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, 1917-11-22
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
Of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value Utmost sells itself, as like
IN endless chain system the remedy ia
recommended by those who nave been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says. Take for
Example DIR. kilmer's Swamp-Root. a
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate TO recommend. for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that | know of
has so large a sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation. the success of DR..
kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the fact
that, so many people claim, it fulfls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments. corrects ur-
mary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcel Post. Address
DIR. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mentor this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
at all drug stores.-Adv.
, 1917-11-22
SLANG TOO MUCH FOR SPIES
American Ambulance Driver Succeeds
In Passing Along Some informa-
tlon to Friend.

At a gathering of Princeton grad
yates and undergraduates in New
York one of the snappiest little sto-
ries of the war was related by a
Princeton graduate just returned from
ambulance service In France. 1t had
to do with the difficulty in outwitting
German espionage In Belgium, and how
It was managed through the medium of
u~nrecognized language.
Four months ago the narrator said,
the system of espionage had been about
seven stratas deep. Spies watched the
B~elgians, spies in the ranks watched
the German officers, spies watched the
spies who were watching anybody and
1t became apparent that anyone who
might sneeze would be duly reported
in Berlin.
Just at this time one Princeton am
bulance driver heard from what
seemed to be a reliable source that a
German had attempted the life of Pres
ident Wilson in Washington. 1t was
hut a rumor, and he did not mention
It to anyone or have any desire to dis
cuss 1t until he happened to encounter
another Princeton man whom he had
long known. When they met the driv-
err who had heard the rumor looked
about and saw that ears aplenty were
set for their conversation. He talked
casually with his friend and wondered
as he talked what language he might
use to impart his Information.
He knew a little of the italian tongue
and thought Of using that. But as he
glanced about him there seemed a face
for every language. To head his friend
off to a secluded place would excite
suspicion IND so he finally decided to
tell him the news in American slang
He spoke as follows:
Don't let the glittering delicatessen
fall for this noise. I'm itching to ease
you some dope and don't care to be
beaned or tipped into the Hoosgow for
chirping 1t. When It's across can the
return chatter and remain a dumb
Isaac. l have been hepped that up
stairs over Dixie a pretzel birdie has
tried to Czolgocz the former papa OF
Old Nassau"
For a moment his friend looked at
him with knit brows and then, even as
the spies stood with ears out at acute
angles, the listener answered:
I'm right in your pocket, Sleeve"
, 1917-11-22
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been a household panacea all over
the civilized world for more than half
n century for constipation, intestinal
troubles. torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling hat accompanies
such disorders. 1t is a most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming of up food, palplta-
ton of heart and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. 1t is a
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold in all civilized countries.-Adv.
, 1917-11-22

In the house of III the state
ment was made some time ago that it
needs n man and II half behind the
line to keep II man in the trenches
and that Is only at the front. How
many men. women and children at
home are needed to keep going the
man with the rifle and hand grenade
we can only conjecture, but If we say
ten civilians to every fighting man
we shall not eXaggerate.-Simon
Strunsky in the Yale Review.
, 1917-11-22

The new docks at Halifax have
reached II point where they can care
for II considerable amount of Canadian
and American shipping. although they
will not be finally completed for some
time yet. The war has given Halifax
a great advantage as a port, because
1t shortens the transatlantic voyage
by several days. The new docks are
being erected ut a cost of $4,000. 900.
When complete they will be able to
lock $4,000 tons Of shipping ut one
time.
, 1917-11-22
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the Sys-
tenn. al CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature IN
doing its work. $4,000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
+. ]. Cheney 6 Co., Toledo. Ohio.
, 1917-11-22

