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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

Mr.. T. T.. Kinsey. Jr.. has gone 10 Jack
s0nvil.e. and viii take part in the races
Monday Nir. kinsey VIII ride an Eagle
racer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

Jose Barring. noted scientist of Chile
is coming to this country.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
WOMEN AS COMPOSERS

In Music Leo r. Lewis has suggested
that women cannot compose because
of their inability to sing bass. While
at first this suggestion seems start
ling, 1t contain an important principle,
writes Jessie L. Gaynor If Mr. Lewis
had said that the reason few women
became great composers was because
their musical training seldom led them
to think harmony, 1 should have
agreed with him. This undenia BILE
lack in the training results in the fact
that out Of many students Of harmony
here are but few composers. The
ability to sing bass would doubtless
be Of great assistance to one Of cur
sex who aspires to be composer, but
as the Creator has planned that the
range of our voices shall be either So
prano or alto, it is manifestly appar-
ent that we Will have to develop bass
in another way. The organ, which
comes nearer to the orchestra in va
riety Of expression than any other one
instrument, gives an unequalcd oppor-
tunity for thinking bass because the
pedals are hidden.
There Is no doubt that men, In their
wider experience as players in string
quartets, orchestras and bands, have a
tremendous advantage over those
women whose musical means Of express
sion are confined to q single instru-
inent or to the voice. In my expert
ence as teacher l have noted the
great lack Of harmonic perception in
such yiolin-players as have had no
acquaintance with concerted work.
In the auricular analysis of a chorale
in one OF my classes, a young vioiinist
was unable to follow any but the So
prano part and unable to tell when a
-rnrnSajn the harmony occurred. On
the other hand, young fdyy' VIC WHO DID
not sing, but found the piano her only
medium of musical expression, was
able to follow the harmonies and to
reproduce each voice part In turn. II
as Mr.. Lewis says, ''the majority Of
noted composers have had bass voices"
thi was not their only means Of express
sion. On the contrary 1t is both not
able and deplorablo fact that singers
with but few exceptions are not only
not composers but very inferior must
clans.
SO long as we are so constituted as
TO be able to sing but one part at
time, l really cannot see why 1t Is any
more difficult to sing the melody and
think the bass than to sing the bass
and think the melody. Indeed it Is on
this very line that our modern teachers
OF harmony are working. No, the Sc
cret OF the matter Is that to write
polyphony one must think polyphony,
and to write harmony one must think
not soprano-not bass-bnt harmony.
SO far as the tendency ot women writ
ers to confine themselves to the small
forms Is concerned, 1t Is my opinion
that, until the opportunities for know
ing the orchestra more intimately are
accorded to them, they win continue to
give expression to their musical
thoughts in such ferns only as their ex-
perience makes natural to them
Music.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
SMART BICYCLE erRLs.A

Bicycle girls have many sfads.s
Most Of them are pretty. They gener
ally take the shape Of some article Of
use or ornament, or both, for the wheel
Some bicycle girls would have theil'
WHEELS almost hidden II they were to
put al their little geegaws on at once.
But they do not put them all ON at
once. They save them to show to
their friends and dilato on their beauty
and use.
The latest idea is to attach smelling
bottle to the little watch that Is fast
ened in its little leather case to the
handlebar. Bonbon boxes, shoe but.
toners, glove buttoners and other things
that q girl may require at any time in
her journey are all dropped into little
case attached to the watch. A bicycle
girl thus equipped is ready for any
trip, with the comfortable assurance
that she will not be caught for any
personal requisite, no matter what may
happen.-New York Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
sfoO Reward. 300.

