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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-18
LEARN TELEGRAPHY
and X. r. Accounting.


We furnish rs per cent. Of the Operators
and Station Agents in America. Our six
schools are the largest exclusive Telegraph
Schools IN THE WORLD. Established
20 years and endorsed by all leading Rail
way Officials.
We execute a $3.50 Bond TO every student
to furnish him or her position paying
from so to $50 a month in States east OF
the Rocky Mountains, or from $75 to 500
a month in States west Of the Rockies, i'm
mediately upon graduation.
Students can enter at any time. No va
cations. For full particulars regarding any
of our Schools write direct to our execu-
tive Office at Cincinnati, o. Catalogue free.
The Morse School of Telegraphy,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Buffalo, N. !.
Atlanta, Ga. Lacrosse, Wis.
TexarKana, Tex. San Francisco, Cal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-18
EOnO TELEGRAPHERS
OOOO NEEDED

Annually, to fill the new positions created
by Railroad and Telegraph Companies.
We want YOUNG MEN and LADIES
If good hahits IN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-18

"A Cold or a Cough nearly always pro-
duces constipation he water all runs to the
ewes. nose and throat instead Of passing out
Of the system through the liver and 6ioneys.
For the want OF moisture the bowels become
dry and hard A"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-18
KENNEDYS
LAXAT | We
honey and I AR

w- Cures Colds BY working them out Of
the system through a coPious action OF
the bowels.
49, Cures Coughs by cleansing and
strengthening the mucous membranes OF
the throat, chest lungs and bronchial tubes.
For Group. whooping Cough, La Grippe,
Influenza. Bronchitis, and all Coughs,
Colds, Lung and Br nchial affections no
remedy is equal TO Kennedy's Laxative
Honey aud Tar. Chillren like II.
putvo in 25c, SOC and S. 90 bottles at tho lab
oratory Of {. @. Dewitt 8 Co.. Chicago, U.S'A'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
WISDOM OF CHILDREN.
Bright Comments That Drop From
the Lips of Juveniles.


the Lips of Juveniles.
What could be more simple or more
splendidly direct as compliment to Il
pretty girl than the small boys ad-
miring question, "Are your eyes new
onesE' No 'grownup" person could
animal is one that chews her cubs -
there might surely be less thoughtful
definitions. As for definitions, no die
honary has ever given anything better
than "a movable feast-a picnic
There is a delightful note of the night
nursery in the beginning of girls
essay on boys, THE boy is not an ami
NAL, but they can be heard to Il con-
siderable distance" equaied perhaps
in its splendid simplicity by the boy $
written criticism to the effect that
"most girls are very shy and angry :
1t is the GlFectneSS Of the Gescriptlo,
which compeis attention i'll vivid c..
ments such as, Just before it k-4.,
me the tooth came OUT and nGsa.i
surely could be more Johnsonian III
absolute truth than the answer give
to the piinstakilg schoolnaster t.
ing to make the c.ass understand W.
night be n-eant by the subverallt.
word ''antipodes." IF | bored Il hos
at tie other side where should / BE
''Off yer cad! You can't DO it.'--Lcn
don Spectator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
THE COTTON GIN.
How Eli Whitney, Its Inventor, Got
His Great Idea.

How ELI Whitney, It's Inventor, Got
His Great Idea.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the co,
ton gin, got the germ of his great idea
from seeing through the iuterstices OF
hut an old negro work Il hand saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within
The teeth OF the saw tore the lilIt
from the seed easily and quickly. ,ila
young Whitney Qle was barely th.r,ecn
ut the time realized at once that
machine working a number of siEai.l
saws simultaneously would revolution
ize the cotton growing industry.
He said nothing to anybody, but Sc.
to work building models aud expert
menting. His difficulties We're enor
nous, for he not only had to make his
own wheels, cogs, etc, but he had also
first to forge his own tools and even to
manufacture the paint wherewitll to
color his many plans ana drawings.
But he succeeded in the end, and.
though the outbreak OF war ana other
hndrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afterward,
the first complete cotton gin ever CON
structed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely a
single alteration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
THE DOCTOR KNOWS,
He 70 Not Deceived by the story Ills
Patient Hands Him.

