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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
A STAMP HOAX.


The Story That Went With the eIos
plants eeak Issue.
Stamp collecting is peculiar but .
fascinating hobby, and it is said that
as many as 100000 in all the world
own 1t as hobby. Germany, France,
Austria. England and France rank In
the order named in the number Of
stamp collectors they contain.
THE elephants beak hoax" IL one Of
the best jokes ever played at the ex-
pense Of collectors 1t was worked on
a half dozen well known philatelists
who were astonished by the announce
ment that a well known New York
stamp collector had secured the only
copy Of peculiar stamp later known
as 1.-The elephant stamp bill" This
stamp bore as its central design the
figure Of an elephant with the beak
and wings of bird This stamp. 30
the story went. was designed by well
known South American revolutionist
who was about to overthrow the exist
ing regime. The design on the stamp
was meant to designate that the new
ruler had the strength Of an elephant
and the swiftness Of q bird. But
alas for the plans Of mice and menl
His plot was discovered. and among
the supplies seized were half million
Of the stamps Of the new and yet un-
born republic. These were ordered de-
stroyed. One Of the soldiers had man
aged to smuggle about hundred OF
these away. but he was finally caught
and shot at daybreak. Before his exc.
| cution. however. he had given one
stamp to a little boy. and this had in
some very reasonable and plausible
| way found the New York collector
after many months.
The stamp was naturally Of great
price and would have brought big
sum had not several collectors com
pared notes and found that each had
in his possession on approval the only
elephant bill stamp in existence. II
this way the interesting hoax was dis
covered-New York Mail
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
Russja,s Butterfly Belief.

Small boys and girls in Russia often
do not have the Joy of butterfly chas-
ing or collecting. for the popular and
pretty belief Of the peasants il that
these swarms of fragile. lovely insects
are the earthbound souls nf the dead.
compelled to linger for some minor ex-
piation of sin. As the nurses of the
children Of oil below royalty are from
the peasant class. they impress on
them at an early age how wicked it
would be to catch and torture II soul
and thus imbue them with supersti-
tion that lasts until they are well
grown.-New York Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
TWO DUELs.
The Second One Was to Avengs the
Victim Of the First.

The Second One Was to Avenes the
Victim Of the First.
A certain English gentleman who
was Il regular frequenter Of the green
room of Drury Lane theater in the
days of Lord Byron's committee and
who always stood quietly on the
hearth rug there with his back to the
tire was in his usual place one night
when narrative was related by an
other gentleman. newly returned from
the continent. Of barrier duel thar
hat taken place In Paris.
4 young Englishman. u mere boy.
had been despoiled In a gaming house
in the Palais Royal. had charged a
certain. gaming count with cheating
him. had gone ont with the count. had
wasted his fire and had been slain by
the count under the frightful circum.
stances Of the counts walking mp to
him. laying his hand on his heart. say.
ing. "You are brave fellow w-haye
you mother?" and on his replying
in the affirmative remarking coolly. II
am sorry for her." and blowing his
victims brains out.
The gentleman on the hearth rug
paused in taking n pinch OF snu!r 10
hear this story and observed with
great placidity. II am afraid J must
kill that rascal"
4 few nights elapsed. during which
the greenroom hearth rug was without
him, and then he reappeared precisely
as before and only incidentally men
toned in the course of the evening.
Gentlemen. killed that rasc:l"
He had gone over to Paris on pur.
pose. had tracked the count TO the
same gaming house. had thrown
glass OF wine in his face In h" pres
ence Of all the company assembled
there. had told him that he had come
to avenge his young compatriot AM
had done II by putting the count on
Of this world and coming back 10 TN
hearth rug as II nothing had happened
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
BLUFFS AND PLAYS DEAD.
But There's . Fatal Flaw In the Hog
Nosod Snakes Acting.

