davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-12
SELECTION OF AN ENGINEER Ex.
PECTED TO BE HOTlY
CONTESTED.
Will It Be Scott or WeiIe-New Saloon
Ordinance Will Come In for
Attention Too.

The council is an adjourned session
tonight will probably be in a position
to select an engineer to superintend the
installation of Walla Walla's proposed
gravity system and to arrange for the
holding of a special election at an early
date to vote on the proposed bond is
sue for carrying out the projected
plans. The selection of an engineer,
with H. w. Scott of Seattle and Otto
Weile of Spokane, the candidates, is
expected to be holly contested
Whether the council is to adopt the
plans and ordinance submitted by En-
gineer Thompson will also be a factor
in the selection of an engineer
That Saloon Ordinance.
The saloon ordinance introduced by
Bridges last week, providing for the
raising of saloon licenses from $685. to
1000 per year and which was referred
20 the Judiciary committee after pass
ing its second reading is expected to be
resurrected again tonight with view
of putting it through. 1t is said there
are several Objectionable features to
the ordinance that saloon men are de-
sirous of having eliminated before it
is finally passed. Just what recommen-
dition the judiciary committee will
will probably be not disclosed until
the ordinance brought up for final
passage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-12
viva Farmers Institute.

The To-. iolNES, Iowa, Dec. ~
cultD,., 'armers' Institute and Agri-
for 'Soclation opened here today
- Jays session. The members
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-12

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II 1t
fails to cure. E. W. GROVES sigma
ture on each box Csc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23

Progress Is the activity Of today and
the assurance of tomorrow. Emerson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
JASMINE"
By
VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ
Copyright. 1904. by Viz =inia Leila Wentz


osoeosoeososooeosoeosososo
When his pretty little cousin from
New Orleans had married one of his
chums Tom Chester lpd felt bit du-
bious as to the outcome. Selwyn was
handsome chap, spoiled child of for
tune, who in all his life had scarcely
felt restraining finger upon his i'm
pulses. to say nothing of restraining
hand. He was the possessor of big ca
pabilities either for good or evil.
Would Doris develop the god or the
devil in him? And. for Selwyn's part,
would he make the light In his young
wife's laughing eyes still brighter. or
would he deepen the already sensitive
curves in her childish mouth?
Two years had proved Chester's
doubts to be not without Justification.
.'What a pity! What pity" he
thought as he sat in his Office one
morning and looked across the table at
his fair client.
$50 you've come to me, Doris, for ad-
vice?" He looked out Of his window.
How mockingly the skyscrapers loom
ed against the sky line-a monument
Of mans greatness, and yet at heart sc
little was man! He turned searchingiy
upon Doris.
"Do you really want me to speak as
yocr lawyer?" She bent her pretty
head in affirmation. "Well." answered
he, still meeting her eyes keenly, ''di
vorce him."
Yes she laughed Qt was the laugh
| Of woman who dare not cry. ''tht
| facts are hideous enough, are they
| not!'
wait; that was your lawyers ad
vice. AS your cousin. Doris. as hi:
friend, as q man. God knows. wht
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
rricked the stomn Eiend.

Stamp collectors are delighted when
they secure a specimen which was is
sued before some mistake in printing
was detected. During the Buffalo ex-
position the government issued stamp
to commemorate the occasion which de-
picted the Empire express train. A
practical joker cut out the central part
Of one of the stamps which contained
the train and carefully replaced it so
that tie train was in an upside down
position. This lie pasted on an envelope
and mailed it to friend who was 4
rabid collector.
The practiced eye of the stamp fiend
at once discovered the misplaced posi-
ton of the train. but did not notice the
deception. and the collector was almost
wild with joy until he offered it for
sale. when lie was informed that 1t
was not rare" but 'cut OUT
stamp he preserved.-New York Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
VALOR AND HEROlSM.
Proof That the Real Brand Of 1t Ex-
lists In South America.

