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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
plrn AND po,NE.


Job had bofIs to be sure, but tScc
he didn't have any newspaper por-
trait-Ram's Horn.
boosters are q good deal like men.
A rooster never gives notice OF hnd'ng
: worm until after he has swallowed
it-Atchison Globe.
The "Reed bird" still figures on the
bill of fare in some restaurants, but
his part is taken by his understudy, the
sparrow. PHILADELPHIA Record.
-Quidnunc-.sDo you believein mar
rying q girl for her money!" Young
| Hify-"Not az q rule; but sometimes
you have got to get it. WHATS Odd.
| -Philadelphia may be slow town,
- envious New Workers say, but there
was Philadelphia date on the Declara-
ton of Independence, just the same
Eomerville Journal
do you play cards?" "No." Bill
liardsY' mo" do you bowl?" NO.
go to the theater?" "Never." Then
L am sure you can lend me i've dol
liars. "--Fliegende Blatter.
-sYour boy has remarkable mus
cular development" said the neighbor
"Aren't you afraid he'll become pu-
rilistY' mo" "Why notY' Hes
ltougue-tied. Washington Star.
| Miss westend-''Then you don't be-
lieve that Adam and Eve really lived in
Paradise?" Mr.. Murray Hill-'Oh,
yes, they must have lived in Paradise
they didn't have to keep servants -
Life.
II "A Tribute to Their Thoughts
Guest-"why do you print your bill Of
fare in French?" Fashionable Restau-
|. rateur-"Because want my patrons to
think that think they can read 1t. -
Chicago News Record.
my great trouble" said Prompt
side, s.is that can't forget that I'm an
actor when I'm of the stage" "And."
continued Downcenter, that other
: people can't remember it when You are
ON the stage Buffalo Express.
His Authority Teacher-'John,
|, in your essay you say that George
washington was not fond of fishing.
= Where is your authority for that as
: sertion?" Johnny Cumso - why,
: everybody knows he couldn't tell a
:. lie"
-Enthusiasm-sT understand Blk
ers, the critic. spoke in enthusiastic
terms Of your new picture" did he?
lGoodr' eyes. He said that never In
his whole life had he seen so much
paint used on single piece OF canvas. :
News-Record
I'll my hired man was kicked in the
9 stomach by horse, stung by swarm
8 Of hornets. and run over by moving.
Il machine one day, and died the next.
o l"My! What was the cause OF his
i. death?" Nervous prostration. =
; Cleveland Town Topics.
It -Bulfinch-"Do you know. l think
It rirls are such original people. Miss
T. Smilax-"What makes you say that?'
II lBulfinch-"Well, was at q little party
it the other night and girl was holding
l. forth on the terrible improperly o
being kissed, and q little, innocent
re lblue eyed girl said she thought so. too
re and that not only would she never per
N nit such q thing, but she had neve
T. been kissed in all her life, except b.
9, Iher father" Miss Smilax-'Well,
ID admit that was possibly trifie mr.
n usual, but / don't see anything so yer
CO remarkable about it" Buifnch
I'd ..Well, you see, I'd just been out in tn
1t aining-room with her to get drink
in water and I'd kissed her eightee
IL times. "-Boston Courier.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
The Independent Bodice.

The fashion which permits bodice
quite distinct in color and material
from the skirt worn with it Is not only
economical, but also very often quite
picturesque and artistic. A black lace
skirt worn at little dinner last week
was ever SO much more dressy and be-
coming because its full bodice and
bishop sleeves were made Of rose-col-
ored silk with . crash belt to match.
A charming dress included in q bridal
trousseau was made with q demi-
trained black velvet skirt, silk lined
and finished with balayeuse of white
crimped silk. Black velvet straps
passed from girdle to girdle over the
shoulders, the straps covered with the
richest cut-jet gslloon. with dangling
jet ornaments in the designs Accom-
panying this elegant skirt were foul
waists-one Of exquisite cream lace
with full balloon sleeves Of net t.
match. another Of lilac silk, the third
Of brilliant red satin brocade-trimmed
very prodigally with black lace and
cut-jet ornaments, and lastly, fitted
blouse of crimson and cream striped
and lowered satin.-N. Y. Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11

