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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02

not venture You are not Rogle's
friend; you are fed transient Gus
again until the blowing Of Gabriels
dinner horn. So take your change and
go-to the devil If you like There
you have Bogle's sentiments.
The needs of Bogle's customers were
supplied by two mattresses and a
voice. One of the mattresses was
named Aileen. She was tall. beauti-
full. lively, gracious and learned in per
sifiage. Her other name: There was
no more necessity for another name
at Bogle's than there was for finger
bowls
The name of the other waitress was
Tidy. Why do you suggest Matilda
Please listen this time-I'ildy. Tidy:
Tidy was dumpy. plain faced and too
anxious to please to please Repeat
the last clause to yourself once or
twice and make the acquaintance Of
the duplicate infinite
The voice at Rogle's was invisible
1t came from the kitchen and did not
shine in the way of originality. 1t
was a heather voice and cuntentcd it.
self with vain repetitions OF eXcI;,m:l-
tions emitted by the waitress concern
ing food.
Will 1t tire you to be told again that
Aileen was beautiful: Had she don
ned few hundred dollars. worth OF
clothes and joined the Easter parade
aud had you seen her you would have
FASTENED to say so yourself
The customers at BOgle's were her
slaves. Six tables full she could wait
upon at once They who were in Il
hurry restrained their Impotence for
the Joy OF merely gazing upon her
swiftly moving. graceful figure. They
who had finished eating ate more that
they might continue in the light of her
smiles Every man there and they
were mostly men-tried to make his
impression upon her.
Aileen could successfully exchange
repartee against dozen at once. And
every smile that she sent forth lodged.
like pellets from a scatter gun. IN as
many hearts, and all this while she
would be performing astounding feats
with orders of pork and beans. pot
roasts, ham and sausage and the
wheats and any quantity of things on
the iron and In the pan and straight
up and on the side With all this
feasting and flirting and merry ex.
change of wit Rogle's came mighty
near being a salon. with Aileen fOr
It's Mme Reca mier.
If the transients were entranced by
the fascinating Aileen the regulars
were her adorers There was much
rivalry among many of the steady
customers. Aiieen could have had an
engagement, every evening At ieass
twice a week some one took her to Il
theater or 10 a dance. One stout
gentleman whom she and Tildy had
privately christened ''ihp hog pre-.
sented her with Il turquoise ring An
other one known as ''frpshy." whu
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02
Chinese Eiiiai Pia&v.

The following Chinese story illus
trates the national regard for filial
piety: A man and his wife maltreated
the husbands mother. AS a punish
ment the scene of the act was openly
cursed, the active agents were put to
death, and the mother of the wife was
bambooed. branded and exiled for her
daughters crime. The house In which
the offenders lived was dug up from
the foundations. Moreover. the schol-
ars Of the district were precluded from
attending public examinations. and
even the magistrates were deprived Of
their Offices. These drastic measures
were designed to render the empire
f1lial,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02
Both ExnaPt In Ionic.

"Tom," said father to his son,
whose school report showed him to
have been an idle young scamp, "wNat
have you been studying this term?"
Logic. father" replied Tom. Il
can prove you are not here now"
Indeed! How so7"
well. you must be either at Rome
or elsewhere"
Certainly"
you are not at RomeT
mo"
"Then you must be elsewhere"
"Just So"
"And If you are elsewhere you clear
ly can't be here.
For answer the father took up q
cane that lay near and laid it smartly
across his sons back.
"Don't" cried Tom "You are hurt
ing me-"
Not at all. You have just proved
conclusively that l am not here. 80 I
can't be hurting you"
Before his stern parent had quite
done with him Tom felt that there
must be, after all, flaw somewhere
in his logic.-London Tit-Bits.
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The Creeping kaffr.

