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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-02-06
Notice of Timber Land Sale.
United States and Office


United States Land Office,
Natchitoches, La, Nov. q, 1907. Z
NOTICE is hereby given that in COM
1N pliance with the provisions of the
act Of Congress Of June 3, 1878, entitled
can act for the sale of timber lands in
the States of California, Oregon, Neva-
da, and Washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by
act of August 4, 1892, Thomas j. Young,
of Cotton Valley, Parish of Webster,
State OF Louisiana, has this day filed in
this Office his sworn statement, No. 1876,
for the purchase Of the northwest quar-
ter of section %, in township 20 north,
range II west, Louisiana Meridian, and
will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land before
the Register and Receiver at Natchi-
toches, La, on Thursday, the 9th day
OF March, 1908.
He names as witnesses: s. B. Young,
w. Carroll, j.. J. Moody and T. Windsor,
all OF Cotton Valley, La.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above described lands are
requested ~ file their claims in this
office on or before the said 9th day of
March, 1908.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
December 26, 1907. febN
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-02-06
Absence Of Mind.

absence OF MInos
Dr. Jenkins of Stanford university is
head professor Of the department Of
zoology. He is often profoundly abb
sorbed in the problems of his profess
sion
He was reading one evening after
dinner when his wife approached and,
touching him on the shoulder, remark
ed softly, "Oliver, Mr.. and Mrs. Bran
ner are coming over this evening, so
just go upstairs and put OH your other
coat"
The professor complied without a
murmur. An hour later, when the Wis
itors had been In the house some time,
the hostess excused herself for mo-
ment and slipped upstairs to see what
detained DR.. Jenkins. She found him
In bed, calmly sleeping.
"Oh, to be sure. the Brannersr' he
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-02-06
Notice.

NOtICC.
A LII parties are hereby warned not 70
n hunt, peddle or in any wise tres
pass upon the plantations of the UNDER
signed, located in Ward |, Bossier Par
ish, La Mrs. "A. CURTIS.
A. CURTIS.
novl-sm JOHN T. HALL.
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December rs, 1907. feb q
Notice. of Timber Land Sale.
United States Land Office, !
NatchitocheS. La. Nov. 27 1907 [

A>0soSnAs0SAASo3 Aes'S wv. Sty lOVf. j
NOTICE is hereby given that in COM
~ pliance with the provisions of the
act OF Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled
can act for the sale of timber lands in
the States OF California, Oregon, Neva-
da, and Washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by
act Of August 4, 1892, Thomas L. Wind
sor, OF Cotton Valley, Parish of Webster,
State of Louisiana, has this day filed in
this Office his sworn statement, No. 494,
for the purchase of lots 4, 5, 6 and II Of
section "A, in township 20 north, range
II west, Louisiana Meridian, and will
offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to
establish his claim to said land before
the Register and Receiver at Natchi-
toches, La, on Tuesday, the Sd day Of
March, 1908.
He names as witnesses: S. B. Young,
S. P. D. Coyle, r. M. Coyle and w. G.
Carroll, all of Cotton Valley, La.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this
Office on or before the said Sd day Of
March, 1908.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
December % 1907 -oh.,
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Homestead Entry No. 10, 662.

Homestead Entry No. 1882.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoehes, La.
January Is, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
Communication proof in support Of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Clerk of Court, at Benton,
La, on Feb. rs, 1908, viz: Homestead
Entry No. 1882 - Stephen w. Hayes,
of Bluffs, La. made Feb. /, 1905, for
the south half of southwest quarter of
section 2, township II north, range IL
west, Louisiana Meridian,
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz:
w. E. McDade and Cornelius Parish,
of Bluffs, La; Spence Johnson, of Sligo,
La, and Henry Dickson, of Haughton,
La. ]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January %, 1908. feb 20
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Health Is Holiness.

