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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-16
What Victor Did.
10 called mamma.

Teddy, dear! called mamma
"Yes'm," replied Teddy. He was
busy over his book on the cool, shaded
piazza. and it was a warm August
afternoon.
81 want you to take Victor down to
the river for bath. The dog IS SO not
in the cellar"
But, mother, at SHUTDOWN"
who promised to play the hose fof
Patrick at sundown?"
81 did," said Teddy, little smile re-
placing the sober pucker over his nose.
Dear me, mamma" he REMARKED
pulling on his cap, what thing 1t Is
to be man of the housed"
EYES," returned mamma. 1T Is
beautiful thing to be cheerful httle
man of the house"
Presently she losed the big st. Ber-
nard, and he came leaping toward TED
dy, eagerness in every movement, tor
his freedom usually meant bath these
hot days.
Come on, vic!" called Teddy.
You're more bother than you're
worth, old fellow!" he declared
fondling him. "Just think OF me,
two-legged boy, waiting upon you'
four-legged dog!" Victor could mo-
think about it, but he licked Teddy's
hand lovingly, as If to acknowledge tnt
condescension, and they started on.
at seems to me-" said mamma u
Betty. when they sat on the porch late
with their fancy work, "that Teddy AM
Victor have been gone long time
They're coming this minute, nam
mar murmured Betty, peering through
the creeper.
why, Ted, how flushed you look
Charge, Victor! That's right. DID n
have a cool swim, dear.
Ibid he?" cried Ted. excitedly. Ihe
his round face sobered. Mamma" h
said. "how strangely things happen
II I had not promised to play the nos
why, you see, mamma" ne contii
ued. breaking off and plunging into u
heart of his story, when we got dow
, to the water, there was PatricKs OF
! father trying to swim for his straw ha
which had blown into the river. He
, so old and feeble, thought 1t queer I
! should be swimming for his hat
wildly, with all his clothes on. SO
, sent victor in for it, and what do yo
q Think"
"What?" cried Betty. breathlessly.
h "He never went near it, but straigl
!. for Patrick's father instead. al
: brought him to shore. A wise thin
too. for the old man had given out.
, pulled him ashore, dripping. and thu
. away went Victor after the hat, al
= brought that! The poor fellow graoo
d it and pulled ten-dollar bill out fro
r. under the leather. He had drawn
r from the bank and thought he had &c
,e it, and they're so poor! He cried oV
Id the money! Vic and took him hon
ID and his sick old wife cried over nj
t. oh, l tell you twas wet time!
Or finished, winking oddly himself.
a. Mamma and Betty both looked 81
as picious also, and Ted said, Col
Id here. Vic, till apologize. You darli
o. old dog, I am proud to wait on y
d. sir." and he buried his arms In
lit damp fur of the noble fellows shae
re neck Lillian L. Price
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-16

Mary q woman speass OF her emo
sonal temperament bat osssFs cal! u
tnpss.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-16
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace sleeper'
between New Orleans aud Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct oonneo'
lions with first-class Ines to ell points
The great steel bridge spanning tns
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and ali
trains freight and passenger) now rum
ming regularly over it. thus avoiding ths
DELAYS and annoyance incidentto trans'
Ter BY ferry boat. A..
Chicago,
Ina. A, asSs1 y. ?. h. xsnsasa
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
arises for settlement, his record has a
bearing thereupon.
NEW BRANCH ROAD.

Some time ago the work of erecting
a branch from the main line of the
New York, Ontario and Western rail-
road into the recently purchased Ca
pouse colliery, now operated by the
Scranton Coal company, was begun.
The work is completed up to n point
near the Cayuga colliery, so rapidly has
the grading and track laying been
done.
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock an
engine was run over the new road
from Priceburg to the above point as
test of the condition of the ballast,
etc. and the trial was perfectly satis-
factory. Many railroad officials wit
messed the test. 1t is expected that in
the course of a few weeks the coal
will be shipped from the Capouse col
liery via the new branch instead Of by
way of the Delaware, L.ackawanna
and Western, as at present.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
RUSHING THEM THROUGH.
Sixty Witnesses Examined in the
Election Contest.

