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neferred to subcommittee.

Washington. Dec. 5.-The sub-com-
mittee OF the house judiciary commit
tee having trust legislation under con-
sideratlon reported fayorably TO the
full committee the publicity BILL. Then
the committee referred this bill. and
all others. to the special sub-commlt-
tee. consisting OF Messrs. LIttleheld'
oyerstreet, Powers, Clayton and Dear
mond
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06
WALL FELL AT FIRE.

One Man Killed at Gilmer aud Three
Others seriously Injured.
Gilmer. Tex. Dec. 5.-One man was
killed and three injured 10 a ere which
broke out AZ O'Clock Thursday morn
ing and destroyed property valued at
about $50. 1000. The dead:
A. NJ. X. Lyle.
The injured John Hill. Charlie Hill
son OF John Hlll. y ReInhart
Several others were slightly In
jured
A Ere destroyed a number Of busl'
ness houses with their contents In
the afternoon, while numbers Of peo'
pie were viewing the ruins OF twelve
buildings a wall fell with the above
result.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Washington. Dec 5.-The senate
committee on military affairs met
Thursday for ihe purpose ~ taking
up the bin for the reorganization OF the
militia and listened To resolutions In
support OF the measure by Secretary
Root and Gen. Carter. When the hear.
Ing OF Secretary Root was concluded
the committee decided to report the
bill rs Il passed the house without
amendment.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Washington. Dec. 5.-The president
sent the following nominations % the
senate.
Robert NJ. McWade. Pennsylvania.
now consul. 10 Dee consul general at
Canton. China.
Martin A. Knapp. New York. inter.
stale rrr,,.--ce commissioner. a 70.
appointment.
George w. Ellis. Kansas. secretary
OF the legation at Monrovia. Liberia.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Dallas. Tex. Dec. S.-The Austin
OF the Methodist Episcopal
church got down 10 business Thurs.
day and transacted considerable bust.
ness. DR. Edmund Thompson % the
American Sundayschool league ad
dressed the body. The Epworth league
also attended to much business.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

New York. Dec. William Henry
Welsh. travelling passenger agent on
the New York Central railroad, Is dead
al Yonkers from tumor on the brain.
He served through the Civil war with
the one Hundred and slxueth Mlehi-
gan regiment. and later was with Gus
ter In the Indian campaign.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06
BANNER DAY.
Seventy thousand People Attended the
Livestock Exhibition.

Livestock Exhibition.
Chicago. H.. Dec. 5.-Thursday was
banner day at the International
Livestock exposition. 10000 people
going through turnstiles In the Dexter
Park amphitheatre the crowd was 20
dense az night that the police reserve
was sent into the ring TO prevent a
crush aud TO lend assistance In case ~
emergency. No accidents occurred,
however. and the cheers OF the multi
tude OF spectators were deafening as
the prize winners. composing the even
ing's parade. passed along the eXhibi
ton space. The judging Of sheep car
cases az a packing house was one u
the attractive features OF the day. a
large crowd gathering 10 witness the
selection Of the winners.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06
VIII usee Pa..age Of Omnibus mn.

Tucson. Arlz. Dec. 5.-The Tucson
chamber OF commerce has elected q
committee OF flyo representative oiu-
zens who will Leave Tor Washington TO
urge the passage OF the omnibus state
hood bill.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Cartersvlle. Ga. Dec. 5-Rev Joe
Jones. brother 10 the Rev Sam Jones
the noted evangelist. died suddenly
Thursday night NJ bis brothers resi-
dence. Deceased had acquired con
siderable reputation himself as an
evangelist. lie was lfty's!x years Of
age.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Washington. Dec o. 80 President
Roosevelt is assured that II the nego'
tiatlons with Cuba for a reciprocity
are concluded by the state department
the treaty will be ratified during the
present session
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06
connrm.d Oliver wendell HOLMES. =

Washington. Dec. 1.-The senate
confirmed the nomination OF oliver
Wendell Holmes as associate Justice
OF the United States supreme court.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-06

Washington. Dec. 5.-The house con-
tidered bills on the private calendar.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
THE CARDIFF GIANT.
Authentic Account of the Origin of
the Eumbug That Deluded
Thousands of People.

