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HISTORIA.

Ell Sol de Mayo Memorials de
la Intervention. Con grahados--" W
Ell Cerro de las Campanas
Con retratos de los p~ersonaJes
que fguraron durante ell lmperlo-' W
feT 1aTelua q "a iin Seoe rs
Los Insurgentes. Continue
c ci3n contra ont a aEspaGa--"O rs
Memorials de un Guerrillero
Historic de la 6poca de Ia Guerra
de Reforma OI5
La Majestad Caida -Novela
p nissoFi'1 oe ID is,OllelOli 50
Epopeyas de mi Patria: Benz
to Juarez La Reforma La
Intervention Francesa Ell I'm
perio Ell triunfo de Ia Republi-
ca Memorials de Juan de Dios
Pea Edici6n de lujo profusamen-
te ilustrada con ~retratOs Y vistas
pasta tela Y planchas dOradas- 2W
Historic general de Mexico,
DOR Zarate -Bien empastada---" 0 50
Episodes Militares M~eXicanOs
Obra de sumo interes para los a
fectos a conOcer nuestras gran
diosas luchas por la hbertad Trata
de la Guerrade Independently Ia
Invasion Americana 2 tOmos----. z %
Historic del Pueblo Mexicano
-~Soberbio resGmen de historic
patria Edici6n e~nriquecida con
numerosos grabados de vistas,
monumentos, ~retratos, mapas,
etc 2 tomos pasta de tela----- 90
Historic de Mexico, por Yer
dia Comprende desde los prime
ros tiempos hasta la caida del Sc
gundo Imperio, con acopio de
magniicos datos I'm tomo tela-" 3 90
Historic Patria, pOr don Justo
Sierra Ilustrada con numerosos
grabados. Completa----------' 90
Historic Universal, pOr Marti-
nez -Libro muy attractive por-
que ademas de su magniico texto
abundan en- 81 los grabados repre-
sentativos de p~ersOnajes histori-
COS, monumentos. Obras de arte,
batalias, escenas p%Opularesy tpos
de differences epocas Y paises E
dici6n de 2W
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Obras de venta en- la Liberia de lGNACIO E. LOZANO.
oa,,..nrnT. 1AMs HRA Ia OLE rNEE ER sRmDo YA QUE MEM MAS BHuro


tiene la r~eferente a las aparicio-
mes, magia blanca, roJa y negra,
concrete del inferno adivlnaclo-
mes, ciencias ~Secretas, etc. l.
Dogma y ritual de la alta ma
gia.-Esta obra ensena por COM
pleto los misterios de las clen-
cias ocultas. Contiene ell triangu-
10 de Solomon, la irradiaeion
magica, la Cabala, ell Tarot, los
s~ecretos del exito, la nigroman-
cia, etc. 2 tomos empastados----" g.
Magia blanca y negra, Q clen-
cia de la vida fnita e infinita, con-
teniendo sugestiones practicas
para los estudiantes del ocultis-
Z.
Ell Verdadero libro Internal.
Tratado complete de las ciencias
ocultas. Contiene el librO de San
Cipriano, la clavicula de Solomon,
amuletos Y talismanes; la magia
suprema roja y negra. invocacio-
mes, conjuros, sortIlegiOs, el Ora
g6n rojo y Ia cabra internal, as
trologfa, ell gran Grimorlo, Ia Ga
lima Negra, recetas de la rel
ma CLEOPATRA etc 90.
La Clavicula del hechicero o sea
el libro de San Cipriano, con inf
nidad de secretos cabalisticos O.
Ell verdader0 Dragon ROjo.-
Contiene pactos infernales, arte
de subordinar espiritus, encanta-
mientos, conjuros, modO de hacer
Sc invisible y evocar al diablo, etc" s..
Secretos de prestidigitaci6n y
de la magia. Lecciones practlcas
de eScamoteo y prestidigitaci6n--"1. IL
Verdadero horoscope para adj
vinar ell porvenir------------" O..
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Aviso matrimonial.

