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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-01-07
For Sale or Exchange

Berkshire gifts; already bred.
Also, nine-months-old Boar. will exchange
he boar and gifts for cattle, or sell for s25 each
they arc ell in fine order and well grown TO age.
4s-7-p D. II. JONES, Ivan, La.
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Eve Cotoru,

The normal human eye is hue, SCI
scientists, other colors being caused bs
the presence of different pigments il.
the iris.
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Potitenesa

Collector No money againi I'm tired
of waiting. Debtor ITO his maid)-
Jane. give this gentleman a chair
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-01-07
The Boy ard the Professo,

Il was mimicking Professor Bot,
Yesterday. and he caught me-
what did he say
Told me to stop making a reo OF
myself"
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Nature trips US up when we strut.
Emerson.
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Lost

4 Ii persons are warned not to trade
"A for one mortgage note given by
c. NJ. Yarbrough, dated May is, 1914,
md due one year after date, for S125,
With per cent per annum interest.
sos Fl. H. MONTGOMERY.
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Cash i'm Advance for Subscriptions

THERE
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-01-07
The Great Preacher.


Three elements combine to make
eioquence-a great occasion, a great
theme, great personality Lincoln
at Gettysburg. Webster at Bunker Hill.
Reecher ut Manchester. Chatham in
parliament. When John Randolph was
about to die he said to his fellow sea.
ators. Lift me up" They lifted hir,
Il want to hear that voice!' Whose ~
Henry Clay's." Then he was willing
to die. The occasion brings eloquence.
Christ's occasion was the need Of hui
manity: his theme. the kingdom Of
God-at hand He spoke of the great
questions that belong to all time and
ages. He talked of God and man. He
took God out of the clouds and pitched
his tents close to the tents Of men
He spoke about humanity. He put
new meaning in the word neigh
hor." His personality was unique. He
was filed with the spirit be sought to
impart to Others The secret of pull
pit power and elolnence Is not in the
teaching OF the schools, though that Is
useful. To teach theology Is not to
preach religion. Wesley and White.
field were great preachers-one Armin.
ian, the other Calvinist. Massillon
and acknowledgements was Roman
Catholic, the other Protestant. Au-
thority, sympathy. love of nature. pro-
found spiritual experience. love Of hu-
manity. God in the soul These are
the fundamentals OF oratory.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-01-07
SATURDAY NIGHT
ZSERhoNS
vs. BY
= RMSAMUEL
WpURvISDl
THE SUBLIME ORATOR.

Text. Never man spake like this man"
John vii, 46.
Jesus was popular preacher.
Crowds nocked to hear him. The
synagogue was full when he spoke.
Town and village 1ocked to the fields
when he spoke there. The beach was
crowded when he spoke from the prov
of Simon Peters fishing boat. The
farmer left his pillow. the fisherman his
boat. the woman her kneading trough,
the tax gatherer his booth. Rich men
like Nicodemus and Joseph Of Arima-
thea listened secretly, the common
people heard him gladly. The high
priests came to the conclusion that
they must silence him or they them
selves would soon be overthrown The
very sanhedrin itself would soon
go down before this new leader who
had such eloquence of word and spirit.
such fascination and charm of soul.
that the multitude were carried away
by his addresses So they sent their
police to arrest him. The officers
waited too long before acting. If they
had gone up to him while he was
silent. but they were curious to hear
him speak. In short while his ar
rest at their hands was no longer a
part of their days work He had ar
rested them! They came back to their
superior officers empty handed. ''Why
have We NOT brought him?" they in
CURED. Never man spake like this
man." was the answer Then the
Pharisees sneered in their faces and
said. Are We also deceived?'
The Art of Arts.
Not all great men are speakers.
Washington never made speech. In
the zenith of his fame he once tried it,
failed and gave it mp. confused and
abashed. jefferson never made a
speech. Grant was 1.-THE silent man of
Galena." Napoleon. whose abilities
as an executive were unparalleled.
couldn't talk before an audience Men
are born orators?" Not any more
than born doctors" or born lawyers"
bility and capacity with some. but be-
yond all that 1t is an accomplishment.
an art. science. 1t is the one master
full art that can be acquired The pub
lie speaker dominates those who hear
him. convinces their reason. controls
their judgment. compels their action
He is their master. Patrick Henry
and Nathan Hale each was immortal.
lied by single sentence A great par
liamentary reputation was built on a
single speech by a man who had wit
enough to keep silence afterward. Part
OF great evangelist's attraction is
that folks like to see and hear real
live man in action. talking in the yer.
nacular of the common people The
bearing and the manner are often
more eloquent and more truthful than
the tongue The speaking eyes, the
telltale cheeks-the living man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
TRUSTEES SALE

