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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
HUNTING A POET.
In SheIIey's Case 1t Was Fun, In Joa-
quin MiIler's Dead Earnest.

Mr. Stephen Coleridge great-great
nephew of the Colerilge who wrote
The Ancient Mariner" has published
volume of "Memories." i'm which he
tells some interesting anecdotes of
poets not in the family Both his
graudfath hers were schoolmates of Shell
ley. and one of them used to say that
he had frequently joined in the diver
sion known us Shelley hunts' This
simple sport consisted in ''chivying
about from refuge to refuge the too
poetic younsster and in gleefuIly pelt-
ing him with whatever missiles came
handy.
A lesser poet than Shelley, however.
the late joaquin Miller. was once more
eagerly. If less hilariously. hunted. 1t
was not. as 1.-The poet Of the Sierras"
related it. schooIboy affair. hut q
dead in earnest man hunt in the wild.
est and woOliest west He had had the
misfortune to buy u sorrel horse from
Il man who had no right to sell the an
imal He was mistaken for. the horse
thief. pursued and overtaken
There was convenient cottonwood
branching handily across the trail and
lariats in plenty. 1t was question of
his neck. He argued explained and
grew eloquent in vain. when at the
most critical instant witness to. his
innocent purchase of the beast came up
"He amt thief" the newcomer ex.
planned Hes only poet"
Its an awful pity to miss extermi-
mating poet when it can be did, the
leader of his captors remarked thought
fully after disgusted pause. Ever
hear any of his poetry? Ever see him
write any?"
No" admitted the witness
'Then." declared the self appointed
Judge with regret there's proof he
amt thief. but only hearsay he's a
poet We got to let him go. but If he's
got any sense he won't commit poetry
agin till he's out OF my jurisdiction"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01

day had snapped his self control at
last. The fioodgates We're opened. He
sobbed and sobbed like some tired,
hurt child. Angela tried to comfort
him. In a moment she was crying too.
He took her hand and kissed it repeat
edly. the tears falling on it as he did So
God bless We! God bless ye!' he
cried.
In that moment Of self revelation
their hearts went out to each other
Neither had known happiness nor love
nor faith in mankind.
In that one enlightening moment of
emotion their hearts We're laid bare to
each other. The great comedy Of life
between man and woman had begun.
Three days afterward O'Connell was
able to dress and move about his room.
He was weak from loss of blood and
the confinement that an active man re-
sents. But his brain was clear and
vivid. They had been three wonderful
days. ....#. 5-......... .
Angela had made them the most
amazing in his life. The memory of
those hours spent with her he would
carry to his grave.
She read to him and talked to him
and lectured him and comforted him.
And in little while he must leave 1t
ALL He must stand his trial under the
"crimes act" for speaking at PRO
claimed meeting
Well, whatever his torture. he knew
he would come out better equipped for
the struggle He had learned some
thing of himself he had so far never
dreamed Of in his bitter struggle with
the handicap of his life. He had
something to live for now besides the
call of his country-the call of the
heart-the cry of beauty and truth and
reverence. ...
Angela inspired him with all these.
In the three days she ministered to
him she had opened up vista he had
hitherto never known. And now he
had to leave it and face his accusers
and be hectored and jeered at in the
mockery they called trials. From
the courthouse he would go to the pris
on, and thence he would be sent back
into the world with the brand OF
the prison cell upon him.
And back of it all the yearning that
at the end she would be waiting and
watching for his return to the conflict
for the great cause" to which he had
dedicated his life.
On the morning of the third day Mr.
Roche. the resident magistrate. was
sent for by Nathaniel Kingsnorth. Mr.
Roche found him firm and determined
his back to the fireplace, in which q
bright fire was burning, although the
month was July.
'.I,ye sent for you to remove this
man O'Connell." added Nathaniel aft
er pause.
"Certainly-if he is well enough Il
be moved
1.-THE doctor. understand, says tha,
be, is.
Very well. I'll drive him down t.
| .la courthouse The court IS sittin:
! now" said Roche, rising.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
The Dukes Dinner,

