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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22

Thus IL became the fower-de.Louis
(Louis fiower). which was first con-
tracted into hower-de.luces and after
ward into fieur-de-lis, or lily flower. ale
though it has no affinity with the lilJ.
The iris is still called the deur-de-lis ID
the French provinces. It is slid that
after certain battle fought by tne
crusaders their white banner was found
to be covered with these flowers.
At first the national flag and the
arms of>France were thiclxly sown with
fieur-de-lis, but the number was re-
duccd to three in the reign of Charles
VI. about the year 1881. The latter
monarch is also said to have added the
supporters to the French arms in con-
sequence of an adveI ture that hap
pened to him. Hunting in the forest
of Senlis he aroused an enormous stag,
which eluded the dogs, but was finally
secured in the tolls of the net, when a
collar of copper gilt was found around
his neck, with the inscription: "Hoc
mihi Ce sar donavit" (''C@sar gave this
to mel. Subsequently the young king
dreamed that he was carried through
the air on a winged stag. from which
he added two winged stays for support
ers of the arms of France.
The fleur-de-lis appeared on the arms
of England from the time of Edward
ILL.,, who claimed to be the rightful
heir to the French throne. In the year
1900 Ireland was joined to England
and notifications were called for both
in the kings title and in the national
arms. The title of king of France was
then dropped and the neur-de-lis ex
plunged from the royal quarterings.
Since the French revolution the heur
de-lis has been associated with the
royalist party and the bourbons. i
was prescribed during the reign of ter
ror, and hundreds of persons found
wearing it were condemned to death
Wherever it was conspicuously seen il
public works it was effaced by popular
fury. Napoleon substituted the bee IL
its stead (some historians tell us tina
it was three bees, and not three toads
which Clovis originally bore on hi
| shield, but this emblem has given wa,
before the violet, which is the imperial
list flower of to-day. Chicago Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
An Armored Animal.

The armadillo has the head of q rat,
the ears of rabbit,a and wears his body
in dust-proof case composed of long,
bony plates diversified with occasional
TRAVERSE bands for the sake Of fiexi-
bility. The armadillo is fond of fexi-
bility. When polsed with pencil he
doubles up as near like ball as he can.
Armadillos are good to eat, the Next
can gourmets preferring them roasted
in the shell. Some armadillos live on
roots, fruits and insects, but are sup
posed to enjoy departed Mexicans
more than any thing else. A bene6cent
providence has fitted them with long,
strong claws for digging into the
graves, so it comes easy. The animal
tastes like pork. When persued the
animal hides behind log, and when
you look only hole is there. He
buries himself and keeps on digging as
long as he is pursued. -St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
piTH AND POINT.

beware of the man whose vito -
always saying he has no faults. -kams
Horn.
A thorn in the hand attracts more
attention than two in the bush. Som
erville Journal.
Whatever may be said OF . sweet
heart she can't be too glad to be true
Philadelphia Times.
1t appears to be the business OF tho
needy to 90 around looking forsuccorz
-Binghamton Leader.
The thew and cry" Is generally
raised by the boy who has to chop mp
the stove wood. -Cleveland Plain
dealer.
How long can man live without
air?p ct depends on the air. Forever,
If 1t is Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ayc. Kate
Fields Washington.
There are some people on the
mourner's bench who are there to
! mourn because other people arc such
great sinners. -Atchison Globe.
To-day was prize-day at my
! school, said Jimmie. And did my
little boy get anything?" asked papa.
yep. Got kept in" -Harper,s Bazaar.
I'D rather write than read poetry, :"
said young Asinus- Il imagine your
verse is easier to write than to read, !"
reioined the satirical Miss Bostone- -
Vogue.
-.T thought told you that the stair
| case in Bigg's house was circular"
.sWell, only know that Biggs said
when he went homo from the club the
!! stairs seemed to go round. Inter
Ocean.
SHOW does Editor Scrabbletcn
manage to get such reputation for
i oriei nality?r 'sHe waits till all the
other people have expressed their
views and then disagrees with them. "
Washington Star.
johnny -sIs there anything you
hate worse than to have your ma tell
YOU You must take dose of cod liver
dip" Tommy = Eyes" Johnny -
.what?" Tommy Taking the dose. T"
Pharmaceutical Era.
/ Drill Sergeant gallant Imply
ninth)-ssNow, thin, Cassidy. what is
| tn first movement in 'bout face'?''
Recruit ..Whin the command is given
yez advance the roight fut three inches
| ter the Brooklyn Life.
j Mile. Blase (of the corps de ballet)
az intend writing o book-my pro
fessional recollections, Mr.. Gallquill-
/ Won't you suggest an appropriate title
for it?' Gallquill 1.-THE critic -"Surel
Fifty Years a Ballet Girl '"-B., K. q
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
WIGS FOR YOUNG MEN.
Hair Patches That Ara Expensive, Blu
Can Not BE Detected.