NoSo0 snakes Acting.
When you find a hog nosed snake
nattened out upon the soil In his anx-
iety to absorb all the sunshine that he
can he Immediately adopts policy, Of
bluff" He first infatcS his body by
deep draft Of air. Then he fattens
his head and expands his neck to three
times Its proper width. Next he strikes
angrily toward the intruder and Kisses
with malignant fury. The average
pedestrian naturally retreats with q
feeling of gratitude for the danger sig
nails so unmistakably imprinted by a
kindly Providence upon the deadly
members Of the reptile race.
A good field naturalist will quietly
advance his bare hand to the reptiles
head. because he knows that this snake
Gun neither be induced to give poi
sonous bite nor bite of any kind. See
ing that the observer cannot be in
timidated. the snake then opens his
Jaws and acts Oh II he had been in
jured. Convulsive spasms ripple down
his spine He writhes and twists az
II transplanted by the agonies of death.
and. turning over on his back. the last
CONFUSION dies away along the tail.
Now. nothing in nature looks more
dead than n snake lying with the ivory
white Of his lelly l,lates turned upward
to the sky. and the hog nosed snake will
simmlnte denth sn patiently that You
may carry him by the tail or hing his
body on 1; fence and he will swing in
the wind and give NO sign Of life for
an hour or more
But this clever acting has one fatal
naw. II ynu place him on the ground
with the belly downward he will twist
over on his back again IIe has such
a fixed idea that ''in'Ily plates skyward''
Is the correct pose for II ser;'en;s
corpse that. although supposed to be
lifeless. he will turn over Oh his back
dozen times II you az l,s'rs"yeringly
persist in laying him on his crawlin:
surface His zeal for the perfection
of mimicry blinds him to the Obvious
truth that dead snakes stay where
they are put.-Century Path.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
KNEW TOO MUCH.
Tsnnyson's Father Had to Fly For He
Life From Russia.

Tsnnyson's Father Had to Fly For HE
Life From Russia.
Shortly after the assassination OF
Emperor Paul Of Russia. Tennyson,
the father Of the poet, dined with
Lord st. Helens. the British ambassa-
dor. in Moscow. Several Russian ON
GERS Of high rank whose names he did
not know were also guests. During
dinner a guarded reference was made
to the emperor's death.
.'Why do you speak so gingerly
about a matter SO notoriousY cried
Tennyson impulsively. leaning across
his neighbor. Russian whose breast
was covered with orders. I'VE know
very well in England that the Emper-
or Paul was murdered Count Zob0h
knocked him down and Benningsen
and Count Pahlen strangled him"
There was a strained silence: then
the ambassador abruptly changed the
subject. As the guests fled out into
an adjoining room Lord St Helens
drew Tennyson aside. Don't go into
the next room." he whispered. but fly
for your life. The man next you,
across whose breast you leaned. was
Count Pahlen. and Zobon was also at
| the table"
He gave a few hurried directions
and Tennyson rushed OF. threw bis
clothes into a portmanteau and fed
behind fast horses to Odessa, still II
evening garb. though the cold was in
tense He lay hidden for weeks and
at last. in the disguise Of servant
| was smuggled on board an Englist
| frigate
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
The Myth Of the Doones.

How largely MIR. Rlaekmorc drew
upon his Imagination for the story Of
Lorna DOOne" is made clear by +.
w. lakewood in his book. ",rhe Good
Old Times" There were, in fact. no
DoOnes. The word was simply local
bogy, a modified form of Dane" Il
memory Of the faroff times when the
viking invaders harried the land. The
only vestige Of actuality discoverable
Is faint tradition that a fugitive from
the battle of Sedgmoor, to escape the
hangings of Judge Jeffreys, ;appropriat
ed the ruins Of some wretched huts III
recesses of the Badgworthy glen. now
the Doom valley finding there Il safe
retreat i'm which he reared consider
able family, which managed to ckc out
living by committing petty depreda.
tons in the district The last of the
Doones,' an old man and his grand
daughter. are said to have perished in
the snow during the winter of 1860"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
BACK TO
THE FARM
v. Social Life In the
Country.
BY G.. v. CIR lEG0RY

