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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-05-20
When Wild
PlufllS Blossom
By JEANETTE b.
WALWORTH.

+ the ceremony of baptism had ever
been performed for the benefit of
Johnsie Ralston, he would have
figured in the parish register as
John G. Calhoun Ralston. but neither
parish register nor baptismal font could
have been found within twenty miles
of the lonely plantation where he first
saw the light.
Given locality and environment and
the corruption of the boys name was
inevitable. In bestowing the name OF
the illustrious states Fighter on his
only son bluff Bruce Ralston had ap
parently trusted to his achieving great
ness from association of ideas evident
ly, for other aids to progress were con
spicuOusly absent.
He was the last direct RalstoE
There were collaterals. nephews anei
cousins, but no straightout dcscendan,
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An goosntrio Doctor.

Dr.. Zaharin was one Of the most IA
nous ~ he was also the most eccen-
tric Of physicians in Russia. Even
whom he was summoned to attend
Car Alexander Ill. In his last illness
DR.. Zaharin required the same prepa-
ration for his visit to the palace as to
any Of his patients homes-that is to
say, all dogs had to be kept out of the
way, all clocks stopped and every door
thrown wide open. Following a process
Of gradual undressing, he left his furs
In the hall. his overcoat in the next
room, his galoches in the third and,
continuing. arrived at the bedside in
ordinary indoor costume This was
only one phase Of DR.. Zaharin's golden
theory that "you should take rest
before you are tired" Accordingly
he sat down after walking every few
yards and every eight steps in going
upstairs. From the patients relatives
and every one else in the house he re-
Quired absolute silence until he spoke
to them. when bis questions had to be
answered by Eyes, or mo- and moth
ing more. To the actual patient, how
ever, he was courtesy and considera-
ton In the highest degree.
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A Literary Janitor.

There's an apartment house janitor
up on Washington heights who prob
ably commands greater genuine re-
80 rho part of the tenants than
any other janitOr either on or Off the
heights, and all because of his IL
sosss Most tenants have. occasion at,
quarters, ana oo--.a~ sontto,., H,.;,,
known what really superior r-.1ns
this janitor Is. for prominently dis
played in his sitting room are nearly
a hundred volumes, including such au-
thors as Shakespeare. Milton, Tenny-
son, Carlyle, Mill. Huxley, Spencer,
Emerson, Holmes, Hawthorne, Cable
and a dozen others known to fame. lt
ia a pity indeed, the tenants agree,
that 50 superior man should be SO
reduced, and they bow down to him
accordingly. The books? Why, they
were left in care Of the janitor by an
elected tenant about four years ago.
New York Globe.
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THE ARMY DEsERTER,
se Is Marked Man, and His Chances
OF Escape Are Few,

0t escape Are feW.
THE most persistently trailed law.
breaker in the United States today Is
the deserter from the army said a
captain of the United States army.
From the time he is found missing
at the post where he is stationed until
the inevitable hour when an officer Of
any of dozen different federal and
civic denominations lands him in GUS
tody he is a criminal marked for pun
1shment, and he Is shrewd indeed II he
escapes.
"Four-f1fths OF the deserters are for
eign born and professional army de-
serters with bad records left behind
them In Europe. These men, as un-
derstand it, deserted from armies in
the old countries, came here In search
OF work. didn't get anything to suit
them and joined our forces only to get
tired and want to quit again. What
they get In the end is a term in the
guardhouse or in the national prison
for bad soldiers.
Beside the chances Of an escaping
soldier to get away from his punish
mcnt that Of an ordinary jailbreaker,
bounded by civil officers, is a baga-
telie. In the first place, a soldier in or
out Of uniform Is a soldier in habits
and carriage, with the telltale step
and mannerisms of the service. The
lockstep Of the state prison will wear
away because 1t is only an incidental
Of prison life, and the convict doing
time can do 1t more or less perfectly,
according to his inclination or the
watchfulness Of the guard, but the
whole life of the soldier is soldering,
and he can never get away from It,
Now, turn man so marked out in
the world with fifty dollar reward on
his head and send to every village
postoffice, police station, constable,
sheriff and United States marshal in
the whole country his accurate de-
scription and picture of him in two
attitudes and you have placed him in
the predicament Of the deserting SOL
dier and narrowed his chances to an
infinitesimal bit Of progress within
fifty miles from the starting point
without arrest"
The captain said that more money
was probably spent by the government
In advertising deserter than the re-
ward Of $50 offered for his capture
Washington Herald
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His Name Was Sufficient.

