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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02


know that l was in some sort Of trap.
Perhaps in a moment the fellows part
ner would thrust his revolver through
the window and order me to hold up
my hands. Yet nothing prevented my
retreat toward the other part Of the
house. Surely they must know that.
turned toward the hall and saw
through the glass Of the inner door
man in the front vestlDule. was trap
ped as neatly as the Mulletts had been
in their cellar.
Margaret" l called, Pm afraid
there's something wrong down here.
You and your mother had better lock
the sitting room doors!'
A stifled scream from Mrs. Stanwood
answered this announcement Marga-
ret cried out:
Come up here! III get Robert"
Get him, by all MEANS" L replied.
But I'll stay here"
There was a long knife on the table.
I took it and stood ready by the cellar
door. It was nearly impossible that the
man who was trying to force 1t should
ever come through and live. This
thought cheered me- 1t was taste OF
triumph.
AS waited and the door creaked
there came a metallic tapping on the
window. Undoubtedly the man outside
could shoot me II he chose, but l did
not believe that he would risk making
50 much noise.
| Then the yestibule door opened.
had almost forgotten my enemy upor
that side At the same moment Mar
Raret called out from the upper regions
Of the house:
Robert 10 not here! l can't find
himr'
whats the matter" said a slow
dubious and familiar voice.
It was Uncle Henry, who had enter
Cd By the front door.
"I've got telegram for Margaret,
said he. "What's the trouble hereT'
I beckoned to him and at the sam
time called to Mrs. Stanwood:
Don't be alarmed. We're all righ
now"
Uncle Henry came into the kitchen
and I whispered to him, There's
burglar in the cellar and another l
the back yard"
"well, wellw said Uncle, Henry an
glanced toward the window In alarm
which changed to obvious relief. Il
crossed to the door opening from til
kitchen to the yard and admitted
uniformed policeman with revolve
. In his hand.
. Il thought saw somebody hangin
; around the house." said the office
: and a. thsrs's 80 much talk Of bu
glars Just now r.
. I'VE think he may have got into II
r cellar" said Uncle Henry.
The policeman looked at the cell'
: door, which began to groan and strai
, That's mighty queer" said he AZ
: turned the key.
| Instantly the door opened, and Ro
! eft the servant. plunged headlong IN
the room. He recovered his balan
/ and stared at US.
o "For the love Of heaven" l exclaiI
/ ed, "why didn't You answer me VIII
e spoke to you through the door"
J. Robert shook his head.
/. "He couldn't" said Uncle Hem
i with q smile. "He's deaf and dumt
. And he began to wag his fingers
! Robert. HE says" continued Unt
!. Henry, "that he went down cellar
e get little piece Of ice out of the II
Ie box, and somebody locked the door
4 ASK IL it's him that's been walk
p around back Of the house this evt
d ing" said the policeman.
,e Uncle Henry wagged his nng'
q s>me more and then said, Yes"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02

"See here" said the client, you've
charged me 50 much for handling this
suit that I'll have to put a mortgage
little%
II guess | can" replied the enter
prising lawyer Tell you what I'll
do. I'll draw up the mortgage at half
rates. Philadelphia Bulletin
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02
P,rattne Foley. Honey and Tar.

Foley & Co., of Chicago, originated Honey and
Tar as throat and lung remedy, and on account
Honey and Tar many limitations are offered foI
the genuine. These worthless limitations have
similar sounding names. Beware of them. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is In yellow
package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute
It is the best remedy for coughs and colds
Benton Mercantile Company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02
Sluggish Liver a Foe to Ambition.

