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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
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Laces are going to be used on every
thing this fall, from chiffon to fur.
Tucks, shirtings, fine pleatings and
folds are the fancy of the moment
in neckwear, and are remarkably
cheap.
The foreign arbiter of fashion indi.
Gates the double-breasted, tightly-ft-
ting waistcoat as a coming favorite.
1t will be trimmed literally with hand
some buttons.
A novelty is the panne metallique.
A special process gives a metallic
sheen to the panne and 1t Is highly
effective. Changeable, striped and
broche panne is also shown.
A novelty to be introduced the com
ing season is phosphorized silk, Sc
called because the surface has phos'
phorescent effect, intended to suggest
the glimmer on the sea.
Delicate organizes that are crushed
but not sofled may be freshened by
sprinkling with water in which little
gum arabic has been dissolved and
ironing carefully. They will look a:
we'll as new if properly done.
The Persian dressmakers are en-
deavoring to force the Directoire Goa
upon the world Of fashion. 1t is GU
to the waistline in front and has shor
coat tails in the back. 1t is tight.
fitting and closed by large buttons.
A revival of the old-time position
back is predicted, with vest fronts o
every description. There will be tripl
waistcoat effects. triple Jackets, lon
stole ends and many other fancifu
ideas for those who wish to adop
them.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

Patti, 1t is runOreu, Will WISH AIueP |
lea unprofessionally this winter.
More than one-third Of all manu-
featured goods are in France made
by women.
Miss Grace G. Strachan Is the first
woman elected associate superintend
ent of the Brooklyn Department OF
Education.
Mrs. Davis, John Browns only sis.
| ter, the youngest Of the family of SIX
teen children, is now sixty-eight years
of age and lives in st. John. Mich.
Miss Helen Gould is a collector OF
crystals and possesses one unusually
large and free from blemishes, which
| is kept in a darkened room lighted
| from overhead.
Mrs. H. L. Greenwald, president OF
the National Science Club, of Wash
ington, is considered one of the best
meteorologists in the country and is
a volunteer observer of the United
States Observatory at York, Penn.
Princess Victoria of Wales, who is
|
royal old maids in existence. She has
4 had opportunities of marriage, but
her devotion to her parents and tend
ency to follow artistic fads have kept
her single at an age when most prin'
cesses have long been wives.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, Of Wash
ington, Is among the most enlightened
colored women of the United States
She is a graduate of Oberlin and is a
trustee of the public schools Of Wash
ingtor. She has studied abroad in
Paris, Berlin and Lausanne and was
once offered a position in Oberlin Col
lege.
The burial of Mrs. Gladstone ir
Westminster Abbey recalls the fact
that this national distinction has beer
granted to. only two others of hel
sex-Lady Palmerston in 1869 ani
Lady Augusta Stanley in 1876. Boil
, these women, like Mrs. Gladstone
were ideal helpmates Of their bus
bands.
A stock company has been formed
by California women to develop West
ern oil fields. The officers Of tn
company are all women, save the con
sulting engineer. None of the official
. are salaried, the management decid
| ing to devote it's time gratuitously t
! advancing the interests Of the com
pany, applying all funds receive'
from sales of stock directly to devel
opment.
. Mrs. PAX, a Korean woman, wa
: graduated recently from a medica
, school in Baltimore. She is the frs
= woman of her nation to receive
full medical education. Although /
the latter part of her course her STUD
= les were interrupted by caring for he
:, husband, sick with consumption, sh
: graduated with honors. Her husban
has since died, and she will retur
!. home to engage in missionary worl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

bagond their years. Miss Stone was
secretary of her class during her last
year In college. At graduation both
girls wore their native costumes at
the request of their classmates. Since
returning to China the two girls have
Iaborcd necessarily for their country
men. In one year. it is said, over
6OOO patients were treated by them.
They have the confidence Of the Chi
pese to an unusual extent. Theif
friends here greatly fear that theiI
lives have already paid the penalty
of their zeal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
snr,np. Cultivated Strawberries.


MANY strawberry growers claim that
spring cultivation Of the plants re-
duces the yield, while others declare
that the crop will be doubled. Both
are right. 1t all depends upon the
method of cultivation practiced from
the beginning. The men first men,
toned cultivate shallow and little; the
second deep and a good deal. The
principle involved in each case is the
same. Strawberries produce an abun-
dance of feeding roots near the sur
face during the fall months when
the weather is cool and the soil well
supplied with moisture. These roots
are the ones upon which the plants de-
pend in the early spring to push them
into flower and fruit. Thus hoeing
in the spring would kill them ana
injure the chances of crop.
After the fruiting is over these roots
become useless and new ones are sent
to lower levels to get water and thus
keep the plant from dying of thirst.
Then the soil may be cultivated with
out fear of injuring the plants. The
men who cultivate deep during the
summer, and keep it up late in the
fall. make the roots form at a much
lower depth than those men who cul'
tivate only shallow or not at all. The
result is that they may cultivate In
the spring without doing any injury
but ON the contrary doing good. pro-
vided they cultivate shallow at this
season. They also provide a mulch to
conserve moisture. In this way the
roots come gradually from lower lev
els, toward the surface, and are
| forced back only by the hot weather
I'M. G. Cain, in Agricultural Epito
/ mist
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
To Helm Ont Pastures.

