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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

Aug. 26, 1912
Dear Ed.
Would you permit me to an
swer question No, q, If so please
publish it in next issue.
The question No. - is Why
does God not destroy the devil?
This is easy for ne if you will
let Inc answer it if not why al
right.
If God had destroyed the devil
who would punish the wicked
ones which God refuse to have
any thing to do with en- the day
of judgement if he had destroyed
the devil who would destroy the
rest OF the devils?
Thos Jones
Desota III.
Box 1Ol.
Yes Bro. come right along Will
your questions and answers.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

Poodle who don't mind their
own business, bring more mis-.
cry into families, societies and
churches thaA everything else,
They turn the pleasant. peaceful
stream or good will into q loath
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

When a man passes the thir>ieth
mile post and has loved no good
woman, he has lost his best
chanco Of life f.r happiness, and
the sooner he calls a halt and
thinks it over the better.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05
Desota Ill.

Aug. 16 1912.
Dear Id. Please
tell your readers. if God is the
highest power on earth and all
else where, and the devil is such
a mean fellow and he causes US
to have to die and go to hell. and
be loves every thing that God
hates. and the Son Of COD was
manifested that be might de-
st-ov The works of the devil,
Why aid he not destroy the
devil and be done with it, The
Question is, Why does Coo not
destroy the devil? Please ans.
Wer SuOn.
God bless the Ed.
Artie Brown.
Dcsota III.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

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more than gold or precious
stones.
Al success is a series Of efforts
in which, when closely viewed,
are seen more or less failures.
The mountain is apt to overthrow
the hill but a hill is a reality
nevertheless. If you fail now and
then don't be discouraged. Bear
in mind il is only the part and
experience Of evCry successful
man. ard the most successful
men often have the most failures
IS it right for US to complain
SO much Of our hardships ana
our disappointment? Can we eX.
pect to hear a We'll done. thou
good and faithful servant" when
we are doing 50 little with tn.
talents given US? + it reasonable
we should expect to be given q
world that is full Of beauty ant
of richness, if we spend oul
time here in }amenting the eros
SEES Of life? Must fairer home
than this be given us if we close
our eyes,to all the pictures rh'r'
Nature has drawn to plea ~ \
turn q deaf ear TO tn" t
music that are vibrating the Il
about us. and murmur Of hunge
when rare fruits but need tn
gathering? Can't we DO our pay
a little better? Can't we hel
/ others about us to raise the th'
{ curtains of Ignorance, doubt c
dependency, which is shutiin
y out the light Of joy which shine
fer all? Thou has been fAithft
u over one city. / will make the
+ ruler over many" It's not Ike
that you and were made to ia
Il cities, but We have been give
4 our work to do, VIII we &c fat
e lul to the truaJ>
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

People WHO have warm friends
ere t.ea'ther and happier than
those who have none, A single
real friend is a treasure worth
more than gold or precious
stones.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05

Professional cards SLIGO month
Local per line, 1st insertion .O3
/" subsequent insertions .O2
Local advertisements will b
continued until ordered out.
~ Special contracts made on
larger adds.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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PAGE OF INQUIRY.

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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05
QUESTION NO. II,

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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-09-05
DESOTA ILL,

Aug. 26, 1912
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity is Here, Backed BY
Ashland Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Ashland endorsement.
Read the statements of Ashland
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it:
M. Powell, 263 Oak street, Ash
land, Ore, says: 81 suffered a great
deal from kidney trouble and back
ache and sometimes | could hardly
get around. On arising in the morn
ing | was stiff and lame and the kid
ney secretions annoyed me by their
irregularity in passage. AS soon as
| commenced taking Doan's Kidney
Pills | improved and l am now in
good health. l still use Doan's Kid
ney Pills occasionally, however, but
more as preventive than anything
else. l always insist upon Doans
Kidney Pills for no substitute could
be as effective as they"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
NEARLY NINE BILLION TONS.
Coal Chart Issued BY United States
Shows Enormous Production.