Hair Patches That Ara Expensive, But
Can Not BE Detected.
serhere are more bald headed young
men in leading Washington social cir
cles," said the snpplier of hirsute def.
cencies to the Herald scribe, .'than peo-
pie would think. But that is because
very little of it is revealed to the curl
GUS glance. You see, most of the young
men grow bald Immediately above the
forehead, which leaves triangular
space, or on the center of the head.
The first place Is very easily concealed
by bunch which looks as natural as
the real thing. These patches are readi-
~ adjusted and may be brushed in any
style. They are rather expensive,
though-that is, ii a man de
sires something which will com
pletely battle the attempts of the
suspicious at detection, and cost all the
way from thirty dollars to one hun
dred and City dollars, according to sizt
and finish. / could name twenty
young men who sport these patches
and whose hair is universally admired
Nv bllc ldlI bCA, JUL VI SOAh ~ i W otAAAA4 y
Conce ming that particular spot on TOT
of the head In which the hair is espe
cially fieeting, any number Of mel
whose ages range between twenty-five
and forty are SO decorated. They d.
not come so high as the first-namet
prices, but are just as easily adjusted
and present the same impenetrabl'
finish. There are not many Of thu
complete wigs sold, like there wer'
, fifteen or twenty years ago. In fact
it is hard to get wig which does no
give itself away, and this is worse thai
thin hair or badness What is tn
! color mostly in vogue concerning wigs
:. Why, guess dark brown is the mos
popular. Most men have that color o
hair. Black-haired and extremel..
J, light-haired men seldom become bal
| at an early age; when they do it
generally on the center of the head. y
| Washington I'd. C) Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
CHILDREN AND NURSES.
A Mothers Regret for Having Nek1ecte
Her ChfUlren.

A Mothers Regret for Having Neglected
Her Chl0lren.
at seems to me-" said woman late
", one whose sons and daughters have
grown and out in the world. that If
had my children to bring up over again
would give up everything and devote
myself to each till he was FIVE years
old. What I did was to employ nursssi
what a travesty of the tenderly-signifi-
cant word--from infancy to about that
time when looked after them myself
Zone of my children-he is a married
man now-cherishcs still most unrea-
sonablc fear of the dark, even of pass
ing an open door of an unlighted apart
ment, because forsooth years ago in his
babyhood nurse urged him to sleep
lest a wolf should come out of the dark
and get him.
"A second son will carry to his grave
nervous dread of laughing. born OF q
practice by another nurse of showing
her large, white, glittering teeth in a
mirthless grin when, as an infants nc
fretted. / caught her at it one day and
instantly sent her away, but the mis-
chief was done, and / have been help
less to combat it. And my nurses were
no worse than my ncighbors'.
"A child's care-talser should be q
child lover, and who loves child like
his mother? I long to say to every
young mother know: Stay with your
babies If you possibly can until they
are big enough to know what is going
ON about them; let maids wait upor
and assist you in supplying their needs
but let no nurse (7) havc chance to d.
them ignorant and life-lasting harm.
IN. Y. Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
RACE BEAUTY AND INTELLECT
Tho Two Seldom Travel In Company
What Causes the Former.

