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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
AbSentnninded
Maria
H.. cATlEpIhIE plRCEcc
BY CATHERINE BURGESS.
Copysihs, 1904, By Ca,hea;ne Bwses

It would have been an injustice to
DR.. Jardine and to bis state Of mind
on a certain January evening in the
year it-doesn't t-matter-what to say that
he was In a bad temper. It was be-
yond thnt-a disgust with himself, the
world and life so consuming as to
make his outward actions almost au-
tomato, SO separate were they from his
inner SELF
Yet professional habit was strong.
The patients In the long wards saw no
difference us he stopped here and there
in his tour Of inspection and asked the
usual questions. Only one young Irish
girl, with the clearness Of death in her
eyes, laid her hand ON his as he touch
ed her tenderly and whispered: 'Ye'd
betther be comm wild me. doether.
dear Things'll be straighter-there."
1t was not the first time be had
thought Of it. Really. the inner voice
questioned Ms he listened to the report
Of the head nurse. what good was his
Ute to the world anyway; Here he had
gone halfway across the continent this
bitter January to attend at a great op-
GRAFTON, and the man had died after all.
He was not necessary in the hospital.
There were a dozen better men. ms
wife-but he turned from that thought
instinctively. His sister-she would
forget he had lived or died at the sight
Of n Lafayette plate.
The head nurse had finished her re-
port. He looked at bis desk piled with
mail.
II can't read 1t tonight" he decided
aloud.
The top one came yesterday by mes
senger," the head nurse said. ut is
marked Important And she retired
softly.
Or. Jardine broke the seal.
Dear Brother"-the note ran-"I have
heard Of some extraordinary old Stafford
shire up in Ulster county, ana l start in
ten minutes. Cornelia Frye knows 1t. too
so you SEQ there Is no time to lose. may
be back before you return from the west
but IN case do not inclose keys. We
have moved in your absence" He smiled
at the wei ''fhe new apartment is 10 East
Eighty-fourth street. The janitor Of the
old one was impertinent. 1t Is on the Sec
ond floor. 10 the left. Your room is at the
end Of the han. Your affectionate sister.
MARIA"
The note was so characteristic, the
situation SO fitting a climax to his
week of work and strain, that his
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
Great Men OF Eowly Birth.

Most Of the great men O history
were Of lowly birth. Lord WolNy was
the son Of butcher, Columbus the son
Of weaver, Horace tire son Of a man.
ufacturer, Sir Richard Arkwright the
son Of n barber, Shakespeare the son
OF wool stapler. Watt the son OF
blockmalIcr, Virgil the son of porter,
Stephenson the son of fireman ut
colliery. Burns the son Of a plowman,
Franklin the son of tallow chandler,
Oliver Cromwell the son of brewer;
4Esop was a slave; Beaconstield was
lawyers clerk, Thomas Paine a stay
maker, De Foe hosier, son Of a butch
ep: Demosthenes was the son Of cut
Ter, Ben Jonson bricklayer, Bunyan
travelling tinker, Dickens reporter:
Edmund Kean was the son Of a stage
carpenter; Cervantes was q common
soldier; Homer was farmers son and
Is said to have begged his bread. The
list might be extended through col
umns.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
A FATEFUL DREAM.

Death Came Precisely ~ 1t Had Been
Foretold In slumber.
A strange family story is told in the
"Reminiscences Of Mrs. Pickering" 1t
has to do with her sister Jane, mar
ried to Lord Andover, eldest son Of the
Earl of Suffolk:
"She Nady Andover) had always
been noted for having the most re-
n1arkable dreams, and one morning she
awoke feeling nervous and uncomfort-
able, having dreamed that Lord Ando-
yer had gone out shooting when there
was a battue and had been shot. This
made such an impression on her mind
that she entreated him not to shoot
that day, but to stay with her, which
he at once consented to do, and they
resumed their painting and reading.
But the day came out 30 fine and the
winter sun shons 30 brightly that my
aunt, feeling she had been selfish, at
last begged flim not to lose the day for
her sake. but to 60 out and join the
others, 50 he went. After he had gone
she became 50 restless and uneasy that
she started to walk across the park to
the covert where they were shooting.
As she crossed the park she observed
one Of the grooms galloping hard to-
ward the house on her own fav0rite
horse, Baronet. Strange to say, no pre-
sentiment Of evil seems at that mo-
ment to have struck her, and she only
remarked. How very angry Lord An
dover would be IL he could see that
man riding my horse in such q waye
He was riding to the house with the
news that Lord Andover had been shot
dead by one Of the keepers"
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Av,hor.h,, Of Ancient Literstu,

