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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Cost or Trolley Power.

A table taken from the annual REL
ports of the railroad commissioners Of
New York and Massachusetts for near
" all of the street railway properties
shows the cost of the electric power re.
quired to run a car one mile, under av.
erage conditions of load, etc. The table
gives the number of cars owned. the
car mileage per year and the cost Of the
electric power per mile and per passen.
ger. OF the nineteen companies op
Grating less than 25O, 1000 car miles -four
are obtaining power Mt a cost of less
than cents per car, six between 2 and
8 cents, five between and cents, one
between 4 and 8 cents and three al
more than5 cents;o of the five companies
operating over 100000 car miles pei
year one obtains the power for lesa
than cent per car mile, three between
1 and cents, and one between 2 and 3
cents; other similar figures are also CIV
en- between these limits. The Brooklyn
Heights Company has the cheapest
power, O.S6 per car mile, followed by
the Binghamton with 0.94; the cost Of
power for Massachusetts roads ins
cludes repairs and depreciation Of the
station plant, which Is not the case OF
the New York roads.--Street Railway
Journal
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The author Of work called "The
Gold Standard" has raised his voice
In protest against the action of a Sem
ator who incorporated the entire text
of the volume in a speech he made and
had it reprinted in the Congressional
Record. 1t is now being distributed
free of charge to the constituents Of
the Senator and others. The author
has a clear case against the Senator
under the copyright law If he wishes
to prosecute it. This Is not the first
time that Congressman have done this
thing, but this man Is the first to pro-
test against 1t. 1t is piece Of high
handed piracy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
The Diamond Beetle.

One of the most beautiful of insects
is the diamond beetle of Brazil. Ac.
cording to the recent Investigations OF
Doctor Garbasso, the sparkling colors
of this beetle, which -blazes with ex-
traordinary brilliance in the sunshine,
originate in an entirely different way
from the hues of butterflies. The
scales of the diamond beetle appear to
consist of two layers, separated by an
exceedingly thin interspace, and the
light falling upon them experiences
the effect of interference, SO that the
resulting colors correspond with those
of thin plates, or of the soap bubble. =
Youths Companion
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
GOOD BRAIN FOOD.
Apples as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in Large
Ouantities-Easy of Digestion.


Quantities-Easy of Digestion.
The German analysts say that the
apple contains larger percentage of
phosphorus than any other fruit or
vegetable. This phosphorus, accord
ing to the Medical Summary, is admit
rably adapted to renewing the essen
tial nervous matter of the brain and
spinal cord. 1t is, perhaps, for the
same reason that the Scandinavian ira
ditions represent the apple as the food
of the gods, who, when they felt
themselves growing feeble and infirm,
resorted to this fruit for renewing
their powers of mind and body Also
the acids of the apple are of signal
service for men of sedentary habits,
whose livers are sluggish in action,
these acids serving to eliminate from
the body noxious matters which, if
retained, make the brain heavy and
dull, or bring about jaundice, skin
eruptions and other allied troubles.
Some such experience must have led
to our custom of taking apple sauce
with roast pork, rich goose and like
dishes.
A good ripe, raw apple is. one of the
easiest of vegetable substances for the
stomach to deal with, the whole pro-
cess of its digestion being completed
in eighty-five minutes.
In the Hotel dies Invalides of Paris
an apple poultice is used commonly
for infamed eyes, the apple being
roasted and the pulp applied over the
eyes without any intervening SUBJ
stance. A modern maxim teaches that
'"To eat an apple going to bed, the
doctor then will beg his bread"
Fruits were given us before drugs,
and they all have some medicinal vir-
tue. Prunes, apples, pears, figs and
peaches are all aperients, and how
much better it is to keep the liver and
bowels free from -clogging by pleasant
fruit laxatives than by resorting every
few days to drastic saline purgatives,
or to calomel and its various com.
pounds
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Must Hold up Something.

