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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
An eighteenth century pillow was dug
mn in an Eastern State the other day.
The farmers stood around itin won
der and agreed that the world is grow
inc smarter if not better.

A number of ministers and elders
# the Southern Presbyterian church
nave siened call for a conference TO
be held in Toccoa, Ga, April 18th,
1893. ON the subject of the second
coming Of Christ, which the call de-
.lares to be the ''pole STAR OF the
.hurcb.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
KlCNDlKE.

Many husband, many son,
And many O father, too;
Many n man who is dear to some one
is climbiaE the glaciers, leading through
To Klondikei
Many O mother and many wife
Aud many o one that is dear,
Is dreaming to-day of happier life
And hopefully waiting to hear
From Klondikel
And thousands and thousands OF golden
hopes,
And many dream that is fair
Are destined to die ON the frozen slopes
And find their graves out there
In,Kiondikei
Cleveland Leader.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Paace Sleepers
between New Orleans AID Memphis
Kansas City, St. Louis and chicago
without change, making direct connec-
lions with first class lines to all points.
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger) now run
ming regularly over it, thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident to trans
fer by ferry boat.
A. n. HANSON. J. w. COLEMAN.
Gen. Pas. Agt., A. G. P. ACT,
Chicago. New orleans.
". D. Bssr, City TIKI ARt, Vicksnuse'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06

r,ver the mountains and far away,
In the regions Of ice and snow,
Many q pilgrim is trudging to-da
With heart full OF hope ana snouelnS
''Yo-bo
For Kiondike"
Over the mountains, beyond tue pialhne' cos
Where the great river winds TO 'ne So''
MANY pioneer jingles his gains,
Aud sings In a frenzied ecstasy
In Klondikel
thousands and-thousands of miles away
In the land of the polar pear,
MANY a man Is digging to-day,
only to find that there's nothing 'n'i
In Nondikei
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
Hitting Force of Cyclists.

A cyclist of 100 pounds weight and
moving at the rate of ten feet per Sec
ond labout seven miles an hour) mas
a momentum of 1900 pounds, without
counting the weight of his wheel; a
collision between two 150-pound riders
wheeling at the moderate pace OF sever
miles an hour, would result IN
smash-np with force OF 5000 pounds
-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06

Spain has more sunshine than an!
other county u Europe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
At SEAFOAM LODGE.
4 HERE must be no
d. ,,x.rN FORREST GRAVES.

HE M IIuSD U6 HU
9th er boarders
taken," said Mr..
McCorkindale. 81
stipulate for that. "
"Oh, there will
be nonel" said Mr..
Dewey, the beard
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
A SPIDER FIGHT.
1t Was Fast and Furious and to tn
Death

1t Was Fast and Furious and TO the
Death.
once had spider pet Of kind she
books enabled me to identity. He was
fine, big fellow. caught him in the
garden, carried him home. and for
nearly two months he and took close
interest In each other, he for the flies
introduced to him and for the amuse-
ment he introduced to me. kept him
in milliner's box, letting him out
when visited him. specially delight
ing myself with allowing him to drop
from one hand by his fine spun thread,
and then either catching him In the
other or gently compelling him to climb
back again by apparently eating his
own ladder.
One day l captured another spider Of
the same species. kept him for few
days in separate box, and then, with
the kindly idea of companionship, in
troduced him to Tiger. Ihave seen dogs
fight; have seen chandelier fight and
Stay his man; l have seen rams fight
till, with his skull crushed in, one lay
dead at the foot Of the other; l have
seen men fight; have seen wcmen
fght-at least, they once were women
till they became confusion of blood
and hair and shredded garments; but
the fullest sense ever realized of mad,
murderoHs passion let ungovernably
loose, conferred in one destroying aim
and summoning every physical energy
to its devilish service, realized when
those two spiders rushed to mortal com
bat. stood in boyish terror as their
tangled legs dropped off, torn by mu-
tual rage, and as, with vicious dexteri.
ty, they struck each other with their
poisoned fangs, using for their own de-
struction the weapons and appliances
with which nature has provided them
for the capture and slaughter of their
prey, ! visibly turned pale
Tiger was the victor, but even while
with brutal wrath, all mangled as he
was, he bit and spurned his dead and
limbless foe, he was seized with symp-
toms l took to be paralytic, and in
minute or two I helped him to his
death. And this fearless gladiator was
afraid of, | remember, and never would
tackle, big bluebottle fly. What is
courage Manchester City News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
Great Mans Compliments.

