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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26

Messrs. Sam and Fred CALAMITY will
open mp business in the store next TO
Franklin's saloon. They inform US
that they will keep first class dry
goods store, and will be ready for
business about the first of the month.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26
Be sure to vote
next Tuesday, the
10th. The election
of the Democratic
nominee depends
upon your vote.

Tho magnificent steamer Belle Of the
Bonds is receiving thorough over
hauling and Is being painted from stem
10 stern. She will look as pretty as a
picture whoE she starts In The fall
trade.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26

There are lots Of odds and ends of
the summer stock left at Hill Bros,
that they want to get rid Of. and they
viii almost give them away 10 make
room for their large fail stock soon to
arrive.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26

Iloo. Jos. E. Ransdei. Iei, on Sum-
day morning for the western parishes
OF the district, whore be met Messrs.
Scales, Barksdsie ard Dawkins, who
have been Oh the stump during the en-
tire week.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26

Ask for the Stanley Shirt Waists.
All our $3.50 shirt waists at SO cents.
We need the money and must have the
room. Don't miss these bargains
AT LEWIS.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26
FOE SALE.

A boiler and engine on the Guier
place can be purchased very cheap.
For terms, apply to
w. H. BENJAMIN,
Athorton, La.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26
The BARHER-D DEMOCRAT.

Saturday, August &c. 1899.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-08-26
Aot Weather Clothing.

country
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14
Entertainment.

On Wednesday evening, the 2lst OF June,
there viii be an entertainment given at the
home of Mrs. S. a. Rigby by the ladies of
the Methodist church There will be an
interesting programme. consisting OF music
and recitatIons.
Refreshments will be served. An ad-
mission fes OF 10 cents Will be charged.
The public is cordial
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

i want to tell yo', my deah brethren,
ssid Deacon Johnsing to his flock at prayer
meeting. dat in desc days Of chalnless
bikes, boss!ess kerridSes, an sich, dat what
we need fo the gloriication Of de cullud
folkses am chickenless soups, razzerless
pahties, melonless patches, and crapless
games. Does yo' follow me?'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14
Don't Forget

That our Bargain Counter
is still running, and you
should not fail to come and
take advantage of the real
bargains offered on it.
". E. JENKINSON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14
7 he
Public
Generally

Exacting. economical and critical buyers
included, are urgently requested to call and
examine our late arrivals of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

Notice is hereby given
that no advertisements Will
be hereafter changed i'm this
paper where the copy is
brought i'm later than Sat-
urday noon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14
Keep Quiet

and use Chamberlain's collie. cholera and
diarrhoea remedy for all pains Of the stom-
ach and all unnatural looseuess of the bow
els. 1t always cures. For sale by +. B.
Loryea, druggist.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

Chamberains cough remedy has saved
the lives of thousands OF croupy children.
1t is also without an equal for colds and
whooplng cough. For sale By r. 5. Lor-
yea, druggist. LJanlay
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

Restore the menstrual and generatiye Or
gans to natural conditions so they will do
their duty by taking Simmons Squaw Vine
Wine or Tablets. Sold by DR. W NJ Brock
inton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

There is something peculiar about the
water in the town Of For+ston. The au-
thori,ies (railroad) had better have the
water analyzed so that they may know
whether or not the salaries of their employ
ees at that place should be increased.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14

About all of the college girls and boys
from this community have come home to
spend their vacations. The boys are rec
ogpized by the length Of their hair. and tha
girls by their awkward Efforts at dignity
and elastic English.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-14
New and SeasOnabIe Styles

In Dress Goods of all kinds, Organdies.
Percales, Duck, Lawns, Vassar Checks,
Piques, Organdie Adalisque, Shirting
Prints, etc.
Our Notion line is complete for you.
Men S and Boys Straw and Crash Hats, the
latest go. from 10c up.
Our shoe department is complete with
the latest styles and at prices to suit the
most exacting buyers. Prices from Csc up.
Ladies and Children's Oxfords, black
and tan. to suit and please.
Gents Negligee Shirts, in the latest col-
ors and styles, from 25c up. We can suit
your taste and pocket-book almost always.
Just arrived. beautiful line of Flower
Pots and Jardlnleres.
Our Clothing Department is full Of bar
gains for you. Come and let US show you
what We can do for you in this line. 1t
costs nothing to look and examine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Finland Sentenced 10 Death.