Tho Two Seldom Travel In Company
What Causes the Former.
Beauty is result of race, Of circun-
stances. such as personal freedom and
mode of life and of continuous diet. not
of intelligence, and still less of the ac-
QUESTION of knowledge, which latter
can only benefit the individual whose
features are fixed past serious change
before study is even begun. A man or
woman inherits his or her face, and
mental habitude, though it may great
ly affect its meaning, can no more alter
its shape than assiduous training can
turn fox terrier into wiry kind from
Airedale. 1t is even doubted by the
million whether continuous education
will produce beauty, whether the
growth of intelligence will even in
ages yield the physical result which we
notice the authors of Utopins always
assume, as II it were o scientifically
demonstrable consequences OF the new
society.
The most beautiful black race in
Africa, tribe in Nyassaland, on whose
looks even missionaries grow eloquent.
are really as ignorant as fishes, and.
though they have discovered the use OF
| fire, have never risen to the conception
of clothes of any kind. The otaheitan,
when discovered, was as uncultured as
the Papuan now is; yet the former ap-
preached as near positive beauty as the
latter does to positive deformity. The
keenest race in Asia, as all who know
them assert, the strongest in character,
the Chinese, is decidedly the uglicst OF
semi-caltivated mankind; while the
Hindoo. it sufficiently fed. is, even
| when as ignorant as an animal almost
invariably handsome. The Circassians
who know nothing. and are rather
stupid than exceptionally intelligent
are physically fauitless race, fa'
more so than the Germans, who
though the best trained people in the
world, display marked commonnes:
of feature, as if the great sculptor,
nature, had used good clay, bnt takcr
no trouble about the modelling. Some
of the very ablest among them belong
to the flat-nosed, puffy checked, loose
Tipped variety. The lseenest race II
| the world, and probably the most sus
ceptible of culture-the Jew-present
no type of beauty. being usually q
once hool-nosed and fabby-cheeked
though in physique, as in thought, tina
race occasionally throws out transcen
! dant examples. The trained Arabs o
Egypt. who seem to possess poor brains
and of course have no education. ar
often extraordinarily handsome; Will
in 1860 the grandest head in Asia,
head which every artist copied as hi
! ideal of Jove, belonged to an Ara
householder. who, outside his trade
knew nothing. No men of cultur
would pretend, in mere perfectness
form, to rival the old Greek athletes
who intellectually were probably an
mails; or the Berserkars, who were to
the most part only hard-drinlSing 90
diers. Chicago Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Hoarhound Candy: Boil handful
Of hoarhound in pint of water. Put
two pounds OF sugar in kettle. pour
the water over and boil until brittle.
Pour in buttered dishes; when partly
cool mark of in squarcs-ohio Farmer.
Chocolate Filling: Boil together
two cupfuls of white sugar and two
thirds Of cupful of sweet milk or
water until it is 'sropy.' Then re-
move from the fire and stir constantly
until cool. The grated square of choc.
olate may be stirred through the frost
ing or sprinkled over each layer of the
cake. -Housekeeper.
-Dcviled Shrimps: Drain . pint Of
shrimps and chop exceedingly fine; add
the crumbs OF three thin slices of fresh
bread. hcapinr tablespoonful OF but
| ter. two beaten eggs, one quarter tea
spoonful of black pepper; mash all to-
qether and press into pattypans. Strew
with bread crumbs and bake until light
brown.-t.ood Housekeeping.
-savorv Hash. Take eaual auanti-
tics "a broxvn lent;ls which have been
cooked and rnbbed through a colander
| fthev shopld he ouite drvi and chopped
| cold notat, Season with salt and a
| 49,, - !, 49,. IA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
A JEWELERS. DEATH.