San Malato, the famous Sicilian duel
ist, seemed to have stepped into our
prosaic modern life straight from the
paces Of Brantome. His fame had
done more than penetrate the four cor
ners Of Europe. 1t had reached his
own home. Some misguided Sicilian
bandits held up coach one night and
summoned its solitary traveller to
come out. From the shadowy depths
OF the vehicle came two short SEN
tences in a cold. staccato voice
"Spread out your cloaks. The mud
must not spoil my boots when ! DC
scend." The cutthroats fled with tht
awe striking whisper Of "San Malato'
upon their quivering lips.-London Tel
egraph.
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SIZING UP THE BABY.
Varying Views Of the Different Mem
bers Of the Family.

Varying Views OF the Different Mem
bers Of the Family.
This is what the Browns had to say
The Mother-Oh, isn't he the cntost
fellow in tie thhenfqRest WqoRqee st.. 81 ismartest little
Such features! Such shoulders! And
hear him talk, will you? Why, he un-
derstands perfectly every word l say.
The Father-There's boy for you.
Smith will brag about that kid Of his.
will he? Well, you just wait until this
youngster Is month old, and I'll take
the conceit out Of Smith!
Little Bobby-So that's what the
stork brought, eh? Gee, the stork must
have it in for this family!
Little Bella-Oh, ma, he's swallowed
all his teeth, and all his hairs blowed
off!
Bachelor Brother-I don't want to
cause you folks any anxiety, but he's
the smallest human being l ever saw
outside Of dime museum. You want
to feed him upon roast beef and por'
terhouse steak right away.
Uncle Jack "a dog fancier)-Is bis
nose cold? Hold him up by the back
Of his neck and Wen see II he's got
any nerve.
Grandma-There you go, spelling thu
child as soon as he has his eyes open
suppose when he's month old w
shall all have to stand on our heads t
| amuse him! Give me that infant thi'
instant before he has collie and dies!
The Family Cat-Well. that settles
my hash! It's either hunt a new hom
or become tailless feline inside OF
month. Why, that kids got grip o.
him like longshcreman's!
The Baby-Goo-goo! Goo-goo! Goo
goo-goo-goo! Or, in other words, II
make 1t coed and hot for this famil
about midnight!-St. Louis Republic.
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Bible BrilIiants.


Even thou vast as one OF them.-
Obadiah i, 81.
And were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God.-Luke xiv,
SO.
But certify you, brethren, that the
gospel which was preached OF me is not
after man.-Gallatiansi, IL.
He shall feed them, and he shall be
their shepherd. And the Lord will be
their God.-Ezekiel xxxiv, 1924.
He answered and said, 0 faithless
generation, how long shall suffer you?
bring him unto me.-Mark ix, 10.
If any man preach any other gospel
unto you than than thatye have received,
let him be ed.-Galatins i, 9.
Great in counsel, and mighty in work
for thine eyes are open upon all the
| ways of men.-Jeremiah xxxii, IL.
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OF oiu Dai1ieI aii ': KaIsSon, % Mho.. favIne
opened plantation in the swamp
lands of Louisiana before 1900 had
been calendered, had fought Indians
and malaria with even handed impair
tiality, vanquishing the first until van
quished by the last.
In the bitter moods which came to
him later in life-that is, after girl
had slain hope in him by word OF
negation-he was given to declaring
that he might have attempted some
thing worth the doing if his whole
family connection had not drilled 1t
into him that he must follow In the
footsteps of his fathers. Now, as his
fathers had never done anything but
flight at the drop of hat or ''bu!ly-
rag" their neighbors into attitudes OF
deferential respect, there was some.
| thing in the more refined fiber of the
| last of the Ralstons which made him
shrink from following in their footsteps.
His mother, gentle monitress, i'm.
proved her opportunities while comb
ing the tangles out of his wiry. curly
hair to pour into his boyish ears sto-
ries of his fathers splendid dash dur
ing the "Mexican lnuddle." She could
never insure attention save when she
had her fingers closely intwined in his
black locks. and as her reminiscent
pride waxed warmer she would bring
her comb charging through the serried
ranks of his tangles In n fashion tt
make him wish he had been born with
out father.
In a burst of ehagrin his aunt Mar
tha communicated her Disappointment
to his aunt Jane soon after he had
completed his short term Of schooling
"I'm afraid we've got a milksop II
the Ralston family at last. Jane. No
that l want the boy to drink or race
horses or do lot of things the old Sc
did, but his father warn't afraid OF hi
toddy. and he was man that was ;
man when it came to Il pinch.
In response his aunt Jane mourn
fully admitted that she was afraid tn
boy had "kinks IN his brain.'' which
being a species of disorder no previou
Ralston had ever been afflicted with
caused Miss Martha to ask tartly:
: "What sort of kinks. Jane:
"Oh, scruples-scruplcs about nc
: fighting, about its being more mani
to dwell together in amity with ever!
body and all that sort Of impractica
nonsense I'm afraid he Is tame. 81!
ter Martha. dreadfully tame. and b
could whip any man In the parish wit
one hand tied behind him. He's flavo
: less utterly"
His sense of having disappointed l.
cal expectation was sharply emph
: sized by the cruel dircctness Of 4 girl
tongue. OF course he loved her: OF
. erwise her scorn would have falle
y harmless.
Such a small creature. a dimplin
% laughing child to the eye. IN impel
:. Gus desnot when the mood was ups
her. girl with the cooin. voice OF
wood pigeon. and yet under the bio
,e she dealt him the great fellow we
,e down as If heavens own bolts n;
str,1ck him. All the sunshine all Z
SC purpose. of his life went out In an ho
. of exquisite pain.
= One short hour out OF tue 'of
sweet May morning he and she Ii
ell consumed searching for the pale VI
d. violets she loved and she wantcd, I
soft spring air was perfumcd by
lacelike blossoms Of the wild pIums
He had come Of a:ro that vsr: wei
nc The Cross Bayou place was his o'
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The Limit.