The readers of this paper will be pleased 20
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure IN All It's
Cure Il the only positive euro known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tionaI dissasa, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous eur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying tho
foundation Of the disease. and giving the IA
tlent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprictogs have go much faith in its curative
powers tnat they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it feils to cure. send for LIST
of testimonials Address
F.J. CHENEY s. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pulls are the best.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Diaphanies, otherwise colored trans
parent pictures for the window, are
more in fashionable evidence than ever
before.
A coat Of a blue faced cloth gown
shows a white cloth vest braided in
blue, with three straps of blue cloth
below the bust, and full, dropping
shoulder pieces over the sleeves, which
make 1t very stylish.
The handkerchief waist belts are
greatly in public favor. They are made
Of silk squares in striped black and
white, yellow and black and other
tones, and the ends pass through Q
brass buckle Of patent make.
Stem green Is q very fashionable
shade both in dress and millinery. 1t
harmonizes with all shades Of rose,
velvet, dahlia, petunia, damson, red,
and some of the blue dyes. 1t Is par
ticularly handsome in cloth and in the
new silk and wool mixed fabrics.
White and cream olored satin waists
with girdle and collar OF pale-hued
blondes and brunettes. Immense neck
ruches Of black satin, with floating
loops and ends at the waist are worn
with black velvet blouses, and black
chiffon waists are made up over black
velvet are becomingiy worn by both
satin, the chiffon sprinkled literally
with rose-colored, green and gold Sc
quins and spangles.
The new ribbons are really wonder
full In coloring and diversity OF pat
terms. On white and bright colored
grounds there are chine designs, and
over these are narrow black and white
stripes or dots. They come wide for
sashes. One design Of purple lilacs
strewn all over a white ground, with
one narrow white satin stripe down
either side nearly two inches from the
edge, . particularly pretty, but the va
riety is beyond description.
Coat waists are not the only style In
tailor-made gowns, for the pointed bod
ice, fastened on one side, is one Of the
new spring models. 1t opens in front
on a full white silk vest, and turns
In the back and loose In front have
cape sleeves in fan shape and made Of
black silk covered with jetted net.
They are very elegant. Very pretty
models of black satin are covered with
black lace net, relieved by applique
figures of cream lace; and cream lace
designs spilled directly to the satin
at intervals all over the cape, and
outlined with jet are almost a. effec-
tive.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION.

With rumseller on each side of him, I ono
had grocer who owed me for goods, and
the bill was overdue three months. he
wanted more goods. I called for a settle
lnent or reasons for not settling. he replied:
stop right here till II O'CLOCK and I'll show
you" From the factory gate, directly in
front OF that grocer's, the operatives came
from tho factory at IA O'Clock. The line
parted-each had tin pail-and part went
to one rum shop and part to the other.
Then they came out with pots of beer and
united again at the groeer's counter, bought
their bread, had 1t charged and went home,
The rumsellers got cash for their beer So
times were hard with the grocer, collections
slow and margins small, and tile rumseller
had a patent on his rum business. and, as
this was In Massachusetts, the law guaran
teed to him possible 1000 customers. My
grocer looked forward to better times also;
and he moved from that plsce to one where
there were no saloons near, aud ultimately
settled with me. Facts drawn from real life
are stranger than fiction. But the strange
thing about this episode Is that thus Same ex-
perience is borne by merchants and men OF
business all over the land, and still the mer-
chant and man OF business continues to
sharpen the sword that cuts him. Axiom,
In Plot
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
A Famous Partisan.

Paris has lost one of her most re-
nowned citizens. This is Felix Potin,
the great epicier, whose groceries were
Indispensable to the comfort of every
well-ordered Partisan household. He
oven gave new word to the French
language, for a particular kind OF
spiced gossip has long been called a
potin. Felix was famous for his chari.
table disposition.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Embroidery covering the seams OF
the skirt is steadily gaining in favor.
A handsome black satin, designed for
wear with elaborate colored bodice, has
narrow jet applied to both front and
side seams.
Silk muslin embroidered with pearls
and made over white silk Is the latest
thing for wedding gowns, and with
sprays Of Grange blossoms here and
there is vastly more becoming to the
average bride than the aeyeys white
saill- .-s-~-----------
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Nor Of worldly goods, but OF all earthly COM
fort, is the poor wretch tormented by malaria.
The fell scourgei Is. however, shorn Of its thong
in advance by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It's
ala, biliou mess, constipation, rheumatism,
nervousness and kidney complaints are also
among the bodily Affections which this be-
neticent medicine oyercomes with certainty
Use IL systematically.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

TIE wife Of Ii Hung Chang 10 said
to be very beautiful, Judged by the Chi
nese standard Of beauty, and she Ii
also quite learned. In her magnificent
home on the banks Of the Pei-Ho she
lives in great splendor. One thousand
attendants and servants answer her
beck and call. In her wardrobe are
guarded 1900 coats, 1900 pairs of
''trouserettes" and 500 fur robes made
from the finest skins. Her feet have
been compressed until they are quite
inefficient for the original purpose, and
the Marchioness 10 unable to Walk
more than a few yards at time.
Twice q day she battles in oil OF or
ange and acacia blooms, and afterward
takes an airing in the coole sedan
New York Advertiser.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
A,Imror,aut Di0creuce.

Tomake it apparent to thousands who think
themselves Ill, that they are not afflicted with
any disease, but that tho system simply needs
cleansing, is to bring comfort homo to their
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured
by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only, and sold
by all druggists.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
. n .

