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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17

own pleasures Each year made moro
pronounced that inclination to crafty
eelf. He had about become Indifferent
as to what others might think OF his
manner OF living. If they did not like
it, let them give him wide BERTH he
would have said. There was, however,
something picturesque in his reckless
ness He enjoyed life. The present
was everything to him The gratifica-
ton of each moment with any notion
or freak that might possess him was
his greatest concern.
Will loved womankind in general
way-for the pleasure she could ada TO
the passing moment. Will was hand
some, captivating, with fascinating
touch of badness that kept him in the
good graces Of mortals, especially the
tender sex. For years it had been his
rule to make desperate love to the
woman that had last struck his fancy.
Memories of dozens of fiirtatious were
hid in that past that he never troubled
himself to think about That the fu-
ture might have in store for him as
many hearts Of women to toy with was
his sole desire. Marriage was fool
ishness he could not conceive he could
be guilty Of
viii possessed an inheritance from
HE mother that seemed to be the sole
place at which his nature turned aside
for moment from its reckless indif-
ference to something better 1t was .
love for flowers of the mother born into
the man. No matter what might be
the occasion, the sight of beautiful
flower was always sufficient to attract
and hold his attention. While he adj
mired he expressed the admiration he
felt. or uttered thought that was mo-
BILE and true and unattuned to the life
he lived.
VIII in a spell of travelling one spring
reached small city in Georgia. He al
ways made provision to be well intro
duced in any place into which he might
come. So il proved on this occasion.
There was something attractive and
pleasing about the southern city that
captivated viii. Perhaps nothing more
SO than Maud Estelle, reigning belle
and the first lady to whom he was In
troduced.
Maud Estelle possessed great beauty.
She was small, petite, of perfect form
Her features were those of cameo
clear, delicately cut. On her cheeks
there was always tinge Of color. HeI
ewes were Of soft blue. Her hair was 9
beautiful shade of light brown.
No matter how Maud was dressed
her one adornment was bunch o.
beautiful yellow jasmine Mt her throat
or in her hair. The soft lemon tent Of
the flower harmonized perfectly with
the hair and complexion OF Maud
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s-tete hooks were covered with bow ers

s-tete hooks were covered with bow ers
of Jasmine.
Will soon caught reflection of that
southern warmth that called forth ex-
travagaut expressions One says: II
like" In the north; in the south one
always 'sloves." In the north man
speaks of This girl;' in the south it is
always sweetheart" So Will fell to
telling Maud of his loves. and how he
would love to be her sweetheart, and
other sweet-sounding nothings. Will
laughed to himself at the folly he was
capable OF, but to add the capture OF
such woman to his list of prizes was
something to be prayed for, struggled
for. He must make love to awaken
love, that he might indulge himself in
its sunshine, even If the maiden was not
left fancy-free at his going.
One twilight evening, while strolling
arm-iu- arm over the lawn at the home
of Maud, they came to retreat covered
with jasmine. AS they sat themselves
down, Will held on to the hand that he
had taken as Maud let go his arm. Oh!
here was the touch of finger-tips. the
clasp of hands, to speak, to call up love.
Yet Will did not feel that which he had
hoped to feel when he took her hand,
| or TO convey that which he would have
sought to convey. There breathed
through his senses the sweetness, the
charm of the odor of Jasmine. With
that fragrance came thoughts
thoughts of a purity of womanhood, OF
innocence, thoughts that were strangers
to him. As these thoughts coursed
| through him, Maud gently withdrew
her hand They sat there and talked,
while Wills words were touched with
| q nobler strain than usual
After Will left Maud he laughed al
himself He was fool-he had missed
chance. When loves young dream
might have been his once again, he had
turned to moralizing. He was dis
gusted. Such chances do not come tc
mortals often. Would it be given to
him again?
Not many days afterward Will ap'
preached the home of Maud. He wan
dered toward the house over the lawn.
He came upon Maud. as she reclined in
| an easy chair on the portico, hid in 9
| corner. around which her jasmines
grew in profusion. She was asleep.
Will was startled at the vision o.
beauty he beheld. What was the use
of living, If he could not tell himself
that Maud would be his, II he could mo-
call her his own? He came quietl,
toward her. All! he would certainly
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THE SITUATION WAS DELICIOUS TO WILL

