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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-31

to him was lie and that the simplest
acts were prompted by treacherous
motives.
Even his personal appearance had
and haggard There was a deep lins
down the middle of his forehead. and
he had lost part of that peculiar
grace of attitude and gesture which
had once distinguished him.
In the freight. however, he looked
more like himself. and Muriel. who
had never seen him before the days
of his trouble and therefore could not
miss what was gone from him, was
deeply sensible of the charm that still
remained.
do you remember Miss WinstonT
said he. 81 met her today. Her father
had some business with me, and she
came with him to my Office"
Il do not remember her." said Mu-
riel
"She merely met you once at some
social affair in Carllngford about two
years ago. She said yon lived there.
didn't know it,
"Mother and | lived there fol time
not very long. Then we went abroad
and on our return came here.
81 have heard that it was a pretty
place Did you like it"
"Carlingford?" said she. Il liked It
| 50 little that | would rather not speak
Of It,"
you have unpleasant memoriesT'
! Yes
The devil that was i'll ClayerinE .
| nerves awoke at this. He cord nSt
have told why he wished to know
what those unpleasant memories wcvs,
but he was conscious of craving
"Doubtless you have friends there =
said he and knew not why.
| None said she. Il have forgotten
| that CarIingford exists. Please do not
yemind me-"
she spoke with an earnestness which
was clear enough to ClaveriIg's sharp
ened wits. although he tried to veil It
What secret lay behind her wish co
| avoid this subject even in her owr
Thoughts? she had given him always
the most charming impression of
frankness and good faith. 1t was that
| which had Won his heart. weary OF de
ceptions and treachery. And yet NJ
now perceived that she had hidden
whole year OF her life. 1t seemed al
most HE u trick that she should ha',
spoken like herself, SO unreservedly. a
her romantic school girl dreams. of ti;'
attentions she had received abroad. G
everything indeed except this sing
passage. this year at Carlingf ~!
What could have happened there?
He h9d strength enough to keep 81
thoughts out of The center of his u ind
out he hal acquired recently q fati
If double thinking. It was becoI l!ul
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-31
The lnquisitive Woman.

Street car conductors regard inquisi-
tive women passengers with supersti-
tious dread. The other day fuse
blew out In Broadway car, and that
car was hitched on as trailer to the
one ahead. Presently woman be-
gan to ask questions.
What would happen" she said, IF
the fuse were to blow out in that car
ahead? What would become of us?
Would the car ahead of that he able
to drag both of these cars?''
II don't know" said the conductor
"But don't worry. We won't have a
chance to find out. A double accident
of that kind has never happened to a
car of mine yet. and it isn't likely to
happen once in hundred years. 7
Just then there came an explosion
ahead. and both cars came to stand
still. The fuse had blown out.
"Confound that woman." gFosvled
the conductor. ''That is all her fault.
This wouldn't have happened if she
hadn't asked SO many fool questions.
She's JOnah."-New York Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-31
The LIGHTER Side.

