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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04
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The "hired girl" problem,

The "hired girl" problem. i,
Every Thursday afternoon the hired
girl is supposed to have her regular week.
ly outing.
II she Is satisfied with her place, II the
wages are paid regularly, and the larder Is
kept well supplied then II is possible she
does not take Thursday afternoon to look
for another place. Every lady reader OF
The NEWS is aware that there Is differ
ence in help and the real good reliable
kind who can wash, iron and cook and st
the same time be agreeable and tidy are
considered real jewels in their way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04

-. FOR SALE ONE or THE FINEST
~ LOCArBD building lots on warwick
s:ssk Neck Apply 70 . Russell Brown. prc,i-
Nil denoe. n meru-u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04

That was n fine portrait OF Chelsea
Joe which THE NEWS had in last even
ing. They call Joe the Silver King down
in Boston, not because he has wealth. but
because he looks like the stage character
OF that name. l remember Joe quite we'll
years ago when he was in this city. His
hair was jet black and curly then, and his
moustache OF the ssme raven hue.
lie wrote book once. The title
think was "The Tale OF Mouse"
At any rate IL WAS Characteristic in its
way. Joe is such good story teller, Is
so Chesterheldisn I'm his manner, and has
SO much philosophy on tap, which he
recommends a. an sntidote for that tired
feeling which IL designated by the word
"blues," that his services are n demand
at the Hub, being one OF the stellar at
fractions at well-known hostelr, in
hat city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04

1t takes a pretty shrewd woman, one
who can use considerable diplomacy, TO
restrain from complimenting good girl
too much or scolding one that is indiifer-
ent not enough.
Ths average housekeeper does not relish
the idea OF frequently changing help. One
girl may be an extraordinarily good laun-
dress and only an ordinary cook, or IL
may be the other way about. 1t is during
the interval between the leaving OF the
old girl and the hiring of the new which
interests the lady who assumes the re-
sponsibilities OF housekeeping.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-04

(, EWING MACHINES REPAIRED NEwAN
- second hand machines. attachments, needles
OIL belts, etc. Chas. A. Bowen, 40 wetminster
street over Rhodes millinery store
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Members of the House and Sen.
ate from the Fifth district hare
considered it advisable not to in.
crease the bonded Indebtedness of
the district by authorizing the levee
board to issue half million new
bonds. 1t is thought wiser to in
crease the taxes. Representative
Snyder has introduced bill which
has practically been agreed on by
the members from the Fifth district.
II provides an increase il the cotton
tax from fifty cents to a dollar q
bale. The acreage tax under the
present law is five cents. The
Snyder amendment leaves it discre
tlonary with the board to fix the
amount of the tax on woodlands be-
tween minimum of one cent and q
maximum of five cents and OF
cleared OF open-lands as between
minimum of Eve and maximum Of
seven and half cents. It is said
sentiment of the district is divided
on the measure.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Among the bills intro 1uced last
week in the State Assembly are the
following striking ones: One for the
holding of a convention to frame q
new constitution for the State, the
delegates to be elected next Novem-
Der, the same day that the Congress-
ional elections will be held, and the
Convention to begin on the End
Monday Of May 1895; another bill
to increase the Governors salary to
$40, 900 year; another to increase
the cotton tax to $1.OO bale in the
9Th Louisiana District Levee Board
and to give power TO the Levet
Board to levy tax from / to cents
an acre on woodlands and from 5 te
Z IL an acre on open lands, accord,
ing as the board will Judge it neces
sary every year; another bill TO re
quire sheriffs to keep constantly or
hand at least four blood or fos
hounds.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
Go to Chicago for their Printing.

