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Building a Poem.

ANY man OH earth can he a poet II
he tries" said Il speaker at bankers
banquet. land there never was bet
ter evidence than when the provost
of Dundee died 1t seems that the
provost had been a fine man His four
deputies mourned him greatly. and
after the funeral they all got together
and decided that they should write him
an epitaph.
ut was hard matter to decide just
how four men could write an epitaph.
but it was finally settled by the agree
ment that the inscription should be a
verse of four lines. each man to write
line And SO they started The first
man wrote his line. The second man
scratched his head and then added his
line to the first. The third man thought
long. hut finally got his inspiration and
put down his line. Then the fourth.
after much deliberation. made the final
rime. and the epitaph ran something
like this:
Here lies the provost of Dundee.
Here lies him. here lies he.
Hallelnjah. hallelujee.
A-B-C-D-E-F-Gr"
Chicago Tribune.
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SYNOPSIS

Jack Howland. engineer. sent to bnild
the Hudson Bay railroad. is appealed -
for help by beautiful girl who writes
that she is mute and invites him TO az
company her, They are followed by Jean
Croisset. half breed.
They go to her camp. He is attacks:,
and nearly killed by huge stranger Tfr
girl disappears. Howland hears her speaa
Croisset gives him the little Meleeaes
warning not to go north. He gnes.
Howland again sees the girl who tells
him by note his life Is in danger She
asks his forgiveness. Gregson and Thorne
are mere wrecks Of their former selves
Mysterious perils threaten Howlant
Tile girl visits him and confesses that sh
had lied to him. She entreats him to re
turn south
He tells her he loves her. Her name Is
Meleese She partly promises to tell him
why enemies seek his life
..owiand is lured to a mine. taken pris-
oner and bound to a box Of dynamite
which is soon to be exploded.
He frees himself and prevents the ex
plosion. Meleese meets him again. refuses
to marry him and again lures him into
the hands Of enemies.
Croisset takes Howland. his prisoner
into the wilderness They are follow ed
BY Meleese. Howland promises not to at
tempt to escape.
Iney reach the house Of the Red Death
deserted Hudson Bay post. Then Crois-
set departs for several days. Howiand
plans to capture him upon his return
Howiand and Croisset fight Croisse,
tells Rowland he intends to kill him
Rowland knocks out the half breed and
orders him to take him to Meleese
Croisset tells him he is going to his
doom. Howland's plan to ambush his en-
emies fails. He is desperate. and Croisset
aids him.
They reach a deserted cabin overlookine
the home Of Meleese and Howlands enc
mics Though threatened with death.
Crofsset refuses to explain why Howiani's :
life is sought. At night Howland goes 10
Meieese
She promises to marry him and to Join
him In the south If he will only flee F.ne-
mics discover him. and he is shot and i'm
prisoned IN a cabin
Croisset. who has been appointed his
executioner. visits the cabin Meleese'
three brothers believe that Howiand's ia
ther wronged Meleese's mother and that
Rowland when a mere boy killed Me-
leeses father.
Howiand Is to be shot at 6 O'Clock he
fore that hour arrives his enemies ,iscov-
er that he Is the wrong John Rowland.
that they have made a mis- Me-
leese and Howland are happily united.
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Avertinq a Defeat.

A certain political boss always con.
trolled his delegations to the crnven.
tions. and TIN. Delegates voted the way
he told them to and not until he did
tell him
AT one convention Il delegate pre-
sent rp,;tt!.i.inn thai the tn,ss "a
vnfrd hut had not heard about soon
enough tn post i,.S Delegates as to how
they should vote on 1t
The chairman uf iiIr convention nut
the q,,eSiin:i .'All Ill favor of this res.
OlutiOn Say aye
There were Il few ayes. and the bDsa
delegates locked III him inq,liringiy
Seeing that hp wnnid not have rime. to
pass the word and uantin. the rpsolu.
ton passed. he dashed dawn the aisle
toward the chairman waving his
hands and shouting
Don't put the negarive Don't put
the negative did thai ailcr and goi
in Il of IL 6x" Saturday Evening
Post
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CHAPTER XVI.

