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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-05-25
A PRETTY SCRAP BAG.


Gather Turkish Towels at the Top and
Leave the Fringe Hanging.
"Mother's work basket usually
catches all the odds and ends of scraps
and snippings about the sitting-room,
much to the discontinue of the tired
woman when she goes to look for
something in hurry and has to fish
for half an hour to get it out from the
mess.
1t isn't fair to harass her that way,
and here is something to help you
avoid it, says an eastern exchange.
Make bag of one of the pretty dark
Turkish towels, leaving the fringed
ends at the bottom and running draw
string of some cast-of bright ribbon at
the top; or make bag ont of strips of
bright silk, or yet stronger one OF
narrow-striped ticking, which you can
embellish with misunderstanding in
bright woods. This bag can be hung
| by the mantel, in an obscure corner, or
from a nail driven on the under side OF
the sewing table. 1t will be a splendid
catch-aI, and will save lot of ill-tem-
per, for embroidery silk and scissors
will not get too intimate in it, and the
particular button wanted will not be
under half ton of undarned stock
ings, gloves to mend, and tops and
balls and other bric-a-brac. Little helps
of that kind save lot of trouble
Chicago Mail.
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ReLIclous AND EDUCATIONAL.

There are $4,000 children under ~
years of age in Chicago not in any
school.
The oldest Protestant church in the
United States is st. Luke's, near smith
field, Va. 1t was built in 1852.
The estimated value of educatIonai
institutions in the United States owned
by the Lutheran church is SISSY. 800
Rev. DIR. Bruce, pioneer mission
airy among the Moslems OF Persia, mas
resigned after thirty-six years service
Maine Endeavorers are jubilant over
the completion of Christian Eudeavor
Cottage as home for homeless boys,
at East Fairfield. The cottage cost
So GOO, and is entirely the gift OF tho
Endeavorers of Maine.
About six hundred women doctors
have graduated from the medical col
leges in Russia during the fifteen years
thew have existed. OF these about one
third practice as doctors among the
peasants in the provinces; some are
district doctors, some are attached TO
the school and sanitary institutions,
and others are in private practice.
~. Takasusu, a japanese A. b. OF
Oxford, has translated into English
description of India and the Malay
| Islands, written twelve hundred years
ago by l. Using, Chinese buddhist
priest. The book describes the monas-
tic life observed by the author in India.
and contains great deal OF lnforma-
ton about geography, chronology, ana
| literature
lin Prussia the Roman Catholic
church seems to retain its vitality In
1872 there were in the kingdom Sl4
conventual establishments, with 8, 7s5
members; three years later, in conse-
auence of the repressive legislation OF
| the MAY laws" over a third OF the
! institutions were dissolved, but in 1898
we find 1875 establishments, with a.
O44 monks and nuns.
| Recent discoveries In Palestine
| have made more clear the secular use
of the terms deacon" and bishop"
before the establishment of Christian
ity. Texts and inscriptions have been
found with mention of diaconoi as be-
ing certain subordinate civil officers
Episcopoi or overseers were functional
ries of higher grade under the Roman
regime, and several lists of these have
been found.
BY the death of Prof. Sir J. 4. See
ley less than three months after MIR:
Froude, Lord Roseberry is called upon
to fill the Regius Professorship OF His
tory at Cambridge, as well as that at
Oxford Though Prof Seeley's fame
with the general public rests on his
..Ecce Homo and ''The Expansion OF
England" his best contributions to
history are the Introduction to the
First Book of Livy." and the Life OF
STEM
The Church Missionary Society CT
England, which is in very flourish
ing state, has been taking forward
step. A Thousand year is spent in
securing the entire service of two cler.
gymen and one layInan, who are to act
as missionary deputations of a new
, type. They will seek not so much tc
give missionary information as te
. speak on the general duty of the Chris
|, tian church toward foreign missions.
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! Emb.rra.sIncly Amblruous.

