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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
nRurN DESERVED BETTER FATE
poss Safely on a Cowcatcher Only to
ne Slain on Reaching Town.

Rode Safely ON q Cowcatcher ohy :"
ne Slain on Reaching Town.
Not long ago as a railroad train was
passing through Wilder's cut, near VI
cut, Pa, the engineer was astonisneu
to see a black bear coming aroIno
sharp curve. The cut Is SO harro"
that there is hardly room for Han
to stand aside and allow an engine 10
pass without striking him. Bruin was
more amazed than the engineer. IN
,tead of stepping aside, he reared Oh
his launches and awaited events. 1 nc
locomotive was running less thah
twenty miles an hour. for the place
is a dangerous one. Upon seeing the
bear the engineer shut off steam ana
applied the brakes. but the distances
was too short to escape an accident
The cowcatcher slipped under the hlno
legs of the brute and lifted him on the
ground. Thinking all the trouble was
over, the engineer put on steam once
more. while the fireman climbed out or
the cab window and stole along the
guard rail to find out what had become
of the bear. He was there, clasping
the cowcatcher, the lower part OF MS
body just grazing the ground ana MS
. head almost reaching the bottom OF the
headlight. He seemed to understand
that the only thing he could DO was to
hold fast, and he did so during the
run to the next station. ten miles dis
tant. The station agent was standing
at the door as the train approached
The sight of full grown bear on the
cowcatcher fairly took away fls
breath. As soon as the engine came
to a standstill bruin slipped from his
perch and made a break for freedom
This took him straight toward TIT
agent, who dashed through the door
slammed 1t shut, leaped through I'M
rear door and went up the street at
furious rate, calling out, Bear. bear
Somebody get gun" Soon the tow
was In a turmoil, yelling crowd foi
lowing in hot pursuit OF the bear, som
of the boys pelting him with stones
buuueuiy u ui6 Sucphcio uoo DNo~
out of a yard and dashed after tn
bear. Bruin paused but minute G
two, but when he passed on the DO
had no future interest In the proceed
ings. At the street corner lawye
carrying a double-barreled gun cam
face to face with the bear, but the la
ter turned down the nearest alley. TT
crowd increased and encircled tt
frightened animal, making escape in
possible Finding himself at bay, brui
backed up against barn, rearing
his launches. The lawyer sent tv
bullets into the bear, whereupOn u
wounded animal charged at the crow
One urchin fell, was trampled up;
and had a leg broken. The lawy
slipped another bullet into his gun a.
sent the shot through bruins he
and finished him. By this time tae c
gineer and fireman recalled the fl
that a trainload of passengers we
waiting at the station, and hurri
back and resumed their official dut
after a bear hunt Of about twer
minutes.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
WRECKED ny HAIR DYE.
SulvAtion Army Corps Broken Up b
Vanity Of . Member.

salvation Army corps nhOAeA W ~
Vanity Of Member.
Even the enthusiastic women who
devote their lives to Salvation Army
work are not above the vanities char
acteristic Of their sex as whole
that is, II one may judge by the de-
plorable outcome of q scandal In corps
No.. 2. which for years conducted It's
peculiar work in Elsey chapel on jew
ut avenue, Jersey City. Factiona1
bitterness, caused by woman's. gossip,
has resulted in the disbandment OF
the corps. All Salvationists when they
join tho army, Of course, are supposed
to renounce the vanities OF the world
and corps No. 2 was very strict IN
such matters. One Of the sisters one
day, however, observed that the chiio
Of another sister purchased . bottle
Of hair dye. The mother OF the 7cnlio
had beautiful black hair, and the OBJ
serving sister began to talk the re-
suit of her observation over with other
sisters, until it came to be the Quiet
gossip Of the corps. Finally the
| bIOIlSb I6oCueu luC SdA5 VI enS SAS~~
with the black hair, and then there
was a time. She went to the on1cei
In charge of the corps and demanded
that the originator Of the hair-dye
story be tried by court-martial. This
was granted. There were interesting
scenes at the trial, and the accused
sister was acquitted. The accuser lef'
the corps, taking many Of her friendl
with her. The accused remained, bu
there were enough friends OF her op
ponent left to make life unpleasant To-
her. Then she resigned from the corps
taking many Of her friends. The corp
after that could not pay expenses
members lost interest in their work
and finally disbandment put an end
the trouble.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
Cost of Launching a warsh,p

The total cost of the launch of a
modern battleship often amounts to
over $4,000. About five tons Of tall
low and over a ton of oil and soft SOAP
are used in greasing the ways-that is,
the slip down which the cradle in
which the vessel is placed. glides into
the sea
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

