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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1902-06-27

gitaient plus nos mis6rables pas
'sions. lie cr6puscule l'6clairait td'u-
ne fumiere a!d,ouciie ct le silence du
'tsoir Il 99taE;t in1teerro,mpu que rare:
menlt par un sanglot on par les
priAres qui furent dites sans inter
.ruption au chevet du lit mortuaire
par tous ceux qui, l'ayant aimee,
payaieut q son souvenir cette dette
sacr6e.
Pendant deux jours, la cloche du
village pleura q l'ang6lus, ct, au
chateau, il y cut des yeux ct DIES
occurs qui pleurerent toujours.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
A Curious Tip.

A certain little Flemish watering
place, which is much frequented by
English and American visitors in the
summer, possesses two attractions in
the shape of Presbyterian place of
worship and roulette table. One of
the "faithful' had quite recently a
most ingenious idea. After the num-
ber of the hymn succeeding the SER
mon was given he stole away, made
his way to the table, and invested all
he was worth on the number of the
hymn. Needless to say the number
turned up, and the lucky coup became
the talk of the village for the rest
of the week. Next Sunday the church
was crammed to the door. The pious
pastor was rejoiced in heart. After
a powerful address he gave out
"Hymn No. 27." The moment the
words left his lips, to his consterna-
ton. there was rush to the door,
and he was left with a faithful hand
full to upraise their agitated strain OF
praise. AS for the rest, they made
q bee line from the house of prayer
to the house of play. We are happy
to relate that their little adventure
cost them very dear.-London Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
E.I oo BENTON, LOUISIANA, TIL HURSDAY JUNE 5, 1902.
leg, and you know Cocotte will never

leg, and you know Cocotte will never
hurry" ...-..-.
John, very pale, Notwithstanding his
efforts at self-control, disappeared in
the crowd. In a moment the one he
worshiped in his inmost heart would
announce to whom she pledged her
love. What was it to him? He was no
aspirant. He would not have come
had he not feared his absence would be
misconstrued.
Isabelle advanced resolutely to the
middle of the drawing-room. "My
friends" she said, grave.y, what is
going to take place is rathee eccentric,
more so even than you think. The
kindness of my parents has allowed me
to choose husband among those who
honored me with proposal. I have
made my choice, and he is precisely
the one who never spoke a word of
love to me, although know he loves
me with his whole soul as love him.
What kept him back is what attracted
some others-my fortune.
"Since he does not ask it, l must effer
it to him, wishing it were still greater,
for know well enough the use he will
make of it-he whose principal heredi-
tary virtue is kindness"
Addressing the old doctor, her voice
trembling with emotion:
"With the permission of my pa
| rents" she continued, "Dr. de ST. Leon
ard, l have the honor to ask the hand
of your son. I love him. He loves me
| and l believe we will be able to Go q
great deal of good together" Shit
walked toward John, who, bewildereda
| stood motionless, and took his hand.
"Will you be my husband, John?"
| 1t is needless to tell his answer.
| With her radiant smile she cried,
"My friends, present to you my in
tended. DR.. John de st. Leonardo
| n. o. Times-Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
VOL. Kill.
1ls GOOD ENOUGH FOR NE.

This country don't suit Astor
And he's scoldin' us some more;
Here's where he gifts his money,
: Rut he likes a foreign shore;
He says our peoples vulgar
And as coarse as they can be
The Yankees don't suit Astor,
But they're good enough for me.
know little wilder
Iivin, Just across the crick
rnat I'll bet could make that feller
change his notions mighty quick;
She's long bout twenty-seven,
And as purity as can be;
She says she likes this country,
!. So it's good enough fer me.
See that little schoolhouse yonder,
with the flag a-floatin' there?
Inst to stand and see it fiutter
Makes me want to whoop, | swear!
where the wilder ard that flag are,
Bv the jumpin' Jim-ma-nee,
Is the country that is always
Plenty good enough fer me!
s E. kiser. in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
FISH-HAWK WEATHER GUIDE,
When the Birds Appear the Jersey
Farmers Plant and Fishermen
Set Their Nets. -s...-

