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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
LIFE OF THE GUNS.
1t Depends Upon How Long the Lin.
nas Can Resist Erosion.

ihSS Can hoSiSt EROSION.
The life Of a gun depends upon the
progress Of erosion, which sooner or
later is certain to impair the accuracy
Of fire Erosion is caused by the action
Of the explosive gases at high temper
allure and pressure.
According to the Iron Age, the hot
gases cause a thin film Of steel to alb
sorb heat The film expands and be-
comes set. Upon the release OF the
pressure 1t contracts. which causes
minute cracks that grow larger. with
every discharge AS they Increase In
size they form passageways for mape
hot g&s, and that tends to enlarge them
still further. The inner surface thus
becomes roughcned and the bands be-
gin to corrode. Finally the bore be-
comes so enlarged that it allows the
gases to escape. The shell does not
then acquire its proper rotation. and its
Eight becomes cratic.
Ali guns except small ones are now
reconstructed with Innings in the tube
which, when the bore is worn out, are
removed and replaced by new ones.
The cost OF refining n gun is approx
matclY so per cent Of the cost Of the
gun There appears to be no limit to
the number Of times that gun can be
refined.
The small arms used in this country
arc considered to be worn out after
5000 10 1900 rounds have been fred.
Small naval guns can be fired about
LOCO times before they are regarded as
worn ont, Large twelve inch and four
teen inch naval guns are considered to
have Il life on one lining of from $50 to
200 rounds.
Low velocity guns, such as howitzers
and mortars, have correspondingly
longer lives than high velocity guns of
the same ca!iber. because the pressures
they develop and hence the tempera-
lures. are lower.
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SITTING on q Tack,

thing is tragic or humorous ac-
cording to the point Of view. The
man who sits On tack does not share
the cnlookers' amusement In fact, he
is not only panied at his own misfor-
tune. but he is panied because he oc-
Casione<l=some one else to find a de.
gree of pleasure in his unseemly plight.
Now, It is perfectly safe to make this
positive statement in this connection
the person who witnessed the others
unfortunate encounter with the tack
never deliberately sits on the same
tack himself. Indeed. he is rnrticu-
larly cautious about sitting down any
where soon thereafter without looking
for tack
Nor is this an indictment Of lacks.
Tacks serye a very. real and useful
purpose In this world, but they have
their place, whic:ists not in localities
where they may he sakupon. William
c. Lengel in Hoggsen Magazine.
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Use Of ia" and IAN"

Do most educated people say 81"
unique example" or IAN unique ex-
ampleT In Difference to the rule they
probably write AN" but II you notice
their RECOMMENDATION, when they are
talking naturally and not thinking of
how they pronounce, they will almost
Invariably say "a And this is quite
natural, for unique" begins with a
consonant. 1t is pronounced "yuneek."
Similarly most people say both "a his
terry and "a historical fact" unless
they drop the consonant "h" and say
IAN istorical fact."-London Chronicle
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Macaufay's Fifth Volume,

Macaulay lived to publish only four
volumes of his History of England
coming down to 1893. But after bis
death his sister prepared from his
notes fifth volume. carrying forward
the history to the death of William III.
This volume is included in all the later
editions OF Macaulay's "History Of
England" Macaulay's sister was Mrs.
Trcveiyan. the mother of Sir George
Otto Trevelyan. who has written Il
history Of the American Revolution
She WAS greatly devoted to her broth
er. as he was devoted to her She
alone was able to decipller his hand
writing and copied the manuscript Of
his four volumes for the press. Con
seluently she was the best equipped
person to prepare the supplementary
volume.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Travelling With a Cello.

Travelling with a cello is as uncom
Portable as travelling not only with a
baby, but with donkey. Unless in,
deed you have an instrument with a
convenient hinged door in the back so
that you may pack 1t full of travelling
necessities-MSS., and so forth-thus
dispensing with a bag, or unless you
can cork up its IF" holes and use the
instrument as canoe On occasions a
cello is about as inconvenient travel.
Ing companion as the corpse in Steven.
sons tale which would insist on getting
into the wrong box.-Musical Courier
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Some Geographical Doubles.