We clip the following article from
the Baton Rouge Truth. and it express
es our sentiments exactly. It is TO be
hoped that every newspaper in the
State will copy it:
The proposition of the Constitutional
Commission in regard to public print
ing Is about as cold blooded and nm
grateful an act as any set OF public
men could we'll conceive. To invite
the world to enter into competition
with citizens Of Louisiana to bid on a
p..ltry lot of printing which is gener-
ally regarded as reward for faithful
party services, is SO ungenerous, SO
small and SO unpatriotic that words
fail US in attempting to give express
son to our disgust.
The gentlemen from whose fertile
bralns sprang this startling economic
measure have been themselves, no
doubt, benefciaries of the labors OF
the very men who they are now at
tempting 10 injure. Newspaper men
who have ever stood by the people.
and without remuneration or hope OF
reward. devoted their energies and
| their. brains toward the success OF
| party and countrys are to be forced
aside that printers of Chicago or New
York may be favored. Republics are
said to be ungrateful, and this action
of the Constitutional Commission is
beyond doubt a specimen brick 1t that
ingratltude. Who has done more for
the State of Louisiana than its editorse
Surely not the politicians who expect
to acquire little cheap notoriety by
this act of pretended economy.
| From the. contemplation of this
scheme to despoil the Louisiana pub.
Usher and printer we are led to thint
perhaps the State stands more in neet
of competition in statesmen and law
yers than in printing. and that thu
commonwealth would be vastly bene
\ fitted by having its laws manufactures
in New York or Chicago by brain.
} men who would never dream of de
u spoillng resident workmen that for
eigners might fatten. Any citizens 0
| Louisiana is competent to bid upon tn
printing under the present law, and q
there are hundreds of these but Sigh
fear may be entertained Of the Stat
: being overcharged.
If this commission had devoted som
of its time towards a reduction of Al
5 torneys' fees and law charges NOR
: money might be saved lItigants than
likely to accrue to the State by compt
| tltion in printing.
4 Printers and. publishers should Civ
: expression to their views on this in
: portant subject, and not be meal,
: mounted about it either, for if the PR
posed amendment become a law it wi
: affect every job Of public printing frol
+ a justices blank to the tax rolls. Arit
l. printers, and join your vocifero,
Q voices in denunciation of this intende
i wrong 20 the craft. Get up and how
. and give these gentlemen To unde
! stand that we of the fourth estate hav
:. rights as well as they.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Mrs. NJ. r. Field Catherine
Cole of the Times Democracy and
her daughter, Miss Flo Field, left
New Orleans last Tuesday morning
on the steamer Floridian for Liver.
pool, thence to Bavaria, where Mrs.
Field will undergo special treatment
for her exhausted nervous and
physical vitality. The best wishes
OF the Banner-Democrat accompany
her. May she be restored to health
and return soon to give us some
more of her beautiful pen pictures
that have made Catherine Coles
name famous throughout the land.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
-Four 81G Sue
Ce99e9.

Having the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them. the following four
remedies have reached phenomenal
sale. DR.. Kings New Discovery, for
consumption, Coughs and Colds, each
bottle grandchildren Bitters,
the great remedy for Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys. Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
the best in the world. and DR.. King s
New Life Pills, which are a perfect
pill. ALI these remedies are guaran-
teed to do just what is claimed for
them and the dealer whose name is at
tached herewith will be glad to tell you
more of them. Sold at j. S. Guenard
Drug Store.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

The whole town Of Manchester,
N. j., will shortly be sold at auction.
The sale will include railroad shops
churches, schools, stores, residences
all but the citizens. This is the
result of the action Of the Mutua
Benefit Life Insurance Company o
Newark in foreclosing mortgage
held on the entire town.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
The Pics yune has always been con

The Pics yune has always been con-
sidered as remarkably clean sheet,
free from reports of sensational
affairs and nasty crimes; it was our
typical idea of bright, newsy, con-
sentative family newspaper, that one
could place in the hands of the
youngest member of his family.
About one year ago, however, a
special department was introduced
in the paper, with the signilicative
title of "Behind the scenes" edited
by one Marquise OF Fontenoy, who,
claiming to belong to the grand
monde, rehearses every week, in the
usually clean Picayune, the scand-
alous private and family affairs of
the royalty and the best families OF
Europe. We are aware, of course,
that every family owns up to black
sheep, yet all like for it to remain
"behind the scenes" Besides, what
do we care about the demi monde OF
Europe? Cannot the Marquise OF
Fontenoy, who pretends to know SC
much about Europe, find out some.
thing more interesting to tell us thar
the dlssoluteness and profligacy o.
European princes and their minions
A de .Fontenoy never was scandal
monger for Athy lucre.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Judge Ford, who has been con-
fined in the penitentiary for the past
seven years, should be pardoned.
His conduct since he has been in the
walls, has been most exemplary, and
our opinion is that he has fully ex'
plated the crime for which he was
convicted. We hope the Pardonine
Board will look with favor upon ms
large petition.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature ssto prohibit the sale Of
medicine within three miles Of a
licensed drug store The origlna-
tor Of that bill must undoubtedly be
a druggist, or his intended father-in-
law must be one. Why not also in
troduce q bill to have only one grocer
in town, so as to enable him to
charge ten cents box for matches,
and for everything else in proper
ton?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Albert H. White, keeper OF the
morgue in the city Of New York,
testified in murder trial the other
day that 140, 900 bodies have passed
through his hands since he has beer
the keeper. He added that ht
knew many cases where mistakes
had been made as to the identity o.
dead bodies.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

An act has been introduced in the
Legislature making it misdemeanor
for ary person to hold, hitch or
foster any stallion or noisy animal
within 800 feet Of any place of public
worship or Sunday school during the
time Of public worship or Sunday
school exercises, and fixing penalties
& etc."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
A Falling State.


