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! Havana, Feb 15.-At a quarter of 10
took place on board the. United States
cruiser Maine in Havana harbor. Many
were killed or wounded. All the boats
! of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso Kill
are assisting. AS yet the cause of the
explosion is not apparent. The wound
| ed sailors of the Maine are unable to
| explain it. 1t is believed that the
! cruiser is totally destroyed. The ex-
plosion shook the whole city. The win
| dows were broken in all the houses.
The correspondent of the associated
press says he has conversed with sew
eral of the wounded sailors and un-
| derstands from them that the explosion
| took place while they were asleep. so
| that they can give no particulars as to
the cause. The widest CONSERVATION
prevails in Havana.
The wharves are crowded with thou
sands of people. 1t is believed the ex-
plosion occurred in a small powder
magazine. At a quarter of II o'clock
what remains of the Maine is still burn
ing.
Captain Sigsbee and the other officers
have been saved
1t is estimated that over hundred of
the crew Were killed, but 1t is impossi-
bic yet to give exact details. Admiral
Manterola has ordered that boats of all
kinds should go to the assistance of the
Maine and her wounded
The Havana firemen are giving aid
tending carefully to the wounded as
they are brought on shore. 1t is a terri
BILE sight.
General Zolano and the other gem
erals have been ordered by Captain Cen
eral Blanco to take steps to help the
Names crew in every way possible The
correspondent of the associated press has
been near the Maine in a boat of the
cruiser Alfonso Kill, and interviewed
some others of the wounded who cor
roborate the statement of those first in
tervieWed, that they We're already asleep
when the explosion occurred.
Thrown From Their Bunks.
Captain sigsbee says the explosion
occurred in the bow of the vessel He
received a wound in the head Orders
We're given TO the other officers to save
themselves as best they could The
latter, who We're literally thrown from
their hunks in their night clothing.
gave the necessary orders with self
possession and bravery.
At 1:20 the Maine continues burning. |
The first theory was that there had |
been preliminary explosion in the /
Santa Barbara magazine) of powder
or dynamite below the water
Admiral Manterot believes that the I
first explosion was of grenade that |
was hurled over the navy yards.
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THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
secretary Long Instantly Telegraphs
Our Ships at Key West.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The secretary
OF the navy has received the following
from Captain Sigsbee: Maine blown
up IN Havana harbor at $40 p. m and
destroyed Many wounded and doubt
less many killed and drowned. The
wounded and others are on board of a
Spanish man-of-War and a Ward line
steamer. Send lighthouse tender from
Key West for crew and the few pieces
of equipment still above water. No
one had other clothes than those upon
him.
Public opinion should be suspended
until further reports All officers are
believed to be saved Jenkins and
Merritt are not yet accounted for. Many
spanish officers. including representa-
tiyes Of General Blanco are now with
me, and express sympathy.
tSgned1 -SIGSBEE."
The officers referred to in the above
dispatch are Lieutenant Friend ".
Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Darwin
Il. Merritt
From the wording Of the dispatch the
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greatest plume in the cap Of the admin
istration the fact that ii received io0
cents on every dollar of the TTniou
Pacific Indebtedness
Then Why is 1t willing To accept A.
cents on the dollar on the Kansas Pa
cifie?. inquired Mr.. Morgan.
do not know that 1t Is" replied Mr.
Gear. But If it is. it is perhaps be-
cause the road is only worth about 4s
cents on the dollar"
Mr.. Foraker Of Ohio discussed the Sit
hatl0n as it has been viewed by the
president. The president had asked
congress 70 give him authority to enter
the sale OF the Kansas Pacific as a bid
Ger. out congress had taken no action.
Inc hnai offer made by the reorgani-
zatlon committee the president had evi-
qently regarded as reasonably satis-
factory senators might differ from the
president as to the value of the prop
cry, put ne had consulted many we'll
informed persons and felt that in re-
ceiFing the full amount of the Kansas
racine DEBT, less the interest he was
DONG very well. Mr.. Gear moved that
the resolution be referred to the COM
mittee on Pacific roads
PENDING the vote ON this resolution
Mr.. Turpie declared that an effort was
being made by the reorganization COM
mlttee 70 recoup from the Kansas Pa
clfc sale what 1t was compelled to nav
for the Union Pacific in addition ro
what it had expected to nav. He main
tanned that the Kansas Pacific. branch
was necessary to the owners of the
main line and that thev we're comnallasI
to purchase the branch road IN view
of this fact they ought to be forced
To pay the Sc, 900 900 of interest due. Mr.
Turpie then offered the following resu-
luton. and asked that it lie over until
morrow:
the senate that the sale If tba kansas
Pacific division of the Union Pacit,9.
road made to-day ought not to be con-
firmed except upon the terms that the
original claim and the interest due
thereon from the said railway com
pany of the Kansas Pacific division be
paid in full by the bidders
Mr. Gears motion to refer the reso
luton to the Pacific railroad Committee
was submitted 10 tha sanata ard ~.
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The Maine Described.
coast.

