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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
GOOD ROADS
MEAN PROGRESS,
They Tend to Increase the Value
of Property.
WILL LOWER COST OF LIVING
Farm Lands Will Be Settled More
RanidIv Mor> Gool N.o.. SA:I, O.
WILL LOWER COST OF LIVING
Farm Lands Will Be Settled More
Rapidly. More Good Crops Will Be
Raised, and the Consumer Will Re.
ceive Supplies at Smaller Prices.


\ team of horses struggling along
mud road in the endeavor to draw
half a load affords striking object
lesson of road improvement when COM
pared to a team drawing heavily
loaded wagon at comfortable trot
along stone surfaced road. This iso.
lated example must be multiplied by
S.uuO,O0O in order to obtain the cumu-
lative effect of bad roads upon traffic
in the United States. Not less than
$25O,00O.OOO is the useless tribute an
nually levied upon the people of the
United States by its bad roads.
In 1896 a widespread inquiry made
by the office of public roads indicated
that the average cost of hauling on
roads in the United States was 25
cents per ton per mile. In 1906 the
bureau of statistics ascertained from
its $500 county correspondents that
the average cost per ton per mile was
about % cents and the average length
of haul 9.4 miles.
The high cost of hauling is not the
only burden which the American
people are carrying by reason of their
bad roads. In traverSing region Of
country isolated from markets by rea-
son of bad roads one is struck by the
wastes of untitled land and by the
lack of variety in the products. This
is a condition more frequently due to
lack of adequate transportation facili-
ties than to lack of industry and intel.
ligeuce of the inhabitants.
The point may be illustrated by as
suming a series Of concentric circles
to be drawn about a market town or
railroad station. constituting zones of
production in all of which the roads
are uniformly bad. Within the first
zone all products can be delivered to
market at profit. Within the second
zone certain products must be elimf-
mated because of the length of haul
Milk. small fruits and certain kinds
of vegetables requiring quick delivery
and careful transportation might be
cited as examples.
In the third zone still other products
must be eliminated because of the
prohibitive cost of hauling. The
fourth zone will include only those
products which can be held until the
roads are passable and then hauled
long distances and sold at profit
Beyond this zone the land must lN'
left unprcductive or utilized for graz
ing and timber.
Every improvement In the roads
leading from this market widens these
zones. makes unproductive land pro
ductive and enables the farmer 10 ex-
ercise wider discretion in determin.
ing the character of his crops. The
prosperity of the individual farmer be
comes far greater. the traffic of the
railroad increases. the consumer re-
ceives better supplies at lower prices
and thus the beneficial effects continue
in an ever widening circle.
While it is impossible to assign an
| arbitrary percentage or amount to rep
resent the increase in land values by
reason of road Improvement. it is gen
orally believed that the average in
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
ARAB FASHIONS.
Clothes the Natives Wear and the
Ta.lors Who Mako Ther.

Ta:lors Who Make Them.
Conservative in all matters. the Arab
Is especially averse to change In the
matter Of clothes Not only do the
fashions OF the Arabs never change.
writes Graham Petrie in ''Tunis. Kai-
rouan and Carthage" but they are
very restricted. Although every Arab
wears gandoura more or less richly
embroidered. 1t is always worked in
one of three accepted patterns. from
which no deviation nor any combina-
iion is permitted.
The only matter in which personal
taste is allowed to show itself is in the
choice Of color. In this respect entire
freedom is permitted and taken full
advantage of. although it Is curious to
uote that the more delicate shades of
pink. yellow and mauve are generally
worn by elderly men. while rich red
and brown are in favor with their jun
lors
The souk-el-trouk is the SIOUX of the
tailors in Tunis and here in numerous
little shops the SartOrial needs OF the
Arab population are fashioned ard
temptingly displayed. call them shops
for want of better word. but they
are as unlike the European shop ms
anything one can imagine. They are
really recesses separated from each
other by coupled columns painted with
stripes Of red and green. which sup
port a continuous cornice. richly cary
ed and colnred There are no windows
or doors. and the shop is raised some
four feet above the ground TO this
elevation the tailor nimbly vaults. fol
there are no steps to assist him. Sit
ting crosslegged in orthodox fashion
| he there cuts out. pieces together an(
embelishes the gay silk waistcoats
gandouras and other garments beloved
| Of the Arab.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
Sand clay Roads In Kansas.

