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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-02
ICE WAS MEYER BETTER
The Minnetonka Club Is Preparing
for a Fine Yachting
Season.

Old yachtsmen say that they have
never known a time when the ice on
Lake Minnetonka. was in better con-
dition for ice-boating, and the mem
bers Of the Minnetonka Ice Yacht club,
which held its annual meeting in the
offices Of Theodore Wetmore in the
West hotel last night, are making has
ty preparations to get the most out Of
the season.
Altho last season was financially a
bad one, the treasury was found to
be in excellent condition when report
ed on last night, and the membership
stood at 230--a slight increase over
that of last year.
After the reading of the annual re-
ports of the retiring officers, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: A.. J.
Wagner, commodore; Ward G. Burton,
vice commodore; George K. Belden,
secretary and treasurer; Willis j.
Walker, measurer; Alfred r. Pills
bury and r. M. Bennett, trustees.
THE LARGER PART.
| Philadelphia Ledger.
81 wonder who owns the smaller portion of
Rhode Island p
The smaller portion? What. do you mean by
| that?
Jenkins told me to-day that he had bought
fifty acres of land there
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-02
Minneapolis League.
APEX.

Totals ....... 1858 s45
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
Progress I'm Porte Rico.

According to William H. Hunt, the
governor of Porto Rico, the natives OF
that island have been attacked with
widespread contagion. The inhabitants
have never had the epidemic before, and
some believe it incurable. Its symptoms
are a remarkable activity of mind and
body, an eagernsss on the part OF the
young to learn, and willingness among
those older to work. Mr.. Hunt is on q
visit to this country at the present time,
and when asked for diagnosis he an
swered: "The Porto Ricans have con-
tracted the get there spirit of the Yam
kee. The island is fast becoming a
prosperous American community. We
are awakening the natives from their
ancestral lethargy, and find that they
can hustle as well as ourselves, with
some encouragement. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
CORRECT BREATHING.
In Ordinary Life But Few PEOPLE
Breathe in u Proper
Manner.

DO you know how to breathe?" asked
a dyspeptic looking man of his compan-
ion, whose full, forid face denoted jolly
nature. 'In fact, should ask how long
1t has been since you drew your breath -
The fat-faced man moved nervously and
cast suspicious glance at his friend. He
was about to reply with suggestion that
another "bracer" might decide the point,
when he was interrupted again, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. THE
truth is you haven't breathed in weeks,
perhaps months, and can prove it. Don't
be alarmed, do not intend to hold an
autopsy on you, and the coroner will not
be called in to furish evidence Of what
say. Breathing is something that very
few people do. 1t is not a universal habit.
Less than five per cent. of the people
breathe as they should. Even a larger
per cent. of tomato plants or oak trees
breathe in the way that they should than
men. You may demonstrate this fact
to yourself All that is necessary is to
carry out few simple suggestions which
l will make, and consider we'll the in
dications which will be presented after
you have made the experiment. Breath
is life. The delicate organs and still more
delicate muscles which are involved in
breathing require action as much as do
the biceps or triceps. Lie on your back
for 80 days and observe how weak the
muscles of the legs and body become.
They would be shrunken and f1abby and
entirely too weak to carry your weight.
They would be impoverished Think not
then that the more delicate and sensitive
organs and muscles of the inner man do
not need exercise. This is given them by
breathing. Now, take man who has
not exercised his biceps or triceps for
several weeks and let him do 60 for the
space of three minutes. Then observe
how exhausted he feels. It is because the
muscles are not used to such violent ac-
tion. In the same way let man start a
violent respiratory motion and continue
ftfor three minutes. You will see the most
perfect picture of that tired feeling that
you could imagine. That will be proof
enough that the person who is thus rem
dered tired is not accustomed to breath
ing. The proof of the pudding is in the
chawing of the bag, as the old saw says.
Just try this plan once. Breathe heavily
and deeply for two minutes on rising in
the morning and see what feeling OF
exhaustion will be experienced Then
you will understand that very few peo-
pie breathe as they should and that much
OF sickness Is due to this fact. Catch
your breath, my friend. and you will
profit by it. You'll soon admit that there
Is great deal in breathing" and the
dyspeptic swallowed all the ozone he
could gulp down at one time.
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
COTTON FIELD AFTER THE FIRST SELECTION