Of small suburban homes on Shutters
Hill road. BY virtue of a certain deed
of trust duly recorded in deed book
1873 page IS in the land records OF
Alexandria County and at the request
of the party secured thereby the I'M
dersigncd trustee will sell at public
Auction SATURDAY., JULY 18th a!
p. NJ. in front Of the premises the
following described property
Lots Nos. = and > in 4 certain
plat duly of record in the land re-
cords of the said county of Alex
andria, in deed book No. ll3, page
2iI and being the same property
conveyed to the said Edward /
Baumgardner by a deed duly OF re-
cord in the land records of the coun-
tv OF Alexandria in deed book No
113 page 241. 49,,
Terms Of sale cash, conveyanc'ng
at the cost Of the purchaser
C. S. TAYLOR BURKE,
Trustee
26-3t a. W.. 3 weeks I'd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
CONDITIONS IN INDIA
Serious Unrest Among Natives And
b Several Outbreaks Against
H.a Whites Reported


Manila, July SERIOUS unrest
throughout India is reported by Off
GERS and passengers of the Spanish
Mail steamer Alicante, which has ar
rived here after touching at Alden
Arabia, Colombo, Ceylon ard Singa-
pore. The official explanation is tina.
the troubles are due to the present
international differences, but it Is
said they are in reality the result o.
animosity felt by the natives against
the white population.
There have been several outbreaks
it is reported, in the vicinity of Colonl-
DO, where it is understood revolving
natives were severity punished ~
British military forces. Several Eng
lishmen have been murdered ana
Colombo stores have been sacked.
Martial law has been declared, al
Europeans have been armed and all
British subjects physically tit have
been mustered into the military ser
vice. Arrangements are said to have
been made to transport all white wo-
men and children either to Australia
or their home countries.
The native population of British
North Borneo also is reported rest
less and many natives have been Kill
ed. Japanese cruisers are said to be
patrolling the waters Of Borneo.
A riotous outbreak in Ceylon by
Buddhists against the Moslems, IN
which many persons were killed, was
officially announced in London on
June T. This disorder, it was stated
was due to sudden outbreak OF
racial and commercial animosity and
not directed against the European
population or the Colonial govern
ment. The latest kilograms state that
the situation is in hand and improving.
The British official press bureau an
nounces on July 2 that two fanatlcal
Mohammedans had RIM amuck al
Jhansi, India, killing major, cap
tain and a lieutenant, bombardier
and wounding a captain and a SER
geant all of the Eighth Indian Caval-
~. The act was said to have been ar
isolated one, in which no one but the
two murderers were involved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

oG-3t a. w., ; weeks td.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
Information for
Luna Sufferers

The makers Of Eckman'S Altera-
tive will be pleased to send reports
OF recoverieSs from tuberculosis and
3 booklet Of interest to sufferers.
with information about diet and
fresh air, Investigate this case:--
2l4l Susquehnnna Ave-, Philn., Pm.
"My Dear Sir:-FOr two years 1
was afflicted with hemOrrhaEes of
the lungs. and later 1 WINS taken
with severe attack of pneumonia.
when 1 recovered sufficiently to
walk about the house was left
with frightful. hacking cough,
which no medicine i had taken could
alleviate. 1t Sas Mt this time. March,
1902. that 1 started taking Eckmnn's
Alternative. In short time my
cough wax gone md 1 was pro-
nOunced well. cannot speak too
highly for the good it has done"
(AbbreviatedD
(Slgned) HOWARD l.. IIIO1Z.
EckmanS Alternative is most etiica-
ciouS in bronchial catarrh and Sc
we're throat and lung affections and
up-building the system. Contains
no harmful or habit-forming drugs.
Accept no substitutes. Small size,
81; regular size. So. Sold by leading
druggists. Write for booklet OF re-
coveries:
Eckmnn Laboratory. Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE CORPORATION COURT
OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA,.
: VIRGINIA. III
Beulah Adele Rearick,
Reamer Chester Rearick.