Il
be pardoned kiss He leaned forward
His head brushed cluster OF jasmines
near her. The incident held him for
moment. He looked at the flower. and
the thought came With lips that had
been false to many he would have
touched to lips that had never been
false. He smelt again the odor of the
jasmine He stepped back. Maud
opened her eyes
.Gracious, but you are beautiful
beautiful as 4 iasminew win uttered.
A silvery laugh was Mand's answer.
will could not bring himxelf to relin-
quish the prize he coveted, SO he
fingered around Maud.
1t was night in juno that Maud
made good promise to be his partner
at q german Maud had felt indisposed
that and the previous day. She was a
beautiful dancer. The evening was
passing happily away. just previous
TO the serving of refreshments, Will. mo-
ticing that Maud had grown quite pale,
sought her side. She turned to him,
saying:
THE heat is oppressive; take me ont
on the piazza.
A light wrap was thrown over her
shoulders, and win led her out. In q
secluded corner they seated themselves.
As Maud sank down, Will saw her
grow faint and fall. He caught her
| in his arms Her head fell back
against his shoulder. The woman was
unconscious.
| The situation was delicious to VIII.
This beauty now laid in his arms; what
more could he want? A move OF his
head-his face would touch hers. his
lips meet hers A beautiful neck be-
witchingly CLEANED out of its corsage.
The gods had teen good to him. He
would no longer put aside the joys they
cast in his way.
Will bent his head over the woman
TO kiss her, He felt strange, strong
love for the woman glow within him.
The kiss was ungiven, the bent head
was held fixed in thought. He was q
wretch to take advantage of a woman
Ito steal of an unconscious woman
what he had not yet dared to take from
her when conscious; to covct heart
to break 1t, when he was unfit to pos
soss that which he coveted. With these
thoughts there came to his sense thu
fragrance Of clusters of jasmine in hel
corsage.
| Anew moments later the moisture O
her dAmpened handkerchief on her fac'
aroused Maud. She lifted her hea<
from the back Of . chair whore It hat
been gently laid. With shiver, sh'
drew the wrap that now enveloped he
closer. saying:
II feel better now"
4 ..Shall take you homer WI
asked. -.
4 ~Yes," she murmured- Home vii
took Maud.
| Will is almost . forgotten memory Il
the life of Mand--a faint, pleasan
memory. Maud has never learnes tn
stories the odors of her jasmi ines coul'
tell her. Meanwhile. win IS not 9
reckless as he once WA Memories q
the odor Of jaamlne haunt the hight 9
his days
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There seemed to be sympathy be-
tween flower and woman. Esch ap-
peared to be part Of the other. There
was . suggestive daintiness and del
icacy connecting them. Even the door
Of the jasmine was expressive--a per-
fume SO delicatea perfume rare-a
perfume more felt than smelt--s per-
fume telling Of the beautiful soul Of =
flower and speaking at the same time
Of the still more beautiful soul OF .
woman. !,
Maud loved the jasmine above all
flowers. No jasmine had ever failed 70
grow that she nurtured; the hover
seemed to answer responsive chord IN
her life. There was jasmine vlne
that had climbed 10 the window OF her
chamber. Over the pcrtico other jes-
mIaes olupE Down oH the lava tete'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17
MILITARY DULLES.
Impressive Lessons Taught Heartless Aus
TRAN Omcers.

