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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-17
MONEY IN STOUT"

Lord Iveagh, whose gift OF $3.50. 900
to the Jenner institute Of Great Brit
ain is winning tributes OF praise in all
parts of the civilized world, Is Edward
Cecil Guinness, son OF the great brew
er of Dublin. The gift Of Lord Iveagh
is probably the most important ever
made to science. Specifically. It IL
to, be used for researches In bacteriol-
ogy and biology, a quest that concerns
the life Of every man. Possibly nine
tenths of all deaths are caused by germ
diseases, and It will be to fight these
maladies by. the discoveries Of their
causes and means of prevention that
Lord Iveagh's money will be used.
Lord Iveagh is the third son Of the
late Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness. He
is 81 years old and was made bar
onet twelve years ago and raised to
the peerage in 1891. From the I'M
mense fortune accumulated by the
manufacture of the world-renowned
Guinness stout" the family have
made enormous donations to Dublin.
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NOTES IN A SUNBEAM.
They May Now BE Counted and CLASH
Aod


They May Now he Counted and Classis
Ned.
Counting the dancing notes in
bar of sunlight sounds like one Of
those hopeless, never-ending tasks
with which malignant fairies delight
to break the spirits OF little heroines
IN the German folk stories. Something
more than this. however, has been
achieved by modern science. which IL
now able to count the particles float
ing in any given portion Of the atmos-
phere, says Parsons Weekly. and de-
termine what proportion OF these are
dangerous germs and what are mere
dust. DR.. Frankland's experiments
have shown lis how to count the micro
organisms, and now a Scotch scientist,
by totally different method, has been
enabled to take stock of the more
harmless but hardly less interesting
dust notes. Thirty thousand such par
ticles have been detected by him In
the thousandth of a cubic inch Of the
air In a room. In the outside atmos-
phere in dry weather the same meas
urement of air yielded 2,119, whereas
after heavy rainfall the number was
only 521. That this power OF prying
into atmospheric secrets win eventual
" yield very important results must be
obvious to all. Among the most curl
Gus discoveries already made IL the
direct and constant relation which ex-
lists between dust particles and fogs.
mist and rain.
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STORY OF CHINIQUY.
SYNOPSIS OF FRENCH-CANA-
DAMS STORMY CAREER.
He Led . Division from the Catholic
Church Iato the Fold OF the Presby-
terians-Oncs Defended by Abraham
lincoln.

Rev. Charles Chiniquy. who died in
Montreal. Que, recently was probably
the most widely known preacher OF
recent years. ChiniQuay's life in and
out Of the church was . turbulent one.
His Quarrels with Bishop O'Reagan OF
Chicago led to the dismissal Of that
bishop By the pope and drove hun
dreds, mostly French Canadians, from
the church. ChiniQuy was born in
Kamouraska, Que. July 80. 1909. He
was ordained to the priesthood in Mon
treal in 1888. largely through the la
bors Of o former monk named Mark
Capucin, who took a liking to Chini-
guy when he was boy. In 1851 Chin
lquy visited Illinois and during his
travels stopped at the French-Cana-
dian settlement ut Bourbonnais Grove.
While there he electrified the members
Of the church by his powerful sermons
and eloquence. He was pleased with
the country and decided to locate a
colony OF his own In KAnkakee coun-
y. a. this was In direct line with the
project Of the bishop of Chicago to
take possession Of the rich valley of
the Mississippi and the prairies Of the
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LOUIS BELTS.