In 1914 the total amount of coal
produced in the United States was
22 short tons, all of it anthracite;
the next year SO short tons were
mined; the next year, rs short tons;
and in 1919 the total quantity mined
was $50 short tons. There was a
remarkable increase, however, in
1920, when 3,450 short tons were
mined, and two years later the guam
tity was 5S,5S3 short tons, due to
the entrance of Virginia in the field,
with an output of 54 900 short tons
of bituminous coal. From that time
coal mining increased with leaps and
bounds, so that at the close of the
first so years of the industry the
output was 23,605,123 short tons.
This figure, however, will be consid-
cred remarkably small when it is
noted that the output of the mines
of the United States in 1900 was
269 9,6S4,027 short tons. The largest
annual output so far recorded was
that for 1910, which was sol, $780,
37S short tons. In 1911 the total
amount of coal produced was 496,-
221, ,16S short tons. The anthracite
| wal ihuuobiy udS lllCI SdScu lTOm Z Z
short tons in 1914 to O,464, ,067
short tons in 1911, the largest guam
tity yet recorded. The total amount
of anthracite coal produced since
1914 is 7O,79S,737 short tons
The total amount of bituminous coal
produced by American mines since
the beginning of the industry is
6,46S,773,6 $50 short tons, and the
total production of both anthracite
and bituminous coal is S,739,572, ,427
short tons. These figures are quot.
ed from a chart just issued by the
United States Geological Survey
showing the production of coal in the
United States from 1914, the date oi
the earliest record, to the close o.
1911. The chart also shows the pro
duction of each state for each veal
during that period
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
OKLAHOMA'S SPECIAL TRAIN.
Will Tour Northwest With Two Car.
loads of Exhibits.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-The Okla
homa delegation and exhibit for the
International Dry-Farming Congress
at Lethbridge, Alta, will leave this
city September 2S over the Katy
road on a special train which will be
one of the most palatial equipments
ever sent out of the southwest The
train has been routed via Kansas
City over the Katy, to Denver over
the Santa Fe, to Billings, Mont, over
the Burlington, to Seattle, Wash.
over the Great Northern and connec-
tions, and thence to Lethbridge over
the 500 and Canadian Pacific. Re-
turning the route will be east to
Winnipeg, thence south to st. Paul
and down the Mississippi valley
through st. Louis, making numerous
stops.
Secretary Marie Woodson of the
committee in charge of the arrange
ments is preparing the best selected
exhibit ever sent out of the state, and
is arranging to have two carloads OF
dry-farmed products sent along with
the delegates and shown at all impor-
tant stops. The exhibits will be gath
cred in every county of the state and
will comprise grains, grasses, roots
and fruit.
Last year Oklahoma captured the
first prize for wheat at the Dry
Farming Congress at Colorado
Springs, and came near the top or
kafir and milo maize. Instances ot
bumper production in the more arit
counties are more frequent this year
and the committee has hopes of cap
turing first prize on several products
at the big exposition at Lethbridgt
next October.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
Commercializing Chivalry Out of
Correspondence.

In this utilitarian and speedy age
the redundancies of commercial in
tercourse are fast losing their tradi-
tional standing The necessities of
the times call for short cuts to a
given destination. Time is the es-
sence of the contract more than ever,
and when competition keeps us
keyed to the limit, every moment
saved is a moment gained.
Answering the demand for brevity
and less red tape, the army, for in
stance, generally last to adopt inno-
vations, has dropped all excess bag
gage from it's correspondence. Re
spectfully" has been courtmartialed
and sent to the guard house, and so
have 81 have the honor" Respect
Even Sir" has been tabooed, and
when a letter is written it is notable
for the absence of that polite and
time-honored salutation. In clos
! ing. the correspondent refrains from
| adding that he has the honor oi
being" and merely signs his name.
In busy institution like the army
| these cuts and reductions in letter
writing are expected to prove {
great saving of time for the officers
and clerks, as we'll as in the amount
of extra paper hitherto consumed by
the use of superfluous words.
Chivalry is being commercializet
out of its old place, but in the race
for success this is inevitable.
Private business VIII come to i
presently. Then alack for day tha
has no room for the amenities
What a machine this world will b'
when all sentiment is gone!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
Very Ignorant.