The Duke of Wellington was Prince
of Waterloo. though he never called
himself so. and had many other titles.
for which he once had to pay dear. he
told man to order dinner for him at
particular hotel, and the man did
so. mentioning all the dukes titles.
Presently the duke came and waited
a long time. ''Is the dinner not com.
ingy" he asked; why don't you bring
the dinner?"
I'VE are waiting" replied the waiter.
for the rest of the party"
They had prepared dinner for about
twenty people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
MARRIAGE ON SHIPBOARD.
Authority Vested In Captains of Brit
ish Vessels.

fNUIHOTISy NSSIcO III SdpIdiUS OF oFtS"
ish Vessels.
The captains of British war vessels
are authorized by law to act as mar
riage registrars" and the wedding
the high seas or on board an English
man-of-war on a foreign station. sub
ject to certain prescribed modifica-
tions. These indicate that the legality
of the marriage depends on the com-
manding officers compliance with the
conditions of the foreign marriages act
of 1892. which. with very slight differ
ences, conforms to the conditions as to
age. consent of parents, false oaths.
residence. etc. applying to marriages
in the United Kingdom.
Although no one may question cap
tain's authority to perform at sea the
marriage ceremony or likewise to per-
form such service on board British
vessel on a foreign station if any Of
the provisions laid down are not full
home department has the power by
means of a warrant to vary or annuI
the marriage performed under the act
Bat in the case of such a marriage the
captain who acted as registrar" is pro.
tected from any disastrous conse.
quences ensuing from his act.
Before the passage of the act of 1892
commanding officers of war vessels
and merchantmen celebrated marriages
on hoard under an old act. and the
marriage was of necessity confirmed
OH arrival at the nearest port by the
British representative there. Where
there was no diplomatic or consular
representative the captain was empow
cred to act himself as consul and con
firm his own deed
In the merchant service of Great
Britain the skipper enjoys even greater
power He is not obliged to return a
certificate. the only compnlsion on him
being the necessity to log the mar
riage in his official log hook. where Il
may be entered between reports deal
Ing with the vessels provisioning. he,
course. the weather encountered. The
ships spoken and the many other de
tails of the log.-Harper' Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Wa9qine the Ears.
NUMBER Is.

You will rarely find that man who
can wag his ears suffers from deafness.
The reason for this is very simple
Wagging ones ears exercises them
just as much as walking exercises the
muscles of the legs. A great deal Of
deafness is caused by the muscles Cf
the ears becoming stiff and refusing &c
respond quickly to the sound waves.
Qnite II large proportion of children
can move their ears. just as they can
move the skin on their forehead up and
down. but as they grow up they lose
their power through want of practice.
1t is mistake to let child lose this
power. for it may mean the difference
between good and bad hearing in after
years, DR.. Nj. Fernet, the famous Par
is doctor, has even gone so far as to
suggest that people should be trained
to wag their ears, just as they are
trained to exercise any other muscles
Of the body.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Cryino and Sobbino,

Crying is contraction of the mus
cles about the eyes and cheeks, causing
a flow of tears by squeezing the iach-
rymaI glands II continued for some
time it leads to sobbing Sobbing Is a
series of spasmodic contractions OF the
diaphragm. causing sudden inspira.
tions and expirations which. passing
through the larynx and pharynx, bring
about the typical sounds always con-
nected with this process.-New York
World
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Defining a Gentleman.

Tile true gentleman is the man
whose conduct proceeds from good will
and an acute sense of propriety and
whose self control is equal to all emer-
gencies; who does not make the poor
man conscious Of his poverty, the OBJ
scure man Of his obscurity or any
man of his inferiority or deformity:
who is himself humbled if necessity
compels him to humble another: who
does not flatter wealth, crnge before
power or boast Of his own possessions
or achievements; who speaks with
frankness. but always with sincerity
and sympathy, and whose deed follows
his word: who thinks of the rights and
feelings of others rather than of his
own: who appears well in any COM
pany and who is at home what he
seems to be abroad--a man with whom
honor is sacred and virtue safe. DIR.
Wayland
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
CHAPTER III.
The Irish Patriot.

