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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01

IT AT HER.
II could have married ten times, over
if had wanted to leave you," she re-
piled.
We'll. don't let me stand in the way
any longer. l amt blaming you alto
gether. but folks are giggling and pok-
ing fun at you all over the county.
Why don't you get out and hustle like
other girls"
Sarah defended her position with
spirit, but that night after she got to
bed she lay awake for two hours and
then came to decision. For the first
time since she was old enough to mar
ry she made up her mind to go on a
man hunt and show Brother William
and the rest OF Temple county that she
could get married as well as other
folks. A thing that helped her to reach
this decision just at the time was the
fact that young Enos Johnson. son Of
Farmer johnson. had been paying her
attention. That is. he had called at
the house now and tien of an evening
to eat apples and popcorn in her COM
pany and to talk weather and crops
with her farmer brother. Sarah had
aimed far higher tlian Enos. who was
whole souled fellow, but knew more
about rutabagas than the spelling book.
But Enos would do at pinch. and the
pinch seemed to have come. Thirty
three years old she was by the record
In the family Bible. and even Brother
William had begun to be sarcastic and
impatient over it.
The innocent Enos didn't know what
was in store for him and therefore
came over the next evening to tell how
the old spotted cow had a sore back
and one of the hogs had swelling on
its jaw. II he hadn't been so busy eat
ing Spitzenburg apples and cracking
black walnuts he might have noticed
that Sarah was more affectionate than
usual and that Brother William went
OF to bed half an hour ahead Of his
usual time But Enos had no guile and
didn't expect it In others.
Before he left for home he had
agreed to 60 sliding on the pond with
Sarah the next evening. and that night
she lay awake again to do u little more
planning. Next morning. as soon as
the bachelor brother had taken his de-
parture for the woods. she hunted up
an old ak and waded through the snow
to a pond in the old wheat field to cut a
good sized hole in the ice. Had the
pond been on a gentleman's farm it
would have been called lake. Had 1t
been nearer the barnyard it would have
been referred to as horse pond. It
was only about an acre in extent and
four feet deep. and at that season of the
year, being midwinter, the few bulk
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01

WALLED SEOUL,
The Ancient Capital OF Korea ana
Some of Its PccuIiarit

The Ancient Capital OF Korea ana
Some Of Its PecuIiarItics.
Seoul, the capital of Chosen, is bull.
amid a network of hills eighteen miles
from the sea. 1t is all ancient walled
city. fortified in the strongest way by
smells that would drive any but an
Asiatic army forthwith into the ocean.
1t is poor in appearance. but rich In
feas. On autumn nights tigers fre-
Quently contest the right Of way with
belated pedestrians. and this is the
chief reason why one has the entire
street to oneself in a moonlight stroll
after 8 o'clock. Metaphorically, one
can scarcely see the town for the bald.
dubious and bullet headed Buddhist
priests who fatten on the superstition
of the populace.
Barring an occasional court function.
marked by street professions. Seoul il
triumphantly devoid Of sights interest
Ing to a traveller. The streets lack en-
tirely those picturesque characteristics
of Chinese or Japanese thorough fare,
and vista across the Korean house
tops Is one of appalling monotony. One
seeks in vain for attractive souvenirs.
In the small shops Of Seoul Japanese
beer, matches. cigarettes and cheap
crOckery form the chief stock in trade,
while long stemmed Korean pipes and
metal banded Korean knives are Of
fered in the most pretentious shops.
Here. likewise. can be had the really
unique Korean faus, made of silk or
paper. finished in oil and covered with
curious native designs. These fans
are dipped in water before they are
used, and the little breeze produced by
them is astonishingly cool.
The wall surrounding Seoul, from
which kites are ever flying, is bur q
pocket edition Of the great Chinese wall
that leads down to the sea at Shanhai-
kwan. Piercing this Korean copy are
the city gates = picturesque passage
ways which are promptly and irrevo-
cably closed with the setting Of the
sun. The west gate will be entered by
the tourist Oh reaching the capital from
Chemulpo, and should lie come to the
outside of this but minute after the
sun has disappeared behind the horizon
and the big belr' has doomed its
mournful warning note he is elected to
camp in the open until PhGbus has cy-
cled the world on the equatorial path.
If he reaches the gate FIVE minutes be-
fore it closes on its groaning hinges he
will witness a sight that will almost
repay him for the toilsome trip up from
the coast.-Outing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01
SARAH'S
STRATEGY
By G. B. LEWIS
Copyright. 1901, by c. B. Le,cis