With local applications Is they cannot rsso N
the seat of the disease. Cetarrn y tloo ~, %
n Won must tako Internal remedies. HAIL.
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and a9gs ~.
rsotiy on the blood and mucous surface hat Wa
described by one Of the best physcians IN
this country for years, and Is 2 regular Pre- re.
scription. It is composed Of the best tAn mic.
known, combined with the best blooo purinTSLbs s
acting directly OH the mucous surfaces. ~.
nerfeot combination Of tho two ingredients 1
what produces such wonderful results IN cur
ing catarrh. Scnd for testimonials, Irse. n
F. ]. CHENEY Co. Props, Ioleoo' v.
Sold by Druggists, price, Toe.
Halls Family Pills aye the best
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

A well-known professor Of hydro
states says: 1T Is simple, sober
fact. which have tested myself, that
in all the deeper artesian bores there
Is a distinct tide, corresponding exact
" with the ocean tides, except that the
process is reversed, and causing the
water to vary very greatly in height
in the bore at flood and ebb. The
time of greatest flow in an artesian
we'll corresponds with full ebb In the
OCEAN nearest. This Is how l account
for the phenomenon. When the moon
ia at its height the moon Is exerting Its
null not only on the sea but on the
land. This naturally tends to take the
nressure off the sand well which lies al
900 to 1000 feet below the surface
and at the bottom of which the water
lies. Thus the preseI re on the water il
lessened and the fOw slackens. Or
the other hand, at low tide in the 'ocear
the moons pull is relaxed and the eaFtf
settles back, and by producing greatel
pressure on the water-bearing straa'
down below squeezes the water up ca
octlv as you might squeeze a sponge.
The garden was under heavy mort
xaee and Of course Mrs. Eiitcn'
friends saw no recourse for her but u
sell the property. This Mrs. Eiitcn re
fused to do. She wanted to realize. nei
husbands dream for him, SO set ner
self resolutsly to the task. Wneh
through the carelessness OF her nea'
keeper, her fine lions and tigers SICK
ened and died, she discharged MN
and began her personal managemen
Of the remaining ones. Mrs. Elitcf
visits each pen and pit regularly ever
morning, knows just how each anima
should be cared for and sees that ne
instructions are obeyed.
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Adaptibility.

Mrs. A.-"Didn't you think Mrs.
Whipley a very refined womanf" Mrs.
B.-"she was vulgar to me-" well,
she II adaptable"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
The Direrenos Of opinion.

Rev. Mr.. Coidwater (of Drytown)-
II your parents would only try spruce
beer, my SON. think they would stop
drinking that vile stuff you have there.
Jimmy-Yer think so do vert Well.
think It'll be cold day when yer see
any kids around here rushin' Dc grow
Ter fer spruce beeri-Puok.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Mr. Glitch conceived the idea Of the
geological garden In his youth, but
never realized his boyhood's dream tll
1889, when. after the expenditure or
thousands of dollars, he saw u . sue
cess. He died soon after.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

volunteer-At FIRST we thought that
nothing could be worse than the army
ration. Friend-Well. what was
worse7 voluntser-When We DIDN'T
get it.-Judge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Caraway-"The elopemsnt OF Che
news wife was In the nature Of boom
erang, wasn't it," Hooks-How so7''
Caraway-"She returned the next DAY.
New York World.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
&c clean your blood and keep 1t clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all Inn
Danish rimple., boils, blotches, blaokhsads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, aoo b0o.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

A London medical paper has been
solemn}y warning its readers not to
wear old boots. 1t declares that after
a time the Gather harbors microbes
which prey on the feet of the wearer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
ss On A.troIisical Reading Free.

I will send full reading and answer az
questions with pen picture of future emmy
Tor no cts. (postage expenses,) Give date OF
birth. If NAV mean wealth and happiness.
Adj. Prof. Eolis, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
Advice, and Is Now Well

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Before using
your Vegetable Compound I was
great sufferer. have been sick for
months, was troubled with severe pain
in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
Girls. of Course.

"Pa says I'm his treasure" HE
isn't as wealthy as supposed. -
Truth.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness fter first days use Of DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise Tree
DIR. r. d. KLINE, Ltd. 95l Arch St, Fhlia, fa'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

natures mental reservation Is apparent In
the cigarette fiend.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup forchildren
ton ,allays pain, cures wind colo. 25c. bottle
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be
magetic, full of life, and nerve and vlgor,
take No-To- Bac. the wonder WORKER xG Gna al
makes weak men strong. All druggist, Que or
81 Cures guaranteed. Booklet and sample
free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
or New York.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

We think Piso's Cure for Oonsumpfo.nr 1 -
PISox ARD. Springfield. H., Oct. !. 1884.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away

An exchange of servantsis one way 70 ter-
inmate femi nine Friendships.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

TO euro Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cath artic. loo or Zoo.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets'
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
l0c, 26c. If C-C.C. fail, druggist reiuno money
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

There IL no earthly love 80 true and inex-
pensive as as a mothers love.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
Beautv Is Blood Deem.