Authorship Of Ancient Literature.
In the earliest examples We possess
Of ancient literature we are not allowed
even a glimpse Of the indivldualities Of
their authors. The works themselves,
II they had been priced because of the
wit, ingenuity. fertile fancy, brilliant
conceft or any other individual pecu-
liarity. mental OF temperamental. Of the
men who produced them would have
been preserved. In some cases, as IN
that of the Iliad and Odyssey. the re-
puted authorship has been as obstinate
~ questioned as that Of the fourth
gospel and several Of the epistlcs. In
the very earliest literature the indi-
vidual was Of no account in the matter
of authorship; he was only the collector
or editor of spontaneous and unwritten
folk song and legend or, If he gave these
their final shape, was only joint author
with his race.-H. NJ. Alden In Harper's .
Magazine.
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sense Of humor was touched. Per
feet" he murmured to himself as he
sent for a cab.
At 10 East Eighty fourth street the
cabman had to work with voice and
hand to rouse his fare.
II never knowed any gen'l'man SO
far gone before 3 in the morning." be
observed to the area railings.
Unconscious Of the impression he had
left behind him, Dr. Jardine stumbled
up the front steps.
"Jardine. sir7 Out, believe. sir"
said a sleepy hall boy.
Il know; am DR.. Jardine"
The boy stared, succumbed to the
voice Of authority and dozed again.
In the room at the end Of the hall
the principal object Of interest to the
weary man was the bed, q four poster,
with curtains. surprising enough to one
who was used to sleeping on IN iron
cot.
"ConfOund Maria" he grumbled. III
she starts collecting antique furniture
as well as plates l am lost.'
The four poster wore very inviting
air despite its unexpectedness. DIR.
Jartline slowly pulled off his shoes and
divested himself Of coat and waistcoat.
II must lie down moment" he muir
INJURED, k-this-over" And
the bed received him into It's depths.
He dreamed. A weird procession
passed before him like the figures in a
frieze-and every one was his wife!
Now she was laughing, now dancing.
now weeping, now stern as the angel
outside paradise. always gazing at him
with unseeing eyes. He struggled to
reach her, but could not. He heard her
retreating footsteps-retreating, yet
sounding always nearer. Striving to
solve the puzzle. he awoke. The foot
steps continued, not loud and ominous
40 in his dream. but light. fitting steps
They reminded him of some one he had
known. For n moment he stared, be
wildered, into the darkness Of the cur
tanned bed. the steps seeming to echo
from his dream. Then he remember.
ed. Maria vas in Ulster county. Who
was the intruder? He parted the cur
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
FROM
N @
MAN
Ian D
Alta Vista Villa, No Mans Land,

Moon Of Poppies.
Dear-Look at above heading and
dream dream Of Joy. I'm here, aud
when l saw that name tackled up over
the portals OF our hotel l said, Here's
where | rusticate just OH the strength
of the name."
We are up on a hluff-sand bluff.
I've been here three blessed broiling
days and haven't found anything in
the place yet but sand and bluff. And
sea, lots Of sea, SO much sea that YOU
hope you'll never have to see so much
sea again in all your life. Also bath.
house, tintype tent, peanut pavilion
and bathing houses little, hot, new
pine collins stood up on end Also
girls and girls and girls, from sixteen
to sixty, assorted sizes, and al, looking
for the man. There arc lots of him
running around In the days Of his
youth, but for real man such as we
are led to expect, by all the summer
lore ever written, hangs his delightful
self around summer resorts and wears
white duck and brings you water lilies
and slghs over mandolin at YOU
meath the pale moonlight-there isn't
a single specimen wandering for miles
around our villa,
DO you know what they call this par
ticular eyrie have alighted on? No
Mans Land. Pleasant. isn't it, after
you've toiled over typewriter while
the wintry wind did a ragtime dance
around your furless throat and you
didn't give rap because you were
thinking of your white waists and your
linens and organdies and your heaven
", floppy Trianon hat with its lace
yeranda, all of which should storm the
heart OF the summer man and make
him fall down and worship by the sill
very starlight?
Nancie Bell, it isn't any such stuff.
There isn't any summer man, and
even IL there were and he didn't
have sense enough to run away the
minute he grasped the situation I
wouldn't have a bit of respect for
him.
That's all. l shall be home in a
few days, just as soon as have tan
enough to bluff the stay-at-homes into
the idea that I've had a glorious time
and been belle of the beach. Be
strong, Nancie. Don't look even at an
excursion steamer. If sinners entice
thee, dress up III your organdies and
walk down Fifth avenue and you'll
see more admiring sons of Adam in
an hour than you will out here in q
week. Haplessly yours,
pERDJTA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17

