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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
NUMBER A.
WARSHlP FIGHTING TOPS.
They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.

They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.
Lord Nelson was killed by a muskes
ball fired from the crosStrees Of his
French antagonist Because Of this
fighting tops came into existence and,
being developed to keep pace with
other parts of naval construction, con.
tinue to be traditional feature OF the
world's navies.
A century ago. when lighting men,
marines, boarding parties, gun crews
crowded the upper decks of Il warship,
sharpshooter posted aloft picked o6
many a man. But big battleship In
action today shows not mark to the
man in the fighting top.
In the days when 1t still remained
possible for boatloads Of armed men
to swarm up the sides and board q
lighting ship plunging shots were drop
ped from the fighting top. But with
great steel walls overhanging tho
waves and never All accommodation
ladder swung out for their welcome iS
Is impossible for unlimited guests to
set foot on the modern deck.
The captain Of the fighting top is
usually In control Of flag, semaphore
and heliograph signaling. leaving the
wireless to an Invisible operator in.
termed somewhere in the ships vitals.
He Is the sentry against small inquisi-
tive craft and may enforce his orders
by the rattle Of light quick flrer.
He has the outlook, reports and ques.
tions passing ships and has virtues a.
detective against spies. His func.
tions, however, are limited. He Is not
high enough placed to see the subma.
rine creeping along score of feet be.
meath the surface or to note its wake
Of broken water.
The fighting top Is in big cruisers
| quite massive affair and no longer
the tiny breastwork behind which tho
picked riflemen of the ancients knelt.
A duplicate set Of range finders is usu.
ally kept there and used to check Of
the work of the experts in the fire con.
troll tower. There are light quick f1rerl
and machine guns. possibly also high
angle gun or two for use against ail
craft.-Pearson's.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
KENNY'S
DEBT
Tragic Tale of the Rough Jus
tice of a Mining Camp.
By WALTER DUNCAN
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

The theory of Kenny's defense was
that Blick was first to draw. Clearly
no one believed it-not one of those
silent rugged men who formed semi.
circle in front Of Frisco's saloon
Against Kenny's word was his reputa-
tion-in the mining camp be was
known for a bad man, quick ON the
draw and quicker on the trigger-and
there had been bad blood between the
dead man and him who now stood in
the center Of the semicircle.
If in those days the laws of that out
of the way place, such as were defined,
were administered summarily with lit
tie dignity and less ceremony justice
was the quicker for it. Seldom was its
aim at fault, and it seldom If ever
hung fire.
Blick's stiffening form, lying face
downward On the hillside where it had
dropped when Kenny's gun had spat.
had been exposed to the sun less than
an hour before Kenny was called upon
by the vigilance committee to explain
He and Blick had ridden into the hills
together. Kenny had returned home
alone.
They found Kenny down at Frisco's
Boldly and with u show of unconccrl
he began his version, while the men OF
the ', c. closed in and formed the semi.
circle around him.
Big and forbidding, Bill John Mickie
| stood In the doorway, cutting off the
one avenue of retreat. Bill John hat
presided as master of ceremonies OF
more than one previous occasion OF
this kind.
He tried to kill me- Kenny tolt
them. Il had to kill him"
But, looking from one rugged fac,
into another and reading their silen
verdict, the accused lost his self conf
dence, and in the desperation will
which stag held at bay fights TO
| life Kenny strove to convince the 81
lent, unbelieving men Of the truth o
his words
There was no one to champion hl
cause. The men of the V. G.. dit
things ut first hand-every man to hi
own defense Determined to. maintain
at least a semblance Of law and order
they had found it necessary to take til
law into their own hands, sometime
to sacrifice human life to make humal
life the more secure. They did It Ut
flinchingly.
/ Kenny had had his warning. a wee
ago he had seen these men form
semicircle and pass Judgment on Sar
Carter, lie whose gun had barke
when some one here ut Friscos plucl
ed fifth ace from the gambler
sleeve Before his man was cold Cal
ter's legs We're dangling three feet fror
the ground and his body swaycd fr"r
a taut hemp rope.
So Kenny, remembering Sam Ca
ier's fate and searching the grim face
, that walled him III for the encourage
ment he did not find, trembled.
HE tried TO kill me he repeate
slowly.
Silently one after another sloWi
shook their heads. They knew Bic
for man of peace. And they knc'
: Kenny. His record nullified his word
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Tha Art of CarpentrY.