Sand-clay roads are made Of those
two materials. and in some parts of the
south are held to be. for particular re-
gions ut least, more practicable than
macadam This construction is now
being introduced in the sand Hill coun-
try of Kansas, where the sandy road;
have hindered agricultural develop
ment by imposing great difficulty on
the transportation Of farm products.
Garden City. which is in the sandy
country. solved the transportation
problem by building sand-clay road
through the hills south of that city.
Before this road was built farmers had
to haul their grain more than twenty
five miles by roundabout way in Or
der to reach a market that is only ten
or twelve miles distant. The property
owners of Hutchinson and Mcpherson
counties are now considering the open
ing Of big territory that has been
handicapped by heavy sand hill roads.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
Tho kaffirs 1houaht Il a Joke.

/ once took some Kaf1irs from their
desolate homes In the more de:olate
gorges beyond the mountain ranges to
the more civilized south. Like most
savages. they looked with stupid In
difference Mt the marvels about them.
and once only were they excited by an
incident which opened their eyes to
what they considered most extraor-
binary and unnatural state Of things
They were descending road when
one of them CHANGED to remark that
he was hungry. and the English
''sahib" bought him some food at a
wayside shop. The Kaffir saw the
money change hands.
How is this?" he inquired in sur
prise do you have to pay for food
in this countryT'
"Certainly."
What country!" cried the man In
amazement. Then. after pondering
awhile. he continued doubtfnlly: Sup
pose man had no money in this
country. He might starve."
1T Is quite possible"
The Kaffir shook with uncontrol-
liable laughter. 1t was the best joke
he had ever heard He then explain
ed the ridiculous system to his COM
panions. and they roared in chorus.
Where Three Empires Meet"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
MAINE SPOOKS.
A Ghost House, Phantom Light and
Mystic Woodchuck.

Mystic Woodchuck.
Bowdoinham boasts veritabie
ghost house where it is said the chairs
refuse to stay quietly III their places.
but in the middle of the night walk
out and draw together in groups just
as if guided by visible hands. Then
there Is a spirit cane that goes walk
ing all by itself just at midnight tap
ping its way along from room 10 room
and finally taking up its abode in tile
chamber where Il member of the f,mi-
ly sleeps. That this statement is true
Is affirmed by those who have seen
the phenomena and who are not ut all
afraid Of ghosts.
At another house in the village is q
phantom light that shines each night
no matter whether 1t be moonlight or
darkness just above the closet door in
the upper chamber. For years this
light has disturbed the people who at
different times have occupied the room.
and some have been much afraid Of
the fickering CLEAN. From time to
time different explanations have been
offered. but none has proved satisfac-
tory. The light continues to shine. and
no one can account for the mystery.
Down at Lazy U camp is spook
woodchuck which every evening. just
at the sunset hour. comes out Of an
old family tomb. halfway between the
camp and the home farm. There on
the tomb he sits quietly. watching the
sunset lights on the waters of Merry
meeting. Just as the sun sinks below
the horizon he disappears. The tomb
swallows him up. and he is seen no
more until the sunset hour comes
round again.-Kennebec journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
How often do you
eat this food?

A short time ago there appeared in
the columns of one of the prominent
magazines an article on building brain
and muscle by the proper selection of
the foods you eat.
A good many people were surprised
to find oatmeal placed at the top Of the
list of foods recommended; but If the
article had appeared in an English or
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected to see first place given to
good oatmeal.
As a matter of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to US for tremendous
quantities of Quaker Scotch Oats be-
cause it represents to them perfect
food, being the richest in favor and
best in cleanliness and purity, Of all
oatmeals.
packedin regular size packages,
and in hermetically sealed tins for hot
climates. IS
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
Nature a. q Healer.