The sun was shining brightly down
on the farmyard. and under large
willow tree number of rOOibekk jes--
small. red beaked birds-wcre feeding
Suddenly Kafiir appeared and fell on
his knees about ten yards behind the
birds. He crept a yard nearer. but II
had not been watching him very
closely could have sworn that he did
not move. The man seemed to be all
In one piece. He moved entirely. not
in sections Of knees and legs and arms
and upper body. Then he winked at
me, SO certain was he of the success
Of his exploit. l am certain some of
the birds saw this alien figure. yet so
imperceptible were his motions that
they did not suspect he was a human
being-and foe. Nearer and nearer
he drew. Suddenly he lay still. meas
ured the distance with his eye. and
then, with lightning motion. be-
stretched forward and grabbed The
birds arose, alarmed. shrieking shrilly
all but one. And that one was fiut-
tering, terrified and helpless. in the
Kaffir's huge hand.- London Standard
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Opposites.

upgardsOn-Isn't lawsuit over a
patent right about the dullest thing
you ever saw:
Atom-Not always. l attended
trial Of that kind once that was too
funny for anything. A tall lawyer
named Short was reading Il 6.OOO wo"d
document he called a brief.-Cli-
cago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02

KISSED HER LOUDLY AND IMPUDENTLY.
up. put his arm around Tildy's waist.
kissed her loudly and impudently.
walked out upon the street. snapped
his fingers in the direction of the laun-
dry and hied himself to play pennies
In the slot machines at the amusement
arcade.
For a few moments Tidy stood petri-
fed. Then she was aware of Aileen
shaking at her an arch forefinger and
saying:
why. Til. you naughty girl: Amt
you getting to be awful. Miss Sly
boots. First thing I know you'll be
stealing some of my fellows must
keep an eye on you. my lady,"
Another thing dawned upon Tildy's
recovering wits In a moment she had
advanced from hopeless. iowiy ad
mirpr to be an Eve sister of the potent
Aileen She herself was now man
charmer. a mark for Cupid. Sabine
who must be coy when the Romans
were at their banquet boards. Man
had found her waist achievable and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02
Snallinu.

On member nf parliament being
accused Of bad spelling Disraeli hu-
morously defended him by declariil,:
that II man must be an ilict VA,
could not spell word more ways t!'ni
OOe''
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ReYou can have the Banner without
paying the price of subscription. just
secure us three new paid-in-advance
subscribers and we will be pleased to
mail it to you gratis for year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets will brace up the nerves, Danish
sick headache, prevent dependency and
invigorate the whole system. Sold BY
all dealers.
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Among all other vices there is none
hate more than cruelty. the extre'G
eet Of all vices -MOntaigne.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02
Envv.

Don't you think envy Is terrible
thinS?' said the earnest girl.
NO." answered Miss Cayenne; mot
If it's the envy Of some one else for
something you possess. Washington
Star
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02
Good Enouoh For Him,

Ascum-I see there's some talk upon
the question of abolishing capital pun
ishment. Would you vote to abolish
It? Logie-No, sir: capital punishment
was good enough for my ancestors, and
It's good enough for me" ."-Presbyte
rian Standard.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-02

Both Live and Learn.
"A man lives and learns" remarked
the husband. with some bitterness.
"Well, the school Of experience
doesn't bar co-eds." retorted his wife.
milwaukee Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
APoLoGIzINe FOR HIS PARTY
President Taft Driven to Extremes In
Defending the Policies Of tho
Republicans.

President Taft's references to the
"bargain-couDter" tariff Of the Payne
Aldrich combine In his recent speech
showed natural and creditablo en-
barrassment. He had made promises
as to tariff revision which congress
would not carry ont. He had laid
down q principle of action which con-
gress utterly secuted. He had labored
anxiously all through the special ses-
sion for decent treatment OF party
pledges, particularly with references
to the materials of industry and TO
goods needed by the poorer classes,
and his efforts had been entirely vain.
Now he has assumed the character OF
general a~pologist for his party. and
has devoted strength and time re-
quired for his executive service OF the
whole nation to the work OF
in chief in a congressional campaign.
In that campaign the tarir Is the DOM
inant issue. He cannot ignore or
wholly evade It. 1t bothers him
greatly. He Is by nature an honest
and candid man. He Is by training
an acute and thorough lawyer. He has
had long and honorable experience as
as impartial judge. He is well equip
ped to detect the truth In a complica-
ted question, and his impulse and
habit prompt him to stand by the
truth.
But the truth is very. very bad for
his party. 1t is to some extent bad Tor
him, too, for he has not lone all that
he could have done to compel the OBJ
servance of pledges made by him and
by his party. But we think he would
own up to that man fashion and ap-
peal for confidence On the ground that
he would do better in the future, II
he had himself only to think OF. he
cannot, however, take that course as
to his party, for its leaders are not
frank, nor repentant. He must for his
party make a wretched, hypocritical,
~treacherous and vicious course seem
at least partly decent-New YORK
| Times Qnd. Rep.).
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
Limit Of Rooseveltism.