The Maine was battleship Of the
second class and was regarded as one
Of the best ships in the new navy She
was built at the Brooklyn navy yards
and vas SIS feet long. 81 feet broad
els mean draught and e,6s2 tons dis
placement. She had two vertical tur-
rets and two military masts. and her
metive power was furnished by twin
screws with a triple expansion engine.
having maximum horse power II
9.292. capable Of making a speed Of 17.5
knots. She carried four lo-inch ana s.x
6-ineh breeehlaaaiug guns in her main
battery. and seven 6-p9under and eight
1-peunder raFidfring guns and four
Gatlings in her secondary battery AMI
four Whitehead torpedoes.
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APPEALING
FOR UNION
Silver's Forces Must Keep
Together.
ONLY WAY TO VICTORY
Mastery Addresses Issued by
National Committees.
STRONG AND ELOQUEN7 I

The Fearful Evils of the Gold Standard
Portrayed in Vigorous Fashion How
the Money Powers Are Draining the
Life Blood of the Toilng Masses to
Enrich Themselves-A Spectacle the
Like of Which the World Never Saw
Before-How Long Will the Free
People of America Tolerate the In
famous Methods of the Millionaire
Task Masters-Preserve Your Party
Organizations If You Will, But Get
Together and Unite for Bimetallism
and Humanity.
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IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
The Sailors Were Calmy Sleeping
in Their Bunks.
FROM SLEEP TO DEATH

Some Are Saved, Torn and Mangled-
The Cause of the Explosion Mys-
tery-Various Theories to Account for
It-All But Two of the Officers Were
Probably Rescued Captain Sigsbee
Wounded in the Head - He Tele-
graphs the Awful News to Washing
ton-Al the Vessels in the Harbor
Hurry to the Scene-The Survivors
Picked Up and Tenderly Cared For
The Force of the Explosion So Great
AS to Smash All the Windows in
Havana-The Population Dazed and
Panic Stricken, Line the Shore.
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SEVERAL BILLS PASSED.
The House Put in Very Husy Day ON a
Variety Of Measures

u 11eaNtres.
Washington. Feb. 15.-The house put
In busy day. The time was devoted
TO the consideration of bills and joint
resolutions presented under the call OF
committees and Is of more or less pub
lie Importance We're passed. An order
was entered for the consideration Of
the Loud bill. relating to second-class
mail matter. on March |. and 3. and
the order for the consideration of the
bankruptcy bill. which begins to-mor-
row. will be modified So that the final
vote shall be taken on Saturday instead
OF Monday. as arranged last Mon
day.
Payne. rep. n. Y. chairman of the
committee on merchant marine. called
up the bill IL amend the navigation
laws of the United States. Payne ex-
planned the bill had been prepared by
the treasury department and was de-
signed To protect fur seals and coast
trade along the Pacific coast with
Alaska.
Terry. dem. Ark, said the bill had n
much broader scope than appeared at
first blush II related TO the entire
coastwise trade Of the United States
He believed this trade belonged to the
United states. Shipping laws were an
tiquated. but there should be a gem
erai revision. not special laws The
shining trust As tDr.1. a. -, -
owners We're unable TO place the Amer
lean flag over foreign-built vessels. he
ing mea s,,re = Jus = Tue pe1ia-
Dinclay sai3 tho na,,a;,.r ~,
desianad ~ carry mr. tna t~ax5i.ia,,a.I
naIfev AZ tha eat-a,n,,,ant - ,s.s....s
ing o,,r coast 1ssisa tragsa - ,.,,sss,s,.,., :,
vessels. The bill was passed without
division.
frra n ~ TaY,a f,.a,,, - sas,ss..;.4a..
54,diciarv eaTia9 M tha hi, =, -
10 art ~ tss- rata+tr go. ~
United Statas ,sy;.,.,,.s s.. -, =. 1.s
49,, - - q - !. llesa
,ss,sss9 sa'e anu - "as
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on banking and currency. called up
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SHOPPING
is A
TORTURE

