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The Centers of Population.
New Orleans States.

New Orleans States.l
The statistics of American cities collected
by Prof. Whitbeck, of the University of
the University of Wisconsin, show some
interesting facts with reference to the dis
tribution of centers of population. AL
though Massachusetts is one of the smallest
States, it has more large cities than any
other State in the Union, twenty five of its
cities having population of %, 900 or over.
New York has twenty-one cities with a
population above $4,000, while Pennsyl
vania has twenty. Texas, which is the
largest of States, has no city with popu
lation of 100000, and Arkansas has only
one city that has over $4,000, while the
little State of New Jersey has fourteen
with population exceeding that figure.
Prof. Whitbeck calls attention to the fact
that in four States each having one very
large city, the second city in populotion is
comparatively obscure. For example, few
people could state Off hand that in Illinois,
Peoria stands next to Chicago; that in
Maryland, Cumberland stands next to Bal
timore; that in Louisiana, Shreveport
stands next to New Orleens, and that in
Wisconsin, Superior, with tenth the
population of Milwaukee, is the second
city.
! Finally, the Wisconsin professor points
out that of nineteen cities of the United
States having population of quarter of
millen or more, only one, New Orleans,
is in the South.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07
MARK TWAIN IN UNIFORM.
Occasion When the Humorist Posed ~
General Sherman.

Occasion When the Humorist Posed a.
General Sherman.
Albert Bigelow Paine in Harpers
tells Of the time when Mark Twain on
his way to West Point to deliver an
address found himself in the same
train with General Sherman. who had
been attending dinner in Hartford.
"A pleasant incident followed. which
Clemens himself used to relate. Gen.
eral Sherman attended the banquet and
Secretary of War Robert Lincoln.
Next morning Clemens and Twichell
were leaving, for West Point. where
they were to address the military stu
on which Lincoln and Sherman had
their private car. This car was at the
end Of the train. and when the two
passengers reached the station Sher-
man and Lincoln We're out on the rear
platform addressing the multitude
taking seats. waited for them.
las the speakers finished the train
started. but they still remained out
side. bowling and waving to the assem-
bled citizens, so that it was under good
Roadway before they came in. Sher
man came up to Clemens. who sat
smoking unconcernedly.
"'Well.' he said. who told you you
could go in this carp
Nobody said Clemens.
"'Do you expect to pay extra fareT
asked Sherman.
"'No. said Clemens: i don't expect
to pay any fare
"'Oh, you don't! Then you'll work
your way
SHERMAN took Off his coat and mill
tary hat and made Clemens put them
on.
stops you get out on the platform and
represent me and make speech
1T was not long before the train
stopped. and Clemens, according to or
ders. stepped out on the rear platform
and bowed to the crowd. There was
cheer at the sight of his military uni
form. Then the cheer waned. became
murmur of uncertainty. followed by
an undertone of discussion Presently
somebody said:
"'Say. that amt Sherman; that's
Mark Twain which brought another
cheer.
Then Sherman had to come out. too.
and the result was that both spoke.
They kept this up at the different sta
lions. and sometimes Robert Lincoln
came out with them. and when there
was time all three spoke. much to the
satisfaction of their audiences"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

WHAT PEOPLE READ.-We hear lot of
talk about the trash that's read, and then
some one interested in the truth points out
the fact chat good books are read more
than bad ones. For instance, the books
drawn most frequently in public library
lately were "Vanity Fair =" and Macaulay's
Essays. There's nothing much better than
Macaulay's Essays snless it's the letters of
Macaulay edited by Trevelyan. l some-
times think these letters are the best read
ing there is. sometimes wish had never
read them, so that might have the great
pleasure of reading them again for the first
time. have scarcely ever come so near
wearing out book as have Macauley's
Letters, unless it's my copy of "Vanity
Fair '-New York Press.
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Wanted---MilIs and Factories.

jackson Cdiss) Clarion Ledger
Recently within ten or twelve miles of
Jackson all the white oak on a large tract
of land was purchased and the logs ship
ped therefrom are said to be the finest ever
seen by those engoged in such business
anywhere in America. The freight to re-
mote mills and factories on these logs must
be enormous. If manufactured here at
Jackson the saving would amount alone to
immense profit. Time was when white
oak-now worth hundreds of dollars when
made into quarter-sawed oak and manu-
factared into furniture of different kinds
was cut down to catch ten-cent coon
That day has passed. Such splendid tim
Der, however, is being bought and shipped
out of the State at prices wholly made
ate to its worth, whereas if we had mills
and factories here at the capital to utilize
such timber the money paid for its manu-
facture would be kept at home, thereby
helping to promote the wealth and pros
perity of Mississippi.
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MARIE ANToINETTE.
Two Dramatic and Contrasting Epi-
sodes In Her Life.