The young professor Of philology was
doing : great deal of talking for small
man.
..Ah,v he said, after burst of elo-
ouence, ''there is nothing love 30
much as the study Of words.
ssWhat sort of words?" asked another
man who had, until now, had nothing
TO say.
.Oh, any kind Of words-all words;
language in general"
ugh" grunted the old man. II
guess you haven't got wife. '-Detroit
Free Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11

She-What do you mean By telling
everyone we are engaged? ! did not
,ay YEA"
He-True; but yon said "No-noF
aud two negatives make an Affirmative
you know. Truth.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
HOW PINK WENT HOME.
The Return Was Not What His
Folks Had Hoped For.

NIX was not
called so be-
cause he was
pretty. l have
heard of people
who were pref
ty as pinks, but
Pink Dyer was
n OF one o I
these. 1t was
his hair, most
lik ly. That
and his eye
brows were OF
that peculiarly
brillien t YET
undecided shade
of red which
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
sTARcHINo AND IRONING.
How to Make tho Linen Goods white n
Polished.

How to Make tho Linen Goods white and
Polished.
Dissolve the required amount Of best
starch in cold water; pour on boiling
water, stirring it all the time till of the
right consistency, that is, about as
thick as paste for ordinary purposes; Il
too thick, it will not iron nicely; II too
thin, the linen will not be stih enough.
When the clothes come from the rinse
water, rub the starch well into shirt
bosoms, cuffs and collars, and repeat
the operation until thoroughly saturat-
ed; then hang them on the line. 1t
the starch is now made quite thin, it
can be utilized for various other arti-
eles included in the washing.
When the shirts, cuffs and collars are
to be ironed, dip three hours before
ironing) each piece in a weak solution
of cold starch and roll up tightly. Aft
er lying the required length OF time,
place them ON the bosom-board. and
with clean, damp cloth rub them un-
til they lie smoothly. Now lay piece
of thin muslin over the article, and
with moderately hot iron pass over It
once; then remove the piece Of muslin
and iron as usual, until the article Ii
perfectly stiff and dry.
Various substances are used to give
linen q polish. A bit Of white wax OF
gum arabic water, added to the starch
when boiling makes o reliable founda
ton for a good polish A laundry
polish can scarcely be obtained without
the use Of polishing iron, which may
; be purchased at any hardware store
: The articles to be polished are frs
ironed in the ordinary way, then dam
pened by laying them on wet cloth
then placed on board and rubbet
hard with the bulge of the iron unit
| they shine.
| Linen after being ironed should b
placed near the stove or in the sun un
til perfectly dry, as the garments will
be much sitter than il left to dr..
! slowly. The sticking propensity o
starch may be checked by rubbing tn
! iron on q board on which handful O
fine salt has been placed. A bowl o
clean cold water and bit Of linel
cloth are indispensable to remove an.
specks that the linen may acquire i
ironing. Albany Cultivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11

When a member of the Prussian
royal family is married the s'outft" l.
paid by the state. WheE Princess Vic
toria was married to Prince Adolphus
Of Schaumburg- Lippe articles to the
value of II, 900 marks were ordered in
London, and there was . frightful row
at Berlin when the time arrived to pay
the English billA Now the emperor
has issued an order that every article
In Princess Margaret's trousseau Is to
be purchased IN Germany. and that the
state will pay for nothing which Il
bought outside the country. The en-
peror's mother has for thirty-five years
drawn annual income Of ~, 600 from
England
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
FROM A woMAN's STANDPOINT
The wifs's Version OF the Delighted
Runaway.