almost copper-colored. His hair IL
combed back from his forehead and
falls In little ringlets about his ears.
which are as small and neatly nodded
as some beautiful young woman's. He
has a sharp, weli-set nose and his lips
are thin and now drawn by old age.
His sharp. piercing blue eyes blink ex-
pressively from his shriveled little face
and in no way does he resemble ne
gro save in his hair. The Indian shows
itself In his skin.
Belts speaks French as fluently ~
he does English. He was born Ia 1915
and was 10 years old when General
Lafayette visited Kaskaskia In 1925.
The old man says that he can remem-
Der the occasion and is always ready
to. give an account Of the great event.
In 1851 Belts, with party Of pros
pectors. made the trip across the plains
in q prairie schooner to the gold fields
Of California. But Belts came back In
a very short while, and he says today
that ''there want no chance for q
poor man out there then"
He has not been on Kaskaskia Is
hand for more than twenty-five years.
Year after year he has remained In
the tumble-down old village and
watched the. constant efforts Of the
mighty Mississippi river to COM
pletsly wash away the historic
spot Belts was ct one time
wealthy and owned fertile farm
near the junction Of the Mississippi
and Kaskaskia rivers, but when the
former stream decided that her course
had been cut out wrong and changed
her current to the channel Of the Kas-
kaskia the Belts farm went floating
down the river and helped to form
the great Mississippi delta. During the
long summer months the old man sits
on the rivers bank, near the spot for
merly occupied by the famous Kas-
kaskia tavern, and tells stories Of
events in the bygone days Of the old
town.
He was one Of the members Of that
remarkable funeral train when. In 1914,
during the food In the Mississippi val
ley, the remains Of Pierre Menard, the
first acknowledgements of Illinois,
who died in hts mansion on the OPP
posite side of the river, were taken
across to Kaskaskia in q rowboat.
During the winter the old man SOL
dom leaves his home. and It took much
coaxing to get him far enough from
the door to take his picture. He was
never before photographed and to him
It. was novel experience. He wanted
one Of the pictures and thought It
strange that they had to be put
through . process before they were
perfected.
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business. My Heavenly Father had
gimme some stock,-such as my
health, my right senses, lots Of chanc-
es fer doin' good, and so on the like
O. that, and when l died, I'd have to
check up, and He'd ask me what Ia
done with all He'd gimme; then II Ia
used all them things just for my own
pleasure, and not tried to do no good
fer Him, I'd be short when ! checked
up. He told me Of beautiful home
prepared for them as wus all right in
their stock. When he talked atbut
havin' home. / fell to longin-i
never knowed what that wus-to have
a home, yer know"
/ Jimmie paused for moment, then
with the saddest expression / ever saw.
he murmured, "but that's no. fer the
likes O. me, it's too late now; IL ia
only a-knowed sooner, l might have
had some show, but I've got to check
up just as am, and never done moth
In with all He gimme"
There was silence-silence which
could not break. Why could not
comfort this dying boy? was able to
relieve his body. but his soul was SUI
fering now. Several times essayed
to speak,. but no words came. / knew
the old, old story, but my own mis-
spent life reproached me. Should I
tell him that that which he had lis
tened to was mere fable, or should
give up. now and here. the stand which
had taken for 20 many years. and
own to myself that all the doubts I
had held to 80 tenaciously were falsef
Here in the presence of death. knew
did believe--there was a God-this
child had shown Him to me.
Jimmie was looking to me for COM
fort; his large eyes fixed on my face,
wondering why did not speak. All at
once the words came, and preached
to him Christi. the doubter. the athe-
list. told him OF Jesus and His love:
how many. many years ago He had
died that we. believing on Him, might
enter that home and be saved. He had
paid all our debt with His life. and set
US free. Jimmie listened eagerly, tears
trickling down his cheeks-"And I've
never done nothin' fer him." he said.
slowly"
Yes. you have, Jimmie, you have
been the means Of saving my soul" =
The next morning the nurse told me
that Jimmie had been asking for me.
I went over and stood by his bed. He
lay very quiet.-just drifting away. I
took his hand. Jimmie" said. y
am here, do you know met"
A bright smile overspread his face as
he pressed my hand. Then all the life