Examiners Duggan and Lewis yes
terday put through sixty election con-
test witnesses at their two sittings in
the arbitration room. They We're from
Scranton, Taylor and Blakely, most OF
them from the latter place.
Scranton-+Charles Johnson, Peter Nc
Donnell, John p. Kelly, ST., G. w. Keys,
John Bennett, Walter Evans.
Taylor-Samuel Evans, Thomas Price,
George Thomas, John w Price, David
]. Bevan, Charles Davis, Charles Stever.
John II. Thomas.
Blakely-George Bates, Thomas NJ.
Jones. Richard j, Reese, w. ID. Jones.
II. f. Names, Henry Purdy, Thomas
Swales, Francis Ham, jr., E. II. Ferris,
William Tuttle, David T. Lewis, d. w.
Lewis, A. Thorp w. b. Stevens, w. ID.
Lewis, d. C. Havens, w. G. Miller, ID.
r. Basel, C. Gangmiller, Joseph Up
dyke, James Davey, A. w. Pentecost,
Edwin Curtis, Robert Linton, Dwight
r. Lathrope, T. W. Spangenburg. b.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
"PleaSe Smile
Look Pleasant" "

When woman says 81 am racked
with pain, the word cracked" recalls
the days when they stretched the tender
bodies OF women on the rack with rome
and pulley until the very Joints cracked
Fancy an attendant saying to the tor
tured woman, "Please smile and look
pleasant.
And yet the woman cracked with
pain" Is expected TO smile through her
agony and to make home happy. She
can t do it. II is against nature. Cen
orally speaking, the racking pains of i'll
health such as headache, backache and
bearing down pains" are related to de-
rangements or disorders of the organs
distinctly feminine. When this condition
is removed the general health is restored,
and with health comes back the smile
OF happiness.
Any woman may regain her health at
home without offensive questionings or
examinations by the use of DIR. Pierce's s
Favorite Prescription. 1t cures per
fectly all diseases and arrangements
peculiar to women. Sick women NAV
consult DIR. Pierce by letter free of
charge. Such letters are treated as
sacredly confidential.
81 was a great sufferer for four wears from
displacement and liberation, !" writes Mrs. Mary
Pickering Of Ollie, Keokuk Co. Iowa AT the
time ! began using DR. Pisrce's Favorite IRE
scription ! was not able TO sit up in bed / took
eight bottles aud got TO be a stout woman ANY
doubling this can write to me, enclosing a
stamp, and will answer"
No alcohol in any form is contained
in "Favorite Prescription" Substitu-
ton is selfish. 1t cares more for its
profit than for your cure. Therefore, in
SfSf on getting "Favorite Prescription. "
DIR. Pierce's great work the " Common
Sense Medical Adviser" is a book no
woman can afford to be without. Send
al one-cent stamps, cost of mailing pa
per edition, or 81 cents for the cloth
binding. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
MANY QUESTIONS ASKED,

Recently a blank form was issued to
each engineer and fireman in the Del
aware, Lackawanna and West 4r'I
railroads employ, having for it's pur-
pose the obtaining of the age, length
of service, number of promotions, time
thereof and other matters connected
with the mans service on the road.
The majority of these have been re-
turned to the office properly filled out
and history or record is being made.
AS a result, the company protects
itself and the men concerned are equal
ly benefited, for when a man is en-
titled to promotion or any difficulty
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18

The Lehigh and WilkesBarre Coal
company has posted the following
notice at its mines in the Honey Brook
division, near Hazleton:
70 employees Honey BrooK division
Referring to newspaper reports as to
order issued by the United Mine Work
ers that our employees, members of
that order, would not be allowed to
work with employees who are not MEM
bers--to prevent any misunderstanding
The following statement is made;
This company has not interfered in
the question as to whether it's en-
ployes should or should not be MEM
bcrs of organizations of any kind,
1t cannot permit any of it's officers
or. employees to discriminate for or
against other employees who are or
who are not members of any organz-
alton. Should any such discrimination
occur, the officer or employe at fault
need not expect further employment
from his company
w. J. Richards,
General superintendent"
This defines the attitude of the COM
pany with reference to the situation"
says the Wilkes-Barre Record. The
officers of the United Mine Workers
stated that after May 10 no union en-
ployes should work with non-union
men. According to the company's at
titude, if the union persists in this
course. there will undoubtedly be a
shut down of the works, as many of
the men belong to the union and there
will not be enough nOn-union men to
operate the mines, of which there are
three or four.
The company intimated last week
that in case there is further trouble
IN the Hazleton region the mines may
De permanently shut down and the
company's allotment of coal taken from
other mines.''
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
BUSINESS BLOCK CORNER STONE
Was Laid with Appropriate Exer-
cises Yesterday Morning,