TO far 10 man in the little walled
in zone she had lived in had
~ ever stirred Angela to an even
momentary enthusiasm They
We're all SO fGtaously contented with
their environment. Sheltered from
birth, their anxiety was chiefly how
to make life pass the pleas;lntest.
They occasionally showed IA spasncdac
excitement over the progress of 8
cricket or polo match. Their achieve
ments were largely those Of the stay
ut home warriors who fought with
the quill what others faced death with
the sword for. Their inertia disgusted
her. Their self satisfaction spurred
her to resentment.
Here was Il man in the real heart OF
life. He was engaged in IA struggle
that makes existence worth while-the
effort to bring Ii message to his people
Then arose a picture of her sister
Monica, with her puny social preten-
slons--recognition of those in n high
) er grade. bread and meat and drink to
ner. adulation and gross fiattery, the
very breath of her nostrils; her broth
ess cheap. narrow platitudes about the
rights of rank and wealth.
The memory of her mother was the
only link that bound her to her child.
hood-the gentle, uncOmplaining spir.
Il of her, the unseltish abnegation of
ner, the souls tragedy of her, giving
up her life 1T the altar OF duty at the
bidding of Il hardened despot
She was reused from her self search
ing thoughts by the doctors voice and
tue touch of his hand
Goodby for the present. Miss Kings
north. Sure it's in good hands I'm
iavln' him. But for you he'd be lyin
III the black Jail with old DR.. Costello
giafin' down at him with his gimIe,
eyes"
Angela sat down ut little distance
Ifom the sickbed and watched the
wounded man. His face was drawn
with pain His eyes We're closed But
nc was not sleeping. His fingers lock
ca and unlocked His lips moved. He
opened his eyes and looked ut her.
iou need not stay here he said.
Would You rather didn't?"
Why did you bring ME here:"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01

''To make sure your wounds were
attended to-
Your brother is q landlord-'kings
north, the absentee landlord we used
to call your father as children. And
I'm in his sons house I'd betther be
in Jail than here
"You mustn't think that
you've brought me here to humi4
late me-to humiliate me"
NO. To care for you, to protect
you.
Protect me?'
eff l can"
That's strange"
II heard you speak today" She
paused you mustn't go to prison"
'It's the lot of every Irishman today
who says what he thinks"
ut mustn't be yours! 1t mustn'tr
Angela's voice rose in her distress
She repeated: ut mustn't! I'll appeal
to my brother to stop it,
.sIf he's anything like his father it's
small heed he'll pay to your pleading
The poor wretches here appealed to
old Kinesnorth in famine and sickness
not for help. mind We. just for lit
tie time to pay their rents-and the
only answer they ever got from him
was Pay or go'''
81 know, know Angela replied.
"And many time when was child
my mother and cried over it."
He looked at her curiously. you and
yer mother cried over us?''
I'VE did. Indeed we did.
'They say the heart Of England is in
its womankind. But they have moth
ing to do with her laws"
"They will have some day"
It'll be. long time comm. I'm
thinkin'. If they take so long to free
whole country how long do ye sup
pose it'll take them to free a whole sex
and the female one at that?"
ut will come!' she said resolutely.
"And you cried over Ireland's sor-
rows?"
"As child and as woman" said
Angela.
"And we've gone about here tryin' to
help them, too haven't yer
Il could do very little"
well. the spirit is there-and the
heart is there If they hadn't liked you
it's the sorry time maybe your brother
would have"
He paused again, looking at her in.
tently, while his fingers clutched the
coverlet convulsively as if to stife a
cry Of pain.
"May 1 ask We yer name?" he gasped.
angela" she said. almost in wilis-
| per.
4 Angela he repeated. angela!
It's we'll named We are. It's the min,
isterin' angel we've been down here
to the people and-to me-
Don't talk any more now. Rest.
REST. is it, with all the throuble In
the wurrld beatin' in me brain and
throbbin' in me heart?"
| .'Try to sleep until the doctor comes
tonight
He lay back and closed his eyes.
Angela sat perfectly still.
In few minutes he opened them
again. There was a new light in his
eyes and smile on his lips.
aye heard me speak, did ye?"
Yes"
Where were ye?"
above you. behind bank Of trees. y
\ playful smile played around his
lips us he said. ':It was good speech
wasn't it?''
81 thought it wonderful Angela, all.
swered.
And what We're yer feelin's listen.
in to man urgin' the people against
| yer own country?"
II felt wanted to stand beside vOr
and echo everything you said"
did you?" And his eyes blazed and
his voice rose.
"You spoke as some prophet speak
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Very True.