A close student of human nature never
lends money to his friends.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Some men are quite regular In their habit
but their habits are bad.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

The man who fails to start doesn't have to
stop to think.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

The finger Of destiny is undoubtedly on the
hand of fate.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Spain's transports Of Joy probably wen'
down with her ships.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Some men prefer war rather than old
Dictatorship.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Some people economize in gas to pay the
oculist.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

The son-in-law is often the child Of so'
row
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11
Germany and Asia Minor.

1t 10 inevitable that Asia Minor shall even'
tualiy pass from the possession Of NOLAN.
mechanism, and whether Germany accom-
plishes the task or not, the Sultan must yield
to Christian nation. II 10 Just 40 fnevita DIG
that diseases Of the digestive organs mus
Weld to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The
disorders Of this kind are usually called dys
pepsia, constipation and biliousnsss Inc
Bitters are equally good for all such com
plants, regardless of the name.
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C.tarrh Cannot be Cured

A little music makes man as disagrscabls
as q little-uIeaing.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobscco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure SOC. 81. All druggists
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
DrugVists refund money II 1t fails to cure. &c,
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Cheap jewelry beats the more expensive
kind all hollow.
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in lower part of bow
!. ! !.
0S els, also suffered
kyGSl6 with dizziness,
NY headache, and
" f~Ns could not sleep.
I wrote you a
- %3 letter describ-
N/E ing my case and
" asking your
advice. You
~ Z replied tell
ing me just
followed your direc-
tons, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done for me.
Many thanks to you for your advice.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me, and will recon-
mend it to my friends.-Mrs. FLORENCE
r. HOFFMAN, sig Roland St., Canton, o.
The condition described by Mrs. Hoff-
man will appeal to many women, yet
lots Of sick women struggle on with
their daily tasks disregarding the
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse.
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and fol
sometimes past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department Of
her great business, treating by lette,
as many as a hundred thousand ailina
women during single year.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

uTANTYD-Cuse Of bad health that BIZ Cs..sssi
w viii not beneht Send cts TO hiPens. C....tsl.
r. NANCY for 10 samples and l000 te.s12g1.@ss
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-11

apples as there are orchards, so nu-
merous have the new graftings be-
come. All, however, are descendants
Of two or three families, as the green
ings, the pippins and the spitzenbergs,
which were brought to this country
from. Germany, Holland and England
by the early settlers. Many Of these
varieties of apples take their names
from the places where they were first
grown, as the Newtown Pippin, which
originated in the town of that name on
Long Island; Hubbardston Nonesuch
from Hubbardstown, Mass; the little
red apple known generally as the snow
is really the Fameuse, which came
from town in old England, whence
the seed was first brought to Canada
The Jonathan, which within the last
few years has become a very wei
known and much-sought-after apple
was named after the man on whose
farm 1t was first grown, near Roches
ter, N. Y, and the same is true of the
Ben Davis, which attains popularity
in Ohio. Besides these there are tn,
old standards-the Baldwin, of the rex
apples; the Greening. Of the green
colored fruit, and the Spitzenberg, an
other red apple-which are grown II
great quantities along the Hudson
River and throughout the States o
New York and New Jersey.
In a year when the crop is large o
of fair size there will be thousands o
barrels of each of these three kind
sent into the New York markets eac
week, They are shipped in carioa
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANCISCO. Gal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-21