flRGINlA.i
Beulah Adele Rearick,
Reamer Chester Rearick.
Upon the written application OF
the complainant, made and filed in
accordance with the statutes, CO.
gether with the afFidavits of the de
PENDANTS non-residence, the said af..
fidavit stating the last known ad-
dress of the said defendant, and it
appearing from the return of the
Sergeant that the said defendant is
not a resident of the City OF Alex
andria, State of Virginia, and not
within the jurisdiction of the Cor
poration Court of the City of Alex
andria, the Court does on this 10th
day of June, 1915, enter the follow
ing order of publication against the
said defendant
MEMO: The object Of this suit is
to obtain for the complainant an alb
solute divorce from the defendant on
the grounds Of wilful desertion and
abandonment for a period Of more
than three years prior to the insti-
tuition Of this suit.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED that
the defendant do appear within fiji
teen days after due publication mere
of and do what is necessary to pro-
tect his interest in this suit; that a
copy of this order Of publication be
published once week for four con-
secutive weeks IN the Alexandria
Gazette, a newspaper printed and
published in the City of Alexandria.
vire mia; that copy of said order OF
publication be posted at the front
door of the court house on or before
the next succeeding rule day after
this order is entered, and that copy
of the same be mailed to the last
known address of the defendant, at
SIS 9th Street, n. W., Washington,
D. c., by the Clerk Of this Court, by
registered mail.
A copy teste:
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk
Frederick P. Russell, p. Q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
ROME FEELS SAFE
Does Not Believe Austrian Airships
Will Attack 1t.

, Rome, July 7.-Discussing the pos
sible menace to Rome from an Aus
TRAN air raid the Giornal d'Italian
capital may consider itself virtually
safe because it is 235 miles from
Pola and 213 miles from the Island
of LISA, the Austrian bases.
The airships of Austria have found
it difficult to cover more than 81
miles in a hingle flight, and it is re-
garded as impossible for them tn
make raid on! Rome and then COM
plete the return journey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

FOR sALE-Fiye.. passenger Over
= land touring car Presto lights
electric $horn, new tires, IN hrst
class order. Cash price $3.50. APP
ply 921 King street. 6-"t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
NOTICE.

There will be a called conclave OF
Old Dominion Commandery, No. II,
Knights Templar, Friday evening,
July 9th. at g o'clock.
Work. Red Cross.
Citizens clothes.
BY Order Of Eminent Commander.
A. G. UHLER, Recorder
6-3t. w. H. CHARLES, C. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

FOR SALE Gas Range, burners,
Oven and broiler, apply at once,
zoe Cameron Street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

In the Clerks Office OF the Corpora
ton Court Of the City of Alexandra
on the 22nd day of June, 1915
Gordon Thomas, in his own right
and as devisee under the will of Rob
4rt J. Thomas, and as Executor there
Of, Complainant.
vs. IN CHANCERY
Fanny Dixon, John II. Thomas
Mary Belle Pirtle, John Bashaw,
Claiborne Pirtle, Mary Pirtle and
Garvin Thomas, Defendants.
Memo-The object of this suit is
to have the will of Robert J. Thomas.
deceased. construed, and particularly
paragraphs 5 and 6 thereof, and 70
declare premises No 1405 King Street.
Alexandria, Virginia. to be immediat-
ly and now vested in Complainant in
fee simple under the terms Of said
will, and for general relief.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed
in this cause that the defendants
John II. Thomas, Mary Belle Pirtle
John Bashaw. Claiborne Piltle, Mary
Pirtle and Garvin Thomas, are non
residents. of this State; 1t is Order
cd, That said defendants appear here
within fifteen days after due publ
cation of this order, and do what is
necessary to protect their interests
in this suit, and that a copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in the
Alexandria Gazette newspaper pub
lished in the City Of Alexandria, once
a week for four successive weeks, and
posted at the front door Of the Court
House of this city.
Robinson Moncure. p. O.,
A copy-Teste
NEWELL S. GREENAWAT Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

