long,
flexible strips split from the outer
surface of cane stalks. In the Creek
nathn the herds of cattle have long
since destroyed the formerly dense
canebrakes and only in remote wilds
of the Choctaw nation can the bam-
boo-hke growth be found"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
VOL. Kill.
WHEN YER MA AM NE GOT TIED,

Ther' want no fuss an feathers, an ther'
want TO great parade,
Ner ther' want 10 UeGdin'- breakfast,
ner no weddin' marches played!
II want no High Noon Weddin'; twas
dark as Sambo's hide,
,cause yer glan dad want invited when
yer ma an me got tied.
Ther' want no string o kerridges lined up
In front tn door,
Ru. les my old red sulky with tn gray
mare hitched afore;
An yer ma slid down a bed-cord while
held my arms out wide
Sos 10 ketch her ef she tumble6, when
yer ma an me got tied
We didn't give no Invites. an ther' want
no kinfolk yhere.
put YOU couldn't jes' have called it quiet
like affair
Fer her Gao want far behind us, an tn
gray mare like to died
A.scootin' fer tn parsons when yer ma
an me got tied.
Tn parson didn't wear no robe, nor none
too many clo'es,
Jesi parts an coat an night-cap an tn
specs upon his nose;
An some folks of his was present, SOS It
couldn't be deEied
That tn thing was did all hunky when
yer ma an me got tfed.
Their want nobody weepin' ner a-shakin'
hands around,
But les about tn finish ther' come a
smashin' sound,
An yer gran dad struck tn weddin' jes'
in time to kiss tn bride,
An his langwidge-it was awful, when
yer ma an me got tied
Truman Roberts Andrews, in Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
Remarkable Chinese Custom,

III NHlud 1T Is uOtHIHS out VI the wa y
for criminal under sentence of death
to secure, at price, a substitute to
die for him at the hands of the execu-
TONER. Money, of course, comes
mainly into play, the price going to
the substitutes relations. A remark
able case of such substitution is re-
ported from Foo Chow. The particu-
lars to hand show that. when certain
childless criminal there was adiudged
to death, his family met to see what
should be done. The superstition of
the land ran counter to man dying.
without leaving son, at least, to
worship him after death. The Grim
inal had a brother who had so MANY
sons that he had 10 fear of being left
without worShipers. The family de-
cided to put him "a as substitute for
the childless one, so that the latter
could live on to get a son. The mill
tary mandarin concerned was bought
over, the criminal was set free and his
guiltless brothers head was cut off.
The family, the mandarin and the
public were satisfied But the man
darin's superiors did not see it in that
light, and informed the prefeet at the
city. He ordered the mandarin to be
scourged like a common coolie-N. Y.
Tribune
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
Pictures of FGSfbsI!ers

No, dear reader, the pictures which
you see in the sporting pages of the
newspapers these days are not those
of Gaboon gorillas. 1t is etiquette for
the footballer, when he has his pic
ture taken, to hump his shoulders up
around his neck, bow his legs outward,
wrinkle up his nose, protrude his chin
and otherwise show indicat tions OF a
reversion to the primitive type. 9th
erwise, says the Chicago Chronicle,
he would be deemed a weakling and a
gutter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
MONEY THAT WOULDN'T GO.
1t Was Too Clean to Pass with Those
Who Were Accustomed to
Seeing Dirty Coins.