A great. broad. colsOling and funda-
mental fact remains tint In n large
majority of diseases which attack hu-
manity under % per cent of the un-
favorable influences which affect us
nature will effect cure II not too
much ihterfered with. As the old
prOverb has 1t. "a man ut forty Is eli
ther fool or physician" and Ma
ture Ii good deal over forty and has
never been accused Of lacking intrlli
sence.- Woods Hutchinson. NJ H.. in
DelineatOr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
Aats and Old Ace,

In opening the services one Sunday
recently the pastor Of one of the fash
ionable churches said: For three Sun
days | have asked the women In this
church to remove their bats during
service. My appeal has been unheed-
ed. and now see wherein was
wrong. was inconsiderate OF the
comforts of the aged and infrm. SO
have made a new rule Hereafter all
women of forty years Of age or over
will be permitted to wear their hats
during the service"
Within twenty seconds every woman
in the church was bareheaded.-La-
dies Home Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
Literary Censorship In Russia.

Literary censorship III NuSStS.
In an article on the literary censor
ship in Russia q writer in the Frank
furter Zeitung says that some Of the
queer examples of this work on the
part Of the cars government are
worthy of note. In a poem the line
Under strange skies we may he hap
py" was Cancelled. with the remark
that mo sky can be more conducive
to happiness than that which spreads
over Russia" A biography Of Suma-
rokow mentions the novel "kOrew" as
bis first creation" The sentence was
blotted out because God alone Gre
ates Man may write. work. compose.
ETC.. but he does not create When
the names of the gods of Greek my
thology are written capital letters
must not be used except in the case
of Mars Our gracious czar has had
so many wars that lie owes Mars this
compliment" poem was suppressed
because 1t contained the line. ''rO SOL
itude devoted. despise the world
The censor said: "Despising SO gener.
ally Includes also the car. Thank
me. writer. for saving you from Sibe-
pie
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
His Last Place.

But" said the merchant to the ap-
plicant, ''you don't furnish any refer
ence from your last place"
"You needn't worry about that" re-
piled the raan with the close cropped
head and strange pallor: Il wouldn't
be here now if it hadn't been for my
good behavior IN my last place.
catholic Sta andard and Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
His Qualification.


I'D like 70 get Il Job on 81 ncwsln-
per-"
Had any experience us 81 Journal
isty''
None"
"'rhen what could you do on news
paperY'
''Seems to me thnt I could siil, "ut
excellent advice of some kind Louis
Vile COurier-Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
More Real Work Needed.

A good roads convention is always
q helpful institution, but there are a
great many people who would do well
to spend faore time in making roads
instead Of attending conventions.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
a Great Care.

Celia-Her hair turned perfectly
white In one night from trouble. Della
Really. What was the nature Of the
trouble? Celia-Chemical.-Judge's L.
bgary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
EaAal 0efaek-

II have q chance to marry an old
man who has lots of money"
"Why don't you?"
He hasn't any bad habits and comes
6f long lived family Chicago Rec.
ord Herald
The national forum., 1910-09-10
MACHINE TO SEPARATE COINS
Simple Device Invented by Pennayl-
vania Man Great Convenience
In Bank. ta.

Harrisburg, Pa-At the age of So
years, Daniel Drawbaugh, the prolific
Cumberland county inventor, to whom
many people give the credit for being
the originator Of the modern tele-
phone, is organizing a company and
planning to erect big factory for the
manufacture Of coin separator which
his brain has recently evolved.
The separator consists of a series of
brass plates, one above another, per-
forated with holes sufficiently large to
allow coin of certain size to slip
through, and no larger. Mr.. Draw.
uaugG's model works to perfection. He
dumps in a shovelful or so of dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and
cents, gives the crank turn and the
dollars drop into tube; another turn
and out come the halves, etc Pressure
of button in the tube separates the
coins into piles of five, ten, twenty,
etc, for easy rolling into packages.
Mr., Drawbaugh says two sizes of the
separator will be marketed, one re.
failing at $65 and the other at SIS.
The price, he claims, will bring the
machine within the reach of every
financial institution or counting room
which needs one, while previous sep
arators have been so complicated or
so expensive as to be either prac-
tically useless or beyond the reach Of
tie average Individual or firm.
The national forum., 1910-09-10
London Milliners Now opposc Use of
Plumage in Hats--Prohaby
VIII Become Law.