"The True Story of Remarkable
Deception" is the subtitle of paper
on the above topic by Hon. Andrew d.
White, in Century. In this study OF
human credulity, Ambassador White,
who, by the way, pronounced the
giant fake from the start, has this
to say of the origin of the deception,
by which thousands were .taken in:
"The catastrophe now approached
rapidly, and soon affidavits from men
of high character in Iowa and Illinois
established the fact that the figure
was made at Fort Dodge, in Iowa. If
great block of gypsum there found;
that this block was transported by
land to the nearest railway
Boone, about As miles distant; that on
the way the wagon conveying it broke
down, and thar, as no other could be-
found strong enough to bear the
whole weight, a portion of the block
was cut off; that, thus diminished. it
was taken to Chicago, where Ger.
man stone-carver gave it final shape;
that, as it had been shortened, he was
obliged to draw mp the lower limbs,
thus giving it a strikingly contracted
and agonized appearance; that the uI-
der side of the figureswas grooved ami
channeled, that it should appear to be
wasted by age; that it was then dotted
or pitted over with minute pores By
means of a leaden mallet faced with
steel needles; that it was stained with
some preparation which gave it an ap-
pearance of great age; that it was
then shipped to place near Bingham
ton, New York, and finally brought 90
Cardiff, and there buried. 1t further
came out that Hull, in order to secure
his brotherin-law, Farmer Newell.
as his confederate in burying the
statue, had sworn him to secrecy. and
in order that the family might testify
that they had never heard or seen any.
thing of the statue until it had been
unearthed, he had sent them away on
a little excursion covering the time
when it was brought and buried. All
these facts were established by aft.
davits from men of high character in
Iowa and Illinois, by the sworn testi.
mony of various Onondaga farmers
and men of business, and finally by the
admissions, and even boasts, of HUI
himself"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
MY SHIP.

I stood maroone6 on a desert fsie,
with my gaze o'er the white-capped sea.
And hone leaped up in my heart the while
NV ship-would it come to me?
Nv beautiful ship, with its sails OF nnow,
SWanlfke on the oceans blue.
While ever gazed where the sky hung low,
And ever my longing grew.
Long. / watched in the burning sun;
Ard Just at the close of day.
IA CLINT of white where the fog banks run
Flashed up like a whitecap spray
FLASHED into my sight on the low sky line;
Then out of the sea upreared
The black storm cloud; ard this ship of
mine
Was lost in the blackness weird
All night | lay on the damp seaweed.
With the spray on my sodden head;
The mad waves howled, but | took r o heed
Nor rocked of their raving cread
All night in the storm with a chilling
breast,
When, 10! at the break of day,
There, dancing at anchor with sails at rest,
NV ship in the harbor lay!
nv beautiful ship! When the night was
black,
When the sky was the hue of lead.
Der rock and reef, through the laundering
rack,
She sailed with a steady head!
oh, faltering one! when the dark hour
falls,
Deem not that all hope is past,
But bark for the sound of the Pilots call,
For your ship will come in at last.
Lowell O. Reese, in San Francisco Bull
lafip
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
He Doesn't Set Himself Up n a Teas h
er, But Draws Lesson from
Experience.

"No matter what business a man
may be in," said the retired burglar,
according to the New York Sun,
sit is only by actual hard work and by
everlastin'ly keepin' at it that he viii
get on in it. No amount of dreamin
will put n man anywhere; but there
amt anywhere that a man can't get
by steady, hard work.
1--WE seen this illustrated in my own
business; as matter of act, in my oyy n
experience.
'.I've wasted many and many night
dreamin' of robbin' banks, maxim, in
my mind, million dollars at a clip.
but never actually maxim cent,
while some chap that | knew that
didn't have half as lofty ideas abous
things as / did would be doin' very
we'll, indeed, robbin' just small houses
and places like that, just by gettin'
down to business and stickin' to 1t;
not wastin' his time dreamin'. Ny
son
"Well, / dunno, cons:derin' my busi-
ness, or what was my business, as |
ought to set up as teacher, but you
can draw your own conclusions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Tiniest Alarm Clocks.