MELEEsE.
IL OR many minutes Howland
stood waiting as il life had
left him. The note fluttere0
from his fingers. and he
drew his watch from his pocket and
placed it on the table. 1t was Il quar-
ter after g. There still remained for
ty-five minutes.
Three-quarters of an hour and then
death. There was no doubt in his
mind this time. Through one OF the
black holes in the wall he was to he
shot down. with no chance to defend
himself. to prove himself innocent.
And Meieese-d she. too. believe him
guilty of that crime?
He groaned aloud and picked mp the
note again. Softly he repeated her last
words to him. IF God fails to answer
my prayers will still do as have
promised and follow you" Those words
seemed to cry aloud his doom. Ever
Meleese had given up hope. And yet
was there not deeper significance in
her words: He started as if some one
had struck him. his eyes agleam.
IL will follow you"
He almost sobbed the words this
time His hands trembled. and he
dropped the paper again on the table
and turned his eyes in staring horror
toward the door. What did she mean?
Would Meleese kill herself if he was
murdered by her brothers? He could
see no other meaning in her last mes
sage to him. and for time after the
chilling Significance of her words
struck his heart he scarce restrained
himself from calling aloud for Jean.
II lie could but send word back to
her. tell her once more of his great
lovc-that the winning of that love
was ample reward for all that lie had
lost and was about to lose. and that it
gave him such happiness as he had
never known even in this last hour Of
his torture:
Twice he shouted for Croisset. but
there came no response save the hoi-
low echoings Of his own voice in the
subterranean chambers. After that f.'
began to think more sanpiy II Me
lecse was a prisoner in her room it
was probable that Croisset. who was
now fully recognized as a traitor al
the post. could no longer gain access
to her In some secret way MeIeese
had contrived to give him the note.
In Howland's breast there grew
slowly feeling Of sympathy for the
Frenchman. Much that he had not
understood was clear to him now. He
understood why Meieese had not re-
vealed the names of his assai!ants 1T
Prince Albert and Wekusko< He un-
derstood why she had He'd from him
after his abduction and why Jean had
% faithfully kept secrecy for her sake.
She had fought to save him from
her own fIesh and hlood. and Jean
had fought to save him. And IL.
cause be had fought for him and Me
leese the Frenchman's fate was to be
almost as tefrihlp as his own II was
he who would Gre the fatal shot al 9
e'clock. Not the brothers. but Jean
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croisset. would he his executioner and

murderer
The minutes passed swiftly. and as
they went Howland was astnnished to
and how coolly he awaited the end He
even began to debate with himself as
to through which hole the fatal shot
would be fired No matter where he
stood. he was in the light of the big
hanging lamp. There was no obscure
Or shadowy corner In which for few
moments he night elude his execu
Homer He even smiled when the
thought occurred to him that it was
possible to extinguish the light and
crawl under the table. thus gaining
momentary delay. But what would
that delay avail him? He was anxious
for the fatal minute to arrive and be
over
There were moments of happiness
when in the damp horror of his death
chamber there came before him visions
Of Meleese. grown even sweetrr and
more lovable now that he knew how
she had sacrificed herself between two
great loves the love of her own peo-
pie and the love of himself. And AT
last she had surrendered TO him. Was
it possible that she cOnld have made
that surrender ii she. like her broth
ers. believed him to be the murderer
of her father-the son OF the man tiend
who had robbed her Of a mother? 1t
was impossible. be told himself She
did not believe him guilty And yet
why had she not given him some such
word in her last message to him?
His eyes Travelled to the note on the
table. and he began searching in his
coat pockets. In one OF them he found
the worn stub OF pencil. and for
many minutes after that he was oblivi
Gus to the passing Of time as he wrote
his last words to MeIeese. When be
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Bank of Benton
Benton, Louisiana

