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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
destruction of disease Germs.

A Russian bacteriologist, who hal
made q specially of studying the in.
fuence of coffee in destroying disease
germs, is reported as having come to
the conclusion that, though coffee is
to some degree a disinfectant, the pro.
perty in question really depends mol
upon the active principle of coffee, OF
caffein, which it contains, but upon
the substances developed in the roast
ing Of the berry. It was found that
the various substitutes for coffee are
also germicides, and, like it, develop
disinfectant properties during the
roasting process. Thus . watery in
fusion of either coffee or its substitutes
was found to be capable Of killing the
germs of cholera within a few hours,
and of. typhoid fever within some.
what longer time. The conclusion
should not, however, be drawn from
these statements that either coffee OF
its substitutes are to be considered Of
value on account of their slight an.
tiseptic properties, as too long time
is required for the destruction of germs
by them New York Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
CHAPTER TX.
MY LApY's STORY.

have borne my sorrow patiently these
many years, but time has not brought
deliverance. Still we are sundei ed, my
lord and /. He lives brooding hermit
in his English castle; l pine here in this
Northern islet, hidden from the world
and he has not looked upon my face
since that bitter day when he drove me
out of his life, because two villains lied
away my honor.
The wild winds moan around ~ lvae,y
tower-the breakers roar at its feeG
mourn and pray throughout the long.
resounding nights, fever burning for
ever in my veins.
Oh, tor deliyerancel On, for deliver
ANGEL
But not till these two confess that
they have lied will my lord take me back
to his heart; and who will wiring con-
fession from them? Who will be my
champion, to set me free from the shame
that is killing me?
Shall 1 cheat the maddening hours by
setting down my miserable story, to be
read when / am gone by my love, who
may Judge me less harshly then? Surely
the truth will prevail, Ii he hears 1t, rs
it were, from dead Engelonde's grave.
At least let me wander while among
the membranes OF that gracious time
when we were together, loving and trust
ing each other, before the fatal shadow
of doubt fell between us.
Engelonde Chal!oner, tho daughter of
an American Senator. married at eight
cen Lord Inchcape, who was forty. He
was my first and Is my only love; no
other passion has ever touched me. /
went to him with all the treasures Of
freshest girlhood untasted but by him
self.
1t was himself / loyed--his noble
heart, his proud integrity; gloried in
his rank and power because they were
par Of himself. Even tho disparity in
oar ages seemed to me fascinating, be-
cause it set him on throne at the foot
of which could worship him.
He transplanted me into q brilliant
circle, he called around us troop OF
friends. and Inchcape Posse became the
scene OF continuous festivity, over which
he loved to see me reign.
had two friends, who soon won MY
tandArest love: my tayorlte was gentle
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
Ousenof The Seas.

Mrs. John Strachan has proved that
she can navigate vessel. In Sydney,
Australia, she is known as "Queen Of
the Seas" for the skill with which she
brought her husbands vessel into
port when he and all the crew were
laid low with virulent fever. But
despite her honorary title, Mrs.
Strachan may not win tho less ford,
more practical one Of Second Officer. /"
She has applied for permission to
take the examination for a mates
license, but it was refused her, al
though it is acknowledged that she
knows more about sesmanship than
three-fourths OF the candidates. whe
are allowed to obtain licenses.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
A Girls Composition on Bows

Boys is men that have got as big as
their papas, and girls is young women
that will be young ladies by-and-by.
Man was made before woman. When
God looked at Adam he said to him
self: well, guess / can do better
than that if l try again." and then
ne made Eve. God liked Eve Sc
much better than he did Adam that
there has been more women than
men in the world ever since. Boys
are trouble. They are very wear
ing on everything but soap. II
could have my way, half the boys in
tbs world would be little girls and
the other half dolls. My papa is SO
Mica 10 me that guess he must have
been girl when lie was little boy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
Good and Cheap Roads.