that was left exerted itself, and bent
low to hear the whispered words
"I'1l not be short. He'll make 1t right.
I'm" / could not hear what he
would have said, for the spirit, which
a moment before had been speaking to
me, was now giving an account OF the
deeds done in the body. Jimmie was
checking up."-Ram's Horn
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ment of missions in the French O.
adian settlements at Kankakee. .Auro-
ra, watseka, Momence, Manteno. ana
many other points. Some OF these
missions have since died. but . few
have grown. In 1854 he was sued nor
SANDER in the circuit court Of Kanka-
kee county. A change Of venue was
taken to Champaign county. and, large
" through the skillful pleadings OF
ex-President Lincoln. ChiniQuy was
cleared.
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On most of the redingote dresses and
many of the princess gowns for dressy
afternoon functions the familiar
straight fronts are avoided, and the
edges cut in long curving scallops-
thus. when the length of an ordinary
coat is reached curve Is made and the
material cut away In the space OF
three-eigfths of a yard or more. When
two-thirds of yard of the skirt-length
il traversed another backward scallop
in made as before, terminating at the
skirt edge. The bodice portion is
usually open-fronted and low cut.
above q gimp of shirred silk muslin
over silk or satin, gathered into a
beaded band around the neck. At a
nublic. entertainment of fashionable
hotel recently q gown exactly after
ths style described was worn. Anar-
row line Of otter fur finished the edges
Of skirt and waist, the gown was OF
gray. repped silk and wool, and the
rtmp of pink, crimson and green ma
telasse on q deep cream ground
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west, He was met with opposition In
his colonization scheme by the priests
It Bourbonnais and by Rev. Mr.. Lebel
Of Chicago. Several Of the prominent
residents Of the village offered to as
sist Chiniquy in selecting a site for
his colony and. with them, he started
10 select the highest point OF land In
Illinois for his first town, in order to
secure the purest air and water Tor
the new immigrants. He finally locat-
Cd the village Of st. Anne, naming 1t
thus after the famous st. Anne de
Beaupre in Canada. Within ten days
after the location had been made fifty
families planted their tents about
Chiniquy's. The hardships Of the col
ony during that winter were terrible.
as most of the colonists were with
out money and insuhiciently provided
with clothing to protect them from
the rigors Of the season. Chiniquy
and two Of the members Of the camp
used to kill every day sufficient wild
game to feed the people. The colony
worked in harmony, and by the open
ing of spring over forty small log huts
had been erected, together with q
church building about forty. feet
square. At this time the colony num-
bered more than 100 families. and there
we're more than 500 adults.
Notwithstanding opposition. over
1000 Immigrants came from France,
Belgium. and Canada during 1853. The
priest at Bourbonnais had been dis
missed and Chiniquy was given charge
Of the church at that place in addition
10 his charge at st. Anne. This priest
located Just across the Illinois line in
indiana, and began PROSECUTING. Six
hours after the dedication Of the
shurch the building was in ashes.
Shortly after this IRE Rev. Mr..
|0'Reagan was appointed bishop Of
Chicago. On one occasion the bishop
Visited st. Anne to confirm large
.lass and, seeing . fine house In pro-
.ess Of erection, inquired who the
,wner was. Chiniquy said 1t was his,
| ma the bishop demanded 1t. as the
/ hws Of the church denied the 0wner-
nip Of property by priests. In 1857 he
vas accommodated. Such was his
influence over his people that out Of
|wer 100 families residing near the VII
! are Of st. Anne all but fifteen follow
| "a him out Of the church and Joined
/ he Presbyterian church On April Is.
I.oeA 49, v.raa3,vrxa~xy - fS,9no< - 81
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Perhaps the most remarkable char
acter In Illinois today ID old Louis
Belts. an inhabitant Of Kaskaskia IL
land. Belts is in the eighty-fourth
year Of his life. and II spending his
latter days In the one habitable room
of one of the few. tumble-down old
houses that form what IL lett Of the
historic old village Of Kaskaskia.
Louis Belts is the last living indi-
vidual Of peculiar type we'll known In
the vicinity Of Kaskaskia In the early
part Of the nineteenth century. His
mother was . mixture Of negro and In
dian, while his father was full-blood-
cd Frenchman. The old MANS skin r.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-17

