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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
NEWBU|LD|NGPLANS WILL SOON BE
 FINISHED
FINAL DETAILS WILL BE DECID- ED UPON THE ARRIVAL OF
 AMSTER FROM EAST
SPECIFICATIONS BY ALTNIEs
LOWER FLOOR FOR RESTAURANT AND UPPER FOR OFFICES
 AND APARTMENTS

Plans have been completed for the new Amster building, which is to be erected at the northwest corner of Broad and Bailey streets, and it is ex- pected that bids for the construction work will be received within the, next few days.
 N. l.. Amster will arrive in this city next Tesday, and it is expected that final details for the erection of the building will be completed during his stay in this city. From the manner in which he has ordered the preliminary steps to be taken toward the erection of the building, its construction is as. sured.
 The plans, which have been drawn up by Albert A. Altwies, call for q two-story brick building, with front age of 8 feet on Broad street, running back 80 feet on Bailey.
 The lower floor has been leased to Tie Sang, who now conducts restau- rant in part of the building which oc- cupies this site. One large room will be made of the main floor. The front win be of plate glass, with . ten-foot return of plate glass on the Bailey street side. Ample windows are pro vided for in the plans, to light the room perfectly during the day.
 The upper floor arrangement is de signed primarily for office rooms. Across the front are three rooms, eleven by sixteen feet in size, each with an ante room eight and one-half by ten feet. To the rear of the building arc six rooms. twelve by fourteen feet in size, two of which have small ante-rooms.
 It is understood that this floor has been leased for rooming house purposes temporarily, but the details have not been made public as yet.
 The building will be erected on con. crete foundation with the first floor walls seventeen inches in thickness, de- creasing to thirteen inches on the see ond foor These walls are ample in thickness and the ,ogndations sufficient ly strong to arroMmoaate two more stories, if the occasion later demands that they be erected.
 The walls will be faced with Ei Paso pressed brick. The building will be substantial in construction throughout and will present q handsome appear ance.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
Al Twenty year Sentence.

''I have just completed twenty year health sentence, imposed by Buck len s Arnica Salve, which cured me of bleeding piles just twenty years ago, z writes o. s. Woolever, of LcRaysvillc, N. Y. Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the worst sores, boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 25c at Palace Pharmacy drug store.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
A KNoCKER

Is man who can s see good in any person or thing. It's a habit caused by disordered liver. If you find that you arc beginning to see things through blue spectacles, treat your liver to a good cleaning out process with Bal. lard s Heroine. A sure cure for con stipation, dyspepsia, indigestion, sick headache, billiousness, all liver, stom- ach and bowel troubles. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
Eminent Authorities Say

That outdoor exercise is needed by the American People. That's all very well, but, how can people with rheu- matism follow that advice. The an swer is very simple-use Ballard $ Snow Liniment and the rheumatism will go; leaving you as spry as colt. Gives quick and permanent relief from rheu' matism, neuralgia, lame back and all pains. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
MONEY TO LOAN.
TRADER sUsPENDs.

NEW YORK, April l5.-The inabili- ty of Lewis c. Spence, trader on the Consolidated Stock Exchange, to meet his obligations, was announced today. He has twenty four hours to make good balances before being suspended. He was not heavy trader.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

Dr. schell, the optician of Tucson, is now at Dominion hotel and will remain until April 16th--four days only. Eyes examined free.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

One hundred Felt Hats, $1 each, at Sultan Bros.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

It is as hard to keep on good terms with hysterical, egotistical woman as 1t is for her to keep on good terms with her temper.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
Narrow Eacaps.