While it is well known that Daniel
Webster, in speaking Of General Tay-
lor's candidacy for the office of presi-
dent, pronounced it "a nomination not
fit TO be made, - he never failed to do
justice to the generals military abili-
ties and eminent service in the field.
On one occasion he paid the old sol
der delicate and we'll deserved COM
pliment. General Taylor was complain
ing of the crowds of people who daily
besieged him soon after his accession to
the presidency.
"They interfere, - he said, with my
official engagements and violate my do
nestle retirement, but still l do not
wish to turn my back upon my friends.
'You never did upon your enemies,
general, Mr.. Webster instantly replied.
A compliment of another sort, and
more surprising, considering its source,
was one given by Mr. Webster, though
the object of it was not present to hear.
Some one was speaking of the remark
ably beautiful eyes of "a handsome wo-
man, and one young enthusiast said,
They remind me, with their long,
dark eyelashes, Of artillery in ambus-
cade.
They should rather be compared to
heat lightning" said another
mot so, put in Mr.. Webster, with
perfectly grave face, ''for you must
certainly be aware, my dear sir. that
heat lightning never strikes youths
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
Where Prisons Are Untenanted.

The inhabitants of Iceland are com
mended as the most honest people out.
Cases of theft are almost unknown to
them, and murder does not happen in
a generation. There is only one police
man on the island, who spends six
months of the year in the north and the
rest of the time in Reykjavik, where the
only Jail is located. According to the
islanders, this prison is magnificent
building. in that it is built of stone, and
they think it is direct invitation to
wrongdoing, as an inmate of the prison
lives in nice room, enjoys the privi-
lege of reposing on real bed and eat
ing bread at meals, luxuries which an
ordinary Icelander scarcely ever has the
opportunity of indulging in. In spite
of all these temptations the Reykjavik
prison is nearly always empty. Prisons
Service Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03

The sacred thread of the Brahmans is
well known. 1t is caste distinction
assumed at an early age and never part
ed with. 1t must be made by Brah-
man and should consist of three strands.
each Of a different color, 48 yards in
length, doubled and twisted together
twice, the ends tied in knots. 1t must
be worn next the skin, over the left
shoulder, hanging down to the thigh on
the right side. The three castles of the
Hindoos are distinguished by the materi-
al of these threads-cotton for the Brah-
mans, hemp for the warriors and wool
for the artisans. The Parsees also wear
the sacred thread, and boys of or 9
are invested with it, the threads used
being made always of fibers of the suru
tree. Monier Williams describes the sa-
cred girdle of the Parsees as made of
70 wooden threads, forming a fat band,
which is twined three times around the
body and tied in two peculiar knots,
the secret of which is known only to
the Parsees.
The use of medicine cords'' is COM
mon among North American Indians.
Mr.. Bourke describes those worn by the
Apaches. These consist of one, two,
three and four strands, to which are at
tached shells, feathers, beads, rock crys-
tai, sacred green stones and other arti-
Giles, doubtless employed symbolically.
Chambers Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03