< Copyright, 1901, by c. B. Le,uis i
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Sarah Pendergast was not to blame
that she had lived to the age Of thirty
three without being married. When
she looked back over the long road
she couldn't see where It was her fault,
and as for other people they said:
What, Sarah Pendergast, the old
maid: Why, she's been trying her
very best for the last fifteen years to
catch man. and she'd give all her
old shoes even to say yes to widower
eighty years old"
Indeed, it was no ones fault. It
was simply one of those things that
occur now and then in every commu-
nifty. A girl gets left out for no par
ticular reason, and the first thing she
knows she's being called aunt and
looked up to with respect due to old
age. Sarah had brother William for
whom she kept house. William was
an old bachelor and inclined to silence,
but now and then he had a way OF
making the sister feel that her mission
had been left unaccomplished. On the
night Of her thirty-third birthday the
spirit moved him to say:
Sarah, I've lived q single life for
forty years. and l don't intend to
change it, but If were you I'd get 4
husband if had to chase him from
ho,4o fo Rahoosc rorporc
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01
Salt In the Spectrum.

The extreme delicacy of the spec
trum test is illustrated by the fact
stated by Lommel. that the three-mil-
lionth part Of milligram Of salt OF
sodium, an imperceptib.e particle Of
dust to the naked eye, is yet capable Of
coloring the fame Of candle yellow
and Of giving the yellow lines Of SO
dium in the spectroscope. Indeed So
dunn in the form Of common salt
Sodium chloride) is so universally
present as an impalpable dust floating
in the air that it is next to impossible
to get spectrum which does not show
the sodium lines.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01
Too EaailY Met.

Gunner-Yes. sir: have an awful
bard time meeting expenses. Guyer-
Wish I could say the same. meet
them altogether too easily-never get
out Of sight Of them, Ia fact-Phila-
delphfa Record
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01

No matter how bright and sunshiny
the day. it will appear dark and gloomy
to the man who looks at everything
through blue glasses" - Maxwell's
Talisman.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26


miembros para ell Conseio Executive han
cafdo como una bombA entire ell elemento
republicano Seg6n sus calculos ven
drfan nombrados Jose &. BArbOsa. Juan
Hernandez Lopez M&riani, de Ponce.
Como Sc We estos senOres Sc han quedado
con tres paImos de Darices, exception
de BArbosa.
Los nuevos consejeros tomaran pO-
session de sus cargos ell dfa primerO de
Mayo pr6ximO.
Los puestos que ocupan Brioso
GuzmAn, no seran cubiertos hasta dem
tro de cuAtro meses, fecha en- que Sc
cumpliran los cuatrO amos para que fue-
ron designados.
Ell nombramiento de Mr.. Beehman
Winthrop no ha sido aun confirmado,
pues solo Sc sabe- que es ell candidate
mas seguro para ocupar este cargo. I'm
ell GObierno Sc espera pOr mOmentos es-
te nombramientO.
Ell iueves embarcar6 para Mexico
ell compatriota don Jose Soliveras y su
esp0sa.
-Ha terminado ell examen de cuen-
tas que se venfa hacienda en- los libros
del municipio. Fueron eXAminados los
1ltimos tres semestres hRsta Dlclembre,
resultando todo cOrrectO.
Ell empleado de In tesorer1a don Luis
GorbeA fu6 ell examinador de estas cuen-
tAs.
"A fines del corriente mes sera
inaugurada una nueva estaci6n TELEGRAPH
ca en- ell pueblo de Ceiba. Va ha sido
designado ell telegrafista que ha de ocd-
par esa plaza.
listed debe recordarse que Ii ca
lie de Allen es Ia mas concurrida de San
- ID azNm Hln nrfH
ell SHotel Marina No SO divide Allen
mum. 20.
En- Ia tarde de hoy fu6 celebrada
10 anunciada as&mblea de los delegados
de los pneblos anexados.
Oued6 constitufdo IN comit6 ejecu-
two para ventilar todos los asuntos que
Sc relacionen con dichos pueblos.
-MafIana saldra para New York ell
vapor americana <Ponce.0 Este Vapor
va Ileno de passieros que desde ahora
empiezan veranear.
6rHE HELVETIAS.@27, calle do
la Cruz. Gran casa de huespodes. -
GTable d notels. ApOsentOs para fami'
lias personals sofas. COmldas Gin
cuenta centaVos cubiertO. BanOs. Te'
lefonO, I92. Apartado correO, 2Q5. Pro
pietariO, Pedro Schira. Nota: Este hO-
tel esta a cargo de- una senOr1ta Ca
giena.
Ell seflor don Eliseo Font Y Gui-
Hot embarcAra maflana para los Estados
Unidos en- compalfa de su esposa. Los
esposos Font Guillot van visitar q
sus hijos que estan estudiando en- aquel
pals.
En- asuntos de su profession SO en-
cuentra en- estA capital el jurisconsulto
don Juan Was Ochoteco de Humacao.
-Mucho ha extranado que ell doctor
don Jose Celso Barbosa no haya concu-
rrido & l& asamblea de su partido que Sc
esta ceIebrando en- Ponce. Sc dice que
este Astuto polItico no ha querido ir, pa
IA en- case de aiguna disidencia estar en-
condolences de no tener que cAer del Ia
DO de ninguno.
Tambl6n CORE Ell rumor de que pa
Ia solucionar ell conficto del Comisiona-
do Washington por Puerto Rico, SO
propondra al doctor Barbosa para ocu-
par dicho puesto.
La mejor cerveza, es 10 sin rival
ia6Sf, de Milwaukee, que SO vende en-
todos los establecimientos de bebida.
ImportAdores, NJ. r. Calderon Ca fco>.
tuAn Is. San Juan.
cVarios amigos celebraron con
champagne en- ell Hotel InglAterra 10 de-
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
INTERVENTION