Nervous Old Lady ION seventh floor
Of hotel,-Do you know what precau-
tions the proprietor Of the hotel has
taken against fire7 Porter-Yes, mum;
he has the place insured for twice what
TIA worth
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
Makes the Liver Lively.

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup gives permanent
relief in of habitual constipation as 1t stim-
ulates the liver and restores the natural action
of the bowels without irritating these organs like
pills or ordinary cathartics. Does not nauseate
or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Re-
member the name ORINo and refuse substitutes.
Benton Mercantile Company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17

l1ibbie-Did you contribute anything
to the fund for the relief Of poor Tom
Smith? Skinner-No. but did better.
told him how sorry was that he was
ill.-Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17

4 mans good nature can be accurate-
" Eauged from the distance his chill
dren run to meet him when he comes
home.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17

NAVuuuv.
shall be home on the Tuesday boat.
The other girls are packing too. The
overseer has tainted. Only the profess
or is serene. He was up bright and
early this morning to meet the Cos
train, and when he came back he had a
Mrs. Professor and three little Profess.
or juniors tagging merrily along after
him.
No, I don't think men were deceivers
ever. think 1t was absentminded-
ness. Only Mrs. Professor gave the
muses. their crushing blow when she
said she was so glad we had all Joined
the professors summer botany class,
as he had reduced the course rate to
$40, and she thought it was the sweet
est, most elevating study one could
take up. We all assured her 1t was el-
evating. 1t was-fOr the professor.
And we're all going home tomorrow.
Yours for single blessedness,
PERDITA.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
Dlv After Yesterday


Hello, central! All hail the man!
He came, he saw, and Caesar isn't
circumstance. He has taken the large
corner room. Mrs. Banks, our general
Overseer. says he is an exceptional
young man. Wonder how much board
he paid in advance.
lie Isn't real young nor real old; Just
that intermediate age that is so inter-
esting. l don't think he is exactly
handsome, but you know what Il prop
erly trimmed vandyke and a pair of
rimlesS eyeglasses will do for any man.
He's that kind.
This morning he escorted all Of us
through the glen. Did l tell you that
we had glen? Oh, yes; Glen Ellyn.
Just feminist the villa. It's a break in
the sand bluff, and it's damp and piny
and darksome at midday. Heretofore
the Organdie flock had religiously es-
chewed Its ferny swampiness. but you
should have seen us trail after him
over fen and stump and hidden vine
the while he fished out dinky little
weeds and discoursed on them.
opine lie is a botanist. Well, it's
better than barber. A letter came for
him today addressed to Professor Adri-
an VOgel. How's that for individual
ity? He looks 1t too. He does not
dance, and he does not play the mando-
lin. He goes for his morning dip at
some unearthly hour before we are up.
In fact, lie does not do any of the Or
thOdOx summer "manisns," but he has
manners and customs of his own.
For instance, he sings, and sings well.
There are about ninety and nine muses.
who group themselves in the parlors
after dinner to listen to their Apollo.
When he sings "All Aboard For Dream
land' lie looks at you as much as to
say he has only two passes for the boat.
but the other one is for you.
Yachting and autoing lie classes as
nerve racking. but nature and close to
natures heart and all the rest of it is
what the professors JOY is. l think
| privately we would get closer to ma
ture's heart and the professors heart,
too. if lie could be made to understand
the expediency of individual lessons for
his botany pupils. But he cannot. He
| calls for class. and we are all classed
/ hope for the best. So do the other
ninety and eight muses.. Botanically
yours, PERDITA.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17