Accidental doubles Of geography are
very curious. There are the two total
ly unconnected Galicias, the one in
Austria-Hungary and the one in Spain.
AS to the Carpathiahs, the doubling
occurs between the ancient and the
modern aliases. On the map of the
ancients we find a people named Carpi
in the north Of what is now Hungary
and north Of them the Carpat us noun
taiEs. But "Carpathian" in vergil,
Horace and Ovid means something
quite different. The Carpathian sea
was the sea between Rhodes and
Crete, from the island Of Carpathus,
now Scarpanto, and the "Carpathian
old man. was Proteus, who lived and
no doubt practiced his quick change
tricks t|ere.-London Spectator.
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Beauty Of Pennsylvanta,

In ole respect only Pennsylvania IL
unchanged and Interchangeable. Men
have dealt harshly and shamefuuy by
her. but nature has crowned her with
beauty. Her founder. knowing moth.
Ing OF his broad tracts, save that they
were forest lands, gave to the new
province the pretty name Of Sylvania.
and Charles H., always q postmaster
Of words, prefxed the Penn, for which
pleasant conceit every son and daugh-
ter Of the state owes him a gra teful
thought. Thus the word Pennsylvania
perpetuates history. honors 4 noble
name and symbolizes the loneliness Of
the land, q land of woods and waters,
hills and valleys, fat farms and rocky
solitudes. The shriekinS engine that
drags its trainload Of passengers
through the valley OF the Juniata.
'acr0ss ridge after ridge Of the Ale
ghcD:es, past the Tuscarora gap and
the succession of narrows-Long Mar
rows. Jacks Narrows, PackEadd!e
Narrows-has traversed a country 80
widely and nobly beautiful that. III Eu-
rope, it would attract the tourists Of
the Wo-ld.-Agnes Repplier tn Ameri-
can Magazine
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
HIS CHILLY RECEPTION.
Mark Twain's Visitor When the Hu.
morist Was Absentminded.

Mark Twain's Visitor When the Hu.
morist Was Absentminded.
Observation-Disclosures was characteristic
of Mark Twain. He lived so much in
the world within that to him the mate
rial outer world was often vague and
shadowy.
Once when he was knocking the
balls about In the billiard room
George, the colored butler, a favorite
and privileged household character,
brought up card. So many canvass.
ers came to sell him one thing and an
other that Clemens promptly assumed
this to be one Of them. George insist
ed mildly, but firmly, that though a
stranger the caller was certainly q
gentleman, and Clemens grumblingly
descended the stairs.
AS he entered the parlor the caller
rose and extended his hand. Clemens
took it rather Imply, for he had no.
ticed some water colors and engrav-
ings leaning against the furniture as II
for exhibition, and he was instantly
COIiN luCGu tlldI luc SdllcT Was u PIC
ture canyasser.
Inquiries by the stranger as to Mrs
Clemens and the children did moi
change Mark Twain's conclusion. He
was polite, but unresponsive. and grad
ually worked the visitor toward the
front door. An inquiry as to the home
Of Charles Dudley Warner caused the
caller to be shown eagerly in that di.
rectiOn.
Clemens, on the way back to the
billiard room, heard Mrs. Clemens cal
him-she was i'll that day.
YOUTH
YES. Lvy." He went in for a word
George brought me Mr.. BIS card
hope you were nice to him: the
BIS were SO nice to US once in Europe
while you were gone"
The BIS? Why. Livyw
Yes. OF course, and I asked him to
be sure to call when he came to Hart
ford"-Albert Bigelow Paine In St
Nicholas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
CAUGHT Him Both Ways.

