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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
Bible Brilliants.

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer
and their supplication, and maintain their
cause.-I. Kings viii, As.
Remember the marvellous works that he
hath done, his wonders, and the judgments
of his MOUTH. Chronicles xvi, IL.
And all the congregation said that they
would do so: for the thing was right in
the eyes of all the people,. Chronicles
iv, 4.
But keep under my body, and bring it
into subsection: lest that by any means,
when have preached to others, l myself
should be Observation-Disclosures tx, 81.
Lord God of Israel, there is no God like
thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath,
who keepest covenant and mercy with thy
servants that walk before thee with all
their heart. Kings viii, %.
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer Of
thy servant, and to his supplication,
Lord my God, to harken unto the cry and
to the prayer, which thy servant prayett
before thee to-day. Kings viii, %.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

New Orleans States: There is nothing
so foolish as trying to drown your sorrow
in the flowing bowl. 1t never fails to bob
up the next morning in head that aches
like fury.
Homer Guardian-J journal: The cause
of prohibition is marching on and we should
not be surprised if old John Barleycorn
were banished from the Southern States in
few more years.
Mansfield Enterprise: About so per
cent of the freight brought into Louisiana
by the railroads, is feed stuff and hog
products, an utterly needless expense, as
it all could be raised at home for less
money.
New Orleans States: For running down
and killing a pedestrian Chicago chauffeur
was found guilty and sentenced to four
teen years imprisonment. What re-
straining influence such sentence would
be on New Orleans joy riders.
Louisiana Democrat: There are plenty
of fellows who could teach better school
than those who teach, preach better SER
mon than those who preach, who could
run better business or publish better
paper. Yes, the woods are full of them,
but they neither teach, preach, run bet
ter business or publish better paper.
They are like the lilies of the field, they
toll not neither do they spin.
Louisiana Democrat: An idle and va
cant life, even with all the aid amusement
can give, is not calculated to be a happy
one; and this simply because Providence
has constituted us with view to activity,
as that was to be the means of accommo-
dating the raw materials of the physical
world to our needs. Idleness, therefore,
Injuries and Discrepancies, while activity
alone will preserve health and prolong life.
Who are the happy people of this world ?
Those who have something and not too
much to do; that something being suitable
to their tastes. Who are the unhappy
ones? Alas! Whata large portion of the
class is composed of those who, having all
their needs supplied from other sources, do
not need to labor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

LoUIsIANA's MAN-SLAYING STATISTICS
Statistics for the four-year period, Begin
ming January 1, 1908, to December 81,
1911, show that 1926 persons entered Lou
isiana's penitentiary. Of these, 500 were
convicted on charges of murder and $40
were found guilty of "near" murder
shooting, stabbing, etc. Claiming as we
do, to be an enlightened people, what an
swer can We make to the terrible indict-
ment formed against US in these startling
figures? We have made splendid progress
in improving the breeds of cattle, pigs and
and poultry in Louisiana, but what have
we done to improve the breeds of our peo-
Pile? We have conserved oysters, fish,
quail and ducks, but what progress have
we made toward the conservation of human
life? We have conquered yellow fever,
small pox and many other fatal diseases,
but what good do we accomplish when we
save man from death by yellow fever
only to turn him over to be slain by some
ruffian loaded with cheap whisky and a
murderous pistol?-Couutry Reriew.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
From Over Our Great State