SATURDAY.
Come to No Mans Land every time
for something doing. We have saved
the professors life. If it had only been
one of us it wouldn't have been 50 com
plicated. \ composite gratitude doesn't
90 far when it has to be passed around.
1t was long after iHnchtime, and he
never misses lunchtime. He can put
away more fried bluefish and black
berry potpie than five of the muses.,
but it is only proof Of his exceptional
excellence, and the overseer never re-
Dukes him.
Did tell you she was widow, also
interested in botany? think she stands
second best. He likes fried bluefish. etc.
Anyway. we missed him. and there
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
Headquarters Here for
JEWELRY Repairing

AS no one else in Benton re-
pairs iewelry and as so few
know that such work can be
done here, it is not amis for
me to thus publicly call atten-
ton to the fact that am pre-
pared for it. Many of my
friends may at first be inclined
to think this mere venture
on my part, and that am ex-
perimenting to see if | can do
the work. But not so. / do
repairing for the money that's
in it, and have before had
such an outfit and shop and,
OF course, know something
about tho trade.
4 Bring me your work and if
l cannot give you satisfaction
there'll be no charge.
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Attorney at Law.

Office at the court house, Benton, Bos-
sier parish, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-07-17
r E. JOHNSTON,
Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04
WILL COME INTo OPEN
Secret Organization Heneeforth VIII
Make Public Fight.

Make Public Fight.
Detroit, Mich. Nov. 3.-Rev. DR..
O'ReilIy of this city, one of the leaders
in the tight being made to have the
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association re-
turn to the former assessment plan In
stead of the graded rate recently
adopted, which greatly increases the
cost OF insurance to the old members,
announced today that secret organi-
cation within the ranks OF the Catho-
lie Mutual BENEFIT Association has ex-
listed for two years.
According to DR.. O'Reiliy, 1t was or
ganized to work for the repeal OF tho
increased rate or disrupt the associa-
ton. and the Doctor claims IL includes
more than half OF the present member
ship Of the society.
THE Organization is known as the
Executive Committee OF the G. NJ. B..
A. Convention OF 1904" said DR..
o'Reilly. For manifest reasons tho
committee has acted privately II not
secretly. Publicity would have tended
to efnture the organisation. However,
after Sunday night we are going tn
work in the open. We will Sunday
night effect an auxiliary organization
in this city to act in connection with
the executive committee. William j
Shields of Buffalo is Secretary of the
executive committee. and the other
members are as follows: John Rear
don. Buffalo. Treasurer: ID. r. Ward.
Michael Dowall of Buffalo. Cornelius
Haley of Utica, and B. Torchell OF IL
tusville. Pa"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04
rNsuRANcE ON wHIsKIEs.
Kentucky DfstiIIers VIII Fight the In
epNaaeA Rate.


Louisville, Nov 3.--The recent ad-
vance in the rate OF insurance on whis-
key in warehouses has caused consid-
eratIe feeling among the Kentucky dis
tiliers, who, IL Is understood. will fight
the movd John p. Thompson. leading
distiiIer Of the state, with warehouses
located at Iiai rods burg, firing the open
ing gun today in a letter to Claude F.
Snyder, Secretsry OF the Kentucky and
Tennessee Board o. Underwriters at
Memphis.
Mr.. Thompson says in part:
81 have just been informed by the
local Insurance. agent that he had re-
cefved instructions to increase the rate
of insure nee upon al; WHISTLES stored
in my warehouses Is cents on the one
hundred dollars. making a rate of So
cents irstead of so cents as heretofore,
and that this increase applies to ali the
disttilery bonded warehouses in the
State.
ut Is matter of great surprise that
the rate OF insurance applicable to the
whole State should be assumed to be
raised to the extent to which 1T WAS, or
changed ir any other way without any
conference or consultation whatever
with the insured. and Ii seems to me
that this action will precipitate a con-
fiict and CO ntroversy between the com
pany and the insured of a much more
serious character than those through
which We have recently passed"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04
TURNER In JAIL
Woman who Fired ON and killed Her
Husband After He Had slapped
Her--Bond Fixed at Tive
Thousand Dollars.