When a solitary fish hawk was seen
flying along the shores of the Delaware
bay near the village of Fishing Creek.
Cape May county, N. j., a few days ago,
the news travelled from house to house
and from town to town until the whole
county knew of the birds arrival. 1t
was good news to all the residents
of the county, but. particularly to the
farmers and fishermen, says report
from that section.
The coming of the fish hawk in the
spring is regarded as a never-failing
sign that mild weather has come to
stay. There are many farmers who
never start planting until the fish
hawks get up from their southern win
ter homes.
The fishermen along the bay shore
had their nets ready several weeks ago,
but few of them cared to make a haul
until they had seen the winged fishers
soaring over the waters of the bay.
The fish hawk makes it's winter home
along the Florida coast. In the early
March days, when the fish, its only
food, begin to swim north, the birds
follow Thus the fishermen of south
Jersey know that when the fish hawk
appears the fish are also near.
Year after year the birds have ar
rived between April 2 and 12. When
the first hawk is seen the shad fisher
men begin work with their big gill
nets, for they have been taught by ex-
perience that the fish hawk follows the
great schools of herring from south
ern waters and that the shad swim
north in the wake of the herring.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
A Kiss and n Snap.

I'M 1887 Mr.. Thomas Saverland
brought an action against Miss Caro-
line Newton, who had bitten a piece
ont of his nose for his having tried to
kiss her by way of joke. The defend
ant was acquitted, and the judge laid
down that "when a man kisses a wom-
an against her will she is fully entitled
to bite his nose, if she so pleases.
VThe Kiss and It's History"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
Not tn Re Surprixed.

Boarder (warmly)-ch,. I know
every one of the tricks of your trade.
Do YOU think I have lived in boarding
houses 20 years for nothing?
Landlady (frigidly)-I shouldn't bs
at all surprised.-Iit-Bifs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Millions of Pupils.

No country in the world can make
such showing in elementary and Sec
ondary education as the United States.
The commissioner Of education reports
that last year the total number of pupiis
in this country was 1925, ,23O (Which
number. includes those attending the
higher institutions. OF these Is, ,394
attend schools supported by general ard
local taxes furnished by states and mu-
inequalities. In addition to these a half
million pupils are attending special tech
nical, business and evening schools. The
value Of property used for school pur-
poses is placed at $576, ,963, ,OS9 and the
expenditure exp l5 +t;.S for common M schools (omit
was $22e, ,043 ,29e, or $2:93 per capita.
The total number Of pupils in board and
who will be. affected by the proposed
educational bill is estimated at 2,600, 600
in the former and 5000, 900 in the latter:
The cost averages 'f2 ,i7s71ad per head
in board schools and f2 6s41ad in the
voluntary, schools, The total value Of
estimated at f22,O00,O00.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Industrious Indians.

The scheme Of compelling the Indians
on the Rosebud reservations to work for
a living instead of receiving rations re-
gardless of efforts on their part, is claimed
to work very successfully. The work at
summer consisted of road building along
the principal lines of travel on the reser-
vation and on the roads to their schools.
After this they were put at building stor-
age dams along the different streams on
the reservation, which work will continue
antil cold weather puts stop to it. In
haying time they were given a months $
rations and put to work at putting up hay
for their stock, and compelled to secure a
supply to keep their stock through the
winter, and after that the improvement
work was again taken up. They will be
allowed to draw rations through the cold
months of winter, and in the spring will
again be put at work earning their living.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
A TEXAS TURTLE FARM.
An Aged Shell Bank Dweller Has Made
a Fortune Out of It.

On a shell bank near Orange, Tex,
lives e. PaveM. who has made his home
there for thirty FIVE years. He took
pleasure in showing his visitors, over his
possessions, the first place visited being
a big warehouse in, which were: stored
900 alligator skins, which he had pur-
chased within the past thirty days. His
average purchase Of green skins, aggre-
gates about 1000 per month, which he
ships to New York and other Eastern
a unique feature Of this place is a tur-
tie farm. to which Mr.. Pavell devotes
much attention. A number of men AMI
boys make it al business to drag the
shallow waters of Lake Sabine fdr tur-
ties, and often catch as much as 1000
pounds in a haul. These are taken to
Mr.. Pavell. who puts them in pens con-
structed for the purpose, and feeds them
for certain length of time, after which
the largest Cnes are packed in barrels
and Shipped to New Orleans, where thew
command good prices. & f=:>.''*
During The thirty-fve years Mr.. Pavell
has resided on this shell bank he has
amassed d :: considerable fortune. He
carries bank accounts in New York. Gal
weston and Orange, and invariably paws
cash for all his purchases. In former
years he made large advances on the
cotton crop at Johnson's Bayou, La, but
three successive droughts and CONSEQUENT
crop failures have caused him to limit
operations in this direction. His son.
August Pave1l, is member of The
Louisiana Legislature, but the Old
gentleman, who is now 73 years of age.
never gives much thought to politics..
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Their Fortunate Escape.