Fact Is worth column Of rhetoric. 1t is
fact established by the testimony of thou.
eands, that Hoods Sawaparilla does cure
scrofula, salt rheum, caiarrb, and other
diseases and affections arising from i'm
pure state or low condition of the blood.
1t also overcomes that tired feeling, Gre
ates good appetite and gives strength
to every part OF the system. Get only
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

The plain skirt will soon have had
its day. Dressmakers say fiounces,
ruches and rufiies are right around tho
corner,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

The women OF San Francisco are to give
an educational md historical carnival, which
will last during an entire week.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

pobbins Floating Borax Soap costs more to
mako than any other floating soap made, but the
consumers have to pay no more for it. 1t 10
leo per cent. pcre and made Of Borsx. You know
what that means Order Of your grocer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

FITSstepped free and permanently cured. No
fits after first days use Of DR. kIiNK's GREAT
NKRvRREsroRHR. Free 42 trial bottle ana treet.
ise. Send to DIR. Kline. OBI Arch st. Phtla.s Pa
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

There are nearly quarter OF million
more men than women in Australia, and in
New leland also women are in O minority.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

The Vermont State prison is a self sustain
ing institution. f'Every State prison should
be-" maintains the Newport Or. L. Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Mrs, Winslov's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums. reduces inaamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc. bottle
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

II you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever, regain lost manhood, be made well,
strong, magnetic, full OF new life and vigor,
take No-To-Bac, the wonde--worker that
makes weak men strong. Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Over 400, 600 cured. Buy
No-To-Bac from your own druggist. Under
absolute guarantee to cure. Book and sample
free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
or New York.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

CAeCANxrs stimulate liver, Kidneys and h0W.
els. Never slcken, weaken or grips. )ea
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

''Say, "What have got to do today"
Not what have to enjoy or suffer? but
"What have l to do2" Don't try to be happy
but try to work. Work for God, and h5p?i-
ness will come,-Anon.-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Prayer Ia key to open the gate OF heaven
and let grace out, aad prayer Is n lock to
tss.sn our hearts sad keep .sass iR.-s
ANAA5a.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

wHEn bilious CT costive, eat = CascafsA
eandy cathartic. ours guaranteed, 100, he.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

The annual number OF births Is estimated
at sc, 1872 900 an average number OF loo, 500
day, 4, 200 an hour and seventy minute.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

st. vitus' Dance. One bottle DR.. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circular, Fredonia, N. Y.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

Jusr try q l0c. box Of Cascafets, the dnso4
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consanp;
ton to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D. Towas
SEND. TT. Howard. Via. May 4. 1894.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26
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UNION BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION,
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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

To attempt to lead TT spiritual life with
out devotion Is even greater mistake than
to go apart from our duties in order to lead
It. Our flying on Gods errands will be an
unhallowed flight If we do not first secretly
adore Him in our hearts. A prayerless day
tatIon-oh, what dull, piodding, tramp
ing day it is How do we spend money in
such day for that which is not broad and
our labor for thst which satisfieth not. How
does Goo in such day deal with us as with
the Egyptians OF old, taking OF the chariot
wheels from our work 80 that W. drive it
heayily.-Edwarn N. Goulburn.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

mans world Is what his heart makes 1t
to be. When his heart changes the world
changes. When faith has come in and re-
newed bis heart he hcnceforth walks in o
new world. A new aspect comes over the
face Of all things. Faith reveals to him new
and important truths concerning everything
so that he can no longer take step in just
the mood that he formerly did, nor look
upon single individual as he once did
George Bowen.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

uO lOliOW tuOlu. W hat WOIkt Auu III what
direction do they follow them-up or down?
And do they follow on foot or on the wing?
And how long will they follow before they
catch up? More appropriate funeral text
for oil such religious dead beats would be
the words in Matthew XIV, s: "Our lamps
are gone out" One would think that such
Christians would show at least under whose
banner they are enlisted. In one OF the
Napoleonic wars womau-Jeanne.te by
name-took her position with the troops and
shouldered broomstick. The colonel said,
''jeannette, why do you take such usels 81
weapon into the ranks?' ''Weli," she said
II can show. Mt least. which side am on. 81
Now, the OF ject of this sermon is to stir at
least one.fonrth OF you 10 an ambition for
that which my text presents In blazing
vocabulary-namely. passion for souls. TO
prove that it IS possible to have much OF that
spirit, bring the conservation of 2991 foreign
missionaries. 1t is usually estimat ed that
there are at least 5000 missionaries. / make
liberal allowance and admit there may be
10 lad missionaries out Of the 5000, but do
not believe there is one. All English aut
American merchants leave Bombay, Cal
cutta, Annoy and Pekin % soon as they
make their fortunes. Why? Because no
European or American in his senses would
stay in that climate after monetary induce
ments have ceased. Now the missionaries
there are put down on the barest necessities,
and most OF them do not lay up 81 In twenty
years. Why, then, do they stay in those
lands OF intolerable heat and cobras and
raging fevers, the thermometer sometimes
playing at 1870 aud 140 degrees of oppressive
ness, Il, 600 miles from home, because OF the
unhealthy climate and the prevailing i'm
moralities OF those regions compelled to send
their children to England or Scotland or
America, probably never to see them again?
o blessed Christ! Can 1t be anything but
passion for souls? 1t is easy to understand
al! this frequent depreciation OF foreign mis-
opposed to the opium traffic, and that inter-
aries are moral, and that is an offense to
many OF the merchants-not all of them, but
many OF them-who. absent from all home
only faint allusion to the monstrosiiy OF
at the gale OF heaven when those mission
pick of eoronets and thrones and mansions
had easy pulpits and loving congregations.
to take our turn and wait for the Christian
mental privstion and environment of
squalor, have done their work, and on the
principle that in proportion as one has been
sake on earth will be their celestial prefer.
ment.
Who 10 that young woman on the woyst
street Ia Washington, New Fork or London,
GialS n haaA ma Q Aisis FaaaAas IN RhasA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-26