hope OF the world, we must stand to.
gether night and day.
But while we are fighting for free
dom, we must see that labor is free.
And that means q number of things.
We must see that the conditions of la
Dor are rendered not more onerous
during war, but see that the instru-
ments through which labor conditions
are improved must not be checked"
Praises Gompers.
The president eulogized President
Gompers.
II like to place my mind along side
a mind that knows how to pull in har-
ness" he said.
The horses that kick over the
traces will have to be put In a cor
rail-"
He continued: ITO stand together
means nobody must interrupt the
progress of our energy; interruption
an he avoided without invasion of
freedom.
Nobody has the right to stop pro-
cess of labor until all processes of
council have been stopped.
Il might as well say right here that
am not talking to you alone. You
do sometimes stop the forces of labor,
but there are others who do the same.
You are more reasonable in a larg-
er number Of cases than capitalists. I
haven't said these things to them per-
sonally. because I haven't had a
chance.
Everybody has got to transact bust
ness. | would like to see all of the
critics exported. A settlement Is hard
to avoid when parties are brought face
to face.
w must insist in every instance
the parties must come into each 9TH
er's presence.
my counsel to you Is this:
Let us show ourselves Americans
by not going off into separate camps,
but by cooperating in releasing the
world from bondage. We are all of
the same clay and spirit, and We can
get together II we want to.
81 would be willing to set that up
as a final test of an American. | have
been very much distressed by the mob
spirit that displays itself here and
there in the country.
lawiessness Unjustified.
II have no sympathy with men who
take punishment into their own hands.
I want to utter my earnest protest
against lawlessness in any cause or
anywhere. Democracy means first of
all W. can govern ourselves.
1.-THE man who takes the law into
his own hands is o the right man to
cooperate In the development of free
institutions. Some Of the processes
that capital and labor take are very
near to what 1 have described. We
must accept and obey common coun-
sci.
"Some instrumentality of co-opera-
ton must be devised between labor
and capital.
1.-The reason l came from Washing
ton is that l sometimes get lonely
there. There. are SO many people in
Washington that know things that
aren't so and so few people that know
what the rest of the city is thinking
about.
81 wanted to talk to men who are
up against the real thing and say to
them: I'm with you If you're with
me-
1.-The thing to do is not to think
about me personally, but the power
and dignity of the things I represent"
, 1917-11-22
Do You Blame Herr

Great gracious, mani" exclaimed
Boggs' friend. "Do l find you reduced
to playing a cornet at the street cor
ner to make a living?'
I'm not doing this to make u liv-
ing. My wife won't let me practice in
the house." Boggs replied.
, 1917-11-22

"%Snifkins, hat insufrerable swell, is
Boosting that he saved II human life
when he was Mt Atlantic City"
$50 he did. He saved his own by
getting out OF town before the mob
caught him"
, 1917-11-22

what we want is freedom of
speechI" shouted the man on a soap
box.
"Yes!" answered the woman who
was leaning out of the window. "But
haven't we members of the Arti-Noise
association any rights at all?"
, 1917-11-22
Guarding Aaalnst a Leftover.

"Do you think there is any excuse
for keeping a pet dog?"
well" replied Mr.. Meekton, 81 hope
they will let Henrietta keep Fido for
n few weeks longer. I'd hate to be
called on to eat the dog biscuit to keep
it from going to waste"
, 1917-11-22

Terrible about the Smith de Puy-
Sters, isn't it2"
whats the matter now?"
"Ohi- they are constantly fighting
about which is the more peaceably
inclined"
, 1917-11-22

1T costs three cents to send II let
ter"
Yes" replied the man who has been
sued for breach of promise; land If
you are not careful that three cents
Il day may be only the starter"
, 1917-11-22

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad
, 1917-11-22
The Retort Cruel.

Marl-That's II beautiful gown you
hive on.
Mollie-Do you know that lace is
forty years old?
harie-That so? Make 1t yourselff
, 1917-11-22
Breaks the News,

Silence gives consent, but no girl
VINO consented ever kept silent long
about 1t.
, 1917-11-22
Typical Optimist.

A real optimist is one who keeps
ing TO last indefinitely.
, 1917-11-22

Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Red
Gross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
, 1917-11-22

A bachelors exclamation is, "a
lass!" \ maiden's exclamation is, "Ah
men!"
, 1917-11-22

A company has been formed In Nor
way for making fuel from peat.
, 1917-11-22

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the ~laundress. All grocers. Adv.
, 1917-11-22

Here am about to freeze, and that
womnn's chest is rs bare as the back
of your hand"
Not quite: I'm not wearing Il laval
Here on the back of my hand.'
, 1917-11-22
Women Are Organized.

Seattle, WASH, claims to have over
10000 organized woman and girl work
ers.
, 1917-11-22

When a mans face is broken II
doesn't break into smiles.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

commended by the State Live Stock Sani-
tary Commission.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of the Dem.
onstration Agent to appoint capable ana
efficient assistants, who shall act under hix
Supt rvislon, and report to him, to carry
OUT the work of stamping out contagious
and infectious diseases among live stock
and domestic fowls. and he shall provide
explicit and detailed regulations for s,,ch
work
Sec. >. The Demonstration Agent shall
compute the cost of such sanitary work
done by himself and his associates or as-i
sistants and submit statement showing
same to this body for approval, and after
such approval, he shall have authority to-
collect. under penalties hereinafter pro.
vided. from owners of live stock their s,y
cral and prop0rtionate share in such cost
Sec. Il. Any owner of an animal diving
during the existence or prevalence of any
contagious or infectious disease who f.iiss
or refuses to report such death as ahovc
provided shall be fined not less than x10.
nor more than $40 for each offense, and m
costs. and in event of failure to pay such
hns ana costs, shall be imprisoned In II.
Parish Jail not less than ten DAYS No.
more than sixty days.
Sec. Z. All ordinances in conflict With
any or all of the provisions of this ordi.
nance are hereby repealed and declared ~
be null and void.
Sec. s. The provisions of this ordi.
nance shall be effective from and after ~.
date of its passage
Done and passed in open session on tbis
August "A, 1917
j. {. LOGAN. President
Police Jury of Bossier Parish.
T. u. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
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An ORDINANCE