" the figure Of the girl hcetnvrd half
turned half waiting for him. With
a cry Of JOY he sprang forward and
gathered the trembling girl close In his
arms
"Meleese-my Melepse,' he whis-
pered.
After that there came no sound from
the dawn lit room beyond hut lean
Croisset. still standing by he table.
murmured softly to himself. Our
Blessed Lady he praised for II is ali
rs lean crOiSset would h;ive it. and
now can 60 to my Marianer'
THE END.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-12-26
An Exnens;ve sI;n

a we'll dresser man was hurrying
along the ltne t:e PaSsy Paris. when
be SlipIrrd and falling forward. dash
I'd his elbow through the window Of q
wine shop The proprietor rushed out
to claim the price of his window. and
large crowd gathered to see fair
play The man who had broken the
window protested that be- had no mon
ey ''Searcl, himr shouted some one
in the crowd There were no police
men about. so the wine shop keeper
and u few friends took the law into
their own hands. searched the mans
porkets and found 800 frame note
The crowd advised the wine shop
keerer to pay himself we'll for Ills
broken window He took 10 francs to
pay for his broken glass. and the un-
popular man who had broken 1t went
away with torn coat and $50 francs
change The 500 franc note was Q
forgery
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had finished be folded the paper and
placed it under his watch. At the final
moment. before the shot was fred. he
would ask Jean to take it. His eyes
fell on his watch dial. and q cry burst
from his lips.
Ii lacked but ten minutes Of the 6naI
hour.
Above him he heard family the sharp
barking of dogs. the hollow sound Ut
mems voices. A moment later there
| came to him an echo as of swiftly
tramping feet and. after that. silence
Jean Croisset"-
He caught up the paper and ran
from one black opening 10 another.
| calling the Frenchman's name
"As you love your God. Jean. as you
| have hope of heaven. take this note
| CrOiSSet'-
There came no answer. no movement
| outside and Howland stilled the beat
| ing of his heart to listen. Surely CrOis
set was there. He looked again at the
watch he held in his hand In four
cold sweat bathed his face. He tried
| to cry out again. but something rose
| in his throat and chOkeu him until his
| voice was only gasp He sprang
back to the table and placed the note
| once more under the watch Two min
I u ~
! With Il sudden fearless cry he sprang
| into the very center of his prison and
| flung out his arms with his face TO
| the hole next the door This time his
| voice was almost q shout
"Jean Crosset. there is note under
my watch OH the table. After you have
killed me take it to Meiee>e II you
| fail ! shall haunt you to your grave"
] Still no sound. no glpam of steel
| pointing at him through the black aper
| ture. Would the shot come from be-
| hind:
| Tick tick tick tick
He counted the heating of his watch
up to twenty. A sound stopped him
then. and he closed his eyes. and a
| great shiver passed through his body.
1t was the tiny bell OF his watch
tinkiing off the hour OF six.
| Scarcely had that sound ceased to
| ring in his brain when from far
| through the darkness beyond the wall
of his prison there came creaking
noise as it heavy door had been
swung slowly OH its hinges or a trap
opened. then voices. low. quick. excited
voices. the hurrying tread Of feet. a
fash of light shooting through the
gloom They were coming After all.
it was not to he private affair. and
Jean was to do his killing as the hang
mans job is done in civilization be
fore a crowd Howland's arms drop
ped to his side. This was more terri
Bile than the other-this seeing and
hearing of preparation. in which he
fancipd that be heard the click OF
Croisset's gun as ne lifted the hammer
/ Instead-it was a hand fuml,ling at
| the door There were no voices now,
| only a strange mna ming sound that he
could not account for. In another mo
nent II was made clear tn him. The
door swung open and the white rot'ed
fignre of Meleese sprane toward him
with cry that echoed through the
/ dungeon chambers. What happened
! then the passing Of white faces be
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-12-26
Honey Bread.

In Europe. where the food value OF
honey seems to be much better under
stood than In the United States, enor.
nous quantities are used. OF late
years we seem to be waking to a re-
alization Of the value of honey as q
wholesome and delicious article Of
food and also as to its preservative
qualities Cakes and sweet breads
made with sugar soon become dry and
crumbly and to get the good 0f them
must be- eaten when fresh. But where
they are made up with honey they
seem to refnin their moist freshness
indefinitely. In France honey bread
year or eighteen months old ia prefer.
red to that just made. They say. 1t
has ripened." II Is the preservative
or. rather. the uncliangins quality Of
honey that makes Il 80 popular with
the best confectioners.- Christian Her.
aid.
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III. Oriain of "Roox ~

The Turks make liquor from bar
lev which is called booza and which,
although fermented. Is not prohibited
like wine. because it gives heat ana
strength to the body of Mosiem war
riors and goes for hunger. Excess in
drinking it brings on gout and dropsy.
.Eyiia Effendi. Travels"
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Friendly WARNING.