copyright. is10. by American Press Asso-
ciation.I
~HE social life and amusenents
OF the country are essentially
different from those in the
city. ! have heard people say
that there is no such thing as social
life in the country. but inquiry dis
closed the fact that they never had
spent much time in u modern. wide
awake farm community. The founda
lion of all social life is in the home 1t
Is in the country that the home is de-
veloped to the highest extent. and it
necessarily follows that it is in the
country that the strongest basis for
healthy social life exists.
The social life of the so called ''soci-
ety" people of the city does not exist
in the country. and it is u blessing to
tue country that it does not. Such a
social life is unnatural Social life Is
primarily for amusement recreation
and development. Where is the amuse
ueut or the recreation in the struggle
for social recognition by q clique
whom a turn of the wheel of fortune
has brought uppermost? Where is the
development unless 1t be the develop
ment of heartaches on the part of the
wife and poverty on the part OF the
husband: Such society where peo-
pie are measured by their money rath
er than by their true worth. is snob
berry rather than social life
Outside the society" circles the So
cial life OF the city consists largely of
amusements-Coney Island and its imi
tators. theaters and public dances.
Some of these things are all right in
their way They furnish amusement
and recreation. But they do not fur
nish development.
Here is where the great advantage
| of country social life comes in. 1t is
not furnished ready made to those who
| have the price. Social diversions In
the country are made to order That
| Is the reason why some people do uot
like them and that is why person
who once really gets into the spirit OF
country social life is never afterwartl
| satisfied with social affairs in which
he cannot have an active part
The social possibilities of the countr,
are not taken advantage of in all com
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
The --LATEST People.

There IS no doubt that the. Malays are
among the LATEST people in-the world.
Except in rare cases they will not take
the trouble to learn when they are
young. and afterward. If they have
learned. they will not exert themselves
to apply their knowledge to any object
which require !, sustained effort.
That they possess effort is known to
any ono who has seen Malays engaged
In any enterprise which savors OF
sport. They do not mind the trouble
II there is only some risk and excite
ment in the work.-Times Of Malaga.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
A Funny Chase.

Lord Oxford. an eccentric English
nobleman. once had team of red deer
stays that he frequently drove to q
light coach. All went well until one
day there happened to be pack OF
staghounds on the road from London
to Brighton. along which Lord Orford's
picturesque team was-merrily 6eeting-
There followed the strangest chase
that ever mortal man witnessed. The
hounds hunted the team and its owner
hard to Newmarket. and with such q
smash into the Ram Inn yard the
whole lot went that there was no more
coach left and little more OF driver.
Lord Oxford took to horses after that.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
A Marked JUDGE.

The descriptive reporter of certain
daily paper in describing the turning
of dog out Of court by order of the
bench recently detailed the occurrence
as follows: "The elected canine as be
was ANONYMOUSLY dragged from the
room cast glance at the judge for
the purpose Of being able to identify
him mt some future time"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
JOY In Store For Some One.

Among the advertisements in a
monthly magazine we find this:
For Sale or Exchange.-A fine young
male bobcat and female coyote: also q
mandolin and pair Of fieldglasses.
Such opportunities as this are not
often offered. The feklglasses most
of us could manage to do without, but
the male bobcat, the female coyote
and the mandolin would go far to
make life happy for any reasonable in
diyidual. All these are productive Of
music. and music gives joy to all right
" constituted persons. There are, OF
course. some people who cannot play
upon a mandolin. but anybody can
play upon Il bObcat or coyote. This
fine chance to get varied and inter-
esting collection of musical instru-
ments will undoubtedly bring many
replies.-ROchester Union and Adver-
ffSpr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18

An Inscription by Charles Lamb.
My friends uncle had in his early
days been a fellow clerk with Charles
Lamb. remember his showing me .
book which had been given him by
Lamb. with very lamblike inscription
It was liable of Interest" and on
the fiyleaf was written:
"William Thomas Keith. from
Charles Lamb. In this book. unlike
most others, the further you progress
the more the interest increases. Ed.
mund Yates.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
rHEEND OF TUBERCULOSIS
Value Of suppressins L.
By DIR. SIMON FLExNER-