There is the man who invented a new breakfast food" ~ 'What did they do to him?' "Nothing."
 Do the police know about itTr
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

Annual Reminder. Does your heart Give throb As it works On the job Of viewing The wonderful signs In windows Displayed At hand For tho trade Of new And improved valentines. Where love And affection Are making Connection In ancient And time honored lines? Each year On the date That souls Seek q mate And joy Has inc mall U'trueneu oOWn We think Of the lass. The pride Of our class, Who once Was the belle of the town. Though lost To us now. We think Of tl,e VOW We made When he hoped shed say "yec" And stifie A sigh Of sorrow For why? We don't Even know her address.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
Humor auo Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DUNCAN N. SMITH

Anyway, it is sometimes some relief just to think of all the mean things we dare not call man.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

Cheap Pleasure. Do you believe in the ground hogf" ''Yes, guess so." "Why do you~ ''Well, 1t doesn't cost anything to bc. lieve in him" t
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

Watching some one else take his punishment should teach us to be careful and not get caught
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

You never hear the possessors of riches maligning them. It is the fel- low that hasn't got them that knows so much about their undesirable qual- ities
 The less you hear about some reo- pie the better you like them.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
oood Preef,

Coed preof. He may be great editor, but hc t no judge of poetry" How do you lsnoww T sent him some"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

According to her husbands way of looking at 1t, the smaller the bill the more scrumptious the hat.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16

One good way to weaken the rascais is to keep honest yourself.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-16
cjsver Boy.

Clever Boy, *what have you been doing ail morn 4ng7" asked tho irate employer, ''MlssinR nay train," responded the truthful youth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Baltimore Sun: Footprints of the devil
have been discovered in the vicinity Of
Burlington, N. J. That's his State.
Dallas News: After man has been a
pessimist for while and knocker for a
year or two, he becomes bore forever.
Detroit Free Press: If the Presidents
salary is increased to 100000 Bryan will
no doubt promise to run twice as hard next
time.
Houston Post: Taft thinks that good
strong Democratic party is necessary to
the welfare of the country. A strog Re-
publican party appears to be necessary to
the welfare of the trusts
Dallas News: Much legislation on any
policy tending to teach the people to rely
too much upon legislation is essentially
undemocratic and dangerous. Let US have
fewer laws and better laws.
Houston Chronicle: We Americans, led
perhaps too rapidly by Bryan and Roose-
welt, have lately developed habit Of ask
ing, the Legislature and the Congress to
legislate US into prosperity. It is just
possible that is task beyond the strength
of Legislatures and Congresses. It is
conceivable that we shall discover it still
to be necessary, as it was in the days be-
fore Legislatures and Congresses, to thrive
by our own labor and common sense.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

ECHOES FROM THE PAsT.-George D.
Prentice, the gifted editor of the ante bel
lum Louisville Journal-now the Courier
Journal-in his day said many bright,
brilliant and bitter things about men he
opposed, but nothing, perhaps, more
scathing than the following reference to
the infamous William G. Brownlow, editor
of the old Knoxville Wing and Governor
of Tennessee in 1878:
"The Radicals of Tennessee talk of
building mansion for Brownlow. His
father, the Devil, has one ready for him
we'll protected from the cold.''
"Parson" Brownlow was always bitter
and vindictive. From rampant advocate
of slavery speaking in behalf of slavery
in notable debate at Philadelphia-he
degenerated into a Unionist during the Civil
War and a political scalawag after the end
of hostilities. The following paragraph
from Brownlow's Wing" of 1869 is a
sample of his venom:
eff the entire Democratic party was
marching over hell on rotten rail and we
could save it by throwing it sound rail,
we would consider it our moral and relg-
Gus duty not to do 500
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
"Thou Diest on Point Of Fox"

Fox blades were celebrated all
through the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries for their excellent temper
and mention of them Is frequent In
English drama. This Is their history:
There was certain Julian del Rel,
believed to be Morisco, who set up
forge at Toledo in the early part Of
the sixteenth century and became IA
nous for the excellence Of his sword
blades, which were regarded as the
best Of Toledo. That city had for many
ages previous been renowned for
swordmaking, it being supposed that
the Moors introduced the art, as they
did SO many good things, from the
east.
Julian del Refs mark was a little
dog, which came to be taken for q fox,
and so the "fox blade" or simply "fox"
for any good sword. See Henry w."
act 4, scene 4, ''Thou diest on point of
fox" The brand came to be initiated
in other places, and there are Solingen
blades of comparatively modern manu-
facture which still bear the little dog
Of Julian del Rei.-London Notes and
Queries
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
Gems of Thought.

