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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
Announcing an
Engagement
BY BEATRICE STURGES
BY BEATRICE STURCES
Copyright, 1905, by Beatrice Stnrges

Daisy Leonard and Jack Rawlinson
had been engaged for two years and
nobody knew it. 1t was Daisy's own
idea to keep the affair secret There
keemed to her deep romance in hav-
Ing what the novels termed Il hidden
love- and besides Il girl could have 50
much more fun when she was not tick
eted as belonging to some one particu-
lar man, and so checked o:f tie list of
possible girls to be invited to picnics
and escorted to dances by all the other
nice young men.
She was sure Of Jack, who adored
her, and way down beneath the frivo-
lous surface Of her heart she loved him
very much, but at the same time a girl
who has always had her own way aud
been the center of a crowd of admirers
does not want to give it all UP.
At least Daisy didn't She was a
spoiled child and was quite accustomed
to having her own way. All her life she
had done what she wished rather than
what her mother had told her. Finally
Mrs. Leonard wearied of struggling
along without husband and with Ii
headstrong daughter for so many
years. III June she had married again
and gone abroad for the summer, and
Daisy had been sent to the mountains
with her aunt and family of cousins
Jack. who worked in the city, came
up now and then for a day or two,
when Daisy treated him just about rs
she did some half dozen young men
who We're all her devoted admirers.
One day she and Jack had strolled Off
to a big rock which overhung the lake
and was wei surrounded with trees,
and here Jack had protested
Il say, Daisy, you ought to give me y
show
Goodness. Jack, how unreasonable
You are. Didn't | give you trip t.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28

All Danish creameries issue rules for
the general treatment and milking Of
cows. That concerning milking is in
teresting. At the top of the card are
the words, Good Advice" beneath
which are drawing of the udder and
teats of a COW, with the hand Of the
mixer placed in proper position. On
either side of the card are columns
shaded to indicate the percentage Of
fat present in the first milk drawn
from the COW and in the last milk
drawn. The rules on the COW are as
follows:
The COW is living machine Kindly
treatment entails less labor and gives
more milk. Good work improves the
living machine
Milk clean. Clean milking develops
the udder and increases the quantity Of
milk, and you receive richer milk. Re-
member that the milk last drawn is by
far the most valuable. You should
wear tidy and clean clothes. Have the
pail clean as well as the creamery cam
Thoroughly clean the udder by rubbing
with piece of linen. Wash the hands
thoroughly before milking Let the
udder be quite dry before you begin to
milk
Milk with dry hands. Seize the teats
with the whole hand. Keep a gentle
pressure on the udder Milk as fast as
you can, and never cease working until
the milk is wholly drawn. Don't strain
| the teat beyond its natural length Re
member the value of the last drops.
| If there be soreness or Irnns in I'd
der or teats. stoppagc in milk canal or
unnatural colored milk. don't nix that
milk with any other, and don't send to
! the creamery
Begin milking always at fxcd time.
Milk the same cows in The same order.
honor. Clean the cows. Have good air
in the stalls. Light should be freely
admitted
A Grand Holstein Bull.
The Holstein bull shown in the il
lustration was recently sold to = SYRIA
cuse (N. " firm for S10,OG9. The Hol
stein-Friesian Register says OF him:
Ills dam, Mercedes Julip's pietertje
was the worlds record COW of 1901
The dam of his sire. Aggie Cornu-
cOpia Pauline, now holds the worlds
a. r. @. record Of 81 pounds % Ounces
of butter in seven days and OF 137
pounds in thirty days and Of 9i.f
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
Turkish Political Prlaonars.

When Turkish political prisoner is
sentenced to be deported to Trip0li or
to the Eupllrates, his friends bid him
farewell They know that they win
never see him again alive ana ia all
probability never hear OF him again
unless enormous sums are forthcoming
to bribe scores OF different officials. In
fact, the only difference between 4
death sentence in Turkey ANA one of
transportation is that the former is
more rapid and more merciful. The
government prefers the latter because
it is less public. Now and then, how
ever, news leaks through. OF poor
Midhab Pasha, for instance, il IS
known that near Bagdad his brutal
guards beat out his brains with the
butt end of their rifies.-London All
SyynrS
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THE DAIRY BARN.
Six Ways In Which It May BE Vastly
Improved.