rsss Assaflant.e Provocation Was Great
and His Deed Perhaps Pardonabie.
eTell me what kind of stone that
isl asked u wcllrknown jeweler Of San
Ananias, Cal, recently, exhibiting
peculiar looking specimen. The object
Of inspection was small grecnish-yel-
low stone hardly larger than q SMALL
sized marble. Various ventures of
opinion were hazarded, varying all the
way from piece of beer-bottle glass to
the petrified end of mucilege sponge
by the scribe.
Hold it to the light, directed the
iewelcr. In this position the stone
showed remarkable crystalline struc-
ture, rejecting the rays of light In
series Of irridescent prismic colors of
wonderful brilliance.
Diamond, J" ruby" sapphire. tenn
crald, !" topaz" "onyx," ''hornblende,"
| s.moss agate" calculated a chorus OF
| knowing voices at the same instant
sNeither," said the jeweler in q tone
which caused the mercury in the bump
Of self-csteem of all present to go down
below the zero mark. Neither. That
is . sesquisulphide balanaphoraceal
zygobylacem.
II was fully fifteen minutes before
anybody recovered. and during that
time the jcweler was able to catch his
breath and cool his throbbing Shy
bathing them in the ice-pitcher.
mo, gentlemen he continued in q
calmer tone some time later on, al
though the effects of his great agita-
ton were still apparent in his tremu-
|ious accents, that stone is not dia-
mond. nor an agate, nor pearl; 1t Is as !
said, genuine sfurnatic ses
i He should not have done 1t. In the
calmer moments, hours after, when the
excitement of the moment had cleared
away and solemn reflection had set In
and subdued the feelings which then
actuated the assailant, he acknowl-
edged that the act had been hasty, but
the provocation was great Before the
angel Of death finally relieved the ex-
q ieweler OF the membranes of his soul
and the two had taken fight to the
misty portals of the hereafter from
whence none cometh back, he muir
, INJURED once softly Is though to himself,
, or answering some one unseen: Yes,
III named it myself 1t Is sfumatie
, sesouisnlphfde balnnaphor- acesl zyg
-o-bhy-v and died. Jewellers Cir
j cular.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
A HOLIDAY SIGHT IN NAPLES
The Life-Size Representations Of the Ma
tivity of Jesus Christ.

the Life-Sixe Representations Of the Ma.
tivity of Jesus Christ.
The most interesting and curious
sight of the holiday season in Naples is
the presepia. A Pr@sepium is a life
sized representation Of the nativity, or
Christ in the Manager at Bethlehem.
The one in the church called Santa
Maria in Porto is the finest in the city
and occupies nearly half one side of the
church. In this representation there
are several houses, or, rather. arches
with doors at which people are stand
ing. The manger is always placed near
the center of the scene. The blessed
virgin mother is generally robed in
blu satin, with crimson scarf and
white head dress. Joseph is never very
conspicuous, though he stands behind
the virgin attired in a handsome work.
ing dress of the period.
The holy Christ-child-il santo bam-
bino--lies in rich cradle, with linen
covering.
The magi, borne by their black
slaves, are very prominent in their
grand clothes, jeweled turbans, and
satin TUNES covered with jewelry, rep
resenting handsome royalties in the
prime of life and strength. One of
them is always black in complexion
and the others rich brown, much
darker than the average Italian. They
all kneel reverently to do homage and
make their costly offerings.
More attendants, and sometimes
horses and mules, are behind in the
distance, with raiment and various ac-
cessories of wealth and position; also
any number of bright, picturesque
peasants carrying presents of vegeta.
bles, fruits, sheep of all ages, and even
dogs.
All these figures are life-size and Of
brown painted wood, extremely well
carved, full of expression, feeling and
action. There are footpaths, trees and
flowers in all directions, making the
scene wonderfully realistic. A goodly
number of flying angels, suspended By
invisible wires, are lowering above thu
holy group.
/ Last year in the Pr@sapium Of SAINTS
Maria in Porto there were thirty-si,
figures, two of which represented thu
artist and his wife, the latter as {
shepkerdess surrounded by large WOOL.
sheep. She was quite handsome ant
wore modern fiesta" costume. Tn
magi were carefully studied from pic
lures and were dressed in the orienta
costume of the unchanging east.
/ These Pr@sepia are most character
istic in the churches frequented chief.
by the poor. who save their little hoard
of chestnuts, apples, tomatoes, ect, t
put into the hands of their believe
4 sSanta Maria Santo Bambino" as Of
ferings. The poor people revel in
all, and mothers are seen holding u
their little ragged and dirty children t
show them these wonders. Youth
Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-04-22
THE BOURBON FLEuR-DE-Lls.