The western part of Kansas, it is
said, has been losing its population
rapidly within the past few years.
Twenty-Five counties, which in 1888
contained population of 1O2,669
souls, now have but 54,66S. The exo-
dus has been due to the long and de-
structive droughts, to which the
region lie subject; and the farmers
who remain are still setting up wind
mills and endeavoring by their help
to irrigate their fields. The loss. of
population has not been SO marked
however, in the farming districts as in
the towns. All along the railroads
are towns. which once contained a
teeming population, and promised q
great future, but are now practically
tenantless. Al Chico, for instance the
train now stops only on signal.
Once its arrival was great event,
and crowds of people swarmed to the
station. In that day Chico had the
appearance, at least, of prosperity, and
boasts were made of its growth.
Kanopolis was to be the hub of Kan
sas, and eastern capitalists. some o1
them men of note, invested literally
In the future of the town. To-day
its ambitious Capital square is used
for a sheep pasture, aud the train
rushes by as though it were a tank
station. South Hutchinson furnishes
another illustration. 1t was q young
giant at its zenith, with brick hotels
churches, schoolhouses. and street
car line. Prairie dogs now run about
The chauccl of tho biggest church, aud
the hotel door is hidden by q sand
bank.-Ex.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
POLICE JURY PRoCEED1Hos.


s. Lake Providence, La, May asslse4.
The Hon: Police Jury otthe parish
Of Easl Carroll met this day pursuant
to adjournment.
Present -Hon. p. d. Quays, Presi-
dent; Yancey Bell, Clerk IL. X. Bar
wick aud c.. A.Voelker.
Absent-Robt. Nicholson and Phil
EMcGnire.
Minutes OF April nth, were read
and approved.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Barwick, The
attorney of this board wSs ihstructed
to enforce the law regarding inspec-
ltion Of weights and measures.
The folIwing resolution was offered
by Mr.. Voelkes and adopted:
Resolved, That the Sheriff & Tax
Collector Is hereby instructed to re.
ceive only approved jury aud witness
claims in payment Of licenses aud taxes
from add after this date.
Resolved further, That all resolu.
lions or parts of resolutions in confiic,
herewith are hereby repealed.
Resolved further. That the clerk o.
| this board be instructed to notify thu
Sheriff & Tax Collector of the passsgt
of this resolution.
In the absence of Mr.. Nicholson
Chairman Of the Finance Committee
the President appointed Mr.. Barwicl
chairman pro tenn.
4 The Finance Committee made TIT
following report, which was adopted
Lake Providence. La, May %, 1894.
TO the Hon. Police Jury, East Carroll
/ Gentlemen-We your Finance Com
mittee, recommend the approval o
the following claims presented at thi
roootsuns
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

New Orleans has suffered greatly
from fires lately. The large shrimp
factory with loss over 100000,
the st. Charles Hotel, the West End
Hotel and other buildings, and now
the Yarn and Knitting mills, with q
loss of So, 900. Over half Of the
fires we believe to be OF lncendiary
origin. 8
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

The House is in an economical
mood this year, and 1t took away Mr..
Jackson's breath the other day
when he proposed resolution pro-
viding for . clerk for little com
mittee of his. They sat down on
him with full weight, and he soor
found out he was no longer in
West Carroll.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

OF the 1 500, 600, 900 of the earth's
inhabitants, the Emperor of China
holds sway over 4o5, 900, 900; the
Queen of England 10000, 900 ;
the Gear of Russia, 155, 900, 900 :;
Emperor of Germany, $4,000, 900 !;
Sultan Of Turkey, 10000, 900; EN-.
peror of Japan, 10000, 900, and the
King of Spain, 27,000,0OO. Two
thirds of the population of the
world are under the whlm of FIVE in
diyiduaIs,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

On Thursday of last week, Qneen
Victoria was Is years old. Her
birthday was celebrated in London
with appropriate celebrations. The
Prince OF Wales is despainng Of
ever ascending the throne OF England,
and thinks the old lady has taken q
new lease of life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Congressman w. C. P. Breckin-
ridge has been invited by the people
of Fulton, H., to deliver the Fourth
of July Grafton there. He has moi
definitely accepted, but says that be
hopes to be able to do SO. What
sort of people live at Fulton, Ill.
any way?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

The grand movement Of Coxey
and the Commonweal army collapsed
in a police court. General Coxey
with his two marshals was sentenced
to pay a fine of S. and to spend
twenty days in Jail for tramping on
the lawn that hedges the capitol
grounds. The "army" is dwindling
into sections and the folly is nearly
at an end.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Ladies bicvcle-riders are one OF
the sights OF New Orleans; quite q
group OF them are seen on the
avenues every afternoon wearing the
divided skirts, Elton jackets and
vests, with daintily caps set jauntily
upon their heads.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Catharine Cole left Tuesday morn
ing for a trip across the ocean in
search OF health and rest. We wish
her God spead and safe return to
her labors, fully restored to health.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