They had walked half way through the
park ut a smart pace, and she now sank
on shaded bench; he seated himself be-
side her. They were entirely alone,
save for All old man at one end Of their
seat, immersed in a book. Their aSitat-
ed conversation continued.
'Oh, it is too t1readculr' she shud-
dered, covering her face with her hands
Us If to shut out some unbearable sight.
;. ':Fearful!' he agreed, deen1y moved
and mopping the profuse perspirati"n
from his brow.
'.Horrible!' she added. 81 cannot bear
to think Of it. The loss of hope, han
piness, perhaps even life itself-''
'Hush!" he interrupted, gently. "Let
US strive to think Of it no more, or it
may grow to prey upon our minds
Pardon me-" said the old man on the
end Of the bench, his watery eyes dis
tended in lively apprehension; ''has there
been some awful disaster? Have you
been forged to look upon some awful
The young couple regarded each other
i'll some confusion. Hesitatingiy, the
youth answered.:
''No, sir. You see, we have just be-
come engaged, and we were talking of
what calamity it would have been had
we never met."-Smart Set.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
THE G1GGL1NG HABIT.
1t is Most Disgustingly Foolish Prac-
tice -

"Giggling is such a common habit that
it is altogether foolish to make any sort
Of reference to it," said an observant
man, "and yet at the risk of being put
down in this class l intend to make a
subject. The fact is, that giggling is to
my mind about the most disgustingly
foolish habit | know anything about.
While indulged more frequently by very
young girls, it is yet quite common among
older members of the sex, and not infre-
quently we find men and boys who are
is particularly true on public occasions.
/ have frequently known lecturers and
public speakers to be interfered with
by persons who are given to the giggling
habit. Men and women are probably
worse about gfggling at the theater than
at any other place, and it is singular
What foolish things will start hem.
spoil whole scene by breaking into a
fit Of half-smothered laughter. They will
glggle at the most inopportune time. It
may be during particularly trying sit
uation, when the performance turns on
climax which will bring tears to the
eyes..of the less giddy auditors. But
scenes OF this sort make no difference to
the glggling habit, "'1:
Here is an instance at the Orpheum: !:
One Of the Harmony Four is singing.
I'm Wearing My Heart Away for You,
a. sWeetly sad musical lyric, when aap-
other member suddenly shows up on the
back part Of the stage and pulls the red
portiere across his breast. The song and
singer are forgotten by the gigglers, and
they giggle. Mind you, have no quar-
rel with laughter. I like laughter. 1 like
to hear the hearty ring OF the old-fashion,
robust Ha-ha. l am sorry there is not
more in the world to provoke laughter,
more to stir the dimples. But what I do
object to is the foolish and insincere
cackle which we so often hear in public
places, and particularly at the play.
Down with the giggle and the gigglers."
New Orleans Yimes-Domncraf
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
A Luxurious Pig.

Perhaps the most luxurious and at the
same time cultured member of the race
OF "porkers' thai ever existed has just
died at Nazeing.
When sucking he was adopted BY
a family, and, owing to his affectionate
disposition, he rose to such position in
their esteem that he was justly treated
as ;!, one of them. and was christened
'eTOddy." His sty was a palatial room,
and his couch curtained bed.
For three years he basked between
linen sheets with his head resting gu
lavender-scented pillows, and people
came from all parts to visit him.
Alas! One day a sanitary inspector
visited him in disguise, called him a hog.
and turned him from his luxurious quar-.
ters, and condemned him to the common
sty of his race.
His delicately nurtured constitution
was not able to stand his altered condi-
ton. and he died from Exposure, "
London Daily Mail.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

life-a life which dwells in the ocean of
truth, beneath the waves. beyond the
reach of tempests, in the eternal&calm!
How many people we know who sour
their lives. who ruin oil that is sweet and
beautiful by explosive tempers, who de-
stroy their poise of character by bad
blood! In fact. it is question whether
great ran majority 5md OF people 90 not ruin
lack of self-control. How few people we
meet in life who are well-balanced, who
have that exquisite poise which is char
acteristic of the finished character!-No-
vember Success.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
The Worm Turned.

