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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27
MAY DAY.

Next Monday will be the first day of May,
favorite day for picnics and May-pole
sports. The custom of celebrating May
Day undoubtedly originated in that ire
pressible impulse of the human breast
which makes man want to go a-fshing
on bright, warm. spring days, when the
trees are beginning to bloom and all nature
wears her most enticing garb. Among the
Romans, the spring fever feeling found
vent in their Floralia, or floral games, which
began on the 28th of April and lasted for
two or three days. Nations, taking more
or less of their origin from Rome, settled
upon the the first of May for festivities OF
the same kind. With ancients and moderns
alike, it was one instructive rush to the
fields to revel in the bloom newly appearing
on meadow and trees. The more city-pent
the population, the more eager the desire
was to get among the flowers; the more
sordidly drudging the life, the more hearty
the relish for this one day of communion
with the beauties of nature. May Day was
celebrated by the Saxons; and Chaucer,
who lived 500 years ago, tells US that on
May Day "Forth goeth all the court, both
most and least. to fetch the flowers fresh. :"
In the reign of Henry WILL, the heads of
the corporation of London went out into
the high grounds of Kent to gather May
trophies, the King and his Queen, Catherine
of Arragon, coming from their palace of
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Shooters Hill. Az late as the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, it was customary for the
townspeople to 60 forth at an early hour
on the morning of May Day to gather
flowers and hawthorne branches, which
they brought home about sunrise, with
accompaniment of horn and tabor and all
sorts of merriment. With these spoils they
would decorate every door and window in
the village. The custom of having May
Queen or Queen of May looks like relic Of
the heather celebration of the day; for this
flower crowned maid appears as q living
representative of the goddess Flora, whom
the Romans worshipped on this day. Or
the May Queen, possibly was popularizee
by Maid Marian, Robin Hoods sweetheart
who was always a conspicuous figure in the
ancient Morris dances of Merry England
The May Queen did not join in the revel'
ries of her subjects. She was placed in .
sort of bower, or arbor, near the May pole
there to sit in pretty state, an object o
admiration to the whole village. She her
self was half-covered with flowers and he
shrine was wholly composed of them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27
THEY HAD A MIND TO WORK.

This is the laconic record of the ancient
Israelites when called upon to rebuild or
repair the temple. The ruling church au-
thorities found it necessary to appeal to the
people observation-disclosures all sorts tofurther
the grand project in view, and sacred his
tory informs us that the floodgates of lib
erality were hoisted, and tidal wave of
gold, silver, precious stones and every
thing else needed flooded the treasury to
such an extent that the authorities deemed
it necessary to call halt and refuse fur
Their contributions. In short, they begged
the people to desist giving, as they had
more of everything on hand than they
could possibly utilize. Such record would
sound very strange in these latter days.
Perhaps appeals are more numerous now,
and gold, silver and precious stones less
plentiful per capita. Certain it is we hear
of no foundations in response to church
appeals nowadays. Nobody is ever re-
quested to desist on account of surplus
accumulations.
The gist of this article may be found in
the few simple words, "They had mind
to work!'' This indisposition to labor is
one of the great drawbacks of all times.
One-t third of the race must support the
other thirds. 1t is true that in this
period of overstocked trade, there are many
worthy people who would work if they
could find living opening, but where you
will find one of this sort, you will find three
Others who . have no mind to work." who
urge the silly claim that the world owes
them living, and they intend to beat il
il they can.
The Lord Jehovah had " q mind to work, -
and he taught his creatures the great les
son of labor and rest. He is the greatest
worker in the universe. His eternal vigil
lance keeps creation in balance, and in
Vulnerable worlds and suns and systems
move only in obedience to his Almighty
fiat.
People who "have mind to work . have
secured to our world ell the great civil,
political, religious and industrial successes
and advances which have progressed hu-
manity since the beginning of time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

When medicine must be given to young
children it should be pleasant to take.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is made
from loaf sugar, and the roots used in its
preparation give it flavor similar to maple
syrup, making it pleasant to take. It has
no superior for colds, Group and whooping
cough. For ssle by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