A bill has been introduced m the
House, making it unlawful to sell or
smoke cigarettes. If this bill should
pass, then, we say, adopt the old blue
laws in Pennsylvania.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

In China, a woman until she has a
son. is q nobody, slave, a thing !;
but after the birth Of her first son
she becomes person OF great
dignity and her comfort and happi-
ness are freely provided for.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

EFT. Fairbanks & Co., the scale
makers, have just finished a pair OF
scales for the Wateryleit Arsenal,
near Troy, N. Y. which is the largest
in the world. 1t has a total capacity
Of SEQ, 900 pounds:
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

In Savannah, Ca, last. week q
negro woman died from the effects
of bite on the hand, inflicted by
smother negro woman, who is said to
be a blue gum negro. The colored
people dread a blue gum niger, and
are as scared of them as they are OF
a rattle snake.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

A terrible shooting affair took
place on Friday last at Dorseyville
in Plaquemine parish, in which all
three of the participants were killed !;
Mr.. Adolph Block, merchant OF the
place, Mr.. Jules Lobe, his clerk, and
a negro by the name Of Caesar
BendY.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

The enemies of Cleveland have
gone so far as to assert that his little
daughter Ruth is deaf and dumb and
of weak intellect. Calumniators
stop at nothing to accomplish their
end.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02
A coNv1Crs FARM.


Several weeks ago, we had occa-
sion to refer to the conyicts serving
their time in the parish prisons, and
to show how preposterous it was
that they should be fed, clothed and
warmed at the taxpayers expenses,
when they could be made seif-sup-
porting and perhaps profitable 20
the parishes. Since writing saia
articles, we had the opportunity to
investigate the county convict. sys-
tenn as carried onin Lowndes coun-
ty, Miss, and We gladly give to our .
readers the benefit of the informa-
tons we hare gathered on that subs
ject.
The laws OF Mississippi allow the
county supervisors (efioe cores
ponding to that of police jurors IN
our state) the right to lease out the
county convicts to the highest
bidder, and hence the well known
and dreaded Smiths farms, with all
their abuses. The county convlcts
on these farms, SO we understand,
are charged for board, clothing,
medicine, and so forth, SO that a
man who goes there to serve a SEN
tence of thirty days will sometime be
kept there six menths serving that
same sentence, on account of rainy
DAYS in which he could not work, OF
because of sickness. The Lowndes
county supervisors, though the law
did not give them such right, took
| it upon themselves last year to rent
a farm ,whereon they could work The
conyicts while serving their sentence
in the county Jail. They hired
manager at salary of $500 year
4 one guard, and bought seven mules
Ito be used on the lis acres of lant
that they had rented. IS acres Q
land were put in cotton and brough
! in AZ bales. IS acres put In corr
i made over 1900 bushels, and the re
naming 25 acres were put II
gardens, grains and pastures, o.
(which they raised their own mea
and vegetables. They made Of thi
II farm alse paupers, farm, an
brought on it every old man and OF
woman that had previously beensuI
ported by the county. AT the en-
of the year, when they balance
their accounts, they found out thai
instead of several thousand dollar
. it took them to support their col
victs and paupers every year before
the farm had been self-supportin
and the convicts and the paupel
! had made a living for themselve
. that even they had money to the
\ credit and 1000 bushels of corn
!. their crib to begin anew, beside
e having done during the year at lea
/ 81, 900 Of work on the public roat
! of the county.
The experiment is certainly wort
trying and we hope that our .Legi
a lature will grant the parishes Il
$ power of working the convicts
, they judge proper. Representatl'
Q Murphy Of Madison parish has !
d troduced bill to that effect whic
d we hope, will BECOME . Lay
i Already Madison parish has q pa
pers' farm aud it would be lit
trouble to use it for both, the pa
u pers and the convicts. 1t won
II be saving of thousands OF dolla
n % ax,ory v,or;eh IN thu afafa, 49, $50
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Though the women of Kentucky
are making red-hot campaign
against Breckenridge, still he feels
cold.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

"Bab" is the nom de plume OF
Mrs. Isabel A. Mallon. Her COM
munications appear on the same day
in several of the leading papers OF the
country.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Five Anarchists were executed
one day last week in Barcelona,
Spain. They GIT along very well
.aithout any lynching law in that
country.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

The House of Representatives
adopted a resolution favoring the
election of United States Senators by
a vote of the people.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

1t is said ex-Secretary Whitney
will be nominated by the Democrats
for Governor of New York.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Fifteen thousand sheep were killed
by snow and wind storm in Cali
fornia during the last week.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

A bill has been introduced making
the salary of the Governor $4,000 a
wear. The Governor sssalary is now
only 81, 600 per annum.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-02

Mrs. Harriet Hayden, who was
once slave, has gwen $4,000 to
found a scholarship in Harvard
University for the benefit of worthy
negro students.