The wife's version Of the Delightful
Runaway.
"oh, Charlie, did you see the runa-
way?"
mo, didn't I'm starving, Nellie.
Hurry up dinner"
..Oh, il was awful. The horse was
CALLING like mad. 1t was an express
mans wagon and a trunk"
Tell me at dinner, Nellie I'm 80
hungry can't speak the truth"
"But, my dear, the children"
..What! the childrenl Good Heav-
ems
"Oh, they're all right; they were in
the house, but they might have been
right in the middle of the road
s.Will you ring the bell for Hann%hT
"Oh, Charlie, was SO frightened
,, ran to the window and saw the wagon
tip over-Oh-oh-oh-h-h---"
what on earth"
Harry might have been riding IN
that very wagon! He often does"
But he wasn't, it appears"
ssNo. dear; doesn't it seem like spe-
cial providence; but, oh, Harry, some
Door woman lost her"
"Was anybody killed, Nellie?"
| sHer trunk was thrown out right in
! front Of our door, and the beautiful
/ woman's clothes were scattered allover
| The pavement. Such lovely
| what became of the beautiful wom-
amp
ssOh, Charlie, I'm so excited / don't
| know what I'm saying. Such lovely
! gowns and cloaks, and"
"was the expressman hurt, Ncllie?"
| I'm sure I don't know whether he
was or not, the stupid Some one came
and took away the thinga l just love
. runaway, Charlie, don't your
| Hannah's timely entrance with the
dinner saved Charlie from another YER
sion of the affsir.-Detroit Free Press
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-03-11
DIVORCE BY CANDLE.

Burmese Method Simpler and Surer Than
Some More Civilized.
In Burmah, as in cizilized Europe,
suspicion often disturbs the family cir
Gle, but instead of filing lawyers pock-
cts and giving society papers highly
spiced scandal paragraphs, the follow
ing effectual mode of procedure is
adopted:
The family relations on both sides
are called even distantscousins living
q long way off-and many are the long
journeys made in the jolting bullock
carts. and many the animated discus
sions by the cigar-puffing circle of rel
atives squatted tremendously on the
bambo-matted floors.
If no amicable settlements can be OBJ
tanned thus-and very diff cult it is to
smooth down the quarrels as rule, for
the Burmese are spirited race-the
elders or patriarch of the village or dis
trict are called in, and, after circum-
stances are explained, arbitrators are
appointed from among them. who pro-
coed as follows:
Two candles-wax If possible, but
generally rushlights-are selected OF
equal length and thickness, and, being
simultaneously lighted, are placed on
the table, if the establishment boasts
of one, if not, on the floor.
This is done with the greatest grav-
ity, care being taken that neither party
has any advantage over the other in
the shape of draughts through doors or
crannies, and that all present are seated
at sufficient distance to prevent theil
breathing from affecting the flame
The gradual burning down Of the
flames is then watched with breathless
and solemn silence, which eliminates
as one or the other of these slowly
burns down and sputters out its life IN
the waters Of the basin in which it Il
| fixed.
A deep ''ah!" q cultural sigh of relief
greets this termination, and If it be thu
husbands candle that burns ont first
he and his relations walk slowly ou
Of doors, solemnly and silently, leav
| ing his better half in possession of thu
goods and chattels contained therein
II the wife's candle expires first, sh'
and hers do likewise, and, with small
present to the judges and umpires, tn
divorce is complete. Boston Globe
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26
ThelFederal ELECTION Law.