1t should net the grower $50 per acre,
while the sugar planter 10 contented il
he clears SIS per acre.
Sea island cotton differs from the COM
mon upland variety in the greater
length and sickness of it's fiber. The To-
calities where it can be successfully
grown are limited.
Porto Rico is the latest section to en-
deavor to grow the cotton for CONNER
cial purposes. AS in the growing of the
upland cotton, the process of selection
to improve the length and fineness of the
fiber must be resorted to by the planter
1t proves essential also in increasing the
yield, encouraging early ripening, ant
harder plants. The first care is the
choice of the field from which the selec-
tions are to be made 1t must be good
soil and thoroughly cultivated in order
to insure a good development of the
plants and satisfactory conditions fol-
making selections Just before the first
picking, the field is gone over and every
plant examined with reference to the
productiveness, number and size of bolls
vigor and shape of plant, earliness, etc.
The seed of the individual plant select
ed the first year is planted in the spring
of the second year and plainly naked
to distinguish from the seed of any 9TH
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
SEA ISLAND C0TT0N| |
Porto Rico Now Ginning One of the
Largest Crops Ever Raised.
Bright Outlook In the Island for This
Valuable and Important Crop
How the Quality IL I'M
proved by Selection.

The new ginneries which have just
been erected on the water front of San
Juan, island of Porto Rico, are busy
working up the crop of sea island cotton
which is the most pretentious and sig
nificant crop which has yet been raised
In the island. 1t is expected that the
output will be something like 10000
bales of some of the finest sea island cot
ton grown.
About three years ago the first sys-
tematic attempts at growing sea island
cotton were made in Porto Rico, and
the results thus far obtained are most
gratifying. The principal promoter of
the new movement declares that the
island should grow $4,000 bales of this
superior quality of cotton each year, and
where 1t is properly cared for, and the
grade of plants improved by selection,
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01

In the air, stopped" almost to the
ground, rose again, tumbled somewhat
after the manner Of tumbler pigeon,
and in this way proceeded for some
distance, zig-zagging up and down, as
though bereft of his senses And per-
haps he was, for wiser creatures than
marsh hawks do funny things when they
are in love- After doing his acrobatic
turn" he sailed gracefully away
The nest, which found in May, was
made chiefly OF coarse grass and twigs,
on the ground near the river. There
were four eggs in it, dull white, about an
inch and three-quarters in length, and
we'll rounded. The next time l visited
the nest, the young birds were hatched-
beautiful, bright-eyed little fellows, COW
cred with white down, and with black
bills and yellow legs. At first they knew
no fear, but soon it came to them, as it
does to most wild things. and one day,
when their pin-feathers had started,
they greeted me by throwing themselves
IN their backs and striking at me saw
agely with their little talons.
The last time | visited the nest, the
young hawks, instead Of waiting to fight
me when approached, leaped from their
home into the surrounding grass, and
hoped away rapidly In every direction,
| with their long wings raised high in the
air to steady them as they bounced along.
left them to regain their composure
When next saw them they were able
| to shift for themselves Sometimes they
might be seen alighting upon stakes neal
the water, but usually they were skim.
ming over the open country, making
things warm for the mice and other small
creatures which inhabit the marshes.
| ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
THE MARSH HAWK |
How He Hunts and How He Lives,
and Way Young Are Raised.
The Naturalist Drops In on the Bird
While He Is COurting, and Is
Entertained by His Wild
and Amusing Antics.