He u Not Deceived by the story Ills
Patient Hands Him.
II was late, the doctors patients had
either passed away or were mendins,
and he was sitting with a number Of
his acquaintances in a corner of the
club room.
ITS strenuous life we lead"
droned the man Of medicine, with the
grim side turned uppermost as rule,
but now and then we get laugh out
Of it-a laugh with the lid on, of
course; we can't afford to show we're
amused. I often wonder" he went on
genially, "why some of you chaps ever
send for physician. You don't tell
him the truth once In twenty times.
You're in bad way and you're sorry.
and to hear you talk I'd think your
mouths were cold storage boxes for
butter. You suspect that lobster or a
rich sauce you ate day before yestcr-
day is at the bottom Of the trouble.
You know what's curled you up, and
you're frightened out of years
growth for fear I'll learn.
Accordingly, instead of taking me
into your confidence, you tell me an
impossible story. And il I cross ex-
anime you closely and hedge you in
you'll reluctantly admit that you've
been somewhat indiscreet. You smoked
four cigars Thursday and took six
drinks. Doesn't it ever occur to you
that l know by your flutters that you
smoked from breakfast to bed and
took sixteen drinks and six more for
good measure?
III l were to believe you and dose
you for your ailments as you describe
them you'd never get well. Now and
then have to give you strychnine and
nitroglycerin to restore the action Of
the heart, and to listen to you might
conclude that you'd had too much pink
ice at children's party.
''As hinted, we doctors get some
fun out Of it, but what do you do it
for? We were not always doctors, we
haven't always taken the best care of
ourselves, and we're not fools."-
Providence Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
TOANNES SMITH,
Venice.

Venice,
Throughout her career Venice In
spired in her sons such devotion as
passes The patriotism Of most peoples.
They revered her as queen. they loved
her as mother. Although IN exclusive
nlgarchy ruled the state, yet every
Venetian felt that Venice belonged to
him. st, Mark was the patron equally
Of doge and dustman. The legend
which all believed, the pageants In
which even the humblest had his place,
sprang out of the heart Of the whole
people and symbolized the unity which
bound all together, And life in Venice.
mere physical life, was pleasant to a
larger proportion Of the inhabitants
and during more generations than 1t
has been in any other city. No wonder,
therefore, that when Tintoret. the
greatest Of her painters-in so many
respects the greatest of all painters
was commissioned to decorate the vast
wall Of the hall Of the great council.
wishing to express the feeling Of every
Venetian toward his Incompatible city.
he chose for his subject paradise
Thayers History Of Venice"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
Creating the Fashions.

Who sets the fashions: Sometimes
an original idea emanates from a hum
BILE workwoman. and after fusion in
the brain and improvements and s.g-
gestions given by the great autocrat il
emerges, Minerva-like, in full panop'y.
complete and victorious. Number Of
diligent seekers, horde of assistants.
volumino;.s notes. sketches, IDEAS. arc
pressed into the service. Artists lend
their willing services. while the sarta
rial adept combines, cxagseratcs. n
ters old modes, culling. like the bee,
flowers Of fancy here and there until
the bright vision of beauty l.; realized
and the forthcoming styles are decided
on.-LondOn Graphic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
FEATHERED GLUTTONS.
Some Very Greedy Birds That Ar
Tremendous Feeders.

Some Very Greedy Birds That Are
Tremendous Feeders.
Despite the fact that ''the appetite
of bird" has become common phrase
for light eating. Investigations show
that birds are tremendous feeders. The
diet Of the average kestrel "a small Eu-
ropean hawk is calculated at 1000
mice month, to say nothing of insects
and worms. The barn owl is as vora-
cious as the kestrel. An Investigator.
after caging one Of these birds, gave it
seven mice one after the other. The
first six Immediately disappeared. each
with gobble and gulp, and the owl
did its very best to treat the seventh
in q like manner. Limitations of alb
dominal capacity. however, prevented.
and though the gobble came off the
gulp did not, so that for twenty min
utes orsso the tail Of the seventh mouse
dangled from the corner of the birds
beak. But in due course 1t swallowed
the body, and three hours later the
pangs of hunger reasserted themselves
and the owl ate four more mice.
Four pounds would be a heavy weight
for a heron. Yet one Of those birds,
which was trapped in England. dis
gorged two recently swallowed trout,
one Of which weighed two pounds and
the other one and half pounds. An
other captured had contrived to put
away three trout averaging three-quar-
ters Of a pound apiece, although it was
only four months old, and another had
dined upon seven small trout, together
with mouse and a thrush.
Among the greediest birds are wood
pigeons, which will continue to gulp
down food until their crops are almost
at the bursting point From one of
these birds, shot as it was returning
from a raid in the fields, no fewer th-,n
800 grains of wheat were taken. AL
| other had contrived to cram down 10
fewer than GOO peas. A tlir,l was eli
| deavoring to sustain nature with 1oo
beech nuts and fourth with sixty
acOrnS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

