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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

been labor disturbances Of the most
serious character. Even in Rome there
exists q strike Of large proportions.
in which street transportation systems
are effected and general business Grip
pied. Just what may be the merits
of these various labor controversies
in Europe, there is small chance Of
asertaining at this distance, but there
is this consolation that il we are
suffering this country from industrial
disturbances we have at least plenty
of company. -Picayune.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

A Montana plumber while doing
some plumbing work found S3S, 200
and when handed to the owner was
rewarded with 81. But when the
plumbing bill was handed in the
owner of the money was charged $780,
999 which taught him that plumbers
are human beings and believe in strict
honesty.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Alcorn county is making strenguous
efforts to have good country roads.
but with what success it will have
remains to be seen. Doubtless it will
not be many years before every county
in the state will be taking as much
interest in good roads as the people
take in some other states. But the
sharp-cutting wagon tire must go be-
fore there can be good roads.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

A Missouri pulpit orator has cre-
ated considerable agitation by the
declaration that no woman can enter
the kingdom of heaven with bird
as an ornament on her hat. 1t had
been the impression heretofore that
women who went to heaven left their
hats at home for the reason there are
no theatres in heaven.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

The Atlanta Journal thinks the fish
liar and the snake liar are slow about
coming out this season in Georgia. In
Mississippi the people are too deeply
interested in the gubernatorial race
to listen to such stories.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

The inhabitants of Pee Dee, Mis-
souri,, are divided as to the proper
way Of spelling the name of the town.
Let them decide on P. D. and add the
c. to it when occasion may demand.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Canada has determined to keep
cigarettes out of her borders. The
average American youths opinion of
that country is not very favorable.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

If you want the best sewing machines,
buy the up to date Wheeler & Wilson,
Sold by Hawkins & Co., Hardware
Denartment. inch24tf
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

WANTED>zPosition a. dry goods or
grocery salesman. Four years expe-
rience, and can give best Of reference.
Address this Office. apr9 st
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Now since Easter has come and gone
the women will begin to save up
their pin money to attend the ST..
Louis fair.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

1t has long since been discovered
that the Easter hat costs sight more
than the darn Christmas stocking.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Straw hats are already coming into
use. But they show which way the
wind blows
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Mexico has political row one day
and a volcano the next. Any thing
to pass away the time.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-14

Greenville is now dry town, the
water having receded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05

of blade fouled a portion of the steel
bridgework. More of the parts became in
volved tremendous vibration to the en-
tire body of the machine was set up, and
1t was in imminent danger of being thrown
from the superstructure. Prof. Manly had
to grasp the side of the cabinet to steady
himself, while he fastened to stop the en-
CINE.
Langley Came Home.
When the full extent of the damage was
ascertained Prof. Langley decided to return
to Washington that evening. 1t was appar-
ent to the experts that considerable work
would have to be done in order to render
the aerodrome again hit for a launching.
The accident was a great disappointment
both to Prof. Langley and Chief Assistant
Manly. They had entertained hopes of
having launching late in the afternoon.
Busy This Morning.
The experts were busy again this morn
ing with the gasoline motor which is to
supply the power for mechanical fight.
The aerodrome was not elevated to the su-
perstructure, but the engine was tested in
side the houseboat. 1t worked satisfac-
torily.
Prof. Manly feels confident that he will
soon have 1t in the best possible condition
and that the next attempted experiment
will not have to be abandoned because Of
any fairure of the motor to perform its
functions. The injury sustained by the
bridgework Of the machine in the wreck of
the propeller yesterday afternoon has been
partly repaired.
The regular weekly trip Of the mechanics
to Washington will be taken this after
noon. Prof. Langley will return to his
houseboat early next week and he and his
assistants will be in readiness for launch
ing at the earliest good opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
BOYS AND STREET LIFE.
New York Commended for Regulating
the "Newsies."