Health is the holiness of the body.
Girls should be as much ashamed Of
illness brought on by their own folly
as Of being whipped by the teacher for
disobedience.-Mrs.C Cheney.
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Homestead Entry No. S476.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoches, La.

Ldllu OllCC du 1NdUCAltOClICSS Lid. n
January Is, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final five
year proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the
Clerk of Court, at Benton, La, on Feb.
Is, 1908, viz: Homestead Entry No.
S476-Lewis w. Whitworth, of Vance
vile, La.-made July q, 1900, for the
west half of northwest quarter and
southeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section 20, township 10 north, range
IL west, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
CT. Crouch and w. C. Hammett, Of
Linton, La; Marion Gilliard, of Ben
ton, La; Richard Dabney, Of Vance
vile. La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
January %, 1908. feb 20
Homestead Entry No. 1896.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches, La.
January Is, 1908. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
five year proof in support OF his claim,
and that said proof will be made before
the Clerk Court at Benton, La, on Feb.
Is, 1908, viz: Homestead Entry No.
9795-George Cole, of Sligo, La.-made
Oct. %, 1902, for the north half of south
east quarter and southeast quarter of
southeast quarter Of section II, town
ship II north, range 70 west, Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
S. Hays and C. Brown, of Haughton,
La; S. johnson and G. Underwood, OF
Sligo, La.
J. ERNEST BREpA, Register.
January 20, 1908, feb 20
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Only the illiterate and the social elect
can afford to treat the language reck-
leSsly.-- Brainerd.
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Write for the Banner. Advertising Rates
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23

hands, managing to keep many of
them away from him. AS he stopped
to unfasten the harness of one of the
horses that had fallen down, however,
he foe took advantage of his posture
and in a second fastened upon his
face, arms and person in such num-
bers that he looked like a cluster of
bees in swarming time.
After a few moments of this agony
he could stand it no longer and fled.
Once outside of The f1elf where they
had made their home most of the
bees left him and returned to the ami
mails, still entangled in their harness.
A few still stuck to him, buzzing an
grily about his ears.
This, the man says, he did not no
tice. In fact, Stafford says he can't
remember much after going back to
save his team. His face was bloated
out of oil semblance to that of hui
man being; nothing could be seen of
mouth, eyes or even nose. 1t was all
one pulpy mass, out of which
hundreds of tiny stings left by the
bees in their assault could be seen
sticking, their black points in vivid
contrast to the fast purpling visage.
Even the ears were sunk in level to
the sides of swollen cheeks.
His nerve completely gone, the man
ran through the fields to the ranch
house. Here he was met by Mrs.
Blame, the wife of the owner, who was
Mortified at the loathsome sight. Stat
ford was almost insane with the pain.
Help was summoned and the man
taken into the kitchen of the round
house. Here, according to DR.. Long,
of Fresno, who was summoned as
soon as possible after the discovery
of what had happened, handfuls of
singers were scraped out of Stafford s
face and body. The man had been
wearing a thin shirt, which afforded
no protection against his tormentors,
and his body was as bloated and mis-
shapen as his face. His arms and
legs were enlarged to three times
their natural size, and every portion
of his body was filled with the stings
Of the angry creatures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Publish History Of Badger Troops.