London.--The next session of parlia
ment Is likely to be enlivened by ar
interesting debate on the plumage BIZ
In reduced before the close of the last
session by a private member for the
purpose of prohibiting the sale or ex.
change o, plumage birds, which are
sacrifice in enormous numbers on the
altar of fashion
The rumor that Queen Mary herself
inspired the bill is sufficient to prom.
Use an active ar successful campaign
since the great millinery establish
ments which had formerly opposed
such measures are net likely to offer
any opposition Indeed, the interviews
obtained by the London press from rep.
resentatives Of the millinery trade
have brought forth some curious state
ments which are diametrically opposed
to those uttered in the same quarters
year ago. Then the trade cited the
Partisan milliners and the demands of
their own customers The former,
they said, set the fashion, while the
latter were slaves to 1t. Now they sing
different tune. Said one fashionable
milliner of the West end:
we think it wicked and shameful
that so many beautiful birds should
be killed and the countries they inhab
1t deprived of them. Very little objec.
The national forum., 1910-09-10
Help Queen Mary's Bill. "

tion is urged by our customers against
using the plumage Of birds killed for
food, but these customers are discour.
aging the slaughter of humming birds
and birds of paradise by steadily re-.
fusing to purchase hats In whose dec
orative schemes they appear"
You would be surprised" remarked
another mi)liner, to know how the
sentiment against the indiscriminate
slaughter Of beautiful birds has de-
veloped among our fashionable pa
irons, There are many, of course, who
will have feathers at any cost, and il
the bill prohibits the importation Of
birds Of gay plumage these ladies, in.
stead OF patronizing London millinery
establishments, will go over to Paris
for their headgear"
These two extracts from interviews
in quarters least expected show that
Queen Marys BILL as it is coming to
be called, will probably become a law
without much opposition.
The national forum., 1910-09-10

Pro 8EA of Maternal Management
- ,S'aSl1lRlRsSSaAIs Worth Some Serious
Consideration.

So many older women seem ia
think that because a girl OF from four
teen to twenty or so is likely to be
callow and sometimes forward and
rather ridiculous in her pretentions of
age and dignity she must be contm.
ually snubbed and put down" They
Keep calling her "chid' and laugh.
ing al her opinions and criticisms
and leaving her out of discussion and
conversation, until some day they
awake with start to realize that the
child is a woman, and a pert and EN-.
bittered woman at that.
or course, American girls are no.
torious for their unpleasant presvmp.
ton, and there are many, many things
which a girl in her teens is not com.
petent TO decide for herself, let alone
for others; but there is no reason
why a girl who really is growing up
should be made to feel that she is all
ways in the way and must be nat
rOnized when she is noticed al all
Give her at least a chance to feel
that she Is one of the family and that
she is a step above the children in
the nursery, whom she is likely so to
despise
Here, as elsewhere, you will 60
most safely in the middle" and this
rather delicate problem of maternal
management will settle itself If con.
sideration and common sense are
learned on one side and taught on the
Other Exchange,
The national forum., 1910-09-10

latter make desperate attempts 10
earn livelihood in Paris city that
offers employment only to the most
Partisan Of foreigners On the boule-
wards YOU frequently are accosted by
an Obvious American, who either sells
questionable picture cards, offers to
show you what you shouldn't see. or
asks YOU for money that you probably
haven't got.
In fact, the begging American is
now an institution in Paris. He halls
from the same town that you do; he
knows of your father; perhaps he
once worked on the staff of the lead.
ing daily. There is only one dodge to
get rid Of this broke" compatriot--
give him the address of some one you
know or don't know, who, you tell
him. will be interested in his case"
The name you give should be, Of
course, that of an artist who is starv.
ing and who has a sense Of humor
and there are plenty OF them.
Though the willing prisoners are on
the increase, it is q fact that this yeaf
comparatively few Americans have
been stranded in Paris through fail
ing to engage their return passage
The actual number is record
Nowadays not only do many Amer
leans pay their European hotel bills
railroad fares and steamship tickets
before leaving New York, but their ex
penses are figured so closely that they
arrive back in New York with just
about uptown carfare in their pockets
To those who figure too closely the
rawnshops of Paris are boon. A
watch often pays for an emphatic
cable.
The national forum., 1910-09-10
Short Skirts or LONG?

