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Chemistry q Thief Catcher.


Even more marvellous, however, is the
part which the analyst g laboratory has
come to play in the detection of crime:
Time was when the subtle poisoner could
accomplish his deadly work with little
fear Of discovery. Modern science has
rendered it almost impossible to carry
out such murders with any hope Of
escape. Murders by arsenic or by anti
eulprit by the 'c Careful methods ' Of If the
modern analyst. Medical men, many
Of whom have made the effects Of va
rious poisons lifelong study, are today
more than match for the most cunning
poisoner.
which even the smallest trace Of poi
son can be detected in the system after
death. When suspicion as to the cause
of death arises, every part Of the hui
man body is subjected to exhaustive
examination- Even where poison has
been administered in minute doses, the
chemist is able to discover the partic-
ular poison employed by. means Of it's
chemical properties and crystalline for
| nation.
In the same way elaborate tests and
experiments enable the analysts to tell
the age, etc., of blood marks, as we'll
as to distinguish between the hairs Of
| man and a beast. In this manner the
QenlalS anu IalSonOOUS Oh criminal
are swept away and his crime brought
home to him. #
Science Burglars Foe.
AS with the murderer Of today, SO
with the modern burglar. Science has
added materially to the difficulties Of
| his labor. Some years ago a French
savant discovered, after innumerable
experiments, that an imprint Of the
thumbs of no two individuals was ex-
aetly the same.
| Now, as the gentlemen Of the jimmy
and the lamp frequently leave impress
sions Of their thumbs and fingers on
window panes and elsewhere, the new
police. Impressions left by burglars !
fingers were taken and preserved at
headquarters, and have often been the
means Of convicting wrongdoers.
Only recently, after a burglary at a
large publishing establishment in Lon
don, an impression of the burglar g
thumb was taken and compared with
others in the archives Of Scotland Yard.
! The impression was identical in every
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aisseet,ops and redissections of the PROPOSE


ton. :,
The story is about the dilemma or
young Italian prince who marrles an Ainei :,
can heiress 1t has to do with certain
golden bowl, an item in the rlen ia1He ands
with a situation which the author .hus
lucidly suggests: -
with which, after Maggie-quite In the
air-had said 1t, the note was strucA M
deed: the note of that strange accepted
finality of relation, as from couple 10 cou-
ple, which almost escaped an AWKWARD
ness only by not attempting gloss. he'
this was the wonder. that the occasion oe.
fled insistence precisely because OF the vast
quantities with which it dealt--so that sep
aration was on the scale beyond any com
pass of parting. To do such an hour JUS
tice would have been in some degree "
question its grounds-which was why tney
remained. In fine the four Of them, in the
upper air, united in the firmest abstention
from pressure.
There is no doubt but that Mr. James is
the cleverest of modern short story writ
ers. If cleverness consists in expanding 70
novel lengths fctions which are really
worthy of expression in one-tenth the COM
pass.
Glider, author of 1.-The Autobiography of a Tom
boy" Illustrated by Florence Scove1 Sh ltna
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
There were many readers of ''rhe Auto
biography of a Tomboy'' who wondered
how far the story was in fact Miss Glider
own There was quality of absolute
frankness in it that seemed tictional in its
naivete. That it was a wholly delightful
book. however. there was no doubt. This
SEQUEL. 1.-The Tomboy at Work." leaves no
question whatever as to its Autobiography
cal character. and is quite as refreshing
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THE AWAKENING OF JAPAN. BY okakura Ma ka-
kuzo author Of The Ideals of the East New
York The Century Company. Washington
Woodward Lothrop.