A large crowd witnessed the laying
Of the cornerstone at the new build
ing of Lebowch & Davidewitz, 4OS
South Washington avenue, yesterday
morning. DIR. Longstreet presided and
addresses were delivered by John Kill
cullen, John Kaughman, Henry Brown,
Architect Worden, James Connery and
Mr. McNally. Lunch was served by
Caterer ]. r. Kennedy.
The new building is to be five stories
in height and to be very beautiful and
modern in it's construction. The ground
floor will be used as a store by the en-
terprising young proprietors and the
upper floors will be rented as residences.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
ADDITION TO SHOPS.

Active operations toward the erec-
tiOn of an extension to the machine
shops are going forward under the
direction of superintendent Fitzgib-
bons. The extension will be 144 feet
in length and the full width of the pre-
sent shops. Therein will be installed
the machinery removed from the
j lngston shops
This will necessitate the employment
of more men and those who worked
in the Kingston shops will be given
the preference,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
CEYL0N
AND
INDIA
TEA

DR.. II. w. Wiley, chief
chemist to the National
Agricultural Department,
said to the Senate Pure
Food Commission:
"Dangerous adultera-
tions come under two
classes COLORING and
PRESERVING. The color
ing matter is used because
it makes food palatable."
CEYLON-INDIA TEA is
PALATABLE because of
it's PURITY. Absolutely
no COLORING matter is
used. Being machine
made, it is also CLEANLY.
Use less tea and infuse
THREE to FIVE minutes.
Always use boiling water.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
CLEANING THE YARD,

The throwing of waste, etc, about
the Scranton yard has become a nui-
sance. 1t must be stopped and rail-
Ica0ers will take note of this order"
reads an order recently issued by
superintendent Garrett Bogart, of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company. Tuesday the yard for the
first time in several months presented
a rather empty appearance so far az
trains of coal and freight went.
4 large gang of men We're employed
in cleaning up the yard and the above
order takes on its real significance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18

X Benjamin, Edward II. Barber, Jay
Tuttle, George ii. Stevens, Walter
Lloyd. Bert Gibson. A. A. Ayers, Elmer
Swingle, S. b. Williams, Harvey Rob-
erts, George Roberts, w. J. Bonner, S.
G. Simpkins, Arthur Hazen, William
Snedicor, Fred Benjamin, Frank Ben
jamin, George Loughlin, Arthur Wright
son, John T. Williams.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-18
NEWS OF THE GREAT
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
ULTIMATUM OF THE L. g. w-B. G.
CO. ISSUED.

will Not Permit Discrimination
Against It's Employees Who Are
Not Members of Labor organiza-
tions-Preparations for an Addi-
tion to the D., L. & w. Shops Are
Under Way-ouestions D., L. & w.
Employees Are Required to Answer.
Notes of a General Nature.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
An Easy $40.

Opie Read some years ago was in Gin
cinnati and broke. says Cincinnati
newspaper man. He in vain applied at
the various newspaper offices for work.
He tried to get Il job on the mechanical
end of some paper, SO hard up was he,
but in this, too he failed.
There was nothing left for him but to
tramp" He started on the road. as
many better and worse men have done
before him.
Tired and dust-stained he reached a
suburb of Cincinnati. AS he was pass
ing lumber yard he heard man talk
he heard the individual deliver himself
much as follows:
- Rejected the whole car
load of lumber because there was one
could write a letter-one that would
scorch the very hair off his head, the
Il can write that is my business said
Read, stepping up.
Good" said the lumberman You sit
right down and right a regular 'scorch-
err" And he explained more fully the
circumstances of the case.
Read, although he knew nothing of the
man to whom he was writing, dipped
his pen in gall'' and wrote
Then he read the letter, which was, in
deed about as cauStic a one as could have
been written.
The lumberman was delighted
That's splendid" he exclaimed. How
much do you want"'
"I'll leave that with YOU said Read
The lumberman handed the author u $40
bill and Read was tided over his financial
1ifficu1tioS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
5000 Guitars at S2.65.

