The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-07-04
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Monroe News: The gubernatorial cam
paign does not seem to be enthusing. 1t
was started at least six months too early.
Jackson Herald: The noisiest political
farmer has the tallest weeds in his corn
field and the fewest potatoes in his hills.
Aunt Jemimy in News Leader: De
smile de hotel clerk gives en- de kiss dat
one 'oman gives anothuh mounts to bout
one en- de same thing.
Alexandria Town Talk: The kidnapping
and cruel murder of the little Lamana boy
goes to show all too plainly the bloodthirsty
scoundrels that have been permitted to
come to this country from the slums of
Europe.
jackson Herald: The number of crimes
is on the increase and they can be traced
back to homes in which parents were too
ambitious for their children in the direction
of social prominence and too neglectful of
them in the direction of character.
Dallas News: What we need is not
farmers orlawyers or doctors or newspaper
men, or any other special class of men in
lawmaking bodies; but sensible men. III
these latter are obtained we shall have
better laws, enacted with greater speed
and at a less cost to the people.
Crowley Signal: Cut out the alien. Let
him 60 to the North and East and let us
60 after the ready-made Americans Of the
North and East who are looking for new
lands to develop. There are enough of
them to people our prairies and develop
both Louisiana and Texas, and they will
put school house and church on every
hill top and factory beside every water
course.
Dodson Times: The boy who spends his
evenings at home reading his local paper
and other news, the parish news and the
general news of the day, or in reading
useful and helpful books, will certainly
make better man-all other things being
equal-than the boy who prefers to spend
his evenings on the streets and loafing
around places where the gossip of the town
is dished out in the most vulgar and pro-
fame manner.
Richmond Dispatch: When Prince
Polignac inspected the First Virginia In
fantry, as is always the case, the inspector
invited the field officers to accompany him
as he rides around the line. Whilst passing
in rear of the troops Prince Polignac re-
marked in French to Major Skinner:
Major, see that some of your men have
their shirttails out behind" The Major
i instantly replied in French: "Prince,
that don't amount to anything, as the enc
my will never see that side of them''
Vandalia Leader: Look on the bright
side. It is the right side. The times may
be hard, but it will make them no easier to
wear a sad, gloomy countenance. It makes
the flower. The sky is blue ten times when
it is black once. You have troubles; so
have others. None are free from them.
Trouble gives sinew and tone to life-forti-
tude and courage to men. That would be
dull sea where there was nothing to disturb
the surface of the ocean. What though
things look little dark, the lane will turn,
and the night will end in broad day.
Branson Echo: We love the man with
smile; the man with the roses on his
tongue; the man who sees your boys dirty
face but mentions his bright eyes; who
notices your shabby coat but praises your
studious habits; the man who sees all
faults but whose tongue is quick to praise
and slow to blame. We like to meet man
whose smile will Tighten up dreariness,
whose handshake is an inspiration, and his
God blessyou'' benediction. He makes
us forget our troubles as the ravens dis
NAL croak is forgotten when the wood
thrush or the brown thrasher sings.
/ Pike County Post: His name is not
Soloman. There are many things that he
does not know. Remember that he is only
a boy. You were boy once. Call to
mind what you thought, and how you felt.
Give that boy chance. Keep near to him
in sympathy. Be his chum. Do not make
too many cast iron laws. Help him have
a s'good time.'' Answer his foolish ques-
tons. Be patient with his FRANKS. You
} can win his heart utterly. And hold him
| steady in the path that leads higher up.
That boy has soul and destiny reaching
!, high above the mountain peaks. He is
, worth million times his weight in gold.
The New Orleans States thus refers to
, the top-heavy school system of that citv