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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-23

Birmingham is the greatest jew
elry manufacturing centre OF thu
United Kingdom.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-23

Ring 82f or 241 for A. B. C..
Polish. Your automobile, Piano.
your painted floor, all your fur.
nitpco needs Il.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-23

Don't traduce y our enemies. II
won't help you any-and then
you may want to use them to-
morrow.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-08-23

Our True Fruit Orange is some,
thing new, try it. You will be
pleased.
FRANKLIN BoTTLING WORKS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
An Ordinance

Relative to Certificates of Indebtedness
for construction of traffic bridge across
Red River, amending ordinance of
November Is, 1912.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Bossier, in legal and reg
ular assembly convened, That, whereas,
in Ordinance OF November 18, 1912,
adopted November Is, 1912, entitled IAN
ordinance providing for the issuance
of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars of
Certificates of Indebtedness, with inter-
est coupons attached, in order to provide
funds for the construction OF a traffic
bridge across Red River, in conjunction
with the City of Shreveport" by clerical
error in the list of maturities provided
for such certificates of indebtedness the
first group of seventeen was made to
mature December /, 1914, and the re-
naming certificates in groups year by
year thereafter until and including 1928,
when it was the intention to make the
first group of such certificates mature
December 1, 1918, and in groups con-
secutively each year thereafter to and
including 1927.
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Bossier,
That the President and Clerk (Secre-
tary) be, and they are hereby authorized
and instructed, in conjunction with the
Mayor and Superintendent of Accounts
and Finance of the City Of Shreveport,
to have prepared and to execute such
certificates of Indebtedness in number
and amount and in the same consecutive
groups maturing annually as set forth in
said ordinance, that is to say, the seven
teen bonds maturing according to ordi-
made to mature December 1, 1918, the
eighteen certificates maturing according
to ordinance December /, 1915, shall be
made to mature December /, 1914, and
SO on through to the certificates matur-
ing according to ordinance December 1,
1928, which shall be made to mature
December /, 1927. JcIocAN
President Police Jury.
R. B. HILL, Clerk Police Jury. 1876
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
COOKING Fish Out Of Doors.

"Cican the fish. but do not scale:
leave head tail and fins intact and put
small strip of bacon in each of them
Dig hole large enough for The fish to
lie in with several inches to spare.
Build fire in Ii and get Il good loi
bed of Goals. Rake out half Of them.
cover the remainder with an inch uf
grass. place the fish on the grass, cover
with more grass and pile the rest OF
the hot Goals on top. Cover the hole
with frying pan or any other handy
thing. as. for instance. Il fiat stone.
''ln thirty minutes they will he cook
ed, and Delmonico himself could not
make them taste better. They are
partly fried and partly steamed By
the juices Of the grass. The bacon
fat has friend out and permeated the
flesh. The grass juice adds peculiar
and exceedingly pleasant favor. and
when taken from the hole the grass
which clings to the fish can be easily
pulled off. and all the scales and skin
will come with edward g. W.
Ferguson in Outing Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17