Impressive Lessons Taught Heartless AUS
TRAN Omcers.
Austrian officers have an evil reputa-
ton for heartless treatment of interiors
in the army. A colonel, while inspect
.ing a regiment of Hussars on the
parade ground in Vienna, was irritated
by the awkward appearance of a subal-
tern. He angrily called the offender
to his side and cuffed his ears.
The officer was cut to the quick by
an insult which degraded him to the
level Of lackey. He returned to his
place with flushed face and tears in his
eyes. Ashamed to meet the con-
temptuous chances of the soldiers and
half insane from modification, he shot
himself in the head and died almost in
stantly.
This tragic incident produced almost
as marked an effect upon the Vienna
garrison as was caused by similar af-
front, which was followed by decline
Of duelling in the French army.
A lieutenant serving In q regiment of
lancers was Systematically prosecuted
by q captain, who was an incorrigible
bully. One day the captain lost his
| temper 1t dinner and CURED the lien
| tenants ears.
Army etiquette required CHALLENGES
| from the insulted officer. The ieuten-
ant had been under fire in battle and
was not . coward, but he would not
consent to send challenge. His friends
expostulated with him in vain. They
could not remove his conscientious
scruples against dnelling.
| His refusal caused scandal which
! touched the honor of the officers of his
regiment. His colonel finally asked
him to choose between fighting the
| duel and resiening his commission.
10 sent the challenge and named tht
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17

New Clerk-Y Young lady in front
wants to see some rings exactly like
one she has on. She says she thinks
Of having two alike, just for the fun Of
tho thing.
Jeweler- Don't waste time on her.
That ring she has is an engagements
ring, and she wants to find out what IL
cost IN. Y. Weekly.
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At this an age of novelties, and for
eign designers are struggling to pro-
duce striking effects, you may receive
. shock by hearing that engraved dia-
monds are to be favorite wrinkle
among people to whom precious stones
are . drug. Marie Antoinette had her
name engraved on diamond set In >
ring, which is now for sale in London
This ring was among the late French
crown jewels, and it has given leading
jewelers. an idea that is likely to bear
fruit over here, where fair women deny
themselves nothing their husbands and
sweethearts choose to give them. Bcs-
ton Herald.
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USES or PERFUMES.


Deonte0 Onmdl0D NOT ~ C0mm00 - 9OcAosy
Now - Of Yose.
In the early days Of the world, when
man. with his usual unselhshncss. was
prone to make burnt offering of his
brother, aromatic woods were smoked
TO counterfeit the unpleasant odor OF
burning flesh. Such was the origin OF
fortunes. and their lavish use to-day
IL too frequently suggestive Of It. The
more Of the primeval savage there
turks in man the more powerful the
contents of his scent bottle and the
more liberal his patronage of those
barber shops which torture the nos
trils by their generous use of bay rum
and cheap cologne. Why men, or wom-
en- either, should want to make walk
ing aniseed bags of themselves
is mystery explained only by the un-
pleasant fact that the same class OF
people have hydrophobic dislike to
water in any form. There is no aroma
so exquisite as that of the clean. whole
some human body and pure breath.
To disguise it by even the most delicate
of Partisan extracts is to cast slight
upon q gift of nature. 1t is encourag-
ing to note, however, that the taste for
perfumes, as for art, is constantly
growing more refined and cultivated in
this country, and the more delicate and
subtle scents only are used for the bath
and linen sachet.
The man who dips his mustache IN
white rose. sprinkles his handkerchief
with violets or dampens his hair with
the dread JOCKEY club, is extinct in good
society. Still, there Is vast room fol
improving the choice of the genera
public in the matter of these won
drous compounds Of the chemists skill
which carry no possible suggestion o
the fragrance of the blossoms they arr
named and labeled after. Who, at
popular entertainment. has not beer
half suffocated by the fumes of tn
deadly patchouli, the impossible seen
of the new mown hay, and that favor
lite of the London flower girls, tn
penetrating musk? And who has no
! been nauseated at some of our bes
theaters by cad of some sort, who's
presence permeated the atmospher
with mixture of old rye and Frangi
PAM? What, by the way. would b
the emotions of that distinguishes
| botanist could he know of the base us
to which his name has been put?
Perhaps nothing has done more 3
corrupt the delicate sense of smell thai
the rage for pot-pourri, which spranl
up few years ago and ran amucl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17
THE TEA ROAD.
Something About the Worlds Main II
Market.