New Orleans made big cabbage ship
ments last week to Northern markets.
Nearly $500 worth of plants and shrub
berry were set out recently in public park
in Bogalusa.
Illinois capitalists have purchased 18, 500
acres of land in Ouachita Parish for ap-
100000.
Kansas City got Louisiana's goat(s) one
day last week. A car load of them were
shipped from Hornbeck.
DR.. Bowling mode tour of the public
markets in New Orleans and found deplor-
able conditions the rule.
Two cars of potatoes and one of cabbage
and beans we're shipped last Saturday from
st. Francisville to Northern markets.
DR.. Bowling inspected New Orleans
bakeries last Monday and out of a collec-
ton of 1O3 loaves he found the average
weight of loaf was 15A pounds.
Edward H. Walsdorf was elected presi-
dent of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical
Association, in session in New Orleans last
week, and Shreveport was chosen as 1914
meeting place.
The Lake Providence Banner Democrat
of last Saturday says: 9 1t is nothing for
a person to go out on the lake and catch
from fifty to one hundred bass in few
hours with the trole.
Bishop Van De Ven, of the diocese of
Alexandria, administered confirmation to a
class of 1853 at the Catholic Church in
Marksville last Thursday. Nearly all re-
ceived their first communion that morning.
Lake Charles American-Press: A forty
acre farm in Calcasieu, well titled, will
produce more wealth in hundred years
than the biggest oil gusher ever developed.
The returns, too, are certain and the man
who farms it is taking no chances.
One of the largest shipments of turpen-
tine and rosin ever sent over the railroads
in that section of the State left Alexandria
last Saturday for New Orleans. The ship
ment included special trainload of twen-
ty-fve cars of naval stores for export.
New Orleans States: If the truck gar
deners are allowed to peddle their own
products the public will gain relief from
the extortion practiced by the vendors of
vegetables in the markets, and substan-
tial cut will be made in the cost of living.
victim of shameless robbery.
The Lake Providence Banner Democrat
of Saturday shows that 6 it is an ill wind that
blows no one good" 1t says: About SIS, 900
was paid out in town last week for labor in
the high water fight, and at Pitchers Point
and Salem about the same amount was
paid out. The stores in town did rush
ing business for four days and many came
from Pitchers Point and Salem to make
their purchases.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
THE ART OF LIFE.

A Latin proverb says, art is long, ire
is Short But life itself is an art which
must be studied. There are two schools
that teach the art of life, the pessimistlc
and the optimistic.
Pessimists arrive at the conclusion that
life is hardly worth living. That, however,
is not the Christian idea of life. True
Christians are optimists and believe that
call things work together for good to them
that love Cod"
In the royal gardens of Potsdam there
is an old sun dial which bears the inscrlp.-
ton, 81 count only the pleasant hours
One might envy it for this prerogative
that records none of the dreary hours, but
only the sunny and pleasant ones.
There are some persons that have the
faculty of overlooking and forgetting the
disagreeable features of life and noticing
only the pleasant sides. Such a sunny
mini is certainly great blessing and there
is no reason why every good person should
not have it. There are hours Of perfect
happiness in in everybody's life, hours
which reimburse for years OF suffering
and woe, the memory of which many years
after lightens the worn face with happy
smiles.
But the pleasant hours are not always
the most profitable. There are many OF
the pleasant hours which we might just
as we'll forget, and there are many among
the dark hours which have left behind a
lasting blessing. The most fruitful and
valuable hours, those which give most i'm
petus to the inner life, are, as rule, not
the pleasant hours of enjoyment and mirth,
but the grave and serious hours, days Of
woe and nights of tears, times of struggle
and privation.
The Holy Scriptures call life 'sowing
of seed" and say: 'Whatsoever man
soweth, that shall he also reap" A selfish
life, though it be clean, is without charm
and beauty. A sinful and contaminated
life is still worse-remorse and self-accu-
sation make it hell on earth.
The only life that is worth living is the
one devoted to the service of others, full
of that all conquering love that is strong
as death, it brings light and happiness
into dark places and bears that sweet and
blessed fruit which is promised to all that
SOW to the spirit. Such life is neither
tiresome nor even cause of regret. With
this wonderful art mastered life will become
more interesting and more productive OF
good.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
The Latest News---Fifty Years Ago.