Rural Justice-1'll have to fine 70
s25 fer exceedin TIL speed limit. Mo-
torist (wildly, = What. IT'S con-
demned outrage. Why. I'll swear I
wasn't going more than eight miles an
hour Rural Justice ssolemnlyI-Yo You
do an it'll cost ye $50 more fer PERU.
~. b'gOsh. right n0w--P Puck.
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You will find that druggists every
where speak we'll of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. They know from long
experience in the sale of it that in cases
of coughs and colds it can always be
dependen upon, and that it is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-12-26
Dances In Sardinia.

Sandman dancing Is unlike any 9th.
er 1t is a kind of shuffline with the
feet as the dancers holding hands.
move To and fro. the women on one
side Of the dancing ground and the
men Oh the other. till they have work.
ed round to the opposite sides. while
the las launeddas Is played by man
who walks up and down between the
dancers As rule the men and WON.
en- do not mix. whether dancing or not.
but keep each to their own side The
dances take place on Sundays or feast
days In some plaza of the village. but
hardly ever in the big town
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NUMBER 50.
Pay by Check

lave Your Money In OUR BANK
and Pay Your BiIIs with Checks
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An Old Family.

He Miss. Rellacour claims to belong
to a very old family. She-Well. she's
justified There are six of those girls.
and the Youngest of them must be At
least thirty yfive-Exchange.
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For Sale

A we'll improved upland farm of 14O
acres-3O acres in cultivation, no
acres well timbered. An eight-room
residence, erected at a cost of S11OO
tour years ago; two tenant houses,
barns, seed house, tool house,
good orchard, garden place, etc.,
are among the improvements. Only
three miles from a Cotton Belt sta
tion and within quarter OF mile
of a public school. Located in
Bossier Parish. If sold between
this date and the 3Oth St25O, cash,
will buy the entire property. Ad-
dress, Bargain, care of this Office.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

istry learned of typical experience
of this kind-certainly most instruc-
tive which was recited by a lady
who, in the quest Of beauty, had
purchased and applied one OF these
lotions.
Her complexion having been
ruined thereby. she went to a pyhsi-
clan, who prescribed an iodide
ointment. In obedience to his In
structions. she used it before going
to bed. When she got up the next
morning, she found that her face
had turned literally as red as a
boiled ,lobster-this being the effect
of a combination of the iodine In
the ointment with the mercury of
the lotion.
In despair she went to another
doctor. who gave her an ointment
that contained sulphur. When she
used this, 1t turned her face black,
SO that she looked like negress.
In the course of time, with the
disappearance of the chemicals and
the natural replacement of the in
1ured skin by fresh tissue. the
lady's complexion resumed its nor
NAL and healthy appearance. But
she is not buying any more beauty
lotions"
Ever since vasellne appeared on
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03
10 Stop Fraudulent "Beauty" Cosmetics

nearly all contain bichloride Of mer-
cury-that is to say. corrosive sub
Innate. The typical notsrum of this
description consists of corrosive
subllmate dissolved in water and
glycerine and Favored with tincture
Of benzoin.
1t goes without saying that such
a mixture is extremely cheap. In
fact. it can be put up for almost
nothing at all. but it eagily COM
mands high price. Apparently
(say the Government expertsJ the
more absurd and eXtravagant are
the claims made in behalf of
beauty fake, the more readily it
sells.
One manufacturer. when asked
"what was in" a cosmetic prepara-
ton that he sold, coolly replied:
There Is so per cent profit for me-"
The fraudulent beauty lotions"
beauty by destroying the surface
layer OF the skin with which they
come into contact. That Is to say.
the corrosive sublimate they con-
tain causes the outer scarf skin"
(epidermis) to peel of. thus bring
ing TO view the lower layer of skin
ldermis) which Is smooth ant pink.
incidentally, OF course. 1t leaves
the skin very tender and sensitive
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