he 1t ordained by the Police Jury Of the
Parish OF Eoss!er, in regular session con-
vrncd, That the right and privilege Is
hereby granted to the Louisiana Gas and
Fuel Company. Incorporated. to lay a gas
pipe line under the Haughton and McDadc
public road Mt point about the center of
section 0. township 16. north, range II.
west. Bossier Parish louisiana us ii
shown on the plat attached hereto, with
the right to maintain such pipe line under
said road as long as same may be neces-
sary for the use of the said company.
BE it further ordained, That the pipe
line shall be buried not less than three feet
below the surface Of the road. and that the
grantee shall In no manner damage said
road, but shall leave the same in MS good
condition as 1t was before the said pipe
line was laid under It,
BE 1t further ordained, That the said
grantee assumes any and all liability from
accidents that may happen on account Of
laying and maintaining the said pipe line
and shall save and hold harmless the Par
ish of Bossier from any liability on account
of the laying and maintenance of the same.
Read and passed in regular session on
this. the 18th day of September. 1917, at
Benton, Rossier Parish, Louisiana.
]. C.. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
r. b. HILL Clerk Police Jury
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II. b. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
AN ORDINANCE.

Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish of Bossier, Louisiana, in regular
session convened. That the right and priv
ilcge is hereby granted to the Reserve
Natural GAS Company of Louisiana to lay
Il gas pipe line under the South Bossier
Parish good road at a point south of Tay-
lortown and north Of Elm Grove. as shown
on the blue print attached hereto with the
right to maintain said pipe line under said
road as long as same may be necessary for
the use of the said company
BE 1t further ordained, That the pipe
line shall he buried not less than three feet
under the surface of the road, and the
said grantee shall in no manner damage
the road. but shall leave same in as good
condition it was before the said pipe
line was laid under it.
Be 1t further ordained. That the grantee
assumes any and all liability from acct
dents that may happen on account of the
laying and maintaining Of the pipe line and
will save and hold harmless the Parish Of
Bcssier from any liability on account Of
the laying and maintenance of the said
pipe line.
Done and signed officially on this, the
18th day of September, \. d., 1917
J. Z. LOGAN,
President Police Jury
IL. Ii. HILL, Clerk Police Jury
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come. FIGURING mills will soon follow.
for they must. That is not day
dream. as you will live to see.
Cotton is to-day the Soutll's big crop.
Wheat will soon rob it of not small
acreage, and rightly SO. Don't let %
or even 81 cent cotton cause YOU to
estray for moment from what you
know to be your duty toward yourself,
your neighEcr and your nation. At
present there is practically no profit
in the Decent price to the man who is
Il cotton farmer Only-the man who
buys everything from the proceeds Of
his cotton sales To him there would
he but Il small margin of profit in cot
ton at 30 cents per pound. Think fer
moment CT the price of everything
else. There is profit in corn, cane,
peas. pumpkins, cusilaws, all the root
crors and vegetables, for they net only
feed man hut grow to maturity and
line with fat cur stock, which at pres
ent is selling ut top prices, and is
scarce everywhere.
Bcssier Parish as a whole has a re-
sCurceful and law-abiding citizenship.
Shall we direct our energies in the
right direction now, or shall we wait
and be forced to do so? Shall we be
branded as slackers and driven in line
like cattle. or shall we voluntarily help
in the struggle as hest we can? Shall
we help. or hinder? Which?
Don't think for Il moment. reader,
that you will not haze to help in some
manner to win this war, for you will.
The Government is clothed with au-
thority to whip us into line if we don't
fall in. but it prefers our help as a
voluntary act. And the same may be
said Of women registration. 1t is COM
pulsCry and must follow.
Here is what you can do.
You can meet with your Ward Coun-
Gil Of Defense and learn what is plan
ned to be done. and there is not Il
thing under the sun to bar You from
offering your cwn suggestions. The
whites are now being organized; the
organizations among the cOlOred peO-
pie will follow later These things are
necessary, and your presence at these
meetings is necessary. If you are not
Il young man and in the draft and
fairly on your way to a training camp
then this is the duty that confronts
you to-day, and we fear it is more
highly important than YOU have vet
been made to realize
Give these matters intense thought,
friend, and ask yourself this question:
Are re to be a credit or discrcdH to
our natiOn'
Will you do your bit to-day?
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Water Poultry Often.