The following paragraphs, which were
printed in the Baltimore Sun during May,
1863, are copied from recent issues of that
newspaper:
Cincinnati, May 5.-The Hon. C. l..
Vallindingham was arrested was arrested
at his residence at Dayton at 2 o'clock this
morning by detachment of soldiers who
went up from up from Cincinnati by a
special train last night. The soldiers were
obliged to batter down two or three doors
before they could reach his room. His
friends rang the fire bells and an attempt
was made to rescue him but failed. He
was brought to this city.
Cincinnati, May 6.-There was much ex-
element at Dayton all day yesterday over
the arrest of Vallandingham and at dark
a crowd OF 500 or 600 men proceeded to
the Journal office and completely Quilted
the building, set fire to it and burned it to
the ground. The fire communicated to the
adjoining buildings, and all the buildings
from the south end of the Phillips House
to the middle of the square were destroyed.
At 10 P. NJ troops arrived from Cincinnati
and Columbus and succeeded in putting
down the rioters.
New York, May 6.-The steamer Aus
tralasian has arrived with Liverpool ad-
vices of the 25th ultimo. An important
debate has occurred in both houses of
Parliament concerning the seizures of
British ships in neutral waters and the
traders. Mr.. Pollack declared himself for
war to put down upstart insolence. The
ministers and their supporters counseled
moderation.
Baltimore Sun, May 7th: Yesterday
morning five female prisoners arrived in
this city from Nashville, Tenn, under the
guard of lieutenant and several soldiers.
They are charged with disloyalty and act
ing as spies. They were taken to the Clay.
ton House, Camden Street, where dinner
was provided for them. Yesterday after
noon they we're conveyed to Washington,
where, it is stated, they will be placed in
the old Capitol prison to await trial Their
names were not given.
Liverpool Post, April Goth: The intel
ligence last received of the Alabama is that
on the 23d of February, in latitude thirty
degrees, longitude forty-four degrees, she
brought to the British ship Prince of Wales
and reported having destroyed thirty -four
Federal vessels during the cruise.
Baltimore Sun, May 7th: The men un-
der Mosby and White brought to Washing
ton are many of them said to be marked
men. Among the group could be observed
some splendid specimens of humanity, and
prominent among them was private in
Mosby's command by the name of Talia-
ferro, member of the F. F. VS., his an
cestors having settled in this country zoo
years ago and emigrated originally from
Italy. He has plantation of 1900 acres
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
State Tax Sales
ImmOvabIe Property.

The State of Louisiana us. Delinquent
Tdr Debtors, Parrish of Bossier.
DY virtue of the authority vested in
ID me by the Constitution and laws Of
the State of Louisiana, will sell, at the
principal front door of the Court House,
in which the Civil District Court of said
parish is held, within the legal hours for
judicial sales, beginning at II o'clock
am. on Saturday the 7th day of June,
1918, and continuing on each succeeding
day until said sales are completed, all
immovable property on which taxes are
now due to the State of Louisiana and
Parish of Bossier, to enforce collection
Of taxes assessed during the year 1912,
together with interest thereon from the
31st day of December, 1912, at the rate
of 10 per cent per annum until paid, and
all costs. The names of said delinquent
taxpayers, the amount of taxes due by
each on the assessment of said year, and
the immovable property assessed to each
to be offered for sale, are as follows,
to-wit:
WARD ONE.
Robert Germany-The northwest quar-
ter of sec 6, tp Is, rng 10-153 acres.
Taxes, $32.45; interest and cost to be
added.
WARD TWO.
w. E. Coleman-Lot 8 of block 8 and
lots /, 2 and of block ii, East Nc
Cormick Annex, Bossier City. Taxes,
$9.T; interest and cost to be added.
Est. Henry Harris -1-acre lot in Benton.
Taxes, 81 cents; interest and cost to
be added.
Cornelius Jones half interest in a
6-acre lot. in the northeast corner Of
nw4 of seA of sec 20, tip 20 n, rng 10 W,
and residence, Benton. Taxes, 500;
interest and cost to be added.
Est. Dollie Parks-The neA of nwA and
nw14 Of se14 of sec %, tp 10 n, rng 13
W, less 10 acres. Taxes, 1888; interest
and cost to be added.
Est. Charley Thomas g lots in the
Buckley Subdivision, Benton. Taxes,
$1.02; interest and cost to be added.
WARD THREE.
Amanda James-The neh of sell of sec
"a, tp %, rng 13. Taxes, S1.22; inter-
est and cost to be added.
Jake Smith-The So of seL and sell OF
sw4 of sec 18, tp q, rng 10. Taxes,
$5.9; interest and cost to be added.
WARD FIVE.
Est. Jack Smith-The SEA of nwA and
sw4 of ne14 of sec 18, tp 81, rng ii
Taxes, $304; interest and cost to be
added.
Est. G. B. Wilson-The n1 of sw14 and
ne14 of sw4 of sec "a, ne14 of seA Of
sec 81 and nw14 of sell of sec "a (less {
acres) tip @, rng IL. Taxes, S6.14; in.
terest and cost to be added.
WARD SIX.
Heirs Green Davis-The nw4 of swL
and 81 of sw14 of sw14 of sec So, tp 10
rng 1870 acres. Taxes, $1.84; interes
and cost to be added.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