Ell Sr. Reducindo Gonzalez. de 25 amos
de edad, native del Estado de Chihua-
hua, Mexico, perteneciente a buenas
familias, y de buenas costumbres, desea
contrser matrimonio con una senorita
de costumbres iguaies y cue sea mexi-
cana. Para informes dirigirse al inte-
resado: Sr. Reducindo Gonzalez, En-
glewood, Kansas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-02-05

Hogan ' Patrla. Edlclon ue IuJO L'4O
Recuerdos y Esperanzas. Ed
ci6n de lujo-------- L.4O
Las glorias de Mexico. -Bellisi-
ma collection de composiciones de
dicadas a la patria y a u heroes" O.75
om h1Gaa rs
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todos, con ell cual Sc resuelven en-
ell acto cuantas operaciones sc de-
seen, sin necesidad de hacer nu-
meros nj calculos 20. rs
Secretario de los amantes o IL
bro de los enamorados. Obra in
~dispensable para escribir cartas
Sc
D~iccionario. del amor. Obra muy
instructive y amena-----" O.8
Juegos %inocentes de sociedad.
Collection de juegos muy diverti-
dos, a~divinanzas, etc.," O.3G
Manual de felicitaciones.
Librito especial para los nj
nos, con dos bonitas come
dias para ell hogar-----"0.35
Manual de la cocinera.-
Tratado practice de cocina,
pasteieria y reposteria----0.36
Ell Cura Hidalgo. -Melo-
drama patri6tico--------"0.40
| Manual de cerrajeria y o.
bras de hierro-----" LOO
Gufa del amansador de ca
ballos y del picador----" LAO
Manual del relojero ---" lao
Manual de la crfa de GALL
LAO
ESPIRITISMO
lQue es ell espiritismo? ------S OTIS
Obras postumas. -------" 0.75
Ell iibro de los mediums. 1890" OTIS
Ell Genesis, las milagros y las s~e
predicciones ---------" OTIS
Ell libro de los espiritus. -----" 0.76
FL Evangelio seg1n ell espiritismo" 0.76
. Ell cielo y ell inferno. ---- -" 0.76
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-02-05

Sc desea saber ell paradero del Sr. Pc
dro Argiielles y la Sra. Sabina Torres,
que en- 1912 residfan en- ell rancho de San
Juan del. Cuetero, jurisdiction de la vi
la de Patos, cerca de Saltillo, Coahuila.
Sc daran CINCO PESOS a la persona
que informel de ellos, dirigiendose a:
Juan Cardenas. -702.--4th Siel St.
Beaumont, Texas.
1m.-2.5-l4
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Viva mi noviai
Ell hada de los mares.
Su Majestad Ell Amor.
Maldito sea Ell Amor.
La Princesa del Dollar.
Amor y Martirio.
La hija de Venus.
Porque Sc casan los hombres.
Porque pecan las mujeres.
Porque murmuran las viejas.
Porque reinciden las viudas.
FL collar de esmeraldas
Las hijas del champagne.
FL nido de ruisenores.
Las obreras del amor.
Marina 0 la hija de las olas
Pasionarias de amor.
FL ST de las ninas-
La viuda allegro.
La nina de los jazmines.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Where the Road Is Watsr.

Writing of a tour of Holland, Arnold
Bennett in the Century says:
After few weeks l began to per-
ceive that Schiedam and similar places.
though thrilling. were not the whole of
Holland and perhaps not the most rep
resentative of Holland. As the yacht
worked northward Holland seemed to
grow more Dutch until in the chain of
shallow lakes and channels that hold
Friesland in sort Of permanent bap-
tism we came to what was for me the
ideal or celestial Misunderstanding
done by water, even grass cut under
water. and black and white cows milk
ed in the midst of ponds and wind
mills over the eternal flatness used ex-
clusively to shift inconvenient water
from one level to another The road is
water in Friesland, and all the world
is on the read. If your approach to a
town is made perilous by succession
of barges that will ebstinately keep tie
middle of the channel you know that 1t
is market day in that town and the
farmers are rolling home in agreeable
inebriation."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
To Multiply by Division.

Everybody knows that learning tho
tens in the multiplication table is as
easy as pie" and that the fves arc
not much harder; but, slight as is thu.
mental effort required In multiplying
any number by five, it may be lessened
still more by discarding the multiplier
entirely and substituting divisor In
stead. This may sound paradoxical
but by experimenting You will fn,l
that dividing by two will bring the
same result rs multiplying by tive,
provided you add cipher to the quo
tient ii the dividend be an even mum.
Der or fve II It be odd. For instance.
il you multiply 2,734 by five the prod
uct is 1860. What is still easier, di
vide 2,734 by two, which is done al
most instantaneously; then tack o.,
your naught and you have 1860.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Contrasts IN Mexico.