Proof That the Real Brand Of 1t Ex-
lists In South America.
Every country has It's heroes, and it
is refreshing to read something of the
heroic in the history Of the countries
south of us" said thoughtful man.
'In history of South America atten-
ton is called to number of things
which tend to show that the popular
estimate of valOr and herOism in that
section of the world may not be alto
gether the correct one. 1t is related
that once the Peruvian monitor Huas-
car fought against three Chilean slips.
"After both Admiral Grau and his
| flag lieutenant were killed Captain
| Aguirre took command, was killed. and
then succeeded by Captain Carbajal.
| who was put hors de combat by a shell.
The command deyolved then on Lieu
| tenant Rodrigue, who was killed; then
on Lieutenant Palacious, who was dis
! abled, and finally Lieutenant Garcyon,
with the ship on fire. three feet Of wa
| ter in the hold and with loss Of half
| his officers and crew, was forced to
strike his flag. On July %. 1879. the
Huascar was in action against the
Chilean ship Abtao. Torpedoes ut that
time We're not much understood, and
one. being fired from the Huascar
through faulty mechanism returned
back straight upon the ship. Seeing
this and knowing that If the ship was
struck she must sink. Lieutenant Diai
Cansco jumped overheard and in tht
water with his hands altered its course
just before it came in contact with thu
ship"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
THE. CITY OF CRocoDILEs.
An Ancient Site Said to Have Been
Built by Pharaoh.
NUMBER 4.

An Ancient Site Said to Have Been
Built by Pharaoh.
The crocodile, one of the most sacred
animals Of the east, has given its nama
to several ancient sites. OF the various
settles of crocodiles," the names Of
which have been handed down to us by
Herodotus, Pliny and StrabO, perhaps
the most striking was the "Crocodilopo-
lis of the ancient Egyptian province Of
Fayum, which. according to tradition,
was built by that pharaoh who 'mada
the lives of the children of Israel bit.
ter with hard service"
This province lies within an almoss
complete circle of hills-a little oasis
in the midst of the desert, where rose3 !
and grapes minsie with figs and olives
and luxuriant palm trees grow almost
into forests.
Its capital is Medinet, and little to
the north of the city are number of
irregularly shaped mounds. Beneath
these are the ruips Of the phara Oh
built "Crocodilopolis." the "City Of
Crocodiles." later called Arsinoe. and
the shrine Of the sacred crocodile OF the
neighboring LakS Moeris. which was
then $50 miles in circumference.
This lake held the sacred crocodilcs,
and as each died In turn it was buried
| in one Of the 1900 underground serul-
| chers of the world famed Labyrinth"
at hand, side by side with the embaln-
| ell bodies OF successive pharaohs. -
Philadelphia LeVger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23

How an Infant School Was Founded.
It is well known that the Society of
Friends objects to all war. This con-
scientious feeling has sometimes placed
individual Quakers in an awkward po-
sition.
For instance, during the war against
the first Napoleon ship that was part
~ owned by Friend captured Dutch
vessel. The long continuance of the
state Of war prevented him for several
years from compensating the owner
and sailors Of the seized vessel in ac-
cordance with his principles. In the
meantime he invested the money re-
ceived as lis share of the prize. and
when at last peace was declared he
paid it over, with interest to date, to
those who had suffered by the capture
of the vessel.
Not being able to find them all, he
founded with the rest of the money q
free infant school in Amsterdam, this
being the port from which the Dutch
ship had sailed The school was the
first of the kind set up in the city. and
1t was housed in a building called
Hollands Welfare" which was the
name of the captured vessel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
FORTtFICATloNS.
They Play but a Secondary Role I'm
the Defense of States.

the Defense Of States.
A fortress spells immobility and dis
persion. We should therefore look
askance at it until proof is given that
it has definite purpose to fulfill in a
reasoned scheme of strategy. We-must
not allow ourselves to be led away by
the glamour surrounding a heroic de-
Tense. We must look to the end and
leave panegyrics to poets. We must.
In short, regard all fortification as an
auxiliary and nothing more. A for
tress, because it is fortress and be-
cause it is ours, is not necessarily an
advantage and may be the reverse. If
we gain battles we gain the enemy's
fortresses; if we lose them he gains
ours. whether they are in the interior
or upon the sea. In each case the lar
ger the garrison the greater the disas-
ter. Fortresses, and, in fact, all fOrtifi
cations, have never played anything but
q secondary role in the defense OF
states, and no nation has ever yet beer
saved by them. They can as auxil
iaries occasionally assist an army and
they can aid naval capital, wisely in
vested and wisely used, to bear splen
did interest. but they can never re
establish moral superiority when once
it is lost nor create it by the virtue at
taching to its parapets if it does no
exist. Over the portals of the fortres:
| or harbor of refuge should be WRITER
In the largest and blacklist 6 charac
| ters the words that Dante discovered
| over the gates of hell.-Military Cor
London Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23