Shortly before his death the late
Chief Justice Fuller presided at a
church conference. During the pro-
gress of a heated debate a member
arose and began TRADE against uni
versities and education, thanking God
he had never beNn corrupted by con-
tact with a college.
do l understand the speaker
thangs God for his ignorance?" in
terrupted the chief justice.
well, yes," was the answer, ''you
can put it that way if you want to. -
"All have to say, then" said the
chief justice in his sweetest musical
tone, is that the member has a good
deal to thank God for
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
And So True. Too.

Father was walking to Sunday
school with little Johnny and en-
deavoring to improve the time by
teaching Johnny the Golden Text. the
words of which were Whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he reap"
Johnny repeated it after his father
several times and seemed to have
mastered the correct wording.
AS they drew near the Sunday
school the father gave Johnny his
last rehearsal. Now, son." he said,
lets have the Golden Text once
more without any help from me-"
This is what he got from Johnny:
whatsoever a man sews always
rips"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
Turkish Reforms May Avert War

London.-0wing to the program
of reform which the porte proposes
to grant to Macedonia and other
Christian provinces, less fear of war
in the Balkans is felt in Constantine
pie. according to a despatch to the
Dni' Mail here.
While these reforms do not
amount to autonomy. the dispatch
states that assurances have been CIV
en- by the Turkish government that
a constitution granting equal treat
ment to all nationalities will be put
into execution.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
BuSinesslike.

In certain town in Nebraska lives
a man who has been so unfortunate
as to lose three wives who were bur-
led side by side. For long time the
economical Nebraskan deliberated as
to whether he should erect a separate
headstone for each, commemorating
her virtues, but the expense deferred
him. Finally happy solution of the
difficulty presented itself.
He had the Christian name of each
engraved on a small Mary,
Elizabeth, Matilda hand cut
on each stone pointing to large
stone in the center of the lot, and
under each hand the words:
For epitaph see large stone"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
Ask Her Parole,

Believing that Hazel Irwin, con-
victed of the murder of Ray Wallace
and now awaiting sentence for her
crime, should have a chance for re-
generation and promising to provide
influences and surroundings that will
make for that regeneration, a num-
Der of prominent women of Portland
are engaged in arousing sympathy
that probably will result in a wide
spread petition for her release on pa
role.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
"plain PeODle."

why do you object to women in
politics?"
Because" replied the statesman,
81 put my faith in the plain people,
and no woman will consent to be
classified as plain"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16
Crescent CITY.

Special facilities for tourist par
ties at the Bay Hotel and annex,
Crescent City. Hot and cold water,
baths and rooms en- suite. 22-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16


"a r.
halls California
$ Wright
his hard hitting splendid
control the ball He phenomenal He
tributes his speedy action the that like Californian
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16

SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland
Tidings one year $275 to old or new
subscribers. Regular price of Sunset
Magazine is $3.50 per year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16

Star Laundry and French Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone "a.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-16

Scale receipts at Tidings office.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
AnnOuncem entS