"What did the doctor say was the
matter with you:'
"He said he didn't know"
"Well, what doctor are you going to
nexty'
"None. When a doctor dares to make
such an admission as that he must be
about as high In his profession as ne
can get."-J.ondon Mail.
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seen her. Two years now since Katie
had dealt him that blow under the.
wild plum trees. The plum trees were
in blossom again. He could catch the
perfume Of them as he spun rapidly
toward the barbecue grounds. The
scent of them had always haunted hSr.
since that day.
Perhaps he could persuade her t.
drive home with him behind his hand
some bays. She dearly loved fnc
horse. He had started late in order
to make more imposing arrival. He
wanted Katie to see him. His first
glance was cast toward the fringe OF
woods where the carriages already
stood In serried ranks. Yes, the old
Vernon coach was there. but empty.
The girls would be gathering wild
flowers until called to take their places
at the long improyised tables.
AS soon as he could find Prince, who
had gone ahead with the hampers. he
would hand over his team and 90 in
search of Katie. But the boy was
singularly hard to find. In and out
Of the laughing, dancing, rolicking
crowd he wound his way in increasing
irritation.
On the outskirts of the grounds he
h1tched his horses and pursued his
search on foot. At last, curled up on
the roots of willow tree which over
hung the waters edge, he found his
foster brother. He sat with his wool
ly head buried in his clasped hands,
''Prince! Drunk?''
4 wet but sober face was lifted in
response to the sharp demand.
rs been hit Marse Johnsie Me yo
ve'y own niger Marse Dave Sturlns
done it. 1t were this way: Miss Katie
Vernon an passel er young ladies'
went by this Away with their hands
full er viii flowers, and when they
been gone a little ways | seen some
thing blue laying on the ground. I
pick it up an see it was little blue
silk handkerchief Miss Katie had wore
| tied about her neck. ! pick it up an
were foldin' it up, meanin' Nv cose
for to follow Miss Katie up with it.
when Marse Dave Sturms he step out
of the bushes an ask me if l see any
thing nv lady's silk handkerchief.
/ say yes an how | meant to carry it
to Miss Katie.
"Then he laugh an say he reckon
| not much, an then I sass him a little
an say I warn't nuther thief nur a
liar-you done teach me better man
ners. Then he say he teach me better
manners then kin ever learn from a
milksop like John Ralston, an with
that he haul off an hit me lick 1t
| warn't the lick l minded. Marse John
| sic. but he didn't talk respectful Of
you.''
lost on JOhnsie. He turned away
without word beyond nrllnr for
Prince to look after the bays. Sturms
was not hard to find. He was stand
| ing beside the improvised bar drinking
julep Johnsie asked him for pri-
vate interview. 4 two mile tramp car
ried them far enough from the barbe.
cue grounds for all practical purposes.
There was but one way to settle 1t.
| Would Mr.. Sturms apologize for the
blow struck Prince? No? Then-
It was not practicable to carry hin
home behind the bays. He was laid
In a skiff. and a white sheet hid his
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The Brioands.