Improved.
There are six ways in which the av
erage dairy barn can be vastly i'm.
proved.
In the first place, most of the stables
need better ventilation and light They
need more and better kept window sur
faces and facilities for changing the air
without exposing the cows to drafts.
In the second place, there should be
ceiling between the floor of the NOW
and the cows. In barns where hay is
stored over the cows it is dangerous to
leave the defective floor without some
sort of ceiling. The chance of fire Is
much greater, and sanitary condition
Of the stable is almost impossible if the
dust and hay are allowed to fall
through upon the cows.
Third.-The stables should have good
floors. Cracks in the floor are breeding
places for bacteria, and they catch and
hold an accumulation Of filth that fills
the stables with bad odors
Tying the Cows.
Fourth.-Tying the cows can be
greatly improved upon. The old fash
ioned rigid stanchion is neither COM
Portable nor convenient. The cows
should have a small degree Of freedom
at least. This can be provided by the
newer makes of stanchions or by a
chain or halter. The great objection to
the last two is the difficulty of keeping
the COW clean, and right here is the
fifth way in which the stable can be
improved. Fix the cutters so that they
| will keep the cow clean and at the
4 same time save all the manure. have
been in barns where the platform was
| so short that when the COW would lie
down she could not keep out of the
where the gutter was simply couple
OF 2 by As placed upon the stable floor.
Either practice is bad. The best plan
| Is to fix the floor in such way that it
will accommodate the cows and give
them ample room for lying down COM
inches deep and built water tight This
saves all the liquid manure, keeps the
cows clean and makes it much easier
to care for the stables and the stock.
Handling the Manure.
The sixth point which comes to my
mind at this time is an improved meth
cd in handling the manure. Throwing
it out of the window is insantary and
often inconyenient. The manure piles
UP against the barn. injuring the paint
and at the same time losing much OF
its value as fertilizer. The other
plan of shoveling it into wheelbarrows
and wheeling it out and dumping it il
the yard is little better. Use some kline
of a carrier, an overhead one preferred
and unload the manure right into the
spreader. The carrier is always out OF
the way, there are no unsightly planks
and trestles which are necessary if yot
use wheelbarrow. the manure pile /.
avoided, and all the manure is saved
Professor E. T.. Shaw
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
THE LAUNCH MEANTIME WAS SPEEDING
IN THEIR DIRECTION.

THE LAUNCH MEANTIME WAS SPEEDING
IN THEIR DIRECTION.
the glen this afternoon OH purpose to
stay with you: They didn't like it a
bit, either"
''They! What are they to you and
me, Daisy? Aren't we everything 70
each other? I'm sure you're the whole
world to me, sweetheart" he added,
taking her hand.
She let him hold it while she pulled
idly with the other at u fern growing
out of cleft in the rock 1t was very
nice to have such 4 splendid big fellow
as Jack SO devoted to you and all your
own, but it was fascinating to go row.
ing one day with Tom, and riding next
day with jim, golfing with Will and
playing tennis with Dick. 1t made life
exciting, and she intimated as much
to Jack
"These fellows here are too fresh.
| anyway. and l don't like the way you
go around with SO many of them,'' he
objected.
Would you rather have me go with
one all the time?" asked Daisy, mis-
cIieyously tickling his cheek with Il
piece of feathery grass.
Yes, and | should be the one. Dear,
| it's time we settled this thing-ether
you are engaged to me or you are not.
| If you are, then matters ere going to
change, and l intend to look out for
| you and to have 1t understood by your
aunt and everybody at this place. IF
not
/ He broke off and sat looking across
lips that the girl had never seen before.
| She drew her hand away Indeed,
he had dropped it when he had first
begun to speak. She stitfened, al
/ though her lips trembled, and if he had
looked at her probably everything
would have been different. but he sat
and gazed moodily at a white sail
across the blue lake.
IF the engagement is irksome to
you," she began stifiiy-
He turned to her now impatiently
| "For heavens sake, Daisy, don't talk
| nonsense. | WANT what IS Que me.
/ that's all. came up this time chiefly
/ to tell you that have been transferred
! to the western branch of our business
and have to be there In six weeks. Will
you come with me, sweetheart? You
know how love you, and want You
now for my very own. You will won't
/ you?''
She might have said yes. but as
luck would have it voices aud steps
broke on the stiffness Of the wood,
and in an instant two girls and two
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
MiIkino the Cow.

