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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

The following from the Stuttgart
(Ark., y Fress Press is about as truth
full as anything we bavo seen lately:
"If there is anything that gives Us a
longing for eternal rest and sleep aud
damp solitude it is man who comes
to town or country and builds up a
good paying business, grows rich
from the resources Of prosperous
country, and then squats down on his
wealth like CLICKING hen on a door
knob and is TOO internal stiDgy TO lei
The gravel grind in his gizzard."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

g W. Sentell q Co. of New Or
leans teloQraphed Major L. X. Barber
on "Wednesday that cotton shipped on
barges towcd By Henry Marx u M
surahle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30
For Sale.

A set of Pipe Dies. inches in diameter
new. Cost S25, will sell for $40.
o. ]. HURLEY,
Lake Providence. La, October 2. 1897.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

Thursday morning the weather
looked wiuterish, and every one
thought that we were going TO get a
real cold spell.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

The Peoples Gin met with quite an
accident on Friday last by the cylin-
der head blowing out, but those iu
charge are not The kind TO weep" and
went 10 work Immediately and had the
engine of the saw mill hauled to the
gin and put up by Tuesday. Mr..
Hauley, manager of the saw mill, has
already ordered much larger and
finer engine for the mill and will have
il here as soon as possible, which will
cause only a shut down of the mill
for a few weeks at the longest.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

Mr.. a. w. Bivens, of West Carroll,
was over on business Wednesday.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30
Fan ana Winter samples.

MIR Walter Goodwin wishes ns to
say that be mas just received his new
line Of Fall and Winter samples,
and invites his friends 10 call aud take
i look AT them. On account OF the
newfarif, clothes are much cheaper.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

The paper mail that was not allowed
TO come in by the health committee for
the past mouth, was brought up by the
mail boat on Tuesday morning.
There were eighteen or twenty large
bags, aud postmaster Taylor had work
for several days. From now on we
hope there will be no more delay; bot
we learn that there may be an entire
suspension, from the fact that the New
Orleans boats we're allowed to land
We hope that the end for all this ];
very near at baud.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30

A shooting scrape took place in the
Pennsylvania quarters one day last
week, when colored man by the name
of Frank Straughter shot colored
woman named Rachel Miller. lie
emp,ied one barrel of shot guu
loaded with small shot at her, hitting
her In The face. Ii is said the wound
is dangerous, having shot her at close
range. The shooter escaped and has
not been captured up TO this writing.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30
vlskshurg and GrsauviIIs Packet Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail.
Steamers RUTH and ANNIE
xyTDrE

n Leaves FltksDHIg IUT Ut VII
Szassssssssss VILE every Monday, Thursday
and Saturday at / p. m.
Returning leaves GreenvIlie every Tues
day. Friday and Sunday at > p. m.
Boats brilliantly lighted throughout with
electricity. Lightin every statcroom.
Cuisine unsurpassed.
The right is reserved TO pass anv landing
deemed unsafe by the Captain command.
ing.
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j ID. 1OMPAlN -.
Providence, La. October %, 1881.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-30
the BAHNER-DEMOcRAT.

Saturday, October 80, 1897.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
SOME RECENT INVENTIONS.

In recently patented automatic
change maker the coin is placed in
tubes of the proper size, fitted with
sliding plates at the bottom which are
operated by levers to push the bottom
coin out when the lever is pressed.
TO catch moles as they run through
the underground passages they have
dug,a new trap has a row of sharp
tines attached to a sliding rod to drop
and pin the rodent fast as soon as the
trigger entering the hole is disturbed.
Shotguns can be changed into rifles
by an auxiliary which slides inside the
shot barrel and is fitted with a shell
ejector, the rear of the inner barrel
being of the same shape as the shot
cartridge and carrying flange so it
fits tightly.
In a new propelling device for BIZ
cycles two cylinder air pumps are at
tached to the head of the machine to
be operated by raising and lowering
the handle bars. \ compressed-ai mo-
tor is geared to the driving sprocket
wheel to run the machine.
A safety pocket, which can be used in
any garment, is provided on one side of
its mouth with a flat spring and on
the other side with a spiral spring,
which rests on an elastic strip and
presses tightly against the fiat spring
to keep the pocket closed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