"One of the queerest ways In which
the identification of dead man was
ever established" said prominent po-
lice official OF Kansas City, the other
day. was that of man named Davis
who was carrier pigeon fancier. He
had gone out to fly his birds and fell
dead of heart disease. Nobody knew
him and not a line was on his per-
son as to who he was. He had two
birds with him. tied slip to ones
tail, on which wrote Come to the po-
lice station. and turned 1t loose. In
an hour after his son appeared and
Identified his father"
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REV. CHARLES cHINIouY.

The father restored st. Patrick's ca
thedral, and Lord Ardilaun, Edward
Cecils brother, presented to the city
Stephens Green park, one Of the finest
open places in the United Kingdom
Lord Iveagh himself but recently gave
in trust the sum of $1,500,ooo for the
erection of sanitary DWELLINGS, for
Dublin workingmen. Lord Iveaxh'a
most recent philanthropic gift is not q
local or national matter. The whole
Of humanity will profit by whatever
discoveries in bacteriology It may lead
to. The Jenner institute numbers
among Its members all the big men Of
medical and kindred sciences In Great
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-06-17
HELD roR DAMAGES.

Never In the records q the American
admiralty courts does there appear any
entry Of such Q heavy suit - thai
which has been made against the Nng.
lish ship Cromartyshire, now lying II
Snyder avenue wharf. Philadelphia.
The vessel was recently attached under
r writ filed by the Compagnie Generate
Transatlantique to recover damages
for the loss Of the steamer L. Bour-
gogne, which was sunk In collision
With the Cromartyshire Oh Sable y
Land on July last.
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The opening day Of the twentieth
century is still matter Of inquiry. It
will not be January LIST, 1900. but jan
uary LIST. 1901. 1t takes q full 100
years, not ninety-nine. to complete the
century. The first decade did not end
with the close of the year 8, but year
10. and the second decade began with
the year IL. The first, century ended
with the close Of the year 100, and the
nineteenth century will end with the
close Of 1900. not with 1892 Anyone
having doubts can count back year by
year from 1900 to 1.
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you've no time to listen to the likes Of
me-" he added, turning YEARLY from
me.
longed to shed some comfort into
the little life that was slipping away
90 fast. so / said, Jimmie, tell me-
have time"
Then he told me his story-words
that touched my heart as nothing else
had ever done.
There was a Teller on board my
train tother day." he began. 20 nice
lookin' old chap-and he says to me,
''soon as you're through, want to talk
to you about yer Job and some other
things. / tell you was scared awful;
I took him to be a 'Spotter,' and /
thought he'd got on to me sellin' my
own stuff now and then; faint right.
yer know, but all the fellers do it.
We'll, / lowed Ishad to face what was
up; so directly l went and set along
side OF him. That was the day afore
! got hurt. I'm glad seen him.
never knowed about them things he
talked about afore." His lip quivered,
IT oughter a knowed afore. it's. too
late now.
"What ID too late, Jimmie?"
eThen things he talked about"
what did he say?"
! He asked me about the Office. and I
told him as how things wus. Yer
know. works the 4:so train 70 New
York. The boss gives me q basket Of
stock. and I'm held responsible. l
carry all the latest novels. candy. CT
CARS, Florida oranges. bananas; yer
know them things yer get on the train.
We gets 20 per cent on all we sells.
Every night we turns in our money
and stock to the boss, and he checks
rs UP; sometimes we're right, and
sometimes we're short. This old chap
he listened and asked the most Ques-
lions about all I'm a-tellin' yer. Final
ly he says, says he. We've all got to
check up some day, do you ever think
of THAR,
II asked him what business he WIS
n. He said he was connected with
eomethin' or mother. don't Just re-
member now: then he said he wusn't
Geferrin' to business, but that We all,
when We died. would have to give an
account TO the one what give ~ our
Iayes . TO what vs'a done with en-
III I'D i ~ sumthiai similar y ~
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THE DYING WAIF.
BY Blance Langdon Ammen.