n. G. Van Pelt. man of wide dairy
experience and an authority on the
care of cows, says: IN all important
factor in caring for the dairy COW is
the process of milking. Upon the regu-
larity, gentIeness and sticis-toitiveness
of the mixer greatly depend the guam
tity and quality of the milk given and
the persistency of the flow. On one
occasion. after failing in every other
method to impress upon the mixer
the importance of extracting every
possible drop of milk from the cows
udder at each milking. I induced him
to milk the first few strips in one sanl-
pie bottle and the last in another The
irst tested 2 per cent and the latter
| l5.2 per cent of butter fat. Z
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
A Tcoionaeter.

Some visitors who We're being shown
over a pauper lunatic asylum inquired
of their guide what method was en-
pioyed TO discover When the inmates
were sufficiently recovered to leave.
"Wel," replied he. you see. it's this
way We have a big trough of water
and we turn on the tap. We leave it
running and tell 'em to bail out the
water with pals until they've emptied
the trough
How does that prove it.r asked one
OF the visitors
We'll" said the guide. them as
amt IDIOTS turns off the tap. Boston
Transcript.
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A PLOT THAT FAILED.
The Scheme to Blow Up Napoleon III.
With Gunpowder.


With Gunpowder.
An interesting story is that Of q frus-
trated plot against Napoleon Ill. which
has never got into the history book,
but which is one of the favnrite stories
of NJ. Victorien Sardou.
In 1900, when the frontage of the
Theatre Francais was rebuilt after the
disastrous fire in which one of the
most charming actresses of the MaiSon
de Moliere lost her life, several shops
disappeared, among them being that of
the famous Restaurant Chevet. II was
not properly speaking a restaurant.
Cheyet used to sell liqueurs, groceries,
smoked meats, etc, and in a couple of
low ceilinged rooms on the first floor
he would serve q meal or two 70 COLI
noisseurs. One day in 1860 81 1866
two young men of fashion, i.i;s3ians
both of them, came in and called for
dinner III one Of the little rooms which
We're above the shop. They as!sed for
caviare, but when they got it they pro-
tested loudly that the cayiafe Wns Of
inferior quality and called fer the own
er of the shop. He came, apologi1ed
and was met with the remark. tender
ed laughingly by one of the diners,
that next time they came theT world
bring their own caviare. They came
again and brought it i'll a little white
wooden barrel, and when they left they
had 1t put on one side for them From
time to time the two Young l.HTsians
came and dined chez Chevet, t!inca in-
variabIF in the same room and always
began their dinner with their own ca
Ware. One day they finished the Bar
rel, and n few days later. III the after
noon, one of them brought another olc.
"Put it in the little cupboard Ia the
room we always dine in" iin said to
the waiter, land do not let anybody
touch it until we come to dine The
waiter took it, but on his way upstairs
something peculiar struck him.
Look at this barrel" he said to the
restaurant keeper .tThere is sone-
thing queer about it,
NThat is no business of ours said
the master Of the establishment. and
stlll iiot SplIS, " lDDA tlt IL tt4stf ~ ".
What will our customers say II they
find we have opened it,
''Oh," said the waiter. eve can onan
it and close it again. and they VIII Eey
err know 1t is certainly different f.'3,a
the last barrel. 1t is heavier, TO hsgili
with
His insistence prevailed, ana the bar
rel was opened. The restaurant keep
er and the waiter started back in
fright. There was no cavaire, but gun
powder in that eittle barrel. which W-as
an Internal machine The little dining
room was exactly underneath the inape-
rial box, and there is little doubt that
the emperor's next visit to the Ceincaie
Franchise would have been his last had
the carefully laid plot not been discoy-
cred. The plotters never were caught.
although the secret of the plot was
carefully guarded and traps were laid
for them in Chevet's restaurant for
several days.-St. James Gazette
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Butter and Milk.