1t is at once anomalous and appropriate
that one who has taken a leading part in
the reaetionary movement in Japan against
the westernizng of that empire should no"
write eloquently and enthusiastically Oh us
awakening" Okakura- Kakuzo, who was
born in 1893, says that from early youth ne
was fond of old things After leaving col
lege he interested himself in the formation
of clubs and societies for archaeological
research. thus resuming a work that had
been begun by earlier scholars. In 1886 he
was sent to this country and Europe as
commissioner to report on western art edu-
cation, and on his return he organized the
Imperial Art School of Tokyo, OF which ne
was made director, and In this capacity
exerted a marked influence against the
wholesale introduction of western art and
manners He resigned the dictatorship In
1898 i'm consequence of a difference with the
educational authorities, and with about
one-half OF the faculty started in the sub
urbs of Tokyo a private academy, called
Nippon Bijitsun," where now are main
taired the ancient traditions OF native art
Okakura- Kakuzo wrote the present work
directly In English, and 1t Is striking
tribute To his versatility and command of
the foreign language. 1t is prepared in
beautiful style. which might easily and
profitably lie followed as a model by native
students Of their own tongue He traces
the rsyCl O.egical IS wen as the political
causes which have led to the entry of Japan
into tire worldwide field of activity and
thought. lie shows how the repression of
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Courtesy of Charles Scribners Sons.
Korea. I, myself, such is my confidence in
the Japanese say that million is nearer
the mark.
''If, after repeated attempts, Russia fails,
then from sheer exhaustion on both sides
peace will come. If she succeeds, the line
of least resistance for her by which she can
re-establsh her prestige in the east Is 10
swing back upon Picking, while Germany at
Kiauchou and France in southern China
will not say her nay. England and Amer
cannot run their battle ships over the
plains of Chih-li. The limit of their power
ia the range of their naval guns unless they
land troops. Port Arthur, with her harbor
open to reinforcements and supplies is an
impregnable fortress. Russia cannot take
Port Arthur or Korea with Japan In COM
mand of the sea. If England and the
United States are SO far negligent of their
self-interests as ever to permit Japan TO
lose command of the sea- England VII not
longer be power in the far east, and the
United States might as we'll cede her Paclhe
coast to Mexico so far as trade and infiu-
ence ON the eastern shores of the Pacihc
are concerned. Russlas prioe IS pitten
deep. She will have no honest truce with
the Anglo-Saxons pow. Our course Is clear.
THE COUNTRY HOME LIBRARY-THE coUN-
Nav york: Mcclure Phillips & Co. Washing.
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
blessed is the man who reScues himself
from the hampering confines of the city
and seeks a home in the country. Thrice
blessed is he who goes into the country to
live. at least part Of the year. with
heart attuned to the voices Of nature. For
such as these will life open new vistas OF
pleasure. and health and peace and con-
tentment will succeed to frailty and worry
and dissatisfaction. In this handsome and
attractive volume are set forth practical
suggestions for accomplishing this result.
The author has closely studied the causes
which led to the pronounced city drift OF
the years following the introduction of
steam railroads in this country and Europe.
ana the reactionary causes which have
lately been drawing the people back to
the rural regions. OF the latter causes he
specifically mentions the electric railway.
the telephone and the rural free delivery.
with these facilities suburban life Is not
only possible to the city worker. but is at
tended by virtually every luxury the city
affords and others that are never known 70
the urbanites His suggestions are based
upon experience and observation. he tells
how to select the home, how TO set out the
garden, how to manage the land Tor the
support of the household, how to house ana
treat the animals. how to study the out
door creatures In short 1t is a charming
treatise on how to live, ana It's ADVICE ana
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away from the Henry James of the days of
.'Daisy Miller" and "A Bundle of Letters"
lust what the end will be must be left to
the students of literary hypothesis. More
to the point is Mr.. James meaning insthis
story. and that is by no means an easy
question to answer.
Some critics of Mr.. James have accused
him of running excessively to subtlety.
That is unquestionably a correct estimate
ON the basis of that phase of the dictionary
definition of subtlety which describes it
as the tendency toward over-refine-
ment and the splitting of hairs. But
there is a subtlety far beyond and away
from the Jamesonian method of story tell
ing, the subtlety of suggestion. of avoid
ance of the obvious and of the intimation of
meanings beneath the surface. 1t is the
subtlety of the actor who expresses more
than his words, and gestures convey, the
subtlety of the artist who presents an idea
broader and finer than that indicated by
the lines and tones on his canvas. In this
sense Mr.. James, certainly in "rhe Golden
Bowl" is quite the reverse of subtle. He Is
obscure and turgid, and rhetorically COM
pick, perhaps, but never subtle in leaving
something to the readers imagination. The
readers imagination, indeed. is exhausted
by the effort to grasp the mere thread of
his thought, so fine has he spun it out in
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docs and Chinese and other inhabitants of
that edge of the world, and their reflection
In their arts and industries. The illus
trations are unusually attractive, some
OF the reproductions of rugs i'm the original
colors being exceptionally handsome.