WILL YOU GIVE ME FLOWER r SAID
CHESTER CURIOUSLY.
loves both. beg you to forgive him.
Hasn't he repented. dear? Doesn't he
ask you to let him begin all over again
on a clean slate? That's all man
can do. It's woman's hand must
wipe out all the old, hideous markings" :"
She leaned wearily back in her chair.
"Yes." she said. I'VE women are sent
into the world to pardon, aren't we.
like governors and priests? Only we
are not expected to give sentences and
penances."
How beautiful she was. with that
queenly poise of her young head con-
trasting so oddly with the pathetic
droop of her scarlet mouth! Chester's
eyes narrowed as he studied her.
Meaninglessly the dull sound Of traf-
fic came up from the streets below.
Where did the jasmine come FROM
Doris?' he asked abruptly. The pene
trating Odor had suddenly made him
bark back to the day of that pretty
little southern wedding in New Or
leans, Wnen everything Seeuleu cFoWu
ed with its perfume.
A crimson flush surged into Doris
cheeks, then spread to her broad
sweet temples and dimpled chin.
"The jasmine:" she echoed helpless
".
YES; where did you get ity'
Still flushing. but silent, she looked
| down at the white waxen petals ant
the shining leaves.
"Will you give me flower" sait
| Chester curiously. She wrenched th'
jasmine from her girdle and impul
sively rose from her chair.
Certainly" she said; take all of 1t
Take 1t as portion of your fee
| You've told me what l can do; to
morrow I'll drop in and tell you wha
I want to do"
AS her hand touched his for sec
/ ond she nodded whimsically toward til
| jasmine:
II reckon this is the first time an.
one ever paid you in such romanti
| fashion,
When the elevator had taken he
/ down, Chester walked back to tn
table and looked at the blossoms lyin
there In ali the stiff. white pride Q
their southern fragrance.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
Eggs.

1t is not only cigars that vary in name
without varying in quality. The pres
ent writer was once told when hesitat-
ing between fresh eggs" ut ten a
shilling and good breakfast eggs" at
eight d shilling or something to that ef-
feet that these two brands were pre-
cisely the same, but had to be sold as
two qualities because no customers
would buy eggs at shop where only
one quality was advertised. That may
or may not be SO. The fact remains
that there are many qualities Of eggs
known to all housewives before we get
down to what late comedian termed
briefly eggs London Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23

'And I'd never guessed it, he COM
mented slowly. $50 there's another
man In the case And 1 was putting
all the trouble down to Doris pride.
However, this jasmine explains. Poor
Selwyn-poor chap! She can't care
overmuch for the donor, though" he
reflected logically, ''or she wouldn't
have left me his gift" Just then the
door opened. 1t was Doris, more ra-
diantly lovely than he had ever seen
her.
whats that name children use for
one another when they take back
gifts. Tom? An Indian giver? Well.
you can use that name for me, be-
cause l want these back" AS she
pinned the jasmine into her girdle
again her little gloved hand trembled
perceptibly.
"rell me, Doris" he said to her
commandingly as he arrested her
second time at the door, what Is the
meaning of this? AS your cousin aid
friend | would wish to know, but as
your lawyer must know-I must"
You shall tomorrow, Tom!''s she
threw back ut him over her shoulder.
i've made up my mind at last" She
was gone. but not before he had caught
a gleam of tears in her eyes.
AS Chester waited at the ~ station
on his way uptown that afternoon some
one grabbed his arm and gave him a
gay greeting. When lie glanced at the
| fine boyish face he almost groaned.
| ''rhe woman he loves will make him a
| god or devil. l used to Think reflect
ed Chester as they made for a double
| seat in the car. And when Doris is
gone-not much doubt about the out
come
wait u minute, old boy" said Sci
| wyn as Tom, In uncertainty. was about
to pull out an evening paper. You've
been jolly, stanch friend to me. When
l deserved d right down hard kick you
didn't even side step. That's why
want to tell you'-his voice broke sus
piciously, and he fingered at his collar
"everything's right, and I'm the very
happiest man In all New York"
"Eh? What's thatY' said Chester
biankly, dropping his paper and squar
ing about
Twas like this" explained Selwyn
wrapt smile on his handsome face
You know. of course, we haven't beer
living together for three months. Well
this morning as I was coming out o
my club whom should run right int
but the dearest little woman God eve
made Old chap. l don't know how
happened. but actually size let me wall
down the avenue with her, and whel
we came across ragged urchin at
corner with little punches of jasmin
tied with twine she actually half turn
ed for second. Suddenly saw the bi
tears well in her eyes The cola
seemed to be troubling him again.
Her home in New Orleans was litel
ally thick with Cape jasmine, 70
know, Tom?' he went on 'And, like
queen she said, Don't you want to &C
me a bunch of those blossomsT Did
want to, indeed! And. by Jove. ol
chap, II she didn't pin them in her gi
| die and wear them! Tomorrow she
going to send for me and tell me whetl
er l may enter paradise again. Sc
wyn's voice seemed to trail off into
happy vagueness.
II don't think" said Chester gravel.
the odor of the jasmine still in his no
trils-"I don't think she's going to tur
, you out"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
Yeast OF the Ancients.