Not long ago man was b ing sworn
IS witness before Glasgow bailie,
who was we'll known as being very
strict.
"Hold up your right arm," COM
handed his worship.
II Gamma dae't," said the witness.
ssWhy not?"
SCOT shot in that arm. %
s'Then hold up your left.'
"Canna dea that, either; got shot in
the ither arm, too"
"Then hold up your leg, responded
the irate magistrate. "No man can
be sworn in this court without holding
up something. Boston Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

DIR. Sandwas, French physician,
claims to have discovered new system
for increasing the range of a singers
voice as much as two full notes in the
upper or lower registers. He obtains
this change by inhalations of various
aromatic vapors. Those Of Curacao
liquor are said to add volume to the
high register, while vapors of dis.
titled abstract of pine needles will
benefit the lower notes. Steaming
coffee and rum will stimulate the voice
in general, strengthening the middle
range particularly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

4 doctor, writing on the subject Of
the suppression Of useless noises In
cities, which he claims will hasten
toward convalescence many patient
whose nerves are now too racked by
perpetual racket to give the system q
chance Of recuperating, says he rememj,
bers one delightful ward In his training
school wherein the SISTER" used to In
sist on silent hour" from 2:30 ia
$50 daily. 1t was the only ward In the
hospital which enforced this golden
rule, alike beneficial to the nurses forti
innate enough to be drafted there and
the patients therein, who flourished and
blossomed forth into amazing convali
escence under the silence system and
the good nursing which accompanied
1t. For the SISTER" was born nurse.
and she had the real sympathy and
womanliness which caused her to ap,
preciate the balm and healing Of that
one quiet hour in the day. i
1t was male surgical ward, and the
patients, on first admission, used to
chafe somewhat at sisters" dictum-
against which there was no appeal-of
mo conversation or newspaper reading
during the hour" But gradually each
patient came to appreciate the soothing
lull in the busy hum Of the ward, and
'sister" and her staff used to watch
with satisfaction how patient after pa
tient fell gradually under the soporiio
Quiet of the time, aud went off into
comfortable sleep, which frequently
lasted long after the prescribed limit,
The good humor Of the ward was most
exceptional.
The senior surgeon of the hospital
was never tired Of saying, 1.-THE pa
tients here. sister, get on as II BY
magic. What spells of witchcraft do
you weave to heal them SO quickly -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

"a Door miner In pennsylvania = said
20 have fallen heir to $780, 900 by the
death of an uncle who came to him
In the disguise Of tramp and was
kindly received. This story reads as
though 1t had been written by some
william whiskers with fancy Tor
tales of Imagination and a desire to
have his kind treated well by those
whom they would In the future solicit
Tor Handouts"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
"A Magnetic Drill.

The use of magnets for lifting pur.
poses and as substitute for clamps is
rapidly extending, and to see the ease
and facility with which five-ton cast.
ing can be picked up and carried
around the shop is very striking. With
the old process holes have to be bored
In masses Of metal In all sorts of odd
and inconvenient places and at angles
so that very often it is necessary to rig
clamps for holding the drilling machine
to its work. The application of the
portable electric motor for this purpose
was a long step In advance, and this
method has been Of great service In
dealing with the armor Of the new
cruisers. When portable drill, how.
ever, is coupled with magnetic clamp
ing device the ideal conditions are real.
lied. DR.. Louis Bell recently described
a drill Of this pattern. 1t consists Of q
motor and its worm-driven drill, to-
gether with a universal mounting OF
four adjustable feet. When placed fair
ly upon ships plate or other mass of
iron these drills have an adhesive force
Of nearly half a ton each. The drill
can then be adjusted and clamped by
the simple turning of key, and it will
then bore holes up to an inch in diam.
eter as fast as it can be safely worked
The whole affair weighs only about zoo
pounds. These portable drills in small
sizes, particularly when the clamping
Is magnetic, are invaluable In general
machine shop practice. and in modern
building notwithstanding Magazine
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The Duke OF Ossone, while vicerov
Of Naples. delivered many Quaint ana
clever Judgments. The case II relat-
ed where young Spanish exquisite
named Bertrand Solus, while louneinr
around in the busy part Of the city. was
run against by porter carrying q bun
die of wood on his shoulder.
The porter had called out. ssMake
way, pleasep several times, but with
out effect. He had then tried to get nv
without collision, but his bundle caught
In the young mans velvet dress and
tore 1t. Solus was highly indignant.
and had the porter arrested. The vice
roy, who had privately investigated the
matter, told the porter to pretend he
was dumb, and at the trial to reply by
signs to any question that might be
put to him.
When the case came on and Solus
had made his complaint, the viceroy
turned to the porter and asked him
what he had to say in reply. The Dor
ter only shook his head and made signs
with his hands.
What judgment do you want me to
give against dumb manw asked the
viceroy.
"Oh, your excellency," replied Solus,
falling into the trap, ''the man Is an I'm
poster. / assure you he is not dumb.
Before he ran into me distinctly heard
him cry out, Make way"
"Then," said the viceroy, sterniy, 'if
you heard him ask you to make way for
him, why did you not? The fault Of the
accident was entirely with yourself.
and you must give this poor man COM
pensation for the trouble you have CIV
en- him in bringing him here"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Not All Do II.