One afternoon in early spring, l was
walking across the low-lying land ex-
tending along the borders of river.
Before me lay wide expanse Of open
country, chiefly grassy meadow, with
here and there little hillocks, which
stood out somewhat higher and
greener than the surrounding sod. Sud-
denly there swept past me, in easy,
graceful flight, long winged, ash-gray
bird with large white patch upon its
rump; male marsh hawk, hunting.
Quite low he flew, sometimes SO close to
the ground that he famed the tall grass
blades, sometimes skimming lightly
over clumps of bushes, rising and falling
as though he rode upon the crest of a
gentle ocean swell. For half mile,
perhaps, he continued on his course;
then, coming about with infinite grace,
he bore down upon me again. Back and
forth h. circled, "quartering" the coun-
try in way which proved his title to the
name of 'harrier." All this time his
bright hazel eye was searching every
clump of weeds, every hollow in the
grass, every twig of the leafless bushes,
Tor sign of his living prey. Presently
he caught sight of that which he sought,
for he checked his onward flight, and for
an instant hung fluttering in the air.
Then lightly he dropped into the grass,
where a lightning stroke laid low
meadow mouse, whose soft, fat little
hnixy offoroI icfo *o
these talons Of rapier steel. The bird
did not fly off with its prey in it's claws,
as sharp-shinned hawk would have
done, nor did he stop to devour the mouse
on the spot, as have often seen marsh
hawk do; it picked up the little rodent
with its feet, and by series of long
leaps through the grass, it reached a
rather more secluded spot, where it be-
gan to tear its victim to pieces.
About week later, I was walking
over the same open country, and again
I saw my old acquaintance the marsh
hawk. This time, however, he was not
alone, for in his company there was
somewhat larger bird, dark umber
brown on the back, and with reddish
streaks on the head. This was his
mate, and, despite the difference in col
oration, she had the characteristic
white patch on her rump. 1t was the
counting season, and, as / was anxious
to see the manner in which the marsh
hawk courted his bride. | hid myself
in ditch which drained the meadows,
and waited. For an hour, perhaps,
nothing unusal happened, and l had
begun to fear that my patience was not
to be rewarded that day, when suddenly
the male bird fioated into view, and be-
gan series of evolutions such as had
heard of, but never witnessed before
After circling about as usual. he arose
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
CHICAGO POST OFFICE
Removal of Mr.. Cobb Revives Inter-
est in Great Federal Building.
Present State of Work-Will BE Fin.
ished in April, 10O5-Interestfnk
Comparison with Erection of
Other Large Buildings.

The building of large public build
ing such as that of the new post Of
fee now being constructed at Chicago
Is apt to be punctured by full stops,
exclaimers and question marks. In
other words, there are generally long
delays in the completion of the work,
much criticism and many and awk-
ward questions asked. The summary
removal of the chief architect, Henry
Ives Cobb, by Secretary Shaw, has re-
minded the city of Chicago and the
country at large that great and cost
ly government building is being con-
structed there. 1t is so long ago since
the Chicago post Office spread its camp
on the lake front that the employees
and the people of the city have about
accepted the sQuatty building as per-
manent location.
Chicago has had to wait for her
new federal building, and will be
forced to continue the waiting attitude
for many long month. Those in a
position to know, declare that the
building will be completed by April 1,
1905, but others who are also familiar
with the operations, think that it ID
impossible, as there has been no pro-
vision made for heating the building,
and the work of finishing the interior
will have to stop during the cold win
ter months.
An abbreviated history OF Chicago's
new post Office building is as follows:
Authorized by congress, February,
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
BENTON, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER l. 1908
SPEED OF THE AUTOMOBILE,
Strange Enscination which Seems to
Possess Enthusiastic Owners
of the Machines.