The statesmen of the old world, so
far ut least as their public utterances
are concerned, have maintained a we'll
bred silence upon the subject of the
national trageGy of which the closing
scene has been enacted In Helsingfors,
the capital of the grand duchy Of Fin
land. And because no word of protest
has been uttered from a ministerial
bench, or read from q blue book bear
ing the official signature of a chancel-
lor, the world has stood by in silence
while the Finnish nationality has been
decreed out of existence by an ukase
from st. Petersburg, signed by Car
Nicholas H., and promulgated by Count
Muravieff, the Slavic Bismarck. The
import of this decree is, that three mil
lions of people Of the Germano-F Finnish
blood shall become Russians forthwith.
Behind the PRONUNCIATION are million
of gray-coats ready to carry out the
will of Muravieff by the grace of the
knout. In the meanwhile, the imperial
weakling whose pen has subscribed to
the death warrant of a nation, Is lisp
ing foolishly of the ACCESSIBILITY Of mi
grating the horrors Of war-a coinci-
dence which would furnish theme for
an Offenbach, were 1t not matter more
meet for the tragic genius Of Milton!
IS. Ivan Tonjoroff, in The Arena.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
New Railroads Under Way.

According to the Railway Age, the
present year is likely to see great re-
vival Of railroad building. 1t estimates
that 5000 miles will be added to the
mileage of the United States, which
would be greater record than that
of any year since 1890.
According to the Railway Age, the
building of 5000 miles means the in
vestment of about $150,O00,000 and the
permanent employment of $4,000 men.
Tables show that there are 500 new
lines projected or under construction,
with total length of 40,563 miles. OF
these lines less than $500 miles of rail
road is in the New England or Middle
States. In the Southwestern States
there are 40 new roads under way
with length of 1921 miles. The
South Atlantic, Gulf and Mississippi
Valley States have an equal mileage
of new roads in prospect, the Central
Northern and Northwestern States
have nearly 5000 miles projected, and
more than 1000 miles of railroads are
to be built in the Pacific States.
The 5000 miles of new track to be
built this year consists largely of ex-
tensions and links for the large West
ern systems. With these additions the
railroads in operation in the United
States will be i'm the neighborhood Of
1872, 900 long, of a total value of $12,-
5OO,OOO,OOO, and employing a million
men in their operation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Why Americans Live in ENGLAND.

The first reason why rich Americans
leave home to live In England Is be-
cause social conditions there are fixed
and reliable, and because rich and poor
alike do as they please there with a
degree Of liberty that is unknown any
where else on the globe. 1t Is true that
certain rich men and noblemen take
advantage of this liberty and shut
themselves In their parks to spend
Sundays in feasting, riding, dancing,
and out-of-d door sports Of lively and
noisy kinds, and that no one knows
1t at the time except their servants.
1t Is simply fact that must be thrown
into the balance with the rest of the
conditions-this amazing feedom, this
absence of a prying press with its de-
Element Of the privacy of mems homes
and lives, this making the home cas-
tie, and enclosing every garden with
high stone wall. 1t can be said Of
all the eansplanted Americans that
they stay there, as one Of them says
he does, because In America any man
who has the means rides In Pullman
car, but In England third-class folks
are content to travel with their own
kind In third-class cars."-Julian Ralph.
In Harpers Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
A Crafty Old scotchman.