You cannot accomplish very much il your liver
is inactive ais you feel dull your eyes are heavy
and slight exertion exhausts you. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup stimulates the liver and bowels and
makes you feel bright and active. Orino Laxa-
tive Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and
is mild and very pleasant to take. Orino Is more
effective than pills or ordinary cathartics. Re-
fuse substitutes.-Benton Mercantile Company.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
Sent to Pleasant Homes
Instead of to the Gallows
Changes Of Century Since Small Boys Were Hanged in
London's Old BaileyThe Life Work of Dr. Bernardo,
"Foster-Father of Nobody's Chdred"Its Counterpart
Seen in the Methods of New York Institution.

years before Dr. Bernardo began his
life work among the children OF Lon
don.
Since that period, Juvenile delin.
quency has decreased steadily, almost
on the run, one might say, in proper.
ton to the growth OF population In
these two cities. DR.. Bernardo In Lon.
don and the New York juvenile asy,
lum In this country, to say nothing OF
the other well.known organizations,
have cared Tor and reclaimed thous.
ands and thousands OF these neglected
children, DR.. Bernardo having estab.
lished nearly thirty separate institu-
tons and the New York organization,
In a single group OF buildings having
cared for over 10000 boys and girls
who had no other responsible or We
disposed guardians.
When It Is realized that every one
OF these New York waits had been
committed to the asylum--in other
words, had started wrong" or was in
danger of falling into vice-and that
certainly more than rs per cent Of
them are no whOnest, successful citf-
zens, the economy to say nothing OF
the humanity OF the movement be-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
PRINTERS UNION
DEFEATED IN
LEGAL ACTION

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-The injunction
issued last week restraining The
members of the Typographical union
from interfering with firms compos.
ing the Chicago typothalae during
the present strike of union printers,
by means of pickets or otherwise, was
sustained yesterday by Judge Holdom
in the superior court, in a decision
which classes the attempts of the union
to force a contract for closed shop and
eight-hour day upon the employers as
unlawful. The injunction as it stands
restraints the union and its members
from interfering with the business or
employees of the complainant firms.
either by attempting to dissuade EN-
pIoyes from working or from sending
out circulars to customers of the firms
asking them to boycott the strike
bound house.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19

was the story that she was starving
because Mr.. Heyl was stealing all her
money. She said she would not live
in a community where such ISLANDERS
were in circulation"
With reference to Mrs. Sehandein's
being the mistress of her own home,
the witness testified to her giving Mr..
Heyl peremptory orders on one occa-
sion to attend to some business affairs,
and related conversation between
Mrs. Schandein and Heyl relative to
the discharge Of a coachman.
MIR. Heyl told her 1t was time to
discharge the man." he said. He said
he was neglecting his work. To this
Mrs. Schandein replied: He is my
man and has been working for me for
a long time. | will not discharge
him"
The witness had not noticed any
change in Mrs. Schandein's complex.
ion. 81 always thought she had as
pretty a complexion as you could ask
to see in a woman of her age" he
said.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
ANOTHER CABLE LAID.
interesting Data About the Newest
Line to Europe

New York, Oct. 1S.-The Commercial
Cable company's fifth Atlantic cable
from Canso, Nova Scotia, 10 Water
vile, Ireland, is now completed and In
operation. This makes seven trans-At-
lanttc cables worked in direct Connec
ton with the lines of the Postal com.
pany. All are dupleXed so that their
combined capacity Is fourteen mes,
sages at one time. The new cable is
said to be the most expensive ever
laid
Atlantic cables are always laid from
west to east because the prevailing
winds in the summer months on the
Atlantic are from the west and ships
meet better weather going eastward
At some points the cable was laid at a
depth of nearly three miles below the
surface Of the sea. The quantities OF
material used in the manufacture OF
the cable were 1,4l1 200 pounds OF
copper, 799,6SS pounds of gutta percha
and 16,S45,000 pounds of brass tape,
jTte yarn, iron wire and preservativc
compound. The signalling speed OF
this cable is 10 per cent greater than
that Of any other cable of equal length
in the Atlantic The cost OF the
cable varied from $1,000 to $4,000 per
mile, according to the character OF the
ocean bed and depth of water, the
great variation in cost being due to
the different diameters and weights or
the sections, the cable which is laid in
the deepest water being the highest
for the important reason that It would
be impossible to retrieve heavy
cable from deep water because or the
enormous pressure, Gable in deep
water Is practically safe from mechant-
cal injury and therefore does not need
to be so strong, so that the sections
laid in deep water are of smaller dia-
meter and lesser cost. The sections
laid near shores are of massive con
struetion and very expensive. In the
neighborhood Of the fishing grounds or
the coast of New Foundland a type
Of cable midway between deep water
and shore end cable is used. This In
termediate size is made strong to re-
sist injuries from the anchors OF fish
ing craft, the most prolific source on
danger to submarine cables
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
AMERICA AND THE ORIENT.