The Wisconsin Historical commits
sion decided to publish three new and
valuable monographs on the partici-
patton of Wisconsin troops in the civil
war. The most important, perhaps,
will be the one by Col. w. F. Villas of
Madison on the part taken by Wis
consin troops in the siege of Vicks-
burg The colonel has consented at
the urgent request of the commission
to write such an article. He is mem
Der of the state commission trying to
select a design for the 100000 monu-
ment to be erected by the state at
Vicksburg in commemoration of the
part taken by the Badger troops in
that historic siege. One of the other
monographs is a history of the battle
Of Gettysburg by Col. Frank A. Has
kelI, member of the staff of Gen. John
Gibbon, who lost his life at Cold Har-
Dor in 1864. This history was written
by Col. Haskell and sent to a brother
al Portage, Wis. where it was recent
~ found by Col. A. J. Turner, who has
written an explanatory note to it. The
third monograph is a narrative of
army and prison life by Gen. John A.
kellogg, deceased, an officer of the
famous Iron Brigade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER e. SMITH, Room
1V1 21S, Granite Block, st. Louis, No.,
writes: "Peruna is the best friend q
sick man can have.
ga few months ago i came here In n
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
health. I had catarrhal affections OF
the bronchial tubes, and for time there
was doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and in
short time my health began to inn
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
"Accept a grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-Tu-na for His Patients.
A. w. Perrin, M. D. S., $50 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, N. Y, says:
81 am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending it to nv patients in
all cases of catarrh, and find it to be
more than you represent. Peruna can
be had now of all druggists in this sec.
ton. At the time began using it, it
was unknown"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Used the Knife to Good Advantage.

it's service, and that with the clogged
barrel he was at the mercy of the
monster With angry snarl the beast
fell on the fleeing man and Rugged
him ferociously. The willy Eskimo did
not sumbit supinely, but writhed and
ducked and used the knife which he
had drawn to good advantage.
The bear seized his arm, but the
Eskimo succeeded in pulling it out
of the animals jaws badly mutilated.
The native then lodged and stepped
away from the bear. Another native,
attracted by the noise of battle,
emerged from the snowhouse and shot
the animal. Nigakuse was repaired
with the crude process of surgery avail
able and lived to sink his teeth in
the forearm Of the bear and to devour
his heart, his brains, and underloin,
and to sleep in peace on the hide of
the brute which had dared to walk
and to fight like a man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
The Coat of Taffeta.

Bewitching coats of plain taffeta,
with lingerie and figured silk frocks,
are one of the practical developments
of a season that promises com.
paratively few practical fashions. With
a brown and white checked frock seen
the other day there was plain brown
taffeta coat of high length cut away
sharply from the front, with the cor.
ners rounded and edged all around
with little putting of the silk. A
reseda green coat Of cutaway shape
and long panel sides and back will go
with little lingerie frocks, and the hat
is ordered in color to match.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
MAD BEES ATTACK
MAN AND HORSES
THEIR HOMES UPSET BY RUN
AWAY TEAM, INSECTS STING
ANIMALS TO DEATH.
DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Farmer May Pay with His Life for At
tempt to Rescue Tortured Beasts
Victim Nearly Insane
with Pain.

Fresno, Cal.-Stung to death by
bees. That may be the fate of Robert
Stafford, teamster employed on the
J. G. Blame ranch, near Herman.
Thrown from a wagon upset by run
away team of four horses, the driver
was at the mercy of the Infatuated in
sects. Three of his horses are already
dead from the effects of the stings and
the remaining horse will die. Stafford
would have escaped practically I'M
harmed had he not stayed to free his
team from the harness. This may cost
his life.
This unusual occurrence took place
while Stafford was driving home with
a loaded wagon Of hay. No far from
the ranch house there is small field
used as an apiary by Blame. Some 80
or 40 beehives are scattered about
inside the Enclosure.
AS the team drew near the fence
something frightened them and the
horses, breaking from the drivers con-
troll, turned sharply across the road.
The hub of one of the wheels caught
the fence and tore down the entire
side. The shock turned the team into
the field and the horses, panic strick-
en- by this time, raced across the
ground, knocking the hives right and
left Some 80 were strewn about the
field before the driver realized what
had happened.
Long before the entire number was
down, the occupants of the hives first
overthrow were buzzing angrily
about the head Of the driver Stafford
fought desperately with them, but the
stings increased, and yelling, the man
ran from the field, followed by the
insects.
He had beaten most of his pursuers,
when he heard the frantic scream of
horse in agony Then he remembered
his team, and Drawing the bees, start
ed back.
While battling to save his horses,
Stafford fought the bees with hat and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
SAVED FROM MATERNAL WRATH.
5oys' Fervent Prayer Was Answered
in the Nick of Time.