Perhaps nowhere else in the world ID
there country SO full of contrasts az
Mexico Here you will see Mexican
halfbreed barefooted wearing a dollar
pair of trousers, a fifty cent shirt and
ten dollar sombrero There ut single
glance and within the length Of sim
gle city block you may see an Indian
cargador, donkey cart. an oxcart, 4
carriage. railroad train. street car
and mot0rcar-almost every type OF
locomotion since Adam You may tread
the burning sands of a tropical desert
with a wet Of perpetual snow Of tower
ing mountains still upon your shoes.
You may take single railway journey
of thirty-six hours in which the people
you see at the railroad station will be
dressed in four different weights OF
clothing. Everywhere you turn there
is contrast. high lights and deep shad-
ows.- William Joseph Showalter in Ma.
tional Geographic Magazine
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He Mould Find Out.

Henry Irving in his early days once
played part which In the first act
called for dark stage. In this dark
ness he fought with an old earl. threw
him heavily, and when he did not rise
after the loud thud Of his fall Irving
would cry out:
Great heavens. what have | done?'
One night he played the part In a
small English town. A stage hand was
very much impressed with the play
and to him the scenes quickly became
real. so that when Irving reached the
climax. felled the old earl to the ground
and spoke the line Great heavens
what have done?" he was startled to
hear the stage hand say in loud voice:
Strike match and we'l have n
look. New York Globe
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Sound laflection

Sound does not always travel through
the air in a straight line. 1t often
happens that two zones of sound are
separated by zone of silence In 1908
an explosion of dynamite OH the rail
road then building up the Jungfrau
was heard in two different zones The
first extended through radius Of for.
.ty kilometers around the explosion
The other began at distance of 40
kilometers. the sound being unheard
In the intervening 100 kilometers. Sim
liar phenomena had been observed
elsewhere. and physicists tried to OK
plain them by the ref1exion OF the
sound waves from certain atmospheric
strata. Professor Fujiwhara. who has
studied such matters during volcanic
eruptions in Japan. asserts now that
these phenomena depend upon the li
rection of the wind in the middle strata
Of the atmosphere.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
The Battling
Weak
Story of the Conquering
OF q Cowardly Bully
By WARREN z. HADSELL
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co

Except for the soft shaft of moon
light that stretched across the sofa
where she reclined the room was in
darkness. 1t showed the pale. pensive
face and singularly slight. graceful
form Of young woman.
There was no astounding beauty to
her. but in the firm Tilt of the mouth.
the calm. thoughtful gray eye there
was simple evidence of character and
determined spirit.
Mabel did not notice these symbols
Of her mood: she did not even sense
them: but she had turned out the
lights because light panied her.
She thought it too monstrous to be
cast of. left penniless. dependent. and
by one to whom she had given much.
She knew that be was coward; such
men are in a crisis.
4 heavy step sounded in the hall and
the door opened. There was fun
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Locating a Broken Wire.

When telegraph wire is broken OF
damaged. say. several hundred miles
away, how does the operator. sitting
in his Office. know exactly where the
accident occurred?
The explanation is simple. 1t re
quires, as every one knows. consider
able force to send electricity through
a wire The longer the wire the great
er, of course, must be the force requir
ed This force is measured in units
called by electricians ''ohms." Let us
suppose that wire between Il New
York Office and a point $50 miles away
has broken somewhere The telegra
pher knows that when the wire was
intact there were required. say, 2,10(
ohms to facilitate the current, or four
teen ohms to the mile. He now finds
that he can send a current with only
100 ohms. Dividing 7GO by IA, he finds
that the break in the wire is fifty miles
from his end.-New York Tribune.
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Chamberlain and His monocIes.