rich IN potash. but deficient in rhca
phoric acid. 1t should. as Il rule. he
used in connection with tire solid dung
the one thus supplying the defirirncles
of the other and making a more evenly
balanced manure.
Barnyard manure is a very variable
substance. its composition and value
depending mainly upon Il, age and
kind Of animal, e, quantity and quail
ty of food, 81 proportion Of litter and
~ method Of management and age
Ordinary barnyard manure properly
cared for may he assumed to contain
on the average one-half per cent each
of nitrogen and potash and onc-third
per cent Of phosphOric acid
Mature animals, neither gaining nor
losing weight. excrete practically ali
the fertilizing constituents consumed
In the food. Growing animals may
excrete as little as so per cent of the
fertiliZing constituents of the food.
milk cows excrete from G5 tn 80 per
cent and fattening or working animals
from IS to IS per cent. AS regards
the fertilizing value Of equal weights
of manure in its normal condition,
farm animals probably stand in the
following order: Poultry, sheep. pigs,
horses and COWS.
The amounts of fertilizing constitu
ents in the manure stand in direct re-
lation to those in the food. As regards
the value Of manure produced. the con
centrated feeding stuffs. such as mea!
scrap. cottonseed meal. linseed meal
and wheat bran. stand first: the le
guminous plants Glover. peas. etc, sec
ond: the grasses third: cereals toa,s
corn, etc) fourth, and root crops. suct
as turnips, beets and mangel wurzels
last
The nitrogen Of the food exerts
greater influence on the quality Of the
manure than any other constituent i
is the most costly fertilizing constitu
ent. 1t undergOes more modification
in the animal stomach than the min
eral constituents potash and phos
phoric acidl and rapidly escapes from
the manure in fermentation. The Sc
erection Of urine increases with the in
crease of heterogeneous substances in thu
food, thus necessitating the use of lar
ger amounts of litter and affecting boti
the amount and value Of the manure
The use Of watery foods. as is obvious
produces the same result
Barnyard manure rapidly undergoe
change. When practicable to remove
the manure and spread it on the tielt
at short intervals the losses of valua
Bile constituents need not be very great
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LOADING MANURE WAGON WITH TROLLEY
FROM BARN TO WAGON.

LOADING MANURE WAGON WITH TROLLEY
FROM BARN TO WAGON.
but when the manure must be stored
for some time the difficulties Of pres
ervation are greatly increased
The deterioration of manure results
from two chief causes. (n fermenta-
ton. whereby nitrogen. either as am
monia or in the gaseous state. Is set
free. and ID, weatherlng or teaching.
which involves 4 loss Of the soluble
fertilizing constituents The loss from
destructive fermentation may be large
~ prevented by the use Of proper alb
sorbents and by keeping the manure
moist and compact. Loss from each
ing may be prevented by storage under
cover or iii water tight pits Ex-
tremes of moisture and temperature
are to be avoided. and uniform and
moderate fermentation is the object to
be sought TO this end it Is advisa Bile
to mix the manure from the different
animals thoroughly in the heap
Effect of Fresh Manure.
Where improvement Of the mechan-
ical condition of the soil is the princi-
pal OBJECT sought fresh manure Is best
adapted for this purpose to heavy soils
and well rotted manure to light soils
Where prompt action Of the fertilizins
constituents is desired the best results
will probably be obtained by applying
fresh manure to the light soils. al
though excessive applications IN this
the danger of burning OUT Of the soil
in dry seasons. Fresh manure has !,
forcing effect and Is better suited to
early garden truck. grasses and forage
plants than to plants grown for seed.
such as cereals. or to fruits, Direct
applications to root crops. such as sug-
,, ar beets and potatoes. or to tobacco
often prove injurious. The manure
should be spread when carried to the
field and not left in heaps to leach.
The rate of application must be- de.
termined by individual circumstances
| AS u rule it is better to manure light.
/ ly and frequently than to apply large
amount at longer intervals
One Of the best ways to utilize barn.
! yard manure Is to apply 1t in connec'
ton with such fertilizing materials as
supplement its fertilizing constituents
These materials may be either com
posted with the manure or used sep
arately. except In case Of nitrate
such as nitrate Of soda. which should
never be composted with barnyard ma
nure on account Of danger Of denitrifi
cation and loss Of nitrogen. As is vel
known. barnyard manure Is lasting il
its effects and In many cases need no,
be applied so frequently as the more
soluble and quick acting superphos
pilates and potash and nitrogen salts
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Tax Ordinances
As adopted by the Bossier Leuee Board
For the Year 1913.
An ordinance levying a 10 mill tax on
all property in the Bossier Levee Dis
trict subject to taxation for levee pur-
poses for the year 1918.
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District,
in regular session convened, That dis
trict levee tax of 10 mills on the dollar of
its assessed valuation be and the same is
hereby levied on all property situated in
Bossier Levee District subject to taxa
ton for levee purposes for the year 1918.
An ordinance levying local assessment
of 10 cents per acre on every acre OF
uncultivated land within the Bossier
Levee District for the year 1918.
Be it ordained by the Board of Con-
missioners of the Bossier Levee District,
| in regular session convened, That local
assessment of 10 cents per acre on every
acre Of uncultivated land within the
Bossier Levee District, subject to taxa
ton for levee purposes for the year 1918,
be and the same is hereby levied.
On ordinance levying local assessment
of Is cents per acre on every acre OF
| cleared or cultivated land within the
Bossier Levee District for the year
1918.
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District,
in regular session convened, That local
assessment of Is cents per acre on every
acre OF cleared or cultivated land within
the Bossier Levee District for the year
1918 be and the same is hereby levied.
An ordinance levying local assessment
of ST per head on all horses and mules
within the Bossier Levee District fol
the year 1918.
Be it ordained by the Board Of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That a loca
assessment of ST per head on all horses
and mules within the Bossier Levee Dis.
trict for the year 1918 be and the same il
hereby levied.
An ordinance levying local assessment
of $500 per mile on all railroads within
the Bossier Levee Dirtrict for TIT
year 1913.
Be it ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That loca
assessment of S10O per mile be and thu
same is hereby levied for the year 1913
H. N. CARLTON,
President Bossier Levee Board.
March q, 1918. 1876
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
SheriH,S Sale.