New York Commended for Regulating
the "Newsies."
From the Chicago Tribune.
No practical, prosperous business man
will allow his ten-year-old son to peddle
papers in the downtown district. He
knows what boys learn in that district.
Nevertheless he can sit in his office and
look out of his window and see other mems
sons peddling papers. and say to the pes
ulent reformer:" "Oh, this street life is
the world. 1t sharpens his wits 1t makes
a man of him. He learns how to do things
He becomes capable and effective"
But what did Ernest Poole and Helen
Marot find when they made their study Of
newsboy life in New York? What did the
Liverpool authorities find when they made
their inquiries into street trading in Lv-
erpool? What did the London school board
find when when 1t Investigated the street
boys of London? What did the parliament
tary committee find when it got Its material
for it's 500-page blue book on the Juvenile
street traders of all England?
This: The newsboy, the average newsboy
(geniuses don't COUNT, learns nothing def
inately; he is erratic and undisciplined; his
mind is jerky and discOntinuous; he loses
his power Of concentration; he becomes dis
sipated; he eats and sleeps at irregular
hours;s he uses cigarettes, coffee, whisky
and cocaine; he lies. swears and cheats; he
Is exposed at the age of ten TO vices which
usually Just fail to wreck the ordinary
youth who Is exposed to them at the age Of
twenty; he sees and hears and learns all
the wickedness of a downtown district at
period Of his life when he has neither the
physical nor the moral development for re-
sistance: in short, he is forced product.
with all that charm OF preoocity and all
that prospect of collapse which forced
products always have. II n
Let New York be congratulated, there
fnrn a NJ la w ha
terms of this law are not so rigid as those
of the Liverpool law, but they are rigid
enough to do much good. They are mainly
these: No boys under ten shall sell papers
fourteen shall sell papers after 10 o'cock s t
night. Every boy between ten and fourteen
who sells papers shall have a license and a
badge from the board Of education.
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BUZzARD is INJURED
STUBBORN BIRD REFUSES TO FLY
AND STARTS A ROUGH HOUSE.
Considerable Work Must Be Done to
Damaged Craft Before Trial
Can Be Made.

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
Underwater, Va, September 6.-While
the motor of the Langley airship was be-
ing tested yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
the orbit of the port propeller suddenly be-
came altered in some unexplained manner,
causing the two three-foot blades, revolv-
ing about 900 times a minute. to crash into
the bars and rods of the body Of the ma
chine. In a half minute the propeller was
entirely wrecked. Its shattered particles
foated to the water
An inspection showed that the bridge
work of the airship had been considera bly,
injured. One of the main bars supporting
the body of the machine bent to a
right angle. Another propeller was brought
out, but the experiment was discontinued
soon thereafter.
Manly In the Car.
At the time the accident occurred Prof
Manly was in the navigator's car. The mo-
tor was going well, when suddenly the end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
The Auctioneer Language.
m the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Charles Washburn. one of the auctioneers
in the fruit exchange over the Erie railroad
pier, was interrupted by Inspector Bayard
Fuller and a policeman, the latter leading
very MISUNDERSTANDING emigrant who
had wandered away from his boarding
house and did not know how to get back.
whats the matter with him." asked
Mr.. Washburn.
Hes lost" replied Inspector Fuller.
well, what have to do with it?"
We've tried him with English, Spanish,
Greek. Italian, German and French. but he
doesn't understand word. Now we want
to see IL he understands that COMPOUNDED
gibberish you speak"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
PARIS UNDERGROUND p1sAsrEn
Necessity of Building Subway Cars En-.
tirely of Metal,