advanced the more the denies became
narrow and the mountains barren.
When they arrived ON the banks of a
lake which spread calmly and dark ly
between two PERCEPTIONS rocks, the ia.
ther fell into profound reverie There
was something in his unquiet looks so
strange that his son involuntarily trem-
bled.
what is the matter with you, IA
ther?" he asked.
The father remained silent. They con-
tinued to climb the sides of the noun
tain, and when they were near the gar
den the father said:
Evil spirits have misled me from
my earliest youth, and therefore l have
always aspired to the possession Of great
riches. have never had the fear of
God. have never had pity for men.
have led wild and irregular life, not
giving myself the trouble to set good
examples, which is the duty of a father.
l am now called by satan, for | must
rob the lord of the mountain of the
yellow balsam and the lord of the noun
tain will destroy me- y
The son began to weep. Father, .
he exclaimed, 'renounce your project.
Return to the house God is merciful. .
Wild, however, with despair. the
father had already seized the spade and
set to work. In an instant all the eIe-
ments appeared to be COMPOUNDED to-
gether, the winds were unclaimed, the
clouds burst, the brooks were changed
into impetuous torrents, groans issued
from all the plants in the garden. The
mountain opened and from it's crest de-
scended, in the midst of the hurricane.
giant of prodigious size, holding in
his hand an immense club. He took the
peasant and hurled him in the air. An
enormous rock fell down and covered
him with its ruins The son heard the
means of his father, which gradually
became weaker. For long time he re-
manned astounded in the place. At last,
the sky clearing up, he rose and, thor.
oughly frightened, sought the chapel in
order to recommend himself to God.
AT the moment at which the peasant
became no more, the lady of Liegnitz,
who had appeared to be almost entirely
recovered, suddenly died. New York
News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
WOMEN AND JEWELS.
The Combination Is as Old as Time an
~. IT.. Il

The Combination Is Old as Time and
Not New Fad.
The critic who finds much to blame
in modern women in the number of
jewels they wear on both this and the
other side Of the Atlantic will find that
history had set the fashion long before
the fair creatures of today had opened
their lovely eyes. According to Pliny,
Lolita Paulina, the wife of Caligula,
wore on her hands, arms, neck, head
and waist pearls and diamonds to the
value Of $1,680,000. Faustina had
ring worth 5000, 900, Domitia possessed
one worth $500, 900, and Cesonia had
a bracelet worth $500, 900. Seneca cried
out that one pearl would no longer do
for lady, but she must insist on at
least three for each shell like ear. The
weight Of these, it is hard to believe,
could ever be endured by even the vain
est of fair maids and matrons.
There were women in ancient Rome
whose sole occupation was healing the
torn ears of ladies whose ornaments
had proved too heavy for the pretty
lobes. Popp@a's earrings were worth
$3.50, 900, and Calpurnia, the wife of
the mighty Julius Caesar, had a pair
valued at twice that sum. Later on the
extravaganza had not seemed to have
died out. Marie de- Medici had dress
prepared for the baptism of her chill
dren, and when she attempted to wear
the marvellous creation she found that
it was SO heavy that she could not stand
in it. 1t was trimmed with $4,000
pearls and 5000 diamonds.
Men, however, excelled in costly ap-
parel in the middle ages, and Philip
the Good of Burgundy frequently wore
jewels valued at 5000, 900. When he
walked along the streets, people climb
ed over each other to get peep at him.
The Duke of Buckingham once wore at
the court of st. James a costume cost
ing $500, 900. The dress of the mobiles
of the middle ages was literally covered
with gold and precious stones. -Chica-
go News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
Fearful Duel.

The most terrible duel fought at any
time in Paris was the one between Colo
mel D, an old Bonapartist officer,
and NJ de G. of the Gardes du
Corps, mere youth, but Of herculean
strength. The two men, dashed togeth-
er SO as to leave their right arms free,
were armed with short knives, placed
in hackney coach, and driven at a
tearing gallop around the Place de la
Concorde. They were taken out of the
coach dead. The colonel had IS stabs,
the youth only 4. but one of these had
pierced his heart. San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03