The interesting fact was reported by
Abbeville that with road machines and
convict labor the cost of improving the
reads, even in that billy and clayey
county, was only from IS to S. per
mile. Darlington, which employs like
machines and labor, reported the cost
Of the convict force last year at twenty
ave cents day per convict, and only
fifteen cents this year. On the basis
Of s'cost" exhibited in these counties it
ought to be practicable certainly for
any county to make good roads that
wants them. Anderson paid for its
machines" which are operated by
convict labor. by means of ga I mill
levy" with sandy soil; operates 90 road
machine" with convict labor and has
found the system satisfactory" The
sold system" still obtains in Chester
County, where sthe soil is red and the
county hilly," but systematic work
with the chain gangs has made the
roads 'smuch BETTER" and the value Of
property, it is said, has been zen
HANGED by virtue of these improve
ments." Darlington makes a special
report, which is of great interest. The
sandy roads i'll that county have been
improved" by the plan of spreading
layer of clay on their surface. A
layer of 'ssix inches in depth" has
made a "6rm, hard roadway" where
there was q soft, sandy one before,
which, when properly drained, has
given satisfaction. charleston News
and Courier.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26

lish new enterprises; to increase the
value of every acre Of good land; to
set the debtor free by enabling him to
pay his debts; to aid the growth OF
moral and religious sentiment in the
rural districts by making smooth the
road to church, and to confer upon
future generations the great boon OF
general education by removing the
chief obstacles to attendance at school
bad roads and poverty, are the aims
of the Florida Good Roads Associa-
ton.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26

Most Tremendous Canon in tho World.
1t is abruptly countersunk in the
forest plateau, so that you see nothing
of it until you are suddenly stopped
on its brink, with its unreasonable
wealth Of divinely- colored and sculp-
tured buildings before you and be.
meath you. No matter how far you
may have wandered hitherto, or how
many famous gorges and valleys you
have seen, this one, the Grand Canon
of the Colorado, will seem as novel to
you, as unearthly in the color and
grandeur and quantity of its architec.
ture, as if you had found it after death
on some other star; 80 incomparably
lovely and grand and supreme is il
above all the other delightful canons
in our fre-moulded, earthquake
shaken, rain-washed, wave-washed.
river and glacier -sculptured world.
It is about six thousand feet deep
where you first see it, and from rim
to rim ten to fifteen miles wide. And
instead of being dependentfor interest
on waterfalls, depth, wall sculpture
and beauty of park-like floor, like most
other great canons, no waterfalls are
in sight, and no appreciable floor space.
The big river has just room enough to
flow and roar obscurely, here and
there cropping its way as best it can
like a weary, murmuring, overladen
traveller trying to escape from the
tremendous bewildering labyrinthie
abyss, while its roar serves only to
mellow and deepen the silence. In.
stead Of being filed only with air, the
vast space between the walls is crowd.
ed with Natures grandest buildings
sublime city of them painted in
every color OF the rainbow and adorned
with richly-fretted cornice and battle
ment spire and tower in endless vari-
ETY. of style and architecture. Every
architectural invention of man has
been anticipated and far more in this
grandest of Gods terrestrial cities.-
John Muir, in the Atlantic.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26

Some Of the best roads in Tennessee
are claimed by Hamilton County.
They are SO we'll appreciated by all
classes that the Chattanooga News says
s'there is a growing tendency among
the farmers along our good roads to
buy wheels, and this season finds hun
dreds of them that used to have to
hitch up their teams and take from two
to five hours for a trip to town now
come in on their wheel and are back
home in less time than it used to take
them to make the trip one way. Thus
the old world do move, and the farm
ers are not the least among the pro-
gressive of their brethren"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
For Road surfscing,

Here is a scheme for providing
crushed stone ready at hand for sur
facing country roads. In many Sec
tions Of the Middle and Eastern
States old tottering stone walls flank
the highway on either side. Owners
would generally be glad to get rid OF
these old walls. Let traction engine
propel the crusher along the road and
furnish power to do the crushing, the
old walls to provide the material,
which is thus left exactly where it is
needed without the necessity of twice
handling. New England Homestead.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
CHATTER VIII.

@ALAs! HAVE A Kiv1L!"
i Was it true that the dashing Scotch
belle, Merrion Rae, had fallen in love
with young Auberon Crecy?
The ancient sibyl Carisbrooke said so,
but then she said many foolish things,
and saw twice as far through mill
stone as other people.
When Accrington returns to the more
immediate scene Of gayety, he finds q
dance on the grass in progression, the
music hidden behind tai leafy screen.
and fowery banks bounding the ball
room There was Merton Rae tripping
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26

AN exchanyy has en article on aWhy
Bees Make Hsnes ?'-.rhey iaa4e it to
sell.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Pa'ace Sleepers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct connec.
tions with .irst-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. 81. HANSON. Gen. Pas. Agt.,
Chicago.
Jxo. A. Soorr. D. P. A.. Memphis.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-03-26
Comprehensive Aims IN Florfda.