There can be no doubt that the real.
ly short skirt has thoroughly estab.
Iished itself this spring. OF course,
for walking and all outdoor games 1t
is a delightful aud most sensible
fashion, but there is some question as
to It's beauty and suitability where the
dressy afternoon frock or evening
toilet is concerned. For the quite
young woman who is still in her teens,
or has recently quilted them, the short
frock looks gIrlish and pretty, and is,
moreover, very practical and comfort.
able. But with the older woman It is
quite different matter. She looks
simply ridiculous in these fashionable
curtailed skirts, and, far from giving
her a gIrlish appearance, they add
years to her apparent age.
The national forum., 1910-09-10
STRANDED I'm PARIS

$4,000 Americans have attended the
passion play at Oberammcrgau. Furth-
ermore, one must take into considera.
tion the thousands of Americans who
couldn't see the passion play If they
wanted to.
Every returning steamship now is
crowded to the gunwales, and, conse-
quently the number of stranded
Americans is larger than ever OF
those who become prisoners, the un-
willing are the tourists who have
failed TO engage return passage on
the steamships. Owing TO the gen
eral exodus of tourists in the autumn
the steamship companies are unable
to accommodate these people who
have trusted to luck to get tickets at
the last moment, Then the money
that was set aside for their passage
goes to pay for their prison fare"
and for Begging" cables to friends at
home.
Occasionally one of these unwilling
prisoners degenerates into a willing
prisoner Hopelessly stranded, the
The national forum., 1910-09-10
FARMER HAS NEW VEGETABLE
Tennesscean Says He Has at Last
RAISED peppermato-Pecrllar
Combination.

Humboldt, Tenn.-Henry P, Cole,
prosperous farmer of this vicinity,
promises to rival the great Burbank
In marvellous feats of plant raising
His latest innovation is a combina-
ton tomato and pepper plant, which
will enable the lover Of the delicious
fruit to abandon the antiquated meth
od Of using pepper it being only
necessary to slice the new product
and 1t is ready for use
The tomato patch from which the
freak tomato was taken is in close
proximity to field of peppers, and it
is supposed by the plant raisers of
this section that the pollen Of the
two was mixed during the blooming
season. The physical construction of
the "peppermato, as 1t has been local.
Iy dubbed, is peculiarly interesting.
AS If taking into consideration the
tastes of every one, nature so ar.
ranged the fruit that the pepper part
may be separated from the tomato,
and those who fear the Ill effects OF
pepper upon human vitality may raise
the fruit for market purposes and at
the same time remove the pod from
the few which they may personally
consume
The "peppermago" resembles the
poverbial Siamese twins, being per-
feet specimen of tomato species to
which is grated a full pod of pep.
per 1t is thought that the new plant
involves principles which will be OF
interest to scientists.
The national forum., 1910-09-10
Burn AduIteratsd Stuff.

Many hundreds of dollars worth OF
adulterated or misbranded drugs and
alleged foods were recently burned in
Washington by the officials of the de.
partment OF agriculture. The drugs
had been purchased in the open mar.
ket By agents of the department of
agriculture and turned over to the bu.
reau of chemistry to ascertain whether
in their ingredients or In the state.
ments on the labels they violated the
pure food laws. Reports were made
out in each case, and the manufac
turers taken to task by officials of the
department. After the contents OF the
bottles or boxes we're no longer need
ed for experimentation or evidence
against the manufacturers, they were
condemned and burned.