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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
His Veraclty Was Admirable.

At certain Scottish dinner it was found that
every one had contributed to the evenings enter
tainment but certain DR.. Macdonald
''Come, come, DR.. Macdonald said the Chair
man, 1--WE cannot let you escape"
The Doctor protected that he could not sing.
my voice is altogether unmusical, and resembles
the sound caused by the act of rubbing brick
along the panels of door,
The company attributed this to the Doctors
modesty. Good singers, he was reminded, always
needed a lot of pressing.
every WE'LL" said the Doctor, "if you can stand
it will sing
Long before he had finished his audience was
uneasy.
There was painful silence as the Doctor sat
down, broken at length by the voice of Draw Scot
at the end of the table.
sMon,' he exclaimed, ''your singin's no up to
much, but your veracitys just awful. You're RIGHT
about that brich. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Preaching VS.. Practice.
It is easy to sit in the sunshine

It is easy to sit in the sunshine
And talk to the man in the shade;
1t is easy to float in a well-trimmed boat,
And point out the places to wade.
But once we pass into the shadows,
We murmur and fret and frown,
And our length from the bank, we shout
for plank,
Or throw up our hands and go down.
It is easy to sit in your carriage,
And counsel the man on foot;
But get down and walk, and you'll
change your talk
AS you feel the peg in your boot.
It is easy to tell the toiler
How best he can carry his pack;
But no one can rate burdens weight;
Until it has been on his back.
The upcurled mouth of pleasure
Can pirate of sorrows worth;
But give it sip, and wryer lip
Was never made on earth.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
sl,erif's Sale.

E. NJ. Adger No. 46181s.
VS.. In Second Dist Court,
Sam J. Law. Bossier Parish, La.
E. M. Adgerl No. 1862.
VS.. In First District Court,
Sam Law. Caddo Parish, La.
DY virtue of a writ Of fieri facias
ID issued in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, / have seized, and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town OF
Benton, La, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 1906,
the following described property, to-wit:
The southeast quarter of section 81,
township % north, range Is west, con-
tanning 100 acres, more or less.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of $50, with 8 per cent per
annum interest thereon from Jan. /,
1897, until paid on $50 Of said amount
and 5 per cent per annum interest on
SiO0 thereof until paid, and 5 per cent
as attorney fees on said capital of $50
and interest, and all costs of suit.
j. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, Oct. 26, 1905. deco
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Obituary..

Mrs. Trebia Jane Giles, wife of H. L.
Giles and daughter Of ]. M. and Mary
Cole, was born near Emma, Bossier
Parish, La, Oct. %, 1888, and died at
the home of her father-i n-law in the
same neighborhood, Oct. %, 1905.
She was married to H. L. Giles during
July, 1893. She leaves three helpless
children, to be cared for by some chari-
table mother; husband, brothers and
sisters, farther and mother and friends
to mourn her departure. Sister Giles
was member of the M. E. Church,
South.
The still, unseen and powerful hand
Of Death is no respecter of persons. God
grant that the lesson may not be lost in
the lives of those left behind.
J. A. AFFORD.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Plain Dealing Dots.

Mr.. H. c. Wyche is doing some work on our
streets this week with the public road outfit
Mr.. John Dudney is building new store house
just south of Mr.. j. A. Mitchells hardware store.
Messrs. lack Gardner and Walter Sibley have
built, and opened up cold storage here, and are
doing nice business.
DR.. R. H. Blackman's friends will be pleased to
learn that he is rapidly recovering from his recent
accident. He was out driving on our streets last
Saturday.
Mr.. G. w. Demoss tells US they have another girl
at their house. She came last week and will remain
indefinitely.
Mr.. A. Kelly, Jr., has bought the lot on Palmetto
Avenue, formerly owned by N. L. Paul, and will
build nice residence soon; also, Mr.. j. Perry has
the lumber hauled to build his residence which will
be begun soon.
Mrs. Sanders, of this place, died at her SON s-in-
law, near Gillian, last week, and buried here
last Friday. Mrs. Sanders was the widow of Hon.
l.. T. Sanders, who was we'll and favorably known
throughout Bosser.
Mrs. DR.. ]. J. Scott, of Shreveport is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. r. H. Blackman.
improvements the order of the day. THAI
our town is still growing and that every one has
confidence in it is evidenced in many ways.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Death Of F. M. Barnett.