From the Scientific American
AS regards the twenty miles OF subwav
that are shortly to be opened In this cftv
the risk of sufrocation due to the burning al
a train is claimed to be not SO great an On
the Paris subway. for the alleged reasons
that generally speaking, the subway Les
very close to the surface. the stations arc
closer together, and that the openings from
the tunnel are ample for ventilation. Al a
matter OF fact the provision for ventila tfon
throughout the greater part Of the road n
merely that which exists at tho stations.
where 1t consists Of nothing more than tn
ssairways Tor the entrance and exit of pas,
eengers 1t Is true that along tho Boulevard
there are open wells but below 42d streaS
the subway will have to depend upon So
ton stairways alone for ventilation.
Certain 1t Is that II a fire should oocux
say on 4th avenue. or beneath 42d street
the smoke and gases would have no read4
means OF escape from the tunnel and ID.
pendence would have to be placed upon the
movement of the trains to effect its did,
charge at the station openings But when
we consider that Just many trains win
move in one direction the other 1t is dim
cult to see how the much talked Of piston
effect of the moving trains WITH clear thu
tunnel atmosphere by promoting q circuiar
ton of pure air. Indeed 1t Is pretty safe to
say that 1t will do nothing of the kind. and
In the event of fire there will be nothing
Tor II but to close the particular section Of
the tunnel where 1t occurs to all traffic until
the fire is subdued and the smoke and gases
have had time to disspate.
1t Is absolutely imperative that the con.
strucuon or the rolling stock be such thai
the burning of a car or train of cars Will
be rendered impossible. The only certain
way to insure this immunity from fire Ia I'd
exclude from the cars every particle Of tnA
hammable material and this can be aos
compliShed satisfactorily only by buildinnP
them entirely Of metal
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temples, while their Chibchacum was a fac
simile Of the Buddhist god of agriculture.
Temple Of Agriculture


The most splendid temple Of the old Bo-
cata. consecrated to the god of agriculture,
stood near the site Of the present grand
cathedral. in the center Of the modern capt.
tai. Thither twice every year went the en-
peror, his chief caciQues and all the royal
retinue, to offer obIations to the deity who
was believed to preside over the harvests,
ceremony not unlike the moon feasts' that
arc yet celebrated in many OF the interior
districts of China.
The present inhabitants of the Bogota
plain seem q totally different people from
those in other parts Of Colombia, possessing
deal moro energy and disposition to
keep within ha1ling distance Of the times.
Here agriculture and the useful arts are at
least a century ahead Of their practice IN
the torrid valleys and along the burning
coast. The wooden shovel and clumsy
forked stick have given place to the iron
spade and patent pillow; Quintas (farms) in
closed with substantial walls of stone or
adobe have spacious houses that wear an
air Of palatial elegance compared with the
mud and bamboo huts along the great
rivers.
Moorish Scenes.
The old Bogota somehow presents an ap-
pearance OF unusual picturesqueness,
though in a land where all things are as
quaint as was Egypt in the days of Moses.
It's narrow streets, winding up hill and
UOWu, are pdVeu Win LIE SIldTpcSt VI Sludll
stones. that make pedestrians feel like peni-
tential pilgrims on the way to Mecca with
peas in their shoes: and in the middle Of
each street is cut a deep ditch channel,
through which the melted SHOWS of the
nearby mountains dance in noisy rivulets.
The city has a population Of something
over 10000, and In many respects is mod
ern. in others fully 200 years behind the
times. Its whitewashed casas are mostly
of one story, with projecting roofs of red
tiles, and green-painted windows. latticed
like those Of prisons, between whose bars
one sees peering eyes-the beautiful dark
eyes of Colombian women, full Of wonder
ing curiosity at sight of ''los estrangeros
Americanos." Though built of adobe and
unprepossessing In outside appearance,
there are many elegant homes in Colombia's
capital. spacious and well furnished The
prevailing style of architecture is, of
course, that which the Moors bequeathed
to the early Spaniards every house like a
fort It's bare. blank walls built flush with
the pavement, carefully concealing from
the passerby every trace of home life while
within are bloom and beauty, sunshine and
cheerfulness Those casas that exult in
the luxury of a second story-and there are
more of them in Bogota than one often
finds in a Spanish-American city-have no
windows on the ground floor, the rooms
fronting the streets being used for shops,
warehouses and stables for the proprIetors
and their families always prefer to live
above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Living.
From Puck.

Il daresay the cost of living has bean
greatly reduced in five hundred years.
| ''Oh, yesi In the nineteenth century, the
| ancient records tell us. simple operation
| for appendicitis cost two hundred dollaNEH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Where She Drew the Line.

From Puck.
Gladys-"she says she trusts him with all
her soul"
Alice-"But she won't trust him with her
fcrtune?"
Gladys-"No: it's all invested in corpora
tons which have no soul"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Summer Resort Booklets.

