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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
chu.pwcl.ers at Home.

Hamlin Garland contributes an In
teresting article to the Ladies' Home
Journal on the homes and home lite :
of the Pueblo Dwelling Indians tCiih-
DweiIers OF the SOUTHWEST whom be
designates as "The Most Mysterious
People in America. 1t took fearoi
man to set these villages on these
heights, !" he writes. "As / approached
Waipi / could hardly believe anything
living was upon it. The houses,
massive, dirt colored, fiat and square
a. rocks, secreted themselves upon tho
cliff. like turtles. The first evidence
Of life was a small field OF corn set
deem in the wash or dry river bed.
Then an old man watching it-seated
beneath shade of pinon houghH. The
/ some peach trees knee deep in sand
Then some red roof houses built BY the
1 Government. By this time ! could
see tiny figures moving about on the
high lodges and on the roofs OF the
houses. Up the trail man on Durr0
was driving flock of sheep and goats
He wore light cotton trousers and
calico shirt. His legs were bare, ane
on his head was straw hat. Farther
up the trail some old women were toll
ing with huge bottles of water slune
on their backs From the moment
entered that trail was deep IN tn'
elemental past. Here was life reduces
TO it's simplest form. Houses OF heav.
walls. with interiors like cellars Q
caves. act for defense upon q clifl
Here we're fat roofs, thick, to kee
: ont the sun and to make dooryar
: for the next tier of houses above
Here were nude children with tangle
hair, wild as colts and fleet as autt
lopes, dancing on crags as high :
: church spires. Here were dogs 1ul
4 one remove from wolves-solemn dog
4 able to climb a ladder. Here We
T men and women seated upon the fio'
J and eating from plaques OF willow 81
d bowls of clay oil their own shaping 81
q burning"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
Novel Test Of Pure Air.

A novel method for the detection OF
the admixture OF one gas with another
has lately been described. 1t depends
nnon the fact that when air, OF the
same composition and temperature.
ia blown into similar pipes, such as
organ pipes. they produce the sam 9
note, bat if one of the two feed-pipes
be fed with air containing even a
small proportion Of gas of different
density it gets out OF tune and beats
are produced. the number OF beats
being proportional to the amount o.
the foreign gas in the mixture. 1t Il
claimed that by this method the pres
encs Of marsh gas in a mine con DC
detected, and that it can be employees
for acousticallY determining the
amount OF carbonic acid IN furnace
gaees.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
Ride In a Cowcatcher.

The man who rode in cowcatcher
bids fair to become a hero among the
knights of the road, as well as . mar
vel to railroad men. His name Is
William Errixson and his years are
twenty-twenty years as repiete with
adventure as chapter out OF a dime
novel. Beating his way over NM
dreds of miles of territory has become
second nature to him and trip on
brakebeam a positive luxury.
But wherein William Errlxs'n mas
,ranscends cd all the feats of the migrat-
inc nobo q that he was the first and
onlv individual. of his kind to conceive
and ex .cute thu audacious project OF
90 ring himself within cowcatcher ana
heating ride in that perilous and
essentially melodramatic situation. IL
WAS thus that he travelled from WINNIE
m,,cca to Wadsworth. He had to be
careful in selecting his locomotive to
find one that had no forward steam
exhaust. A locomotive exhaustin9
steam toward the cowcatcher would
have literally cooked him alive. LIE
has some knowledge OF locomotives,
and 40 was able to pick out one witt
oniy side exhausts. Inside OF the COW
catcher there is only small space
J and he found it necessary to cit upol
|. timbers which are used for braces fo
the frame of the cowcatcher. The'
he was in half recnmbent position
his hands clutched around the COW
catcher bars, while the train was run
ming fast. Beng ahead OF the driver
and the machinery. he was lolted tel
J riically by what is technically know
= az the ssfalI" of the locomotive. The.al
! was intensely hot and tho smell OF u
= !. oil and other odors from the iocom'
i tive was Stirling. The distance betwee
q Winnemucca and Wadsworth is obi
t thirty-six miles. but there are elei
q stops. and it seemed an ege OF sufferin
to Errixson before he reached piaf
N There he could climb down and o'
20 from his perch. He climbed und
"a the cowcatcher in the pit OF the roun
10 house and got out in Wadsworth. u
L back was wrenched, his arms SCENE
er ready to fall from their sockets, o.
We b,s eyes were bloodshot. he sta
oerei from the train undetected o.
r fell half exhausted .in the sage brus
- where he slept several hours, awahl
ny with terrible start from q dream
al which he was once more speeding os
on the alkaline wastes, with the machine
y, of the locomotive pounding terriica
at met hack -of him. San Francis
." Chronicle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
Lausha5le Use of "Again. "