In a recent bond issue election in Berk-
ley, California; city which is one of the
"star centres of suffrage strength-the
tanning adequate Fairgrounds for seven
were expected to exhibit vast interest. Yet
Of eight thousand women voters only about
fifteen hundred came out to the polls. The
Mayor of Berkeley thinks this shows wan
ing woman's interest in the ballot as soon
as tho novelty wears off, and the New York
Herald says he may be right.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

st. Louis Republic: All over the country
cities are having clean up days in imitation
of the old-fashioned house cleaning period.
Give the men twenty years or 80 and they
will learn from up-to-date housewives that
the best way is to keep things clean all the
while.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

Chicago News: After a woman has
spent twenty years trying to make man
of her son, along comes another woman
who proceeds to make a fool of him in
twenty minutes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

Philadelphia North American: To pray
with the hands often is better than to pray
with the lips, and the finest hymns of praise
that ascend to heaven are those in which
kind deeds are set to the music of patient
acceptance of difficulties.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
Los

A bay Mare, branded 0 on
left jaw and TX OH left hip.
Last seen May 18th, three
miles east of Plain Dealing.
The finder will please notify
l.. C. Keoun, Route 2, Plain
Dealing, and receive reward.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22

More than seventy inches of rain fell in
southern Chile from June to September.
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Continued on merit page.
The Keota news., 1913-08-29
CHEAP HELP ON MANY FARMS
Bssides Adding to Revenue Of Fasmsr
by Wool and Mutton, Shssp o.
voue Many Noxious Piants-

(By W. A. LINKLATER. Oklahoma Ex-
pertinent StaUon)
1t would add to the revenue OF many
farms II . flock Of sheep were kept.
Besides being profitable they are great
weed eaters. They will eat dve out
Of six OF our known weeds, where .
COW or horse will eat only one out of
every six.
RAnge-bred sheep are the right kind
for the average farmer to buy Such
will be graded Merinos and II they
carry a cross Of Shropshire. Lincoln
and other mutton blood. SO much the
better. 1t would not be advisable to
buy Mexican sheep or low grade sheep
of any other kind.
The ewes purchased for the founda-
tion flock should be good. large ami
mails from one to four years old. and
weighing more than 100 pounds.
Where possible 1t would seldom be
practical to start with less than 80
ewes. and . larger number would be
better still. A nock of q dozen would
require almost as much care az SO or
100. These range-bred grade Merinos
should be bred to a Dorset ram II
possible.
The reason we recommend buying
range-bred grade Merino ewes Is that
thousands of these are available.
while Dorests are not to be had In
large numbers.
These fall or early winter lambs.
BY good feeding and care can be made
to weigh 80 to 100 pounds by May 1.
when they will nnd q ready market
and will always be in demand. Such
lambs should bring from IS upward.
The Keota news., 1913-08-29
North Carolina Boy and His 100
Bushels Of Crib Dry Corn Grown
on One Acre Of Land.