"Any fool can write novel," said
Griggle. you can make things come
out just as you wasn't them to-"
very true" replied Dixon, ''but you
must admit that there are some fools
who do not write noyels"-Boston
Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Slain nv Poison.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad-
ministers in the drink, the food, or some
other guise, but the poison of malaria short
ems the lives of myriads. There Is a safe and
certain antidote. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
which not only fortifes the system against
malaria, but roots out its seeds when they
have terminated. Dyspepsia, constipation,
rhr matte, liver and kidney trouble are con-
quered by the Bitters.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis.
ease that science has been able to cure In all
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con:
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
naIly, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
tho patient strength by building up the con-
work. The propristors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer Ono Hun.
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
FIJI. CHENEY e. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The London Globe says that the Japs
can easily whip the United States; but
it evidently underestimates the fight
ing abilities Of the Yankees, as John
Bull has done on two previous occa-
sions to his own sorrow.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Is person we like to meet. We like to have
such man try Tetterine. He will be more en-
thusiastic than anybody else once he's cured
and convinced. Tetterine Is for letter, Ecze-
ma, Ringworm and all skin diseases. 30 cents
q box at drug stores or by mail from j. L.
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The announcement is made that
seven convicts in the Kings County
penitentiary, New York, have gone In
anne
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DIR. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r.. H. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Phila, Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

and twigs of trees less than twenty
years old, one pound of crude gum be-
ing obtained from seventy-seven
pounds of leaves and twigs.-New
York Advertiser.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing infiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Sc bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

I Open the door of your mind to good thoughts
and evil ones will be driven out.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

The only real happy animal is the goat. He
can eat anything.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Good Houc.t Doubter

There are several things worse than disap-
pointment in love, rheumatism is one.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

A reasonable woman is one who is not al
ways unreasonable.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

/ am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs
LINDAMAN, Bethany, No., January 8, 1894.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Children cry for the moon and when they
grow up they want the earth.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Marriage is the one ideal of a young girl and
the one idea of widow.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
500 Reward. 800.

No girl objects to filed engagement ring
II il is filed with finger.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01


back If standing
to
and quiet had not used half bottle of Lydia Pinkhams
to
they need"
wishes to beiend and will
feel will
Think what privilege it to be able write
matters willing advise
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
Girls 6oDroachin0 Puberty

Frequently suffer from irritability, restless.
ness, smothering sensations, pslpitation Of
heart, depression of spirits, nausea, consti.
patton and sometimes fainting spells. DR..
eimmons 6quaw Vine Wine, taken with
the original DIR. n. A. Simmons Liver
Nedicine, quickly relieves these and other
distressing symptoms and assists nature In
performing tits natural functions ct tho
proper time.
Look Out.-Dont let the pYspara:ion
called "Black Draught" come into your
"jnst the same" as NJ. A. s. l. Ms It Il
"not" the same. II the component parts
wero the same there Is as much difference
between them as between cay end night,
BQyaro of-al1 tuitatioua
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

Bacon. / consider it much Superior to
"Zeilin's Medicine" which don't use et
any nrfce
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
MNMaeN

Postmaster, Merchant
and First Assistant
Principal II Q bro
Normal High School,
Fuller, Miss. writes:
! am IS years old, and
my Father, who died
when he was ~ years
old, had been using
and selling DR.. n. a.
Simmons Liver
Medicine ever since
I cou1d YpynemhAr n
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
IT'S WORST FORM

All Symptoms of Cstarrh Have Disap-
peared Since Taking Hoods.
'My daughter has had catarrh in its
worst form since she was four years old.
She obtained only temporary relief from
medicines until she began taking Hoods
Earsaparilla. Since using this medicine
the disagreeable symptoms Of the disease
have entirely disappeared" N. W. Silsby,
Hartland, NY. Remember
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
m n Asss .sS;.+ D;~.,+;a~ - .,...
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.