eer, assuming his characteristic pose.
you have listened to the mayor an
the county attorney, an now want to
ask you to listen to me for few brief
seconds
The crowd was moving closer and
massing around the wagon where the
woman and her children were huddled.
Stern faced men gazed curiously at the
woeful spectacle.
you've done about enough today.
Mart" cried the drunken man, whose
tongue was still unbridled.
I'm not half through, either" re-
piled Roberts.
Gentlemen" he continued, 'if ever
In all your bornden days you ever saw
a wagon load Of misery it is before
your eyes right now This here woman
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
seett.. Best Compline,s.

While the authorship of the Wavcr
ley Novels was still a question Of great
literary curiosity Sir Walter Scott was
one night dining in company With q
number Of other gentlemen. Before
long the talk turned upon these novels.
AZ it was apt to do then among cult
waited people. for the popularity Of the
series was immense. After great
many incidents and characters had
been discussed, some one at length
proposed that each gentleman present
should write on slip Of paper his
favorite volume Of the set and throw
It into hat that it might be seen
where the vote Of the company lay.
The hat was passed. the slips read. and
1t was founL that every man present
had made different choice. Sir Wal
ter always declared that this was the
greatest compliment he ever received.
ST. Nicholas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
he
AuctiOneer
...By...
WADE MOUNTFORTT
Copyright, 1901, by Wade Mountfortt

i" HE last bony horse had been led
from the auction block, and
Mart Roberts was about to
step down from his stand
when a ragged man with a yellow
face and sunken eyes touched him on
the arm. The ragged man pulled an
old silver watch from his pocket and
handed it to the auctioneer. Roberts
Strengthened up, took OF his hat and
faced the crowd, which had begun to
melt away.
Gentlemen" he shouted, "let me
have your attention again for a few
moments.
Nov, gentlemen" said Roberts, Il
have here In my hand solid silver,
full jeweled, stem winding hunting
case chronometer. It belongs to the
yaller faced gent Immediately there on
my left. He is travelling an is sick an
broke. He has a wife an four children
in wagon down here on Salt creek,
an they've all got the ager So he
desires to barter. sell an dispose Of at
public vendue to the highest bidder
this full jeweled, solid sterling silver
hunting case watch. How much am l
offered to start itf'
"Five dollars" piped farmer.
Roberts grew poetic over the mother
and children who were "weepin' in the
valley" but IS was all he could get for
the watch. Then, with great show Of
magnanimity, he waved the ragged
man away. refusing to accept fee for
the sale.
There was q sudden commotion in
the crowd. Old Hiram Brumfield push.
ed his way to where the ragged man
was folding up the Ave dollar bill.
Brumfield caught the stranger by the
throat and growled, "Whar did y git
that watchT'
The ragged man tried to speak, but
Brumfield was choking him. There
was fury In the old mans face.
Men," shrieked Brumfield, i've got
a murderer here! That watch belonged
to my murdered boy! Git the watch
men: git it! I'll hold this snake till
some Of you git the watch"
Twoscore men pressed close to where
Rrumfield stood holding the trembling
stranger. A roar Of oaths swept over
the crowd The town marshal pushed
his way into the jam and found doz
en- men holding the lean and asher
faced man.
"Jeff." shouted Brumfield as the mar
shall caught the prisoner by the collar
''here's the viper that killed my boy
That's my poor Henry's watchr
Brumfield snatched the watch from
the man who had bought 1t and pressed
1t to his lips.
"Men. you all know how my poor boy
was shot an killed by burglar two
months ago. Oh. have prayed for the
time to come when could git these
old hands on the viper's throat!'
"Stand back. everybody yelled JEFF
Williams, the marshal. Gimme room
to get out with this fellerv'
"Hang the murderer! Hang himr
bawled a half drunken man.
Mark Roberts turned upon the vocif
erous one and roughly pushed hin
aside. But the drunken mans cry die
Its work. Instantly there were shout:
Of Lynch him! Hang him" from doz
ems of throats. As Williams reached
the courthouse door he made lungt
and pushed the prisoner inside, Mar
Roberts stopped on the stone step ant
faced the mob. One man. closer thar
the others. carried halter and wa:
fighting to enter the door. Robert!
planted himself in front Of the man
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
Method In Her Decision.