Miss Teresa Magncr and Miss Grace
Magner, of Alexandria, left today to
spend several days at the Gull
peper Horse Show.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
Samuel +. Stiles. Complainant
VS.. IN CHANCERY

VS.. IN CHANCERI
Olive May Dove Stiles, defendant
! An affidavit having been duly made
as required by law, that the defen-
dant is a nonresident of the State
t of Virginia, and that she cannot be
! found within the jurisdiction of this
State, and the sergeant having made
return upon the original process OF
| summons issued herein that the de-
PENDANT is nonresident Of his bail
wick, and application having been
duly made and in writing in open
court for an order Of publication
against the said defendant TO appear
and answer a bill in chancery filed
by the complainant against the de-
PENDANT for an absolute divorce on
the grounds of wilful desertion and
abandonment for more than three
years prior to the institution OF tbs
suit and an order of publication hav-
ing been duly granted in open court:
it is therefore ordered that said de-
PENDANT do appear here within II
days after, due publication hereof 70
answer the snt of complainant against
the defendant for an absolute divorce
on the grounds Of wilful desertion
and abandonment for more than 3
years prior to the institution of this
suit, and to do what may be neces-
sary to protect her interest in This
suit. And it is further ordered that
copy of thiG order be published once
a week fol four successive weeks III
the Alexandria Gazette newspaper
published in Alexandria City, Va,
and that copy he sent by register
ed mail by the clerk of this court
to the last known place of address,
residence and abode of defendant. to
wit, Cornor of Wheaton Avenue and
Second Street Millville New Jersey
as stated in the application for this
order of publication which shall be
certified by the clerk of this court,
and that copy be posted at the
front door of the courthouse Of this
court on or before the pcXt ruleday
of this court.
A copy teste:
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk
Robinson Moncure p. Q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
..Tbs IVES, Point of 1he South

1.-THE West Point of the South"
Ccl,eeiate and technical courses combined with
the rigid discipline of an army post. B. ), and
B. A. degrees conierredi in course.
Virginia Cadets tuition free.
saxi,e ton, Va. Gen. E. ". NICHOLS. Stunt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-07

At a Corporation Court of the
City of Alexandria, continued and held
at the Courthouse of said City on
Thursday, June 10th. 1915.
Present, Hon. Louis c.. Barley,
iu1un
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Cowling Lectures On
Wonders of Yosemite

F. The wonders Of the Yosemite Valley
and the Grand Canyon OF Colorado were
pictured and explained to members Of
the Washington Society OF Engineers at
its annual meeting last night in the
Cosmos Club bv T. II. Cowling, OF the
United States Reclamation Service
Al the business session the following
officers were elected: John c. Hoyt.
hydraulic engineer for the United States
iiaodetic Survey. president: A. L. Bald
win. OF the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
vice president; r. w. Albert. of the
District Water Department, secretary:
c. II. Mirick. OF the National Electric
Company. treasurer. and Elliott Woods,
Maurice Hacker. and 7. NJ. TaNaferro.
directors.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Beer Glasses Must Be
Boiled In Montclair