There was especial opposition to the
disturbance of the old Granary buria:
ground adjoining the Common, in Bos-
ton, through portion of which the
subway runs. 1t was necessary to
remove the remains Of 90 persons in
tered there. One elderly man Of
Scotch descent made a great fuss over
what he termed "the enormity Of mo-
testing the bones Of his ancestors"
After much argument, delay and per-
suasion, the venerable Scot was in
duced to agree that IL the city would
construct tomb according to his
ideas he would consent to the removal
without causing further trouble. On
the day the vault was completed tn.
guardian of his progenitors was taken
over to inspect this new repository.
"Now," said DR.. Green, former May
or, who had charge Of the work of re-
moving the bodies, you can set day
and the remains can be brought over
and deposited here "Whatr' ex-
claimed the old gentleman, shave that
nice new tomb Uttered up with those
old bones? Never! Close up the old
tomb and let 'em be!' Thus did he
secure, without cost, new family
tomb.-New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Searching for a Kings Body.

Ever since last autumn an agitation
has been going on in the Neapolitan
Province in connection with the sup
posed resting-place Of King Joachim
Murat, and schemes have been set on
foot by living representatives of the
Murat family to exhume and provide
proper monument for the body Of
the unfortunate monarch. Researches
were begun recently in the Church of
st. George the Martyr at Pizzo, near
Naples, where Murat was known to
have been buried after his execution
on October 10, 1915, in the castle of
that city. The common burial-place
was opened after due precautions had
been taken by the sanitary authori-
ties, but no positive result could be ar
rived at, as it was found that the
burying-place in the vaults of the
church had been filed with the bodies
of victims of the cholera epidemic of
1887, and that it was impossible to
distinguish the body of the King from
those of persons subsequently in
tered. The researches have there
fore been suspended, the vaults sealed
up, and report drawn up and signed
by the local authorities and the repre-
sentatives Of the family to the effect
that further investigations are use
less. All the expenses of the researches
have been borne by the government.
Rome Correspondence of the London
Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

smoke when he was fourteen years
old. In few years he smoked 100
cigarettes day, increasing the num-
Der constantly until he averaged 200
. day. Finally he smoked 800 cigar
cites in twenty -four hours, and then
his weakened. poisoned brain col
lapsed. Once he, tried TO kill his
father, and in his frenzy turned the
knife upon himself. He was smash
ing furniture, shrieking like wild
animal, and preparing to leap from
the window Of his home when the
police seized him. The fate of this
boy should be q warning to other
cigarette smokers. Don't they know
that they are sapping their vitality
and weakening their minds ? It
would seem that the instinct Of self
preservation alone would make boys
turn with loathing from the offensive.
deadly cigarette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
He Was of no Account.

A young man with a monster bou-
quet of violets on the lapel Of his light
overcoat rushed up to the hotel news
stand and exclaimed:
"Give me copies of all the morning
papers. l want to read about it,
Eyes, sir All of them has full &c.
counts of the election"
Il don't care about the election.
want to read about the wedding"
"Was there wedding Yesterday
asked the boy in charge, who has
freckles and turn-up nose, and didn't
appear to care whether he lost his
place or not.
"Of course there was"
"Sure?'
Certainly. 1 was there"
"Was 1T fine weddingT asked the
boy who had freckles and a turn-up
nose, and who didn't appear to care
much whether he held his situation or
not.
"How do I know? That's what I
want to read about"
But you were there"
Eyes. But l don't know who else
was, except in one or two instances"
Couldn't you ask questions?"
mo. Everybody was too busy to
pay any attention to me. l tried to
elbow my way into the occasion once
or twice, but it wasn't any use. All
that was expected of me was to stand
around and do what l was told and
n
wasn't anybody of any consequence at
all. l was merely the bridegroom.
Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