A suburbanite is fond of telling this
story of his five-year-old son Bobby.
Being of an inquiring turn of mind
the youngster one day managed to
turn on both faucets in the bathtub
to see what would happen. 1t CHANGED
that the stopper was in place, and the
tub rapidly filled up, to the great de-
light of Bobby. Finally, however, the
tub became so full that it threatened
to overflow on to the floor, and Bobby,
having a proper respect for the mater
nal slipper, became frightened and
tried vainly to turn off the water. Be-
ing unable to, for some reason, he
gazed tearfully at the ever-rising flood,
and then, mindful both of his religious
training and the occasional visits OF
the plumber he plunged down on his
knees, and his elder sister, who hap
pened to be passing at the moment,
heard him exclaim, fervently:
20, Lord, please stop this water
running And, q, Lord, if you can't
do it, please send somebody that can"
His prayer was answered, for his
sister rose to the occasion and turned
off the water and temporarily saved
Bobby from the much-feared slipper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Doing Away with the Hips.

The revival of the styles of France
about the time of the revolution has
made it imperative for women to be
hipless, no matter what the cost! The
new corsets have done a great deal
toward bringing about this important
condition of affairs, and long lines,
many straps and heavy bones charac-
terize the latest innovation of the cor
setiere. There are other corsets made
with rubber seams here and there.
so that, although they are contracted
when milady is standing upright,
when she sits her acknowledging ban
dage is sufficiently elastic to allow this
natural position with some slight de-
gree of comfort.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Fresh Flowers for Table.

The fern, which lent 70 much fresh
ness to the dining table all winter,
suddenly presents an aspect dead and
depressing. Our very souls at this
time of the year call aloud for fresh
blooms.
Flowers for the table should be
scrupulously fresh: Nothing so dis
arms one at the beginning of meal
as does bunch of faded and too often
ill-odored posies.
The commonest field flower, freshly
plucked, has a transcending charm
over the faded orchid of rarest variety.
Then, toe, be sure that the flowers
are free from ants or other little in
sects-harmless but not appetizing.
See that the water in which cut flow
ers are kept is always absolutely pure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
ESKIMO FIGHTS POLAR
BEAR BARE-KANDE
SHOT MISSES FIRE AND. MAN is
SAVED BY COMRADS
AFTER BATfLE.

Dawson, Alaska.-The story of ter
rife fight between an Eskimo and a
polar bear is brought from the arctic
slope by Jujiro Wada, the Japanese
musher.
In the middle of December a native
named Nigakuse was in his snow
house, when, on looking out through
the peculiar little place of exit, he
saw polar bear. The man seized his
rifle and went out to give battle to
the great white animal. Thinking it
best to let the bear get within close
range and then to plug him, the Es-
kimo let the bear advance to within a
few PAGES.
Nigakuse raised his rifle, took steady
aim, and fired.
The next moment he was Mortified
to realize that the rifle had failed in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
cHokEs MAD DOG IN CHURCH.
Merry Sexton Prevents Panic Among
Hundreds Of Worshipers.

Wilmington, Del.-The several hun
dred persons who filled st. Pauls
Catholic church at the six o'clock mass
did not know that dog supposed to
be mad was running at large through
the edifice, and it was due to the
bravery of Sexton Bartlett Crogan
that panic was avoided. He caught
the dog, choked it and threw it from
a window.
The dog was noticed when 1t be.
gan 10 make a peculiar noise as Rev.
Edward Higgins assembled the altar
to celebrate mass. No one paid any
attention to the animal, as it was
in the rear of the church, but when
it began to run up and down the
aisles, frothing at the mouth, snap
ping at the benches and continuing its
strange sounds the worshipers were
much frightened.
Crogan started after the animal
and chased it through the gallery and
organ loft, finally capturing it in the
vestibule. The dog tried to bite him,
bat he had it by the throat with
both hands and did not release it until
life was almost extinct He then
threw the dog, which was big shep-
herd, through a window, and the fall
broke it's neck. 1t is believed to have
been suffering with the rabies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
Must Liberate Their Man.