"A. Hofpauir VS.. Farmers Cooperative Union
Warehouse Company, Limited. No. 1858. In
Second District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
DY virtue of a writ of fieri facias,
- issued in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, May II, 1918,
the following described property, tow
Lots Z, 8, 8 and 10 Of block Is of the
town Of Plain Dealing, situated in Bos-
sier Parish, La, together with all i'm
proyements thereon, and pair of scales.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to the
benefit of appraisement, to pay and sat-
isfy the sum of $681.73, with per cent
per annum interest thereon from Octo-
Der 1, 1908, and all costs of suit.
J. F. EDWARDS, Sheriff.
Benton, La, April 10, 1918. may15
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
Stray Sale.

FSTRAYED before l. H. Martin, JUS
~ tice of the Peace, Ward 2, Bossier
Parish, La, by T. w. w. Stinson, and
will be sold at the Court House, in the
town of Benton, La, within the legal
hours of sale, on Saturday, May II, 1918,
and underslope in left ear, about years
old, and weighing about $50 pounds;
wearing small bell.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, ETC..
or the same will be sold according to law
]. "A. EDWARDS, Constable.
April 10, 1913. may15
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Homestead Entry No. Oh, ia.

Homestead Entry No. Oh, ID.
Department OF the Interior, !,
U. s. Land ONCE at Baton Rouge, La,
March II, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that Lucien
~ A. Shaver, of Plain Dealing, La,
who, on August Is, 1906, made Home
stead Entry No. 03, ia, for the northwest
quarter Of southeast quarter of section 6,
township % north, range II west, Lou
isiana meridian, has fled notice of in
tention to make five year proof, to estab-
fish claim to the land above described,
before the Clerk of Court, at Benton,
La, on the 10Th day of April, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: O.. J.
Kilgore, L. E. Collie, G. E. Rodgers and
J. F. Kilgore, all Plain Dealing, La.
JOHN F. INITIAL, Register.
March 20, 1918. apr17
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17
Notice..

MO hunting, fishing or trespassing
IN allowed on our plantation, known
as Scotland plantation, and consisting
of the Naples, Mcmillan and Whitworth
plantations, all located in Bossier Parish,
La. All trespassers will be prosecuted.
dec12-6mo SCoTT & CARLTON.
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Justified.

"The hour of II has struck" Kissed
the ghost.
II don't blame it, replied the mate
rialist- Ill was worked to death long
ago."-Judge.
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Very Easilv,

Gricgs- Wealth does not necessarily
bring happiness. Briggs No. nut II 1t
should prove disappointing one can
easily get rid OF it. Boston Transcript
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-17

DO not drink poison relying on the
antidOte you may possess Arabic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-18

TO greater less looked into
the expenses OF other
OF the city departments In Seattle
Since
ton From time time the
people OF Seattle printed
OF Public Works constituted and the asked
In the 1914
chart showing idea OF how the Public should
constituted the people decide TO change the
The first I'd
according the budget 3290ib7a This
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-18
To the Citizens and Taxpavers:

When decided csablsh oncos In Seattle efficiency
~r,er one OF things did Investigate the ways In
witch other the country managed the
hand efficiency
learned wasi revelation 20
Seattle believed that both public ana private
deal ne he
hadbe for
sh., OF Years In
e OF
also believed conditions departments
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-18

total salary cost o. which only amounts to F3o2o6 This makes
ts5693 alone which believe could be
saved revision plan of management along the lines have
forth.
out
much economical management which would result
in saving to the taxpayers.
by the who advocates &C. For that
candidate Mayor the
and the people they IT. let have
economical efficient
mana Of eff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-18

the Sanitation Department amounting to
ti71Si000, the 100000 Of
steam Boiler INSPECTION Department amounting TO $4,000 sa
of flS6GG0 0l5
makes final
these
And o
throughout
tal outline how Of the
city could be slight
revision OF the
The
tho first chn tho deparmenia menioned abOve the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
ART IN PARIS
Exhibition of La Societe
Nouvelle. "

Paris. February Is.
The societe Nouvelle comprises thlr-
ty-one painters and sculptors Au-
guste Rodin IL the president. The an
nual exhibition OF the society opened
yesterday In the Georges Petit Gallery.
and among the 100 numbers in the cat
alogue one finds some excellent work.
Sculpture Is but scantily represented.
and Rodin figures only in the "at1-
logue. There are supple, animated bust
portraits by Paul TroubetzkoI. and
strong, almost too realistic figures by
Scgonin, personifying Smile a.d
Misery" Albert Bcsnard contributes
some eloquent notes from his journey
and the other in blue, seated in dark
cave before an arched window, which
discloses. i'm a food OF sunshine. pair
OF elephants walking along a dussy
road. convey an intensely striking and
characteristic impression Of this poet
Of color.
Charles Cottet's small Brittany pict-
ures are repletc with strong, deep feel
ing and rugged simplicity. The cam
vas on which is depicted black squall
swiftly approaching a cosey rockbound
harbor, while the beach is still BEAM
ing with sunlight, is a gem. walter
Gays symphony in White Is In IT'S
way a masterpiece Of technical skill
and distinction. IL presents the por-
traits. one might say, OF collection OF
old Marseilles porcelain plates ranged
IN a white sideboard with glass doors
near which is n cluster OF white
chrvsanthemums The tones arc really
not white, but pearl opalesque grays'
and the effect is charming. Near by is
a fine, severe and dignified portrait OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
THE GOLDEN COLUMN.
From The Manchester Guardian.


Annbale Tosci, land owner near
Mantua. who has just died at the age
of ninety four, started life with no bet
ter profession than that Of beggar.
He did not make fortune by industry
and pcrseverng toll. but $50 the story
goes by a sharp guess AZ riddle
which had puzzled the inha bitants OF
Naples for years Near the Monastery
Of San Vito in that city stood "A marble
column erected 10y an eccentric
Frencnman about the beginning IL the
last century. ON 1t was written in
French the following enigmatc words:
ION May 1st, every year. | nave a
golden head" The year after the cree
ton Of the column great crowd came
on the LIST Of May in the hope OF iindlnS
the top OF the pillar covered with gold
pieces. Not a gold piece was 10 be seen.
For several years people came to see
the promised wonder and went away
disappointed. At last the authorities
had the column taken Gown, thinking
treasure would he found beneath IL.
Nothing but earth was round, ana so
the column was set up again. obvious
" the words had mystic meaning
which nobody was clever enough u
guess at. In 1871 Annibale Tosci. :hci
n ragged beggar. noticed the inscrip
ton. He stood looking at II for long
time. and then the meaning OF 1t sud-
denly flashed into his mind. The fol-
lowing lst Of May he came with PICK
and shovel. waited until the monastery
hell struck u. and then began 10 Dig III
INC prouud covered by the shadow or
the tor Of the column. He did not dlg
long before he came on satchel con-
,aining 10000 francs Co., OO). The IN
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come in contact with his art is like
coming upon a cool, sweet spring In a
thirsty land.
Tho current exhibition Of prints at
the Keppel Gallery is given 70 three
Frenchmen Of the modern period, Dau-
bigny, Appian and I.alannc. IT was n
happy thought that aimed at revival
of interest in their work. Much water
has gone under the bridges since these
three brilliant etchers won their fame,
and beside most Of the artists In their
field who are now popular they may
seem n little old fashioned. But truth
and beauty never lose their value. and
the group at Keppcl's had both. Dau-
bigny. more famous as painter, act
ually achieved with the needle effects
which he could not secure with the
brush. effects OF n peculiar elegance.
Now and then among these prints 81
his you observe him working with IN
almost rude force. but in the main MS
touch is very delicate He reiines upon
hans not possible when he worked III
oils. Both in composition and In sent-
ment there are moments when he re-
calls the purest pastoral mood OF
Claude. Appian is not so weighty a
master. his poetry does not go so deep,
hut. on the other hand. the lightness
and grace in his etchings have their
roots in as sincere feeling for nature.
A minor type compared with Daubigny,
he is nevertheless a genuine artist. La
lame invites a similar reflection. His
bIithe and sunny vein smacks. too. OF
an almost thin artifice, after the power
sul genius OF the great landscape mas
ter I'm this exhibition. But his deftness,
his cleverness, could not deprive him
~ an authentic emotion that gives Dig
nitv TO even his slightest plates; and
on occasion, as in the romantic Rue
dos Marmousets," he could use the
needle with a good deal of vigor. La
lannc's architecture is always capitally
done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