Dutch: Many hands make light work.
German: Where the honey is there are
the bees.
Cato: What is not necessary is dear at
any price.
Gallo: He that will not look before him
must look behind him.
French: When fortune fails us the
supposed friends of our prosperous days
vanish.
Houston Chronicle: Religion should be
the rule of everyday life, not the Sabbath
cal exception.
Goethe: 1t is better to be doing the
most insignificant thing in the world than
to reckon half an hour insignificant
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
A Royal Snake Siauahterer,

The secretary BIRD is one Of the
most precious birds in South Africa.
1t is royal game, and any person de-
stroying one is liable to fine of ESQ.
Majestic looking birds, they stand
about three feet high and generally go
in pairs. They are of drab color, with
black, feathery legs, and are valued
for their propensity for killing snakes.
Where the secretary bird is seen there
are sure to. be many reptiles about.
The bird beats down Its adversary
first with one wing and then with tho
other, at the same time trampling ON
it with It's feet until the snake Is suffi-
GENTLY stunned to catch it by the
head with its claws. Then the bird
rises far up in the air and drops its
victim to the ground, to be killed. BY
this means thousands Of venomous
reptiles are destroyed.-London Scraps.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
THE STATE PRESS.

Shreveport Times: 1t cost an Arkansas
man ST to throw an egg at Senator Jeff
Davis. He ought to have been fined at
least $40 for wasting the egg.
Crowley Signal: The stand of Governor
Sanders in the Jefferson Parish gambling
scandal evokes the admiration of many
who have opposed him. The Governor has
tackled job that has baffled more than
one of his predecessors. but he is the man
for the job. He has declared that VIOLA
tons of the laws against gambling must
cease in Jefferson, and he will make good.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
Items Of Interest.

The total wealth of France is S45, OOO,-
600, 900.
Railroading is the biggest business of
this country.
Madrid has the highest altitude of any
city in Europe.
The population of the earth is estimated
at 1850, 10000.
Nearly all of the worlds supply of as
bestos comes from Canada.
One-fi fifth of our: sugar consumption is
produced home, one-fifth is brought
from our own islands and the remaining
three fifths from foreign countries.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

care to enter. Must judgment be sus-
pended upon this important question?
If material, intellectual and moral prog
ress does not make for happiness, it would
seem to be of little worth. Macaulay says
that history rarely decends to the details
from which the real state of community
can be known, "hence posterity is too
often deceived by the vague hyperboles OF
poets and rhetoricians, who mistake the
splendor of court for the happiness OF a
people, Happiness is psychological
state. It is difficult to name the period
when men were the happiestin any country.
Gibbon remarks that the Romans enjoyed
the greatest contentment under the An
TONNES. In which decade of the life of our
Republic were the people the most con-
tented?
The tendency Of material prosperity is
to satisfy wants and diminish that great
brood of cares which is born of poverty
The luxury of period becomes the COM
mon possession in the succeeding period.
We are the heirs of the ages in everything
helpful to man. We are living here and
now in an environmentinfomparably more
favorable to happiness than anything that
existed in former days. There has been a
vast improvement in the position of woman.
Civilization is lengthening life. Pain has
been mitigated by medical science. War
has been stripped of many of its horrors.
Ingenious means of locomotion have re-
moved from us the deadening isolation to
which communities were doomed in former
days. Our ideas have been enlarged by
travel. There has been marvellous de-
velopment of all means of communication.
What of the modern benevolent founda-
tons? At no former period has it been
more beautifully illustrated that man is his
brothers. keeper. The hospitals, organized
charities of all kinds, help the poor, the
halt, the blind, as they were never before
assisted to bear their misfortunes. If sin
still abounds, grace much moro abounds.
When in the whole sweep of the historical
record did men possess such an abundance
of things that make for the alienation OF
suffering, the bearing of ills and for pure
enjoyment as we now possess?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.