The following figures show how i'm
pOrtant it Is to exercise care in wash
ing milk pals, for in an actual expert
ment there were found in the first
washing 7,3S9,O0O bacteria, in the Sec
ond washing 157 1000 and in the third
washing JS,O00
Best When First Made.
Butter is at its best when first made
and hence should be delivered to the
consumer as soon as possible. More
poor butter and cream come from mid
dlemen than from dairymen, and the
nearer the producer and consumer can
be brought to each other the better
E. G. Lovejoy, Piscataquis County, Me.
SalabIe Milk.
The essential points i'll the handling
and care of milk and cream are, first,
cleanliness in every particular In pro-
ducing milk; second, strict observance
in keeping the apartments where the
cows are housed properly ventilated;
third, for cream, use separator when
five or more cows are kept. and wash
keep the cream sweet until wanted for
use. For milk, cool it as soon after
milking as can be done conveniently
and avoid mixing warm milk with cold.
This rule applies to milk for cheese as
well as market milk Aerating milk Is
probably the most effective, but cool
ing in cold water if properly done, with
supply of ice, will fill the bill--W III.
Keith, Kennebec County, Me.
Cleanliness the Watchword.
Every man, woman and child who
has anything to do with the work of
| buttermaking from cow to package
should be cleanly and neat. Uncleanli-
ness is the rock upon which thousands
go down. 1t is possible to do some
things in slovenly manner and yet
succeed fairly well This is not true
/ in buttermaking. Every pail. can
churn, ladle, package, cloth and worker
must be scrupulously free from any.
thing which will impart taint to the
| finished product. The hands especially
| must be clean
Won Sweepstakes on Butter.
The winner at one of the most close
~ contested dairy exhibitions in recen
years under the New Hampshire State
Dairymens association was j. w. Pul
| sifer of Plymouth, who was awarded
the sweepstakes prize with a score o
9S points Mr.. Pulsifer writes: eth
cream was twenty-four hours in ripen
4 Ing at a temperature of 6i degrees. n
starter was used. The churning ten
perature was GO degrees The barre
ehurn was used. and the butter wa
colored with a very little Alderney but
Il ter color. The cows We're grade Jersey
and Guernseys and were fed OH cor
I fodder and oat hay and a mixture 9
cornmeal and mixed feed
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ounces of milk in one day. G59.2 pounds
of milk in seven days; average. HI per
cent Of fat, 2G403 pounds of milk in
thirty days. The average daily record
of these two dams is 1906 ounces in
one day. The average percentage Of
butter fat in their milk is 4.095 per cent
Their average butter record IS 81
pounds 1915 ounces in one week
There is no other animal, living or
dead, whose dam and sire's dam have
SO high combined record of milk. but
ter fat and butter as this young bull.
and it is doubtful if one will ever be
born that can equal it. His rights
therefore to the title OF the MILK and
Butter King of the World cannot be
successfully assailed."
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God rights the man that keeps s
lence.-From the Persian.
Saved Her Sons Life.

The happiest mother in the little town Of Ava,
Mo, is Mrs. s. Rupee. She writes: .0ne year
ago my son was down with such serious lung
trouble thai our physician was uaab,c 20 help
him: when, by our druggists advice, began
giving him DR.. Kings New Discovery, and soon
noticed improvement. kept this Treatment up
for few weeks when he was perfectly we'll He
has worked steadily since at carpenter work.
DR.. Kings New Discovery saved his iife-r The
best cough and cold cure. Gguaran,eed Is all
druggists SO cents and ST. Trial bottle free
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-03-28
How to Remain Young.

To continue young in health and strength, do
as Mrs. N. F. Rowan MeDonongh, Ca, did,. She
says: Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
me of chronic liver and stomach trouble, COM
plcated with such an unhealthy condition of the
blood that my skin turned red as flannel. l am
now practically twenty years younger than be-
fore took Electric Bitters, can now do all my
work with ease and assist in my husbands
store. !" Guaranteed BY all druggists. Price, soc
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Would Improve Mankind.

If the resolution not to lie we're ~
called a liar, the worlds vcras..
would be greatly enlarged.-St. I.oY':;
st-Dispatch.
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raduate University Of Maryland.
DR.. j. III. GAYLE.
Dentist
Dentist t.

High-cl.ss work in every respect. Specialist
in Crown and Bridge Work. Rooms, 6, and 10
Cooper Building, Shreveport. Both phones
old phone No. II; new phone, No. 257.
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d H. GULLEDGE,
Physician and Surgeon.