work. Yet it does not require any
technical knowledge on the part of the
farmer to improve corn, for the meth
DDS of selection are very simple.
Every farmer who Is growing corn
should plant some standard variety
which he knows has been tested and
gives the most profitable yields in his
locality. and from this he should se-
lect. each year. seed that comes near
est to his ideal 1t is necessary to
make this selection each year because
If it is not done the corn will soon
revert to the original type and lose
those qualities which the farmer has
been striving to get
In your selections, instead of look
ing for an ideal ear only, look for an
ideal stalk made up of an ideal stem.
Of ideal foliage and of an ideal root
system bearing an ideal ear or ears
covered with ideal husks, and support
ed by an ideal shank. Possibly this
will be hard to find: but you can find
something which approaches it and
from this, with your ideal in view. you
can select continuously until you have
q plant very nearly approaching that
ideal
The Keota news., 1913-08-29
Cold Potatoes.

In summer we will ind IL very con-
venient to have cold boiled potatoes
for use in potato salad or for frying
for breakfast or lunch or for creamed
potatoes.
We now md bacon and eggs 30
agreeable and also 80 easy to cook
with little heating Of the house that
we can easily dispose of the cold
potatoes by frying in bacon fat This
will save using Of meat while giving
q good tendency to balance the lighter
diet so desirable in hot weather.
The Keota news., 1913-08-29
SELECTING CORN FOR SEED
knowledge on Part Of Farm.
o. Not Necessary for Improve
neent Of His Crop.
(Rv ]. M. GRAY)

(By J. M. GRAY)
The possibilities Of improvement of
corn by judicious selection. are very
great Ever since man has been till
ing the soil. he has changed the char
actsr Of plants by consciously or un-
consciously making selections. The
improvement of any plant Is consider
ed by most farmers a very difficult op-
GRAFTON and one to be undertaken only
by those who are qualified by natural
ability and special training. to such
The Keota news., 1913-08-29

are constantly coming and going. and
II 1t can nnd q suitable place 1t will
build directly over the walk. This
makes . number of interesting facts
easy Of observation.
Let the nozzle of the hydrant drip
until the ground below it holds .
little pool Of water. or by some other
means provide pool somewhere In
the yard. To this pool the robin will
come for mud to build the walls Of
her nest Into 1t she will souse bill
fulls Of dried grass before mixing 1t
with the mud. In 1t she will wet
herself before flying to her nest to
mould the mortar wall Of mud and
grass to At her body. :.
When tho young nll the nest every
child in the family will want to climb
up to see them. and the older chill
dren will be tempted to lift them out
of the nest, hold them in the hand.
a moment to show mother what bird
babies are like. But to do this 10 all
but sure to result in the death Of the
young. A young bird once lifted from
the nest has found his legs" and
will never be satisfied In the nest
again. He will climb upon its edge
and go humping down on the lawn
long before he Is able to fly. and the
neighbor's cat IL sure to get him.
Young birds should never be handled
until they leave the nest Of their own
accord
AS the parent-robins search the
lawn for worms to feed their young,
hopping little way and then stop
ping to look and listen, you will often
see an English sparrow following
close behind and a little to right or
left. He is expecting the robin to
pull q worm from the ground. when
he will dive boldly for it, snatch it
away. and make of with it. In this
infrequently successful.
Note your robins carefully. Dis
cover upon them II possible some dis
tinguishing mark, and see whether
they return to you another year. A
male with left wing dropping almost
to the ground as 1t hoped, returned
three successive years to the same
yard. 1t has doubtless been injured
in a fight, which IL not an infrequent
occurrence. One may not be certain
that plumage markings Of exceptional
character will recur year after year.
al plumage may vary with moultings.
But any malformation, resulting usual
~ from injury. renders Identification
all but certain.
The Keota news., 1913-08-29
To Keep Mattresses Clean.

Mattresses become soiled very easy
A good way to keep them clean Is to
get unbleached cloth. the cheap kind
is Just al good and not so heavy to
wash. Make q case just large enough
to At the mattress. 20 1t cannot
wrinkle.
Sew it across the head. leaving tho
foot open. Slip 1t on and draw 1t
down smooth. and Just sew it here and
there to hold It In place. When 1t b.
comes soiled take 1t on. wash, iron
and replace. Cool. clean and swssk