He loved her devotedly. He was also
boW-legged. Both facts gave him pain
at times.
He passed it by with a rueful smile,
when she merrily said that his affliction
gave him such an arch look, and that,
after all, he was pretty good sort when
you got Oh to- his curves. He bore it
patiently, when she referred to his walk
rebelled, and broke the engagement,
when she called her pet dog through the
wicket formed by his legs ,..,> y, q.
may not be so overly ornamental y
said he, ''but I emphatically object to
being made useful, SO unseasonably early
in the game!'-Smart Set ~ )
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

BY certain kind of reasoning it is easy
to prove that in New York the poor man
is relatively as we'll off as his richer
brother. Working out from the general
proposition that nature always equalizes
herself, that the rich man get his ice in
the summer and the poor man gets his
in the winter, it is easy to prove that in
many respects he is much better off.
While there are opportunities in New
York for the richest man to spend him
self into bankruptcy in jig time, there
are also conditions which enable a man
who is 10 cents short of any money at all
to wax fat and save something besides.
Within single block on one of the
streets running off the Rowery counted
dozen places where all that the human
heart desires for single day might be
had for sum equivalent to tip for a
Waldorf waiter. There is sign out be-
fore restaurant in this quarter which
reads: Soup, cent: coffee, ! cent;
red-hots (two), 1 cent" Directly next
form of a glass of beer, so big that a
trained greyhound could hardly jump
over it, which bears this. legend: ''This is
our size. 2 cents" In these two places
man might eat and drink himself to re-
pletion for cents. Over the side: door Of
the saloon the price list of lodging is dis
played: "Beds. 5, 10 and Is cents" Fur
ther down the street in q basement is a
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Tranquility.

Who does not love tranquil heart, a
sweet-tempered, balanced life? It does
not matter whether it rains or shines, or
what misfortunes come to those possess
ing these blessings, for they are always
sweet, serene and calm. :S,,47 -
That exquisite poise of character
which we call serenity is the last lessor
Of culture, it is the Towering of life, the
fruitage of the soul. ~. :. ~ E5-->s>
Il eis as g. precious as wisdom, more to lie
gold: How contemptible mere money
wealth looks in comparison with serene
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
~Took It" Literally.

Once upon time very nervous man
called on his physician and asked him for
medical advice.
mind all that tends to worry yeu," said
the doctor.
Several months afterward the patient
received bill from the physician asking
him to remit SIS, and answered it thus:
Dear doctor, I;have taken tonic and
your advice. Your bill tends to worry
me, and so dismiss it from my mind"
MoralE-Advice sometimes defeats it's
giver.-Medical Talk.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Enlarging London Bridge.

The London county council has begun
to widen London bridge by adding a foot
way to each side Of it. The bridge is now
hfty-three feet wide and with the two
footpaths it will be sixty-five feet. The
work presents no very great problems and
will cost in the neighb0rhood of $500. .O(N
The bridge was begun in 1894 and was
seven years in building. Soon after it's
completion, when the piles around the
foundation were withdrawn, it began to
settle, but the movement was so slight
up to date has been about $4,000. 900. =
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
READY FOR IHE IYDGES
@ % ] 5 as Il"

barber shop that does shaving for 2 cents
and haircutting for 5. In this same place
the price Of a bath is 5 cents There are
hundred places of this kind scattered all
over the east side, and the patrons look
upon the Mills House as sort of Wal
dorf, because bed costs Is cents and a
meal dime. In the block referred to
there is secondhand store where shoes
may be had from anywhere between 5
cents and quarter and a suit of clothes
for 81. Everything else in this quarter is
cheap in proportion.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Big Steam Turbines.

Though the steam turbine was perfect.
ed in England the Westinghouse Com
pany Of Pittsburg is making a set Of four
5000 -kilowatt and three $500 -kilowatt
machines for the underground electric
railroads Of London. The kilowatt 1000
watts) is the, unit. Of electric power now
in accepted use. In general sense it is
equivalent to about ! 1-3 horsepower.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Automatic Hotel Calls.