Two Dramatic and Contrasting Epi-
sodss In Her Life.
Thistelton-D Dyer. in his Royalty In
All Ages" describes two dramatic
and tragically contrastcd episodes tn
the life of Marie Antoinette. tn. lovely
and i'll fated queen Of France. Once.
in the days of her greatest popularity.
when she went to the opera Of 'iphi
genia,' when Achilles came to the line
"Let us sing and celebrate the queen"
he turned toward the radiant young
sovereign and sang two additional i'm
promptn lines Of charming compliment.
This graceful and unexpected homage
SO delighted the audience that 'ali was
shouting and clapping Of hands. and
what never happened at the opera he,
fore - the chorus was encOred. and
there were cries of Long live the
queenr at which expression OF feeling
her majesty was so affected that she
shed tears"
On the next occasion. when Marie
Antoinette's sun of popular favor had
set and she was nearing the tragic
close of her life. one Of the actresses in
Unforeseen Events" bowed to her as
she sang the words. "Ah. how | love
my mistressp' In Il moment all was in
uproar. and the theater was full of
hoarse. angry cries of mo mistress!
No master! liberty and mo master:
No queen!" and it was some minutes
before the tumnlt quieted down and it
was possible TO proceed with the play
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

Between the man who always finds that
everything is right and the one who has
nothing but fault to find is the sensible
man who 'sees life steadily and sees it
whole" In his broad, fair vision all that
is good in the way of the world will be
recognized, while its need of improvement
will not be overlooked. The progress of
the world toward better things must be
steady and constant; it cannot be effected
by sudden overturning of modes of
thought and systems of society. The world
was going long time before we were born
into it, and it will be going long time
after we have left.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07
keepino Peace at Homo.

How do they do 1.-THE couples who
win the Dunmow f1itches by going
whole year without quarrel? Tact
undoubtedly plays part. One recalls
the simple system Of Sussex couple
to keep peace at home. When the wife
came in little ruffled she flung her
shawl over her left shoulder. and the
husband knew that silence was golden.
II he came home with hat cooked for
was wrong. and she likewise lay low.
It's the simplest tact that keeps the
peace at home. where you may never
be Mt loss for the quarrel You look
fOr.-LOndon Chronicle.
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The Shreveport correspondent of the New
Orleans Times Democrat says: Among
the girls tomato clubs, Caddo Parish came
out ahead of nine contestants. The can
ming work is comparatively new in this
State, but it already is accomplishing
great things on the farm. The girls of the
clubs are taught to can not only tomatoes,
but everything that can be canned, and to
make preserves, jellies, jams, pickles, chow
chow, vinegar, fruit syrups and many
other things. The motto on the farms now
is Nothing must go to waste" and that
spirit is shown in all the farm exhibits.
That Carolina school girl who started the
first tomato club was building better than
she knew.
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WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

New Orleans Times Democrat: The
ward bosses and other relicts of the ma
chine have sought from the very beginning
to weaken Gov. Hall, seeing in him the
popular leader who defeated their scheme
to get control of the State government, and
the only man standing in the way of their
power. They have, therefore, seized on
the tax amendments as a weapon with
which to attack him.
Grand Cane Item: It is claimed on good
authority that next to monkey wrench, q
hairpin is the most useful invention. A
woman can open time lock, burglar-proof
safe, with measly little hair-pin. They
use them to scratch their heads, button
their shoes, pick their teeth, punch bed
buds out of cracks, run into cakes to see if
they are sufficiently baked, clean finger
nails, fasten up stray bangs, pick out nuts.
lift stove lids, clean their ears and do many
other things.
New Orleans Picayune: Recently 49,
GOO men and boys marched along Pennsyl.
vania Avenue, in Washington, in the name
of cleanness of speech as public protest
against profanity and loose talk. Profane
speech is one of the most distressing and
prevalent evils of modern life. 1t assails
the ears on every hand, from the mouths
of children as well as adults. Frequently
the user of profanity thinks nothing of its
significance, employing what seems to him
. mode of forceful speech, but which is in
truth the weakest form of utterance. The
profane man is never 80 effective as he
who, choosing his words carefully, clothes
his thought in simple, decent garb, that
leaves no doubt of meaning and arouses no
antagonism on the score of phraseology
and shocks no sensibility. These demon
STATIONS against profanity are more than
mere professions with music and banners,
they are expressions of q principle that
should appeal to I'll men, regardless of re-
liRions differences.
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Bible BriIIiants.