"You would not believe that clean
liness could be positive business
drawback, would you?" asked man
in a Detroit bank. according to the
Free Press. Il had to come in here
just now to get rid of some clean
money-'iilthy Iucre' is the only pop
ular variety. Yesterday | had poek-
etful of silver money, mostly dollars,
and looking them over / decided that
they were too soiled to be pleasant;
so, in the evening, at home, my wife
got out her ammonia bottle and we
rubbed and polished them all to
bright and beautiful condition. /
gave some to her, and put the rest back
into my own pocket.
well, sir, during the day we both
had the same experience with that
clean money. The butcher and the
baker objected to taking it from my
wife. They said it might be all right,
but it looked too bright to suit them
it looked exactly like counterfeit
money. She explained that we had
cleaned the dollars with ammonia,
but, as they still seemed dubious
about accepting the shining metal, she
paid her bills with paper dollars, and
came home very indignant.
'.On the street cars, the conductor
to whom | gave a bright dollar ten
dered it back to me, saying he had ta
be very particular, and didn't like
the looks Of the coin. ] had forgotten
that it had been cleaned; but / found
soiled half dollar in my pocke.,
which he briskiy accepted, and
changed for me. At the cigar shop
the young man looked at my new dol
lar, rang it on the counter and said
it sounded all right, but that the boss
would take it out Of his pay If 1t
wasn't good, so he guessed I'd better
keep it. The ticket man at the car
station served me the same way. and
had to hunt up dingy quarter for
him.
You don't wonder that / had 10
rome to the bank to unload hat clean
money, do you? Bright coin won't
always pass in this commercial void;
1t looks too good to be true"
Following IlIHstrious Precedent.
Il notice." remarked the doctor.
you chew your victuals long time
''Yes," said the professor II grind
slowly, bnt grind exceedingly
small. .'-Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
Hungry Mournerx

At the feast following the funeral
Of a centenarian at Namoshara, Hun
gary, the guests ate two oxen, two
pigs, seven lambs and ton of cakes,
while the liquor consumed included
4G0 gallons of wine, six barrels Of beer
and 80 gallons of brandy.-London
Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
Quiet.

Proprietor of Resort-We aim at
quiet above all things.
Guest-Yes; we remarked that the
table lever groans.--Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04

Half an hour later Harold stood be.
fore his mother, his eyes ablaze with
anger and indignation, his breath com
ing in short gasps, his hands clinched
until his finger nails bit into his palms,
and Mrs. Penstone, sitting in low
chair, held her face between her hands.
sobbing as if her heart wou4i break
while tears trickled through her fin
gers.
"Why did you not tell me??" he de-
manded. You say it is true. Why
was | not told?'
Il never thought it would be neces-
sary," she sobbed. Il always thought
to hide it."
Truth will out, mother" he an
swered
But it was not your fault, my poor
boy" she said. You are not respon-
sible for your fathers SIM
Her sobs ceased suddenly and she
lay quite still in her chair. He pulled
ber hands from her face, lifted her
mead, and then fell back.
"Heavens!" he cried; "she's dead.
This shock has killed her. Mother,
mother!"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04

Following IlIHstrious Precedent.
Il notice" remarked the doctor.
you chew your victuals long time
Yes said the professor. II grind
slowly, bnt / grind exceedingly
small. Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04

The judge sat in his private room be-
hind the court, awaiting the arrival Of
his carriage to take him home. He had
had an exceptionally hard days work
and felt weary, and when the clerk OF
the court asked him if he would see
yisitor-a lady visitor-he felt in
Little mood to grant the audience.
4 will see her in the morning. he
said.
sShe says it's 2 matter of life-an;i
5eath, sir. In connection with the
young girl Spencer, who was sentenced
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-04
without n Doubt.