Il ask you to pay me this BILL" said
q tailor to waggish debtor.
TO you owe anybody anythingT
asked the wag
NO, sir replied the tailor.
Then you can afford to wait" And
off he walked
A day or two afterward the tailor
called again. Our wag was not at his
wits end, 80. turning to his creditor.
he said:
Are you In debt to anybodyr'
yes, sir. am sorry to say I am"
well, why don't you payT'
II haven't got the money" replied
the tailor. with a woebegone counte-
nance
That's Just my case, my dear str.
am glad to perceive that you can ap-
rreciate my position. 1 always re-
spected your Judgment, sir. Give me
your hand. sfr."-London Mail.
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MYSTERY OF MERCURY.
An Unknown Factor That Causes tho
Planets Erratic Motion.

An Unknown Factor That Causes tho
Planets Erratio Motion.
The planet of Mercury Is the small
est Of the major planets and the near
est to the sun, which it circles In a
little less than three months. It reach
es its greatest distance from the sun
at periods about sixty days apart. Dur
ing the year Mercury is morning star
three times and evening star three
times. Owing to its nearness to the sun
1t is never visible for more than a Pc
Rod of about two hours after sunset
or the same length Of time before SUM-
rise.
The eccentricity of its orbit Is great
er than that Of any other major planet;
Its greatest and its least distance from
the sun differ by nearly fifteen mil
lion miles. According to A. w. Nc
Curdy of the Royal Astronomical So
ciety Of Canada, the most remarkable
characteristic in the motion of Mer-
curry is that when it is nearest to the
sun 1t travels faster than it should II
it moved only by the attraction of the
known bodies Of the solar system.
Astronomers have long sought an ex-
PLANTATION of the accelerated motion.
Some believe that there are other plan
cts at present unknown between Mer-
curry and the sun-bodies that although
numerous are too small to be seem The
movements OF Mercury indicate an in
Guence that might be accounted for by
the presence of another planet revolv-
ing within its orbit. If such planet
really exists, there should come time
when it will appear as dark spot
moving across the face Of the sun
Another way to detect the presence
Of new planets in the vicinity Of the
sun is to take observations during
total eclipse. If there are no clouds
at such Il time the stars become visi-
bic as the sun disappears. During the
total eclipse Of the sun in 1878 one
observer saw All object that he
thought might be the long sought
planet, but no other astronomer has
been able to confirm the discovery, and
many now believe that the hidden
source of the unusual movement Of
Mercury must be looked for elsewhere
than in the orbit Of the planet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
LET HIM MAKE THE SALAD,
And Let Him Hunt For the Ingredients
Too, Says a Woman.


Newspaper comment to the contrary,
there still remain a few accomplish
ments In which a man may excel q
woman, and, oddly enough, one of these
is salad making! Indeed, there seems
to be in the masculine character, psy-
cholog1cally speaking, it may be sup
posed. something that makes the con-
cocting Of salads mans special gen.
tus in the way of humble skill
You know the requirements for good
maker Of salads-"A miser for vine
gar. a spendthrift for Oil and mad
man to do the mixing"
And there you have it. A woman is
too careful, too cOnsiderate, too con-
ventionaL too much hampered by de-
tails. But give a masculine lover OF
good salads congenial company, full
liberty in the use Of oil, vinegar and
pepper and the freedom of your re-
frigerator, and you may trust him to
produce masterpiece
First of all, your salad master enjoys
the making of his dish. He puts into
1t the conviviality Of good comradeship
and the zest Of adventure He much
prefers an exploring expedition in
search for his ingredients and some
dubious uncertainty as to the result of
his efforts to cut and dried sureness
Of means and~methods. The result Is
a surprise which, as we all know, Is
one Of the first aids toward good appe
lite.
Next, man does not want culinary
folderols. He is hungry. and he wants
his salad to furnish him something to
eat, so he puts into it plenty of OF, and
good substantial vegetables and green
things. He likes to eat; he likes adven-
ture and uncertainty; be likes piquancy
and pepper; he likes a vigorous way
Of doing things. Let him make. your
salads.-Anne Rankin In Southern Wo
mans Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
. 0 90 o 0 O. O O o o O
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Milk In the Home.