Died. October II, 1905, F. M. Barnett, of Bossier
Parish, La. Mr.. Barnett was we'll and favorably
known, but short biography of his life many not
be amiss. He was born in Madison County, Ala,
April 4, 1929; joined the Baptist Church near OK
ford, Ala, June, 1843. November, 1867, he moved
to Bossier Parish, and placed his membership with
Old Salem Baptist Church. In the early part of
1862 he volunteered in the Confederate Army in
Company B, 28th Louisiana Regiment. AS such he
served uutil the close of the war. In 1858 he be-
camesa member of the Masonic order in Red Land
Lodge, No. 49, Having filled every Office in that
Lodge during his long life Mason, he died in full
fellowship with the fraternity, and laid to rest
with Masonic honors. In 1883 he was selected
member of the Police Jury from ward 4, in which
capacity he served eight years. During all of his
long life his record shows that there has been
a charge against him in the Church, or the Masonic
Lodge, nor in his term of Office as public servant
for the people of his parish. In offering tribute
to this good man, cannot do better than to the
following language of W. P. Allen, a young man
and Mason who knew Mr.. Barnett, and loved him
Zone by one these gray-haired veterans are pass
ing from the face of nature, but their shadows do
not die; for our country owes its present state of
advancement to these hardy and noble heroes who,
in the midst of innumerable difficulties, carved
homes and hamlets amid the forests of long ago,
laying that foundation of society upon which all
virtues grow. A long and unblotted record of
church membership serves to remind US that he
upheld in life those principles which work for the
betterment of mankind and led toward the pathway
I of his God. And Mason he stood as one of the
central columns in the living architecture of the
Lodge, and by his noble and upright deeds giving to
masonry that prestige before the world that in
creases long time shall roll. In his last hour
he called his friends to his beside and pointing up
ward, saying Il cannot stay, but am going yonder.
Then let think that in the gloom of the last hour
of his mortal life he felt on his trembling fingers the
clasp of hand raising him out of the darkness of
death into the splendid dawn of an endless day.
| R. H. ALLEN.
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Notice.
4 LII persons holding claims against
IA Capt. Thos. Player are requested
to present same to me for payment.
j. E. ADGER,
35-3t Alden Bridge, La.
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S25 to California.

From Sept. Is to- Oct. 81, inclusive,
the Texas and Pacific Railway will sell
one-way second-class colonist tickets to
California common points at rate of SIS
from all stations west of Mineola, Tex,
and proportionately low rates from all
East Texas and Louisiana points.
Tourist sleeping car privileges may be
obtained in connection with above tick
cts at less than one-half the regular
Pullman rates. For further information
call on any ticket agent, or write E. P.
TURNER, General Passenger Agent,
Dallas, Texas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Don't Be Imposed Upon.

Foley & Co., of Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered for
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. 1t is the
best remedy for coughs and colds
Benton Mercantile Company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Headquarters Here for
JEWELRY Repairing

As no one else in Benton re-
pairs jewelry and as so few
know that such work can be
done here, it is not amis for
me to thus publicly cali atten-
ton to the fact that am pre-
pared for it. Many of my
friends may at first be inclined
to think this a mere venture
on my part, and that am ex-
perimenting to see if | can do
the work. But not so. I do
repairing for the money that's
in it, and have before had
such an outfit and shop and,
of course, know something
about the trade.
7 Bring me your work and if
] cannot give you satisfaction
there'll be no charge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26

Wanted-A- black and tan terrier
puppy. Call at this Office, or address
the local editor.
zone dime a line" under this head
means for the first insertion; each sub
sequent insertion without change) 5
cents per line. When the same matter
is run continuously for ten or more
weeks the rate, after the first insertion,
is 31s cents per line.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-10-26
Serwich's Hotel
r. EST AUR A Mt.