For those who are accustomed to send
ing away from home for their goods it
is Of the greatest Importance to know the
character and reliability of the establish
ment selling goods to families from cat
alogues. The great emporium of the
John NJ. Smyth Co, located at $50 to 166
West Madison street, Chicago, has been
established for third of century, and
has furnished over half million homes
in Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm
enjoys the confidence Of the public by its
many years of fair dealing 1t issues an
immense illustrated catalogue that should
be in every family, as it describes and
gives the price of every article required
for household use. A sample of the ex-
traoEdinary values offered by this firm is
shown i'll the illustration of the guitar at
$3.50 in another column OF this paper
These instruments are indeed wonderful
values, and yet they are but q sample of
the thousand and one useful articles IL
Illustrated and described in the beautiful
catalogue of the John NJ. Smyth Com
panY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
QUALITY AND NEWS.
FAME AND EXCELLENCE ARE DE.
TERMINING FACTORS IN SUC-
CESSFUL DEVELOPMENT.
One of the Important Functions of
High Class Newspapers.

In presenting interesting phases of sci
entifc and economic problems, high-class
newspapers frequently give information
of as great value in their advertising col
umns as in those devoted to the publica-
ton of the principal events of the day :;
and when the fame of a product is ex-
tended beyond its natural limits into for
eign lands. and large demand created
throughout Great Britain and her colo
MES and the principal seaports and cities
of Europe, Asia and Africa, it becomes
a pleasant duty to note the fact and to
tell Of the points of excellence on which
so great success is based. We refer to
the now world-famed laxative remedy,
Syrup of Figs, the product of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company. The merits
of this well-known excellent laxative
We're first made known to the world
through the medical journals and news
papers of the United States; and is one
Of the distinct achievements of the press
1t is now well known that Syrup Of Figs
is an ethical proprietary remedy, approx
ed by the most eminent physicians every
where, because it is simple and effective.
yet pleasant to the taste and acceptable
to the system and not only prompt in its
beneficial effects, but also wholly free
from any unpleasant after-effects. 1t is
frequently referred to as the remedy of
the healthy, because it is used by people
who enjoy good health and who live we'll
and feel we'll and are well informed on
all subjects generally, including laxatives.
In order to get it's beneficial effects, it is
necessary to get the genuine Syrup of
Figs, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
What the Waverley Novels Have
Done for Scotland.

Although to many of those who regu-
larly make the Highlands their head
quarters during the three autumn months
of the year Sir Walter Scott is only a
name it would be impossible to overesti-
mate the part played by the Waverley
Novels in the present popularity of the
Highlands. 1t is said that within two
years of the publication of the Lady OF
the Lake the post-horse duty in Scot
land had more than trebled. Many cul-
tured Englishmen who came to see the
wonderful country described by the wiz
ard of the North remained to shoot the
grouse, and it is pleasant to think that
Sir Walter Scott towards the end of his
life must have become aware how much
he had done for his country. Still. no,
even he can have foreseen what fifty
years would bring forth. To take the
case of one famous shooting estate, the
sporting rental Of Glen Urquhart was in
1885 600; it is now f4OOO.-"Ignota,'
in the New Lippincott,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
THE WORD ST.
Personal Capital Letter is Used in the
English Language Only.

NJ. lola when in England. was much
impressed with the English use of the
capital Il" why is it, he says, that
the Englshman, when he writes of him
self should invariably use a capital let
ter! That tab L which occurs SO often
in q personal narrative strikes me as be-
ing very arrogant. \ Frenchman, re-
ferring to himself, writes 'je with Il
small j.: German. though he may graf
fly all his Substantives with capital let
tiers. employs Il small i in writing 'ich;'
a Spaniard, when he uses the personal
pronoun at all, bestows a small Y, on
his 'yo,' while he honors the person he
addresses with a capital " | believe
indeed-though / am not sufficiently ac-
quainted with foreign languages to speak
with certainty on that point-that the
Englishman is the only person in the
world who applies capital letter to
himself" NJ lola might have enforced
his contrasts still further by referring
to the Japanese who really have no
word for a." In speaking of oneself
in japanese self-depreciatory terms are
used, such as servant" 1.-The awkward
person." Junior while in speaking of
or to other people complimentary terms
are used, such as senior master,
prince" fused by young men in address
ing each other familiarity. The most
usual japanese equivalent for ~ is
''watakushi. which means literally
''sclfishness. Buffalo Commercial
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
FOUND A NEW GAS.
Grizzly Gu1ch Miners Have an I'm
usual ExDerieuCe

