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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Crows have no fewer than 81 differ
ent cries, each distinctly referable to .
different action.
There are 4s words in the British
language which have two distinct
pronuncia tions. Bow" tear" Sin
valid" are the best examples.
The largest stud of horses kept by
any private individual of late years
was owned by Mr.. Oppenheimer, Of
Hanover, in whose stables 600 horses
stood five years ago.
Fish that swim at a depth of ZOE
fathoms are subjected to pressure
of 259 pounds to the square inch.
The atmospheric pressure at sea-
level is only Is pounds to the inch.
According to the Boston directory.
there are 1858 grocers and $50 provi-
sion dealers in that city, making a
total of 1903, while the lawyers num-
ber 2,1ss.
Southern California has a retail
grocers' organization, formed for the
purpose of assisting each other in
tracing dead BEATS" and in collect
ing old bills.
A wonderful beard is worn by Jean
Conlon, of Montlucon, France. 1t is
ten feet ten and a half inches in
length and nearly five feet of it when
he stands erect, rests on the floor.
The ends of his mGstache hang be-
low his waist.
The senate has IS members, of
whom only 81 make their antecedents
public. Of these 46 are college grad
yates; 21 received on academic edu-
cation and 20 were limited to the
common schools. Sixty are lawyers;
IS are in business; three are connect
ed with the press; five are farmers
and one is doctor. Eighty-two
were born in this country, and five
are of foreign birth.
1t is said that 1,O00,00O,000 plain,
2O,00o,0o0 fancy and 100000 safety
pins find market in Chicago every
year. Enough common pins are sold
in the city annually to reach more
than half way around the world if
welded into one continuous chain.
They would run from New York 20
San Francisco almost five times, and
if stacked up in papers of the or
dinary commercial size would stretch
more than three miles into the air.
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FEES IN LAW AND MEDICINE
vexed Questions Which Dfstract the
Legal and Medical Pro-
fessiOns.

A Philadelphia lawyer recently
charged an estate fee OF 100000
for bringing about a settlement OF
contested claims, the question most
prominently at issue being the legat
itv of the testator's will. His pro-
fessional brethren agree that the fee
was a reasonable and just one and
was well earned. This happens at
a time when the nation offers hall
a dozen or more of Americas great
est surgeons one-fourth OF this
amount as their total combined com
pensation for their professional
services to its president.
One is amazed at the attitude OF
the world toward medical men. Is
not the life of man worth as much
TO him and to his fellows as his
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-17
SEEN IN ST. PIERRE.
How q Visitor to the Martinique
Town Before Mont PeIce's Erup-
tiOn Was Impressed.

''St. Pierre was one of the most pic
turesque little cities in the world. !
spent few hours there once and shall
never forget the gay appearance it
presented" said Capt. John A. Has
sell, of New York, according to the
Washington Post. "The women of st.
Pierre dressed more gayly than in any
other part of the world ever visited.
They wore many colors, and, strange
ly enough, combined them quite har-
moniously.
There was practically no harbor at
St. Pierre, and the ships anchored q
short distance out at sea. AS soon as
our vessel came within hailing dis
tance of st. Pierre number of small
boats set out from shore. They were
filled with women dressed in gaudy
colors and carrying fruits, which they
offered to the passengers. remember
that many of the women had cocoa
nuts from which the ends had been
removed. Part of the milk had been
poured from the fruit and replaced by
rum. Cocoanuts prepared in that way
are quite delicious and in great de-
mand with travellers.
Few of the people of St. Pierre were
pure black. The negroes who were
originally in the island, the MaIays
who were brought there to serve as
slaves, and the French and other
white people who located there, inter
married so freely that most of the in
habitants showed only trace of ne
gro blood. The women were quite
dark, but had good features, and many
of them were quite handsome. Their
clothing was very unusual. On their
heads they wore scarfs of bright col
ors and their gowns were very fam
tastic. All through the city there
seemed to be an air of gayety and aban-
don.
"St. Pierre was located in small
:ndenture in the shore line and its
houses were queer affairs which
seemed like lot of fancy blocks piled
up against the side of the mountain.
Many of the houses were whitewashed
or painted some very light color. They
were all short buildings of quaint
French architecture. Nobody worked
in st. Pierre any more than was neces-
sary. There was music and dancing
everywhere, and the immortality Of
the city will probably lead many people
to suggest that Judgment has been
brought down upon the ill-fated city"
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property? Is not the cost in money
and labor of the education and ex-
perience required by the physician as
great as that of the lawyer? Must
not the intellect and skill be as per-
feet? Is not the responsibility as
great? And the labor and physical
strain as long and as exacting? /?
Moreover, it should be added that it
is not of the surgeon that the ques-
ton is asked, whose work is otter
over in an hour or few days, but
especially of the family physician,
upon whose brain and heart the life
of the patient may rest for months
or years. Only a Inited and organ
lied profession will be able to right
this injustice and teach the world
the value of the noblest of human
services.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-17