The soil of Bridgeport is very pro-
life of snakes. They grow there, along
the river banks and under old, weedy
walls, In an amazing way. Children
carry little ones about In their pock-
cts, putting them In one another's
lunch boxes at school by way of a
joke, and the older folks are dextrous
In dispatching snakes with hoes, clubs
and the bare hand. Jess Trump, a
young dyer, is the champion Bridge
port snake slayer, and whenever he
comes across one of the reptiles the
inhabitants gather about to see him
kill ii. He first puts his foot on 1t.
then he takes II up by the tail and
cracks 1t as carter cracks whip.
There is loud report, and the head
flies thirty or forty feet away, leaving
In Jesses skilled hand a lifeless body.
No matter how large the snake may
be this young man will not hesitate
to crack II, and he has never yet failed
to snap the head on of any snake that
he has Observation-Disclosures Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

Most Famous Outlaw Ever 8 n0Wn -
the sante re Trail.
The most famous bandit ever known
on the Santa Fe trail was Espinosa, q
spaniard, who at one time had great
weaIth and lived upon hacienda upon
the banks Of the Rio Grande near San
tn Fe, New Mexico, like one Of the
dukes Of his native country. He
claimed descent from knight In the
army of Cortez. and the walls of his
house were ornamented by ancestral
portraits painted by famous artists Of
Spain. He had immense herds Of
sheep and cattle, and upon his duke
dom ruled over several hundred poems,
who regarded him as king.
After the American occupation Of
New Mexico Espinosa fell into bad
company. The newcomers taught him
new games and played him unfriendly
tricks. They trespassed upon his hos
pitality. They invaded his hacienda,
lived in luxury at his expense, drank
his wine and ate his mutton and then
won his money at cards. He lost SO
much that he became financially en-
barrassed and was compelled to mort
gage his herds. 1t was great morti-
fication to the proud Spaniard, and
when it was too late he began to real
lie that he had been imposed upon.
One day he made the acquaintance of
a rich young New Englander, who had
come to Santa Fe with a lot of money
to engage in business. The Yankee
visited the hacienda, and soon made
himself at home there. 1t was said
that he was in love with Donna Es-
pinosa, a beautiful girl about eighteen
years Of age, and that his affection was
reciprocated. At one time when Es-
pinosa was pressed for money the
young Yankee received a large remit
lance from the east. He offered it to
the Spaniard, but the latter was too
proud to accept loan from his sisters
lover. The same night, however after
he had retired, the young man heard
burglar in his room, and in the strug-
gle learned that the intruder was no
other than his host. Being discovered,
Espinosa drew a dagger and plunged
1T into the Americans heart.
The members of the household came
rushing into the room just as the vic
tim was dying. He told them what
had happened and the sister Of the
murderer, throwing herself upon the
body Of her dead lover, cursed her
brother rs a assassin and a thief. The
guests made no attempt to arrest him,
but Espinosa knew that he was ruined,
and in desperation abandoned his
ranch and fed to the Sangre e Chris.
to Mountains, where he made his head
quarters for several years, conducting
successful raids upon the overland
coaches and the freight caravans along
the Santa Fe trail, and robbng ranch
settlers in every direction. The gov
eminent offered reward for the
bandit dead or alive, and after about
ten years of unparallel outlawry he
was shot by an Irish trapper named
"Tom" Tobin, who cut off his head and
brought it to the authorities in an old
gunnysack
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

Prof. Waterhouse Favors Calling
This Country Usona +" Hereafter.