Miniature watches for the corsage
and wrist are common enough, but it
hes been left fer a western genius to
produce a lingering timepiece, and
that of the alarm order. A piece Of
mechanism so tiny, of course. could
not contain an alarm bell, but needle
that would give a very pereeptible
puncture was possible. Now, all that
the man or woman who wishes TO rise
at a certain time has to do is to set
the alarm. adjust the ring, and lapse
into forgetfulness. At the appointed
hour the faithful little warder pierces
the finger with just enough emphasis
to rouse the sleeper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
pITH AND POINT.

Premenition is what people think
they have when they say: Il told you
so. Chicago Daily News.
The world is full of people who
would break their necks any time
rather than wait for the next car
Atchison Globe.
First Citizen-"Do. you believe in
signs?" Second Citizen-''You bet l
do. | make my living painting them"
-Somerville Journal.
Lady (engaging maid)-"Was
your last mistress satisfied with
you?" Maid-"Well, mum, she said
she was very pleased when l left y
Punch.
Another Matter.-Cholly-"Me bill
fob clothes amounts to ovah $1,000 a
yeah" Charley-"But how much do
they cost you?" Philadelphia In
quirer.
Hoggarty-'I'm not ashamed to say
that my wife made me what | am"
Bertin-"Had grudge against you,
eh? Before she took hold of you, l
suppose you were decent sort Of fei-
low. Boston Transcript.
The Greatest Yet.-'What," we ask
of the librarian, ''do you suppose is
the greatest library book in the world
the book that is In most demand?''
''Carnegie's bank book" he responds,
confidently, without looking up from
his work.-Baltimore American.
''These Americanos," cries the af-
frighted Tagal, "are cannibals. "
Whatever gave you such an idea?'
asks the Moro. 81 just heard one of
those soldiers ask that pretty school
teacher to come and eat Filipino O
with him! What to Eat.
"And when you marry she softly
said, Il hope you'll remember to invite
me to the ceremony" He looked
thoughtful. 1T will be awfully
crowded, no doubt" he said, s'but !
think l can ring you in somehow .
And moment or two later she de-
clared the ring was an astonishing
good fit-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
BENTON, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1902.

watching the sea, under the shadow
~of the quaint rock at the western end
of the town, showed her in a moment
the gentle fraud that had been prac-
ticed upon her, and the position in
which she. stood. She said nothing
then; but the pext day there was nc
Bertha Tamlyn in all Dawlish, and
disconsolate Dick Lyddon searched in
vain for her.
He searched foe three months. while
a long summer wore itself out. He
dragged the faithful and unfortunate
Capt. Boxer about here, there and ev-
erywhere, but all to no purpose. And
at last one day, after many Journey
ings, the little train ratified him again
through the little tunnel into Dawlish.
He found her that night sitting
quietly under the shadow of the big
rock, gazing at the sea. He came and
sat down beside her and she did not
try to run away. Very gently-being
terribly afraid to startle her, or to
drive her again from him, he began to
tell her something of his search for
her-something, too, of that old story
which yet is always new story. and
which had grown so steadily in his
heart.
"You only say this out of pity for
me-" she said at last in whisper,
without looking at him. "You are
sorry for a penniless girl. who had to
masquerade in boys clothes to try to
get living"
81 was always sorry for you," he
said gently; "but it's something bet
ter than that. Dear Rertha, I'm Just
as lonely as you are, except for the
captain; and one gets tired even of
the captain in time. Won't you for
get that I'm so abominably rich p
| won't you try if you can't love me a
little?"
you've been like fairy prince to
me-" she said gratefully. 'You came
and stretched out a golden hand to
me"
"Oh, no: it only had dime in it t
first" he said. laughing. "And it's
quite an ordinary hand, Bertha; and
it just wants to help you over the
rough places in the road, and to tight
| some of your battles for you. Won't
YOU let it do that?"
| She took the hand he held out to
her, and carried it swiftly up to her
| breast, and laid it there, and bent her
| lips to it.
And on the honeymoon it was Dick
who carried the bag.-Amefican
| Queen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
TO UTILIZE HEAT OF SUN.
Which He Can RevolutfOnise
the Power Problem.