denly stop and swerve to one side. What
was the cause?
Sambo, the slave whom Mrs. Slo-
oumb had dispatched, as soon as Tarle-
ton had come, to warn her husband,
had started promptly on his errand, but
the bright coats Of the British had so.
charmed him that he had fingered about
the place, and when the sound of the
guns was heard Sambo had gone only
as far as the hedgerow that lined the
avenue. Discretion became the better
part of valor then, and the negro in his
fear had crawled beneath it for shelter,
but when his frightened face beheld his
master approaching he had mustered
courage enough to crawl forth from his
hiding place and startle the horses as
they passed.
"Hol on, NASAL Hol onI" he shout
ed.
Recognizing the voice, Slocumb and
his followers for the first time stopped
and glanced about them. Off to their
left were 1000 men within pistol shot
AS they wheeled their horses they saw
a body of horsemen leaping the hedge
and already in their rear. Quickly
wheeling again they started directly for
the house, near which the guard had
been stationed. On they swept, and,
leaping the fence of lath about the gar
den patch amid a shower of bullets they
sGarted through the open lots. Another
shower Of bullets fell about them as
their horses leaped the broad brook, or
canal, as it was called, and then almost
before the guard had cleared the fences
they had gained the shelter of the
woods beyond and were safe.
The chagrin of the British Tarleton
was as great as the relief of Mrs. Slo-
cumb, and when on the following day
the troops moved on the cordial adieu
of the hostess led the colonel to say:
"The British are not robbers, madam.
We shall pay you for all we have
taken"
i am SO rejoiced at what you have
not taken that l shall not complain if
do not hear from you again. she re-
piled.
And she neither heard nor complain
ed.-Louisville Courier Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
A Good Sally Lunn.

A good Sally Lunn, made according
to the original Sarah Lunn's recipe,
without yeast, is this: Mix cups of
flour, 8 tablespoonfuls sugar, table
spoonfuls melted butter, a cup of milk,
8 teaspoonfuls baking powder and 8
eggs together and bake in loaf If
raised" bread is desired, nothing is
better than this often tested recipe. Add
2 tablespoonfuls melted butter to large
pint of warmed milk, then we'll beaten
eggs and half yeast cake dissolved in
8 tablespoonfuls cold water. Pour grad
ually over quart of -four and beat to a
smooth batter Add teaspoonful salt
and teaspoonful of sugar. Set to rise
for hours i'll a warm place and bake.
To those who like the hop taste whole
yeast cake may be used with these pro-
portions and will, of course, accelerate
considerably the rising process. New
York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
CHINs AND THE MAN.
Does Your jaw Give You Away Before
You Speak9

You Speak9
Protruding ohins characterize men
and women of the get there type. Sue
cessful people usually carry their chins
thrust forward, with compressed lips.
This chin, if heavy, with broad rami
and swelling masseters, indicates fight
ing blood.
A retreating chin shows lack of force,
mentally, morally and physically; usu-
ally of the yielding sort; soon discour-
aged; desires protection; small exec
utive force. The development of other
faculties often makes up for this defect.
A small, well rounded chin, with
mobile and red cushion Of flesh upon it,
indicates pleasure loving owner; if
dimpled, all the more SO, for dimpled
chins belong to coquettes. People with
dimples love to be petted and loved;
like admiration and praise; generally
tickle. Usually this chin is healthy, re-
Operative and long lived
Broad chins signify nobleness and
large dignity, unless vertically thin,
when, if with it there be thin lips Of
bloodless kind, you find cruelty.
Square chins with little flesh denote
firmness and executive ability. These
make good haters.
Drunkards usually have a circular
line about their chins
Stevens have wrinkles about their
chins.
Long, thin chins are poetical, unsta-
BILE and delicate in constitution. Such
people are subject to bowel derange-
ments. If thin through the angles of
the mouth, too, they are prone to tuber-
culosis; generally short lived.
Medium chins with suggestive BIZ
furcation in the center, with small
mounds of flesh on either side, oharac-
terize generosity, impulsiveness, CHEEKY
natures. The same sized chins, with a
dab of flesh just under the center of
the lower lip, indicate meanness, sell
fishness, brutality.
N. B.-No one feature can be taken
in judging character. Often develop
ment of other faculties of mind or fea-
ture entirely governs In each case take
the "totality of indications" before
Judging. -St. Louis Cliniuue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
SHIP CUSHIONS.
Measuring Vessels For Their Outflt-what
Ship Cushions Are Made OF.