Something About the Worlds Main Tel
Ke-gu, the halfway hating place on
the famous tea road between the Chi.
nese border town Ta-chien-lu and the
Thibetan capital, is the center Of the
tea trade, and, accordingly, the resi-.
dence of numerous tea merchants. IL
has many Chinese inhabitants, a man
DARN from Shining. and mandarin
from Lan-chav. It is the Chinese who
chiefly bring the tea here, to sell it to
the Thibetan merchants, who forward
it to Lhassa.
The currency in this trade is the In
dian rupee, which. however, is often
dispensed with, and then tea is bar
tered by the Chinese for wool, hides
and furs, gold dust. mercury. and
other Thibetan products, fer impor-
tation into China. The tea (branches
as well as leaves) is packed in pressed
bricks, about fourteen inches long,
ten wide, and four thick. Eight of
these bricks are sewn in q skin, and a
yak carries two skins. All Thibetans
drink tea. They boil it, branches and
all, in water, with little soda and
salt, and before drinking add butter,
barley -four (which is called tsampa),
and dried native cheese The solid
part of this mixture, when merely moist
eued with littlc4iquid tea and made
up into hard balls. is called ba, and
forms the staple food of Thibet.
The chief Dea. consumed is mutton,
upon which the black tent people al
most live. Shee p are cheap. In the
interior of the country they cost from
one rupee to two rupees For winter
consumption, they are killed early in
the cold season, and the meat is frozen.
National Review.
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Peawick--So poor Mr.. Meelly has
really married the Widow Bounccr.
How did he ever pluck up the courage
to do II?
Sinnick-He didn't have to. II seems
be couldn't pluck up the courage not
70 do it--Pucl.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17
plTH AND POINT.

One reason why some men do MOI
have better wives is because they arc
such Door husbands. Rams Horn.
The tov-nistol victim only comes
crce . YEAR Int the crank who wants
q shoot Niagara falls is perennial -
washington Star.
Al the banouets given by men the
xomrn cet toasted: At the luncheons
given Nv women the men get roasted.
I-Atch;son Globe.
N.t,,ral;st-.And now. how shall
,va nrove that man is the superior
.r..ture9. Pupil--.sBy asking him.
cleveland Plaindealer
.Tbera are very few successful
.cbool.teachers whom some boy has
not decided To whip when he gets
vrown "a ,lveston News.
80 N.r,e. acknowledgements vesu-
Wins isn't it?,' Policeman eyes"
Tor,;st-s.W;ll vo,, tell me when the
mart eruntion will occur?v-F liegende
RIatter
=. W. - ~ what
are Won poinu to call the baby?''
Newed--..Great Scott, man, doRt
have 70 call him. He's awake all the
t;me..-Defroit Free Press.
M;s. AZ vAr.-..s,rhe dude with the
- ha; -; 10. , - to that slender
| " rirlp Dolly Danxcr-..I don't won
der. She's thin enough 10 make .
match. r--Music and Drama.
-sb.-s.so INV old f,ance has really
married YOUR sweetheart. It's rather
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Herr Professor musical doctor)-
Your daughter has ferry good ear,
madame.
Mammal professor, but I want
her to study music on account Of her
hands they re 30 aristocratic-iooking.
Judge.
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.Have you seen Fuller's play, Loves
Strategy"
mo"
1.-THE denouement is great"
What is it?''
"A lover gets kiss from his boston
fiancee.
s.overcomes her scruples. eh?"
mo; disgnises himselfas the Blarney
Stone. ~ Puck.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17

ssMarkham is wretchedly absent
minded"
sswhat's he been doing now?
went out TO dine yesterday, ana
apologized profusely 1T the end OF the
dinner for the poorness Of the spread. "
Truth.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-17

Tho lOugcAb WUoucn u II u t =,
world is trestle work over Lake
Pontchartrain. 1t is Of cypress piles
snd twenty-five raile1lona.
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copyright, 1928, by
the Author.
ILL ROW AN
had gone the
wa of many
young men be-
fore him. He
had grown up
thoughtless Of
all else but his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-27
CYCLING CHAT.