Water is very important part OF
the ration required by poultry The
body OF an average mature hen con-
tains about Sc per cent water. An
egg is about Is per cent water All
feed consumed by poultry must be
softened by water to prepare it for the
digestive process. Blood is composed
very largely Of water, which serves
to carry red and white corpuscles to
the different parts of the body to
nourish the needy tissues and elim:-
nate waste products. Water is just as
important and valuable as feed in
the body health of the hen
and as factor in the maximum pro-
duction of eggs.
Supplying water once or twice day
Is not sufficient. Pure, fresh water
should be available to poultry at all
times. 1t serves not only the purposes
mentioned. but to lower the body tenn
perature of the her, This is done by
system OF evaporation through the
VI sans WHICH Is TIE CduSS
OF hens holding their mouth open and
breathing rapidly on hot day. The
faster they breathe the more rapid
is the evaporation through the lungs
and the lower is the body tempera-
ture.
The average flock Of one hundred
hens will use about five gallons of
water daily during the hot season.
Considering both the present prices
OF feed and the relative value of feed
and water in the ration water has a
feeding value of about twenty cents a
gallon. AS water costs practically
nothing. there is no excuse for neg
lecting this very important factor In
feeding poultry.-A. F. Rolf, Live
Stock Extension Service, Louisiana
State University.
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SHccessi0n Of !. =. IrnOId. deceased. In
District Court. B0ssier Parish, Louisiana.
BY virtue of an order of sale, to me d.
rccted from the Honorable District Court
in and for the Parish of BOsscr, | will. on
Saturday. November 10, 1917, mt the front
door OF the Court House, in the town of
Benton. La, within the legal hours of sale,
proceed to sell ut public aut ton. to the last
and highest bidder. the following described
property. tO-wit
The northwest quarter Of northeast quar-
ter of section IL tIO acres) and one acre in
Il square form In the southeast corner of
southwest quarter of southeast quarter of
section 10. all in township 81. range Il.
situated in Bossicr Parish. Louisiana. and
containing in all II acres
Also, 10 head of cattle, l horse, / mule
colt farming implements and household
and kitchen furniture
Terms of Sale--FOr cash. If the appraise-
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, else on
a credit of twelve months, according to law.
]. +. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and cr-oEciO Auctioneer for
Bossicr Parish, louisiana
Benton. La, Oct. 4, 1917. tnOv 81
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Levying special 5-mill tax In Road Dig
trict No. ], as created in the Parish Of
Bossier. Louisiana, for the year 1917.
Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury Of
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in special and
legal session convened, That n special tax
OF . mills on the dollar of the assessed
value OF all property In Road District No
be and the same is hereby levied on said
property for the year 1917 for the purpose
OF paying portion or pro rata Of the
bonded Indebtedness, with interest thereon.
for one year, at the rate OF per cent per
annum, which bonds were voted ut special
election held in said district on July "a.
1918. and in accordance with an ordinance
passed by the Police Jury Of the Parish OF
Bossier mourning such indebtedness; and
that the Assessor Of the Parish of Bossier
IL hereby ordered to extend the said 5-mtll
tax against all property located and assess.
able In Road District No. l. Rossier Par.
ish. Louisiana, for the year 1917.
Done and passed in open session on this,
August "a, 1917.
j. c. LOGAN. President
Police Jury of Bossier Parish,
II. d. HILL, Clerk Police Jury.
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The other day eight of Uncle Sans
giant warllanes made Il practice flight
frcm Fort Sill to Oklahoma City, dis
lance Of ninety-five miles The first
machine Gver made the trip in one
hour and sixteen minutes, or an aver
age speed of more than seventy five
miles per hour. More attention is
being given by this government to the
manufacture CT aircraft for. fighting
purposes than is generally known. 1t
is planned to build UP strong and Ca
Pahle fleet" so that one of the first
moves made may lie to cope with Ger
many for supremacy in the air. The
army authorities recognize that after
this fashion the enemy can be quickly
and permanently crippled. These great
planes are not patterned after those
of any other nation. are strictly prod
ucts of the geniuses of the states, and
are said to be pliable and powerful in
the air. This enc of many flights re-
ferred to would seem to indicate their
success.