By DIR. SIMON FLEXNER-
When 1t is recalled that tuber-
culosis causes about one third of
the deaths that occur between
the ages of twenty and fifty
years 1t becomes at once appar-
ent what IN enormous influence
the suppression of this one dis
ease must exercise upon the de-
velopment and progress of socie-
ty. The eradication of tubercu-
losis Is among the chief ends to
be accomplished by all the agen-
cies which are striving to uplift
human society and to make its
individual units more efficient
and self sustaining. Hence the
conquest OF tuberculosis becomes
the proper Geld Of endeavor for
the statesman. legislator. physi-
clan and layman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
Two Showers.

Two SnoW0b&
Cute people out In the town where
my cousin Jane lives. A popular girl
rot married there. and her rejected
suitors dubbed together and gave her
q mitten shower"
GOOD. And what did they give the
lucky bridegroom
'They gave him q shower Of bricks.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
Rays and Raise.

Everybody emits rays. An angry
man emits violet rays: a contentei
person emits pinkisl rays"
Sounds interesting. | wonder II my
boss would emit ten dollar raise 0f
salaTyg" Louisville Courier Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
Work Of Providence.

ssThe man died eating watermelons." /"
some one said to Brother Dickey.
Eyes, subj" he said. Providence
sometimes puts us in paradise befo'
we gifts ter heaven. Atlanta Const!-
futinn
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18

A Very Great lmpediment.
Ladies' Seminary Examiner-Mis~
Jones'. state the chief impeachment to
marriage. Candidate-When no or.'
presents himself. -FliegeEde Elatrer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
The LAWYERS Point Of View.

The IaWy6FS POINT Of vteW'
.eIt costs more." said prominent
Bostonian, ito get divorced than It
costs to get married"
Maybe so." said the lawyer as ne
took the big check. .'but It's worth
more. isn't 1t Boston Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
a Feint and . Faint.

Sadie Did you ever faint7 Susie
Once. But ! bumped my head 80
hard that tainted really and truly.
and rye never tried it again. Toledo
Blade
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18
Unspeal<ahle..

UnspeakabIe.'
what would you think, daddy, u
Algernon Nocash should suggest be-
coming your son-in-law?"
"Withdraw. my dear, while | think
aloud. - Brooklyn Life.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-18

God be praised that am overtaken
With misfortune and not with sim
saadi.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
WINKLEBACK IS
ON HIS Way NOW

Lolling In comparative luxury and
enjoying the use of rented Ford
runabout mp to the last moment of
his Honolulu residence, J. w. Wrinkle
back, of some fame in Shanghai and
through his connection with the Ho-
nolulu Amusement Company's con-
test. left for other climes on last
Wednesday 60.
Shortly before fhe Sierra sailed
Winkleback loaded his wife, baggage
and bulldog into the rented run
about and drove " the steamship
wharf. With gracious wave Of the
hand that included all Honolulu. he
departed with everything In his pos
session, except the runabout. This
he left standing outside the wharf,
forgetting to notify the Schuman
garage Of his intention to leave, due.
no doubt to the fact that he had paid
not rent for the three months the
auto was In his use.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
AUTO chemical
NEEDED There