A MEXICAN AND EUROPEAN
n Plan. Corner of Texas and Market
streets, Shreveport, La.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
rhrcisernr,r osd 1ynxs.

He wrote a very c!rall, neat hand
and used slips of note paper said the
late John Ho!llnsshead OF London con-
cerINns 1hsckeray. These he would
often gather up and put in his coat
pocket. leaving hiB secretary at work
and stroll down to the Athenaeum club
Here, II ho could get q comfortable TIA
bio and was not wuylaid by any COS
zip, to whom he was always ready to
give an attentive ear, he would pull
out his slips and carry his story a few
steps farther. In an hour or two he
would again collect the scattered pa
pers and go on to the Garrick club,
where, il not interrupted, he would re
sumo his writing. This habit Of com
posing in public frightened many Of
the old club fosies, who thought they
were beins caricatured for posterity,
and no doubt helped to get him black
balled at the Travellers"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
Tho Laws Of Nature.


The universe is under the reign Of
law which is everywhers-in things
mean and minute as well as in things
noble and great, So far as we have
come into an understanding of these
laws wo have found none defective.
No sound philosophy can concede
that law of nature can be out of bal.
anco or in any way less than true and
Perfect. When we advance theory to
tho point where it would prove that a
law Of nature Is out OF balance and de-
fectiye, we should know that the con-
cluslon is wrong; that it is our reason
ing, and net the law, that is out Of
balance and defective.-From BAL
ance: The Fundamental Verify" by
Orlando j. a.nith.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
F1FTY-FouR LIVES SAVED
M en- on Two stranded Vessels Are Res
cued by tho Life-savers After Being
In Deadly Peril.

In Deadly Peril.
New York, Dec. 3O.-After being i'm.
prisoned on u waye-swept stranded
steamer ever since Christmas morning
the crew of the british steamship Dru-
melzier has been taken off by the life
savers, every man Grenched and half
frozen. The captain was offered the
opportunity to desert the ship soon aft
err she stranded, but true to the trndi-
tons Of the sea, never to desert ship
until it was absolutely necessary, he
refused. At this time the rescue OF
the crew would have been easy. but
later the wind increased in force and
for a couple of days 1t would have been
impossible to have reached the ship.
Had she gone to pieces during that
time thirty-two lives would have been
lost. The wind, however, abated and
the ship having four feet of>water IN
her hold. her bulkheads stove and her
engines loosened, Captain Nicholson
abandoned her.
Norfolk, Va, Dec. 3O.-For thirty
six hours the oil steamer Northeast
ern pounded the Diamond shoals on
Cape Hatter.s, where she ran aground
in fog, with great seas sweeping her
from stem to stern. From IL p. m. I'M
til daylight no one ashore knew Of the
wreck. Then she was sighted by the
life savers, nine miles off shore. But
the life-savers We're helpless. To at
tempt to go to her meant certain death
to those who went. Finally lull
came in the storm and the life-savers,
after repeatedly trying to launch a
boat, got three off and after a peril
Gus trip brought from the wreck the
exhausted captain and crew-twenty-
two souls in all. The ship is total
loss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
How SMITH. Friend 60. Through

How Smiths Friend Got Through.
Theg were out in Kansas about 100
miles and wanted to reach Kansas
City. One of them had a pass for
John Smith and wife. He was John
Smith all right, but his friend could
hardly pass AS Mrs. Smith. Although
they were practically without funds,
they boarded the train. "Take seat
in the rear Of the car" said Smith to
his friend. &
Then Smith went forward and sat
down by a young woman. Soon they
were talking like old friends, and the
subject OF tickets Was brought up by
Smith. He asked her 10 let him see
her ticket 1t was not of the variety
that requires the signature of the pur-
chaser.
Smith examined it until the CON
ductor came through, and then he
handed up his pass md the ticket.
Pointing to his friend behind, he said,
The extra ticket is for him" Tile
scheme worked TO this day the
saafp g a moi aAsfy that sue
tt Tough KANSAS Kansas City Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
A Gueer Food.