How many common figurative express
sions In our language are borrowed
from the art of carpentry may be seen
from the following sentence: THE
lawyer who filed the bill. shaved the
note. cut an acquaintance. split hair.
made an entry. got up case, framed
an indictment. impaneled Jury. put
them into box. nailed witness.
hammered Judge and bored whole
court. all In one day. has since laid
down law and turned carpenter"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
She Was One Of Them.

Once a high school principal was
having dispute with one of his teach
ers. vivacious young lady. She claim
ed that the word man" meant man
kind as a whole. while men always
signifed the masculine gender.
The principal maintained that there
were exceptions and triumphantly
quoted, Though | speak with the
tongues of men and of angels"
But the young lady answered de
murely. "That won't do. for, you see
both genders are mentioned there.
Ladies' Home Journal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02

girl looked up, straight into Kenny.
hungry eyes. and slowly shook he!
head
No" she said-''no, don't love you.
Kenny. 1t wasn't that"
The man started. surprised.
Then, why did you tell 'em that
lie?' he demanded of her. "Why
didn't You let 'em finish the job?''
Because" the girl answered him
because need you, Kenny: because
want you to help me. Do you love Ele
Kenny?"
God. how many times have l tolt
your he cried passionately. I'D give
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Bees Double Stomach,

The bee has two distinct stomachs.
In the first it stores away the honey Il
so industriously gathers up from tho
flowers until such time as it is ready
to yield 1t UP, while the other stomach
Is used simply and solely for digestion
purposes. Thus the food and the honey
are never mixed. When the bee re-
turns to the hive and is ready to de-
posit the honey it has gathered 1t con-
tracts the muscles of the stomach, by
which act the honey is elected through
the mouth. AS to bee food, It is vari.
Gus in kind, consisting largely Of the
honey 1t so patiently makes for others.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02

II 1t were not for the one thing.
thought Kenny. be could make them
believe. That he and the man he had
killed had been bitter rivals until
Frisco's daughter Katie had given her
heart to Blick completed his conaen
nation, and the silent, rugged men
would not believe.
Slowly, one after another. they shook
their heads.
Say your prayers. Kenny.
Bill John Mickle from his stand in
the doorway pronounced Judgment OH
the culprit
"And may God have mercy on your
SOUR he added Somewhere back ii
civilization he had heard that
The condemned man did not pray
Despairing. he saw the semicircle
broken where man from whose arr
hung Il coiIed hemp repe stepped ou'
of his place and advanced quickly to
ward him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
No "Poor Land"

THAT land Of yours was mighty poor
when you bought it." friend Of ours
remarked to the wide awake owner Of
n beautiful farm we passed the other
day. whereupon the owner delivered
himself Of faithful saying and wor-
thy Of oil acceptation--or mighty near
ly 50. You're mistaken" he said.
There's not any poor land when you
manage It right" 1t is true rule that
there Is more In the man than there ID
in the and."-Progressive Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Az She Saw II.

What is the meaning of specter.
LiZZieY
please, sir, don't know"
Now, think. What is the specter
that usually frightens people?'
1.-THE school 'spector, sir."-Pall Mall
Gazette
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Couldn't Fool Him.

Lecturer Gn small town)-Of course
you all know what the inside of a cor
puscle is like. Chairman Of Meeting
dnterrupting)-Most Of. us do, but 20
better explain It for the benefit Of
them that has never been inside one.
Puck
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Got Familiar With Them,

Professor Fugue - What do you
mean, Mr.. Jones, by speaking Of Dick
Wagner, Ludle Beethoven, Charlie
Gounod and Fred Handel? Jones'
Well. you told me to get familiar with
the great composers.-Musical Amer.
tea.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Superatitions of Royalty.