The little word "again" once threw
q large assembly into fits of laughter.
Il was at public meeting IN New
York. One OF the speakers, Rev. Mr;
r., had the misfortune, when ne tried
to take seat, to miss his chair and
come down at full length on the plat
form. The accident occssioned not a
little subdued mirth. When ct iast
IL came his turn to speak. the presid-
inc officer introduced him IN these
words: "The Rev. Mr. Il. will again
take the floor" The reverend gentie'
man never met with SO enthusiastic
reception as greeted this announce
ment. -Argonaut.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
SCIENTIFIC AND INDusrRIAL
Mexico has 130-ton locomotive.
Gas engines propel Dresden cars.

Mexico has 15U-t0n locoinopisSs
Gas engines propel Dresden cars.
Around Puget Sound the region Is
exceedingly rich and promising m It's
marine and animal life.
A nail making machine produces as
many nails in given time as wero
formerly made by 1000 men.
A fossilized tooth of some extinct
species of animal recently found ID
Cedar County. Nebraska, weighs l4s
pounds.
Furniture made of compressed paper
is being manufactured. 1t possesses
the advantages of lightness. and can
be nodded into any desired shape.
A company has been formed to lag
a pipe line from the Indiana oil fields
TO Chicago. The distance Is ITO
miles, and six-inch pipe is to pc
used.
A great finl OF platinum is reported
from Pit6eld. New South Wales. Inc
mine IS mile long aud from sixty to
/ 100 feet wide, and the ore yields
ssventy-five per cent: OF platinum.
That newest thing, the roller steam
er upon which III. Bszin proposes to
wheel himself across the channel next
month, is not, it seems new at all IN
/ 1880 Captain Bagot patented q YES
sell essentially identical to the Ernest
! Bazin. and year or two inter one
similar In idea was said to be building
On the Hudson.
The stopping capacity Of the bullet
fred from the new English army riiie
/ is rather indefinite. Whenever the
rifle has been used against savage
foe il has seemed singularlY ineifec'
! tual. II the bullet happens to strike
a vital spot-the victim is dead beyone
recall, but if not the bullet Is OF nc
more injury than charge from pop
gun.
An.Italian physician has been max
ing interesting experiments as to tn
effect of fatigue on the nervous sys
tenn. Twenty-fonr bicycle riders. wn
,, had ridden thirty-two miles IN W.
hours and quarter, were examine
; as to their hearing and in every II
stance were found to be~eiectiVe
After couple of hours rest tnel
) hearing became normal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
In A HUNDRED YEARS.

Mayhap this life does not please;
Eut yield not to the sulks, or the biueei
For on this ancient mundane sphsrs
Who has things he would choosef
Misfortune will o'ertake thee;
Yet min not jeers. nor sneer5-
What difference can this make to thee
In century c. years!
Abandon many pet projects;
For sooner or later, they'll fail,
Then upon others place not blame,
Nor at thy mishaps raili
'Gainst adverse fa.e brayely battle,
Meier envyins prosperous peers;
Success would make slight difference
With thee in hundred years!
3 set by divers temptations,
Thy living failure oft sesmsj
But in lamentng waste no time.
Nor spent it 10 selfish schemes.
Go aid thy fallen wretched brother,
Assuaging his sorrow aud tears,
With him, aud thee vast difference
Twill make In hundrel years.
Fanny L. Fancher. in New YORK observer
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
The Abb Office.

A new Partisan institution, which IS
nretty sure to be copied in all civilized
countries. is an alihi Office. The con
Germ undertakes to post letters iof
customers from any point Of the world
and render other little services teno.
inc 20 Indicate the clients presence az
: certain point while he is otherwise
engaged elsewhere.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
Cauyht a Doe In tho River.