Pensacola, Fla, Nov. s.---(5peciaL)--
Mrs. Frank Turner. who yesterday shot
and killed her husband. is In the county
jaii on q charge of rnansiaughter. The
coroners Jury returned q charge Of
manslaughter. Bond has been fixed at
$4,000, but has not been given.
Testimony before the coroner's jury
was that she had persisted In keeping
the company of a young man. neigh
Dor, and her husband had repeatedly
warned her sgainst 1t. The husband,
ii was shown. came in from the aaar-
antine guard lines where he was en-
ployed and learned that his wife had
been disobedient. A quarrel ensued.
during the course of which the nus.
band slapped her. and. 1t was testified
al the hearing. started 10 tie her with
4 towel. She caught a pistol from the
mantle shelf and fred. the wound
proving fatal.
had beaten her previous to the shoot
ing. S3a.a
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04
PRESIDENT sTIcKNEr TALKS.


Believes That the Eseh-Tewnsena Blil
VIII Become Law.
Kansas City. Mo, Nov. "A. 3.
Stickney, President of the Chicago
Great Western Railroad Company, who
was In Kansas City today on his way
10 Galveston. Ii quoted as saying that
President Roosevelt's proposed railroad
rate bill viii pass Congress.
IT believe that the Esch-rownsend
bill will be adopted by Congress-" said
Mr.. stickney. But do not believe IT.
will make any Immediate appreciable
difference TO shippers. Yet, as ma
tional declaration OF principle, II means
everything. The Presidents recon-
mendations means in effect that when
the shipper disputes the fairness of a
railroad rate, the two parties shall go
before an arbitration tribunal whose
decision. shall become a common rule
for the kind of freight in question.
The other method. that of going to law.
IL hopeless
The real objection of railroad men
to the appointment of any tribunal is
a wholesome distrust Of the sort OF
men who may be appointed. The posi-
ton should be one of dignity with a
life appointment similar in Its terms 10
that Of the United States Supreme
Court. II appointments OF that sort
could be guaranteed. ! believe that the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04
Mr.. BIRD COMMENDED
MONTGOMERIAN RECEIVES LETTER
FROM ROOSEVELT.
ConEratulates Hir; for Gallant Feat In
stopping Runaway Horse Dur
ing Presidents Visit TO
This City.
The white House.

Washington, Nov. 1, 1905.
MY Dear Mr. Bird am glad to
know that you received no permanent
injury in the performance of your gai-
liant feat of stopping the runaway.
Trusting you will soon be entirely
well, believe me, Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt"
The above letter was received from
President Roosevelt yesterday, morn
ing by @. C. Bird, the well-known citi-
gen of Montgomery, who came very
near losing his life on October "a, dur
ing the Presidential procession here,
when he courageously stopped "a rtisa-
away horse at the intersection OF
Washington and Perry Streets, while
the parade was rounding the corner
from Washington to Perry Street. BY
the act Mr.. Bird prevented the ami
NAL from dashing into the line ana
possibly from upsetting the Presidents
carriage and injuring Mr.. Roosevelt.
MFR. Bird received several painful inJu-
rfes from which he has nearly recov-
cred.
During the trip of the President from
Montgomery to Birmingham, he is said
to have expressed deep anxiety over
the condition of the man who stopped
the runaway. Judge Thomas o. Jones
was in the party and told the President
that he would advise him by letter OF
the name of the man. At the request
of the President, Judge Jones, few
DAYS ago wrote a letter to the Presi-
dent and informed him that G. C. Bird
was the man.
Several days ago Mayor league Of
ficialIy commended the feat in letter
to Mr.. Bird. He was still more graft
fed yesterday when he opened his
mornings mail and found letter from
the White House.
They are only few words. but
they mean whole lot" said Mr.. Bird
president Roosevelt can say so much
in a few words anyhow, that's his way.
! am going TO have both Mr. leagues
and the Presidents letter framed, and
] expect to keep them all my life"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-04

English resident William Waldorf
Astor, one of the largest holders OF
real estate In this city. lives in Lon-
don, and some years ago renowned his
American citizenship and became a
British subject.
Today the inspectors were more rig
orous than Usual about enforcing the
payment of this tax. since It has been
learned that over thirty foreign cabin
passengers on liner which arrived re-
Gently escaped the tax by declaring
themselves to be American citizens.
Sir Casper Purdon Clarke. the re-
Gently elected director of the Metropolis
tan Museum of Art OF this city. was
also called on to pay this tax.