Caesar, Napoleon, Bismarck and 9TH
ers were not above the superstition
of 'lucky" and "unlucky" days. Thurs
day was the "unlucky" day Of Henry
VIII, of his son Edward and of his
daughters. Mary and Elizabeth. It =
strange that they should have died
upon this day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Aa Raoarda Nanitv.

'All is vanity. At least so says the
philosopher
In the Plunkville sage. but there is
enough Of 1t to keep the drug stores
doing good business in complexion
contraptions.' s.'-Exehange
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Children and Rcacinc,

That the child who reads rapidly gets
the most thought ont Of the books read
Is the result OF every experiment that
has been made In this line.-AIiss Mary
Downey ut Chautauaua.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Just Chance.

Mrs. Bacon-Does your husband car
r. any life insurance? Mrs. Egbert-
Well, l never happened to run against
any when I've been going through his
pockets ut night.-Yonkers Statesman
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
An Example.

"The evil that men do lives after
them" Even when the amateur cor
net player dies lie leaves the fatal In
strument behind.-London Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02

Hold all the skirts of thy mantle ex
tended when heaven Is raining gold =
Eastern proyerl,.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02

you my life. my heart and soul. my
name
That's what I'm going to ask of
you. Kenny" she said. Its your
name want-just that"
"My name?" he asked. understand
ing nothing of what she was trying to
tell him. My name? For what?'
For the child whose father you kill
ed today" she answered bravely. lit
tie quiver in her voice. and hung her
head to hide what might be in her face
and in her eyes. "Do you understand
now?'
Kenny staggered backward as one
under the weight of heavy blow and
stared for a moment. unbelieving,
Then he said:
Yes: understand now"
I'VE We're to be married next Sun.
day when the parson comes," she add
ed. but Kenny gave no sign that be
heard. He had turned his back to TIE
window and was looking far away
across the hills.
You will do this for me-what
ask?' She pressed him for an answer
Il have been honest with you. Kenny
You must remember that. l need not
have told you. and l saved your life
today"
You saved my life. yes" be cried
turning quickly upon her. but yor
| loved him."
"You will do it, Kenny?" she insist
| ed as he was turning away.
Tomorrow l will tell you. don
know" he answered. and without an
| other word he walked away and wen
to his shack,
| Before sundown man on a horse
with his blankets rolled into pacl
behind his saddle and his outfit strap
| ped to his back, rode out of camp ant
up into the hills.
1t was Kenny. and he was goin,
away
Down in the little kitchen behin
| Frisco's saloon in the valley woman
little more than a girl. was weepin
bitter tears.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
Cauaht II, and 1t Mas Her Own.

Anna Belle Wilson was the proud
possessor of we'll developed case of
whooping cough. and. as she explained
1t, "it was the first one of the 'catchin
diseases ever had"
She was just developing a good.
healthy whoop when her mother gave
her some advice as to the danger Of
her playmates in catching the disease.
'You must be very careful about
playing with other children" her moth
er said. when yon see them coming
to play with you do not lose any time
in running from them or they will take
1t from you"
Imagine Mrs Wilson's surprise and
amusement when Anna Belle eatapu't-
ed into the front door only a few feet
ahead of little Miss Jane Keyes. one of
her playmates.
Mamma! Mammal the child
| screamed. For mercy sake. shut the
door. Jane is after me. and If you
don't help she'll take the whoopins
cough from me. And just think. mann
ma. its the only one ! ever caught
| toor'- indianapolis News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-11-02
In the Family.