The story is told inths Seattle
.fWash.l Post Intelligencer by w. q.
Morris. an eye witness, rs follows:
..Judge Humes and myself took
trip Saturday afternoon to Green xiv
er in the vicinity of Palmer for days
fishing. We camped near the river
that night. about three and half
miles east OF Palmer. The nextmorn-
ing we started in fishing and had great
luck, successfully landing 175. Along
in the afternoon / was fishing in sort
of canyon where the water was fifteen
or twenty-five feet deep. Below me
on a.sort OF spit was the Judge, his
homely dog sitting at his side. sud-
| denly their was q noise in the bushes
above the bank above the Judge and
q pretty doe appeared on the bank Of
the river. The dog jumped Tor the
doe and the doe took to the water.
/ The dog followed and. in moment,
was on the does back and had her oy
the ear. The doe diyed to get rid Of
the dog and was successful
.As de. came up the Judge fred q
stone M her but missed. The next
! time be was succussful, the missile
/ striking the animal in the eye and
stunning it. Fearing that the body
would sink, the Judge plunged boldly
into the water, clothes, boots and ha'
on. and with one arm swan to ths
animal which he grappled and held
With his hunting-knife he cut tn
doe's throat and then swan nshor
where several loggers had gathered
One OF them who lad revolvel
!. claimed the deer Oh the ground tina
t be had Jumped it. The Judge sal
3 init, and held the fort. Afterwards
! however, he made all of us . presen
:. of meat y
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
Immeuse Pearl Pisheries.

The pearl shell fisheries OF the Mer.
euian archipelago, in the Government
OF Burma, comprise 11,00O square
milee. The gathering Of pearl shell u
the chief industry, though, OF course
pearls are also found. The banss are
rented from the Government. ana
rights to fish snb, It Oh $ royalty. -
Philadelphia Ledge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02
TIE GOOD.F0R- N0THlNG.

ROM the shores of
Lake Winnipeg to
the Rocky Noun
talns. from the Co.
teau of the Missouri
to the North Sas-
lSatchawan, in every
camp and cabin, the
name of Louis La.
chance was fraught
with pleasant men
Dries to the many.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02

There are five women on the BROOK
Ivn IN. w Board of Education. VI
the three who lad lett the city dor the
summer. one traveledfrom New Hamp-
shire, another from the vicinity OK
BOSTON aud the third $50 miles TO as-
tend the July meeting OF the board'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02

lie was SICK. LIS OouOS "AS
with pain, his head splitting, his eyes
burning, his throat parched, his step
heavy and uncertain, but no matter
he would make the attempts. Inc
woman dissuaded him.
".5tay, my brother. 1t is not IN tneo
to do what thou wouldst. The DAD
sickness is upon thee, even now, ana
before thou hast ridden far, the bind
ness will come, and who then will lead
thee to thy people? Stay, I will care
for thee when thy strength leaves thee,
and when it returns, We Will go TO-
cether and warn the hunters.
He would listen to neither argument
nor appeal; his resolve was taken and
he would carry it out or die. so ne
mounted his horse and set his lace
southwark. HIS thought was to head
off the brigade on the trail which he
felt sure they were following, and post
up warning that they would be sure
to find. If he could only succeed.
what would the rest matter. He had
lived too long. The day OF his dis
grace should have been his last, but
ii he plished his present pur-
nose. and saved his dear little child
friends and thenSgood mothers, and
Marie-his MarE-his life had been
we'll expended. Weak aud pest-strick-
en- as he was, he urged his horses Tor
ward, taking no heed of time, unless
to curse the tagging moments when
he was forced to stay his race with
death to rest and feed his trusty bron'
cho. He dared not sleep. When not
in the saddle, he forced mis- trembling
limbs to bear him to and fro, to ane
fro-a weary picket repelling the ad
, vance of ambush of death.
How long and how far he rode he
knew not. The horse, logged and
, forced to the limit of endurance, fal
tered in his stride and gave signs o
collapse, as one morning at sunrise
= he toiled YEARLY to the summit OF
: little hill that overlooked the Woo
a Mountain trail. The poor brut
I stopped on the hilltop and uttered
v loud neigh that reused his maste
j from the stupor into which ne ha
q fallep. An answering neigh came u
Il from the valley, and raising hlmsel
e painfully upright Louis saw, throug
q blood-red mist, two mounted me
3. approaching rapidly-the adVanc
}. guard of the brigade.
n "Ho. no they hailed as they can
" nearer. "Bu., holy name. it's Louis
.e Ho. no, boy, what are you doir
|. there?"
aston !" he shrieked, stop for yo'
\. lives! The pest-the smallpox
o everywhere on the plains 70 I'll
n campl Back! To the sestlemen
Il Tell Mar" His voice died away
as moan, and hs fell from his saddl
Is inert and lifeless. The horse, ire
is from his weight. made an attempt
ne ;oin his fellows, but the hunters SD
err him dead and rode away toward can
lis es il pursued by demons, shouting t
ce warning as they went, "fhe smo
re-. box! Tho smallpox !"
" "Goa be praised. The fever
bis left him !; he will live. :,
The words, spoken in low, famii
ide voice, greeted Louis's ears, rou,
no. from inconsistencies, as 1t seemed
on him, blythe pressure OF soft' G
,ps hand on his forehead. He openes
no ewes YEARLY, end they rested on
ar. kindly face of Pere Lachaise, smli
ave down into them, and beside it anot
os face. beamins with love and newo
p. lrar;o,s Maseav'a MapaZ
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02