In great metropolitan hotels, where
any hour of the night to make trains.
etc., the work of calling each one lust
at the proper time is quite a responsi-
bility. An automatic call system has
just been put into a New. York hotel.
A clock in, the Office is, SO arranged that
it can be set to ring a call at any speci-
fed time in any room; and it does not
go to sleep or forget, as call boys some
times do. f>:: 49,
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Colors in Flowers.

The same species of flower never
shows more than two or three coiors.
red, yellow and blue. Roses, for in
stance, are found red and yellow. but
never blue; verbenas are red and blue.
but not yellow; pansies are yellow and
blue but never red ~ az:s & - Ts5.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
Coal Cutting Machines.

While $500 coal-cutting machines are
used in United States mines there are
less than 400 such machines in British
collieries. # stS5
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
THE HORSE SHOW.

Ex-Police Chief Devery has been Of
fered $500 night to appear at vaude-
vile show as monologue artist. the
offer was made by telephone. Il wish
the fellow would come for his answer"
growls the chief. "I'm tired of carrying
it around"
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

The life of pilot, searching the wa
ters of the ocean off the port of New
York, for vessels to bring in, is not hap
Py one, although a large portion of it is
place to sleep in, plenty to eat, and good
pay: A pilot boat will take dozen men
on board and plenty of provisions. and
Fset her face outward. Back and forth
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

Charles NJ. Schwab has donated mile
Of steel automobile road for the expert
are II inches wide, 40 feet long and
have 3-inch flange on the under side.
There is less than half an inch raise on
the upper edges. Work on the expert
ment was started today in Murray
street, between Broadway and Church
street.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

The information was given out at New
ark, N. j., that Miss Emma Miller,
one Of the witnesses in the Molineux
trial. has been married for more than a
year. The fact that Miss Miller testified
under her maiden name during the recent
trial, and that her marriage was Kept Sc
cret, is the cause Of much comment.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

The efforts of a number of New York
churchmen to check the incursions Of the
drug habit have brought out the startling
statement from special committee ap-
pointed by them that there are over L.
100000 persons in the United States ad-
dicted to morphine and opium, and that
the number is constantly increasing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-09-13
For Girls and Boys
Hats, Goats, Suits

H1LS, CO0LS, OHIIS
With the beginning of school
days comes the need for many spe-
cial things that are to be found
here in the greatest varlety-and
here only.
Beaver Hats-"pnssy hats" one
child called them-are going to be
among the best things for girls this fall,
and there isn't better place to see
every known variety OF pussy hat than
in the little Millinery Salon on the sec
ond floor, devoted to children and grow
ing girls
There are long, shaggy beavers and beavers with
very short naps-sof, velvety kinds and brush
beavers that stiff and scratchy
All of them are trimmed in pretty, girlish ways
those for youngsters of and are plain and SIM
ple and the older hats full of snap and style.
OF course the soft, droopy hats are the most
youthfu-on them scarfs of odd beaver ribbons,
or clusters of shrred silk spikes wreaths of small
flowers, or silk braids
Pretty quilts, bits of ve.yet and coque feathers
are saved for the stiff hats that girls OF 10, and
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-09-13

81. so for $12 silk
covered down quits.
Mostly dark ooloriugs in
rich designs. The s:lss are
Interlined and filled with
good down; warm, luxurious
and handsome.
So. 50 for S. down
quilts.
Excellent sateen cover
ings, nicely quilted, filled
with pure down, corded
edges, double-bed size.
81. IS for sI.75 crib
down quits.
Made from short ends of
sateen left from the making
oflarge quilts.
81. IS springs
The usual So spiral spiings
made to fit your bed.
Third floor, Thirteenth sire
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-09-13

So blankets
THE Wister." warm, we'll
made white blankets. 7OXS0
inches, ) pounds.
S4.25 blankets
The "Physicians Favor
lte, pure wool filling on
light cotton warp.
S. blankets
The "Rldgwood," soft and
fluffy white wool blankets,
pink and blue borders. 7sx
81 inches, 9 pounds.
SIS MATTRESSES
Pure, soft, black hair mat
treSssi, made as you order,
choice of fancy ticking5, the
usual so mattresses.
$40 mattre SSeS-
4O-pound mixed hair, COW
cred with substantial blue
and white striped ticking;
the usual SIP kind.