There is something in high-speed
travel that appeals, with the strongest
fascination, to the general public.
Just why recordbreakingr run should
have such fascination, it is difficult to
determine; but perhaps it is that, un-
consciously. we realize that every
mile per hour added to our high
speed records Is another evidence OF
the gradual victory of man over that
all prevailing inertia which it is his
constant effort to overcome, says the
Scientific American.
The present year has witnessed
some remarkable feats of speed, par
ticularly in the field of the auto
mobile. Unquestionally the most as
tonishing performance was that of
Gabriel, the winner of the first stage
OF the Paris-Madrid race, who covered
a stretch of 331.2 miles at an average
speed OF 65.25s miles per hour. To
maintain such high average over
roads that are more or less hilly must
necessitate extremely fast running
over certain portions of the road.
Although the meet for the Gordon
Bennett cup, recently chronicled in
this journal, did not witness any such
high average speed as was achieved In
France, the speed trials for short dis
tances were the most successful ever
held. Although it Is true that the
course in Phoenix park is an ideal
one for speeding, we must admit that
the performance Of Baron de Forest.
when he lowered the worlds record
for kilometer to 26 3-5 seconds
which is equal TO a speed of 861k
miles per hour, is truly astonishing.
No less astonishing, either, is the
record of Barney Oldfeld, made re-
Gently on an oval track, of a mile in
30 40 seconds. or at a rate of 64H
miles an hour.
AS far as We are able to ascertain,
the highest speed attained by rail-
road train on trial that was proper
ly tested by competent timekeepers,
was fraction over 80 miles per hour,
so that the automobile is to-day
practically as fast as the locomotive.
OF course, it is different proposition
to run single machine capable OF
carrying only two persons at high
speed, and to do the same thing with
a train capable of carrying 300 or 400
people. The fact that nearly 80 miles
an hour has been achieved by an au-
tomobile proves that it is merely a
question of weight and horse power
before these machines will be running
a trial mile at the rate of 100 miles an
hour or over. Such performances,
however, are merely sensational and
spectacular; they have no practical
value, except so far as they may af-
ford data to the automobile makers
on the action of the more delicate and
sensitive parts of the engines when
they are pushed at their utmost limit.
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
SHAM ILLNESS TO AVOID WORK
Hospital Physicians Tell OF Strange
Cases of FciEned Ailments
In Summer.

Work-sickEeSS" is a malady that
is peculiarly prevalent these hot doys.
1t is remarkable disease and indi-
Gates what some men and women will
suffer to avoid regular employment.
Hospital physicians tell of strange
cases that come under their notice
where persons undergo agonizing
pain because Of their aversion to
work, says the New York Times. Such
cases are most common in prisons.
but they frequently are found In the
city hospitals. Soldiers and sailors,
too. often resort to an extreme
expedient to get week or a month
or a year Of the easy, pampered life
in a hospital ward.
The ailments most frequently
fefgned are fits, paralysis, imbecility,
pains in the chest or back, splitting Of
blood, and bleeding at the nose Some
times leg is twisted or retained in
a peculiar position for length Of
time, resulting in the loss of power
OF using it again. Some men have
been known to cause limb to swell
and tester by pricking sore with
copper wire; to cause infiltration oil
the air beneath the skin by running
sharp instrument into the lung; to
keep the end of a stump of an
amputated limb from healing by
torturing means.
Physicians say that among those
who sham disease to avoid work,
overacting is the commonest failing
that leads to the detection Of the I'M
posters. The make-believe paralytic,
though he shows no difficulty in pro-
truding his tongue, will turn 1t q
trifie too much to one side; the spuri-
GUS lunatic will be much to incon-
sequential in his ideas and actions;
the counterfeit deaf mute fails not
only to recognize sounds, but even the
vibrations of the sound waves pro-
duced by striking a resonant body on
which he may be standing, to which Q
real deaf mute never is insensible
Doctors says that such malingerins
is but an accentuated form of the
malingering seen on every hand every
day; the cold that prevents patient
from seeing an unwelcome guest; the
throat trouble that keeps him from
delivering speech, and the mysteri-
GUS complaint Frequently reported in
the case of Chinese statesman) that
units the subject from signing Official
documents.
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
TALKED HIM OVER.
Vital Statistfcs SkfllfulIy Presented
Brought the Obdurate
Father About.