To benefit morally, mentally and
materially every resident Of the State;
70 encourage immigration; to estab-
The National tribune., 1898-03-24
Some Long Boards.


Perhaps the best-known beard in the
United States is that of ex Senator PETER,
of Kansas, which was said to measure
three feet long, but there are many which
exceed that in size. The museums fire.
quently contain men five feet and over
whose teards sweep the floor when they
stand up, but perhaps the longest OF all is
that of Legrand Larow, of Lamar, Mo-, which
is said to exceed any other in the world.
1t is seven feet in length, and has measured
seven and One-half feet. Mr.. Larow was
born in Tompkins County, N. Y, in 1852,
and his relatives are noted for heavy
boards, but not extraordinary length. He
is six feet in hight and weighs rs pounds
When standing with his beard down it ex-
tends two feet upon the floor. He has not
shaved for over 20 years. In the year 1877
Mr. Iarow came West, and was a farmer
and stock-raiser for many years. He wears
his beard braided and wound around his
body, or else wrapped and lodged inside his
vest.
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deer to Alaska, and they will be used for the
colonization of the southeastern part of the
Territory, the far western portions of which
have already been stocked from Siberia.
The herd will he divided in two portions,
one half Of which will he put upon the
Dalton trail during the Summer, and the
other will be sent to Prince W liam S
Sound, where the herd will he establ she'd
Tor the benefit OF the natives OF that
region, who will be taught how to use the
animals.
1t is rather fortunate for Alaska that the
useless scare about an impending famine
at Dawson City occurred last Fall, because
through it the Government was Spurred to
Extra exertions and the importation OF the
Lapand reindeer to reinforce the Siberian
stock is the result. Those who are in
position to know most about the importa-
ton of the domestic reindeer in Alaska
are strongly of the opinion that the sue
cess of the plan has already been demon
strated and that the Alaskans will find
this animal OF the same economic value
that it possesses in Lapland, where it is
the universal source OF wealth OF the
people.
ROUTES To THE KLONDIKE.
There is no question that the vast ma iority
of those who have gone in through south
eastern Alaska by the headwaters Of the
Yukon have gone by the ChilcoOt Pass via
Dyea. This point was made by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury last Fail sub-statiOn
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the Badger State Senator Cameron, the
arge-hearted, reliable, happy going Isaac
W. Van Schaick, l.. b. Caswell r. NJ. La
Toilette, w. A. Haugen. Q. S. Clifford and
John Lind take us farther on over the
broad expanse of country. With William
III. Wade, of Missouri, as patron saint, their
burdens are lightened and life brings some
cheer, even to a Congressman.
Into this peaceful household once walked
the spirit and the embodiment of the Primo e
of Evil, Charles Guiteau. He gained ac-
cess to the house by low cunning which
was ultimately proven to be the ground
work of his nature and the demon respon-
sible for all of his diabolical acts.
In abiding to this it brings forward one
of the most tragic incidents connected
with American history, that of the assas-
sination of President James A. Garfield.
The assassin pTofeSSed intimacy with
the PreSident-elect and James O.. Blaine,
and desired to make the acquaintance of
John a. Logan and other prominent men
for their official assistance. In this he
show ed the vagaries of craZed brain.
His stay was short but long enough to
make a very unfavOrabie impression on
many of the household, and long enough to
bring some of them as witnesses at court
in one of the most exciting trials on record.
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From Sheep Camp the trail is not very
steep for about four miles, when the precip-
ltous part stretching up 70 the Summit
is reached. Once over the Summit, the
Ch1icoOt route is comparatively easy, for it
is doWn-grade, a distance of nine miles to
Lake Linderman, thence there is ordinarily
not much trouble, except at the great
rapids lower down the river which are COM
mon to the various trails.
There is another route, called the White
Pass, for which start is made from Skag-
way, which is only about four miles from
Dyea. 1t is better protected from the wind
than Dyea.
1t is from this place that most of the stories
have come of starving and freezing from the
adventurous who have sought to fight their
Wav through to the klondike during the Win
ter. There is nowharf here although one Will
be completed during the coming Summer,
and it Is said that the facilities for the land
ing OF freight and passengers will be greatly
improved.
he White Pass is 1 eco feet less in hight
than the ChilcoOt Pass, but other diSadvan-
ta9eS OF approach and greater distances
have made it less frequented by the natives
and by the early immigrants than the for
mer. The goid-hunters were brought into a
great deal OF trouble in connection with
this route during the past Winter, because
early IN the season. and before snow fell,
it was considered more attractive to them
than the Chilcoot, owing to its not being so
high up. 1t was soon cut up by heavy
travelling, SO that with the coming of Winter
snow storms it speedily became impracti
cable, and the result was the congestion
there of thousands of storm-bound pas
sengers, who were unable to proceed and
were kept there without adequate shelter,
and not inirequently even insufficient food
supplies. Reports of violent deaths and
loss of life in this region have frequently
found place in the columns of the press
through stories brought back to points in
the United States by returning steamers.
A survey OF the distances as reported by
the surveyors OF this route is very Signfi-
cant. In fact, the distances are so trifiing
that they demonstrate clearly the horrors
OF the road when weeks are sometimes
consumed and loss of life sustained in
covering such insignificant reaches.
For example, it was reported that from
Skagway to the first crossing of the river is
only one and half miles, thence to the
end OF the road three and half miles, TO
the small lake five miles, to Porcupine
Creek seven and a half miles, to the second
crossing OF the river II IL miles, to the
third crossing of the river - IL miles, to
the fourth crossing II II miles, to the
fifth crossing II IL miles. to the Summit
10 miles, to the Meadows rs miles and to
Lake Bennett AZ miles. At this point the
White Pass routes and ChilcOOt Pass routes
come together. The altitude at the Sum-
NIT by this route is only 2 500 feet
TO be continual
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WHERE GREAT MEN GATHERED.