A white sauce that is excellent to
serve with hot steamed puddings is
made by dissolving in half a cupful
of cold water a tablespoonful of corn
starch. When blended add half a
cupful of powdered sugar, pinch of
salt and cupful of boiling water.
Put on the fire in double boiler and
boil Is minutes, stirring constantly.
stiff, teaspoonful of vanilla and two
tablespoonfuls of sherry. Remove
from the fire and beat until cold
n. Y. Post.
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VOL. XII.
CHEER UP.
who weeps DER a threat'ing future
WIZ - .f q Uhe art laSss world o.,

uho weeps DER a threat'ing future
Ard slghs of "heartless world?'
Who stalks Ger hope-strewn landscap
with flags of despair unfurled?
Won wretched and weary pilgrim
Who rail at a dreaded doom,
Cav where is the god of grumbling?
And what is the gain in gloom?
m most of the storms that lower
Above the horizons rim
Freak over the fields about you,
Or melt in the distance dim?
no half of the SORROWS smite you
That savagely !eer and loom?
Come. tell me the good of grumbling
And tell me the gain in gloom.
Nh foolish and heart-sore trav'ler,
Thank God for the sun and breeze;
Thank God for the fields of flowers,
The satisfied sigh of trees;
LET cheerlessness seek in silence
Long rest in humble tomb
For where is the good of grumbling,
Or what is the gain in gloom?
3 w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
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Her No.

Clara-I had an awful time when /
refused him.
Maude-How do you mean?
"Why, he took it in earnest, and I
had to explain that I didn't mean it."
-.Tit-B Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-17
Quite a Relief,

Maude-I always like to see dude
with the end of his cane in his
mouth.
Clara-Why, pray?
1T keeps him from talking. g."-Chi.
esgo Daily News.
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Hares, horses and giraffes are better
able to see objects behind them with
out turning their heads than any oth-
er ouadrupeds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-17

Causes of Famine In Russia.
The famines in the interior of Rus
sia are coincident with decline in the
humidity, due in great measure to the
destruction OF forests.-N. Y. Sun.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
MAS7ERSON LOSES HIS GUN.
GAMBLER MOURNS LOSS OF WEAPON
MORE THAN ARREST.
WITH COMPANIONS. HE is HELD On
CHARGE OF ABETTING GAMES of
CHANCE-GETS BAIL