Father, you are aware that Mr..
Spooner has been paying me his atten-
tions for the last year,"
yes, and have been very much op-
posed to it from the first. The idea of a
Spooner daring to aspire to the hand of a
Weggs!"
He has asked me to be his wife,
What? Confound him! I'll show
him the door in less than five minutes"
And ! have almost promised" she
placidly continued, relates London Tit
Bits.
What? What? My daughter marry
a spooner? Never! Go to your room
while l seek this daring youth"
Father, want to talk business with
you," she interrupted. "As you are
aware, this is the city of London
"Yes."
Have you seen the vital statistics OF
London for the last year?"
mo, of course not. The idea of that
Henry Spooner trying to cajole a
Weggs-"
wait! According to statistics, this
city has 271 ,240 more females than males.
There are 22S,S90 more marriageable
girls than can find husbands, to say
nothing of 49,, 2,421 widows anxious for q
No. 2. The number Of young men earn
ing over G3 per week is only 22,107.
There are camped on the trail of these
young men exactly 120, 900 young women
and 10000 widows. Three out of every
five children born are girls Death re-
moves two young men to one married
man or old bachelor"
The old man turned pale and grasped
a chair for support; then, after a pause,
she continued:
Father, take this pencil and work out
your Viola's chances of catching an
other man If she lets Henry Spooner
canter away"
Great Caesar!" he gasped, after cal
culating for moment; why, your
chances are only one In 12.875 .947!"
"Just what made it out to be myself.
What shall say to him this EVENING""
Say? Say? Why, tell him you'll have
him, and extend to him my best wishes
and heartfelt gratitude"
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01

er plant selected. Care is taken to note
whether these plants grown possess the
desired qualities, thus showing their
power of transmission. If they do not they
are discarded. The seeds of those that do
are carefully preserved and planted the
third year, and thus the process is car
ried on until the plants of the desired
qualities are obtained. Our illustrations
show a field after the first and third
selections are made and the undesirable
plants are removed.
The sea island cotton industry is a
most important one, but like all other
desirable products the plant had its ma
tural enemy. A few years ago the in
dusty was threatened by serious dis
ease, which attacked the roots Of the
plants, oftentimes affecting whole fields,
thus greatly reducing the yield After
careful study the government experts
discovered that the disease was minute
fungus, which through it's action on the
roots cut off the water supply and caused
the trouble, to which the cotton growers
had given the name of wilt" The ef-
fort to discover some fungicide which
would destroy the fungus was unslccess-
full. but it was noted that in field. which
were very badly affected by the disease
there were plants which seemed to be
immune. The method of selection
briefly outlined above was employed
End a cotton plant developed which was
n resistant to the disease.
Care is being taken in Porto Rico to
produce the best plants for its climate
and soil by the process of selection and
1t is only another demonstration of the
Importance to the farmer of the seeking
oz the survival of the fittest.
DANIEL CLEVERTON.
The Bossier banner., 1903-10-01
BRANDING THE KINGS SWANS
Novel Ceremony on the Tha mes River
That Takes Place Every
Year.
documents.

Rather afunny ceremony gone through
with every years has just been accom-
plished, and that Is the marking" of the
young swans, or cygnets, on the Upper
Thames. The swans are, of course. q
feature of the river after Richmond ID
passed. Some of them are owned by the
crown and the rest by two of the ancient
river companies" and 1t is In order to
distinguish them that the "cygnets" are
marked, says London paper.
The swan markers are q picturesque
company. They wear white fiannels and
can be told apart by their different col
ored jerseys. Those of the kings men
are scarlet, those Of the Dyer's company
navy blue and those Of the Winners COM
pany blue and white. The markers"
embark in half dozen skiffs, at the
stern of which flies either the kings flag,
white field with crown and the royal
cipher "E. r." or the bannerettes OF
one of the two companies.
The gallant company sets out from
Molesey Lock, and after that things are
pretty lively, for the operation of mark
ing swans-even young swans-is no
holiday pastime. The birds fight like
furies. They are surprisingly strong.
too, and every once In awhile an arm or
leg of one Of the markers is broken by q
blow from a cygnet's wing. The birds
are caught by means Of hook on the
end of a long pole, and they are branded
on the beak-either with the royal mono
gram or that Of one of the companies
Usually the man who does the branding
deprives the swan marked by him OF one
Of its feathers, which he sticks In hts
cap as trophy.
The number Of cygnets Is smaller than
usual this year, on account Of the bad
weather and floods which have pre-
vailed along the river. BY the way, the
Thames swans have a reputation for
viciousness, and English folk who have
seen what they can do with their wings
and beak make 1t point to give them .
wide berth.