The Strathmo1e Arms-Known as the
Home of Congressman and Their
Families-Men Whose Names Are
Graved on the Pages OF History Have
Found An bding Place There-A Word
About Thomas Il. Reed and William e.
Mason.
Many noted people have gathered at the
Strathmore Arms. Hardly a State but at
some time had representative men and
women in il as guests.
The North and the South, the East and
The West here cOngregated year after wear.
Party and sectional lines have not been
known.
Here lived the families of ex Vice Presi-
dent Wheeler, Senator EdmUnds. JUDGE
Harlan OF the Supreme Court. Senator
John j. Ingalls, who always brought with
him the atmosphere Of Essex Hills which
ne first breathed; the same that has given
Ia tie Republic Rufus Choatc, JUDGE
Story, Caleb Cushing, and many other
great men.
ne able James II. Blount of Georgia
the courteous, dignificd Senator Of South
Carolina, NJ. {. Butler; the representative
Virginia gentlemen, statesman and scholar
Charles i. O 'Fcuall, here broke bread: and
we gather the lesson, as these men come
and go, that there is a. brotherhood reach
ing above and Ieyond the strife Of private
rights Or public gain that viii live when
State and country are no more.
The Hon. Charles ID. Earwell, before he
was raised 10 the dignity OF United States
Senator, was domiciled in this house; and
Maine sent her quota in the personnel OF
Senator Frye and Tom Reed, two well
known men in the affairs OF State. and
WHO To the country are treasures in many
ways. II they do not know everybody
every body knows them by reputation. no
picture, il is said, does Tom Reed Justice.
He Is a splendidly developed man in brain
and muse &c; he has a large, round head
partly covered with thin, fine growth of
SOFT brown hair, a short neck ard n face
round as the moon; he has pair Of twink
Ing humorous brown eyes which. when
he laughs, lie III Gesby ambuscade.
As OHIO never allows any niche " 90
untitled without tiIe representative Ohioan
so the house has had Hon. Ezra b. TAYLOR
John n Rich and Silver Bili" Warner.
As we go on towards The sunset we find
Senator McDill, of Iowa, and cx-Gov. Car
penter as member OF Congress; and from
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unfavorable surroundings on account OF
absence OF wharves, and extensive mud
aats, which necessitate approaching il by
lighters, the shallowneSs OF water not per-
hitting the approach of vessels of deep draft.
The Indian carriers have always pre-
ferred this pass in preference to any other.
because, although somewhat higher the
route was shorter. The white men have
naturally followed the lead of the Indians
in accepting the trails which they con-
sidered the most feasible.
The pass is not very difficult in good
weather except for about one-fiith of a mile
at the Summit, where the altitude is about
800 feet above the sea. There has been n
great deal of talk about building a railroad
across this pass, and the chances seem To-
be that it will he done and will be put in
operation during the coming season.
When the river is free from ice there is
canoe navigation for some six miles up the
river to the mouth of Dyca Canyon, and
when this watercourSe is covered with ice
and snow there is good shedding over il to
the same point and up to Sheep Camp, a
distance of five miles, the grade to which
point is not very heavy.