BY Blance Langdon Ammen.
1t was while was resident physician
at the Emergency hospital that. the
FOLLOWING case came under my notice.
There had been brought into the char
aty ward boy of about twelve years OF
age. He was badly mangled, and
knew from the moment saw him that
he could not recover.
Jimmie" l said one day, "how did
you happen to get all broken up this
way?"
Well. yer see, I'm a newsboy on the
r. 4 R. road, and was a passin'
through the train lappin' all the lat
est novels. Eyer know how they does
In trains). And as / was agoin' from
one car to the next with my arms piled
high, the train give lurch and my
books took tumble; next knowed
was here" After pause he MUIR
INJURED. II spose l musc have fell over
board tryin' to catch EN-"
you had better have lost them, jim
mie." / said, stroking his thin little
hands.
oh. but yer don't know what time
there'd been with the boss when l
checked up" His eyes flashed. and his
hand trembled with emotion. "Them's
awful times, sir, when yer comes in
short" Feeling that he had talked
enough, / went on down the ward ex-
amining others. AS each day passed.
he grew steadily worse. In his de-
lirium. he talked necessarily Of check
Ing up" Sometimes he would cry
piteously. Am 1 short. tell me, tell
me, am short?". Then there would be
incoherent words and means ending
bftentimes. in heart-rending sobs.
concluded that he must be worrying
about these books. therefore decided.
the next time his mind was clear, to
set him at rest about them.
So said to him, Jimmie. you
needn't worry any more about those
books. I've paid the debt. you won't
come In short"
He looked at me blankly for mo-
ment: then he sighed. II amt worry
In about no books"
WELL" / said, sitting down beside
him. what is it? Tell me-"
He lay perfectly quiet for a time. and
u wondered, as stroked the long locks
back from the oldish face, what bur-
den there could be that could so torture
the soul OF this dying child. Suddenly
he turned his large hollow eyes upon
me, and looked piercing into my face
TIN agoin' to die-I know that
straight"
I'VE are doing the best we can for
you, Jimmie"
"Oh, I'm not a-kickin' about you, nor
the nurse. neither; you've been real
good to me. wisht could tell yer.
though. all what worries me; but
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Congressman Berry. Of Kentucky,
who said on the floor Of the house that
the United States might have to whip
Germany as we'll as Spain. Is six feet
four inches tall: weighs 30 pounds,
and feels entirely responsible for. his
remarks. The German ambassador is
said to have inquired officially regard
ing the man who made the statement
referred to.
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The use Of the balloon as an astro-
nomical observatory is one Of the later
adaptations of science that would have
seemed very strange few years ago.
In some ways, says the Rev. J. M.
Bacon, it affords the student OF
astronomy and optics opportunities
not 70 be otherwise obtained, and the
steadiness and brilliance Of celestial
objects viewed with optical aid from
balloon 10000 or $4,000 feet above
sec level is astonishing, the full moon
through an ordinary feldglass becom-
Ing intolersbly bright at even half
that height. The same advantages
cannot be had at mountain Observe
tories, % those are never free from
the peculiar earth stratum Of air. The
observer from balloon may watch
sclipses and meteors quite undis-
turbed by clouds, and is able to gain
much enlightenment on questions of
rsfraction. and spectrosoopic lines
from atmospheric substances, and
may even succeed in photographing
the solar corona without an eclipse.
Many balloons will doubtless be ready
for insuring observations of the great
mstsoRic shower expected next Novem-
boR.
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The women are wearing little pigs
this season carved out Of clear rock
crystal o. opaque stones Of the nature
Of agate, and suspended from the neck
BY ring inserted at the top OF the
animals back. These charms never
measure more than an inch. and some
nd utand On the Thumb paii
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The superior English Pickpoeket.

The superior English Pickpocket.
Pocket picking is an occupation
that admits of vast display Of in
genuity. While disciaiming any par
ocular merit for that country, says 3
London paper, IL is an indisputabls
fact that again England is in the van
Of eli nations In that her pickpockets
hold their own against all foreign com-
petition. In London alone over one
hundred thousand men, women and
children gain their daily bread BY
this unscrupulous mode OF living
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.Are you much rushed now. Fooz-
err"
Rushed. II were to die tonight
nv employer would expect me to come
down town tomorrow and work I'm
IN the hour set for the funeral. -
Chicago Record.
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THE CRoMARTYsHIRE.

Under the attachment the security
was fixed at 5000. 900 for the release Of
the ship. The owners have asked for
q reduction Of this amount, and adj
miralty surveyors appointed to assess
the value of the craft have fixed It ct
$33, 900.
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Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Pa'ace SIeepeu
between New Orleans aud Memphis.
Kansas City, St. Lonis and Chicago
without change. making direct connec
lions with frst-class liaes to al points
The great steel bridge spanning TIE
Ohio river at Cal completed, and al
trains freight and passenger now run.
ming regularly over II. hnsavoiding The
delsys and annoy Ance incident 70 trans
Ter by ferry boAt
Chicago.
Ia 4. Soon. 2. 2. ~ Memphis
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A REMARKABLE MAN.
LOUIS BETTs. KING OF KAS-
kASKIA ISLAND.

His Farm Was washed Away Twenty
nve Years Ago BY ChSnxe in the
Mighty Mississipprs Course-Hs Saw
Gen. Lafayette.