prosaic, may be made beautiful upon
canvas. Even without their figures the
interiors Of Yer Nicer would enthrall us.
But in our own time the gift for art OF
this kind has been rare. Rooms, pub
lie and private. have been depicted over
and over again by skilful, clever paint
ers. and hardly ever have the results
possessed the smallest trace OF charm.
Mr.. Gay has the secret Of the problem
al his finger tips. Partly, we suspect
he owes this good fortune TO his per-
sonal experience He lives in some OF
the rooms that he paints, and has long
been familiar with many others in
Paris and in chateaus in the provinces.
In other words he starts in a perfectly
natural atmosphere, knowing the very
spirit Of that French civilization which
is expressed in the nominally insensate
machinery of social life. For him
desk. a chair bookcase or statuette
upon the mantlepiece possesses char
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

and lacquers. A. the Same galleries
there will be opened next Saturday an
exhibition OF decorative prints belong
ing 10 Mr. William II. Allison. Tho col
lection will be sold on the evening OF
March 10. Tomorrow there viii be
placed on exhibition at the Fifth Ave
nue Art Galleries the paintings left by
the late Seymour J. Guy. y. a. They
will be sold on the evenings OF March
Ii and u. X. I.
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acter. Especially he Is aware In these
things Of wonderful elegance OF line
and OF color, Of form and OF texture,
and so in some curious fashion he can
communicate life, the life of beauty, to
PICTURES which might seem from GER
tain point OF view to have no human in
terest whatever. AS a matter OF fact,
they are in their way actual human
DOCUMENTS, subtly expressive of a social
movement and even OF individual tastes
and habits. And then they are ex-
quisitely painted, full OF good color and
OF good drawing. full Of exceedingly
well managed light, and stamped.
finally, with a very personal touch. This
Is a gay, attractive exhibition. and as
so&nd. as seriously artistic, as 1t is gay.
We are glad that 1t is TO last until early
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original work may be sure OF a chance
10 see il.
Two Notable Collections OF
Prints.

The ongravings OF Albrecht Durer
are magnifcently set forth in an eX-
hibition that has been opened al the
Seckel Gallery. Many Of the impress
sions, brought from famous collections
abroad. are OF an extraordinary excel
lence. Again and again we are permit
ted 10 study some familiar print in its
most brilliant estate. The point Is I'M
portant. Durer, like every other en-
graver. ancient or modern. gains when
the qualities OF his design pass as II
we're. intact through the press, emerg-
inc in srIvcrv nncness, with every line
telling as he wished it to tell. Here
By the way, is a perfect resource for
the student who has been looking at
the Cubists and wishes to cleanse his