Adaptability counts In the big and
little affairs of life. Elder J. ". Cook
recalls in his book; "F'orty-five Years
Minister" all incident which occurred
in Adair county, Miss.
l arrived at my appointment just at
night. 1t was raining, but the people
turned out just the same. The school
house was of logs, and inside it was as
dark as dark night could make 1t.
"Will some one please light the can
dleI' brother said.
But there was no candle to light, no
grease, no oil of any kind. The little
cabin was crowded and the rain just
pouring down. 1t was a good half mile
to the nearest house where candle
might be procured. But q resourcefui
brother relieved the situation.
1--WE must have meeting" he said;
that's sartin. The boys Travelled way
over here to preach for us, and he's
goin' TO do it. Now we'll tear eff some
planks from the platform and light 'em
and take turns about holdin' 'em SOS
he can see his Bible. got matches"
"That meeting under the Pickering
splinter light was an astonishing sue
cess" comments Elder Cook in conclu-
sion
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admit that Muriel might be perfectly
within her rights in sending photo
graph of herself to Curtis Mortimer.
rascal though he was. He said to him.
self that he must refuse to entertain
doubt of Muriel's ability to explain
her conduct In a manner which would
be satisfactory to the most censorious
critic, the most jealous worshiper.
But this he knew-that if he should
again become involved in any maze Of
falsehood which should destroy his
faith In some one whom he loved and
trusted he pust go mad and die
There was no strength in him for such
an ordeal
"Muriel might better shoot me than
lie to me-" he repeated frantically
aloud In the empty streets.
At dawn he stood upon Il height that
overlooked the town. The eastern sky
blazed with color, and he had no pleas
ure in it. he to whom the face Of ma.
ture had once been perpetual JOY.
He laughed bitterly,
even the sunrise is wrong" he said.
ITS not what 1t used to be- The
world and its blue ceiling are ashes.
and I have just found it out. Let me
| it."
In the middle Of the afternoon he
called upon Muriel. The gentleman
with whom he had played billiards on
the previous evening was just leaving.
A moment later they were alone
"Muriel," said he, 'has my conduct
vexed you?'
mo-" said she
"But l know that it has" he pro-
tested gently. 81 have seen it very
clearly"
"You are mistaken"
II have worried you about Carling-
ford and your life there. Surely l
have"
NO" said she, mot in the least
"You would not care to have me be-
have otherwise? My constant irritable
suspicion and fretful questioning are
nothing to you?"
"My dear. my dearr' she cried. with
sudden tenderness that brought the
tears Of her eyes. do you fancy that
l cannot see beneath this veil of con
duct? Am l some wretched lawinakel
that l do not know the difference be
twen a man and his acts? | love you
am too intent upon what you are tt
waste my time in worry over what
you do
"You have passed through bitter
trial and have saved your goods ana
your repute before the world. Ert have
you saved your character? Richard
your friend has robbed you indeed
He has stolen your faith. You mus
restore the balance of your soul"
"It is true" said he. II learn it 70
the second time today. learned i
first from the sunrise. | tested III.
sight upon it. The face of nature
looked as false and hostile to me Al
any human countenance Then th'
fault must be in me-
"All this may be repaired" said she
"You stand where every one Of us i
always standing. with the depths 0
the pit below you and the heights O
heaven above. You have the power t.
rise or fall and rs far as you choose
II know it." he replied. land ] vii
surely rise, at least to where | stoo
before. My soul shall drag my bod
after it. and these nerves Of mine sha
be as steady as rock. They know II
they feel it already. You yourself ca
see It,
Every clearly" said she. land ! al
very happy. I think you may hea
about Mr.. Mortimer Of Darlington
now, though had resolved not
speak Of him to you. have told 70
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A BAR OF SOAP.
What Il Did For the Missionaries In
Madagascar.

Madagascar.
The Introduction Of Christianity into
heathen countries has been more or
less closely connected with trade and
the arts Of civilization. The govern
ment has often been keenly alive to
the advantage Of science, but hostile
to religious teaching. Such was the
case In Madagascar in the middle of
the last century, as is told In the pages
of Rev. W. E. Cousins book, "Mada-
gascar of Today"
Queen Ranavalona was beginning to
feel uneasy about the growing influ-
ence of foreign ideas and wished to
get rid of the missionaries. She sent
some officers to carry her message.
The missionaries were gathered to-
gether to meet the queens messengers
and were told that they had been a
long time in the country and had
taught much, but that it was now time
for them to think of returning to their
native land.
The missionaries, alarmed ut this
message, answered that they had only
begun to teach some of the elements
of knowledge and that much remained
to be impaired. They mentioned sun
dry branches of educati ton. among
which were the Greek and Hebrew
languages, which had already been
partially taught to some.
The messengers returned to the queen
and soon came back with this answer:
''The queen does not care much for
Greek and Hebrew. Can you teach
something more useful? Can you, for
example, teach how to make soapy'
This was an awkward question to
address to theologians, but after mo-
ment's pause Mr.. Griffiths turned to
Mr.. Cameron and asked him whether
he could answer it.
"Give me week." said Mr.. Cam
| close the queens messengers again met
the missionaries, and Mr.. Cameron was
| able to present to them bar Of toler.
ably good white soap made entirely
from materials found in the country
! This was an eminently satisfactory
answer, and the manufacture of soal
was forthwith introduced and is still
continued to the present day, although
no one would now venture to call tht
soap white"
AS result Of making this bar O1
soap the mission gained respite O
about five years, during which tim'
the queen still tolerated the presence
and teaching Of the missionaries TO
the sake of the material advantage
derived from the work of the artisans
and it was during these years that tn
first churches were formed and til
Christian religion began to take dec
root among the people.
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ThePOiSOn
Distrust
By HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyright. 1908. by C. W. Hooke.