For Supreme Court Justiceship.
We are authorized announce Judge ALFRED D. LAND
Shreveport candidate to succeed himself as Associate
Supreme Court from this the Second Supreme
District, subject the approval of the Democratic
voters at the September Sd primary election
For Judge District Court of Appeals.
We are authorized to announce Judge B. P. EDWARDS
Arcadia Benvile Parish candidate for Judge OF the
Court of Appeals district subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
We are authorized announce Judge R. G. DREW OF
Minden Parish candidate to succeed himself as
Judge OF Appeals for this district subject to the
action of the Democratic party
For District Judge.
We are authorized announce Judge JOHN N SANDLlN
of Mden candidate succeed himself Judge for the
Second District composed of Bossier and Webster
Parishes subject action of the Democratic party
For District Attorney.
We are authorized to announce Hon. w. R. PERCY OF
Mnden District Attorney for this the Sec
ond Judicial District composed of the parishes OF Bosser and
Webster subject action of the Democratic party,
The Banner is authorized to announce
THOMAS w. ROBERTSON
as candidate reelection District Attorney for this
the Judicial District subject the action Of the Dem
ocratc voters at the approaching primary election.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
Bible BrilIlants.

Awake, We drunkards, and weep; and
howl, all We drinkers of wine.-Joel j, 5.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and
all the nations thatforget God. -Psalmix, II.
Thou art great people, and hast great
power: thou shalt have not one lot only
Joshua xvii, II.
Wherefore have We beguilcd US, saying,
We are very far from you; when We dwell
among us?-Joshua tx, %.
Hear, 0 my son, and receive my say
ings; and the years of thy life shall be
many.-Proverbs iv, 10.
There failed not ought of any good thing
which the Lord had spoken unto the house
of Israel; all came to pass.-Joshuax xxi, As.
exhort therefore, that, first of all, sup
plications, prayers, intercessions, and Civ
ing Of thanks, be made for all men.-I.
Timothy ii, l.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that
may eat; and give me water for money,
that may drink: and will pass through
on my feet.-Deuteronomy ii, %.
For We know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet fol
your sakes he became poor, that we through
his poverty might be rich.-II. Cor. viii, 8
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
An Ordinance

Providing for the protection OF wild
deer, and to fix the season in which
said animals may be killed.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
Bossier Parish, in reguler session con-
vened, That, in pursuance to an act now
pending before the General Assembly, OF
the State of Louisiana, giving to the
police juries of the several parishes Of
the State the power to fix the season in
which wild deer may be killed in their
respective parishes, it shall be unlawful
for any person to kill, snare, trap, hunt
with hounds, or in any way annoy or
destroy any wild deer between the 18th
day of November and the 10Th day Of
August of any year.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That if the act now pending before the
General Assembly of the State OF Lou
isiana giving to the police juries Of the
several parishes OF this State the right
to regulate the time within which wild
deer may be killed is enacted into Law.
this ordinance is to be in full force and
effect, otherwise it shall be null, void
and Of no effect.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That all ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repeated,
and this ordinance shall take effect i'm
mediately on the passage Of the act now
pending before the General Assembly OF
the State of Louisiana.
J.C. LOGAN,
President Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Il.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
THE USES OF PAIN.

A little reflection on the uses of pain
might prove an incalculable help to such
as are driven to the verge of desperation
and despair. Even though We cannot
penetrate into the depths of the mystery OF
pain, there is enough on the surface to
show us that it has its advantages. In the
first place, it makes US more humane and
sympathetic. Who are the persons best
fitted to sympathize with the afflicted?
Certainly not those who have never known
the pangs of suffering, but rather they
who have themselves passed through the
fiery crucible and know full we'll what it
means. They alone can truly say, with
the ancient Pagan poet: 81 myself am
human, hence nothing that concerns hu-
manity is matter of Indifference to me"
Again, suffering lessons the bitterness of
the final parting. If life with all its pains
and griefs, is yet so sweet, how much more
difficult would it be to leave it if there were
nothing at all to suffer! Besides, suffer-
ing is an indispensable factor in character
building. It's to mans moral development
what food and exercise are to his physical
growth; and no man or woman who has not
experienced pain can really be said to have
arrived at maturity. They can best enjoy
who know best how to suffer. In fact, our
capacity for enjoyment is in proportion to
our capacity for suffering. Were there
never rift in the lutte or cloud in the
sky, the pleasures of life would lose half
their charm. They would become monot-
onous and pail on US, for: "The rays OF
happiness, like those of light, are colorless
when unbroken." We never appreciate
better the boon of health than after Sc
we're spell of illness and long tiresome days
of confinement in a sick-room. How much
brighter the sunshine seems after long
period of storm and cloudy weather! Who
feels so keenly the charms of home as the
returning exile?
Fortunate are they who take this practi-
cal view of affliction, who make virtue
of necessity, and are able to draw gooc
even out of seeming evil; who, instead o.
losing hope, bring themselves to realize
that the longest night must have an enc
and that the darkest hour comes just be-
fore the dawn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
The New School Law.