Measuring Vessels For Their Outflt-what
Ship Cushions Are Made OF.
When new vessel is ready to be fitted
out with her cushions, she is measured
for them, not as a church would be, for
a certain number of cushions of a spec
flied size to supply certain number Of
pews, but every space in which cush-
ion is to be placed separately. On a
large vessel there might be number of
cushions of the same dimensions, but
marine architecture is such that cush-
ions may be required ON the same vessel
in great variety of forms, and of vary
ing dimensions even within given lines,
narrower at one end, for instance, than
at the other And cushions are made to
fit around masts, and around the round
ed ends of cabins, and in other spaces
where they must be made in the form
of an arc of circle, and ship cushions
are made V shaped and in other shapes
to fit into various hooks and joys.
All cushions are made with vertical
front edge, and most of them are made
with vertical rear edge, but ship
cushions are often made with rounded
or beveled rear edge to fit handsomely
against the side of the vessel, which
serves as back to the seat, but may
slope away at sharper angle than seat
backs commonly do.
Practically every boat that is set
afoat, whatever she may be, big or lit
tie, is individually measured through
out for her cushions The same materi-
ais for stuffing cushions that are used
on land are used on the water-hair,
moss, cotton and so on-and ship cush-
ions are sometimes stuffed with cork
clippings for their buoyant properties.
The materials most commonly used in
covering church cushions are damasks
and reps, the damasks more generally.
The material most commonly used in
covering ship cushions is mohair plush,
which is made in various colors and
qualities. Leather is also used in cover
ing ship cushions, especially in smok-
ing rooms and chartrooms and aboard
yachts, and it costs little, if any, more
than fine quality of mohair plush.
New York Sum-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03

When Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey,
was deposed. Queen Victoria tele-
graphed to his captors in French,
Soignez lie bien. or "Take good care
Of him. :" The wires said, ''Saignez lie
bien," which means something very
Internationally, BLEED him we'll, "
an error of the wires which reads grew
somely in the light of the fate which
befell that unhappy monarch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
The Crocodile,s strong .Tav

Sir Samuel Baker, in his "Wild
Beasts, says that the power of the jaws
of the crocodile is terrific. Once he had
the metal of a large hook, the thickness
of ordinary telegraph wire, completely
bent together, the barbed point being
pressed tightly against the shank and
rendered useless. This compression was
caused by the snap of the jaws when
seizing live duck, which be had used
as bait, the hook being fastened be-
meath one wing. On one occasion he
found fish weighing 20 pounds bitten
clean through as if divided by knife.
This, again, was the work of a snap
from the jaws Of a crocodile. NJ. Paul
Bert once made experiments on the
strength Of crocodile's jaws by means
of dynamometer. He found that a
crocodile weighing 1870 pounds exerted
a force of 308 pounds in closing his jaw.
The lion has an enormous jaw power.
On one occasion an African traveller
pushed the butt end of his gun into
lions mouth, and the pressure of the
jaws cracked it as though it had been
struck by a steam hammer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
IRISH LULLABY.

Eusho, husho Winds are wild in the willows.
Birds are warm in their downy nests-every
bird but you.
Kings children wake and toss on silken pill
lows,
You have but broken roof to keep you
from the dew-hushol
Husho, husho Rain falls cold in the city;
Here rain falls kindly, warm on sleeping
eyes
Husho, hushoi Even clouds take pity
On my vourneen deelish and leave you sill
yer skies-husho
Husho, hushol Silver skies to sail in
In boat of amber, warm as any nest.
All, but can my cushla find no place to wall in
But the warmest place on earth, and that
her mothers breastP Husho, hushoi
Nora Hopper in New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03
TWIN ROSES.

In distant, verdant valley,
By lazy, hmped tide,
Mid the birds and trees and sunshine
Grew two roses, side by side.
One was kept by maiden fair,
The other she gave to her lover there,
As they plighted their troth one day.
One CLEANED white on corselet bright,
As knight rode away in the morning light
To join his king in the fray.
The other dropped its snowy head
At the fear and grief its mistress knew.
She kissed its petals and murmured low,
81 fear fear-I love him So"
She saw fair summer with heated breath
Die in the flush of hectic death.
She heard the wild geese rise and cry
Adown the glaring southern sky.
Yet never home her lover came
Slowly died her hopes bright flame.
In distant, verdant valley,
By lazy, limped stream,
Blooms rose above grave,
One white rose, in the sunlight's CLEAN.
Cornell Era
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-03

"When was i'll the lightning rod
business, said the drummer, in rem
iniscent mood, Up
But the smoking room had suddenly
emptied, and he was an outcast among
the travelling men thereafter. Hard
ware.