In all these early steps our states
men, our seaman, and our diSploma-
fists had indeed done well. They had
made 4 remarkable demonstration Of
the wisdom and efficiency of peaceful
methods in dealing with strange PEG
pies and strange civilizations. They
had served our own interests, widened
Our influence, and promoted the
worlds welfare without injustice or
rapacity and without war. But we
did not yet, in any but a strained
sense, look out upon the Pacific and
face across to Asia. Between tae
great mass of the American people
and the Pacific coast there were two
plains and mountains. Western civil,
iZation could never pervade Cathay
by way OF the pony express; and If It
followed the route around the Horn,
then America had little or no advan,
tage over Europe In the race. 1t was,
in fact, the dream of a vast Asiatic
commerce. like the earlier dream of
Columbus, which had chiefly inspired
the first advocates of railway across
the continent, and while Seward was
now and then stealing time from his
important business with Europe to
smooth with his diplomacy our path
across the ocean and open for us the
gates of the East, two bands of men
living IN two cities of canvas, march
ing every day to their work to the tap
Of the drum, and moving slowy. day
by day, the one westward from the
Missouri, the other eastward from the
coast, toward some point of meeting
wore doing that which diplomacy
could not do, that without which Sc
wards dream could como no trucr
than the dream of Columbus, They
were making n way. practical and
material highway, for that advance Of
our civilization westward TO the PACT
nC which must be preliminary to the
final contact Of East and West upon
its shores and islands, Gar
rott Brown, in Atlantic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19

New York, October Isles than
a century ago two boys, one twelve
and The other fourteen years old,
were publicly hanged at the old Bailey
prison, London, for highway robbery.
Ordinarily, although petty theft
might be included In The long list Of
crimes then punishable by death,
these juvenile highwaymen would have
escaped this extreme penalty after Il
period OF prison where they woulI
have been thrown In hourly contact
with miscellaneous population rang.
ing from pitiful little street tots OF
FIVE, six or seven years TO hardened
criminals and depravad humanity of
all kinds, ages, and conditions During
tho carly years Of the last century,
fully 5000 children under the guidance
Of older youths and grown prototypes
Of Charles Dickens Fagin, are esti-
mated to have been engaged IN crimi.
nal operations In the streets Of Ion.
don.
Beside such record, modern in
stances Of juvenile criminallty, OF
which there are still enough TO make
The saving OF the children one Of the
most important Of all modern philan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
WESTERN LIFE OFFICERS
CITED FOR CONTEMPT

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-Federal Judge c..
&c, Kohlsaat yesterday issued a rule
against G. NJ Moulton, f. l. Rosen-
field and f. D. Moore, members of the
executive committee of the Western
Life Indemnity company, to show
cause why they should not be ad.
judged in contempt of court. Attor-
ney Levinson, for the policyholders,
declared the officials had purchased
5000 shares of the Security Life &
Annuity company for 100000 Sept.
20, after the court had issued a YER
bal injunction against any such trans,
action. The court held that sufficient
showing had been made for the rule
to issue
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19

tractiVe cottages, in which several
hundred children taken from the
streets Of the city are to receive their
first ideas Of well-ordered living
The experiences CT the asylum In its
former quarters in New York City,
have already proved the efficiency of
tbs treatment, and the new site af
fords an opportunity to put in practice
many of the ideas which Dir. Bar.
nardo found valuable, but which were
impractical until the present village
community could be put in operation.
When one stands in the center of
this first beginning of the "chidrens
village" watching the life, and es
pecially the faces Of the children, and
realizing that it has grown and is still
growing by larger and smaller private
donations, one realizes, ALSO that the
world is a good sight better than It
was at the beginning Of the preceding
century. Mere than that, these same
children are destined TO make it better
for the actual records Of the asylum
show that the United States now num-
bers as good honest citizens hundreds
of men and women who were once
committed to the institution for petty
straight road to the old Bailey gal.
lows
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
LARGE FORTUNES,