"Thcre was quite fight in front OF
the store to-day" said Rockland man
at the supper table. 1.-TWO men got
into row, one struck the other and then
the crowd gathered. The man who was
struck ran, grabbed cart stake and
rushed back. his eyes blazing. Thought
sure he'd knock the other mans brains
out, and / stepped right in between
them" The young heir had given over
eating his tart as the narrative pro.
ceeded. and his eyes leaned right out
of his head. He was proud of his
fathers valor. and he cried: ''He
couldn't knock any brains out Of you
could he, father?" The old man looked
long and curiously at the heir, but the
lads countenance was frank and limo
cent and open. When it closed with
the tart on the inside the father gasped
slightly and resumed his supper.
Rockland Tribune.
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The Rulinc Passion.

It was an exceedingly quiet little
game Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown
were deeply interested; but the stakes
were SO light that Mr.. $. and Mr.. b.
would have found quite as much excite
ment in dominos or tic-tac-toe.
Mr.. Smith had three aces when Mrs,
Brown, with pair of threes, called
him. 1t was this display of intrepidity
that led to her husbands criticisms:
"You shouldn't have called, Clara, >
said he. s'You should have raised OF
dropped out.
"But, if 1 hadn't called" replied his
wife, 1--WE wouldn't have known what
he had"
Nobody called me-" remarked Mrs.
Smith, dolefully, when 4 had four
SKIES"
"Well." said Mr. Smith, 1--WE knew,
that time, we could depend on getting
the information without paying fol
ito-puck
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sitting. / followed him and took my
place beside him in time to see the
other passengers descend one by one
from the inside of the coac h with their
hands above their heads and take
place in line beside us.
There were but two OF the road
agents. While one of them relieved
the passen gers of their weapons and
all art icles of value the other was in
the front boot of the stage securing
the treasure box.
When the first robber came opposite
to Jim, he drew back in surprise, ex-
claiming: "Well, I'll be darnedr'
For a second only he was off his
guard, but that brief space of time WAS
a fatal one A pistol cracked and he
fell shot through the head.
"Bang, crack" went two more shots.
Both took effect; the second road
agent reeled and fell from the boot OF
the stage and Jim was lying beside the
first robber. 1t was the big six-shooter
of the man on the stage that had an
swered Jim's first shot and it was the
crack of derringer that had termi-
mated the brief battle.
Jim was wounded III the leg. A
young doctor in the party stanched
the flow of blood and we proceeded on
our way with the bodies of the two
bandits thrown into the hind boot.
The shooting was shrouded in mys-
| terry so far as the passengers were con-
cerned. They ha d seen Jim's six-shooter
| taken from his holster by one OF the
| bandits, after which a careful search
had been made to see that he had no
other weapon, but when we picked him
up a derringer was clasped in either
hand The question was how had he
managed to conceal them and bring
them into action at such an opportune
time? The mystery was solved when
bis clothing was removed at the hotel
in Fairplay. Under his waistcoat was
the wire and elastic poker hold-ou'
formerly belonging to the gentleman
from Texas. The nippers for holding
the cards had been removed and cir
cular clasp large enough to securely
| hold the handle of derringer had
been attached in their place. The gen
tleman to whom the contriyance or'gi-
nally belonged was in the hind boot
His surprise on recognizing jim &C
counted for his presence there.
| Jim's leg was broken and the doctor
informed him that when he recovefed
that leg would be shorter tbzn the
other; that he would always imp when
| he walked.
| Its all my own fart' Doc said
4 Jim.
out"
| ..well, it WIS this way: When let
| the derrinrers down into my hands
calculat<d to shoot the man in the
hoot nth the gun in my right hand
anx take the highest teller wien my
j Mt. but just then recognized him IS
7 the GENT l was mostly seekin after,
rent from Texas who skinned me ont
O. my pile with this yere hold-out, am,
Doc. the temptation was too great; ]
gave it to him with my right, but i
took me too long to get bead on tbs
the other ono. Bat, say. Doc, thl<
science 4 . great thias, - Chicago
Tunes
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hill, a doubly significant title by rea-
son of the color of the soil and the
bloody murders committed there by the
Mexican bandits, the Espinosos. From
Red hill The road again enters the
South park. passes through the old
town of Fairplay, once boisterous with
the gayety of pioneer gold diggers, and
now given over to Cinnamon, thence to
Buckskin Joe and over the Mosquito
pass.