On the island of Sakhalin. off the east
coast of Siberia, the cold winds and sea
currents which circulate around it seem
10 have reversed the ordinary course of
nature respecting the arrangement CT
temperature. The air on high land and
mountaiss is usually coolest. while that
near the sea level is warmest. In SAX
ha'in the coolest air is found near the
sea and there the plants are of an arctic
character, while in the lofty interior
subtropical plants flourish on the
heights in the mild climate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
DECISIONS BY TIE RENCA.

warranty of the genuineness of the
signature of promssory note is held
in Strauss vs.. Henry Cd. C. App. SO L. r.
A. to arise upon a sale and delivery OF
the note to a purchaser in good faith.
A complaint for the rescission of
contract on the ground of fraud is held,
in Cohoon VS.. Fisher Und.), sc L. Il. \.
1913, not to constitute such a conclu-
sive election of remedy as to preclude
nm amendment demanding damages for
the same fraud.
The use of the words II hereby as
sign the within note" is held in MAJ
key VS.. Corey (Mich.), &c l.. r. A. III,
insufficient to prevent one who signs
his name to such statement on the
back of a promissory note from being
held liable as an indorser.
The right of a gas company to charge
meter rent to small consumers of gas
n addition to the maximum charge per
/ 900 feet for gas which is fixed by the
charter of the company is denied, in
Louisville Gas company VS.. Dulaney
(Ky.). 36 l.. Il, A. 1926.
A statute making it prima-facie evil
dence of a bankers intent to defraud
in receiving Il deposit if his failure, sus-
pension or Involuntary liquidation oc-
ours within 80 days thereafter, is held
in state VS.. Beach (Ind.), SO l.. r. A. 179,
10 be constitutional.
For the act of the president of ma
tional bank in loaning money to de-
positor apparently as an accommoda-
ton, but really for his own benefit, TAX
ing a note from the nominal borrower
secured by stock in the bank which be-
comes worthless and the nominal bor-
rover insolvent by the failure of the
bank caused by the misconduct of the
president, it is held, in Grow VS.. Cock
rill (Ark.), sc l.. r. A. 50, that a re-
ceiver of a bank cannot be held liable.
-ChicarO News
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

but simply memorial of a wife's de-
votion and children's love. The mon
ument is II feet high and is made of
Italian marble. The east side bears he
inscriptions: "H usband and Father"
On the west side are the words:
Charles Frederick Crisp, born in Shelf
field, England, January 20, 1S45. died in
Atlanta, Ga, October %, 1896" The
north side bears the inscription:
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives of the United States, Fifty-sec-
ond and Fifty-third Congress" Cut in
large letters on the base of the stone
is the one word, Crisp"
This monument was erected by the
immediate family of the dead states
man. 1t is handsomely designed and
beautiful in its modesty and simplicity.
The life of Charles Frederick Crisp was
simple to the degree that it was free
from formalities and conventionalities
and the monument that stands at the
head of his grave is intended to i'm
press that fact upon the stranger who
may be led by its ever-reminding pres
ence to recall the life and works of the
distinguished dead. The stone was
placed in position without any formal
exercises on the part of the people,
though hundreds fiocked to the grave
and watched the unyeiling with I'M
covered heads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
ENTERTAINING BREvITIES.

There are % allusions in the Bible
TO the east wind, 10 of them being Of
disparaging character.
The remarkable echo at Eagles Nest,
on the banks of the Killarney, Ireland,
repeats a bugle call 100 times, each clear
and distinct.
The island of Malta has language of
its own, derived from the Carthaginian
and Arabian tongues. The nobility of
The island speak Italian.
The number of sheep in the world is
estimated to amount to 550,000,000. OF
this number between one-dhrd and one
half are believed to be merinos.
A member of the British parliament
cannot resign. When he wishes to re
tire he accepts the stewardship of the
Chiltern hundreds, a nominal office in
The gift of the crown and paying a
salary of 20 shillings year. No mem
ber of parliament can remain in his
seat after accepting a government ap-
pointmeut other than a cabinet posi-
ton, and this fiction of the stewardship
has thus been perpetuated for at least
600 years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
ABOUT woMEN AND MUSIC.