Higgins-My wife says If | should
die she would remain widow un-
til death OF course she might change
her mind, but it is sort of consoling
just the same Jinks-Eyidently your
wife thinks there is no other man in
the world like you. Higgins-On the
contrary, she's afraid there is and that
she'd get him.-Boston Transcript. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
Hitting the Judge

Justice-You say that You did not
know you We're violating the law All.
but, my dear sir, ignorance of the law
is no excuse to any man. Prisoner
That's rather rough OH both of u.s. amt
it, your honor: Clerk-Order in the
court
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

Il see that a letter supposed to have
been written by Henry VIII. has just
brought $1,000"
That's nothing A letter Of mine
just brought $4,000"
Indeed"
''Yes: to girl who sued me for
breach Of promise. e."-Louisyille Cou-
rier-JournaL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
4 webster Rct0Yt.

1t Is related of Mr. Webster that
when he was secretary of state he was
one day reading at Il cabinet meeting
a draft Of message lie had written
for the president to transmit to con-
gress AS he went on he was constant
ly interrupted by one of the members
with suggestions until, losing patience,
he turned TO him and said, "Sir, you
might as well expect seven hens to lay
one egg as seven men to construct one
message
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
DR.. Finn's Testimony interesting,

DR.. Thomas Finn, OF Boonsboro, Mo-, who has
practiced medicine for thirty-two years, says he
has used every prescription known to the pro-
fersion for treatment of kidney and bladder dis
effective in both chronic and acute kidney and
bladder trouble as Foley's Kidney Cure. It stops
irregularities and builds up the whole system.-
Benton Mercantile Company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

Men and women are the hooks and
eyes of society" remarked Miss Smith.
And they are constantly becoming
unfastened." naively PIT in the aivor-
Gee Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
Paving the way.

HAS Harold asked your father to
give his consent!'
HE told father last night that he had
made 5000 in a real estate deal. SO ]
suppose he's asking him on the Install
ment plan."-Milwaukee Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

WHAR DID GIT THAT WAICAI
The old auctioneer's eyes were ablaze.
From under his long black coat shin
ing revolver leaped like fash OF light
ming.
Stan back. he yelled. "I'll kill the
first man that sets foot on this here
step:'
The mob stopped as though 1t had
collided with stone wall.
"Get out Of this yard. every one OF
your shouted the auctioneer, and as
he spoke he advanced upon the fore
most of the mob, striking yiciously
with his revolver. In twenty seconds
the courthouse yard was cleared.
After the marshal had locked bis
prisoner in the dungeon under the
courthouse Mart Roberts went into
the cellar to talk to the man. The ema-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
A Clear compIcxien and Bright Eyes.

In most cases sailow. blotched complexion
and dull, heavy eyes are due to poor digestion
and an inactive liver 0rino Laxative Frat
Syrup aids digestion and stimulates the liver and
bowels ard Hrakes the complexion smooth &Ei
Clear Oriha Laxative Fruit Syrup Goes n
nauseate or sgriEe and is mild and pleasant 10
take Refuse sufstitutes.-B Benton Mer. Co.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28
The SepNrafion.

Mrs. Grogan-Keegan an his wife
had a fierce scrap. Mrs. Hogan-An
did they separate? Mrs. Grcgln-They
did, but keegan was most dead before
th' cops could get til twisters on Mrs.
Keegan an separate thim.-Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

No man is matriculated to the art OF
life till he has been well tempted
George Eliot.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-09-28

Will practice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22
HOLDS UNIQUE POST.
ALEXANDRA, FOR BUSINESS
PURPOSES, NOT MARRIED.
Queen Of England Cannot Sign State
Papers-If Edward Died It Would
Not Be Treason to Plot
81. Against Her.