Red hill was the danger point on the
first division of the road. Near the
summit is little basin where the road
is completely hidden from view on all
sides. Little gulches lead up to this
spot from the South park, affording
every opportunity for road agents to
reach the place unseen and to likewise
make their escape. Pilgrims" for
Leadville usually were supplied with
money, and great deal of wealth
originally intended for investment In
the carbonate camp was turned over to
gentlemanly persons who encountered
the stage in the little basin on Red hill.
The individual who sat on the dusty
old Concord coach and pulled the rib
bons over SIX bronchos between Web
ster and Fairplay was known as Jim.
made his acquaintance while we were
at dinner in the rough board "eating
house" at Webster. He was a tall,
slim, muscular man with a swarthy
complexion, dark eyes, and heavy
mustache black as jet from the copfous
use Of dye. He wore high-topped
boots with extremely high heels, and
his feet were small and delicately
shaped. His trousers were of gorgeous
plaid material, the bottoms being worn
inside his boot-tops. A wide-brimmed,
white SLOUGH hat was cooked rakishly
on the side of his head. Some garish
jewelry adorned the front of his waist
coat. There was a jaunty air about
him which was less pronounced by rea-
son of the stiff and awkward way he
carried his arms; / attributed this to
the natural effect of driving six spirited
horses for years over mountain road.
He had formerly been a gentleman
of fortune, and at one time in his ca
reer had amassed considerable sum of
money in the game of chance known
DIS uTdW pOhtis w It'll nC Wdc nv viz
height of his prosperity another gen.
tleman of fortune, late of Texas, drifted
unosteutatiously into camp and caused
the report to be circulated that he was
aching for game. Jim undertook to
relieve the gentleman of the pain
he was suffering on that account.
and they met in the back room OF
Uncle Billy Coleman's Palace of Fash
Ion on Main street.
There was a silent controversy in
the early part of the game caused by
a remark of Jim's to the effect that
''people from Texas seemed to have
more luck than Chinaman."
The gentleman from Texas demurred
to this and said there was no such
thing as luck in draw poker; the
chance features of the game, he said,
had all been eliminated by the applica-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-05-25
FASHIONS IN JEWELRY.
Brooches and Watch Chatelaines to Be OF
New Designs This Season.

Brooches and Watch Chatelaines to Be OF
New Designs This Season.
Spring and fall fashions are as well
recognized episodes in our .radc as
with those who deal in gowns and bon
nets" said a Broadway jeweller who
had been brought to discuss modish
jewelry of the very near future, and to
reveal from his strong box tiny tissue
paper parcels containing many thou
sand dollars worth of precious freight.
Twice every year." he went on, I'VE
try to rejuvenate certain patterns and
revive or reintroduce some forgotten
stone. In the spring and autumn women
whose weddings or anniversaries fall
in those seasons, and whose pocket
books are sure then to be at the high
tide of fulness. bring us our paying
patronage, and we must be ready for
them. This time we are working on
new designs for brooches and watch
chatelaines, for the brooch has wholly
superseded the stick pin. Every six
months capricious femininity wishes
to carry her watch at a new angle. All
the ordinary chatelaines will soon be
set aside to make way for the chain
and double pin from which the various
begemmed little timekeepers will
hang. The chain is of gold or silver,
and, about four inches long. At either
end is stout decorative pin that holds
with strong clasps, and, when caught
on the shoulder of a gown, carry the
watch suspended on the chain between
them. The pattern for these pins con-
sists of twin gold eagles, which have
come to take the place of the long
suffering dragon, while on the watches
themselves we are now enamelling
white swans, bearing pointed coronets
of diamonds on their heads.