En- varios puntos del Jap6n niegan-
Sc los campesinos 4 pagan los impuestos
onerosos que han sido fijados para soste-
ner las cargas de IL guerra. Los resulta-
dos de Ia lucha visl1mbranse Va en- todo
ell pals como fatales para Ia causa de es-
te, 10 que hace aumentar ell panico la
inquietud. Ell Gobierno japon6s ha de-
clarado, crey6ndose alentar ell espfritu
p1blico en- Ia poblaci6n. que las grandes
Potencias de Europa intervendran para
que SO termine Ia guerra.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
LOS JAPONESES

Los japoneses han recibido podero'
SOS refuerzOs que estan reconcentrados
On el nucleo principal de las fuerzas del
Mikado al Sur de COrea La escuadra
japonesa, despu5s. del siniestro de Puer'
to Arturo, domina por complete ell Mar
Amarillo. TOdOs los puertOs de la Pc
ninsula coreana han sido ertillados po
derOsamente, para prevenir un ataque
de la escuadra rusa del Biltico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
EJERCITO DESTROZADO

Sc han desmentido en- absolute las
notcias que aseguraban que 10 primera
division del eiercito japon6s habfa cru
zado ell rio Yalu sin difcultad. Ofcial-
mente sc afrma que una column& japo-
nes&s formada por IN considerable n1-
nero de tropas, que sc dirigfa aI Norte,
fac completamente destrozada por los
rusos. que Ia acorralaron, entregandose
& una matanza horrible.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
LOS COSACOS

Del teatro de IL guerra ruso-japone-
81. comunican 81 gobierno de San Peters
burgo que los cosacos han dado una bri-
llante carga contra 10 infanterfa japone-
ga, en- las inmedisciones de An-Ju, eau
sando 4 las tropas del Mikado mas de
quinientas bsjas. El coma&te fu6 refli-
do y los rusos han tenido que lamentar
muy numerosas bajas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26

nes para 1nspectores de escuelas y sc
exigira que sean maestros principales,
con dos amos de practica, y que por 10
menos hayan ejercido aflo en- las escue-
las de Puerto-Rico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
Ell VIRREY MOSCOVITA

Ha sido desmentida en- absolute la
nOticia que circul0 hace algunos dias,
referente que ell Car habia pedido al
virrey A.exief la renuncia de su cargo
importantisimo en- las posesiones rusas
del Extreme Oriente.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26

az En- esta imprenta Sc hacen to-
d. clase de trabsjos tipografcos por d.
fciles que sean.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
FORMIDABLE EMPRESTITO