The following is the text of the most
important sections Of the Federal cleo
tion law which the Democrats are SO
anxious to get rid of. THERE'S not line
in them which an honest elector or an
honest party has any reason to object to
or want eliminated:
Revised Statues of the U. S. 1 VOL,
page 352, section 2004.
All citizens of the United States who
are otherwise qualified by law to vote at
any election by the people in any State,
Territory, district. county, city, parish,
township, school district. municipality,
or other territorial subdivision, shall be
entitled and allowed to vote at all such
elections, without distinction of race,
color, or previous condition of. servitude !;
any constitution, law, custom, usage, or
regulation of any State or Territory, or
by or under its authority, to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Note-The above Act first became law
May 81, 1870
son or officer hindering or obstructing
such right is made liable to penalty Of
$500.
Sec. POLL, same act and page, provides
that
Whenever, in any city or town having
10000 inhabitants, there are two citizens
thereof, or whenever in any county or
parish, in any congressional district there
are ten citizens thereof in good stand
ing, who prior to any registration of
voters for an elecUion for Representative
or Delegate in the Congress of the United
States, or prior to any election at which
a Representative or Delegate : in Con-
gress, is to be voted for, may make
known in writing to the Judge of the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the circuit wherein such city or town,
county or parish is situated their desire
to have such registration, or such cleo
tion, or both, guarded and scrutinized,
the judge within not less than ten days
prior to the registration, if one there be,
or if no registration be required, within
not less than ten days prior to the cleo
ton, shall open the circuit court at the
most convenient point in the circuit. y
Sec. 2012. The Court when so opened
by the judge, shall proceed to appoint
and commission g., &c., two
citizens resident of the city or town :.
who shall be of different political par
ties, and able to read ::and write the
English language, and who shall be
known and designated as supervisors of
elections
Sections 2O16 and 2O17 point out the
duties of supervisors of elections, which
really puts the registration under their
charge, and also requires them to attend
the elections, and look after the voting,
counting and return of the result of the
election.
Section 2o22 requires the United States
Marshals to keep the peace, and protect
the supervisors of the election in the dis
charge of their duties
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26
THE SILVER SITUATION.

1.-THE jig is up" is the jaunty phrase in
which Senator Dubois announced that
the silver senators had reached the last
ditch and were ready to surrender. The
jig was up simply because lot of South
ern Democrats, who had been indirectly
aiding the filibustering operations had
concluded to do SO no longer. 1t is not
too much to say the jig would have been
up month ago if the Democratic re-
pealers or the Democratic senators who
professed to be re pealers, had injected
any energy into their repeal campaign.
But more spiritless fight was never
made than that made by Voorhees, and
his Democratic assistants. From the
beginning the Indiana Senator was sus-
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26

pected of insincerity, and as time went
on the suspicion was strengthened.
Every forward movement on his part
was quickly followed by retreat which
put him back to the place of beginning.
He was continually marching up the hill
| only to march down again. Most of his
assistants were equally expert in marking
time. German was talking for repeal,
but all the time was working for COM
promise. Much of the repeal movement
was mere sham, the Democrats enlisted
in it having no sympathy with it and
secretly plotting how to defeat it without
duplicating themselves. Of course the
silver Senators knew all this, and much
of their courage and their defiant spirit
was founded upon this knowledge
They. understood well enough that their
tactics were really approved by ma
jority of the Democratic Senators, in
Guiding many who were publicly pro-
Tossing to be in favor of repeal. The
real feelings of the Democratic Senators
on the subject of repeal were disclosed
by the alacrity with which they sub
scribed to an agreement to continue the
Sherman law year and add to it provis-
ions making it vastly worse than it was
when the National Democratic conven-
tion declared it miserable makeshift
and demanded it's repeal. Had the
President not made it known to them
that he would veto it every Democratic
senator, with possibly two or three ex-
captions, would have voted for that COM
promise. They wanted to vote for it,;
it was the thing which they had been
working for and wishing for. The at
titude of the President forced them to
abandon it, and left them no resource
but to declare open war upon the execu-
tive or to consent to the legislation
viii oh the President demanded. They
had not the courage to do the former,
though there is no doubt that many had
the disposition, and SO they were COM
PEELED to agree to do the latter. The
Pesident has forced them against their
inclinations to do what the country de-
manded. All the credit that they might
have got from vigorous fight in behalf
of the bill and it's prompt passage has
been lost They have been driven to
do their duty by the Presidential whip.
For weeks and months they have resist
ed in sneaking and underhand way the
repeal of an act which their own party in
convention had declared miserable
makeshift inimical to the welfare of the
country. At last public indignation and
the Presidential lash have compelled them
to do what they ought to have done vol
UNFAIRLY and eagerly. The avowed silver
men of the West were, we believe in the
wrong. But they made an open fight, and
are entitled to some respect. The Demo-
Gratis who secretly assisted them, while
openly professing..to he in favor of repeal,
and there were many of them, deserve
nothing but contempt. While they
posed for unconditional repeal, to use
the phrase of the New York SUMS Wash
ington correspondent, they were con-
stantly.burrowing under ground for COM
promise-and they were willing to put
up too, with a very disreputable kind
of compromise.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