hbO OtucC tMO lOT Tue HILLS. HIS lHlu9r q
wheelwright and house builder aud given to
various carpentry. His mother at first under
suspicion because Of the circumstances of His
nativity. and He chased by a Herodic mania
ont OF His native land to live awhile under
the shadows OF the sphinx and pyramid of
Gizeh, afterward confounding the L. L. DIS
OF Jerusalem, then stopping the paroxysms
OF tempest and OF mailman. His path strewn
with slain dropsies and cataiepsfes and opt.
thalmias, trausfgurei on one mountain,
preaching on another mountain, dying on
another mountain and ascending from ar
other mountain-the greatest the loveliest.
The mightiest, the kindest, the most self-sac.
rificing, most beautiful being whose feet ever
touched the earth. Tell us, We deserts who
beard our Saviour's prayer, tell US, We seas
that drenched Him with your surf; tell US,
ye mniiitudes who heard Him preach on
deck, on beach, on hillside; tell lis, Co.,
gotha, who heard the stroke of the hammer
on the spikeheads and the dying groan in
that midnight that dropped on midnoon.
did anyone like Jesus have this passion for
souls?
But breaking right in upon me is the
question, HOW can we get something of this
Pauline and Christly longing for saved i'm
mortalities? | answer, by better appreciat-
ing the pro ongation OF tho souls existence
compared with everything physical and ma
t~atNhs 14Oe AOpo tuai SuExto2 WIZ Sue
cesslnlly remove The cataract from that
mans csye! II is such sal thing to be
blind. Let us pray while the doctor is busy
with the delicate operation. But for how
long time will he be able to give his patient
eyesighl? Well, if the patient be forty years
o. age, he will add to his happiness perhaps
MY years OF eyeslght, and that will bring
the man to ninety years, aud it is not prob
abe that he will live longer than that, or
that he viii live so long. But what is good
eyesight for iifty years mors as compared
with clear vision for the soul billion OF
centuries? hope the effort to drive back
the typhoid fever from yonder home will be
successful. God help the doctors! We will
wait In great anxiety until the fires of that
fever are extinguishsd, and when the man
rises from his pillow and walks out, with
what heartiness We will welcome him into
the fresh air and the church aud business
ciicies! He is thirty years OF age, and il he
shall live sixty years more that will make
him ninety. But what are sixty years mora
OF earthly vigor compared with the souls
health for quadrillion millenniums--l
millennium, as you know, thousand years?
This world, since fitted up for mans resi-
dence, has existed about six thousand wears.
How much longer will il exis,2 We will sup.
pose II sha'l last as much longer, which il
very doubtful. That will N AXE SIS exls.
encs twelve thousand years, But what ara
or will be twelve thousand years compared
Wlsa fss s,saIsy preceding ihess ysssi and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-03

Benson, Smith q Co., the druggists,
will tell you that no one is better quai-
flied to judge of the merits of an art
icle than the dealer, because he bases
his opinion on the experience Of all
who use it. For this reason they
wish us to publish the remarks Of
other dealers about an article which
they handle. Messrs. C. f. Moore &,
Co., Newberg, Ore, says: "We sell
more of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy than all others put together, and
it always gives good satisfaction -
Mr.. j. F. Allen, Fox, Ore, says: II
believe Chamberlain Cough Remedy
to be the best I have ever handled
Mr.. w. H. Hitchcock, Columbus, Wash.
says: "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
sells well and is highly praised by all
who use it,"