Brussels dubs her "cyclist woman"
The air npparcnt-that confined in a
well inflated tire.
Bicycles were used upon the Partisan
stage rs early rs 1918.
France will be $3.50. 600 richer this year
as y result of its cycle tax.
4 four-In- hand tricycle. has recently
been devised by Partisan.
y new sslf Hing chain is described by
its enthusiastic inventor as linked lazi-
ness long drawn out
The cycling virtues made Of necessity
always appear Us II the material cOuldn' {
have been very abundant
The method OF employing the driving
power on n bicycle Is very much like sau-
sase-it is made up Of links.
Lady Henry Somcrsct's latest ideal crea-
tion IS the institution Of cycling for work
ing girls who lead sedcutary lives
Rubber pedals aro much preferable to
rattrap for winter riding, owing to the
easier facilities for shifting tho feet.
Big tubes will bc prevalent in 1895, but
unless good Judgment Is exercised it does
not follow that frames will be stronger.
When the history of the nineteenth cen
fury shall have bcrn written, il will bt
found that the bicycle holds all the record:
between the milcstoncs of prOgrcss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-27
rAnrsiAN nAIRpEEssrxG.

dinarily becoming Pretty fluffy hair is
undoubtedly the first thing required to
make this fashion n success, and an alb
solutcly perfect oval face. which is rare
in this age and generation, Is the sec
ond, but when the face is suited to the
style its charms arc enhanced TO such
an extent that n woman often develops
a beauty which she never dreamed she
possessed. Ii is said that French dan
seuso with this particular style of face
revived this fashion of 80 years ago.
When the forehead is low enough 20
stand the revelation, the face purely
oval in outline and the features regular.
there is no disputing tho charm Of this
fashion. The real proportions of the face
are brought out, and tho forehead. mi
nus the fringe down TO the eyebrows,
reveals an expression entirely unknown
before. The hair should be full, waved
thoroughly and pulled out little ut the
sides, SO it will tumble over the ears in
an apparently careless yet studied man
ner which cannot look untidy. The art
of Partisan hairdrcssing is in giving
the coiffurc Il careless effect, combined
with perfect nCatncss. In tho old pOr-
traits Of women painted by Sir Joshua
Reynolds and GainsborouGh tho hair Is
almost invariably in this style. and the
size of the face appears so small that il
looks like n dainty flower in its full soft
setting. The New York Sun gives illus
tratcd examples of this latest Partisan
style of hairdressing. which New York
women have already taken up.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-27
A Portable noolshelf.

To make portable bookshelf WITT
clips TO hold any required number vi
books, so that they may he lifted on ~
off the table together. take an oak shelf
half inch thick and planned smoothly
ON both sides. To this two sheet metal
clips arc to bc applied, so that they may
slide on tho shelf and hold n larger III
smaller number of volumes erect. An
oblong piece of tin or brass, about three
inches wide and three times rs long rs
the shelf Is broad, will form one Of these
clips. 1t is u be bent up ut each side Of
the shelf, and. Icing cut nearly half
through level with the upper surface Of
the shelf, onc-half of each upright is
again bent ut right angles to the rest.
thus securing hold on the board and
forming rest for tho end volumes OF
tho set. Through holes in the upturned
portions silk cord may be passed. scrv-
ing for handle. These clips may be
beautifully ornamentcd By punching and
chasing. Caro- should be taken 10 punch
from tho sidc which will be turned to.
ward tho books; otherwise q great deal
OF work with tho file will be necessary
TO remove rough edges.