PAT, Masterson ]. c. Sanders, James sum.
van and A P Frank who were arrested vs.
day by Detective Sergeants Tinker ana Oaisd ~ io-
hoine concerned In a t.brace" faro game by means
Of which they are alleged to have cneated 1eoi SO
A SNOW a first preacher in the Mormon Chulc ch'
ont of s2sOeo were arraigned yesterday. MAST,
son and Sanders had been out on oonos lu ,ii'n ,,
hv Holm A Bttner. The two other men were I'N
up at Police Headquarters
Masterson and Sanders were early arrivals t ..-
Criminal Courts Building. But the detectives Win
their prisoners did not appear uhtil -""e s
Crane becoming tired of waiting, had caus
court officer to telephone to headquarters ~ -
the meaning of the delay. When Tinker anu H"i
CO.., arrived with Sullivan and Frank Maslstrate
Crane Iectured them severely for their dscoul'e 'eSS
to the court. 49, r. a..
,Fox+erso, had retained Mr.. Goldsmith, OF the
,.,, err, of Sullivan Goldsmith & Engei' 10 oe-
fend him When the detectives arrived 'heS sou
they wanted to have the prisoners held on d ~
afndavit charging them with SWIMMING Er' '
out of $2S,0OO in Chicago ,.. 90
Crane. ,,-,e
against Masterson. at any rate" said Mr. Golu-
smith o,. hold +be,, on any such charge,
Officer said the magistrate; you have no e'i
denss to what sfSgFred ased a if the magistrate
would hold them for misdemeanoFn amor nbernala?
Yes. your honor. we, found some In the room d.
No. io7 West Sixty-ninth-st." p" o,,+ CHARGING the
4 ~o,,,f
fo,r nrisoners with aiding and abettng IN g gslnt
games and inuucng men TO go 10 @ Ildeii +bev % We're
zach held in $500 bail Masterson and Sande+s pga Two
1nasa5 on the same bail before, ana Ine III
ii, % ,,risoners going to the Tombs ,n5e
Fh Feiais elimination was set for Monday at Io'0V
o'clock. ,.o ,oada against Mas
terson for carrying conceaed ad meappi his coun1
horga also vent over MaSterson pesSeu lS - ha
eeI to try to get gun for him say saying m was v his
b.5 carried II ever since 1877. ana Ihat - ada
t hau lend The revolver is 45-caHbre 0oit n s
in the year in which Masterson oo9gnt weapon m for
roidf he
fadted II carried without permit, a.id t ~ feel
1eLlgg 10y 10 pothing MasterSon appeared 10 Ae01
couia uo his rayeolver more than anything else
after the been spGssSd 6 9f denis Of
@ esnything TO do with the other men or & ps he
mixed up in any gambling game mere M ,t aff him yes
had never seen Elder Snow unul ne iii0 ~
terdaV taq ~ at Police Headquarters .,rougbout the
al my yd frisnaS ths gamber IN will laugh when they
hes of this charge have always been IN 9m can an
ne r,nhoder of a straight game ara n no . looked
noi,t finger at and say that am c'oohe1
man"
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
SvooaMoW. 8 oNa 9 SITS.
GROUT THINKS 1T WILL COST TWO FARES
HE SAYS SUBWAY AND BROOKLYN EXTENSION
SHOULD HAVE BEEN STARTED AT
THE BATTERY.

Controller Grout talked yesterday about the pro-
posed contract for the Brooklyn extension OF the
rapid transit tunnel
"A vital defect" he said, cit seems TO me In
making the City Hall the dividing line between
the Manhattan and Brooklyn tunnels is the fact
that Brooklynites will have TO contract with two
companies or operators. The City Hall is not the
natural point for such a division. In the first
place there are a great many persons whose Of
fees are below the City Hall, in WaI-st' Tor IN
stance They will have to use the so-caIled
Brooklyn tunnel for the last part of the way Then
the Brooklyn people who want TO go uptown VIII
have TO use the Manhattan tunnel.
Whoever may be the successful bidder for the
route below the City Hall the absolute necessity
for traffic agreement If the public is TO nave
through fare for five cents, is apparent Here an
other difficulty presents itself The two prospective
bidders are the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
and John s. Mcdonald and his company. Wno az
building the Manhattan subway. II Mr.. McDonald
gets the contract the difficulty at the city Hau
will be minimized, but the Brooklyn people golhs
only 10 Flatbush and Atlantic aves:. and VIII have
to pay fare TO their homes on the cars OF the
Brooklyn company,
Company gets the contract, BrooklynfteS VIII nave
to pay fare soon as they board the cars or the
Manhattan subway line 1t would nave oeen net-
ter, l think, to have started both tunnels at the
Battery. From that point there would nave oeen
northward and a southwark bound line, WIN
plan, II IL could have been adopted, would be TO
have extended the Manhattan tunnel to the Bat
terry and the Brooklyn tunnel to Forty-second-st.:
thus duplicating and overlapping that portion OF
the route. / do not offer this as proposition 10
reorganize the existing plans. but merely as an idea
of what might have been done am very DOUBT.
full as things stand II there is any possibility OF
an agreement that will make the intercity uaf-
ic under a five cent fare being reached"
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
ANOTHER MEDAL FOR "KTLFYRE."