The yeast employed by the ancients
In making bread was probably OF the
same kind as the Israelites of the days
Of the great Pharaoh the oppressor
used. calling it Heaven" This was
what is known nowadays as wild
yeast, it's germs or spores being afioat
anywhere in the air. A bit of dough
was preserved out Of each batch pre-
pared for the ovens, and when this
was added to the next dough the yeast
contained in it quickly spread through
the whole, only little being required
to sleaven the whole lump"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23

A curious hand at whist was dealt at
Grimsby, England. recently. The cards
were shufIied and dealt in the usual
way, but when the players looked at
their hands they found that one OF
them had twelve spades. another elev-
en- hearts, the third man twelve dia-
monds and the fourth eleven clubs.
Spades were trumps.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
The Japanese Idea of Bravery.

There is Il time when death is mach
easier for man than to fulfik bis duty,
and if he dies Just for the sake of
death he cannot execute the duty that
is assigned him. True bravery Is not
in throwing away ones life or counting
death. but in doing ones duty ct the
hazard of ones life. Xou must not for
get that.-From "A Daughter of Jas
pan" by Maruf Gensai
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
HnMlRIIke.

'sNfamma,v said the little gir1 who
was having her first experience OF rid.
ing in sleeper.
'Hush. DEAR" whispered mamma,
''you wifi waken the others"
"But, mamma, only want to ask
one question
"Wcll. what Is it:"
'sWho has the fiat above uST-Lffe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
SAFFERSTONE BROS
Plain Dealing, Louisiana.
DEALERS IN

DEALERS IN
| TL0THING, Boots and Shoes, Furni-
~ ture, Stoves, Mattings and General
Merchandise. Highest cash prices paid
for Cotton, Furs, Wool and Beeswax.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
Then He Did walk.

Little Brother - Can't you walk
straight, Mr. Mangle? Mr.. MaDele-
OF course l can, rAJ little man. Why
do you ask? Littl> Brother-Oh, nuth-
In. only I heard sister say she'd soon
straighten you up when she married
you. And ma said she'd help her.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
Dfdn,t Need Money.

Dixon-IIow is your artist friend get
ting along In New York? Tomson-Oh,
splendidly! Dixon--Have you heard
from him? Tonson-No: that's the rea1
son l kslaw he's prospering:-DetroiF
Free Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-03-23
Improving.

She--I think I've been quite econom-
ical. Her Husband-Do you? She
Certainly I'm sure we haven't run in
debt half as much as last month";
The Yale expositor., 1905-03-17
ROSeburg.