@oeo~o~o<o<o<~o<o<o>o>o>ov
Y T may have been about q week
since Richard Clavering and Mu.
L riel Deane became engaged. Upon
certain evening they sat before
cheerful wood fire at her home, and
the mans soul awoke with surprise
to a consciousness of peace.
For nearly year he had been in a
state of torment, harassed by the most
pressing anxieties, haunted by suspi-
cions which gradually developed into
certainties and driven to the very last
resources of cunning in sheer self de-
fense. A business associate, man
whom Clavering had called his best
friend from the days Of their early
youth, had fallen a victim to the
money mania of the times and had
played some tricks which even the
highest financiers with their sleeves
full of extra aces might blush to imi.
tate. His aim had been large prop
erty of which Clavering was trustee.
and he had very nearly stolen 1t In
such way as would have buried
Clavering under load of debt and
dishonor from which he could never
have hoped to emerge.
This battle was over, but there was
scar of it on every nerve in Claver-
ing's body. His victory had brought
no sense Of triumph to him. but only
horror and Il sad loss of faith in hu.
man nature. He had tendency to
think that everything which was said
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
BELDAME'S WANDERING
MIND REVEALS MONEY

SAGINAW. Mich, Aug. 21.-With
$t,Uun- IN crisp nVw 1arkrotes- III
in bundle In their house, Mr. and
Mrs. julius Guenther, both over so,
were found in bed by the poor author
tiles nearly dead from sickness and
inattention. Upon order of the direc-
tor of the poor a nurse was placed in
charge Of the pair and medical treat
ment provided. DIR. NJ ID. Ryan Wis
tied the house the nurse handed him
package she had found secreted in
the house, and to Which Mrs tiucn-
Their in her rawlings hd referred. Ii
was. opened and currency rolled out,
amounting to little more than $1,000.
Mrs. Guenther is delirious from fever,
while her husband is suffering from
senile debility.
Later another package containing
500 in bills was found In the house,
and under direction of the probate
court a systematic search of the place
will be made
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
TO ATTEND WOMEN'S
COUNCIL IN GENEVA

PORT HURON Mich Aug. PIN.
Nest of-Pnr1- Huron. supreme record
keeper of the Ladies' or the Macca-
bees of the World, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs A j West. will sail
Saturday for Cherbourg, on the steam
or St Louis on the American line. She
will go from there to Geneva, SwitZer-
land, TO attend the meeting of the in~
ternational council OF women.
Miss West Is ono OF ttrr seven date-
gates from the United States. The
ether delegates are Mrs Kate waller
Barrett. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw,
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper, Mrs Pauline
Steinem, Mrs. Elizabeth b. Grannis
Mary Wood Swift, president of the
council of the United States. is un-
able TO be present and viii be repre-
scented by Mrs Barrett and her proxy.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall OF In
dianapolis. as honorary president of
the international council Will also be
a member of the delegation. and most
Of the alternates will attend. The al
ternates are Mrs Carrie Chapman
Gait. Mrs Mary Church Terrell. Mrs.
Florence Kelley, Mrs VI Josie Mel
son. Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead. Mrs.
Alice Wheeler Pierce and Mrs. Lydia
Avery Coonley Ward.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
I'll ACCEPT, SAYS
GOV. JOHNSON

ST PAUL, Mimi, Aug 2l.-Gov.
John 5. Johnson has announced that
he will accept the nomination for gov
ernor rendered 10 him by the state
Democratic convention at -MiHReapo=
lis.
He did not issue a formal state
ment. but said After due consider
alton Of the matter and before | have
been formally notified, | will tell you
that | have made up my mind 10 lay
aside all personal considerations and
listen to the cali Of the party. | will
accept the nomination when It is rorrl-
ally rendered To me-
II desire To state also. and to make
it emphatic, that if the committee had
called on me before the nomiatior
speech had been made. ] would have
positively declined To be candidate.
This acceptance is contrary 70 my
better judgment have given this
matter the closest thought for The past
a hours and M first opinion, that a
third nomination ii is unWise and
against the principles of the party. is
unchanged yet ! hardly sec how
can gel away from making the race
without putting the party in mole.
T regret TINS TCtrUrr sfttt II
had never happened
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
INSANITY CAUSED
BY DISEASED CORN
DR.. BABcock, SOUTH CAROLINA
ALIENiST, DISCOVERS IN ITALY
THE ORIGIN OF PELLAGRA.

NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-The Worlds
Paris correspondent sent the follow
ing:
Travelling with United States Sen
ator Tillma, who is at present staying
at the Hotel Albany, is DR. Babcock
superintendent of the South Carolina
insane asylum.
DR.. Babcock during his tour has
made observations on a peculiar men
tai disease called pellagra. and his
findings may have great economic
influence in the southern portion of
the United States.
DR. Babcock had noticed the pres
ence Of the disease In various south
ern states, particularly Georgia and
the Carolinas. and even as far west as
'Cexas.-R Before departure from
America pellagra was thought to be
unknown there. and II was some lime
before DR.. Babcock diagnosed IT, This
diagnosis was disputed by many Am
erican alienists, because SO little was
known ahont=the=tii sessT@iH= the=ti4t=
ed States.
During his travels in Italy Or. Bah
cock had several interviews with DR..
Pavone, who is the head of the Italian
recognized European authority on
pelagra.
He gave DR. Babcock facilities for
examining cases of pellagra in Italian
hospitals, and as a result OF his In
vestigations DR.. Babcock Is certain
the American disease is pellagra.
The disease is caused by eating dis
eased or fermented corn. IL is par
ticularly ripe in the Lombardy dis
trict. where, Senator Tillman remark
ed. not enough space and air are Civ
EN- TO the corn.
The economic importance of DR..
Babcock's discovery was explained by
Senator Tillman. He said that after
the civil war the south abandoned corn
growing on large scale because such
high prices were obtainable for cot
ton. The south. he said, was there
fore compelled to import corn from
other states which were not nearly 50
favorable for corn growing.
Some or this CorH5-he- said. is dis
eased in the pith, that is the nitrogen
Gus part but as the outer. starchy
part is still good all is ground up for
hominy or meal.
This Is the origin of pellagra IN
the southern states. To stamp. it
out. Senator Tillman said, there must
either be a rigorous inspection of
corn or the south must put up bar
rier against corn grown in other states
and revert to corn growing itself.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
Shike-Out Records Of LAX
Tears All Step al fatal 10

When Pitcher Waddell, OF St. Louis,
struck out sixteen Athletic batsmen
he did not equal a worlds record, as
some critics stated. The world rec.
ord, is nineteen strike-outs. achieved
by Pitcher Charley Sweeney. OF Provi-
dence, in 1854 against Boston. WAT.
dell& by his feat of last week only
equaled the American league record
first established I'm 1906 by Pitcher
Fred Glade, then OF St. Louis, against
Washington. In addition 10 Sweeney's
unequaled feat the National league
boasts two IS strike-out records-one
by Pitcher GARRISON. OF Chicago.
against Kansas City in 1886: the other
by Pitcher Hahn, OF Cincinnati.
against Boston in 1901. In the old
American association Pitcher Ramsey
OF Louisville. held the topmost records.
no striking out rs st. Louis Browns in
1887. and later In the Same year strik-
Ing out IL Cleveland batsmen. The
college record is held hy Pitcher Mike
Lynch, of Brown university. who on
Two safe hit
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
URGED BY
UNION OFFICIALS

PITTSBURG, Aug. Apparently
determined that the coal operators OF
the Pittsburg district shall obey the
officials of the United Mine Workers
in the matter OF collecting money
from miners for dues In the union,
officials OF the organization are pre-
pairing to have the miners ordered out
on strike in spite of the fact that they
yesterday expressed an unwillingness
to go out.
President Fraucts-fephan.- OF dis.
trict No. 5, yesterday left for Indian
apolis. where he will lay the matter
before National President Lewis in
the hope that the national president
will agree TO calling the men out. In
the meantime officials of the mine
workers in Pttsburg are preparing TO
send out 10 everyone he-49 900
miners in the district a letter calling
for mail Vote-as-t whether they
shall go on strike.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
CALLED ANARCHIST,
MAYOR BUSSE
SMILES
IAN ~" is HIS ONLY REPLY" TO
THE CHARGE MADE BY THE
GENE w. CHAFlN.

CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-PeOple ~ Chi
Cago Will have 10 dtermine whether
Mayor Busse is an anarchist. lie re-
fuses To naswcr the question and has
declined 10 make any reply 10 the at
tack of Eugene w. Chain. prohibition
candidate for the presidency, made in
a speech in Petersburg, III. Mayor
Busse was characterized in the con
clusion' OF the address as 'one of the
biggest anarchists the country ever
had" because of his attitude on the
Sunday saloon question.
Mayor Busse heard Of the attack
Tor the first time when the account OF
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
BRYAN TO SPEAK
IN DES MONIES

LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 2l.--Wm Jen-
nings Bryan left last night, on his first
speaking tour of the campaign. He
VAS accompanied by lis private sec
rotary and quartet of newspaper
men.
He will be back in Lincoln on Aug
rs. In the meantime he will confer
with party leaders in Iowa, speaking
tonight at Des Moines on the tariff. his
first speech of the campaign in which
he directly discusses issues.
He will spend Saturday AM Sun
day in Chicago, in conference with
Chairman Mack and other managers.
He will be Joined there 10y Il. l..
Metcalfe of Nebraska. and other mem
Eers or the campaign text btok-e1ift-
mittee.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21

Il was shown him on his arrival ar
the city hall He read the paper slow
ly with "a slight smile and then handed
II back silently
Are you an anarchist" he was
asked
Am 10" was the cryptic response
from the still smiling mayor
do you feel that your attitude on
the Sunday saloon justifies the re
marks of Mr. Chaffin?"
II have nothing To say about my
attitude on the Sunday saloon at this
time. | have expressed my attitude
fully on that question on other occa-
sions and have no desire To enter
into any controversy with Mr..
Chaffin."
Al the time OF the dismissal OF the
last Sunday closing cases Mayor
Busse said: IL was elected on plat
form opposed TO Sunday closing.
Whenever the voters of Chicago at
any election declare they want the
saloons closed ON sunday witt prom
ise that there will be no saloons
open"
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21
TAFT To REPLY
TO BRYAN TO-DAY

HOT SPRINGS. Va, Aug. 21--Mr.
-Taft's speech before the Virginians
here today will - his most import ut.
terance since Miss speech OF accept.
ance. In 1t he Will answer Bryan
question: Shall the people rule?''
and will compare the efforts of the
Republican party to meet the abuses
Of the trusts and monopeles with
what the Democratic party has tried
TO do.
The speech also will contain an ap.
peal to the independent Democratic
voters OF the south.
These probably will be 5000 per
sons here.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-21

Thursday. Wier was hired to repair
chimney at No. l0l Crawford-ave.
He completed the job early in the af-
ternoon and started up Crawford to-
ward the home OF Mrs. Fred Monroe,
Mrs. Wier's sister. at No. 800 Craw-
ford Mrs. Wier had stopped there on
her way down town and Wler appar-
emily knew of this.
Out In the street he saw his step
son. Harry. playing, and sent the boy
into Mrs. Monroes house TO tell his
mother that he wished To see her.
BEFORE Mrs. Weir had reached her
husband the latter opened rhe CONVEX
satiOn
II hear you're going to have me ar
rested" he said Mrs Wier replied
in the affirmative, for she had not for
gotten the threat he had made Tues
day night.
4 few more words passed between
them. when Wier suddenly whipped
out a revolver and with the remark.
IN end il ALL" fired at his wife. AS
he did so he stumbled and fell and
the shot went wide. AS he started TO
get UP. the boy Harry kicked him in
the head. but he did not heed the boy $
presence.
Mrs. Wier. in the meantime. had
started TO run up Crawford. Wier
started in pursuit The woman ran
through her sisters yard. Wier close
behind and firing as he ran. Two OF
the shots took effect-The wife had
inst started across the field back OF
the house when she stumbled and fell.
Wier was at her side in an instant and
leaning over her, lifted her head to
his knee and put his last remaining
shot into her temple. She breathed
no more.
As he fired, Harry threw piece or
tin and struck him in the face, while
Mrs. Monroe jumped on him from be-
hind and tried to wrest the revolver
from him. Wier broke away from
them and ran HcrUss -ttrr-fteitis, drain
ing the contents of two-ounce vial
OF carbolc acid in his flight.
He fell on Dragoon-ave., near the
tracks. and expired In few minutes.
A futile effort was made TO save his
life by pouring hot lard down his
throat.
AS the mother lay dead in the field,
the boy. Harry knelt beside her and
kissed er-eold lips repeatedly cry
ing out.
Il want my poor mamma"