rrOf. WaterhOuse FavOrs Calling
This Country Usona " Hereafter.
The st. Louis Republic publishes
with favorable editorial comment, an
article furnished by Professor Water
house Of Washington University, on
the subject Of proper name for this
country, the chief points Of which are
herewith given:
AT present there is no proper name
that distinctively describes this coun-
try. Columbia and America apply to
the whole western hemisphere. The
people Of Canada and Mexico, of Gen.
trail and South America are all Ameri-
cans and might justly resent the pre-
tension which claims that title exclu-
sively for the inhabitants of the United
States of North America.
1.-The United States is an awkward
expression. 1t is plural in form and
singular in sense. 1t does not afford
personal or adjective derivatives.
United Statesmen and United States
ian are inadmissibly harsh. United
States Of North America Is an exact
designation Of this country. The first
letters of these words form the word
'Usona.' This term is agreeable to the
ear, singular in number and precise in
definition. Its introduction would sub
stitute for the incomplete United
States an address so full and exact
that no foreigner could misunderstood
it.
Formerly the press indicated that
its general information was gathered
from the four quarters of the globe by
placing at the heads of its columns
North, East, West South From the
initials of these words some assert
that the term news was derived.
1T is facetiously said that United
States stands for Uncle SAM and this
burlesque personification has found
permanent place in our language. The
baptismal names of Generals Grant
and Jackson have been supplanted by
the universally used names which ac-
cident or valor gave. Physicists have
invested the utterly inexpensive watt,
volt, ohm and ampere with technical
meanings and have introduced them
into the Technology of electrical SCI
ence.
"In fine, use can create and popu-
lariZe new terms. Do not the words
'Usona' and 'Usonian' so fully sub
serve the needs of exact address and
grammatical convenience as to deserve
a place in our language? The press
can, If it will, effect the adoption Of
fhaca nax, -,ynrIc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
High Lights.

On a summer-resort piazza the early
girl gets the hammock.
A man convinced against his will
suffers most when 1t is q woman who
convinces him.
The man who lives off an aunt or
sister always has more new hats than
any other. man in the block.
There is always something to be said
on both sides, but victory is with the
woman who gets to talking first.
A man marries n woman who under
stands Browning, and then acts sur
prised because she sees through him.
When a man wishes to stand solid
with the other sex he makes ii known
that he thinks there are no ugly wom-
en-.
After a man has been married ten
or fifteen years he still comes in and
asks his wife what time she is going
to have dinner.
The husband of too neat house.
keeper consoles himself by thinking
how he would hate his home IL things
were the other way.-Chicago Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Watches in Philadelphia and CLOCKS

Watches in Philadelphia and CLOCKS
in the suburbs of the city are now
regulated on electric-light flashes
from the top of the city-hall tower.
A band of arc lights, visible from a
great distance, surround the pedestal
OH which stands the statue of William
Penn. These lights are extinguished
at three minutes before nine o'clock
on each night, and fash out again at
just the hour of nine, on time signal
from the observatory at Washington.
The success of the innovation has been
SO great that some attention is being
directed towards the ACCESSIBILITY of
turning off the lights, by a mechanical
arrangement, three minutes before
each hour. During the nights that
the nine-o'clock experiment has been
tried, absolute exactness has been
maintained. But it is human to err,
and the possibility OF setting thou
sand clocks and watches wrong by
failure to turn on the current at the
exact second has drawn attention to
the advisability of substituting in
variable machinery for the human
hand.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10


OIL wnl walk with you, my lad. which.
ever WY y0u fare.
You'll have me, too, the side ef you,
with heart as light as air;
No care for where the road you takes
a-lsading-nnywhere.--
II can but be joyful jaunt the whilst
you journey there.
The road you takes the path Of love
an that's the bridth Of two
And will walk with you, my lad,-O,
I will walk with you.
Hel will walk with you, my lad,
Be weather black or blue,
Or roadsides frost or dew, my lad
: o will walk with you.
Aye, glad, my lad, / walk with you,
whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, or
binding drifts Of snow,
The way that you set face and foot's
the way that will go,
And brave I'll be, abreast Of you, the
Saints and Angels know.
With loyal hand In loyal hand, and
one heart made of two,
Through summers gold, or winters
cold, it's will walk with you.
Sure, will walk with you, my lad,
As love ordains me to-
To Heavens door, and through, my
lad,
o will walk with you.
James Whitcomb Riley, in Lippin-