We now have the official interpreta-
ton of the New York Republican
platform from the nan who made It,
Theodore Roosevelt. Here Is his
view:
Three points, three essential points.
were made in our platform OF princi-
ples-the three points upon which the
contest this fall in New York Is to be
waged. In the first place. that we
stand, not timidly, not halfway. but
ag~gressively, for honesty in public and
business life. In the next place, that
we stand for governmental efficiency.
And in the third place, that we stand
for the right of the people to control
themselves, and not to be controlled
by some one else. These are the three
essential points of our platform"
Would it not be just awful If a po-
litical party should stand for" dis
honesty I'm public and business Hfe."
for governmental inefficiency and for
control of the people by a boss or a
Caesar? 1t seems to us hat the
three essential points" in this wonder
full platform are points OF which all
sane men in the world are In abso-
luete agreement. And yet it is PRO-
posed to make an issue on them.
Such holiness is almost astounding.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
Our Wood Fuel Bill Is $25O,OOO,OOO

The population then was a little
over SO 1000, 900. Since Their the popu.
lation has increased to over 86,0OO,0 900,
but the use of wood for fuel has de-
creased not only in per capita con-
sumption, but also in total quantity.
A little more than 20, 900, 900, 900 cubic
feet of wood in all forms is used in
the United States each year. and Of
this 1000, O00, 900 cubic feet, or about
Sc, 600, 900 cords, is irewood.
OF the total estimated consumption
of firewood 100000 cords, or 81.4
per cent, was used in towns and cities
with a population of from 1000 to
8 10000; 1,615,OO0 cords, or 10 per
cent, in cities of owe 10000 popula-
ton, and the remainder, or 2 per
cent. in mineral operations. In these
four classes of consumption the aver
age value per cord ranged from 1921
for the irewood used on the farms to
s6.S8 for that used in the cities.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

III ASHINGTON.-The census re
w turns on the large cities Of the
country are now complete. The fig
ures show that most of them have had
a healthy growth during the ten years
since the last count was made, but
some of them have fallen out Of the
places they occupied then and their
places have been taken by other cities.
Of the many that have tried, In the
past ten years, to climb into the
100. 900 class. only five have succeeded.
Among the ten largest cities there
has been only one important change
of position. Baltimore has lost sixth
place to Cleveland. Baltimore's popu-
lation, as officially stated, Is 55S,4S5,
while Cleveland has $50. 663. The gain
in Baltimore over 1900 was 81 per
cent.
A comparison of 20 cities in the
100. 900 class shows that the aggre,
gate population is 1885, 19, as
against 1O,376,012 in 1900 and 1904 lao
in 1890.
The fact is noted that the high rate
of increase Is not confined to any one
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
TAFT AND VACATION TIME
Chief Executives Ideas in the Main
Are All Right, But There
Are Obstacles.

Men on small salaries, and men who
cannot leave their affairs to others
even for a day, highly appreciate
President Taft's assertion that every
man should enjoy three months vaca-
ton each year.
Unfortunately. the average citizen
cannot command a warship with a
$50, 900 bathroom and a brass band at
public expense for his vacationing.
By the time he has paid for his liv-
ing at the prices which the Aldrich-
Taft tariff permits Mr.. Taft's New
England friends to charge, the or
binary man, who depends on his earn
ings, and is forced to keep his ex-
penditures within his income, Is lucky
il he has the price Of a car ride TO
the park.
Still Mr.. Taft's suggestion is worth
considering.
II Uncle Sam keeps on increasing
his navy at the present e~xtravagant
rate. there will be warships enough to
90 around by the time universal peace
is declared.
BY way of excuse for keeping them
in commission and spending tax money
in tens and hundreds Of millions, con
gress can establish a legal three
months vacation for everybody, to be
spent aboard a warship at public ex
pense.
Every taxpayer is just as much en-
| titled to expensive junketing. paid for
| out of taxes, as is the president O. the
United States.
By all means let us have the three
months legal holiday, and give every
| body a chance to enjoy brass bands
$50. 900 bathrooms and a healthful life
| OF the ocean wave aboard a warship.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