Palmer Illustrated from Photographs by James
"a Hare. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Washington: William Ballantyne & Sons.
The war in the far east has been novel in
several respects, but in none more so than
in regard to the treatment by both
contestants of the newspaper correspond
ents who have followed the armies. There
has been less matter sent to the news dis
tributing centers from the front in this
campaign than in any other conflict since
the days of the telegraph began. One re-
suit has been to increase the output of
magazine matter and now this matter is
being done over into books. Mr.. Palmer,
correspondent whose training equipped
him exceptionally to send graphic and in
telligent reports of the military operate
to his readers followed the japanese army
through Korea, and then accompanied Gen.
eral kurok in the Manchurian campaign.
He saw the crossing of the Yalu and the
battle that followed, and his account
printed now in this volume, closes with the
capture OF Lao Yang by the japanese IN
September.
One cannot read this stirring story of an
armys activity without feeling an intense
admiration for the quiet, resourceful, smil-
ing japanese. MIR. Palmer became an early
convert to the philosophy that underes
their transactions and operations. He was
impressed in Tokyo with the inscrutable
calm of the people, the poise of the soldiers
drafted suddenly from their homes, the
logical cearness of officials. In the ranks,
on the march or in camp he found that or
der was the dominant characteristic Sys-
tenn obtained everywhere and IN everything.
There was a minimum of confusion and a
maximum of efficiency.
In his descriptions of the fighting Mr.. Pal
mer pays a tribute to the intrepidty of the
japanese soldier, who becomes a veteran
in a remarkably short time. His portrait
of General kurok is that of man OF IN
finite resource silent, contained and re-
sourceful. At the Yalu Kuroki alone knew
the whole plan of the crossing and the
fighting. He moved surely after careful
thought and thorough preparation.
The author concludes his vivid stories OF
fighting with chapter entitled "sayonara,
which signifies farewell" apropOs of his
departure from the front and from Japan.
In summing up the strategy and politics
of the war;" he says:
with Port Arthur and Korea in her
hands, Japan will have the main selfish
points of the war. They furnish her a
striking ground for the mghtier conflict
that may come in a future generation. Her
army at home is always literally on the
flank of any Russian movement in Korea.
If Japan takes Hardin, she forces the Rus
sian base back to Irkutsk. Vladivostok
then must fall of its own weight. Thus the
war will be ended by a blow. No one at all
familiar with the situation can, for mo-
ment, question that Russia must maintain
an army of 100000 men in order to force
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docs and Chinese and other Inhabitants of
that edge of the world, and their reflection
In their arts and industries. The illus
trations are unusually attractive, some
OF the reproductions of rugs i'm the original
colors being exceptionally handsome.
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its pictures, which are numerous and
artistic. are calculated to win hosts of re-
cruits to the great crusade which is setting
forth to master the complex problem of
existence along the road to nature.
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ceived visitors from outside territories 1t
closes with the failure of the negotiations
between Japan and Russia and the opening
of the present military campaign in Asia
1t Is a work deserving of study. In view OF
the political importance of these relations.
and 1t is founded upon a close scrutiny and
careful analysis of a great volume of books
and manuscripts by one who is recognized
as an expert orientalist
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Hymeneal.,
IVAN, La, February %, 1904.

IVAN, La, February %, 1904.
On the night of the 9th the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Young was thrown
open to friends of the family who had
been invited to attend the marriage GER
emony of their daughter, Lynda, to Mr..
Robert Coyle, of Cotton Valley.
The hall, where the ceremony took
place, was beautifully decorated with
ferns, palms and festoons of evergreens.
The bride and groom stood under an
arch of eyergreens and white roses while
Rev. T. H. Carter, of Mcneil, Ark,
united them in the holy bonds of we'd
lock and, in eloquent words, bespoke for
them the blessings of heaven.