1ondon.-Great interest was aroused
recently by the circumstance that in
q grave national crisis, when the king
was for the moment inaccessible, the
ministers of state were summoned to
the presence of Queen Alexandra for
consultation, with, as was generally
understood, most satisfactory results.
This was quite a new departure for
the present reign.
OF course, Queen Victoria played this
sovereign part constantly, but her late
majesty was the head of the state,
and it was the proper course for her
to pursue. Except when considered as
part Of the king and sovereign Queen
Alexandra is not the head of the
state. She enjoys position Of her
own which is absolutely unique. While
it differs from that of any other lady,
married or single, or Of any rank, in
some material ways it is also differ
ent from that of previous queen con-
sorts.
/ One of the most curious and inter-
esting provisions in the law and Gus
toms Of the state is that the queen is
for private business purposes not re-
garded as married lady at all. She
is the only lady in Great Britain who
does not come within the scope Of the
married woman's property act.
The principle of the law is that the
king is entirely different from all
other married men, and that his time
is too fully taken up with the affairs
of state for him to have any left to
devote to domestic matters, and that,
therefore, the whole management of
the queens private business matters
must devolve upon her majesty singly,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22
OREGON EXPOSITION NOTES.

Suffers Fort, where gold was first
discovered in California, 81 years ago,
will be reproduced at the Lewis and
Clark exposition by the Sacramento
Valley Development association.
There will be riot Of roses in bloom
on the grounds of the Lewis and Clark
exposition the opening day, and for
many days thereafter. The rose ex-
hibit will show forth the glories Of the
Oregon climate as a producer Of hues
Abraham Lincoln's old homo At
Springfield, ILL.,, the only piece Of real
estate ever owned by the martyred
president, will be reproduced as tie
Illinois state building at the Lewis and
Clark exposition. Many Lincoln relics
will be exhibited.
Every day during the four and q
half months of the Lewis and Clark
exposition one or more excursions to
Portland, on account Of special events,
will be run. It is estimated that 1000
visitors will reach Portland daily on
excursion trains alone.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22

Example: Fl have drove seven miles
to-day" should be Il have driven
seven miles to-day"
Don't say "drownded."
Example,: Gle was drownded in
the Miami river" should be "Hc was
drowned in the Miami river"
Don't say drunk" for drank"
Example: "He drunk to it's bitter
dregs," should be HE drank to its
bitter dregs." ...@ ... ...
-
Don't say "dry" for thirsty"
Example: "He drank as if he were
very dry" should, be HE drank as
if he were very thirsty
Note-One may be thirsty when not
dry. For instance, a man having rid
den 20 miles on his bicycle.
.
Don't say "due" for lowing"
Example: 1T was due to his care
lessness," ut was due to his ambi-
tion," should be 1T was owing to his
carelessness," "It was owing to his
ambition"
Note.-The word due signifies a
debt; the word owing source or a
cause, ascribable to.
Don't say "dust off, for "dust."
Example: Dust off the chairs"
should be "dust the chairs"
Don't say "eat" for cate"
Example: II eat it yesterday"
should be 81 ate it yesterday"
Don't say "eat" (et) for "ate."
Example,: "He eat (et) his breakfast
an hour ago. should be 'He ate his
breakfast an hour ago."
=
Don't say "either" for "both" or
t'each"
Example: "He has a residence in
either city," Ellis farm is on either
side of the road" should be ''He has. a
residence in both Cities" Ellis farm
is on both sides of the road" or "He
has a residence in each city," Ellis
farm is on each side of the road"
Note.-On either side signifies either
on one side or the other; in either city
signifies either in one city or the other.
tbs undoubtedly is not what the speak
er intends to convey. Say leach" or
e'both, as is meant. "Stand eithe
side," j. e., stand either upon one side
or the other; in other words, take your
choice.
n
Don't say Elegant for beautiful"
Example: "This is an elegant day."
should be "This is beautiful day"
!:
Don't say embraces" for includes"
Example: '"The Y. w. c. A. en-
braces about 300 women" should be
"The Y. w. G. A. includes about 300
women"