Cncie Henry married my fathers
cousin. They lived alone in great
house. which had the most dismal II
brary In the whole wide world. 1t was
all black walnut, lined with books
with dull leather backs and uninter-
esting titles. Over the shelves, against
a border of black velvet. were rows of
marble statuettes that came from En-
rope.
There were two invalid chairs with
big wheels. although neither Uncle
Henry nor Aunt Ella were really In
valids. and in one corner Of the room
was a Swiss music box that played
iugubrious airs. Finally Uncle Henry
died. and then Aunt Ella. and all the
property had to be divided.
Aunt Ella had always worn large
black cameo likeness of Uncle Henry.
which had been cut in Rome. 1t was
set as brooch and was surrounded
with rather large sized diamonds and
was an object of most sacred venera
ton to us ALL We felt that it should
go-as the greatest treasure of ALTO
the niece with Uncle Henry's name.
Can you imagine our feelings when
she had it made into belt buckle?-
New York Independent.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27
Production of Spelter In the United
States In 1915

The United States geological
giving statistics the production during compiled by
sebenh from which the following are taken
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27

THE railroads have, as most every
body knows, been operated on very
small profits for number of years.
True, they are at present ENJOYING a
good stage of prosperity. But who
knows how long this will last? Would
IL not be fair to devote a part of the
earnings, which it is hoped will accrue
from this industrial rejuvenation. to
stockholders, who for the last few
years. have derived very meager re-
turns from their investments. II Is
these investors who have made it
possible for railroads to do business
and supply the life of trade that has
meant much in developing other COM
mercial enterprises so necessary to
the country's welfare.
THE train men, in the opinion OF
railway managers are among the very
highest paid class of laboring men in
America. Surely, they are the aristo-
Gratis of the railway world why
should their salaries be increased
again at the expense of other railroad
workers when increases averaging
from 80 to AZ per cent have been
granted them during the last ~ years?
The railway managers are making
an honest effort to please the public
however much they may be maligned
by agitators. They are striving to
given even better service than is at
present offered their patrons, the
public Conditions are vastly super-
Tor IN this particular than they we're
only a few years ago, but it can not
be denied that to maintain such STAN
dards requires good deal of capital,
$1,OO0,000,000 each year The
railroads owe a duty to the public and
to their stockholders, as we'll as to
their train service employees, a class
that Is already enjoying good salaries
and working conditions.
While the railroad managers be-
lleVe they are right they admit that
both sides should be entitled to have
their arguments considered and the
railway managers have therefore, re-
peatedly said they would refer their
side to an arbitration tribunal rather
han to permit a strike to tie UP the
commerce. They feel that
unless the trainmen so fear the weak
hess of the brotherhoods argument
heir leaders should, likewise, submit
% arbitration.
Should the trainmen's leaders re-
use to arbitrate the question it will
'e looked upon by railroads and by a
alrminded public as an admission
hat they are not entitled to any fur
her adjustment of their schedules.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27

into account the capacity for primary
spelter, the output of secondary spell
ter by the large special retorts, and
the output of remelted spelter, will
apparently be considerably more than
100000 tons, or nearly three times the
probable domestic demands. The
worlds consumption of spelter in 1918
was 1,102,456 short tons. 1t requires
no particular insight to recognize that
the end of the war except for a sin
gle contingency, will bring about the
sudden extinction of a large number
of the less advantageously situated
shelters. That contingency, which
would perhaps justify this abnormal
smelling capacity, is the conclusion of
arrangements by which in the future
practically the whole of the Australian
zinc output would be smelted in the
United States. In such an event 1t
would seem that smelters fired with
lantic seaboard, with adjacent markets
for acid, would have the advantage
over the inland smelters, which have
to pay railroad transportation charges,
even If such charges are partly offset
by the saving involved in using nat
ural gas for fuel.
Prices and Value.
In the surveys New Year estimate
of the production of spelter in 1915
the value of the output was calculated
from the yearly average of the prices
quoted in st. Louis for prime western
spelter for immediate delivery, and
the statement was made that the real
value was probably from 10 to % per
cent higher than the figures given, be-
cause a considerable part of the sales
represented the better grades-brass
special, intermediate, and especially
high grade spelter-all of which COM
manded premiums, high grade spelter
selling at times for nearly double the
quoted price of prime western spelter.
This statement Immediately brought
the comment from producers that be-
cause spelter was largely sold for fu-
ture delivery at / to cents a pound
less than the prices quoted for imme-
date delivery, the average price re-
ceived for all grades was probably
under rather than over the average
price quoted for immediate delivery.
To settle this very interesting ques-
ton each producer was asked to give
the average price at which his output
was sold. From these returns, which
were received from every producer,
the average selling price for 1916 for
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27