a While the late Joseph Chamberlain
was crossing Palace yard one day
some years ago he was accosted by an
American girl with the cool request
MIR Chamberlain. please do give me
your eyeglass for my cabinet at home. :"
1t was at once handed to her. guard
and all, so promptly that the curiO
hunter apparently felt some remorse
and stammered. Most likely I'm in
conveniencing you" Not at all. re
piled Mr. Chamberlain as he produced
from his pocket morocco case and
took from it spare monocle. which
he screwed in position. and then Went
on his way. smiling. ng.-London Express
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bling of groping hands to find the cleo
trio. button and then the room where
she sat was flooded with light.
Her husband stepped forward. and
then. seeing the still form on the sofa
guilty. burgiarizing expression fitted
over his fat face.
"Mabel." he said. half kindly so that
1t sounded mockingly. Il thought you
were going to stay the night at sis
ter's'
She did not answer. nor turned her
head from the moon whose shaft of
| light had been banished from the room
Come. | will see you safely"
"John. Why are you Il moral cow
ard: why use subterfnge with NE?
Why fear to be frank. ut least-why
add lying to your dishonor?"
His bland. Indifferent grimace as be
started to speak whipped her into fury.
her eyes shot lurid. emitting blue like
the ends of live electric wires. But he
merely shrugged and indifferently be
| gan moving about the house. gathering
his personal effects. 4 disdainful. care
less smile meanwhile ON his full lips
She said nothing. nor moved from
her position.
At last. his curiosity us to how much
he had hurt her. what she might be
planning to do to interfere with his
plans. and Il desire to play with the
| situation. beckoned him to attack.
Il suppose you know that We sail
early in the morning.
He made the I'VE" so insulting that
she nearly choked with anger. but she
did not respond to his bravado. This
as silence will. enraged him: ne wanted
to cut her deeper. but she was so very
still. like marble. that he did not know
how to begin.
I'm off," be said ''You want to say
good by:"
She rose slowly, almost stitfiy.
He took 1t for cringing and broken
heartedness. when 1t was but tenseness
OF j; lioness to spring. He stepped for
ward. moekingly familiar.
| Keep away" she cried. her voice
sharp with emotion.
/ he mistook it for the quavering o1
| fear.
i She faced hiui. her eyes peering colo
| and lackIustpr into his her hand grip
ping something nearly concealed bl
her side.
a misgiving came over him. He tool
one step backward. she one forward.
/ Coward" She almost breathed it.
There was something indomitahl.
fierce in her manner. something that h
had never seen in any eyes before.
She possessed some power which h
did not know about. He thought sh
had come armed to punish him Th
bully In him had Sudden chill Fl
edged off quickly as though to avoid
blow. She stepped forward slowly and
as though hypnotized. he stepped bac
again and again. his eyes waverin
upun her.
/ He laughed loudly. 1t broke th
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Theatrical Superstitions.

Paris. a city of theaters. is full Of
theatrical superstitions. Nearly every
one associated with the theater has
some sort of mascot. Thus, NJ. Fer
nand Samuel, manager of the Varieties,
always wears an old and battered
straw hat as luck bringer at every
first night. Nine. Ristori used to walk
in a cemetery on the day when she
had to appear in "a new part and Mile
Breyal collects old horseshoes.
Mile Mary Garden always consults
clairvoyant before undertaking n
new character. and Cora Laparcerie
and Nine. Berthe Bady never dream of
going on the stage without touching
wood
NJ. Henri Bernstein believes that
there is some curious fetish in the
name Zambo He puts 1t in all his
plays with different orthography
There is always Il character called
Zambeau. Zambault. Zambeaux. Fam.
bau.-London Express
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"GITr. HE ETHUNDERED, AM, HETHREW THF
COWARD THROUGH TIE DOOR.

aeen SO tine sight us sou in action
You're war goddess for snre Get
your gun out and see if you can play
1t like used to teach you. What kind
you got anyway"
IL haven't any gun"
The giant rOared He laughed until
be choked. looking at the smaller man.
who stoed. sulien and angry. bad1ed.
crestfallen a great disgust came into
the giants eyes.
Cit be thnndered as he might have
done to dog And he threw the ashen
faced coward through the door bodily.
The door slammed.
The brother again took her IN his
arms and whispered:
Lets sail In the morning instead--tt
will be good for You. How lucky you
are to get your property back and ne
rid IT such n husband.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Some German Taxes.