The world always believed in the man
who himself believes. The crowd always
makes way for the man of faith.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

Life is discipline, school for something
to come. It is to increase the capacity Of
all the nobler powers. to strengthen the
will, purify the vision, enlarge the mind in
anticipation of the higher kind Of exis-
tence which is to come.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

Truth, virtue and righteousness, ever
new and ever old, are as much the law of
God in this complex age as they were in
the days of simple living.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

The secret of human failure is wasted
power. Power is wasted by idleness, lack
of energy, of judgment, misdirected effort,
Encouragement and representation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

Hard work teaches independence, be-
gets courage, fosters self-reliance and IN
spires self-support.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

Universal peace may be an ideal. but it
is a beautiful ideal. It will one day be
fact.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-27

Live in simplicity. Stick close to ma
ture and you are sure not to 80 far wrong.
The oasis., 1911-10-07
NocALES NOTES.

MT. Watt Gittins returned from Ray Tuesday evening
 MT. W. s. Mcknight, the Tubac merchant, was a visitor at Nogales.
 Tuesday Mir. James Kane, coun- tJ superintendent of roads, was at Nogales.
 Mir. W. H. Barnett, post master at Patagonia, was visitor at No- gales Wednesday.
 Monday evening Mir. Ramon Vasquez of the Red House, return ed from Los Angeles.
 Monday MT. George W. Atkin- son of Tucson and Calabasas, was a visitor at the line city.
 Sunday Nogales was visited by MT. W. J. Phillips, proprietor of Botica del Leon in Guaymas.
 Monday Mir. Dave Loeb of the Popular Store went to Tucson on business, returning home Tuesday evening.
 Miss Bessie Fowler has accepted the Gro Blanco school and will go out there to teach, opening school next Monday.
 Theo. Gebler, the pioneer hard ware dealer, is building addition to his property facing the arroyo on the west side.
 Doctor V. A. Smoker is arrang- ing to leave for the East about the fifteenth of October, and he will visit there several weeks.
 Mir. Mark Dunbar of the Arizona Democrat was at Nogales Monday, remaining until Tuesday morning when he went to Tucson.
 Sunday evening Judge Doan ar rived at the line city, coming from Douglas, via Cananea, to hold the October term of the district court.
 MT. A. F. Krohn from Mazatlan,
The oasis., 1911-10-07

was at Nogales early in the week, coming for his family who had been at the line city through the hot weather.
 Monday Selim NJ. Franklin Esq, the Tucson attorney, was at Mo- gales in attendance on the district court.
 Consul General Murphy was at Nogales early in the week making a visit of inspection of the Amer ican consulate in Nogales, Sono- "a.
 MT. Henry Pyeatt, from the Baboquivari region, in the eastern part of the county, was at Nogales Monday and Tuesday serving as grand juror.
 Tuesday morning Mir. R. L. Long, assistant general manager for the Southern Pacific of Mexico, was at Nogales returning to Tucson from a trip to Topic.
 Wednesday Mir. and Mrs. Walter W, Bailey from Arivaca, were visitors at Nogales, arriving by the Tucson train Tuesday evening and departing Thursday morning.
 Wednesday Mir. Ed. Massey of Magdalena, was visitor at Noga- les. Recently MT. Massey has been engaged in development of mining property in the Altar dis trict of Sonora.
 Sunday and Monday Nogales was visited by Reverend B. Frank Marrs, superintendent of Baptist missionson the West Coast of Mex leo. Mir. Marrs returned to Quay mas Monday nlght.
 Monday Nogales was visited by Hon. Reese Ling, a democratic aspirant for the United States senatorship, and Hon. Mulford Winsor, candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for Congress.
 Monday morning MT. R. H. Ingram, first assistant general manager for the Southern Pacific of Mexico, came up from Empalme, where he had been a number of days arranging the shipment of his lares and penates to Tucson, where he now makes his home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
GOVERNOR WILSON
FOR COMMISSION
Says His Form of Government
Will Prove Successful.
WANTS PUBLICITYINP POLITICS
Seattle Entertains New Jersey
Executive and Listens to
His Views on Reform
Methods