Heat, sense of tenderness and swelling of part
are all indications that there is need of instant repair
the stitch in time. Where these symptoms exist OF
the left or the right side of the womb disease of th
ovary is setting in and there will be, if there
is not already established, discharge, trifing a
first, but later copious and irritating. Soon, also
there will be felt dui dragging pains radatng from
the ovary.
Do not my sister, let your malady go SO far, but
those of you who already suffering in this
way should begin at once course of treatment Il
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t will restore the organs to their normal con- I
diton.
In this connection HRS z. L. MYERS, QUAKE
axe, Pa, says: my ovaries were badly dis
aasnd and for almost q wear suffered with Sc
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-01

uaal1~ Osl1a assist Digestion and cure
UOUU > FiltS Constipation. Is cents
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10
Mabel Heating Will Die.

San Francisco.-Mabel Heating,
known from New York to San Fran
cisco ss "The Queen of Pickpockets'
was shot and fatally wounded this eve
ming by Jerry Sullivan, city hall jan
itOr, in the saloon of her husband, who
also received bullet from the same
pistol. Just before O'Clock Sullivan
entered Keating's saloon on the corner
of Grant avenue and Morton streets
and called for drink. Before serving
him, Heating demanded payment of a
bill alleg to be due. Sullivan made
an insult ng reply which brought Mrs.
Heating to the front. Her remarks en-
ragged Sullivan, who drew a revolver
and shot her in the left breast. iuflict-
ing q wound declared to be mortal.
Then Su Ivan turned his revolver on
Heating and sent a bullet through TIE
back of his neck The wound is not
considered dar gerous, though it caused
the janitor's victim to fall to the floor
Sullivan was Immediately arrested and
looked up in the city prison. He is
said to be an opium fiend and bears q
bad reputation. having attempted to
kill his sister several months ago.
Mable Heating is stated by the police
to be a notorious confidence operator
and ia repopted to have cleared over
$50 600 b disreputable practices at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10

THE fact that So, ,OOO gold has
been engaged for Importation from
Europe in the past six CT eight days is
such an unusual occurrence at this
season that it will attrac. attention,
says the Globe Democrat. Ordinar. v
GOLD goes out of the country at this
time of the year. st March, whe o
the.coud i lions we're more THAI ordiu-
arily favorable, the net importation
of gold was less than 81, 600, 900. In
March 1896, it amounted to about S2OO-
900, AID in several of the years imme-
diately preceding gold went out instead
OF in in March. From prese Mt indica-
lions the inflow in this month will ex-
coed SIC, 100000 or SI2,OO0,0OO. This
gold impor ta'ion can not have much
fsc Al effect. The backs arc the treas
ury already have more gold than they
know what to do with. 1t will have an
important moral effect, however. 1t
shows that business confidence is un-
bounded, and that the financial future
10 bright,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10

PRESIDENT MCkINLEY'S conserva.
tive and firm attitude in regard to the
Cuban situation, and the care which
his administration is exercising to pre-
vent unwise and Danger Gus action, con-
tinue to receive tie highest appTO ba-
tiOn from citizens and representative
journals of all parties. There is an
evident feeling among all classes of
good citizens that the recent event
ought to be thoroughly Investigated
and understood before action is taken,
and an equal evide nee of entire conf
dence in the presidents wisdom and
willingness to take the proper action,
whatever that may be, when the facts
are known. Until they are known,
public sentiment demands no action
other than that of the character which
has already been had.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10
A Clever Trick,

1t certainly looks like it, but there is
really 20 trick about body can
Try it who has lame back and weak kid
a, VS., malaria or nervous troubles. We
mean he can cure himself right away
~ taking Electric Bitters. The medi-
cine tones up the whole system, acts as
stimulant TO the liver and kidneys, is
blood purifier and nerve tonic. 1t
:urt constipa ton, he adache, fainti g
spells, sleeplessnes IS and melancholy. 1t
is purely vegetable, mild lsxative,
and restores the system TO its natural
vigor. Try Electric Bitters and he
convinced that they are miracle
worker. Every bottle qua -anteed.
Only SOC bottle at 8 w. A. IRWIN &
Co Drug store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended espe cially
for coughs, colds, Group, whooping
cough and influenza. 1t has become
famous for it's cures of these diseases,
over a large part of the civilized world
The most hattering testimonials have
been received, giving accounts of it's
good works, of the aggravating and
persistent coughs it has cured; of Sc
we're coughs that have yielded promptly
to its soothing effects, and of the dan
gerous attacks of Group 1t has cured,
often saving the life of the child. The
extensive ase Ct it t2c %tconing cough
has shown that it robs that disease of
all dangerous consequences. Sold by
all druggists.