La prensa britanica descubre Ell he
cho de que algunos empleados del Gar
han celebrado una ertrevista con ell Mi
nlstro de Relaciones Exteriores de la
Rep6blica francesa, Mr.. Delcass6, en- So
licitud de un empr6stito. Los agentes
rusos. con L. infuencia del citado Minis
tro, vista hombres de negocios re-
CORE las casas de banco fin de que Sc
realicen los prop6sitos del Czar. que in
tenta conseguir una formidable suma
para 10 continuation de 10 guerra.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
TREINTA MILLONES

Este empr6stito consistira en- trein-
ta millones de rublos. Para amortizar
L. deuda no es necesario imponer tribu-
tos, porque la aristocracia rusa ha ofre-
cido que sera responsible de H. deuda.
Tan patri6tico sentimiento despierta en-
Europa mas firmes simpatfas por 10 eau
So del Gar.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
Guerra fuSO-japOnesd
EXPLOSION HORROROSA

Otra nueva catastrofe de IL que han
sido vfctima los rusos. ha ocurrido en- Ia
parte exterior de II bahia de Port Ar
thur. Estos hechos producer en- Rusia
una impression tremenda. por 10 frecuen-
temente que Sc repiten. En- un reconoci-
miento practicable por las fuerzas de
mar, explot6 nuevamente una nina, eau
sando numerosas desgracias. Mas de
cincuenta cadaveres han sido arrastrados
por las olas hscia ell interior del puerto
Creese que ell n1mero de vfctimas sea
mas grande. 10 que produce terrible inn :
preston en- los animos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
Hern0inio Diaz
JACINTO TEXlDOR
-Abogados NoG@r1o9


de
ofcnas del GoernO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-26
100000

Las Fabrcas suscrbs vsnddo como
$3OO0O de MAQUNARIA PARA AZUCAR Rico duran
to los tres dltmos pasados
ordene sido eecutadas para fse, ~
dida - e
81 tne deeos de monta caldera apiche triple efseto
ach 81 vac1o cuauier otro aparato hacienda
hacer ors sino drgirse Embellishments
r. a. Macfie.
agents de Los triple Efecfos sistema r.rIIuu
ErapIches de WHEEKNY
Caderas de Aegurldad de Stirling.
San Juan, Puerto-Rco.
AeaeaomO AS4 OHc1na Gale de Tetu&n y.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-27
THE "AUNTIFS" AGITATION
Is Making the Government of the
 Philippines More Difficult.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Preside1t Roosevelt IS in receipt of a letter from Luke F. Wright, governor of the Phil ippines, in which the governor discuss es frankly some of the conditions which he has encountered in directing the government of the islands. UJn- der date of August Is, General Wright wrote in part: The effect of the con tinued discussion of the capacity Of the Filipino for self f-gcvernment and his immediate or ultimate indepand- ence is having it's effect hera and makes cur task more difficult than it other wise would be. The less man is equipped with intelligence and those qualities which make for good citizen ship, the more easily can he be per- suaded that he is the possessor of all these qualities. These people have their full share of ambition and vanity and they also have their full share Of reckless, half formed characters, who are ready for intrigue in any direction which promises them profit and power. It is this class which has largely given force and direction to the Aglipayan movement and has recruited it's ranks from the ignorant and dangerous eI- ements.
 "In this general connection I may say to you as matter of information that the agitation in the United States for Filipino independence and spoken and written utterances of prominent men there who are urging it, are brought here and published in the na- tive newspapers and are being made the text of editorials insisting that the FIl- ipino people are now ready to become an independent nation. The effect of all this is distinctly injurious. Its ten dency is to restore the influence of old resurrection leaGeys and to make them active in preaching the old propaganda This in turn has the effect of demoraI- izing and weakening the more conser- vative and thoughtful Filipinos, who fear that if they speak out as they really think, they would be considered enemies of their people and lose their prestige with them. Those of the more prominent and best educated and who naturally have their ambitions, are in clined to join in the general outcry.'' ''
Arizona republican., 1904-09-27
1T WOULDN'T HOLD
Injunction Against P. & F.
 Dissolved
Judge Sloan Further Issues an Order Restraining the Arizona Eastern From Interference.

Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 26.-CspeciaL)- Judge Sloan today dissolved the in- junction issued few days ago by the court commissioner of PinaI county. against the Phoenix & Eastern Rail way Go. at the instance of the Ari- zona Eastern Railway Co., and i'm mediately thereafter issued a restrain ing order against the Arizona Eas- tern
 The court orders concern a piece of roadbed between Kelvin and Dud- Ieyville. A few days ago the represen- tatives of the Arizona Eastern secured the injunction above referred to. by the provisions of which the Phoenix & Eastern was prevented from the prosecution of construction work in the territory defined, and the injunction also sought to prevent the running of trains. But it chanced that the Phoe- nix & Eastern had finished it's con struction work on that section of it's right of way the very day the injunc- tion papers were served, hence the or der was ineffective.
 Subsequently certain parties, suppCs- edly in the interest of the Arizona Eastern, tore up few feet of track recently laid by the Phoenix & East ern, presumably not with the view of destroying property, but to stop the running of trains.
 With the dissolution of that injunc- ton today and the issuance Of the restraining order against the Arizona Eastern, the Phoeni3 Sc Eastern is now protected by the order and by former injunctions, over all of the territory in dispute.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-27
NEST OF ASSASSINS
A Discovery Made by the
 Russian Police
The Anarchist ConspiratOrs Against the Russian Ministry Safe in the Businesses of the Alps.

St Petersburg, Sept. 26.-While some of the features of the plot which eliminated in the assassination of NJ 6e Plehve, minister of the interior, still baffie the police. the authorities pro- fess to be now perfectly certain that the conspiracy was matched in Geneva by a half dozen Russians. mostly Jews
 The authorities know the names and addresses of the conspirators, but are unable to take legal action against them, owing to the failure of the laws of Switzerland to interfere with polit- teal refugees. and therefore the Rus sian terrorists are at liberty in their haven in the Alps. 10 continue the work of assassination of the Russian ministers as long as they are able to find emissaries willing to risk their
Arizona republican., 1904-09-27

lives, the organizers never ventuTing to carry out their own designs.
 Six men who engineered the de Plehve plot, according to the result of the police investigation, are declared beyond the shadow of doubt to have organized the series of political crimes. which with the exception of the murder of NJ. Bobrikon, governor general of Finland, began with the assassin alton of M Bogdanovitch, governor of Ufa. on Mad 19, 1903, and ended with the blow ing up of Minister de PIehve on July 2S. or this year. Cerchunin, whose plot resulted in the assassination of Min ister of the Interior Sipiaguine on April 15, 1902, now turns out to have been only an emissary of these Geneva ter roTists.
 For the first time the fact is now realized that NJ. de Plehve's murder had been preceded by four abortive at.. tempts to encompass his death. which the department of police frustrated by the arrest of the would-be assassins. who were quietly imprisoned or ban ished. Only one of these attempts has hitherto become public and that was re- vealed by the accidental explosion of bomb in Hotel Du Nord in St. Peters burg.
 Samsonoff and two of his accompIfces continue to maintain obstinate silence regarding the assassination of Minis ter de Plehve, although one of his ac- complices has confessed that he threw a bomb into the canal on the morning of the assassination. Bernstein, the other accomplice, obeying the injunc- tion of the terrorists, refuses to make any statement.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-27
IGNORING OF THE UNIONS
Two Chicago Concerns to Resume
 Operations.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Nine thousand men returned to work without union regulations of any sort today when the three Chicago branches of the Intetna- tional Harvester works and the Pull man company reopened their shops af- ter a shutdown of two weeks. The men not only returned to their former places as individuals but they also agreed to a reduction in pay of ten to twenty per cent. Before the shut down the International Harvester works recognized labor unions. but with the announcement of the resump- tion of work today came the statement that the company would not renew its agreement with trads unions and that the plants would be operated on basis of fifty-seven and one-half hours weeks instead of 54 with no increase in pay.
 The men accepted the ultimatum Of the company without any serious man Hesitation of discomfort and all of the old employees who could obtain work accepted the new regulations.
 Tonight a call was issued for a spec ial meeting of the representatives Of all unions havihb members employed by the Harvester company to con- sider the conditions at the three plants but the general opinion is that the men will remain at work under the new conditions
 The case of the employees of the Pull man company is different from that Of the harvester company, inasmuch as the Pullman company has ignored all trades unions since the strike in their plant in 1894. The Pullman company announced today that 1t would reopen its shops but at wage reduction Of ten to twenty per cent.
 Less than 2,OOO workers were given their former positiOns,S but these men willingly accepted the decrease in pay and several thousand of the former employees left the yards of the company tonight bitterly disappointed because they could not return to work even at the reduction in wages
 It is the intention of the Pullman company to have it's plant in full op> eratiOn by next Monday Work was re- sumed today only in the car repair shops.