Emmet Greenfield, a mclder en-
ployed in Evansville, claims that he
has discovered an energy which viii
reyolutionize mechanical power and
solve the problem OF fuel and heat for
all time. BY a simple device like an
electric battery, the construction of
which is a secret, he says he can ex-
tract energy from the rays of the sun
and transmit it to motors for me-
chanical power, or to stoves and sur-
paces for heat. He claims to have a
successful working model of the b;
tery. Greenfield is 45 years old, and
has been experimenting for 20 years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
The Easiest solution.

While long line of taxpayers were
awaiting their turn at the tax office
on Monday, along came a burly Irish
man, who constantly inquired,
''Where is the end of the line?"
From most of the waiting men came
the answer, Behind me, SIR Fin
ally, upon reaching the head of the
stairway leading to the basement,
and being told by one of the men
that he would have to go down stairs
and there find the line. he sat down
at the head of the stairway, exelaim-
ing:
..Shure and Ohm tired. Olive tried
tc git down to the end of the loine
and can't foind it, SO now Oill set
roight down where Oh am and wait
till the end of the loine comes up
and foinds me."-N. Y. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
spanfards as Gamblers.

In Europe and the new world the
most inveterate gamblers are the
Spaniards and their descendants.
Among African tribes the Haussas
run the Chinese very close; and there
are some Kanaka tribes in the South
seas who push the hazard of gau-
bling beyond the grave.-N. Y. Her,
aid
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Trouble About Breakfast.

Hobson-It isn't so easy mat
ter to plan ones housekeeping ar
engagements.
Dobbins--I believe you. I've been
thinking what to do about breakfast
Tomorrow morning. ] should like
heefsteak, but if | pay the price for
il, I can't afford to burn the coal to
cook It, and ii | burn the coal can't
afford the steak.-Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
A One-Man Furnace.

House Owner-How does your
furnace work this weather?
Tenant-The exercise of raking II
keeps me warm enough but the 9th.
er members of the fan lily complain
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Red-I.effer Day

Lawyer Ito witness)-Why are you
SO positive, Mr.. Suburban, that the
event occurred on the date you men
ton? You might be mistaken.
Mr.. Suburban-Impossible, sir. II
was on the day didn't have to do any
shopping in town fer my wife.-Chi.'
cago Daily News.
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from of
delusion not com
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
De.uction Gone Wrong.

Jerry-Famiiy ard blood will tell.
Jack-Oh, j don't knew; the smart
est dog we haze hasn't any pedigree
al ail.-Dei1oit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Best Work Horses.

The horses that are best able to
stand hard drains are those who
work steadily every day in the week.
Albany Argus.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Heard ONT Meat.

Billie was convicted of horse steal
ing.
Jill-Was the chain Of evidence
strong?
4 don't know anything about the
chain, but the rope was strong, all
right. ~ Yonkers Statesman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-12-11
Gloomy Prospect. Indeed.

First Automobilist-W see they
are making some fuss about the speed
we are going az.
Second Automobilist-I know it.
Why, the next thing, theywill be trying
to preyeEs cur killing anyone.-Town
Topics.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-07-10
FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Rather and ROadrunner Meet In Bat.
tie Royal from Which the Bird
Emerged Victor.