Miss Lynda is brunette of surprising
beauty and in her pretty bridal robe of
white, and with white hyacinths among
her dark tresses, she appeared splen-
did type of our Southern beauty. And,
she is as beautiful in character as IN
form and face.
Mr.. Coyle is one of Cotton Valley s
prosperous merchants. All who know
him are his friends and ever speak well
of him.
A host of friends wish the young cou-
pie we'll, and the writer of these lines
hopes that good fortune and true hap
piness may ever be as near and as con-
slant as ones own shadow in sunny
weather. AN OBSERVER.
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Personal Paragraphs.

The older OF Mr.. L. G. Smiths little
girls, Madeline, has the measles.
Mrs. Sue T. Abney is among those
who are on the sick list this week.
Mr.. T. G. Mays, OF Red Land, is the
father of bouncing baby boy.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Smith,
OF Haughton, on last Saturday, boy.
The Banner returns thanks to Mr..
j. M. Montgomery for an appreciated
favor.
Mrs. G. T. Fleming left yesterday for
Mansfield, at which place she will visit
her parents.
Mrs. ]. H. Cabeen is visiting the home
of Mr.. A. r. Thompson in Hosston,
Caddo parish.
On Friday last Mrs. Prothro left for
Campti, at which place she viii visit the
home of one of her sons.
Mrs Marie Bivens, of Shreveport, was
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Sallie
White, two days last week.
Mrs. Kate Wyche left Tuesday for
Haughton, where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs. G. W. Smith.
Miss Matte Peace, who has for some
time past made Shreveport her home,
has returned to her Bossier home, and
was visitor in Benton Monday.
Miss Matte Stockwell, who has been
the guest of her cousin, Miss Lila Bel
cher, for two weeks past, left Monday
for Bossier City to visit relatives.
Mrs. M. E. Mitchell and her daughter,
Mrs. J. M. Scanland, who have been
visiting Mrs. w. H. Scanland, left on
Thursday last for San Antonio and
Richmond, Texas, to visit relatives.
On account of poor health Mr.. Abney
Ivey has resigned his position as clerk
with the Benton Mercantile Company
and has moved out to the home of his
uncle, Mr.. w. E. Ivey, where he will
assist in experimenting the plantation
work. He, however, still retains his in
terest at "the brick"
The many friends OF Conductor Thos
Decker of the Cotton Belt, whose home
is at Magnolia, Ark, and whose run is
over the shreveport branch, will be
grieved to learn that he has been criti-
cally i'll at Hot Springs, Ark. 1t is sale
that Mr.. Decker is suffering from acute
rheumatism, but this cannot be def.
nitely stated, nor could we learn his con.
+ dition at the time of going to press.
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sENToN. La, :: MARCH 1904.

p6- The Banner urges its correspond
ents and friends in general send in
the local news of their respective COM
nunities. Do not make your marriage
md obituary notices too Lengthy. Some
newspapers limit the numbered words
b such notices, while others Charge half
Price. We are glad enough y publish
Aem gratis as matter of news to our
raiders when they do not tale UP too
much space. And, another thing we
would like to say just here is, do not
select one or two subjects and write a
quarter or half column, but, If possible,
Mlthat space with all the nsws OF your
CDmmunity. @
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The editor of the Banner posi-
lively refuses to publish anonymous
Ohmunications. This is rule with a
majority of newspapers and always has
leSn with the Banner. Above all things
I'd want the news, but We insist on
moving the authors name. If you do
lot want your name to appear in print
it the bottom Of your communication,
I'd viii gladly comply with your wish,
bJt at least do us the kindness to say, in
Ahote attached that you are the author.
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Ready Made Waists, SOC to $3.50.
Ladies' and Children's Spring Hats,
75c to $3.50.
New line of Mems Shirts, from the
cheapest to the best.
Low cut Shoes in great variety.
Dress Suit Cases, Shoes, Hats, etc.,
for the men.
New Garden Seed-all kinds.