The word 'brigand" is derived from
portion of the armor worn by arch
ers. English and foreign, anciently
called the ''brigandine." This consist
ed Of an apron of leather plated over,
scale fashion, with thin pieces Of steel.
From the Irregularities Of the light
armed men who wore these defenses
the name Of brigand became in course
Of time infamous.
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Following Directions.

Mr.. McRooney (slightly indisposede
'Tis not enough ay these pills yez got
me, Norah. 1t says, besorry. rake
from two t. four iv'ry night an, BAD
cess t. thin, Olive took thin all. an
tits only quarter past 3.-Puck.
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Remarkable.

"What was the most remarkable cpl
sotIe You ever Witnessed?
"weu I once saw a woman close a
street car door"-L0uisyille Courier
Journal
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The 1ouchStone.

The Magnate-YOu will succeed. sir.
You are a genius The Inventor-No.
I'm not. II l were real genius prac-
teal men like you would consider me
darned foOl.-Cleveland Leader
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
LINE CLUE FOUND
IN SUTTON PROBE
Believed That Chauffeur
May Shed Light on Lieu
tenants Death.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, July sit became
known today that William Owens,
wel-known young white man, of this
city. was The chauffeur who carried
Idel1t. James n Sutton. T. s II. c,
and a party Of other officers from An
uapoiis 70 the marine camp on the night
of October u. 1907. when Sutton met
his death.
It g. understood that owens will ap-
near 5efore the second board OF inves-
ugstlon, which will meet mere on j.
70 next. and that has evidence viii be OF
the utmost Importance. According to
information which Mrs. sutton, mother
of tne dead officer. claims to have,
viii be shown beyond doubt that IL
report Of the first board OF investiga-
ticu that sutton committed suicide was
incorrect Why Owens was not called
before the first board is mystery
His testimony would have been or the
utmost value. particularly as ne was
in no way concerned n tise affair, ana
his evidence could not have been bi-
ase5 bv salf-interest. He was about
twenty years old when tho afrair took
place, and r. a bright youth OF good
reDufation in Annapolis.
owen had lived here all his lie ana
the report that he left town after the
affair Is untrue.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
PLAN FOR FUNERAL
OF HULL'S FIREMAN
Ben F. King Will Be Buried at
Arlington With Military
HOnors.

The body of Ben F. King, The fire.
man on the torpedo boat Hall. who
was fatally injured in San Francisco
last week, will arrive in Washington
tomorrow. and will be inferred at
Arlington Monday morning at 10
o'clock with military honOrs.
Fireman King was a native or the
district, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mtllard
f. King, Of 400 Virginia avenue south
east. He was educated in the public
schools OF the District and enlisted
in the navy a little more than three
years ago King was in the engine
room of the Hull June % when an ex-
ploslon occurred. he was terrib bly,
burned and scalded. 1t was at first
thought that he would succumb I'M
mediateIy 20 his injuries. but he made
a desperate fight for life and fingered
until Friday.
The family of the dead man here
was Immediately notified of his death,
and directions were given TO forward
the remains to Washington.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
EAGLES WILL TAKE
IN NEW MEMBERS

seventy-hve candidates VIII be in
stiated by Aerie No. 125. FrateruaI
order Of Eags4s. this evening at the
Eagles Home, Sixth and r streets
northwest. Delegations from Balti-
more and Annapolis will attend. and
1he degree team VIII be under the di-
Tection Of Grand President Robert z.
Montague.
The local Eagles have received a
large number OF applications for
membership, and IL has been found
y necessary TO hold one OF more special
meetings each month TO consider
khem
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
TEMPERANCE FIGHT
WAGES IN BRISTOL
Vets and Drys Lined Up in
Force for Option
Election.

BRISTOL, Tenn. July S.-Interest is
intense in the local option contest in
the Virginia half Of the city. and at
noon about 800 votes had been cast.
These are sad TO be about equally
divided between the vets and the drysi
but the latter say that 1t is caused by
the fact that the wet leaders got in a
heavy vote between 5 and o'clock this
morning. There several hundred Wis
itors in the city, including liquor uen
from all over the South. Scores of
Bristol people, including persons who
were in New York. Washington, and
distant points, were in the city this
morning.
Several hundred women and children
are singing and praying about the polls,
while others are engaged In serving
lunches and hot coffee to the voters, wet
and dry alike, near the polls The tenn
persncs leaders claim they will get in
their big vote this afternoon.
There is a crowd Of probably a thou
sand persons standing around the main
voting place. and both sides have many
leaders on the neid hard at work.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
TAG0ART-FRASER co.
ANNOUNCE NEW SALES
Weii-known Real Estate Firm Pur-
cases Acre of Ground on
Yuma Street.