In attractive binding, and thick uncut
| leaves, alluring to the true book lover,
who wields his ivory nor sandal-wood or
bronze paper cutter as the expert carver
his trusty blade-Mr Henry James pub
fishes 'The Wheel of Time", "Collaborat-
ion" and "Owen Wingrave." In the first
of these studies Time" repeats a little
too exactly the angles of the web of cir
cumstance, the author does the descrip-
tion of the weaving adroitly and with a
competent touch but one thinking,
there should have been, to sustain the
situation in full strength, different
combination of essentials. "Collobra-
ton" deals with the International pues-
ton, part of Henry James literary
life; and threshes a now the question of
art for arts sake. In Owen Wingrave, a
fine study is made of the effect OF mill
tary education and a training for the
army upon a sensitive mature quite out
of tune with such career. The young
heros courage and unfiinching pluck are
shown clearly enough in the outcome
which holds love story and a tragedy
| and is altogether a mastery piece of
writing. Henry James's stories COM
mand respect as we'll as admiration for
careless or hurled note is never struck
by this master in his own domain. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
Margaret E. Sangster collects her
poems, under the title On the Road
Home, in an illustrated volume, prettily
bound in green, with silvery tracery
OF, lilies and wheat. Several of her lines
have become household words, notably,
"And it isn't the thing you do, dear
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you bit of a heartache
At the setting of the sum-
And again
"But wise it were for thee and me,
Ere love is past forgiving
| To take the lesson home
Be patient with the living.n
"Out of the sigh and the silence
Into the deep-swelling song:
| Out of the exile and bondage
| Into the homc-gathered throng."
Mrs. Sangster's poems appeal particu-
| larly to those who love home songs-the
sweet, wholesome idealizing of the COM
monplace-a term that need never be had
we the true alchemy and a joyous power
of reading eternal love in every page of
natures simplest love. Aside from the
popular favorites, the best numbers of
the book are "Tennyson," "They Neither
Toll nor Spin," "a Lesson" and en-
Hampton Roads, April 1873" New
York: Harper & Brothers: Portland !:
Loring, Short & HARMONY
The Translation of Savage By Gil
bert Parker, author of Pierre and His
People, The Chief Factor, Mrs. Falconer.
etc. A handsome young Englishman
to wreak a revenge upon his aristocrat1c
family and the young lady not entirely
uninf1uenced by them, who has Tilted
him. marries half-breed Indian maid,
the daughter of a Chieftain of the Blood.
This occurs in Canadian wilds. where
] he is occupied with. the Hudson's Bay
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26
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The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26

On some accounts it is to be regretted
that the flibustering tactics of the silver
men were not continued long enough to
force the majority to adopt some rules
for their suppression or to confess that it
was powerless to do SO. The country would
like to know if the Senate is really the
impotent body it has appeared to be for
two months past, and if minority can
indefinitely prevent that body from leg
islating. The experience with the so
called force bill and the experience with
the VOORHEES, bill up to this time tended
very strongly to confirm the correctness
of the silver mems views that there is
no way to force vote until the minor
ity is willing that one shall be taken.
A final test was approaching rapidly
which would determine for great many
years to come what the truth is. Unfor-
tunately it has been averted for the time
being by the voluntary surrender of the
filibusterers, and the public is still in
the dark as to whether the Senate is
simply debating society with no power
to vote, or legislative body with the
power, which is supposed to belong to
every such body, to pass laws