0 Good milk is health pro.
Q Queer. Bad milk makes stomach
0 trouble and breeds disease
o The three "C's" for the proper
0 care of milk in the home, &C.
0 cording to the dairy specialists
0 of the United States department
o Of agriculture. are:
o Keep milk clean. cold. covered!
0 Milk is highly perishable
0 food. and the length of time 1t
0 will remain sweet and safe, es-
o pecially for children. depends.
o the specialists say. almost en-
0 tirely upon the constant care It
o receives from COW to consumer.
0 MIX passes through three agen-
0 cies-the producer. the dealer
o and the consumer. II the first
0 two have done their part, clean,
0 safe milk will be delivered.
0 thoroughly chilled, to the con.
o sumner The consumers respon-
o sibility begins the moment the
0 milk Is delivered at his door:
o step.
o o o o o o o o o o 90
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Unforeseen.~

Helen was attending her first party.
When refreshments were served she
refused second helping to ice cream
with a polite mo. thank YOU" al
though her look was wistful.
"Oh,- do have some more ice cream.
dear" her hostess urged.
Mother told me I must say mo,
thank you,' exclaimed the little girl,
but I don't believe she knew the
dishes were going to be so SMALL
New York Post,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
1ilefsh.

Iflcfsh are known scientifically a
chameleon. SO dubbed after the Afri.
can lizard which they resemble. They
are handsomely colored. marked with
yellow spots and crested Some live
almost at the surface. but they usually
are found in depths Of sixty to $50
f3thaIns
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Curious Superstition.

The ancients believed that the mar
row contained in the human backbone
often transformed itself into SER
pent-
Pliny C'Natural History" volume 10.
page 66) says that the marrow of a
mans backbone will breed to a snake.
The Chinese (Worde's Eastern TRAY
els') burned the backbone to destroy
serpents that might hatch therefrom y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Word From Br'er William.

Did you ever stop ter think dat II
all de time lost IN grow!in' at de
world God made wuz spent In hittin
hard ticks ter make things better how
much like 20 dream O. heaven de
same old world would be?-Atlanta
Constitution
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Navesink lioht.

The electric light at Navesink, on the
highlands just outside of New York
harbor. is the most powerful 10 the
United States. This light shows each
i've seconds fash of one-tenth second
duration, estimated at 25.000OoO can
die power.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Not Much Eraina.

"Too bad about Jim Jaggs. Fancy
man. as Shakespeare says, putting
an enemy into his mouth to steal away
his brains"
"Oh. we'll. it's only petty larceny In
Jaggs' case, ."-Roston Tran
script.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28
Reversible FIGURES,

Lady-At what number Blank street
do you live. dear? Robbie-Wen, when
you come down the street it's No. S11,
an when you come up the street it's
l1S.-Boston Transcript
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HOUSE Plants,

The man who says house plants are
Of no account Is a Crouch. There Is
no place in which to hide burned
matches so convenient as geranium
pot--Kansas City Star.
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a Thing of Surprise,

p HING OF SurprIse.
Opinions differ" remarked the mu.
scum guide, "as to what period this ex.
tinct animal belongs to-
THAT animal doesn't belong to any
period" commented the grammarian.
ut belongs to an exclamation pointy'-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Only Wanted a Chance

Mother - Perhaps the young man
needs little encouragem Daugh-
ter-fes, mamma. | wish you would
keep out Of sight more while he IS
here.
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Queer, but Trua.