Near Lead, S. D., two miners named
William Smart and Charlie Brown, while
running a tunnel from shaft in Grizzly
gulch met with peculiar experience
They had put in a heavy blast of powder
at the end of the tunnel and after il
had been fired they went down to ex
anime the work. They found that the
wall had been broken through into .
large chamber about twenty feet square
Their candles commenced to burn more
brightly and they felt a peculiar exhilara
working five minutes, they went up tt
the surface and there both tainted away
and it was some time before they re
gained consciousness. The chamber
which had been broken into contained
some sort of gas; what it was the miner:
could not say. 1t affected them seyera
DAYS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
CANNON BALL PILLS.
Big Balls of Poison Given
as Medicine.
Thousands Are Suffering from Mercuriai Pill
Poison Taken I'm Youth-Days of
the Pills Are Past.

Do you want health?
Then keep your bowels clean and your
liver ively
1t has always been known that constipa
ton is the cause OF nearly all disease, but
the way OF treating 1t has changed.
The old way was to make up Sickenlng
BLACK draught'' or, still worse, explo-
sive shot gun cartridge Of calomei, aloes,
jalap, gamboge, croton oil. blue mass,
and after the patient had swallowed the
Dose thrown the bowels into spasms and
turned the liver inside out, he was settled
for q few days-fequently forever.
The most dangerous medicine OF all
was the nercurial pill-poison which lodged
In the blood and joints, producing lifelong
aches.
Force is folly, IL you have any regard for
your well being. When 1t becomes neces-
sary TO stir up your liver and have a gen
eral internal cleaning up, take Cascarets
Candy Cathartic. and produce natural sc-
ton In nice, gentle, quiet, positive way.
CascaretS are up TO date, antiseptic, taste
good, never grip or grippe, mild but effect
I've.
Buy and try Cascarets to-day. You'll find
that It's what they do, not what we say
they'll do that proves their merit All
druggists-1Oc. &c, SOC, or by mail for price.
Send for booklet and free sample. Address
the Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago; Mon
freal, Can, or New York.
This is the CASCARET tablet.
Z III r. Every tablet Cd the only genuine
R1SA Cascaret bears the magic letters
AA "CCC.'' Look at the tablet before
you buy, and beware OF frauds,
limitations and substitutes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
Wouldn't Know the Difference.

The captain of a country football
team, finding himself unable to get to-
gether a team to fulfill an engagement
with a club in town five miles away,
wired to that effect to the secretary of
the opposing team. Cant let you off, y
was the answer; 'crowd waiting al
ready" The captain made another effort
to get his men together, but without sue
cess. and was once more obliged to wire
his inability to fulfill the engagement.
The answer came: If you can't come
yourselves, please send your sweaters.
We can pick UP a team from the nav
vles working here on the railway. and
the people won't know the difference
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
Touched the Wrong Man.

IF | slip down on q defective grating
in the street pavement and sustain Sc
we're damages, can [ get redress!' he
asked of a lawyer.
you can"
'Whom shall / s.se?'
1.-The owner or OccuDier of the prem
Uses. You can hold him responsible
Il was laid up seven weeks and
think | ought to have EGO"
Il think we can get double that. Do
you know the owner of the property"
Il can find out very easily. It's No. 50
Blank street"
What? Why, that's my residence.
Better drop the case at once, sir. | for
got to say that the law is so defective
that you can't get d verdict once in TWEEN
ty times. "-Tit- Bits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it like it..
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains. and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. a the price Of
coffee 15c and zoe per package. Sold
nv MI prOcers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-10-24
Hallway Carriages in Belgium.

First-class railway carriages have been
abolished in Belgium, except with trains
from other countries. In place of them
legantly-furnished parlor cars have been
introduced, with buffet, and first or sec
ond-class passengers can make use of
these as long as they please, on payment,
in the car itself of an extra sum.