Instead of twin hearts the new
brooches are to be small and large jew
clled circles. tapping one upon anoth'
err, circles of diamonds and rubies, tur-
quoise and pearls, or water opals and
sapphires. But our most earnest effort
will be to introduce again to feminine
favor the wearing of beads. than which
there was never prettier fashion.
Pearls, of course, are always worn, but
from Naples are coming strings of big
coral beads, some as richly red as the
sun-warmed side of peach, or family
pink as primroses. The necklaces we
make in FIVE or seven strands are meant
to clasp outside the collar of silk Oh
gingham dress. Amber beads arc
strung into high close collarettes
caught up at intervals with narrow
Iatches of gold delicately repoussed In
patterns of flowers. In Paris the jew
oilers have combined with the dress
makers to bring green prominently in
to fashion by using beads cut from ar
Opaque green stone. These are highly
polished, strung with small gold balls
and worn as many as twelve strands
in necklace.
"But the novelty of the season is sure
to be the harlequin cat's-eyes. that havs
not before been seen in New York, ant
merit all the admiration they receive
Shaded in translucent tones of ross
and golden brown they show an arc o
white light at every turn, and charm
ingly dappled in yellow and pink the.
need no other stone to set them off
and their wearing is supposed to in
sure good luck and fair weather. IN
" SIM
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worked the formers financial ruin.

worked the formers financial ruin.
Jim's first impulse was to secrete the
hold-out upon his person and seek re-
venge upon the unsuspecting miners
in the gulch, but he remembered that
he had hired. himself to the stage COM
pany and forsworn gambling. He was
a man of his word, and stage driver
he became. 1t was monotonous life
until the road agents began to pay fire.
quent visits to the Inc, and Jim liked
it. The only thing that disturbed his
serenity was the recollection of the
gentleman from Texas. If he could
but once meet that scientist face to
face life would take On new charms for
him.
had seat beside Jim on the Lead.
vile coach, and as the horses crawled
slowly up the grade of Kenosha noun.
tain, preparatory to wild dash down
the other side into the South park, !
remarked to him that it was going to
be pleasant night. He replied that
you never could tell much about nights
in that country until the next day; he
had seen nights just as promising as
this one turn out real bad before day.
break. The very best of meteorologi-
cal predictions were likely to fail in
country so thickly infested with gen.
tlemen of the road.
expressed desire to have good
view of Red hill as we crossed that fla.
nous elevation, and wondered if the
moon would be down before we got
there. Jim vouchsafed the informa-
ton that the moon would be up, but
added that he had known of peoples
arpetites for scenery being permanent
ly destroyed by gazing on Red hill by
moonlight.
was sound asleep with my head on
Jim's shoulder when he nudged me and
said:
"We're going up Red Hill now; help
yourself to the scenery, an if you've
got any valuables about you you'd bet
ter hide 'em somewhere. We're hable
to see more things than scenery"
Then the horses came to a sudden
halt and Jim and l looked down the
muzzle of revolver in the steady hand
of horseman beside the wheelers.
"Will you step down for moment.
driver?" asked theman on horseback.
Jim replied that he was just think
ing of getting down as he was tired OF
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ON SMALL MEANS
How 70 Dress Well With But Littl
Money.

How 70 Dress Well With But Little
Money.
When there is very little money to
be spent on clothes it must be spent
judiciously and carefully, and 1t is
quite vexed question as to whether
it pays to make over old gowns. The
necessary trimming to make them look
fresh and smart is a serious item, and
more time is often required to make
over gown than to have new one
made.
Two entirely new gowns in the win
ter and four in the summer, well fitted
and we'll hung, and, above all, well
sewed, will, with old ones remodeled
in the house, give woman wardrobe
sufficient for ordinary use. There are
plenty of cheap dressmakers in New
York who can fit very we'll, who have
quite knack at hanging skirts. From
ten to fifteen dollars is their charge for
making a gown, and some can even
make one for eight. These drcssmak-
ers do not live in convenient localities,
as may readily be imagined, for if they
| did they could never afford to make
gowns at such reasonable rates. Five
dollars for Innings goes long way to-
ward getting all that is necessary, but
this part must not be intrusted to the
dressmaker, who certainly can not af-
ford to have her apprentices take the
time and car fare necessary to buy
these things without adding some
small commission to the original price
of the goods.
| A smart jacket and hat, both for
summer and winter, are absolutely
necessary in every woman's outfit.