n EPORTS coming into Washington
Nfrom all over the country tell how the
.seething political pot is furiously boil
ling. In New York, Indiana, Nebraska
;and Missouri the politicians are es-
,pecially busy.
The New York state Republican
convention was a triumph for Colonel
Roosevelt. He was the temporary
chairman, defeating Vice-President
sherman. That was the first rout OF
the regulars. He won a spectacular
fight for the adoption Of the platform
of the progressives; he put through
his slate and the close of the conven-
ton found the Roosevelt forces In
complete control Of the situation.
Henry L. Stimson of New York city,
Roosevelt's man. was nominated for
governor.
In his speech distinguishing be-
tween a leader and a boss, he said "a
boss drives, while a leader leads"
He then proceeded to lead" the con,
vention to do everything that he
wanted it to do.
The platform as adopted contained
a plank indorsing the administration
of President Taft and that of Cover
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
N~9fH]5l1Q(6 h Z a I
~4RE{{AB|ASI@ g 49,
LARGE Cities Show a Healthy Growth

geographical section. or seven cities
whose rate exceeded 40 per cent. two.
Newark, N. j., and Bridgeport, Conn,
are eastern; one. Atlanta, Is southern,
and four, Detroit, Denver, Kansas City
and Columbus, are western. OF the
two cities with the lowest rate, one Is
eastern and the other Is western.
The rates of increase for Atlanta.
Detroit, Denver and Kansas City are
phenomenally high, but most extraor-
binary Is the high percentage for New
York, which exceeds the average OF
% cities by ia per cent, and Is It.
self exceeded only by the rates of
seven cities.
Fifty-four cities Of between $4,000
and 100, 900 show an aggregate popu-
lation Of 2,723,498, as against 1901 66
in 1900, a gain of 43.2 per cent, which
the census bureau pronounces "phe-
nomenally high" Thirty-one Of these
cities show a higher rate OF increase
for the past decade than for the previ-
Gus one. No decrease IL noted In any
one of the cities.
OF the larger cities the gain OF st
Louis during the decade was greater
proportionately than that of Boston
it's nearest competitor, while Kansas
City is in twentieth place on the face
of the returns. Kansas City has
Jumped ahead of Providence, R. l., and
Indianapolis, Ind, Providence falling
behind indianapolis, which 1t led In
1000
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

THE activities Of the public health
i and marine hospital service, to
which is intrusted most Of the general
work of guarding the country against
c%ontagion from abroad and preventing
its spread at home, form the topic of
a paper by Surgeon General Wyman
in the public health report.
The document was prepared for the
American Public Health association
which recently met at Milwaukee.
This organization Is composed of rep
resentatives from Canada, Mexico and
Cuba, as we'll as from the United
States, and the paper was regarded as
OF especial interest to them.
Beginning with 1.-The utmost circum-
ference of the influence of the organ
fzation." Doctor Wyman tells of the
protective measures at foreign ports.
He shows that medical officers of the
bureau are located In most of the sea
coast cities of Asia and South and
Central America, and at some of those
of Europe. The service also is liber-
ally represented in Hawaii. Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
Democratic Opportunity.

The Democracy of Maine has won a
great victory, a victory Of national I'M
port 1t Is now for them to make the
results of that victory permanent, in
stead Of a flash in the pan. In the
first place, they must strengthen and
perfect their party organization
throughout the state. The work must
be thoroughly done in all its ramifica-
tons. The incentive that has been
lacking for this they 10Y have. Or.
ganization is essential, but what is
still more essential Is a clean and
good record. The Democratic party
win be judged by its fruits. as the op-
posing party has been judged. Its op-
ponents from now on will be on the
watch for Democratic blunders and
evidences Of the "incompetency" they
s%neeringly allege. They must be dis
appointed, and we believe they will
be, disappointed completely. The
Plaisted administration, we predict
will fully justify the confidence OF the
Republicans as well as the Democrats
who have placed it in power.-Port
land Argus (Dem.).
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
ON A SOUND BASIS
TARIFF REVISION LOOKED AT IN
NEW LIGHT.
Necessity for General Changing OF
Schedules Is Not Apparent to the
Thinker-Proposition is an Ar
.qument Of the Grafters.