1t will be a great convenience for people
Who nave not ALREADY ,cjd.d where thev
will go this summer to call at The Star Of
fee and look over the circt ldrs of summer
resort hotels, retaining any that they may
wish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05

thousands. of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns of The
Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding or ProtYudinG Pne4,
Your druggist will refund your money u pA60
oINTM ENT fails to cure you. 70 csntA
my2-s-2St
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
DraDery Specials.

UTapeFy Specials
200 odd pairs of Nottingham and
Scotch Lace Curtains. Values from 81
to So. en- DE-
125 pairs Nottingham Lace Curtains.
WI Vim Hi bs offered at. ........ $1.38
70 pairs Brussels effect Nottingham
Lace Curtains. $3.50 values. CD Am
VIII be offered at............ 49, NV
30 pairs Real Scotch Lace Curtains,
y Wil1 be ,on o5ier 20 values a1' S3.O8
10 pairs Real Irish Point Lace Cur
tains. So values. CT I'm
Will be offered at............ spOs -
A pairs of Irish Point Lace Curtains.
50 values. c. AZ
VIII be offered at.... Do. TO
q pairs Real Ivory Irish Point Lace
Curtains. SIS values. 81 O&
VIII be offered at.............~ 0'>O
127 odd pairs Of French Tapestry Por-
there's: all colors. Values from
80 to $15. OK mQ
IA pairs French Mercerized Portieres,
~ wiz TalS be offered at S8.08
70 pairs Silk-finish Portieres; all COL
ors: heavy fringe top and bottom. SIS
values. co mo
Will be offered epC.YO
$500 yards 50-inch Upholstery Goods;
all colors. $3.50 to $3.50 values. IT,
VIII be offered at, yd............ EOSs
$50 yards Silk-faced Tapestry. All
colors. Value, s.. on 40
Will be offered at............ y NO
70 Solid Oak 3-fold Screens, mounted
in denim. 81 values. CD 2&
Will be offered at............ pAsOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05

Subbubs-"Do you really mean to say you
keep a cat?''
Backlotz-"Yes"
Subbubs-'I shouldn't think you'd want
one around the house
Backlotz-"I don't. but the cat insists
Phila delphia Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Incorporation Papers Filed

The Eureka Dancing Glass has filed a
ceruncate OF incorporation with the re-
corder or deeds FOX the District. The Of
ncers and incorporatoTs of the club are
Felix h. Wooden, president; Virgil T Cog
dell vice president; VIM Henderson anan
cial secretary; Edward r. Myers. record.
ing secretary: Frederick Burnett. treasurer:
George w Brooks. sergeant-at-arrns; VIM
II. Gray. general manager; Isaac A Win
ston. assistant manager; Jno. T. Hall chap
lain; George Ellington. assistant secretary
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-21
Official.

Tax Ordinances for 1908.
An Ordinance Levying Ten Mill Tax
on all The property in Bossier Levee
District subject to taxation for Levee
purposes for the year 1903.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
! in regular session convened, That a
District Levee Tax of ten (10) mills on
the dollar Of its assessed valuation be
and is hereby levied on all property
| situated in the Bossier Levee District,
subject to taxation for levee purposes,
| for the year 1903.
An OTdinace Levying Local Assess
ment Of Five Cents per Acre on every
acre of alluvial land within the Bossier
Levee District for the year 1903.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Com
missioners OF the Bossier LeVee District
in regular session convened, That local
assessment OF five cents per acre on each
and every alluvial acre of land within
the Bossier Levee District for the wear
1903 be, and is hereby levied.
An Ordinance Levying Local Assess
ment of $50 per mile on Railroads
TIC locSoICI LCVCS b1SlI1SG IOI
the year 1903.
Be it Ordained by the Board Of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That local
assessment of sixty dollars per mile be,
and is hereby levied, for the year 1903,
On every mile Of railroad situated within
the Bossier Levee District.
An Ordinance Levying Special Assess
ment Ct Fifty Gents per Bale on each
Bale of Cotton raised within the Bos-
sier Leyce District for the year 1908.
Where's, the funds to raise from the
Ten Mill District Levee Tax, Five Cents
Acreage Tax and Sixty Dollars Mile
Railroad Tax, are insufficient to locate,
construct and repair lcyecs, so aa to pre-
vent DISASTROUS floods, Be it Resolved
and Ordained by the Board Of Commits
sioners of the Bossier Levee District in
regular session convened, That a special
assessment of Fifty Cents per Bale be,
and is hereby levied on every bale of
cotton produced in the Bossier Levee
District on land subject to taxation in
said District during the year 1908.
w. B. MCCORMICK, President.
T. N. BRADEN, Secretary, Curtis, La.
April is, 1903. may21
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Sherif's Sale,