The hostility to large fortunes does
not diminish with time and events
The violent denunciations of the dis
contented classes, or the more ex
IRENE socialists, find an echo in the
ranks Of the more conservative
groups, Into these expressions, eyi.
IDENTITY based on strong convictions,
has entered the sting arising from a
passionate sense of wrong; that these
enormous accumulations are possible
only at the expense of the poor; and
that women and children go cold and
hungry in order that others may 90
warmly clad 9nd live luXuriously. In
this point of view there is hopeless
ness which serves as the incentive to
brute force to wild assaults upon the
bulwarks of property and institutions
What are we coming to? Are the
times out of joint? Certainly we are
forced to face the facts as found in
the thinking Of great numbers Of peo
pie.
TO say that man is a multi-milion.
aire Is, to many, equivalent to saying
that he Is an enemy of society, reap
ing where he has not sown, and pro.
teCting himself in his vast possessions
only by the corrupt control of munici.
pal councils, legislatures, and even
the highest courts 1t is this state of
mind which leads some intelligent
writer's to hint of another French
Revolution, and of prison bars for the
financial kings. Yet, as we look back
n century there was not, at least in
the United States, any such antago
nism between the rich and the poor
Perhaps the contrasts between the
rich and the poorest We're far less
marked then Shan now and the
causes of dissatisfaction due to i'm
potent rivalry were more generally
absent In those earlier days obvi
ously, the total wealth of the commun.
lty in all forms was very small In
comparison with It's diffusion today
- Laurence Laughlin, in Atlantic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19

I comes startllngly apparent the mere
decrease In the cost OF operating orr
penal institutions being a splendid in
terest upon the private benefactlons. by
which such movement has necessal.
lily to be supported.
DR., Barnardos homes, on the other
hand, are independent OF any Initial
Wrongdoing on the part OF the indivn-
ual youngster. The movement starte1
In the accidental discovery on DR..
Barnardo's part that London NJ ni.nI.
even In the heart OF winter, contained
an army of homeless urchins, the
Don t-ltve-noWhores" OF the stroet
Arab population. They roamed the
streets by day and slept under the
stars by night, twenty or more of them
huddlod under their rags in n single
lay" They were without parents,
or often worse than without parents.
and more than that the very training
or the streets, whose wit sharpening
processes, under better circumstances,
was no small training toward good ana
efficient citizenship, was making them
the thugs, piclipockets, and general
rascadom of the next generation.
Or Rarnardo's first step In this
actual awakening OF the street Arab
TO the better things OF life was to en-
courage his confidence in his new
surroundings. and to accomplish this
A Inn t.,It
lishment OF series OF homes" where
single group Of Youngsters should
be under the control OF an older ppr.
SON. and whore each child should be
treated as n Young but intelligent In,
dlvilual The number of homes IN,
creased rapidly, some in London,
others in the country or at the sea.
side, and yet others finally even In the
British colonies, where great numbers
of the children were eventually, year
by year, distributed among respect
able families. Schools were provided
also to teach the children along the
same educational limos as the public
schools, and THIS mental training was
combined With tailoring, shoemakine
printing aud other branches OF me.
ehaniCal work During his lifetime
DR. Barnadu, as head OF the system he
had originated cared for fully 6O,0oo
destitute children who would other,
wise have been handicapped in lite
from the very beginning. What would
have become OF MANY OF these children
without his efforts may be fairly
guessed at by the terrifying amount OF
juvenile crime once prevaent In Ions
don.
One may see the same thing work
ing out among the three hundred
youthful Gothamites now domictled NJ
the new home. or rather homes, or
the New York Juvenile Asylum. charm
ingly located on an eminence over.
looking the HUDSON river, not far from
nohbs Ferry, The fifteen cottages
already erected are the beginning Of
4 good.si2od "children's village GOV.
ering eventually some 800 acres and
including q church, schoolhouse,
workshops athletic fields and play
grounds. surrounded by neat ana at.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
Change in State Department.