an extremely cheap material. In
disguise, for much money. with the
help of -.lv rtisemen.s making false
and extravagant claims in regard to
the efficiency Of the preparation -
q beauty maker;
The same thing has been largely
done with mutton tallow. And .
good deal of very expensive tooth
powder Is nothing more than Q mix.
ture of powdered soap and preci.
plated chalk, with q little scent and
pink coloring to render 1t attractive
Toothpowder, 1t might be said. 10
hardly to be classed as a cosmetic:
but 1t serves to illustrate the great
principle that underlies the manu-.
facture OF nearly all toilet prepara-
tions-the idea, that is to say, Of
selling mixture OF cheap materials
at high price.
A serious objection to vaseline a
an unguent for use on the face n
that 1t 10 at least suspected to have
tendency to encourage the growth
OF hair where 1t Is not wanted. This
IL merely a suggestion which women
may consider It worth while to take
into view.
Even the colored population 10 not
overlooked by the manufacturer.
tnough the nostrums sold for their
special use are most commonly for
taking the kinks out OF the hair
1t seems awful funny to me-" said
q negro maid to her mistress one
Gay. how you white ladies are al.
ways tryin' to put kinks into your
nair. while We cullud folks are dom
our best to get EN- out
There Is q very wide ana nrcA,.
aoIe sale for "anti-kinks," OF which
mere are many brands on the mar
net. One. recently analysed BY the
bureau OF Chemistry, was found "a
% 2 mixture Of cocoanu. an ana
crude vaseline, Favored with ali AZ
oergamot. Another was : norc
elaborate preparation, composed ~
lara. Deeswax. camphor OIL haeS
marrow and gum benxoin. f.vcr~1
WIN OILS OF lemon, orange, cloves
sno lemon grass. Yet another was
nlnety parts vaseline and ten parts
oeef !uet. with oil Of bersamof -,
uavorlnE. All Of them are soi6 win
fake before and after" pictur.. a.
Illustrating the marvellous eiFscts ~
produce. s1ss
II the Richardson bill becom.. .
law the Government o3iciais ~,
make havoc On the fraudulent 80. ~
jplsxion and beauty buslnesa
Il II st. t
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03
By Rene Bache.
THE Richardson Bill. now be-
fore committee in Congress-.

'HE Richardson Bill. now be-
fore committee in Congress,
IL aimed at fraudulent cos
metics. II. as ID expected, 1t be-
comes a law, It will drive all the
pretended face lotions" Skin
ioods." and other such beauty fakes
out Of the market.
This is matter OF very great Inn
portance. because up to the present
time there has been no restriction
Whatever upon the sale Of stuff of
the kind, which find a market in
this country to the extent of many
millions Of dollars yearly. Most of
1t is absolutely worthless, and much
OF 1t highly injurious and even dan
gerous-being calculated to destroy,
rather than to enhance, feminine
charms.
The Government would lave at
tackled this swindling business long
ago, but for the fact that its hands
have been tied. For fraudulent CO.'S
metics are not within the scope of
the Pure Food and Drug Law,
simply for the reason that they can
not be classified az medicine in
proper sense Of the term. II
woman seeks cosmetic to make her
more beautiful. It can hardly be said
that she Is purchasing a medicine.
This situation of affairs. however.
will be entirely changed by the
passage Of the Richardson bill: and
thereupon the Government will pro-
coed to make Wholesale seizures OF
fraudulent beauty-making nostrums
OF all kinds-basing its action In
some cases upon the false labelling
Of the preparations in question. and
In others upon the fact that they
are worthless or worse. Already
the Bureau Of Chemistry has made
q fairly complete Investigation OF
the whole subject. and has planned
it, line Of procedure.
The women In particular should
be glad Of the protection which by
this means II to be afforded them
against . species Of fraud which.
not only cheats them out Of their
money, but threatens to rob them o.
their good looks. Take for instance
most Of the so-called face lotions"
which to-day are % widely adver-
tioed and sold. Most Of these have
been analysed b. the Bureau Of
Chemistry. and Il has found that