Il see where Il pianist played a day
and night and then went insane"
81 bet the neighbors went insane be-
fore he did. Chicago Daily News.
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thought Grace would have. ex-
plained, he answered, and then adj
ded fronkly 1--WE arranged it THAT
way
The colenel looked mystifed. first
at his daughter, then at the uneasy
young man who stood neryousIy fin
gering his watch chain.
/ don't understand" he explained
But sit down; perhaps Grace will tell
ne"
| And she did, while her fathers fare
grew white beneath the bronze and hi.
head sank upon his breast.
You will say yes" she pleaded,
Harold loves mel love him.
A thousand thoughts of reproach
rose to the colonel's mind, as he saw
he had found his daughter but to lose
| her again; but he uttered never a one
for he was just enough to recognize
that this was exactly what he should
have expected. All the future he had
planned he saw destroyed.
But l know nothing of this Young
man, Grace he said at length. WHO
he is, what he is, nor even his name
| He may
MY name, sir, is Harold Penstone
and
The colonel jumped to his feet and
crossed the room to the young mans
side.
Harold Penstone," he cried. look
ing keenly into his face. "And your
father was Harold Penstone, eh?"
Eyes, sir, he was"
Then, Mr.. Penstone, my answer is
no, no, thousand times. My daugh-
ter should never marry you, even if
you were the only man on earth" the
colonel thundered. 81 would sooner
see her dead.''
The change from peace to passion
had been as instantaneous as it was
unexpected.
Grace felt turned to stone, and too
surprised to cry. Harold was pale and
astonished.
He rose. "At least I may ask why ?"
he said. Il feel there can be no ordi-
nary reason underlying your refusal
given in such manner"
lou nad Detter not ask II you do
not know" was the colonel's reply.
''But l feel it is only due to me, sir"
You demand it?" the colonel said,
angrily.
IF so you choose to call it, demand
it, here and now"
Before my daughter?"
There is nothing am ashamed she
should know"
"Ihen l will tell you-your father
was thief, sir! Is it to the son of a
thief you would have me marry my
daughter?'
For moment Harold could not re-
ply. He seemed to fail to grasp the
full meaning of the colonel's words.
Then he cried suddenly: 1T is a
lie"
1t cannot be true, father" Grace
SAID, tears streaming down her face.
IF your mother has hidden the fact
from you am not to blame," Col. Ash
ford said. IF she is still alive, ask
her"
1T is lie," Harold said again. 81
do not believe it. And even so, am l
responsible for my fathers sin? Is
any son to be blamed and kicked for
his fathers crime? A crime which he
could not avert, in which he took no
part Must he be as bad as his father?
1t isn't fair, it's outrageous. But l
tell you it is a lie, SIR
What's bred in the bone, you
KNOW was the colonel's answer.
Harold could have felled him to the
ground, but he turned on his heel to
leave the room. At the door he faced
round.
You do not believe it, Grace?" he
asked, half fearful as to what the an
swer would be.
'As | stand here | swear before Gcd
1T is true, replied the colonel my
child knows nothing"
Half an hour later Harold stood be-
The age-herald., 1902-03-13
FIFE TALKED OF
 KILLING HIMSELF
WOMAN WHO WAS TO SWEAR HE CONFESSED TO SHOOTING RICHARDSON FAILED TO AP- PEAR FOR THE STATE.

Savannah, Mo-, March 12.-Lydia Brink man. an important witness for the state in the trial of Stewart Fife for the mur- der of frank w. Richardson. was not on hand when wanted today. It was this woman who is alleged to have said that Fife made confession to her of his connection with the murder. F. E. Norris, who was expected to testify that Fife had threatened to. kill Richardson has not been found. Mrs. Richardson was in court when the state resumed the examination of witnesses today.
 l.. C. Saldwell testified that last sum : mer before Fife left for Washington, where he was arrested, the defendant had told him he believed he would com init suicide. Fife had said if he tCald- welD had had as much trouble as he had had that he too, would kill himself.
 Charles F. Booher who is conducting the prosecution. became i'll suddenly dur ing the morning and court adjourned till tomorrow.
The age-herald., 1902-03-13
REPUBLICAN FACTIONS
 MAY REACH COMPROMISE
ovERTUREs MADE AND f IS PROBABLE CENT REDUCTION CUBAN SUGAR FOR ONE YEAR SO CROP.