Bach was very happy with his first
wife. and her influence in his music is
marked. Beethoven's music was in
many cases directly inspired by women.
Mozart Sphor and Weber were strong
ly Influenced in their compositions by
their wives. Mendelssohn received his
strongest influence from his sister
Fanny, whose compositions reflect the
creative mind of her brother. Wagner's
second wife eXerted marked influence
on his writings.
The number of women composers is
very small, and the generally accented
reason for this is that women lack the
rreative quality. As eNecutants lheN
develop more rapidly than men and
an interpret music readily. In spite
pl This the influence of women have eX-
rried on music history is great.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
ABOUT THE FARM AND HOME.

When cream is extremely rich it
can be whipped more easily if little
milk is added to it. 1t will also whip
more easily if it is well chilled.
When ink is spilled upon linen try
dipping the damaged material in pure
melted tallow. The hot tallow seems to
absorb the ink, and, after washing, the
stain will be found to have disap-
peared.
When the fingers are stained in peel
ing fruits, preparing green walnuts or
in similar ways, dip them in strongtea,
rubbing them we'll with a nail brush aud
afterward wash them with warm water
and the stains will disappear.
Grasses are always useful for table
decoration. In order to have them lin
stock" as it were, the heads should be
picked just before they are ripe and
dried in the shade. They will then keep
well without dropping the seeds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
TRAVELLING NURSERY.
Rnilrond Invention of Particular
Interest to Mothers.

Prize the railroad man who has in
vented the travelling nursery, all ye whi
have had journeys made hideous by
wailing babies and fretful children.
Through trains have added to their
bathrooms, libraries, smoking rooms
and the like one more Convenience
room for the babies.
The travelling nursery takes up about
as much room as private state room,
The walls are heavily padded and the
floor thiclily carpeted, so that the juve-
nile head need not indicate the miles
passed by the bumps gained. Over the
floor are fastened little stools and rock
ing chairs. At each end of the com
partment, and firmly secured, are two
cozy cots. on which the smaller chill
dren lie and watch the games of the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

older ones. Each car containing the
nursery attachment will carry a matrou
special reference to her ability 10 amuse
and care for her little charges, and she
will have AT her command supplies OF
milk, cookies and other edfbes and
drinkables dear to the infantile heart
She will also have charge of Il medicine
chest containing fu!l assortment OF
the simpler remedies for childish all
ments, \ miniature toy shop is an
other adjunct of the travelling nursery
and it will contain everything. from
baby rattles TO picture books and fairy
tales.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
THE KING OF CYCLISTS.
Wonderful Record Established by
Little Jimmy Michael.
His Mile Made In I :3G Really EcIipses
Stocks :35 30 Performance
in EngInnd-WiIl Make
Chicago His Home.

King of cyclists is little Jimmy
Michael. Most marvellous is his record.
Time itself was outstripped by the
miniature Welsh boy at Willow Grove
track, Philadelphia. Paced by a SEX
let and quad, the youngster reeled
off mile in :36 and thereby reduced
all former worlds records for the dis
tance.
1t is true that a Londoner, l. ".
Stocks, negotiated a mile at the Crystal
palace in 1:35 2-5, but he was guided
over the route by an electric motor and,
of course, his feat cannot properly be
reckoned among genuine cycling per-
formances. Should it be, Michael's deed
stands alone in America at any rate.
Cyclists have been expecting another
notch to be clipped off the mile record
and the majority of them looked to
Michael to do it. steadily the tiny for
eigner has been improving since he first
sprang into fame in Europe early last
year.
Now the question is, will Michael
prove himself a greater racer than he
is now? Is he good, rash though the
speculation may be, for 1880? Can he
do that on a circular track, and If he
can, how fast can he travel on a straight
away?
Chicago wheelmen have been talking
of little else than the Welshman's bril-
liant performances. Many of them are
bold enough 10 predict that he will re-
duce still more the record and approx
mate. if not reach, the 1880 mark.
Charlie Root, Fred Gerlach and Jim
Levey are leaders in cycledom and their
opinions favored the idea that Michael
had by no means reached his limit.
For years it has been the chief aim
OF racing cyclers to attack the mile
record. There have been all sorts of
them, records for flying and standing
starts, paced and unpaced, forward and
backward, professional and amateur,
those of the old class A and class b men,
and so on. Now, the standard mile has
generally come to be looked upon as
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