Coats and jackets are beyond the skill
of dressmakers; they had better be
bought in any of the shops where twice
/ year there are also sales, at very much
reduced prices, of extremely well
cut garments. For eight and ten dol
lars jackets of very stylish cut can be
found. but these must be altered to fit
| If woman has any taste at millinery
she can trim her own hats for far less
money than she can buy them ready
made, but it is very good investment
to pay eight or ten dollars, spring and
fall, for one stunning hat, which mus
be becoming; and in this connection it is
as we'll to remember that a hat which
is becoming to the full face is otter
terribly trying to the profile. and JUS
as much care must be taken for thu
side as the front view. Picturesque
effects are much to be avoided by thu
woman who has only a small allow
ance for dress. 1t is the women wht
spend thousands a year who can bes
afford to go in for big hats, outre gar
ments, indeed, anything conspicuous
The fashions of picturesque hats AM
clothes generally are very feeting, AM
nothing is more depressing than TO pu
all ones money into some article
raiment so conspicuous that one
known by it for the months one
doomed to wear it.-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE MoRTuARY URN.


A Peculiar and Amusing Instance OF Mis-
placed Comment.
More than one man and quite num-
Der of women turned round to look at
the curious adaptation of old to new
methods A hearse was being driven
slowly up broadway above Twenty
third street with the curtain raised so
that the whole interior could be-seen.
There was no coffin there, but right in
the middle of the inside platform there
stood small black vase about eight
inches high and perhaps as many
inches in width across the handles.
ssWell," said one gentleman, swing
ing round his companion to look at the
hearse, 81 knew cremation was get
ting to be more and more practiced,
brt I'd no idea that the cremationists
ever made funeral of the ashes.
There's the mortuary urn, you see, and
in it, / suppose, is the handful of dust
that represents the dear departed. |
wonder, by the by, who the dear de-
parted was +"
There were no mourning coaches
that could be distinguished in the jam
of cars and carriages, and as the hearse
went slowly along with its curious
little load the general composite ex-
preston on the faces of those that
watched it indicated that the whole
thing might be all right from by.
gienic point of view, but that as a
funeral it was strange, cold and heart
less.
And when the hearse stopped at the
undertaker's rooms the driver pulled
out the vase and handed it to the pro.
prietor.
1.-THE bit of spike to that there orn'
amint's drapped out agin," he said
.sand ye'd betthcr be afther gluin
ct on this tonne, I'm thinkin'. IN. Y.
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JIM RECOGNIZED THE CoNIhisANSH..
ton of skill and science. He then
proceeded to demonstrate his asser-
ton. which he did to perfection. At
the end of six hours Jim's earthly pos
sessions consisted of the suit OF clothes
he was wearing; everything else he
had owned in the world had passed
into the hands of the skillful and
scientific gentleman from Texas.
The Fairplay gambler arose from the
table and relieved himself OF some
choice profanity, most of which was
directed against himself. He declared
that he was ''better qualified to drive a
stage than to pose as gentleman OF
fortune The superintendent OF the
stage line, who was present, loosely
offered Jim job, and the penniless
rambler In a spirit of bravado accepted
e. and declared then and there that he
would never touch the 'pasteboards
again as long as he lived.
The gentleman from Texas took his
departure as unostentatiously as he
had come, but leaving behind him in
his room at the hotel a peculiar wire
and elastic contrivance which puzzled
the brain of the landlord to determine
its use. Several persons to whom ne
exhibited il declared they had never
seen anything like it before. but jim
At once recognized it as contriyance
known as hold-out. BY means q
which a player retained cards IN Sls
possession, secreted IN il's slscses'