Successor to DIR. G.. III. Irion. Office
at the Benton Pharmacy, Benton, La,
where he can be found day and night.
Calls promptly answered.
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Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Louisia-
ma and Arkansas, and in the Federal
courts. Office at court house, Benton, La.
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Attorney at Law.

Will practice in the courts of Bossier
and adjoining parishes. Office at the
Court House, Benton, La.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
NEW RULES FORBID
ANY INTERFERENCE

The national baseball commission has
published three changes in the national
agreepent. They have been approved
by the presidents Of the two leagues.
They are as follows.
First-Add 10 section / article VI.
the following sentence NJ club oper-
ating under the national agreement shall
at any time negotiate for the purchase
or lease Of the property Of another club
without first securing the consent Of
such club
SecOnd-Strille out the following sen
tence at the end OF section g. article
VII This is zone at the request Of the
Pacific Coast League and the National
Association Provided. however. that
the time Of selecting players from tire
Pacific Coast League shall De from No
vember 10 10 December ] OF each year"
Third-Change section I. article VIII
so that the same shall hereafter read
as follows Section All contracts be
tween clubs and players Ii. the major
leagues shall be in form prescribed by
the national commission All contracts
between clubs and players in the Ma
tionaI Association shall be in form pre-
scribed by that association. Provided,
however. that no non-resnrve contract
shall be entered into by any club 6~ar-
n.. 'r.."r the national agreement,
until permission 10 do so has been first
yD,.II-e1 iIJm the national commission
when such contracts concern major
league players, or the national board of
arbitration Of the National Association
when such contracts concern players OF
that organization In either event the
secretary OF the national cOmmi isSion
must be Immediately notified that such
permission has been received and such
contracts must be at once promulgated
by him with the proper notation OF such
permission"
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
c. v. j. MAY YET
RUN GEORGETOWN

There seems some likelihood Of George
Washington and Georgetown yet meet
ing on the track before the present in
door season expires.
In connection with the closed meet OF
the District National Guard, which is
an annual event In Washington. Cap
tain Edwards is planning a relay car
nival. IN which local high schools and
colleges in this section will probably
take place. This will be a great added
attraction and will give the meet which
has hitherto been closed to members Of
the guard, more public interest than for
merly. The management is trying to
arrange a match between Geor getown
and George Washington in a cIe-mile
race.
Should the promoters OF the meet sue
ceed IN doing this it will be a large-size
feather in their cap. as no other man
aser has been able to pun il or since
the organization Of the George Wash
ington track team three years ago.
Manager Brookes, Of George Washing
ton University, said this morning that
the Hatchetites are willing 10 race. bur
II is not yet known how the Blue and
Gray management feels about the prop
osition- For very obvious reasons IL is
u be hoped that the match can be ar
ranged
Tie Buff and Blue men had hoped 10
get another crack at the University of
Virginia for the Southern championship.
which the latter won on February . at
the Federal games IN this city. This
wish may DC gratihed since those In
charge Of the Norfolk games. to be held
March IS. in Norfolk. are trying to ar
range such a race, and il should prove
interesting.
The freshman team. which is TO run
the Georgetown freshmen tonight. has
narrowed down TO five men. These are
Brame. Young, Field. BirRey. and Co
veil. Fred Rice. who Il was thought
would run. win probably not be bic to
compete through some A A L. tech
hcaiitN. II Is expected however. that
the team VIII not be greatly V-ral,eue5
BY this. rs all seven Of the men entered
were nearly OF The same sneed
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
PLAY BALL.

Some are thinking OF the robin and the
Hunet and the jay;
In fancy they can already hear the
bllebird's cordial lay.
Some are thinking Of the sport there IS
IN handling rod and line.
Where the fish are game and biting.
wnen the day is warm and fine.
admit such thoughts are beautiful and
soothing all the same,
The thoughts uppermost in my mind are
thoughts Of a baseball game
In fancy 7 can see just now the open
ing G1y" parade,
The sturdy BAN players in the hacks
with flannel suits well made
Vaguely with my minds ear / can
hear the umpire's commanding call.
Wnen standing near The catcher. a uasl,
on his face, he says Play ball"
JOHN ANSCHTTZ.