Belcher s; Creswell VS.. Willie johnson
No. IT'S. In the First District Court
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo.
by virtue of writ of fieri facias
u issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, have seized and will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, within the legal hours OF
sale, ON Saturday, May 80, 1903, the
following described property, to-wit:
Seven bales cotton on storage in ware
house of w. F. Taylor Company, Lin
tied, Shreveport, La, and the seed out
OF said cotton, on the T. C. Barrett
plantation, in Bossier parish, La.
The above described property seized as
the property Of defendant, Willie John
son.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
bent fit of appraisement.
A. R. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, May II, 1908.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-05-21
BENTON, L4.,
THURSDAY, MAY q, 1908.
Personal.

Mrs. Kate Wyche visited Belle
vue last week.
Miss Leila White visited friends
in Plain Dealing Friday.
Mrs. Albert Prescott, of Shreve-
port, visited her aunt, Mrs. E.
L. Dibble, last week.
Rev. W. A. Zeigler left Monday
for West Virginia, where he will
spend several weeks.
Mrs. Tom Hickman, of Bluffs,
is the guest of her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. J. M. Hickson.
Mrs. Mamie Marks, of Mar
shall, Texas, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Sue T. Abney.
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Notice to Leyee Contractors.
Office Doardof Commissioners,

Office Doardof Commissioners,
Bossier Levee District,
Bossier City, La, March Z, 1903.
Sealed proposals viii be. received at the
~ Office of the Beard of Commissioners
Of the Bossier Leyee District, in Bossier
City, La, up to P. NJ, THURSDAY,
JUNE 4th, 1893, for the construction Of
the following levee work in the Parish
OF Boss;or, viz:
ROUGH AND READY. levee. An
proximate contents G0,oaa cubic yards.
Deposit re luired, s225. Bond required.
$500.
ScoPENI.-New lavee. Approximate
contents $1,000 cubic yards. Deposit
required, $1,000.
Cash Or cort;ae;, check to the
amount OF tie deposit required must
accompany each bid.
Tho right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
Other information as to location,
character Of work, terms of payment,
and blank forms for proposals. nay bt
obtained at the office Of the President
Of th5 Board at Shreveport, ani at the
office OF the Board ii State Engineers,
at New Orleans, La.
w. B. MCCORMICK. President.
I. II. B;sADGN, JR., Sec'y, Curtis, La.
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NOW |!

IS the time to see the Benton Mer-
camille Co. They have the largest
stock Of dry goods and groceries
ever kept in Benton. They are
anxious to buy the people, cotton,
cotton seed, corn, potatoes, eggs,
chickens. ETC., and will pay
Shreveport prices. Their Star
Brand Shoes guaranteed. A trial
IS all the boys ask of you.
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Homestead Entry No. 1855.

Land Office at Natchitoches,
April %, 1903.
office is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk Of the
District Court at Benton, La, on June
~, 1903, viz: Homestead Entry No.
1255-Harey L. Giles, of Emma, La
for the southwest quarter of northeast
quarter, southeast quarter of northwest
quarter and northwest quarter of south
east quarter and northeast quarter of
southwest quarter of section 81, township
" North, range II West, Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: C. C.
Cozby and Henry Harrison, of Emma,
La; Dave Rawls and A. J. Logan. of
Ansel, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
May 7, 1903. June Is