Unless you shop at the right place.
Then 1T is pleasure. Yes, woman's
greatest pleasure. We make a study
of what pleases the fair SEX and how
to please them. That's why ours is the
ideal place to shop at. Our prices are
always the lowest and our goods al
ways up to date. We have anything
and everything pertaining to the Jew
elry business. If you cannot find what
you want at any other place try us.
We are sure to have it.
Ladies Sterling Mounted Seal Belts,
assorted colors from
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15

A strange pig, five months old, oddly
shaped and with an abnormally long
snout, turned at the end, caused much
trouble in Columbia, Mo-, for a week.
Several persons noticed that their cows
were not giving as much milk as usual
and were unable to account for the
fact. Several days ago Professor J..
@. Jones of the Missouri University,
who owns very fine blooded milch
COW. found the pig in the COW lot in an
attitude that at once accounted for the
inability of the COW to furnish the
usual supply of milk. The COW was
apparently calm and accustomed to the
horrible looking thing at her side.
Since then the pig has broken several
strong gates to getsat the cow and has
become nuisance to the neighbor-
hood. Nothing is known of the origin
of the strange animal.
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old rashioned Gingerbread

To any one in whose breast there
still linger haunting memories of the
topography of the genuine old fash
toned New England ''card ginger
bread" that fourished during the
early part of this century, there will
come feeling of thankfulness for this
family recipe, handed down for sew
eral generations from mother to
daughter: Two cupfuls of Porto Rico
molasses, one cupful sugar, one cup
full drippings Tor half butter and half
lard), one cupful cold water, dessert
spoonful ginger, one tablespoonful
soda, and -four to make q rather soft
dough. 1t may be baked as of old,
in sheets about two inches thick,
barred crowsswise with the sharp edge
of tin, or rolled into cookies. In
either case. it will be found an adj
mirable concomitant to the morning
cup of coffee; or an assuager of that
"aching void" with which the small
boy commonly returns from school
Washington Star.
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The Old soldiers are thick in that

The old soldiers are thick in that
region, and they came out to
hear me, and some OF US
got together and talked of old
Bob Lee and Joe Johnston and Gen
erals Early and Render and Whiting
and Hoke and Ransom and Pettigrew
and Clingman and others. Their
eyes watered and their hearts burned
within them, and they got closer and
closer together. What people these
tar-heels are-these descendants OF
the Scotchl About every other name
is Scotch, q McLane or McFall or
McLaurin or Macarthur or McSome-
thingelse, and then there are Alexan.
ders everywhere and Caldwells and
Carlyles. After the lecture we had
musicale at the hotel by the gifted
Gruber family, who keep the hotel,
Mr.. Gruber and Mrs. Gruber and their
seven children. I have heard much
music during my long life, but I never
heard any better anywhere. How the
old mans fingers did dance upon the
strings; how sweetly did the still
handsome matron sing the "Last Rose
of Summer" and other old time songs
of Scotland! What delightful chords
came from the piano under the touch
of the young ladies and the sweet little
black-eyed girl of only ten summersl
And when they played "Home, Sweet
Home" with variations, I could hard
ly restrain my tears. I felt like we all
ought to hold seance if we could
with John Howard Payne and tell him
how the world loved him for his song.
I had sweet dreams that night. I am
still on the grand rounds talking to
the unpretending people of this grand
old state. It seems to have got out,
however, that had joined John Rob-
inson's circus and gone off with it.
Some of these mischievous drummers
told that. Yours on the wing.-BILL
ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
The Value of Tar.