Washington. Oct iS.-An important
change of officials of the state de
partment has been determined upon
~ the president and Secretary Root
Col. William r. Michael, who has
been chief OF the department since
the late John sherman was secretary
Of state. is to be succeeded by
Charles DENLY of Indiana, a son at the
late Chares DENLY. at one time Unit
cd States minister 10 China Col
Michael Is To DC transferred to an i'm
portant post in the consular service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19

throplcs, sink into almost complete IN.
Significance.
Attention has recently been called
to the changed methods Of dealing
With the youthful unfortunates In
great cities by the death in London OF
DR.. Thomas John Barnardo, widely
known rs the foster father OF no
boiy's children" Or. Bernardo &
work in London has found counter,
part In Americas greatest city in that
accomplished by various organlza.
tlons, notably the New York juvenile
asylum, and this fact lends additional
interest TO the story OF what no ana.
DIR. Barnardo, more perhaps than
all the other men together who have
been interested in the same purpose.
was responsible for stopping n lood
Of juvenile delinquency that presents
the most pttiful chapter In the whole
long history of criminology Even
when this flood was at its height there
were, to be sure, Il certain small nun
Der Of institutions nominally seoknc
to prevent children from becoming
criminals. distant precursors of our
own special courts ANA special meas
ures for dealing with the children Az
rested for vagrancy, theft, or other
petty misdemeanors
such, Tor example, was the insttu
ton to which Leary, the English hoy
bandit Of about 1916, was committed
after career in crime that certainly
made him moro Justly candidate Tor
the gallows than any of his young
contemporaries who were actually cN.
ecuted before the gaping crowds that
then turned out to enjoy a hanging N
tho Old Bailey, hut these mstitu
tions were for punitive rather than
corrective purposes They punished
the youthful criminal without ever at.
tempting to show him that thorc was
4 better way Of living or to NJ HIM
for honest employment. More than that
the whole prison system was rotten
with petty graft and Juvenile deltn
quents met with scant sympathy ami
no understanding whatever OF thor
real character.
Until DR., BRrnardos time the ON,
don street waif, unless he had actual,
" committed crime, received no atten,
ton. more than that he was fro,
quently permitted to increase In evtl
doing until he had weighed In his
weight" rs they then expressed 1t in
other words until his accumulated
misdemeanors marked monetary
total Of forty pounds
On this side of the water the stua.
ton was somewhat better, although In
1918, just before the New York mye.
nile asylum was founded, a chief oi
police in Gotham estimated that there
were 10000 children roaming inc
streets of the city. homeless although
not necessarily criminal This was
fourteen years after The first organ
ization Of the New York juvenile asy
lum, eleven years before the estah
lishment OF the Childrens Aid society
and the beginning Of other New Yorp
institutions, now numbering ahou
nifty, for the same purpose, and sever
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
TITUS AT BRANDON.
Walsh Case to Come Up, but He
Doubts II He VIII Act.

Crandon, Wis, Oct 1S,--A. {. Titus,
assistant attorney general Of the
state, is in Crandou again
am here to be present nj the
drawing Of the grand Jury which was
recently called to inquire into the
Walsh case, said Mr.. Titus, Il know
nothing about the report that was
TO replace District Attorney Walsh as
prosecuting officer Of Forest county,
and doubt II the report il true. Mr.,
Titus added.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-10-19
Fled from SANDERS.

did Mrs Schandein ever talk to Won
regarding rumors which were in circu
iation about herr"
YES. She told me that she heard
them. The straw that broke her back
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-05
The Forbidden Land"

Something new in comic opera has
certainly been struck in The For
hidden Land which was seen and
heard here last Saturday evening.
The music is catchy, the comedy re-
fined and really amusing, and the
costuming elaborate. 1t will be
many days before more able aggre-
CATION of comic opera talent will
come this way, as it has been many
days since anything better has been
seen here.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1t isn't bit cooler to be on the
shady side Of life.
Every man likes to learn, but no man
likes to be taught.
To be man is to be the worry of
some woman; to be woman is to be
the worry Of some man.
Before doing anything as q. result of
enthusiasm or excitement see if your
enthusiasm or excitement will not wear
of
Every man flatters himself that he
will finally whip his enemy and that
he will give him good one when he
gets at him.
1t is said charity begins at home. AS
a matter of fact, there is a good deal
Of complaint because charity does not
begin at home.
When man gets married he is apt
to think everybody should give him a
present, but how he hates to give we'd
ding presents when his friends get
married!-Atchison Globe.