Seattle, Wash. - Gov. Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey, upon his ar
rival here was greeted by Gov.
Marion E. Hay and by committees
from four organizations which enter
tanned him during his stay in Seattle.
The Governor addressed a public
meeting in the Dreamland Audi
torium at night. He devoted the
greater part of his address to dis
cussion of the commission form of
government in cities, and, among
other things, said:
NO single movement of reform in
our governmental methods has been
more significant than the rapid adop-
ton of the so-called commission form
of government in the cities of the
country. The rapid spread of this
reform has been extraordinary. In
almost every State cities are now to
be found which have adopted the new
form of government, and everywhere,
so far as | have been able to learn,
the results have been admirable and
the cities which have made the
change have congratulated them
selves upon it.
1T cannot be an accident that the
best governed cities in the world are
those in which there is a short bal
lot, concentrated authority and, by
consequence, expert service; for ex-
pert service is bound to come in
America, as elsewhere, by reason of
this concentration of authority and
simplification of political methods.
THE indispensable conditions of
success in city government as in all
governments, are. first, publicity; and,
second, alert public opinion guided in
some definite way by those who really
understand the business in hand.
Nothing ought to be done by a
city government or by any other gov
eminent Information regarding which
is not accessible day by day to any
citizen who desires to obtain it."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
PANAMA CANAL NEAR FINISH
Three-Fourths of the Work Com
pIete in Seven Years.

Misunderstanding Sam" has
taken stock of what has been accom-
plished at Panama after seven years
of hard work, May 4 ended the sew
enth year of canal construction by
Americans. Only one-fourth of the
great task of excavation remains TO
be done, for the "groundhogs" have
removed 13S,000,000 cubic yards
from the line OF the canal. That
leaves only 100000 yards to be
cut away.
The placing of the concrete in the
locks is more than SO per cent. COM
pleted, the installing OF the lock
gates has begun and 20 per cent. Of
the filling for the Gatun dam, which
will feed the canal with water, has
been done.
The lock gates are staggering in
their vast proportions, compared with
the timber gates of the canals in this
country. Each leaf, of which there
are two in a gate, is seven feet thick,
65 feet long and from AZ to 50 feet
in height, there being no less than go
of these leaves. Special hosting ma
chinery has been installed to place
these masses of steel.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
DOLLAR BRAND
DIPLOMACY WINS
State Department Develops
American Foreign Commerce.
ADDS MILLIONS TO EXPORTS.
Diplomatic Service A so Influential
Factor in Securing For Ameri-
cans p, RI cl alton
in Loans.

Washington.-The results of dol
lar diplomacy" as practiced by this
country are summed up in report
prepared by the State Department on
the development of American COM
mercial interests abroad.
Many millions of dollars worth of
contracts, it was shown, have been
secured for American concerns large
ly through the aid of the State De-
partment.
The information was prepared for
the House Committee on EXpendi-
lures in the State Department, which
is investigating the department, and
also for the Presidents Economy
Efficiency Commission.
The report mentions the $22,000,-
600 contract for the construction of
Argentine battleships; 100000 for
artillery for Argentine torpedo boats;
81, $4,000 for railroad supplies for
the Argentine State Railroad; ST.
100000 for vessels for the Cuban
Navy, and 100000 for Chilean SUBJ
marines.
The State Department has been in
fluential in securing for American
firms participation in large foreign
loans and in collecting for American
citizens clans against foreign Gov
ernments.
Expanding American influence and
increasing commercial interests
abroad necessitated a reorganization
about two years ago of the State De-
partment to take care of these grow
ing needs.
Attention is called TO the con
tinued improvement in the diplomatic
and consular service and their gradu-
al evolution from the "spoils" sys
TEN, with its attendant evils, to their
present high plane of non-partisan-
ship, with appointments and promo
] tions strictly in accord with the merit
system.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26