Residents on Alewa Heights have
become alarmed over what Is claimed
total lack of fire protection in that
residential district.
Through Attorney Wade Warren
Thayer, the jewellers on the hillside
have appealed to the City and Coun.
ty Board Of Supervisors. with the hope
that branch fire station will be pro-
vided for that district.
II was pointed out that the recen,
fire there has plainly demonstrated
the utter helplessness and isolation
of the upper levels of the city IN
event of serious fire.
The Alewa Heights improvement;
Club profess to be in dead earnest
over the matter of better protection
against fire. This body suggests that
branch fire station with an auto
fire truck be located Liliha and Wyl-
lie streets. It is pointed out that
such station would be conveniently
located to Alewa Heights. Pacific
Heights and could be called upon to
more readily respond to fires should
they occur I'M upper Nuuanu Valley
The residents have been notified
that the board now has under con-
sideration the purchase of two auto
fire trucks for chemical apparatus.
These will, It is estimated cost In
the neighborhood of six thousand
dollars each. The sum of twelve
thousand dollars has been inserted In
the new appropriation bill to cover
the cost Of the increased fire fighting
apparatus.
Chief Thurston of the Honolulu
fire department filed two reports with
the city fathers last night. During
April the property loss was $500, pro-
perry at risk covered by insurance
$500, and liability of insurance COM
panies $500.
In May the property loss amounted
to s42O3, insurance $4,000. and liabil-
ity of companies was s3463.2O.
Chief Thurston reported also that
one Of the haxses attached to the do
partment was too old for further SER
vice and asked permission to turn
1t back to the city and county.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
IT GROWS HAIR
Here Are Facts We Want You
to Prove at Our Risk,

Marvellous as II may seem, Rexall
"93" Hair Tonic has grown hair on
heads that were once bald or course,
In none of these cases were the hair
roots dead, nor had the scalp taken on
a glazed, sidney appearance.
Rexal "93" Hair Tonic acts sci
entihcally, destroying the germs which
are usually responsible for badness.
II penetrates to the roots of the hair,
stimulating and nourishing them. 1t
is most pleasant toilet necessity, is
delicately perfumed, and will not gum
nor permanently stain the hair.
We want you to get a bottle Of
Rexall "93" Hair Tonic and use II as
directed. II II does not relieve scalp
irritations, remove dandruff, prevent
the hair from falling out and promote
an increased growth of hair, and in
every way give entire satisfaction,
simply come back and tell us, and
without question or formality we
will hand back to you every penny
you paid us for II. Two sizes, Soc
and sl.O0. Sold only at our store
The ReXall Store. Benson, Smith &
Co. Ltd.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
CHINESE ENJOYS TO
STUDY FRISCO FAIR

Representative of practically all the
commercial organizations of the Chi
ncsc empire, Ho In and Use Sheung,
millionaire merchants of Hongkong,
arrived in San Francisco recently. to
investigate and report upon the Pa
mama Pacific Exposition.
The report of the two Chinese mer-
the magnitude OF the display to be ex-
hibitcd In 1915, by the commercial or
CARNATIONS of the Flowery Kingdom.
SURPRISING Display Promised.
I'VE are here simply to look over
the ground" said Ho In, through an
Interpreter. From our previous knowl-
edge of the situation, we believe San
Francisco will hold the greatest expo
sition ever witnessed.
IAN of the large commercial organ
izations of China are looking forward
to the fair with keen interest, and when
the proper time comes we may he ex-
pccted to make display superior to
anything of the kind ever before at
tempted.
I'VE feel that the holding of the fair
In your fair city, situated. at II is.
closer to China than any other city in
the United States, will do much to ce-
ment the feeling of friendiness be-
tween the two countries.
China Advancing Fast.
China Is advancing rapidly along
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
HARVARD STATUE FAXED?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 20
The statue In front OF Memorial Hall
at Harvard, supposed to be a like
ness OF John Harvard founder of the
college, Is a faxed likeness, accord
Ing to G, +. Searle, professor of
physics at Cambridge University,
England, who Is now visiting here.
John Harvard was graduate of
Emanuel College, Cambridge" said
Or. Searle today Several years ago
It was decided to put stained glass
windows in the. chapel, one with
likeness Of John Harvard. No pic
ture Of Harvard could he found, but
a description of his person was found
and the artist was instructed 10 paint
the picture OF long, lean consump-
overlooking youth, When Harvard
University decided TO erect a statue,
Emanuel College was applied to for
a likeness, and the picture of that
lean, consumptive-looking man was
sent and the statue of John Harvard
was fashioned after It,"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-28
MY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here.
with the picture of my fifteen year old