From story in St. Nicholas we
take this exciting picture OF Texan
outdoor battle:
Harry, who was leading, stopped,
and motioned them to be still. A pc
culiar harsh staccato call came from
some bird in their front, followed by
another, and another. This was ac-
companied by a steady sharp hum
ming, which reminded Ralph of the
noise made by typewriter when the
carriage is dragged over the teeth in
its rear. Peering cautiously through
a fringe of catclaw, they saw small
open glade not ten yards across, and
in its center a huge notified rattle
snake was coiled, ring upon ring, its
wicked dark head raised six inches,
and waving slowly to and fro. Its
small eyes cleaned like carbuncles,'
and it's tail vibrated SO rapidly that
the tip could not be seen. It was in
an extremity of anger. Five feet
away, it's head lowered nearly to the
grass, it's bill extended, its wings half
raised, and sharply elbowed, chapar-
ral-cock hoped slowly up and down.
A battle to the death was on, and the
boys watched it strainingly, Harry
with never-failing interest, the broth
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-07-10
WILL MARRY A PRINCE.
beautiful Baltimore Girl to Become
the Bride Of the Fourth Son of
the King Of Sweden.

News has been received from Paris
of the engagement of Helen German
Wild, of Baltimore, and Prince Eu-
gene of Sweden, fourth son of the
king of Sweden and Norway, and
hitherto regarded as possible heir
to the throne.
Miss Wild, a beautiful woman, is
related to the famous Carroll family
of Baltimore. She is devout Cath
Ole, while the royal family of Sweden
is Protestant. She is an heiress in
her own right and is well known in
society in Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia.
At first King Oscar objected strenu-
ously to the match, principally on the
ground of the young woman's re-
igion.
In the annals of Sweden there is
not a single instance of an alliance
of scion of royal blood with a
Catholic. Perhaps in no country in
Europe is Professionalism SO strongly
intrenched as in Sweden, and when
the romantic marriage of Prince Eu-
gene was preached it's possibility
was laughed at by the court entour-
age. By his marriage Prince Eugene
will resign all right to the throne,
Catholic influence near the Swedish
crown being regarded as out of the
question, and the sacrifice of posi-
BILE throne for love invests the match
with q more than usual interest. The
present wearer of the Swedish crown
had for one of his predecessors Gus
tavus Adolphus, the "Lion of the
North" and the defender of the
Protestant faith.
At first, it is said, King Oscar
fouted the possibility of an alliance
between his son and an American
Catholic. The ardent lover was given
to understand that the marriage was
out of the question, and was warned
that if he persisted he would have to
renounce all royal rights.
1t seems, however, that Prince Eu-
gene had potent ally in the queen,
his mother, and through her intlu-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-07-10

ers almost in terror. They had never
before seen the dreaded RATHER.
Like fash of light, the snake
launched itself forward, and it's head
struck the sward a good seven feet
from the spot where it had been
coiled; but with equal rapidity the
cock had leaped yard aside. No
human eye could follow this stroke
or its avoidance. One instant the
reptile was punched, and the bird
nearly stationary. In half the next
instant the reptile was at full
length, and the bird out of danger.
It is the weakness of the RATHER
that it must coil before it can resume
the attack. It endeavored Immediate
ly to recoil, but was not fast enough.
With a ightning-like spring, the
paisano alighted squarely upon it's
neck, two inches below its head. The
sharp bill descended twice. Then it
hoped two yards away and uttered
squawk of triumph. The RATHER
threw itself into spiral and struck
blindly it's full length. This it did 20
times, coiling and springing with in
conceivable rapidity. Both eyes were
destroyed. It's thuds were audible
yards away. Always it missed
venomously. The increasing slowness
of it's motions showed coming ex-
haustion. Then, after a spring, it lay
stretched for a second or two. In
that time the aparral-cock, which
had not ceased to dance about and
call loudly, fastened once more upon
it's neck, and drove its bill into the
brain. There was a culver of the
long body-no more.
::'That was worth looking at, eh?"
asked Harry, stepping into the glade,
and turning over the snake with his
foot. The road-runner instantly van
ished.