Don't you think peace would be
promoted If nations could be persuaded
to talk things over deliberately before
going to WARP"
Possibly But sometimes the more
you talk things over the more you find
10 fight about Washington Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
SYNOPSIS.

Frank O'Connell. young Irish patriot.
Is shot and wounded by British soldiers
while making a home rule speech He
Is aided by Angela Kingsnorth. an Eng
lsh society girl. who defends him.
Angela takes OConnell to her brothers
home and helps to nurse him. He recovers
and he and the girl become fast friends
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Queers Himself.

Muggins Longbow boasts that he
never tells the truth. Buggins Don't
y0E believe him Hes an internal
liar.-Philadelphia Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Literally.

"There are many methods of punish
ing naughty children"
Yes. but spanking takes the palm
London Punch
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Spick and Span.

"Spick and span" comes from the
"spikes" and "spanners"-the hooks
and stretchers for stretching cloth new
from the loom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01
Continued in nert aUeek's Banner.
Too Generous.

DO you like Miss Prattle?"
Yes, she's SO generous. Never keeps
anything to herself and is always
ready to give away even her best
friend. London Tit Bits.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Fine Oid-Time. Medicine.

That excellent combination Of sem
leaves and figs which grandma used to
prepare is still just as good as any all
around liver regulator and laxative We
know for habitual use, II anyone must
use a laxative habitually. Some peo-
pie say it is hard to mix. But think
how good 1t is and how cheap! A
five-cent package Of SIENNA leaves. a
ten-cent box Of figs; chop fine and mix
thoroughly on a plate with spatula or
knife blade; preserve in a fruit jar
and dole it out whenever anyone in
the family needs ia little lump, sort
of a "chaw." 1t isn't bad to take. Best
time is in the early part Of the day,
for SIENNA ordinarily acts in five or six
hours.-William Brady, NJ. D., in the
Chicago News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Sky Periscopes.

In the cities Of Europe that are
liable to be visited by Zeppelin air
ships the watchers on the lookout for
raiding aircraft have suffered from
stiff necks, and also eye strain from
long continued gazing at the heavens
to detect hostile aircraft, and to meet
this difficulty opticians have devised a
special form Of sky periscope. This
instrument is constructed on the same
general principles as those used by
submarines, and the type that has
been so widely adopted for use in the
trenches on land. The device is a SIM
pie arrangement Of mirrors that the
watcher can hold in his hand, and
which enables him to scan the entire
vault Of the sky while looking down
in a convenient and natural position.
It has been found SO convenient that a
much better and more constant look
out Is maintained.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