Gov. Sanders and his staff will attend
Taft's inauguration.
Mrs. Alice Thompson, saved from suicide
in New Orleans, confessed to child murder
in Texas.
Edward Cathron was killed by his son,
John, near Dunn, while on drunken
rampage.
Miss Amelia Steen of st. Joseph was
robbed of $1,000 Of jewels while en- route
to Washington, D. C.
Two negroes at Spring Ridge, Caddo
Parish, are alleged to have forced another
negro to drink poison, which KILLED him.
Ex-Governor Newton C. Blanchard of
Shreveport and Miss Charlotte G.. Tracy
were married at Neepawa, Canada, last
Tuesday.
High license has reduced the number of
Baton Rouge saloons from forty nine to
twenty EIGHT and increased the revenue
therefrom $500 over last year.
B. B. Hall, a railroad conductor, was
killed by a negro who mistook him for
Conductor Griffin, at Wallis Station Sat-
urday night. The murderer and three of
his aocomplices, after being arrested, were
hurled to the State Penitentiary to prevent
their being lynched.
Mansfield Journal: The town of Mans
field was named for Lord Mansfield, of
England, and the parish for Ferdinand
Desoto, the great explorer. The name for
the town was proposed by Thomas Abing
ton, member of the first Police Jury, who
was an enthusiastic admirer of Lord Mans
field and loyal son of Erin. Mr.. Abing-
ton represented the northern part Of the
parish and was large planter, his place
being near where Grand Cane is situated
Mansfield was settled in 1843.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
Natural History.

"Whah is you been workin'?'' asked
Miss Miami Brown.
up to one O. deshere cartridges whar
dey keep de automobiles"
Il s'pose you likes 'em better dan
mules"
"Well, de dif'unce is dat Z mule
kicks wifi his him feet an de automo-
bile is mo- lrble to butt same rs q
goat" -Washington Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

The cotton factories of this country ought
to be, not in New England, but on streams
which flow through the cotton fields. Then
would the cost of transportation on the raw
material be saved to the planter, and his
fabrics be made so much cheaper that he
might surely compete in the markets of
the world with England and New England,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
BUSY Woman.

Every monthly magazine carries as
many as two continued stories in It.
When a man takes six it means that
his wife is carrying twelve continued
stories in her head in addition to
doing the cooking and trying to find
out how much the new hat cost worn
by the woman next door. on City
Derrick.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

The Baltimore Sun Almanac for 1909,
containing 256 pages, gives a very COM
plete record of the events OF the past year
and variety of statistical data desirable
for reference. 1t is a credit to the paper
issuing it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

Eighteen casks of whisky and one of
beer, valued at $3.50, seized in freight
depot at Meridian, Miss, were destroyed
by the authorities Monday afternoon sin
the presence of multitude of regretful
spectators. There is no denying that
that kind of prohibition effectually pro-
hihitS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
OUR AUTOCRATIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

There can be no doubt that the entire
State has been scandalized by the dis
graceful proceedings that have been wit
messed and the State Board ought to have
some power to put an end to them and to
enforce regard for the rights and inter-
ests of the people. Nothing can be more
disastrous to the cause of popular educa-
ton than the injection of factionalism and
the spoils system in public school admin
istration, and there ought to be way
provided to put an end to such things
Ner Orleans States.
We agree with our able contemporary of
the States that "a regard for the rights
and interests of the people" should be en-
forced by the State Board Of Education,
and that 'the spoils system in public
school administration should be abolish
ed. The school system of Louisiana,
which has for more than four years past
been up to its eye-b in politics, is a
discredit to the State and menace to public
education. A radical change is needed.
The former political boss system should be
abolished and the schools kept out Of pol
itics. No man should be allowed to use
the schools as stepping-stone to promote
his selfish ambition. The surest way to
permanently get rid Of the ''spoils system y
would be to repeal all one-man power leg
islation and give the people authority to
absolutely CONTROL their schools. This
doctrine may be treason to the autocratic
teachings of the past unfortunate four
years, but the people should not be divest-
ed of the right to rule in matter in which
they are SO vitality interested.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28

which transports their cotton such i'm
mense distances. This is the scheme that
will make the cotton planter once more
master of the situation. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-01-28
TOMEGYS & RATZBURG,
Dentists,

Offices, second floor of Cooper B, Id
ing, Shreveport, La.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-01
Yale Confers Degrees.