The hospital nurse leaned over the
form of the PROSTATE sufferer. Your
feet are torn and bleeding she said;
you must have had terrible journey"
1T was my wife's fault. She insist
ed'-a sudden look of anguish came
over the face of the patient-"on darn
ing those socks herself."-Demorest
MaCaZine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
FREELAND, PA, NOVEMBER /, 1897
The "Advancedv Woman.

Most women. and l am afraid a good
many men, too, imagine that book
learning is synonymou5S'ith education,
says the countess of Desart in the Ma
tioual Review. 1t never strikes them
that if it were so our bookworms would
be the great leaders of humanity. They
see games playing great part in boys
schools, and they Immediately wish
these games introduced into girls
schools. They fancy that if only the
girl could be taught as the boy is taught
she would become, in spite of her dress,
n man. This sounds q reductio ad alb
surdum, but it is not, in plain language.
to be understood of the people. the
meaning of the clamor for girls cricket
and football, for university educaUion
for girls, for the opening of all careers
and all professions to girls? Because
boys come and go alone, and it is good
for them to learn to fend for themselves,
therefore chaperons for girls should be
abolished. Because men in knicker-
bockers can travel ever so much faster
without fatigue on their bicycles than
women, therefore women should be
made to wear divided skirts, and they
will be able to go as far and as fast as
men. Could anything be more
unconnected, more illogical than
this set of propositions? Yet they
are warmly and strenuously advocated
by women who take themselves most
seriously. If you wish to realize fully
the maze in which the "adyanced" wom-
an has lost herself, take her views about
marriage. Listen to her argument that
because, according to her ideas, the
''bargain," as she will probably call it,
has been too much in favor of the bride
groom; therefore in future it should
be great deal too much in favor of
the bride. The contract on which the
sanctity of the family and the well
fare of the rising generation mainly de-
pends, she thinks, should be one to be
repudiated at will, for any caprice, any
whim. Above all, her old sphere, the
home, is far too lowly, too humble, for
anyone with the slightest talent to be
wasted ON it. 1t should be looked upon
as the last resource, the final refuge
of the poor-spirited, the mentally desti-
tute.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

"Yes, Miss Howjumes is wonderful
ly intellectual young woman, but she
has developed her brain at the expense
Of her poor little body. To me she
seems top-heavy."
"Top-heayy? Then you have never
seen her feet."-Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Jiuks-You know that fellow Crooks
we dined with the other night?
Griggs-Yes.
J.-He's the most Internal hypocrite
you ever met. | never saw such a
wrctchcd, miserable
G.-Stop, stop! I've heard all that be-
fore.
J.-Why, / never opened my mouth
about it.
G.-No, but you forget walked home
with Crooks after left you.-Brooklyn
Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

why is it, Miss Giglamps, that no
woman has ever written a grand epic
poem?"
"Principally, l think, because she has
always had to put in her time trotting
round waiting on some man."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

4 recent letter from Dawson in the
Alaska Miner says: "A funny thing oc-
CURED the other night. a fellow fell
out with his girl, and they were eating
at different tables in the restaurant.
She told the waiter she wanted two
eggs for her breakfast. He overheard
it and bought all the eggs in town, four
cases, at one dollar an egg" If that
girl should make up with that mean
fellow she would in all probability have
10 go short on eggs the balance of her
days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