A substantial increase in the quar-.
tity of coal briquets manufactured
and sold in 1914 Is announced by the
United States geological survey.
a tendency to operate in large
units is illustrated in the statistics of
this collateral branch Of coal mining,
the smaller and experimental plants
going out of existence and the new
enterprises being of greater capacity.
The production of %briquetted fuel
in 1914 amounted to 4,635 short tons.
valued at ~$1.123,17S, an increase com
pared with 1918 of 62,776 short tons
in quantity and s115,S51 in value.
This shows the greatest activity in
coal briquetting in the history of the
INDUSTRY.
The production in 1914 in the east.
ern states increased from 62,244 short
tons, valued at $240,643, to 101,7s2
tons, valued at $273,046; in the cen
trail states from 1927 tons, valued
at $36O,4OS, to SS,325 tons, valued at
$424, 569, and in the Pacific coast
states from 46,32S short tons. valued
at $4o6,276, to 54,52S tons, valued at
$425, 1868.
Eight plants used coal-tar pitch for
a binder, four used secret binders and
one used petrolastic cement. No
binder is required in the briquetting
of carbon residues from oil-gas works.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Indian Forced to Succumb.

The white mGn and the Indian never
could mix, and the Indian has had to
succumb. All of us admire the Indian
and would like to see him survive for
all time; but it appears impossible
that with advancing civilization he can
continue. The Indian simply will not
submit to the changed conditions; he
still dreams of the happy hunting
ground and the forest and stream, and
nothing the government can do for
him can reconcile him. The automo-
mile and other things have helped him
along In his reckless career. but tu-
cuberlosis has been the most destroy
ing element in the life of the Ameri-
can aborigine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Geometry REQUIRED,

Plato Is said to have written over
his door: Let no che ignorant Of
geometry enter here" Today such a
restriction would reduce his visit
ing list. Perhaps outside the profess
sional mathematicians he would have
no n at all. All the artists, the
philanthropists, the historians, to say
nothing Of those ladies and gentlemen
of leisure whose critical faculties r
SO Importantly developed nowadays,
would certainly be absent, and, worse
still, would suffer very little at their
exclusion. Yet going back into the
centuries for guests, a distinguished
company might have been assembled
Of those who, without being famous
merely for mathematical studies, yer
known to have understood and loved
the subject. The Greek philosophers
would have been there in a body. AL
phonse X, Omar Khayyam, Albert
Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes,
Pascal, Napoleon and Lewis Carroll.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
DOG VALUABLE IN WARFARE
Intelligent Animal Brings sorely
Needed Aid to Wounded During a
luil in the Fighting.

A war correspondent speaks Of a
French soldier who, In writing to his
family, told how his life was saved by
the pet dog of his regiment. Struck
by a fragment Of shell in the arm
and with a saber cut over the head.
the wounded man was lying half-cov'
cred by the dead bodies of his com
rades. when he felt a light touch on
his forehead. 1t was Tom, the regi-
ment's dog.
In spite Of his pain the soldier tried
to raise himself up a little. He knew
that the animal was trained to carry
to the camp a wounded mans cap,
but he had lost his own. The dog hest.
tated, and the soldier said to him:
Run quickly, Tom; go and find my
comrades. Go on-ind them!"
Then Tom understood. He dashed
away to the camp, ran about among
the men. pulling their coats and bark
ing, and at last succeeded in drawing
W ambulance men to the spot where
the wounded soldier lay. He was
taken up quickly, cared for by the
surgeons, and today he is fast recover
ing.
Tom goes toward the firing line as
soon as the bullets begin to fly. He
scratches a hole in the ground and
crouches there. During the lulls IL
the firing he does duty with the am
bulance men. and helps to save the
wounded.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02
Grass Widows Grievance,

That fortune teller got all mixed
up on my husbands" said the grass
widow as she left the seventh daugh-
ter, with an escort holding tight. She
said l had had two; then she wouldn't
say l would have three. thought
that mean of her. Instead. she kept
on saying what a nice husband | had
now, what a fine mar he was, and all
that idiocy. Why, my husband is the
meanest little brute hat ever lived
| haven't laid eyes on him for two
years. Now, why do you suppose that
fortune teller kept on saying he was
such a nice husband" she demanded.
That's easy said the escort She
thought ! was your husband and she'd
get to tell my fortune when she had
finished yours"