ways and means, and MT. Payne and his associates were so advised.
 During the meeting the statement was made that one of the beet sugar advo- cates had been assured by representa- tives of the ways and means committee that the plan of compromise would not cover this years sugar crop and would apply only to the crop of next year, har- vested prior to December 1903. Some doubt existed however and it was con- sidered quite vital to learn with definite ness whether the 20 per cent reduc- tion would apply to two or to one.
 It was stated afterwards by the ways and means ommittee members that the compromise plan would affect the crops of this year and next allowing 20 per cent off on each. There was no purpose. it was stated, to limit the reduction to single crop This matter probably will be left to the arbtrating committee with the indications that. the beet sugar con- ferees will insist on limiting the reduc- ton to one crop with that of next year, and with that limitation will be inclined to accept the plan of compromise. A full conference of the opposition to Gu ban concessions will be held tomorrow af- ternoon prior to meeting representatives of the ways and means committee.
The age-herald., 1902-03-13

Washington, March, ,12.-Overtures have been made for a compromise of the con- fict over tariff concessions to Cuba, and there are evidences that the two ele- ments will come together, probably on a proposition to have the 20 per cent recip- rocal reduction apply for a year from next December and covering the sugar crop. It is understood that Chairman Payne and Representative Dalzell made the overtures toward an agreement. One of the leading members of the opposition says that Messrs. Payne and Dalzell had made the suggestion to him and had asked for an answer. This was forwarded by a nasty canvass of opposition members, which developed considerable difference of views
 Later leaders of the element opposed to the ways and means committee attended a conference in the room of William Al den Smith, Some thirty members were present. The sentiment was rather un- favorable to accepting the plan of 20 per cent reduction for the year from next December and some of those present la vored rejecting the plan, but it was de- cided to meet the committe ee reporting the
The age-herald., 1902-03-13
ESCAPED CONVICT SHOT.
Attempted to Draw Pistol and Was
 Riddled With Buckshot.

Mobile. March 12.-(Special)- J. Shields Bradley, a desperate escaped convict from the penitentiary at Jack son, Miss, was shot and killed last night at o'clock at Oak Grove, this county, by Deputy Sheriff W. S. Bun ster, while resisting arrest. Bunster gave himself up and was released by the coroner on the ground that he was justifiable.
 Bradley has been badly wanted and his whereabouts became known to Bunster yesterday afternoon. Accom- panied by his young son; the deputy went to the house where the. convict was in hiding. When he came out to make for the woods he was halted and ordered to throw up his hands, but instead of doing so reached in his pocket for pistol. As he did he was shot dead with load of buckshot from a breech-loading gun. Death came in- stantlyT with his hand in his pocket clasped on his gun.
 Bradley was captured once before at Whistler, near this place, just as he was about to be married to pretty girl. He was taken to Quitman, Miss, and while waiting for the penitentiary officials to come for him he escaped and announced that he would not be taken again.
The age-herald., 1902-03-13

Dr. N. A. Lancaster, a prominent phy- sician and planter of the Palmyra neigh borhood
 Sixteen colored roustabouts and deck passengers whose names have not been reported.
 The in-fated boat left here at noon yesterday on her regular trip carrying a large miscellaneous cargo of freight and a number of passengers. At o'clock this morning. just as the steamer was en- tering Lake Plamyra, a sudden wind and rain storm of cyclonic proportion came out of the west catching the Provi- dence broadside on. The little vessel was lifted almost entirely out of the water. her upper works blown away and the hull turned bottom up in forty feet of water Most of the crew and passengers were asleep at the time and were drowned like rats in a trap. Only nine of the entire boats company were saved The property loss will amount to several thousand dollars
 Messrs Cassidy. Scott Roup and Lam caster were all married men and leave large families. steamer carrying cas- kets and divers left here for the scene i'm mediately and will attempt to recover all the bodies.
 The Providence was built at Lyons Ia in 1886 and had been in the trade here for some years. She was about 120 tons burden and was considered one of the fastest stern wheelers on the lower river
 The Belle of the Bends is overdue from Greenville, but other boats moved on time