The custom house OF A1comoras
Ie. 600 feet above the sea, Is the high
est inhabited place in Peru.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-02

Catching big shark
aoa a recent trim" said PittsDufs
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
4 Fast Run With the Empire.

''We're twenty hree minutes late, ]"
said Conductor johnson, of the Empire
State Expr SIS, to Engineer Edgerton,
as they left Syracuse. "B t you the
cigars YOU can't make up ten IN nutes
between here and Buffalo, Engineer
Edgerton shouted back with an a"cep-
lance and opened the throttle. Exac-
tie 40 miles lay between him ana
Buffalo, and the schedule time had
been cut rep atedly so as to make it IS
fast as consistent with safety. The
delay had occurred on the Albany
division. When the express rushed
into X )chester nine of the ten minutes
had been saved. Conductor johnson
WAS on a long shot.
The train God two minutes in the
Ro hester depot ard plunged ahead,
bat ering re cords as it went. 1t was
2:24 o'clock when it left Syracuse. 1t
reached Buffalo at 4:41, two mlnutf S
late. Engineer Edgerton had picked
up twenty one minutes, running l49
miles il 143 minute, inc uding stops
and slow-up at eros sings and for wat-r,
thus creating Il worlds record for the
run of regular train with compile
| ment of coaches. No one held watch
on the miles as the posts fitted by rr
| Engineer Ede erton might have other
records to his credit. He says that at
no time did he regard the speed OF
| the train to be dangerous.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

AMONG the tributes paid to queen
Victoria during the jubilee was one by
the British Medical journal. which
seems to have been overlooked by
Ameri can correspondents. The
Medical journal recalled the fact that
chloroform was administered to the
queen on the occasion of the birth of the
late duke of Albany and of Princess
Henry of Battenberg. and adds "More
than ordinary courage aud more than
ordinary enlightenment were needed tC
submit To be put to sleep with chlOro-
form at the time when the use OF 1t was
condemned by the divInes as a violation
of the law of God"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

The speech Of the Japanese premier
in which he explains the reasons why
j apan ought to adopt the gold standa I'd
has Just been published in the reports
of the state department and in senate
document. 1t shows that the same rea-
sons which led the voters of the United
States to reject free coinage last year
operated to lead the statesmen of this
Yankee ration of the Orient to discard
the falling silver standard and adopt
gold as their standard of currency.
This action is source of the keenest
distress to the silver mine owners OF
the Urited States and tn cir allies, since
they had constantly pointed to Japan
as the most prosperous silver standard
country of the world, and all their eff
forts tc ''explain" this action are rem
dered unsuccessful by the stubborn fact
that such action has been taken, and
tn at, too, after the most careful and
lengthy considera ton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
An Attractive Woman.

If a woman is not attractive, there Is
something wrong. Any woman con be
attractive if she will make the effort.
1t isn't altogether a question of beauty.
It's largely d matter of health. The
bloom and glow of health go far to-
ward bringing beauty. a clear skin,
bright ewes. red lips and the vivacity
which bodily good feeling brings. will
make even Il hOmely woman handsome.
Half of the women one meets are
semi-invalids. Failure to heed the
warnings of outraged nature-failure
to give the help needed by the most de-
licate and sensitive Organs-little trou-
b es Ignored until they have become
dominaut-these things bring about
the sunken, circled eyes. the hollow
cheeks, the pale and sallow skin, the
habby, siren thless flesh, which
characterize the appearance of the wo-
man who suffers from ''female weak
ness
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
h as cured thousands of suffering wo-
men. 1t is perfected specific for the
ca es the disease, stops the dragging,
ra -ional, natural way, builds up the
wasted strength. 1t will bring buoy
ant health. 1t will put roses into pale
faces-solid fish in sunken places. 1t
does away with the humiliating eXam-
nations and local treatment" so
much dreaded by modestly sensitive
women. For thirty years, it has been
successfully prescrib ID, by DR.. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the In
valids' hotel and Surgical institute at
Buffalo n. Y.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