Ye shall make it 60 through the fire and
it shall be clean.-Numbers xxi, %.
The word which shall say unto thee,
that thou shalt do.-Numbers xxi, 20.
That thou mayest know that there is none
like me in all the earth.-Exodus tx, IA.
Every mans Inheritance shall be in the
place where his lot falleth. Numbers SO, "a.
But if We will not do so, behold, We have
sinned against the Lord: and be sure your
sin will find you out.-Numbers xxi, %.
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of
all flesh, set man over the congregation,
which may 60 out before them, and which
may go in before them, and which may
lead them out, and which may bring them
in; that the congregation of the Lord be
not as sheep which have no shepherd
Numbers xvii, 1911.
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The Mother Who Waits.

Baltimore Sun
While the deciding game of the worlds
series was going on, away across the con-
tinent from Fenway Park crowd sat in a
threatre in Los Angeles, CAL, watching the
plays flashed out on an electric score board.
When the Giants had victory almost in their
grasp and the easy fly ball was falling,
suddenly there was flash. Snodgrass
had muffed the ball and lost the champion
ship for the New Yorks. A woman in the
audience tainted. 1t was Fred Snodgrass'
mother.
Oh, these mothers who wait and watch,
no matte where their children may be
When their sons make bad play, take a
false step, it is the mothers who suffer. If
sons and daughters only could realize how
they are bound up in the very lives OF
fathers and mothers, they would play a
better game.
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From Over Our Great State

North Bogalusa is to have branch
postofice.
The harvesting of the rice crop is fast
drawing to close.
A negro driver in New Orleans was ar
rested Monday for killing horse with a
club.
A sugar mill near Baton Rouge, valued
at S115, 900, was burned Saturday after
noon.
A killing frost prevailed throughout the
State Saturday night. All tender vegeta-
bles were killed.
A cargo of Illinois apples was shipped
by river to New Orleans to relieve the
enormous crop in the North.
The men on trial at Lake Chales last
week on charges of murder in connection
with the Grabow riot, were acquitted.
The Goodyear Camp No. 371, Woodmen
of the World, at Bogalusa, will initiate
class of 100 candidates Sunday, November
18th.
The West Baton Rouge correspondent of
the Louisiana Planter says the first of De-
cember will find some of their sugar mills
laid by on account of the short crop of 1912.
Lake Charles American Press: The
new canning factory which opens for the
season in a day or two affords the Calca-
sieu farmers a market for everything they
can produce.
Two car loads of sweet potatoes were
shipped from Forest Hill to Alexandria
Saturday. The price paid was As cents a
bushel, the lowest ever paid for potatoes
at the former place.
The cold weather has been beneficial to
the orange crop of Plaquemines Parish in
causing the fruit to become perfectly ripen-
ed and full colored. Heavy shipments to
the New Orleans market are being made
daily.
The total receipts of the Mansfield post
Office for the fiscal year ending June, 1912,
were S8,041. The receipts for three months
ending September 3Oth, last, show an in
crease of $40 over the same period one
year ago.
The Caddo Club building, three story
brick and stone building, situated in the
heart of Shreveport, was destroyed by fire
about l O'Clock Monday morning. The
total loss is estimated at between $50, 900
and 100000, partly covered by insurance.
Gov. Hall is high in his praise of the
State Fair and the exhibits at Shreveport.
He says: "They have a most creditable
fair at Shreveport this year. I was es-
pecially impressed with the agricultural
exhibit, which is varied and shows in an
interesting way the possibilities of Louisi-
ana soil. Ibid not get to see the live stock
exhibits, but understand that it is also
fine. This fair is distinct credit to Shreve-
port and North Louisiana"
every expert at the fair praises the
showing made by the Boys Hog Club this
year, saysthe Shreveport correspondent Of
the New Orleans Tines Democrat. "Last
year, the boys exhibited only twenty-one
hogs, while now they are showing ninety
seven, some of them mammoth hogs and
all of them thoroughbreds. There are
significant signs here and there about the
exhibit, showing there are 1900 members
of the club in Louisiana, and that the aver
age value of the pigs in certain building
is S25, while the average cost is only S.
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Election News.