2. H. Taggart and James S. Fraser, OF
the Taggart-Fr Company, have Just
purchased an acre Of ground on Yuma
street extended. The property is within
one block Of Connecticut avenue and
near the Bureau of Standards.
The Taggart-F Fraser Company has re-
Gently made the following sales:
To Henry S. Nichols, a lot fronting
on P street, in Georgetown.
To Max Hansmau. lot 81, IN square
1913, in Georgetown
For Augusta P. Whitelsey, 10 L s.
Lipscomb, lots 6. 7, and S. fronting 200
feet on Wisconsin avenue, in square
1920: $500 cash.
To Kate c. Heron. 1871 Wallach place
northwest
The company has traded the Carroll
mansion at the Intersection of Carroll
and Ethan Allen avenues, Takoma Park.
TO Daniel =. KEEPS, for six lots at the
southwest corner OF Twenty-ninth and r
streets northwest
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
FOUNTAINS COMING;
ICE NEXT QUESTION
Suggested That Phiantbropic Citizen or Association
Cool the Filtered Water to Be Provided at
Various Points in Ctv's Streets.

urer Of the trustees of the Ice Water
Fountain in that city.
This fountain was established il. IN
dependence square by the Grand DiVl-
sion, Sons of Temperance Of Pennsyi-
vaufg in 1876 The cost Of Its mdinte-
nance last year was $3.50. and il is
Datronized by hundreds Of thousands Of
thirsty pedestrians during the summer
months. The association is preparing
10 install another fountain in tie court
ward OF the city hall.
Charltably inclined individuals or as
soc'ations having in MIND the erection
of similar fountains in the District
win be received with open AIMS al the
District Building.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
FALLS ON FENCE.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, July s.--Climb-
ing a high tree at her home to rescue
pet cat, Mrs Marshall Highley, a
young woman residing in East Brad
ford township, slipped from a limb and
fell about twenty feet on top of q fenCs.
She was probably fatally injured, the
sharp points of the palings penetrating
her body in several places.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
SIX LOTS SOLD
At GOOD PROFIT
Tennessee Capital Invested
in Washington Real Estate
Brings Best Results.

Tennessee capital invested in Wash
ington real estate has been returned
at good profit this week. Six lots,
located at the intersection Of Fifteenth
street. North Carolina avenue, and b
street northeast, formerly owned by
Mrs. Diehl. of Tennessee, were sold
through Charles A Shields at prices
more than sustaining the market value
of property in that section of the city.
The purchaser, whose name has not
been made public, will begin the cree
ton Of five modern houses on the
prOpeFty
The Washington times., 1909-07-08

WATNED-A phnauthropic citizen OF associa-
ton TO establish ice water fountains in Wash
ington.
Although the District is preparing 10
furnish filtered water from fountains TO
be erected at Seventh street and Penn
syIvania avenue, Ninth street and Penn
svIvauia avenue, and in Mount Vernon
square. it is without funds for the pur-
chase Of ice. The proposition that tho
ice be furnished by Individuals or socie-
ties was suggested 10 Commissioner
Ma afarland by Gen. Louis Wagner, pres
ident Of the Third National Bank of
Philadelphia and chairman and treas
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
HUSBAND IS CHARGED
WITH NON-SUPPORT
Mrs. Mary E. Noebe Enters Suit
for Separate Main
tenance.

Charging that her husband forced her
from her home. locked and nailed the
door. behind her, that he IS addicted 70
the excessive use Of intOxicants and
that he has failed to support her, Mrs.
Mary z. Noebe today entered suit for
maintenance against Frederick ".
NOebe.
Through Attorneys Wilson and Banks
dale she says she married Noebe FeDrG-
nv - 1906 and that al the present time
she IS informed that her husband y
employed at the Government Hospital
for the Insane at salary OF 50 a day.
The Washington times., 1909-07-08
JAIL VISITOR JAILED.

FRANKLIN, Pa, July s.-Paying a
friendly call to a prisoner in jail here
today, a man who gave his name as
James Baney, was recognized as Robert
Baney wanted on a six months old
warrant for cruelty to animals. He
was arrested, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to ninety days In the Jail.