Tho Beraldic Device OF the Dynasty
which Formerly Ruled France.
The heraldic device of the Bourbons
of France was called feur-de-lis, from
the fancy that it represented three
flowers of the white lily, as in England
it was called fiower-de-luce, on the n.y.
pothesis that it was representation OF
the white iris. But the feur-de-lis is
not, properly speaking, lily. nor even
a flower. The resemblance to q lily is
very remote, even if you call the lily a
conventional one. Some historians hold
that it is the figure of reed in blossom,
used instead of scepter at the procla-
nation Of the Frankish kings. Others,
with more likelihood, insist that
it is neither a reed, lily, no,
any other member of the floral fam.
lily, but the extremity of The. fran
cisque, a kind of javelin anciently used
In France. A fatal objection to any
purely French origin of the symbol il
that it was early an ornament OF scep
tcrs, robes and seals. not only of tht
Merovingian, but of Greek, Roman
Spanish and English kings, and sym
boil en- ployed by many noble families o.
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
1t is also said that it occurs very per
fectly sculptured in head dresses o
Egyptian sphinxes. The use of thu
fieur-ie-lis as a symbol Of royalty il
France can not be traced further bacl
than the twelfth century.
There are many complicated legend
as to the origin of the fieur-de-lis. On
Of the prettiest tells how an aged her
init in the reign of good King Glow
saw one night miraculous ligh
stream into his cell and an ange
appear to him. bearing an azur
shield, ON which were emblazone'
three golden lilies that shone lik
stars The celestial visitor commando
the hermit to give the shield to .h
| pious Clothilde. BY her 1t was pre-
scented to her newly-converted hus
band. who discarded in its favor tn
| three black toads which had hithert
been his device. As result the armie
of Clovis were victorious over all hi
enemies.
| Another legend, which probably he
substratnm of historical fact, tell
how the feursdc-lis is corrupted fror
fienr-de-lace. which, in turn. came froI
| fiear-de-Iouis In a. u. lls7 Lou
/ VII, setting ont on crusade. eho6
the purple as;s e. bis hersldis emhlsr
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NE FLUNG THE FELLOW TO THE GROUND.
such punishment under such circuu,-
stances as might have fired the mcekest
of men to revenge. He really loved Milly
Hartman with all the love of which his
gross soul was capable; and to be
thrashcd by his successful rival under
her eyes while in the act of q dastardly
assault upon her was an ignominy to
be wiped out in blood. He brooded
upon his love, his hate, his jealousy
and his revenge till you might rather
say that these passions possessed him
than that he possessed them.
Another passion, also, which fed all
these with the fire of hell--the passion
for drink--now mastered him SO en-
tirely that he was hardly ever sober.
Well, therefore, might Milly dread a
dcmoniac so possessed; and this dread
made her consent to an immediate mar
riage with Arthur Munro.
Accordingly the wedding day was
not only fastened, but the wedding
itself was kept strictly private in def
erence to MilIy's dread of Bastable's
vengeance upon her lover. And her
precautions would probably have pre-
cluded all she feared but for the mercst
accident The carriage with the bride
and bridegroom in it drove up to the
station at the moment that Bastable
was in the act OF quitting it.
Seeing the luggage labeled Munro,
London" he asked the coachman,
when they had entered the station: "A
weddiug?r
"Summat o. T. sowrt," the man an
swered grufiy.
Meanwhile Milly cried, clinging te
Arthur arm almost convulsively: "Oh,
Arthur! He--he has heard OF It'll He's
here! saw him!''
"Who, dcar?'
ssMr. Bastable!"
..Milly, darlingl You've got thai
brute on the brain. What can he do
here at midday in a crowded station?'
Then turning to a porter he asked
(which is the London tramp
ssShe's there, in the siding, sir; shell
back in here when the locals gone"
.'Let me put yon into carriage
dear, while look after the luggage.
So saying he hurried her to carriag'
and got in with her to dispose Of thu
wraps and other light articles on tn
seat and in the rack.
At this moment BastGble, who hnt
logged them to the carriage, passed
ita door unseen and walked on towars
The eua Of the platform. Gnashirg hil
tssth with tbs iinpotent fury of
= w. -.
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Visitor lin New York hospitaD
What is that man taking on 80 for? He
must be in terrible PAIN. Is he going
to die?
-r-Nurse--No. indeed. He Is oHs Of
the surgeons suresing from . elisht
hesdaeas--Judge