Large Increase in Zinc Smelling Ca
pacity.
The number of retortS at zinc smell
ters has been greatly enlarged in the
last year as compared with the year
before, increasing from 111,45 at the
end of 1918 to 115,114 at the close of
1914, to 130,6424 at the middle of
1915, and to 156,65S at the close of
1915. AT the beginning of 1916 there
was under construction or contem-
plated additional capacity amounting
to 26,992 retorts, which has now been
increased to 1852. When these are
completed the total number of retorts
will be 206,270, capable of an annual
yield under average conditions of ap-
proximately tons each, equal to a to-
tai of $4,000 tons, if we neglect the
number of retorts employed in refin-
ing prime western spelter by redistil-
lation. To this capacity will be added
the capacity of the electrolytic zinc
plants, over $4,000 tons a year, giving
a capacity for the country of about
$4,000 tons annually. AS if this were
not enough there are reports of still
other zinc smelters to be built in Illi
nois, Missouri, Arkansas and Oilaho-
ma.
The abnormal demand for high
grade spelter at present has resulted
in the employment of considerable
proportion Of the retort capacity Of the
country in the Redistribution of prime
western spelter to improve it's grade,
but with the resumption of normal
conditions these retorts, if operated,
will necessarily be put back upon ore.
This prediction is rendered certain by
the growth in number and size of the
plants producing speter by electricity
tic deposition. Electrolytic spelter Is
of high grade, and the recovery is
high compared with the production of
high grade spelter by two Installations.
The output Of electrolytic zinc in the
United States in 1915, the initial year
of it's production, was only 252 tons,
but the production is rapidly increas-
ing and by the end Of 1916 will un-
doubtedly reach the rate of over Co.
900 tons a year, which, with the out
put of high grade spelter from lead
free zinc ores of the eastern states
will be ample to supply the demands
for high grade spelter in ordinary
times, thus releasing for ore smelling
the retorts engaged in redistilling the
prime western spelter
At the close OF 1916 the spelter- pro-
ducing capacity Of the country, taking
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27
The Companies Side of Controversy
Between the Engineers and Trainmen

Railroads of the country, now con
fronted with a general demand 70
wage advances by their trainmen, ar,
eager for the public to know the tru,
facts of the present situation. They
have issued a statement covering
their side of the controversy which
follows
THAT the railroads, unlike other
lines of industry, can not close up
shop at the end of hours each day
is manifest from the fact that to do So
in many cases, would mean that their
freight trains would be left on sidings
many miles from division points. It
would be impossible In many cases to
regulate the movement of such trains
so as to bring them into stations dur
ing the hours
IF the public understands that the
present controversy applies to pas
senger service, the railroads feel II
their duty to say that no passenger
trains are effected, Therefore, the
passengers are not subjected to any
risks due to employees working longer
than hours day. As a matter of
fact, most train crews in passenger
service work on the main line less
than hours and 80 minutes and, Of
ten their runs do not require even G
hours of their time, although they are
paid for a whole days work, which
is 10 hours.
so far as freight train men are
concerned, their work is rarely con-
tinuous. When conductors and train
men are employed loading cars the
engine men, including both engineers
and flremen, have ample time to rest
Likewise, when these trains are NOV
ing between stations, the conductors
and train men have no arduous duties
to perform.
So, the contention that the freight
train crews are overworked does not
hoid good lnasmuch as they all en-
JOY time for relaxation at alternative
periods.
AS for the trainmen themselves,
they would be the first to decry an s. |
hour working day whereby they were
% labor 5 hours and no longer What
hey really demand is payment on an
'-hour basis This virtually means a
IS per cent increase in wages, no mat
err how greatly this real issue is be-
'louded. For expediency it is declar-
ID the Shour day is wanted, ana not .
higher wages. This is not so. Pay
nent on basis of an S-hour day,
With time and a half for overtime is
heir desire and this would amount to
100 100000 annually in increased OPP
rating cost.