"After ALL" said Mr.. Milledgeville to
Mr.. Mobile, your wife is a very hand
some woman"
"She is indeed" replied Mr., Mobile
$50 long as she doesn't let her temper
loose no one suspects hat married her
for her oney."-Louisyille Courier
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Blinks-By the way, I must intro
duce you to my friend Winks. He is
one of the best fellows in the world, a
noble fellow, glorious fellow. He's had
a great many ups and downs, Winks
has.
Jinlls-Judging from your enthus
iasm, he is now in one of his ups.-N.
Y. WeeklE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Jones-Browu--So after your divorce
you got even with your nother-in-law
that was?
Brown-Smith-Yes.
Jones-Brown-TIow?
Brown-Smith (grimiy)-Married her.
yellow Book.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

And you want to marry my daugh-
ter, do you?" said Mr.. Stockbroker
We'll, not right away, sir" said the
timid youth; but I'd like to have an
option on Youkers Statesman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Vesuvius being in eruption young
German undertook to be cremated free
by the Volcano. He placed himself close
20 the crater, in the path Of the lava,
and then shot himself through tho
head. His body was found, however,
before the lava reached il.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01
MONUMENT TO CRISP.
Simple Shaft Dedicated to the Memory
OF the Ex-Speaker.

The first monument to the memory
of the late Charles Frederick Crisp, ex-
speaker of the house of representatives
and United States senator-elect, was
erected recently in the center of the
beautiful family plot in Oak Grove ceme-
terry. Americus, Ga. 1t is one of the SIM
plest shafts that mark the resting places
OF the nations greatest men, but it is
in thorough keeping with the life of
him whose memory it commentaries.
1t is not elaborate or highly costly,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

He kicked and he swore,
He ripped and he tore:
But itdid him no coed, don't you see
His brain was quite small
Or he wouldn't at all
Have touched the wrong end of the
bee.
-rhIladelphla Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

y Pawnee Indian squaw, named An
ME Whitening, is suing for a divorce
and asking that her maiden name, An
ME Comerunning, be restored She
thinks it is better to come running than
TO go nNiug.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Father-I believe Charlie Huggem
called to see you last night?
Daughter-Nes, papa, he did.
Father-It's strange you didn't have
the lamp turned up so he couId.-Ohio
State journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Michael can soon be claimed by CHI
cago for her own. He has decided to
go to that city and make it his future
home. He is a wee bit of boy-half
inch more than five feet high. 1t is
33h inches around his chest and IT can
be expanded only 1R inches more. His
legs are 30H inches in length, his arms
II, his forearm 8H, his biceps 50. His
weight is 1O1 pounds. lie is 2l years OF
age.
The wonder was born in Wales
Credit for first finding" him is givea
to the noted English cycle trainer, {,
Warburton. Tom Eek discovered him
later and induced him to come to The
United States in the latter part yi 1896
Before that time he won big lot Of
important races, besides landing numer-
Gus records for various European coun-
tries. Among his victims on the path
were Jacquelin and Riyiere, Lesna.
Linton, Huret, Gerger, Opel, Gougoitz
and Gireny.
Michael appeared in Chicago in the
early part of October, 1896. 1t WAS
vt the dedication of the Garfield park
track, October 2. The tive-mile record
On that occasion fell TO his lot, and fer
days afterward he was feted US the
idol of Chicagoans.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Judge Giles, of Charlottesville, Fla,
voucLcs for the story that a 32-pound
canteloup2 was cut at George W..
Smiths farm, and that eight people,
eating their fill, could not make way
with half of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

The real name of Klondike, Mr.. Hest
wood states is Throunduick, and the
Indians say means plenty of fish"
while the miners transpose it to gold
fish and say it means "plenty of gold"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

that of Mchael-tlying start, paced by
cycling machines without other aid.
Seven years ago records began to be
thought of importance. This is how
they have gradually been lowered since
then.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Once in awhile you meet a queer,
old-fashioned sort of man who has
hopes of getting wealth before he dies
by working for it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

MY face is my fortune"
Your wealth is but small,
The druggists all sell 1t
For most nothing at all"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-01

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or 25c |
If c. Z. G. fail to cuIe, druggists refund money.