MONTCLAIR. N. j.. Dec. lS-Boiled
beer glasses will be the only ones per-
mitted in the saloons OF Montclair. N.
j.. by an edict OF the health department,
issued Yesterday. OF course, whisky
glasses will come under the same rule.
Up to the present the barxeepers have
used only cold running water to clean
glasses after use. The health depart
ment believes this treatment Is not suf-
ficient to destroy germs. The new code
requires not only that the glasses shall
be washed In boiling water, but that
they shall be rinsed In cold water after.
The same rule applies to glasses used
at soda fountains.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Realty Transfers


x street northeast. between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets-charieH NJ. Corson 20 Cor.
nelius stribling, lot ~, square Dso SO
(stanpa w..
80 Pennsyivania avenue northvest-- Salvador
:. Richard ct al. 10 Buroh Rleps. lot z,
Reservation y, so Cstamps t2l.b0D.
bnrrville-William A. H. Church Of Al. 10
Fred Mckee, lots and Is. block s. section
w tstamps 80 canta). Emma p. Smith
% same, lot 2 block s, section g. SO (stamps
centQ. Walter r.. HaP OF uK TO same.
lot = block s, section T. so.
bos ana 80 Florida avenua northwest-DIon
3. Birney, trustee, TO Frank r. Morgan,
LOT H. square t7b. -.
North Addition TO Chiilun Castle Heights
Wnahington Land and Mortgage Company
70 BENJAMIN Keys, lot Is. square J7S2, $3.50.
Seventh street and Otis place northwest
Harry A. Kite q ux. to Lola Q, Cox. lot
50 csntsl.
ist1 L street northvest-Patrick q. IAech 70
Bridget Leech all interest in original LOT
s, square 40, 500,
Estate OF Giles Dyer-Philip NJ. Riley ct ux
10 lee r, and Margaret p, Downs part
lot -. 80 (stamps 80 oents).
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
GIVEN FULL APPROVAL.

Appointment Of the Hero Of Mons
to supreme command of the British
forces on the eWstern front is enthu-
siastically applauded by tho public.
Credited with the dRshing initiative,
the new conImander-in-chief strikes the,
man in the street as a type Of leader
who may be expected to upset the ira
ditions Of trench warfare by brilliant
stroke that may turn the tide OF VIC
tory to the allies. Some of his friends
even expressed the fear today that the
public, remembering Sir Douglas FaiS'S
exploits at Mons. might eXpe't too
much Of the new commander.
No Surprise Caused.
Mingled with the expression Of ap.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
Sons of Jonadab Lay
Plans For Sanitarium

A branch of the Order of Sons of JON
adab, to be known as the Sens Of Jon
adab Sanitarium. Incorporated, has
been formed sor the purpose Of carrying
out the work in connection with the es-
tablishment of the proposed sanitarium
for inebriates which the order plans to
open here. IncorporAtors are Charles F.
Sudwarth, Charles j. Devter, James ].
Desmond, Charles T. Smith. George H.
Harker, Wash p. Evans, irving B. Ma
loney, Harry NJ. Pumphrey, and Lloyd
B. Turner. The executive committee is
composed of Charles +. Sudwarth,
Charles T. Smith, and Irving B. Ma
loney, Thomas p. Newbold Is general
counsel.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16

proval Of tho selection Of now conf
mander in France are words Of regret
over the recall OF Sir John French, who
becomes COMMUNICATING chief OF the
armies in the United Kingdom and has
been created discount by King George.
The change in leadership occasioned
no surprise. The wave OF criticisni that
hSst beat about Lord Kitchener turned
against General French after the Brit
ish failed to make any considerable
gains in the allied offensive Of Septem-
Der. II was realized that General
French was about to lie supplantcd,
but to the last he retained the friend
ship OF the public, II not their Conn.,
denoe.
The Washington times., 1915-12-16
RULES ON PASSPORTS
ARE MORE STRINGENT
Under New Regulation Application
Must Be Made Five Days
Before Issue.

An executive order has been signed
BY President Wilson strengthening the
passport regulations.
The changes were occasioned BY the
confusion incident to the departure OF
the Ford peace ship. when there was q
rush for passports the day before the
boat sailed. Under the new regulations
ell applications must be received i've
and must state the part, the name of
the ship, and the date OF sailing. Tho
new regulations require that All Amert-
cans leaving the United States must
partment has merely advised travellers
that they went without passports at
their own risk. Three instead OF two
copies OF the applicants photograph
must accompany the application in
future.