The Monarch Fire Appliance Company, Of No. q
WilIian-st. manufacturers of the original xii
tyre" have succeeded in capturing the only medal
and that gold one at the South Carolina Inter
state and West Indian Exposition. held at Charles
ton, S. c. ''kilfyre' has always obtained the
highest award whenever exhibited in competi-
tion- Twenty-Five accidental fires on the exposition
grounds at Charleston were eXtinguiShed by XII
fvre .IKilfyre'' is dry, powdered chemical com
bound composed of five Of the best known chem
fcaIs deadly to fire. but harmless to life. 1t does
not absorb moisture. 1t is positive insulator.
'sBilfyre" as sold in tin tubes weighs three
pounds It's strength always remains vital II
will nut out such difficult fires floating OIL grease
snd fat fires fue fires. acetylene and electric
fires The gases which it generates can be
breathed with impunity Its low cost enables any
Householder or manufacturer 10 have complete
protection against fire. The Monarch Company
win put out any blaze from any material In quick
time at cost and little injury, with great ease
and efficiency II is simple and always ready It
has been adopted by the leaders in the scientihc.
manufacturing and commercial world. Letters re-
ceiyed from ali over the world testify to the prompt
and effective work which 1t does under all condi-
tions. 1t has won awards at the NationaL Export
FxDositfon 1883; the Central Canadian Exhibition,
1901 and at the Pan-American Exposition. 1901.
George H Carpenter is the general business man
aoye oft he
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
NEW DEPUTT'S NARROW ESCAfh'
A FALLING SIGN RIPS HIS coAT-A FIRE
MANS FOOT CRUSHED.

The large three story frame building NO ''o-' ~
N29 Tbird-ave occupied as furniture t. s'ott
ard storage warehouse by William heupe ao15ad
ero a+ II a. m yesterday and for time II looAeo '
a. tbo er+,re block you'd be burned 10 the
rTonn6 Three alarms were turned in and attel
naaTIv an hours work the fremen said they hau
the flames under control ~ -,
i5 bjs commitment as Deputy Chief yester-
5 Soroners Berry and O'Gorman and anpulalces @
from Lebanon, Fordham and Lincoln iiO'p-''--0
lanes Barrett attached TO Fire Patrol No % %o
covering M goods with olcloth. when mug ~
of earpet fell on one foot, crushing it, an9 prop
ot1H1 fracturins the ankle. DR.. Remnant OF Leoa
o Any Hosnital dressed the wound and took him 10
that institution. - ~,.-royv ascane
After the IRE was under control he was @ supe91n Td
tending the pulling down OF cqFnfesi 3a Siang when
large sign about ve feet high and nearly s th1Fbs b
Den,,tv Chief by the liveliest kind OF spr1nung MAI
aged to get under but one corner o. oL ne ton 70
ee caneht his rubber coat and tore 1t from top 10
bottom.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
MUST ABIDE BY FOREIGN DIFoRCh'
FIRST WIFE LOSES SUIT AGAINST BRokEK-sEc
oND WIFE NAMED AS CORRESPONDENT

FIRST WIFE LOSES SUIT AGAINST BRoKER-sEC-
o>n WIFE NAMED AS CORRESPONDENT
J,,s+ice Teventritt of the Supreme Court, yester-
dav decided that woman cannot go to another
s+o+a and get divorce and subsequently demand
a decree of absolute divorce in this State on the
ground that her first is invalid in this state
for the reason that the defendant has only been
earved nv publication or, having been served, has
declined to appear as party to the foreign suit
The decision is held to be one of the most lmpor-
+ant delivered on the question Of foreign divorces
Frederick F. Lacey, of the firm Of Douglas &
lacey stock brokers at No. Sc Broadway and NO.
II New-st was the defendant in the action, the
correspondent named by the plaintiff, Mrs Harriet
Lacey his first wife who got divorce from MIN
seven years ago in the State of Washington, being
the defendants second wife Caroline Louise Price
Lacey whom he married on February q, 19u be-
lievng In the validity of his first wife's divorce
in the first place she 0he plaintn) invoked
declares the justice 'the jurisdiction of the Wash
ington court and in all equity and good conscience
she be permitted to attack the authority
of the decree which her acts induced the court
to grant her. Finally, there is another principle,
directly reducible think, even from the extreme
plaintiff in this action has had her marriage status
declared and she cannot dsavow 1t here. That
the resulting anomaly under New-York decisions
of a wife without husband, Whlie the nuSDaIu
still retains his wife will not be sustained In the
court of final appeal is foreshadowed in the Ather-
ton case where the Court says: The marriage
tie when thus severed TO one party, ceases TO
bind either" Be that as it may, the point made
here is that decisions, recognizing that the
one invoking the jurisdiction of the court require
logical corollary the acceptance OF that status
in all courts where the party who secured the de
termination brings action Tor ulNorce Wnlch ner
snf+ fafiy- TIre6'
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
FIND POLICEMAN UNCONSCIOUS.
,,o,7,J-r VERNON OFFICERS THINK HE WAS
ASSAULTED BY HIGHWAfMAN
OR Ex-coNVICT.