The new school law provides for as many
school board members as there are police
jurors elected from the various wards, who
must be qualified electors, able to read and
write, and be assessed for as much as $500
worth of property in his own name. The
first boards are to be elected November 9TH,
next. At the first meeting this fall pres
ident and vice president are elected. By
resolution of the board the membership
shall be divided into three groups, by
wards, as nearly equal as possible. The
members of the first group will 60 out of
office at the end of two years, and their
successors will be elected for six years;
the members of the second group will serve
for four four years, and the members of the
third group will serve for six years. After
this first term all members will serve for
six years.
The first parish uperintendents elected
Twill take office July l, 1873 He must have
a first grade certificate and three years
teaching experience, which service must
have been within the last five years. All
superintendent now in office are quail
flied to hold the position, as are all persons
who hold eligibility certificates issued by
the State Board of Education. A parish
superintendent can engage in no other
work. The parish superintendent nomi-
mates all teachers, but by a two thirds vote
of the full membership of a school board
the superintendent nominations may be
set aside and in such cases the board may
elect teachers in opposition to the superin-
tendent's wishes.
All teachers will be examined by State
Examining Committee appointed by the
Board of Education. The questions will
be prepared by the committee. Parish SUI
perintendents will hold the examinations,
providing for such assistance as they need
and forward all answer papers to the State
Examining Committee. The State Board
upon the Recommendation of the State Elk.
aiming Committee, has authority to ap.
prove the diplomas, without examination
of graduates of standard colleges anc
State Normal Schools of other States, anc
to extend first grade certificates withou
further examination when convinced tha
the holders are competent and worthy
teachers. The following fees will be charg'
ed: Approval of diplomas issued outside
of the State, So; first grade certificates, So
second grade certificates, $3.50; thirt
grade certificates, ST.; extending frs
grade certificates, 50.
The next examination will be held Au.
gust 22d, 23d and Oath. The COMMITTEES
will be able to hold few, if any, specia
examinations.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Sheriff''S Sale.

Robert Mandel versus Lydia Dixon. No. st,a
In Second District Court, Bossier Parish. -
DY virtue of writ of seizure and saIa
ID issued in the above entitled su;s
and to me directed, have seized. and
will proceed to sell at public auction Il
the last and highest bidder, within ths
legal hours of sale, at the Court House.
in the town of Benton, La, on Satur.
day, August 10, 1912, the following a..
scribed property, to-wit:
An undivided half interest in ard h
the west half of southwest quarter a
section Is and. the southeast quarter and
southeast quarter of southwest Quarter
of section rs, township 1S north, ranps
IL west, containing $50 acres, the hsf
interest being 14O acres. Also, the west
half of southeast quarter of section d.
township Is north, range II west, con.
tanning 50 acres, and the southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of section
-, township Is north, range II, less Is
acres, as shown by deed recorded o.
page 292 of Conveyances of Bossier Par.
ish, volume q, SAID tract containing Is
acres. Containing in all 245 acres, more
or less, and situated in Bossier Parish.
Louisiana.
Terms of Sale Cash, without the
benefit of appIaisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of $672, with per cent per
annum interest thereon from OCTOBER
26, 1908, until paid, and all costs of suit,
including 5 per cent on said sum and in
terest as attorneys fees.
J. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.