ITS a queer world"
"Why?"
stand up and say that riches don't
make for happiness and everybody will
agree with you heartily"
That's so''
"And everybody will go out and
keep right on trying to get rich
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NOtiCes

All persons, white or black, are here
by warned and notified not to hunt. fish
or trespass for any purpose on any of
my land located in BossIER PARISH.
This means you. Keep off or you will
be prosecuted under the law.
Eft E. b. HERNDoN.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-28

Every good deed performed Is no.
only q present pleasure. but q support
for the future.
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Know that impossible has no place
in the brave mans Electromagnetic
lyle ---- 49,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-06
VIOLA

j. F. Miller home the past three
weeks caring for Hazel. She returned
to her home Monday leaving Hazel
much improved in health, which her
many friends will be glad to hear.
The annual meeting of the Viola
M. E. Ladies Aid will take place
Thursday afternoon Jan. 18th with
Mrs. VIM. Perrine. Each member is
invited to bring her husband OF
sweetheart!
The crowd of young people that
seranaded James Derbin and bride
were given an oyster supper at the
Chris Anderson home Wednesday
night.
Harrison and John Jewell spent
their vacation from their school work
at Drake with the j. G. Bonwell and
last week by the illness other mother
Frank Olson and family returned
from holiday visit with her parents
at Milford, Thursday.
The Pie social at the Center Wed.
nesday night netted the literary so.
ciety over $500.
/ Lille Callow has been helping Mrs
George Textor with her houseworh
| for the last two weeks.
Mr.. Shauer from Illinois visited
last week at the home of his sister
Mrs. Geo. Higley.
Miss Dora Hoffman of Coon Rapids
/ is visiting relatives in the suburbs Of
F! Viola.
| Miss Bertha wager spent her vaca
ton with her sister, Mrs. Ed Baker.
Fred Pingrey has traded his store
in Dedham forland inGuthrie County
j. F. Miller shipped carload o.
cattle to Omaha Monday.
! May Miller is working for Mrs
il. c. Bonwell.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-06

deed great shock to their family
and the many friends of the two little
girls who we're admired by everyone
and the deepest sympathy of thecom-
munity goes out to the grief stricken
family, and the lonely little girl who
has been left behind to go to school
and Sunday school where they always
went together, and scarcely old
enough to realize, yet still wishing
she could divide her pleasures and
play with Perle. Funeral services
were held at the M. K. Church Satur-
day conducted by Rev. Cox, and the
little form laid to rest in the Extra
cemetery The floral offerings were
many and most beautiful.
The students from mere who attend
the different Colleges of the state
left the first of the week to assume
their work for the new year. Ello-
wen and Frank Dimick and Theodore
Nelson went to Anes, Bertha and
Veda Minerman to Drake University,
Martha Johnson and Lula Kennels to
Simpson at Indianola, Ora Hicks to
Cedar Falls, Flora Rendleman and
Norman Hensley to Grinnell, Frances
and Margarine Hensley to Council
Bluffs to Sisters School.
Mrs. Noon lies very low at her
home with an attack of the grippe.
Her son Bruce arrived here last Fri
day from Seattle, Wash, and Bernie
of New York came Wednesday. Clar-
ence and his wife of Atlantic are
here helping to care for her.
Geo. voss has purchased the Bun
galow of Frances Voss where Clifford
Posten lives and will move there
Thursday, Postens moving to the Mrs
John Porter house in the southeast
part of town.
Mrs. Fred wilkins returned to hel
home in York, Nebr., and Mrs. Walter
Struebele to Oakland, Ia, after q
weeks visit with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John l. Hensley.
Mrs. w. C. McClain and son Ken
meth of Boone came down last Satur-
day and spent short time visiting
relatives here and near Hamlin.
DR.. r. A. Jacobsen fell last Friday
while making call in the country
and received some very bad bruises
causing him to walk on crutches.
Harry Paige took Arthur Vanaer
main and wife and Irma Basham to
Greenfield to visit relatives las
Friday for over Sunday.
Sam Hicks returned to his wori
at Yetter, Iowa. Sunday after a hol
iday visit with his mother and relat
ives here.
Ace Green has quit working FOL
j. M. Dimick and will move to Man
ming soon to work on farm the com
ing season.
Dorothy Delahoyde, Helen Gault
and VOLTA Jensen spent the later par
of last week with friends in Atlantic
Mrs. Hettie Cony was taken wors'
last week with the grippe and ma
been dangerously i'll this week