Poultry breeders seem to haye
failed to discover the value of tar. It
is very useful and valuable in many
ways. Some breeders tar their poul-
try-yard fences in preference to white
washing them, though we do not like
to gee it done, for it gives the sur
roundings such gloomy, forbidding
look. 1t undoubtedly contributes
largely to the durability of the wood,
protecting it from the ravages of storm
and time. 1t is in the poultry-house,
however, that the value of tar is the
greatest, for it conduces greatly to-
wards healthfulness. When that
scourge of the poultryman, chicken
cholera, makes its appearance, we
would advise, first, thorough cleans
ing of the house; next, generous ap-
plication of Carolina tar on all the
joints, cracks and crevices of the in
side of the building, and then plenty
of fresh whitewash properly applied.
The tar absorbs or drives away the
faint of disease, and makes the prem
Uses wholesome. The smell is not very
offensive; in fact, many people like it,
and it is directly the opposite of I'M
healthy. To vermin, lice, etc., the
smell of tar is very repulsive, and but
few will remain after you have tarred
the cracks, etc. A friend of ours in
Maryland was once troubled with
chicken cholera, and by adopting the
the above, in connection with remov-
ing affected fowls, he soon put stop
to its ravages. A small lump Of tar in
the drinking water supplied to the
fowls will be found beneficial, pro-
vided it is the Carolina tar, and not
that known as gas tar, which is very
different. The Fancier.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
Hypnotizing by Telephone.

The wonders of the telephone never
cease. The latest brought to the at
tention of the New York Electrical
Engineer is the hypnotizing of a young
boy through the medium of the tele-
phone at Houston, Texas. 1t is need.
less to surmise, adds the Engineer,
that the subject was pronounced
cataleptic; but the facts brought to
light would seem to indicate more
strongly than ever the necessity for a
stringent law against the promiscuous
practice of hypnotizing. The engi-
neer does not imagine that many per-
sons could be influenced hypnotically
over the telephone. yet it believes it
will be just as well to guard against
such practices by prompt and effec-
tive legislation. San Francisco Chron-
icIe.
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Phosphate For Grass Lands.

Whenever the grass seeding fails
the blame is usually laid upon the
weather. But that is not always cor
rect, even in part. Grass belongs to
the same botanical family as wheat,
only the grain has had a greater de-
velopment of its seed. All farmers
understand that the wheat crop needs
phosphate to be grown successfully,
year after year, on the same land. To
be sure, the soil is cultivated, and
there is new seeding with some
manure each year, for the grain crop.
Yet farmers think that grass, without
reseeding, and without new supplies
of mineral matter, will continue to
grow. The result is that the grass
gradually dies out and is replaced by
MOSES or other weeds of low organi-
cation that can live. without mineral
plant food. Not only is the amount of
grass lessened, but its quality is also
impaired by lack of the mineral. On
land that has long been without phos-
plate cattle will not thrive, and COWS
which give milk will take to the eat
ing of old bones to secure the mineral
nutrition they require. People who
have learned that ground bone is good
to make hens lay are apt to forget that
the more bulky COW has an equally
wonderful operation to perform. That
is to take from her grass feed the nu-
triton required to make milk, which
20 1occ oorno,trokoJ kIox kbo o~-x L,,k
contains very nearly the same kind Of
nutrition. When we began using min
eral manures on grain, we found that
the second and third crops of grass
seeded with the grain did not run out
as they used to do. 1t is far better to
apply the phosphate with the grain.
The grass seeded with it will get the
effects of the mineral fertilizing for at
least two years thereafter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15

Ex-King Milan of Servia is reported
to be seriously Ill in Vienna, where he
was driven from Paris by his debts
and wicked living. He is conceded by
all to be the very worst man who has
sat upon throne in the last quarter of
a century. His career since his enforced
abdication has been one Of the worst
debauchery, and latterly in Paris he de-
scended to the level Of common dead
beat and sponger, not upon his friends,
for they had long since cast him off, but
upon men and women of the lowest
class. His death, If it should occur soon.
will have no political significance. It
will only mark the passing away of
monarch who had not the ability to
reign or the manhood to live decent
life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15