Among the curious taxes imposed In
Germany on various objects are those
ON baby carriages. where the amount
is 40 cents each and $1.50 tax on Gagged
nightingales. Of which there have not
been any for many years. and tourists
for whom the hotel keeper is taxed IA
cents. which is added to the bill
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Speaking Of Eyes.

ssPOpp
.'Yes. my son.
kittens are not much use until tA40
get their eyes open, are tbey?"
mo. my boy
"Well, pop. Is it the same with pota-
toeSw Sw-Yonkers Statesman.
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funds in consideration of the fact that
she had originally entrusted them to
him: she enumerated the cash and the
notes
He wrote obediently to her dictation.
obSessed with bodily fear. but plan
ming siyly how he couId still get by"
He had always got by" his turn
would come next. \ sense of fear or
violent death was leaving him. lie.
, halted at the bottom.
Sign
Il will not I'll die Erst!
"One. two"
He signed.
He did not think it was all over. the
instrument was worthless as there was
no witness. She thought about it. too
but there was 10 help.
After she had read and checked over
the paper she remarked casually:
You may go now-I wish you bon
voyage"
He thuudered incoherentIy, threatei,
ed. swore.
"Oh. you are u coward" she answer
ed. You might have kept your plum
der had you been a man, Look at
that"
She drew her hand from the folds OF
tol which their little boy had left on
the sofa.
1t was like air after suffocation. He
laughed Historically, roared, he sat
down and shook. His face and body
lost their tant strain.
She stood looking at him. shaking her
head. her eyes disdainful, but with
that burning, intimidating look which
earlier In the evening he had feared.
Now, see here, Mabel he said
sternly. this things gone far enough.
I'm tired. don't want to use brute
force on you"
There was silence He waited
Then he got up and strobe toward
her
keep back"' she cried fercely.
He moved. With lightning motion
| she tore open her waist and thrust in
| her hand
"One step and it is really all over!
| played with your cOwardice AS you
wanted to play with my weakness but
now I'm i'll earnest.
He was purple with rage and wanted
to rush in. but he was coward !,
| coward because he had lived the life oi
the senses so long.
'.You better go" she said wearily
I've withheld my cowboy training
long enough"
Like spoiled child he snatched ul
his coat and hat aud his case OF be
| iongings.
You will hear Of this in the morn
/ ing. 1t will be my turn then" h,
said.
In the hall he came face to face will
man-a big fellow. bigger than him
self-a huge westerner.
.'George!'' burst from his lips
Yes" was the heavy toned answer
land have seen the whole perform
ance. 1t was stupendous, and vii
make a good witness for that paper"
She in listening for the closing of tn,
/ door heard voices and went runnin:
into the hall. There was burst Of joy
Il thought you were not coming tiIl''-
But the sentence was choked off In hi.
arms.
The brother held her at arms Length
/ "Oh. I'm proud OF you," he said
you've got warriors spirit and u,
for him." He looked at the coweriu:
man beside him
/ George. dear. won't you make hin
go? Pm exhausted
The brother looked 1T her I'D liki
to see you finish him up I've neve
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
A Spade and an Acre.

ground. Whose cuts straight path to
bis own living by the help of God. in
the sun and rain and sDrouting grain.
seems to me to be Il universal working
man. He solves the problem Of life,
not for one. but for all men of sound
body-EmerSon
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
La Had the Bill,

Tom lin restaurant, Excuse me. old
man, but would you mind paying my
check? / haven't anything brt for
ty dollar bill. Jack--A forty dollar
bill. Why, / never heard of bill OF
that denomination. Tom Here it is-a
bill from my tailor!-Chicago News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Whore Women May Not Pray,

In some parts Of the world the wo
men are not even allowed to pray.
Certain Hindu congregations deny
their women this privilege, and among
the Anus women can pray only In
very rare cases as the deputies of their
husbands. The natives Of Madagascar.
however. stretch point and permit
their women to intercede with the
powers of evil. but prayer to their su-
preme being Is strictly masculine pre-
rogative.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Pocket Mirrors.

From the twelfth to the fifteenth
century small mirrors. carried in the
pocket or attached to the girdle. were
regarded as indispensable adjuncts to
ladies' toilets The pocket mirror was
circular plaque of polished metal
fixed In a shallow box and covered
with q lid.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Some Class.

'I'm afraid the new cook will be =
little too lofty for u.s."
"Whyy'
"She came in a taxicab."-Louisvtle
COurier-J Journal.
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An Unsettled Question.

els this town ON the map?"
1--WE don't know. stranger. There
amt nobody here rich enough to buy q
map to find out Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-11-26
Sharp Cut.

Little Pauline came In. bringing
scratched finger for saive and ssmpa-
thy, Il cut II on the cat. she ex-
plained. - udgs.
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No Tin.

Penam-CoIonel RIoodyman's old
war traits still cling 10 him. Nicks-
How so? Penam-l dined with him
last night. and he gave the waiter no
quarter Harlem Life.
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The heart gers weary but never gets
I'D Shenstone.