When you come to Benton to buy you
will not make a mistake in going to
Gayle's. The wants of the public are
made study, and just such a stock of
goods as the buyer demands is always to
be found there.
Courteous treatment always.
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At the stated meeting of Cypress
Lodge No 50, F. and A. NJ, held last
Thursday night, goodly number were
present and these was also plenty Of
work. One candidate was given the E. A.
degree, another passed to the Fellow
craft and four petitions for membership
were read by the Secretary. The lodge
is doing coed work.
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Miss Julia Rogers, OF Shreveport, will
give recital at Alden Bridge tonight.
We are pleased to make this announce
ment to our readers and can safely as
sure those who attend that Miss Rogers
talent as an elocutionist is such as will
afford a pleasant. evening.
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ulOns nX Jne1r compensation, Term OF
service, with the right to dismiss them
at said Boards pleasure; and said Board
shall fix the salaries of the several officers
herein provided for.
ARTICLE vi.
This Charter may be changed, modl-
fed or amended, the capital stock in
creased or decreased, or this corporation
may be dissolved, at general meeting
of the stockholders, convened for that
purpose, with the assent of three-fourths
of the entire capital stock, whether
present or represented at such meeting.
Ten days prior notice Of such meeting
shall be given as provided herein for
election Of Directors.
In case of dissolution of this corpora
tim, either by limitation of its Charter
or from any cause, the liquidation of its
affairs shall be conducted by two COM
missioners, selected from the stockhold-
ers; said commissioners to be elected at
the same time and place as the liquida-
ton of the corporation is decided upon.
Said commissioners shall remain in
Office until the final liquidation Of the
corporation. In case Of death of one of
the commissioners, the survivor shall
continue to act.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults thereof in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due the
Company on the shares OF stock sub
scribed for or owned by him, nor shall
any informality in the organization have
the effect of rendering this Charter null,
or of exposing a stakeholder to any
liability, beyond the unpaid balance, if
any Of his stock.
Thus done and passed at my Office in
the city of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, on the day, month and year
herein above written, and in the presence
Of F.. G. Thatcher and J. F. Slattery,
competent witnesses, of full age and
residents OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
who hereunto sign their names, together
with the said parties and me-. Notary,
after reading Of the whole.
(Signed) T. D. CONNELL.
(Signed) A. ]. MOSS.
(Signed) JERRE BURNS.
(Signed) R..T. POOLE.
(signed) r. D.WEBB, Notary Public,
Attest: Caddo Parish, La.
(Signed) F. G. THATCHER.
(Signed) j. F. SLATTERLY.
CERTIFICATE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
I, Thomas T. Land, District Attorney
for the Second Judicial District of Lou
isiana, do hereby certify that have ex-
| amined the foregoing act of incorpora-
ton of the Connell, Moss & Co., Limited
which has been handed to me for exam
ination as to its legality, and that an
of the opinion that the objects and pur-
poses of said corporation, as specified ir
said act, are legal, and hereby approve
same.
Benton, Bossier Parish, La, this 23rt
day of January, A. D., 1901.
| (Signed) THOMAS T. LAND,
District Attorney Second District 0.
| Louisiana.
! State OF Louisiana, hereby certify
Parish of Bossier. ! that the above ane
foregoing is true and correct copy O.
the original act, as the same now appears
on file in my Office, duly recorded CT
Mortgages, Volume 0, pages 652, &c
January q, A. D., 1904.
Given under my hand and seal Of office
this 25th day of January, A. D., 1904.
| B. A. KELLY,
mar101 Clerk and ex- officio Recorder
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Rev. r. L. Gladncy, a Presbyterian
minister, Of Texarkana, Ark, and who
will probably be called to preach in this
community, preached to the Presbyte-
rian congregation here Sunday night.
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Read Mr.. C. O. Gayle's ad. elsewhere
On this page. "Get it at Gayle's" is as
eommon in this community as slang with
the proverbial bad boy, and there isn't
b better place in the town to buy.
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On Monday Mr.. r. E. Wyche and Mr..
Ed. Logan went out to try their luck
With the wiry turkey. Mi. Wyche bag
fed one-a hen-and declares he'll get
! big gobler next.