The order has already received the
approval of Secretary Dickinson and
President Taft, and provides for the
elimination of the adjutant general
in the correspondence between the
general staff and the bureaus of the
War Department. At present all
communications, orders and other
wise, from the chief of staff to the
bureaus, are obliged to pass through
Ainsworth's office. General Wood
eontended, successfully, that this pro-
cedure was wasteful of time and la
Dor. The Adjutant General will con-
tinue to handle all communications
between the general staff and the
Army proper.
This reform on the part of General
Wood is believed to be but the first
of a series he will propose tending to
reduce the influence OF General Aims
worth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26

While the strains of the national
anthem broke out on the stiffness of
the summer afternoon, Miss Morgan
united the cords that draped the
silken flag about the tablet and
the Stars and Stripes fioated to
the top of the tall flagstaff before the
old Lee Mansion in Arlington Gene
terry.
President Taft, the first speaker
announced by Major Judson, Engi-
neer Commissioner of the District
and master of ceremonies, after an
invocation by Father Russell, spoke
of the tardy recognition of L'Enfant
as the designer of the nations CAPT
tai, awarding full credit to the
Frenchman for the work.
There are not many" said the
President, who have to wait 100
years for recognition of a work of
this character"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26

Bills introduced by Chairman Hay,
Of the House Committee on Military
Affairs, promote General Woods
purpose. One bill provides for the
merging of the work of the Adiutant
Generals department into the Cen
eral Staff and the abolition of Aims
worth's post. This bill has received
the approval of General Wood and
his aids. General Ainsworth has
also approved the bill, yet it is on
this measure that the General Staff
has shown the greatest hostility to
Ainsworth
BY a provision of the bill Aims
worth would gain the privilege of re-
firing with the rank of lieutenant
general Immediately upon its enact
ment. He would gain relief from ac-
tive duty and obtain an increase in
salary, as the retired pay of a lieu
tenant general is $3.50, while the
active pay of a major general is
$4,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26

the moist paper an absolutely clear
imprint of the coin in a brownisb
black. He describes the print as even
clearer than if he had linked the coin
and applied the linked surface to the
paper by careful pressure.
Following his questionings he pro
cured few linotype lines of print,
assembled them, and placed the type,
face down, on a like sheet of mois
paper resting upon like sheet of tin.
When the battery wires were connect
ed with the type metal and with the
tin sheet and current applied, every
letter showed from the type lines with
out blur or blemish.
Taking a sheet of zinc in lieu of the "
tin, again the electrical influences
brought the same general effect,
though the crudest of hand methods
were used in applying the type to the
paper. Dry paper was not affected
moisture was required for the proper
conductivity
After proving to his satisfaction
that, regardless of the pressure upon
the paper in contact. the clearness
of the lettering was satisfactory, Mrs
Brembridge sought to discover a
chemical moistener for the paper
which would give the jet black effect
of ordinary printers ink and at the
same time preserve the whiteness Of
the paper.
The great trouble was to secure per-
manency in the electrical imprint.
For ten years Mr., Bembridge wrest-
led with the solution of his problem.
Today he announces that everything
is accomplished and proved, not only
In the matter of jet black print with
out ink, but asserts that he is able to
print a newspaper in all hues of the
rainbow and with the one contact.
AS explained by Mr.. Bembridge, his
long searchings into chemical COM
binations for producing jet black
prints led him on into electro-pigmen-
tary combinations producible by oxi-
dizing processes. More than all OF
this, however, the assertion is made
that in treating the white paper some
of the cheapest OF chemical elements
serve the purpose admirably and at
cost far below that of the costly print
er's inks.
AS for the presses for turning out
the newspaper, they are greatly sim
plified, the ink troughs and rollers
disappearing altogether. The stereo-
type plate is used and in position on
the press is thoroughly insulated be-
low, while the roller surface which
guides the moist paper also is insu-
lated. The paper rollers are connect
ed with the positive magnetic pole,
while the stereotype plate is linked
with the negative and from the electric
power that runs the press the cleo
tro-chemical action is set up. making
the imprint as desired upon the pa
per.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
HONOR DESIGNER
OF WASHINGTON
Memorial Unveiled in Memory
of Major EEnfant.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S TRIBUTE.
Monument Stands in Arlington Gene
tery--Distineuished Men Attend
the impressive Mill
tary Ceremonial.