Railroad Gazette: There are about
forty builders in France who profess
to make self-propelled carriages. II
all Of these makers could produce thor.
oughly seryiceable machines in suifi.
Gent number to supply the demand
this industry would seem to be on a
broad basis. But serious doubt is en-.
tertained as to the efficiency of the mo-
tors and the ability of the makers 10
turn out carriages in any number.
There are only two motors that have
been put to the test Of long public ser
vice. OF these tho improved Daimler
takes the lead. The carriages equip
ped with these motors run satisfactor-
lily on smooth and level roads, still they
have the drawbacks Of smell, vibration
and noise. The other motor is the Benz.
and few of these are running in
France. 1t was said while ago that
when the Anglo French company.
which makes the latter motor as i'm.
proved by Rogers, was formed, largo
works would be built to make motor
carriages on considerable scale. Mo.
tor cabs were also to be run in LYONS
and elsewhere. The promised works
and the subsidiary companies that
were to run the carriages, however.
have not made their appearance. There
are several new motor carriages which
will probably give satisfactory results.
Among these may be mentioned the
Mors and the Amedee Bollee, but these
have not yet been delivered In anv
number. Electricity and steam hayo
both been tried as motive powers. but
the petroleum motors still have the
preference.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15

Fountain pens are rather older than
most people imagine. Al long ago as
1924 they were In use. for In that year
Thomas Jefferson saw continuance Of
this sort, tried it, and wrote to General
Bernard Peyton of Richmond, Va, ask
Ing him to get one Of them. The pen
was of gold and the ink tube Of silver
and, according to Jefferson's letter, tho
maker was Richmond watch repairer,
named Cowan. The price, he under
stood. was SIS. The first American pat
ent for o fountain pen was granted in
1880, to one Douglas Hyde, but the
earliest English patent was issued
twenty-one years before.-Scientific
American.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
Gapes on Old Farms.

Gapes prevail on old farms more
than on new locations, due to the foul
ing of the soil during years of occu-
pancy. Chicks should be kept on
clean board floors, or on new plots OF
ground, the object being to avoid any
location that may have been occupied
by fowls or chicks during any former
year. One of the methods adopted by
those who have been successful is to
spade piece of ground and scatter a
mixture of one part salt and ten parts
air-slaked lime on the surface, raking
it we'll with afne-toothed rake.-Farm
and Fireside.
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~ growing n TO q
woman, came across the ocean and
settled in Canada. Twenty years Of
the drudgery Of domestic service made
but little change In her. In the course
of these years her father and mother
died, and the uncle returned to Scot
land with his fortune. OF late Miss
Mckay has been employed by Mr..
Lawrence, of Bayside, l.. l., as a cook.
She says she has no higher ambition
than to make her home In Flushing
and help the poor.
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named in a sptrit Of waggerx,

The little town of Peculiar in Cass
County, No., got its name in rather a
curious manner. Its founders got
into controversy over what they
should christen it, and finally referred
the matter to the Postoffice Depart
nent, saying that they didn't care
what namewas given the place as long
as it was peculiar. One of the Wash
ington officials then, in spirit Of
waggery, named It accordingly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
Roastinx Gomez,

In Norway, where superb coffee is
made. bit of butter is added to the
beans while they are roasting in the
covered shovel used there for that pur.
pose. In France as well piece Of
butter the size of walnut is put with
three pounds of coffee beans and also
a dessertspoonful of powdered sugar.
This brings out the flavor and, more
over, gives the slight carmel taste
which is so greatly admired.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
Bianching Celery.

The old method of planting celery
in trenches and blanchlng the stalks
by piling soil around them is not much
practised now. Various expedients
have been devised to blanch celery
cheaply. Much the best is to have the
celery planted as nearly as possible
on level surface. When the stalks
are large enough, place wide boards
against the celery, holding them from
falling by piling soil against the out
side of the board protection. This will
blanch the stalks and leaves without
causing rust, as soil is sure to do in q
rainy season.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-01-15
A Lighthouse Monument.

Penmarch lighthouse, on the Brit
tany coast, with its 10, 900, 600 candle-
power electric light, 1870 feet above sea
level and visible sixty miles away, is
monument to Marshal Davoust,
Duke of Auerstadt. his daughter hay-
ing given tho French Government
10000 for the purpose,