Must Liberate Their Man.
"The Socialist Labor party declared
it's position on several issues of inter
est to the workingmen at it's national
convention in New York." said Fred
g. Kremers, Wisconsin delegate to the
convention, who has returned from
New York
'The resolution introduced by a
Pittsburg delegate, providing that an
officer of trade union could not be a
member of the Social Labor party was
and not accepted by the party. The
resolution intended a change in the
constitution. When asked to support
Eugene V. Debs for the presidency,
the convention stood solid in opposing
such step. It's reasons were disa-
migration.
Our next great move is to seek to
liberate our presidential candidate,
Martin r. Preston, serving 25-year
sentence in Nevada for killing Anton
Silva, a restaurant keeper, while Pres
ton was acting as a strike picket. Our
party first began the agitation for Moy-
er and Haywood, and we expect to
succeed in Preston's case. The So
cialist Labor party owns it's press in
New York and prints all it's own prop
uganda. The convention was attended
by % delegates representing the IL
states. We polled $4,000 votes at the
last presidential election"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
MEcHLIN NET FOR YoKEs.
Largely Takes Place of Laces Either
in Black or White.

There is wide use this summer of a
net called mechlin for Jokes, stocks
and undersleeves. 1t takes the place
of laces either in black or white. 1t is
also a good substitute for chiffon.
1t rarely comes in dead white. 1t is
in pale cream, or is slightly coffee
tinted. It's mesh is silky and rather
fine. Over the surface are scattered
tiny open circles.
1t is very wide and although it sells
at good price, it cuts to such advan-
tage that it is quite reasonable in the
end
Some of the new sleeves and yokes
made of it are put in groups of tiny
tucks and at the edges is band Of
lace laid over with the scallops turn
ing in. This is quite favorite trick
on many of the fashionable frocks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
j. c. Martin Wants Place.

The contest between Congressman
John M. Nelson of Madison and Gen.
Charles H. Russell of Berlin for the
Republican nomination for congress in
this district became spirited. Gen.
Russell holds the position of pension
agent in the adjutant generals depart
ment and does not intend to resign I'M
til he receives the nomination for con-
gress. Anticipating that he would
resign before that time, John G. Mar
tin of Madison, formerly department
commander of the G. A. r. in Wiscon-
sin, has applied to Gov. Davidson for
appointment to the position and has
circulated petition among some of
his comrades asking for his appoint
ment 1t is charged that Congressman
Nelson and his friends induced Mr..
Martin to seek the place in order to
embarrass Gen. Russell. Friends of
Gen. Russell declare that Mr.. Martin
at the department encampment re-
Gently unsuccessfully tried to get Capt.
Fred A. Birds position as assistant
quartermaster of the department and
falling, then tried to get the position
of patriotic instructor, which is held
by Capt. H. W. Rood of Madison. Mr.
Martin formerly resided at Mineral
Point. He was once prominent in the
Prohibition party, but now affiliates
with the Republican party.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23
ITCHING HUMoR ON BOY
HE Hands Were a Solid Mass and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in 4 Days BY Cuticura.

zone day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. By
this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were
nothing but solid mass of this itch
ing disease. l purchased box of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night / took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then I dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with it, I did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank DON
ahue, 2OS Fremont ST., Kokomo, Ind,
Sept. 16, 1907"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-23


fabric and texture summer
naturally
winter the hadressy
while naturally prefers
cinging hand
lines of the
wolfe
popularity of the style
pale linen finished at the waist with round gde OF
while the finish
of
style let them match the material the