In his speech at Council Grove.
Kan, Senator Cummins said that one
of the objects of the progressives was
to make a rule whereby any schedule
Of the tariff bill may be revised at
will without going through the whole
Of the tariff schedules" He said
further:
~This would eliminate the intoler-
able vice Of the present system
whereby a congressman will make
combinations with other members and
will vote for many schedules that he
believes are absolutely wrong in or
der to get a schedule that he believes
is right"
This theory Of tariff making Is not
new. In 1924, when Daniel Webster of
Massachusetts made his famous
speech on the tariff of that year. he
said:
Il deeply regret the necessity which
is likely to be imposed on me OF Civ
ing a general Affirmative or negative
vote on the whole of the bill. l can
not but think this mode Of proceeding
liable to great objections. 1t exposes
both those who support and those who
oppose the measure to very unjust
and injurious misapprehensiOns. There
may be good reasons for favoring
some of the provisions Of the bill, and
equally strong reasons for opposing
others; and these provisions do not
stand to each other in the relation OF
| principal and incident If that were
the case. those who are In favor OF
the principal might foregO their opin-
ions upon incidental and subordinate
provisions. But the bill proposes en-
actments entirely distinct and differ
ent from one another in character and
tendency. Some of it's clauses are in
tended merely for revenue. and OF
those which regard the protection OF
home manufactures, n part stands
upon very different grounds from
those of other parts. So that probably
every gentleman who may ultimately
support the bill will vote for much
which his judgment does not approve;
and those who oppose 1t will oppose
something which they would very
gladly support"
This condition has existed in regard
to every tariff bill that has been
passed. Undoubtedly there were fea
lures of the Payne bill which the In
surgents and p~rogressives would have
supported enthusiastically If they
could have done so without giving
their approval to others which they
utterly condemned, and the same is
true Of the Democrats. More anc
more people are reaching the conclu
sion that the DOGGY Of general tariff
revision is created for a purpose, anc
that 1t is no more necessary to disturb
all business by revising the whole o.
the tariff schedules at the same time
than it is to revise our whole crimina
code every time a change is made ir
the statutes. There need be NJ
consideration of what to do with hide:
because conditions require the reform
Of the wool schedule. There is NJ
reason why, when it is proposed to re
duce the outrageous tariff on lead.
fight should have to be made to keel
the grafters from putting a tariff OF
coffee.-Indianapolis News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21
Political Pot Is Boiling Furiously

nor Hughes and commencing the wis
dom of the president in choosing
Hughes for the supreme court bench.
The keynote of the Indiana cam
paign was sounded by Senator Beve-
ridge in a speech at Indianapolis. He
was merciless to the interests, which
he says have been controlling legisla-
ton for years. He defied the cor
porate interests to pOllute the voters
Of Indiana. He favored the revision
of the tariff by a genuine tariff COM
mission. He gave Roosevelt credit for
inaugurating the conservation move
ment.
Mayor j. C. Dahlman of Omaha,
candidate for governor Of Nebraska,
responding to rumors about his early
career, gave out q statement that he
shot his brother-in-law In Texas for
deserving his sister, fed the state and
assumed the name in Nebraska of Jim
Murray. The mar he shot did not die.
The only law he knew, he says, was
the law of the pistol and the quick
hand. 81 got to be pretty tough. !
admit It," he says. 1.-The country was
full Of maverick cattle and no ono
was a better hand with the rope.
chasing down these strays and put.
ting the branding iron on them"
Missouri Democrats opened theh
campaign at Joplin, with Bryan, Folk,
Francis, Reed and Stone as leaders
and orators. Addresses were delivered
afternoon and evening and the crowds
were greater than the capacity of the
meeting places {.