The Solid South is unbroken.
Colorado sends two Democratic Senators
to Washington.
Indications are that the Tax Amendment
and the State Debt Amendment have been
defeated.
Wilson's plurality in New York is about
100000. Congressman William Sulzer,
Democrat, was elected Governor.
Wilson has 387 certain votes in the cleo
toral college; Roosevelt 80 and Taft 49,
Doubtful, 43. Necessary to elect, 266.
The New Jersey Legislature will be
Democratic on joint ballot and will elect a
Democrat to the United States Senate to
succeed a Republican.
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Harlem In New York,

In 1886 there was settlement at
the foot of little hill in New York
city which the settlers called Slang
Berge, or Snake Hill. hut which is now
called Mount Morris. AS the settle
ment grew each Dutchman who lived
there wanted to name it after his ma
tive town. But as each one had come
from different place in Holland they
could not agree. Governor Stuyvesant
made careful inquiries. and. finding
that no one had come from Harlem
he nipped all neighborly iealousies in
the bud by naming it Nieuw Harlem.
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"There could be no better medicine than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My chill
dren were all sick with whooping cough.
One of them was in bed, had a high fever
and was coughing up blood. Our doctor
gave them Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and the first dose eased them, and three
bottles cured them,' says Mrs. R. A. Dom
aldson, of Lexington, Miss. For sale by
all druggists.
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at Suits to q r."

The clause 1T suits to T. mean
ing 1t fits exactly. is as old as the
familiar instrument. the T square or #
rule $50 called from its resemblance to
the letter II. used by mechanics aud
craftsmen for making angles true and
for obtaining perpendiculars The ex-
preston was In common use In the
time Of Dr. Johnson. who is quoted by
Boswell as saying of Wharbur,oD
''You see they'd have fitted him to
T."
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Don't waste your money buying strength
ening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment
is cheaper and better. Dampen piece of
flannel with it and bind it over the affected
parts and it will relieve the pain and sore
ness. For sale by all druggists.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

In the production of rice and coffee the
United States ranks tenth, compared with
other countries of the world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

Stuffed with a large Republican
victory, the Bossier Democratic turkey will
be the sweetest and juciest this Thanks
giving.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

1t is fortunate for this State that some O
the New Orleans ward bosses were no
born twins.
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The glory in store for the Democrats will
be that of establishing, by progressive
legislation and honest execution of the
laws, the utter falsity of every allegation
that has been made against them.
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Whv She CouDdn't.

mo. didn't have very good time. =
she said II wanted to talk. and there
wasn't a man there"
But there were plenty of other
girls
''Oh. of course. but that was no sat-
isfaction. for they all wanted to talk
too"
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Riohtly Named,

Hewitt Why do you call this your
krill room: .lewitt-ThiS is where ms
wife corners me when get in late at
night New York Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

Woodrow Wilson will not be president o
a party only; he will be President of tn
United States.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

The United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis opened October 10, 1916.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

1t is not only an overwhelming defeat,
but it sounds like the death knell of the
party of sectionalism, prescription and hate.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

A very large majority of the people have
formed themselves into a Prohibition
party-to prohibit the Republicans from
remaining longer in power.
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s'Ah, indeed it was a glorious victory!'
Therefore, rejoice.

The National Democratic party has
covered itself with glory.
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Honesty and common decency have
triumphed, and Republican debauchery
has been repudiated by a long suffering
naOnle
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The Democrats voted for themselves and
the rest of the people Tuesday.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

1t is Democratic, and don't you forget
it. Shake! Shake! Shake!
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Democratic poultry is to be the prevail
ing Thanksgiving feast this year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

Russia, Roumania and Galica contain
the great majority of Israelites.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

The elephant and bull moose sailed
straight up Salt River. No cards.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-11-07

A tidal wave was hunting for job Tues
day and struck the Republican party.
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The next thing in order is an honest
government economically administered.
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A Democratic United States Senator
from Massachusetts is good news indeed.
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WTNESSCHARGESTHREA
Agent of Humane Society Al
leged to Have Attempted
Coercion.

During the examination in the Police
Court today of a colored man, a witness
in the case of Edward Gummel, a con-
tractor. arrested on the charge of work
ing a lame horse. Agent T., ]. Hillary of
the Humane Society was charged with
having threatened to bring about the ar
rest of the man unless the latter testi-
fled as directed. Judge Pugh. before
whom the case was being tried, instructed
Assistant Corporation Counsel Gus A.
Schuldt to call the matter to the atten-
ton of the Humane Society.
Gummel was arrested by Policeman
Jordan of the eighth precinct on war
rant obtained by T. ]. Parker. an agent
of the society. Agent Hillary took charge
of the case and prosecuted 1t in the Police
Court.
William Sims. colored, the driver of the
horse in question. testified that the ami
NAL was not lame, but 'coon footed" and
had a peculiar. gait. He told the court
that Hillary had instructed him to swear
that the horse was lame, and that he
had been threatened with arrest unless
he did so.
Sims declared Hillary told him he would
have him arrested for driving the horse
unless he did as told
Mr.. Gummel substantiated Sims testi-
mony about the horse being 'pigeon-toed''
or coon footed" and said the horse was
as sound as any In the city He also
testified that Hillary told him he had
made $23 last week by arres,s and wanted
to make as much again this week.