Sergeant Henry c. Beckwith, of the Mount
Vernon police force, found unconscious
near his home in ColumbUs-ave., that place.
early Yesterday morning He has not regalneo
his senses to give an account of the assault
He started for home shortly before 1 O'Clock
on Saturday morning New-Rochelle car
The car passes his house. and the conductor
says that the sergeant said good night and got
off in front of his house. Fifteen minutes later
the motorrnan on a southbound car from New
Rochelle saw man lying in the gutter near
Columbus ave. He stopped the car ana went
over to him. The sergeant was unconscious
and moaning, as though in terrible pain.
The motorman and conductor of the car, with
several passengers, carried Sergeant Beckwith
into his house. and DR.. Van Patten was sum
rnoned He says that the patients condition Is
serious but further than that refuses to discuss
the case The police divided as to Sergeant
Beckwith's assailant. Some of them think that
a hfghwayman mstook Beckwith. who was in
plain clothes, for of the wealthy residents Of
Vernon Heights, while others believe that the
blow was dealt by a revengeful ex-convict
whom the sergeant had arrested in the past. 1t
was learned that DR.. Van Patten has expressed
the opinion that the wound could not have been
inflicted by fall
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.j
Fall River, Mass, June 7.-Local brokers report
that the sales in the print cloth market during the
week amounted to between $1,000 and 900 pieces.
all of which were odd goods. There has been
demand for regular prints since NJ. C. D. Bordep's
agents ceased buying them, The business trans
acted has been very light in volume scarcely
euualIing that done during the four days of trad
ing the previous week Persistent efforts have been
made by New-York and Philadelphia we'll
other converters and buyers. to lower the quota
ton, fractional bids being numerous at Ills to Is
cent lower than the established quotation. In out
side centres bidding at the lower figures has been
in evidence, but so far as known local mills have
accepted these offers. Some classes of odd goods
are reported having been sold basis slightly
lower than ga cents but a whole the market
may be said TO be firm on the old basis The lower
figures offered in the bidding indicate that the
market is more favorable the buyer than the
seller at the present time, but mills are so well
sold ahead that the treaSurers not inclined
this time even TO consider bids under the market
figures. Prices for standard makes unchanged
cents 80 inch 6Sx72 4s cents. The market is quiet
a these prices.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
YOUNG ENGEL ARRAIGNED.
DETECTIVES CHARGE SON OF de ATE's" FOR
MER LEADER WITH TRYING TO PRE-

AS the result of attempted raid al
legged gambling house at No 122 West Thirty fourth
ST on Friday night by three detectives of Inspector
HarIeys staff, George Engel, a lawyer and son
of Martin Engel, ex-leader of DE Ate"
raiened before Magistrate Mayo in Jefferson Mar
ket Court yesterday, charged with interfering with
officer.
Young Engel acted as his own counsel and IN
arguing the denounced the detectives who ar
rested him. Detectives Costigan. Sackett and Nu-
gent of Inspector Harley's staff, followed Engel
and another man I'D the steps of the house. A
colored doorkeeper saw the detectives and refused
TO open the door Engel and his companion then
walked through Thirty-fourth-st, and when few
doors from the house of the detectives re-
marked that if anybody got into the house they
(the detectives) would.
Engei's companion, who gave his name as James
wilson and said he insurance broker, of
No 215 West One -hundred-and-ffth-st the de-
tectiVes allege. turned around at this remark ana
struck Costigan the
A battle royal then ensued Engel. 1t is said by
the detectives rushed his friends aid and at
tempted drag him from his captors He was
arrested and taken to the West Thrtieth-st. sta
ton with Wilson. Magistrate Mayo adjourned the
case until Tomorrow morning.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
INJUNCTIONS INDISPENSABLE.
AS CLEAR AS EQUITY. SAYS A CHICAGO
JUDGE. TO PROTECT RIGHTS.

Chicago June 1.-The writ of Injunction is indis-
pensable to protect mems rights declared Judge
Jenkins Of the Federal Court Of Appeals last
night, in a lecture to the John Marshall Law
School. He said:
A great many people have become fearful that
the government of this country is to be carried on
by the courts through writs of injunction. Because
which have affected the public generally that fear ear
courts have declared and which they have sought
to enforce Is old equity, is as certain as
equity itself is as clear in principle any prin-
cipe of the law, and is simply applied TO modern m
the country beyond all thought of the people. when
this writ of injunction was first issued
This principle of recent years has come about
generally in regard to strikes. Men may rave
about it they please. but the world cannot get
along without 1t, and mans rights OF property ana
his personal rights be protected without it.