LEADING Presbyterian clergymen
and Jayne of Georgia have issued a
call for general conference of south
ern Presbyterians, to be held at ToccOa,
Ca, on the 1lth of next month, to con-
slider the subject of the second coming
of Christ and the end of the world.
The cali does not indicate any desire
on the part of the divires signing it to
have the question of Christ's second
coming decided by research and inves-
tigation of the Bible passages bearing
upon the subject, but rather it seems
to be their purpose to get together on
the high peak of Mount Toccoa and
pray for revelation on the subject
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

THE Improvement in business con-
ditiops is noticeable in the reduction
in failures and the reduction in liabili-
ties among those who are still classed
in that unfortunate list. Dams review
for July 10 indicates that the number
of failures of manufacturers for June,
1897, were but 23S as against 2s4 for
June, 1896, and that their liabilities
were Sc, 800, 0lO as against IS, 2O9 9S4 for
June, 1896, and against Sl2, 156, 4cS for
June, 1895. The general list OF COM
mercial failures. including traders,
brokers, and transporters, was con-
siderably less in rumber than in June
of last year and the liabilities were
also less.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
Is 1t Hot Enough For You

To take a vacation, inc uding trip to
the lakes or mountains: The Great
Rock Island Route" Will do its part,
and offers cheap rstes and first-class
service, both to the cool resorts in
Colorado, or the beautiful lake regions
of Mime sofa and Wisconsin.
The Rock Island Route service is
the very best-solid vesiibu trains
daily to Cnicago-Pullman sieepers
and free reclining chair cars on all
trains.
Write to undersigned for descriptive
books. maps and folders.
j. G. MCCABE, G. P. a.,
c., r. l. 81 T. Ky, Fort Worth, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
THE silver orators will be u

The silver orators will be material
ly embarrassed in the coming state
campaigns by recent publication
which shows that the silver coinage OF
the world has much more than doubled
since 1873, the total now being more
than $4,000, 100000. The publication
in question is made by the New York
Journal of Commerce, which is d very
conservative and accurate public alton,
and shows that the total addition to
the worlds stock of silver money since
1873 is 81, 1913, 900, 900, of which S2,I24,-
OOO,O is full legal-tender silver.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

In kemper county, Miss, conspira-
cy TO beat life assurances companies has
been discovered, and il is believed 5
ramitcatlons are extensive. Examining
physicians and others have had lnvaliGs
Insured that were on the verge OF the
grave, and ,hIrty of whom have died,
while twelve others have been poison
cd and the ife OF fifteen more attempt
ed. The beneficiary conspirators have
already divided up $4,000 and have
Sl5, OU0 left in the general fund.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

The local school board of Dunbar
Pa, must be made up of women-ha
or PuriGans of the witch age. L,
has passed resolution requestiu tina,
ANY woman school teacher who shall
accept the attentions OF an admirer to
incontinently resign her position y
the idea. Any young woman who
would not accept the attentions of b
suitable admirer should not be trusted
with the training of children.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23
What it Means.

When we advertise that we will guar
antee DR.. Kings New Discovery, Elec
trio Bittets, Bucklen's Arnca Salve,
or DR.. Kings New Life Pill, it means
that we are authorized By the prop
rje!Ors to sell these remedies on a
positive guarantee, that if purchaser is
not satisfied with results, we will re-
fund the purchase price. These meG i
Cines have been sod on this guarantee
for many years and there could be no
more conclusive evidence Of their great
merit. Ask about them and give them
IA trial. Sold at w. a. Irwin q Cos
Wholesale 81 Retail drug store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-23

THOMAS b. TURLEY, the newly ap-
pointed United States senator from
tennessee, was born in Memphis,
where he still lives. He is % Years old,
is lawyer by profession, and was d
private soldier in the Cont eds ia tie
army, was wounded at Shiloh ana again
in front of Atlanta, and Was captured at
the patlle OF Nashville and confined at
Camp Chase in Ohio. He is FREE
traueraud a free silver democrat.