Good weather and bad roads are the
present topics.
John Hilliker is recovering after a
two weeks tussle with the grip.
Albert Keefer has moved into the
Alex. Willoughby house again.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Spring are enter
tanning friends from Wheatland this
week.
Mrs. James Wilson is seriously sick
with grip and pneumonia. DR.. Wight
is the attending physician.
Korah Spencer had the fingers on one
hand badly lacerated by getting them
caught in the wires, when baling hay at
Alex. Willoughby's last week.
Charles Greybiel and wife have re-
turned from Canada where they have
been spending their honeymoon visiting
friends and relatives; their many friends
welcome them home again.
Is it true that the dauntless spirit of
the early pioneers has not been inner
tied by the young men of the present
time? While driving Monday night
two young men encountered one small
animal which kept them at respectful
distance until help was secured with
fire arms, and "life was taken that
could not be restored" Our heroes e?
thanked their deliverer and fled from
the scene of tragedy, something in the
very air seemed to impel one to fly
from that spot; the recollection will
long make them think of thirty scents"
Well Chef, you and George were not so
very much to blame, there are times
when discretion is the better part of
YalOr.
The Yale expositor., 1905-03-17
AVOCa.

Chas. Strevel was at Yale to visit his
mother who is very sick.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. +. G.
bingham on Wednesday evening OF
last week.
Mrs. G. w. Locke and Mrs. III. M
Wadsworth visited Mrs. John Menerey
at Yale recently.
Mrs. Delos Zavitz, of Yale, and Mrs
J. Sischo, of Speaker, were guests OF
G. w. Locke and wife one day last
week.
j. NJ. Smith, our new undertaken and
funeral director has moved to town
with his family and will occupy the
house vacated by L. a. McPhail.
About fifty friends assembled at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Ardiel on
Friday night. Cards were the chief
amusement. A pleasant time was
had.
Thirty-five friends of Eta Reid sur
prised her on Wednesday of last week,
il being her birthday. Games and a
taffy pull were the amusements. All
report good time.
+. A. McPhail and wife were given a
pleasant surprise on Friday night by
number of friends. Mr.. McPhail and
family and George HOOK have gone to
Traverse City where they will reside in
the future.
The Yale expositor., 1905-03-17
West BrOckWay.

James Phillips, of Riley Centre, spent
Saturday and Sunday with John Me
harg.
Geo. Mosher called on his brother
Daniel, near Almont, the first of the
week.
Maude Brown returned home Satur-
day after spending two weeks at Riley
Centre.
A number of neighbors and friends
INDUCED in an oyster supper at the
home of Samuel Carson on Friday ev-
ening in honor of Robert Meharg.
Charles Carson and family have
moved from Berville to their farm
three miles west of Yale. Their many
friends heartily welcome them back.
Charles Meharg, of Almont, spent a
few days of last week with friends and
relatives here. His brother, Robert, of
Glen Meyer, returned to Almont with
him Sunday.
In response to invitations number
of our young people gathered at the
home of Elva Roadway on Friday ev-
ening and spent few pleasant hours in
honor of Miss Sadie Minis, of New
Lathrop.
The Junior Ladies Aid met with
Gertrude Middleton last Saturday af-
ternoon. About fifty members and
visitors together were present. The
ladies invited some of their gentlemen
friends to spend the evening and all
report a very merry time.
On account of the special meetings
being held in Yale the &. f. decided
not to hold its regular meeting last
Sunday evening. AS result our COM
munity was well represented at Yale,
everyone being present with the eX-
ception of Herb and Marie.
The Junior and Senior Ladies' Aids
of the Nj. u. church will hold chicken
pie supper at the LOL hall on Wednes-
day evening, March 10, proceeds to APP
ply on the minister's salary. They are
very grateful to the Orangemen for the
use of the hall, as the church basement
is SO damp that it cannot be used.
The Yale expositor., 1905-03-17
Green's Corners.

Charles Jackson is improving slowly
Mrs. Campbell is numbered with the
sick.
ID. j. Black made a trip to SanilaC
last week.
Mrs. p. Oatman is recovering from
her recent illness.
Little Mary Haggerty is recovering
from her severe illness.
Lorne Hilliker and ID. j. Black were
recent Port Huron visitors.
Otto Hawker and bride are settled
on their farm in Greenwood.
Born on March 9 to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Jackson, fine baby girl.
The school in district No. 4 is closed
on account of the teachers examina-
ton.
Word has been received that Archie
Black, of Detroit, who has been very
sick, is recovering.
Mrs. n. Black has received word of
the death of her sister, Mrs. ID. G. Ora
ham at Glencoe, Ont.