A most Singular food is the larvae
OLA fly common in certain portions
of California and known as ephydra.
This insect is found in such vast guam
titles In Lake Mono, Cal, that It is
washed upon the shores in vast wind
rows and can be collected by bushels.
The water of Mono is very singular,
seemingly very heavy and smooth, like
oil. SO much 30 that 1t resists ordinary
wind and refuses to become; run1ed.
When the larvae begin to appear the
Indians gather from far and near and
scrapo them up. place the wormliks
creatures on cloths and racks in the
sun and dry them, when they are
beaten up and husked, looking then
like rice. The Indians call tho food
k2o-chah-bee. and many bushels are
collected at his time. That larvae are
nutritious is shown By the condition
Of the Indians, who soon grow fat on
the rich diet. Many birds are attract
ed by the larvae and gorge themselves
with the singular food
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
National Regulation for Corporations
Engaged in Interstate Commerce.

Under the constitution congress
is charged with the duty Of regulat-
ing interstate commerce, and it can
never properly perform that duty
until it requires every corporation
engaged in business outside of the
state in which it is chartered to
incorporate undera federal statute
which will contain such provisions
as may be necessary to safe guard
the public and promote public
interests.
With such law on the statute
books the federal government could
easily check the present tendency
toward consolidation by imposing a
fee or tax, graduated upward unril it
would counter-balance any advan-
tage gained by combination OF con-
solicitation.
Something must be done to pro-
tect or rather restore competition in
many lines of business. Take the
live stock industry for illustration.
The combination known as the beef
trust has for some time past robbed
with impunity both the producer
and the consumer. Such conditions
cannot exist always. The people of
this country are peaceful and law
abiding, but our moneyocracy has
about reached the limit of exac-
tons. The president is striving in
different directions to procure re-
lief for the masses, but with very
meager prospects of success.
4 The least that congress should dc
lis to enact federal statute for the
regulation and control Of all corpora
tions engaged in an interstate com
MERGE business. 1t should be broad
enough to include not alone railway
telegraph, telephone and expires.
companies, but also insurance com
panies and in fact all companie.
doing business outside of their owl
state. 1t should be drastic enough
0 to prevent thdarti6cial persons ofon
state from roaming and operatin,
at will in all the other states.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
ARSON IS SUSPECTED
Suspicious Circumstances Connected with
the Big Co-Operative Association
Fire at Chicago.

Suspicious circumstances Connected with
the Big Co-Operative Association
Fire at Chicago. :
Chicago, Jan. 3.-Suspicious circum-I
stances surrounding the fire in the Van
Buren, street plant of the First Nation
al COOPERATIVE Association and Cash
Buyers nion-nmalgamnted concerns
have led Chief Cnmpion and Attor-
ney Thomas johnson, OF the IRE depart
ment, to make IN investigation as to
the origin Of the fire. 1t has become
known that two minor stockholders of
the concern had filed bill In the cir
cult court asking for the appointment
of receiver and an injunction re-
st1aining the president, Julius Kahn.
from distributingany further dividends
on the capital stock.
The IRE destroyed property WORTH
100000, including the plants Of the co..
operative association, the Zeno Chew
ing Gum company and the PeninsularI
Stove company. Suspicion was first
caused by explosions in the co-opera-
tive building, for which no cause was
known. Thees explosions blew down
walls, causing the injury of eleven fire.
men, only two Of whom, however, were
seriously hurt-Fred Blocki ana Thos.
Guam. The fire started with an eYplo.
sion, and a witness says he saw some
one moving. about on the second floor a
few minutes before the fire was dis.
covered. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
Ethel,,crt Talbot"