New Haven, Conn.,, July Fix.
actly one dozen honorary degrees were
awarded by Yale University yesterday a
the annual commencement exercises
The following prizes were also given;
The Bennett prize, for the best essay
discussing the Free Principles oil
Government" has been awarded tC
George E. Copenhsver, B. A., Bristol,
Tenn, The Charles Wsshburn CLARK
prize for the best essay by member oil
the senior or junior class has been
awarded to John Gordon Poore, OF
Willow Grove, Del. There ara no
awards this year of the John Addison
Porter prize or the James Gordon Ben
nett prize.
With the comforting Of the honorary
degree to twelve distinguished men,
the awarding Of the diplomas to 8l4
graduates, and the annual alumni din.
ner, the commencement exercises csme
to a close yesterday. President Taft
Senator Ohsuncey NJ. Depew, Secretary
of War. Dickinson aud numerous
other men prominent in public life
attended the exercises and the dinner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-01
POLICEMAN MURDERED.

The jury empaneled to investigate TIL
murder of Police Officer w. E. Orrison
at Brunswick, Nd, Tuesday night, re-
turned a verdict yesterday evening
charging James franklin Woods with
ielOniously numbering Orrison. The ev'
idence abduced before the jury was thai
Orrison had arrested Frank Oshill, IL
years old, for acting in disOrderly man.
ner at a merry.go.round tent located al
the east end of Brunswick. He started
away With him and a crowd followed,
among them being Woods. The boy
asked the officer to send for his mother,
and Woods insisted that he do so, and
Orrison was compelled to protect him
self by using his club on Woods. Woods
then attacked him and knocked him
down and left Orison lying on the
ground. The latter subsequently died
The postmortem examination showed
that his skull wss crushed. The muir
dered man was SO years old aud leaves a
wife and three children. The prisoner
was turned over to Sheriff Myers and
taken to the Fred erick jsil to await the
action of the grand jury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-01
alexandria 6azetfe.
THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 1, 1909.
THREE THOUSAND STRIKE.


Three thousand men in the employ Of
the American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pauy at the La Belle plant in Wheeling,
W. Va, and two plants at Martin g
Ferry, Ohio, went on strike last night
because Of the order that after July all
plants OF the American Sheet and Tin
Plate COMPANY would be operated IS
''open shops" All day ne1 were
leaving the works, and last night big
demonstration Of the strikers took place
at Martins Ferry and several thousand
men psraded about the street, headed by
band. Speakers addressed the men
near one of the mills of the company and
cautioned them against violence. There
was no disorder while the march was in
progress. Officers Of the company cay
that if the mills are closed no efforts will
be made to run them, but that the com.
pany would depend on its non-uti ion
plants to fill orders. 1t Is probable that
in the plants hitherto union 10000 men
will 90 out. The strike OF the Amslga-
mated Association against the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company began in
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio. yesterday. Only 10 Of
the 46 mills started operations yesterday.
A complete suspension by tomorrow is
probable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-01
FARMER TORTURED.

Il. P. Creemans, a wealthy farmer
living on Beech Fork, in the vicinity Of
Huntington, w. Va, was brought to
hospital yesterday ia serious condi-
ton, the result of savage torture. While
going home late Tuesday night he was
wsylsid by four or Eve men, and after
severely lsshing him with hickory
switches they bound him hand and feet
and with tweezers proceeded to pull ouI
every hair Of luxuriant beard. He was
left more dead than alive, but wa:
found some hours later and was hurried
to a hospital. Oreemans is coed
citizen, aud had been making an efiort
to break up a gang Of lswbreakers in
his community. His punishment o.
Tuesday night is traced to some Of tht
men he has been attacking.