rata. The stock of the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Canada now sells readily at lIS
whenever placed upon the market.
In 1891 in order to keep out a rival or
ganization the Bell company entered into
an agreement with the authorities of To-
ronto whereby per cent of the gross earn
ings We're paid the city, rates We're reduced
and other concessions made. Prior to 1891,
the rates to subscribers were 500 for bust
ness houses and $50 for private telephones.
From September Il, 1891 to the present
time the rate of $40 and 50, per expired
agreement. has not been changed. The
city is $500, with an average daily call Of
13.02. Rates for long distances are charged
according to a sliding scale. % cents being
the lowest figure for five minutes CONVEX
sation Direct telephone communications
can be had with the principal cities, towns
and villages in the provinces of Quebec and
Ontario and the United States. Up to tif
teen miles, rates are IL cents; from 10 to
100 miles, - cents; from $50 to Do miles, 80
cents. For each additional twenty miles
or a fraction, half of the above tariff is
charged. The telephone company, from
1880 to 1898. had plant in Toronto which
does not include lands and buildings, or
$306 220. p, the value of useless and ruined
material which was not counted during its
time which appears TO be worth about
81, 0O00O
The services rendered by the company are
first-class. and all materials and equip
ments are in excellent condition in every
particular According to the directors
nineteenth annual report, 1.G'i new sub
scriberS were added during the last year,
the total number of instruments now earn
ing rental in the dominion being 81, 0S2.
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ence through which probably every actor
passes at some time in his career, and he
not unreasonably hates it, He would in
hnitely rather play to a house full of pa
per. The latter phrase means an audience
admitted mostly by free passes, and the ex-
preston probably takes its origin from the
tact that 1t is customary for theatrical
managers TO send free passes to the dra-
matte critics of the press
The crime of stealing thunder is not
punishable under any penal code. but it is
InisdemeanOr which no respectable the
atrtcal company should allow to go unpun-
iShed. 1t is not however so dangerous a
crime as one might fancy. In prosy English
II IS the oHense of accepting and acknowl-
edging as your own the applause due to
another actor and working it up on your
private account.
1t is very frequently done, and some act
ors are wonderfully clever at the business
They will steal the thunder every time
they are on the stage SO tactfully and arts
tically that it is difficult for the audience
to believe that all the honor is not due to
them. Second-rate actor managers are
hardened offenders in this matter.
I've got a shop in a fine crowd" eX-
claims Miss Tottie Twofeet to a friend.
All the fat of the book, three curtains and
the tag. We open on Tuesday, and I'm
awfully fluffy. Jessies walking on To
any one inexperienced in the slang of the
stage the above speech would not convey
much. Translated into common or gar
dem language, Miss .Twofeet's meaning
is that she has obtained an engagement in
a fine company, that she has to deliver the
most telling speeches in that play. that the
performance commences on Tuesday and
that she is not sure of her line. Jessie
evidently her dearest of friends-has part
which she cannot act.
1t must be admitted that Miss Twofeet is
concise. She might add that Except for a
shop part or engagemenO in a fit up
"a company travelling its own scenery, she
has been resting (Which is a neat way
of saying she has been out of an engage
menD.
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ly enough, this device proved the means OF
aggraVaung the evil 1t was intended to
remedy, for a refinement Oh St. Dun
stan 5 simple plan the most abstemious
drinkers We're required, when the tankard
went round, to drink precisely to a peg in
dicated. whether their heads could stand
the amount Of such ''distempering draught"
or not Thence comes the phrase. He is "A
peg too low. And, like the tankard. there
Is another drinking vessel-used, il is true
only by the humber classes but many
centuries old-the honest earthtnware mug
brown and cool, Tor ale or cider. seen at
many little roadside inn, and on the table
outside. where sit the carriers and way
farers under the ample tree which usually
shelters them, while the horses drink lei
surely from the adjacent trough The
earthenWare mug was even used at modest
city feeds in the seventeenth century and
as Wen as the wooden trencher is aSsoclat-
ed for long period of the past with the
humble majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-21

The large increase from the British col
ONES was coal, the greater part of which
was imported by the United States for the
use OF the army and navy during the late
war.
OF the imports, 81 aS2, O75. - was specie of
American mintage.
Inc exports for the year amounted to the
total sum of SlI.346. 74479. as against $16-
VI OH for 1897. an Increase of S1,324-
H9-oo The ports of Honolulu and Maku-
Kona Tell far behind 1897 exports, while
tdlio and kahulut; forged ahead
Inc number Of VESSELS to enter at the
custom house during the year, excepting
transports. naval Vessels and coasters. was
~ against AT for 1881, an increase OF "a
or this number 200 were of American reg
lister. This is failing off from the figures
OF American vessels Tor 1897, but is ex-
plalned by the fact that number of Amer
n tcan steamers which made regular stops
mere We're taken for transports last sum
figures. .sA Il " e a'''e
The prosperity OF these islands" saws
Mr haywood, 'Hepe1ds almost entirely
upon ITS one great staple-sugar. ANY
cause which lowers the price of sugar viii
make every one here poorer. BY the IN
nexation of Hawaii the United States gain
e ea territory with a population. If we except
1ne Asiatics, as rich. per capita as one viii
ma IN any place In the world In their
present prosperous condition they are
sooo customers of The mainland"