Washington.-The tribute of
nation, long deferred, was paid to
the memory of Pierre Charles
L'Enfant, engineer, artist and SOL
der, but chiefly known to fame as
the designer of the city of Washing
ton, when Miss Eleanor Carroll
Morgan unveiled a marble tablet to
the memory of the great Frenchman
in Arlington National Cemetery Mon
day afternoon
Present at the exercises We're
President Taft, the French Ambas-
sador, Senator Root, Rev. DR.. Will
liam T. Russell, as representative of
the church; members of the diplo-
matte corps, army and navy officers
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
Reeves 70 Keen Away.

Havana.-Gen. Bernardo Reyes,
former Mexican minister of war, ar
rived here from Europe on the
steamer Ypiranga. He proceeded at
once to a hotel, intending to resume
his voyage to Vera Cruz, but receiv-
ed a message from Mexico which
caused a sudden change in his plans,
and he decided to remain in Havana
TO await further developments of the
Mexican situation. 1t is rumored
that he has received orders from
President Diaz to stay here until the
receipt of further orders.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
PRINT WITHOUT INK
EngIiShman lakes Remarkable
Discover by Accident.
BY Means of Eletricity inventor Can
Print Newspaper in All Hues of
the Rainbw With One
Co,tact.

London.-About lwo years ago a fu-
gitive paragraph difting in the Eng
lish press had for IS subject a posi-
BILE printing withot ink"
Just now a semi technical London
publication has SUCCEEDED in running
down the author of tie discovery and
from him it has the story of the ex-
pertinent up to date. The man is Ce-
Gil Bembridge, London address not
given.
1t was an accidental lead which Mr..
Bembridge picked up in his discovery
of inkless printing. 1t was about IL
years ago that, working in his labora-
tory with an electric battery, he had
spread a sheet of tin on the table and
on the tin plate he had laid a piece of
moist paper. The bare ends ofbthe
copper wires from his battery trailed
over this sheet of wet paper which
had stuck fast to the plate of tin.
His experiment originally was to dis
cover a certain Observation-Disclosures
action in connection with gold and for
the purpose of the experiment he
reached into his pocket for gold coin.
AS he brought handful of miscellane-
Gus coins from his pocket, a gold
piece slipped through his fingers, roll
ed upon the table and in catching
at the coin, he clamped the sovereign
upon one of the connecting battery
wires and in firm contact with the
moist paper In the effort at stop
ping the coin, too. the other wire
was pushed over until it lay in con-
tact with the sheet of tin. Then came
the accidental discovery
He reached for the coin and in pick
Ing it up was surprised to find upon
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26

The French Ambassador, NJ. JUS
serand, in a speech which carried
with it the highest exemplification of
the 'hands-across-the-sea" idea,
spoke of the work of L'Enfant as a
patriot of the highest integrity who,
like Lafayette, gave the best years of
his life most earnestly for the per-
petuation of the new republic.
Senator Root brought out the
keynote of the speeches that had
gone before, when he said: Eve
need no evidence that L'Enfant was
the originator of the plan of Wash
ington. No man could accomplish
such task without the genius of
his race"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
To Prevent TxnhoId Fever.

Washington.-To aid in the pre-
vention of typhoid fever the officers
of the Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service have been instruct
ed by Surgeon-General Walter
Wyman to offer the new anti-typhoid
vaccination to all beneficiaries of the
service. Surgeon-General Wyman
says that experience has shown that
the use of anti-typhoid vaccine af-
fords protection against attacks OF
typhoid and that the incidence OF the
disease, particularly among troops,
10 reduced as result of its use.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-26
Shot Himself In Dream.

New York.-The danger of sleep
ing with pistol under ones pillow
was illustrated Monday when John
McAleenan died from a self-inflicted
bullet wound through the head.
Members of the family said Nc
Aleenan slept with a revolver at the
head of the bed and shot himself
during a dream, The police could
not find the weapon, but were told
that it had been taken away by
relatives, who found the young man
dying in bed The coroner reported
the case as an accident.