Ethelbcrt Talbot"
Philadelphia, Dec. SO. - Dispatches
from Huntingdon, Pa, state that some
of the Huntingdon signers to the pre-
sentiment have repudiated the present
ment, and say that 1t was never their
intention to sign paper of the char
acter that mas appeared in the press.
If this be true the proceedings must
be dropped, rs a presentment Of the
character made against the bishop
must contain the names of at least
three persons from the diocese In which
the accused bishop lives.
1t is said the paper was signed by
the Huntingdon men under a misap-
prehension, they believing that they
were assisting in, closing long con-
troversy, and not one in which their
bishop was to be brought to trial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME
Old Year Ushered Out with Much Nol.o In
Two Great Cities, Chicago and
New York

New York.
Chicago, Jan. 2.-When the govern
ment ball, Illuminated by electricity,
dropped from the top of the pole on
the Masonic Temple, indicating the ex-
act second of the end Of the old year,
there was noise in Chicago, but the
moment after it dropped there was
pandemonium. For couple of hours
previous State street and all the side
streets leading thereto had been
thronged by men and women and the
sound of the horn was heard in the
land, for fact. The noise was only
less in volume in the business streets
in other parts of the city. and royster-
ers, men and women, We're on the
downtown streets MS late as a a. m.
At New York the thousands packed
the streets in the vicinity of old Trini-
ty to listen to the sweet-toned chimes
ring out the old; ring in the new"
And when the chimes did ring the
noise everywhere within mile % 80
was SO great that nobody heard thSm.
In both these great cities-the typical
towns of the east and west-there was
much midnight feasting and the hotels
and restaurants had made special
preparations therefor. Here the prep
arations, great as they were, were in
adequate. In both towns and where
vcr elsewhere there was a board OF
trade, the brokers had their fun at
the last meeting of the dying year. 2
And in both ciues-here and there
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-04
LETTERS THE BISHOP WROTE
Time Being When He and Rev. 1ryir
We're ON Good Ter,na.

limo Being When He and Rev. Irvine
We're on Good Terms
The presenters then proceed: .eThe
presentment in support of the charge
of lying sets forth the following LET.
ter Tit is dated "Ddiocese of Central
Pennsylvania Bishopric. South Bethle.
hem, Feb. 6, 1897:
my Dear Irvine: The woman to
whom you refer is by canon excom-
inundated. cannot believe she will
have the presumption to present her
self at the holy communion. II YOU
think there is any danger of her doing
SO It would be better for you in some
kind and gentle way to intimate to her
her true condition. OF course, you have
no discretion in the matter. II she
should present herself before YOU can
speak to her, and you think she does
SO in ignorance, then you can speak to
her afterward. There is no reason In
this case to make any row II the thing
is managed quietly and nrmly, with a
little common sense. thank you for
what you say on this matter of the
missions. Affectionately yours,
'ETHELBERT TALBOT,
"The exceptions to the charge of ~
ing are as follows:
Specification That Bishop Tai
bot is guilty of conduct unbecoming
a bishop, of breach of his ordination
and conservation vows against involv-
ing other bishops in controversy by
writing untruthfully as Follows: That
eight bishops have grave charges
against hin. [Irvinel; that the venera-
BILE bishop of Quincy wrote me upon
his death bed that Irvine had outraged
two girls in his city, and Bishops Whit
aker. Whitehead. Seymour Scarbor-
ough, Potter, Doane, Adams, Taylor,
and Rev. DIR. Leffingwell, and host
of others will bear out all have said
as to his character
Wherefore, the presenters, in view
of the reasons as set forth in the above
specifications, do ask that Bishop Tai
bot be presented fol- trial before
court of his peers9
Another letter introduced as an ex-
hibit in support of specification is
dated South bethlehem, Nov. 30, 1898,
and is us follows:
MY Dear irvine: What nice time
we all had at Huntington. did enjoy
1t. My dear Ingraham, you will, be-
fore many years, take a foremost place
in my diocese. You have the ability,
and no one would rejoice more than
to have it so. My cordial regards.
please, to Mrs. Irvine and sister, and
especially to that lovely daughter and
the granddaughter. Think Of it, veri-
ly you and l are getting old" This
letter is signed: "Affectionately yours,