The Vermont experiment station
has for many years experimental with
sundry soiling crops, and as a result
Of it's work recommends to Vermont
dairymen the large use OF summer
silage and Of oats and peas sown at
weekly intervals and fed during July
and August. Silage is probably the
cheaper food; oats and peas somewhat
the better. If the former Is contem-
plated as a steady summer diet, for
years, it would be we'll to consider the
erection of special summer sflo, pref
erably round, with a small feeding
area, a small diameter and a relative
ly great depth. Silage spread over a
large surface in summer, spells rap
idly and loses largely in feeding value.
If oats and peas be chosen they
should be sown in successive lots at
weekly intervals, the two sown sepa-
rately, the peas first rather deeply and
narrowed in; the oats two or three
days later and pushed in. A better
catch is likely to be secured In this
way than If sown together. The crop
may be either fed green, hayed or put
IN the silo.-New England Homestead
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
French Fanciess

French people have one or two ideas
that Americans would do well to fol-
low. They do not make over their
clothes so often, follow every little
change in the fashion, nor do they
make so much difference in materials
they wear in winter or summer. Ii a
gown is becoming, well made, and
satisfactory land you may be sure that
it Is, or a Frenchwoman would not ac-
cept it from her dressmaker). she will
wear that gown for winter and sum-
mer both, and again another year If 1t
is not literally worn out. The idea Is
q good one for Americans to adopt.
They should be sure, Of course, that
their gowns look right-that Is to say,
that they are sufficiently up to date,
and then, especially in the case OF the
silk gown, they can wear that gown
without any regard to whether 1t Is
hot or cold weather.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Awell-ArranRed Apiary.

"A well-arranged apiary that is sim
Die and convenient is thus described
by an Illinois apiarist: 1.-THE hives are
placed diagonally in the row which
runs southeast and northwest, so that
in each pair of rows the hives front
east in one and south in the other.
making each alternate alley free from
bees to be used as a passageway TO
work around the hives. The rows are
placed seven feet apart on centres
and the hives four feet on centres
The hives are so placed that a line
drawn from the rear Of the first one
will touch the front Of that imme'
diately behind it. There is one wide
alley crosswise through the centre ano
In a large apiary more alleys would De
advisable"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Wide Ends to Our Long sashes.

Have you noticed how long and also
how wide are the ends of the sash rib
bons when worn at the back? The
ends reach almost to the hem OF the
skirt. When made of ribbon, Of course.
the width is the same at the top, mid
die or at the end. But where the sash
is made Of silk or liberty satin or other
shining material, it often happens that
the ends are decidedly wider and more
important than above. This is a mill
liners achievement. to make the sash
look the same length, for at the foot
of the skirt, being further away, 1t
would otherwise look narrower than
above.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

light. dnd of the best wood. The noe
should always be kept sharp by the
use of a file or grindstone. If there are
stones in the soil q file is preferable TO
the grindstone. as the hoe can be
sharpened in the field when necessary:
In consequence Of use in the field'and
sharpening on the file or grindstone,
or both, the hoe will wear rapidly, but
It ia well to remember that steel Is
cheaper than muscle. A sharp hoe.
while in the hands OF an energetic
man or boy, is death to weeds. Az
the same time it adds much TO the
sweetness Of the handlers temper. A
dull hoe, in the hands of boy, tends
to utter encouragement, and fur-
nishes him with an excuse for get
ting away from the farm.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Statutes That Cost Money.

A vast amount Of money was burned
up when President Loubet visited
Cherbourg lately. The fleet gathered
there shot 24,SO0 salutes. Each shot
cost about $40. making the total cost
for POI der almost . hiatt million Of
dollars.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Two Twists of Taffeta.

A novel method Of fastening an
"open jacket" across the breast is to
tether it with two twists of black tat
feta silk with machine-stitched edges,
each fastened on the left side with
small "chou" or bow of the same silk.
1t does not seem to matter whether
the jacket is Of camers-hair cloth,
serge or only of pique or linen duck.
1t brings the fronts" together over
the soft blouse front Of pale pink silk
or mauve batiste, and the fiuffiness
stands out between the taffeta twists.
Black taffeta Is used.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
D,pestion Trials With Chickens.

The following extracts are taken
from n bulletin recently issued by the
Oklahoma experiment station:
/. Chickens digested Kafir corn and
corn more completely when the grain
was fed whole than when the meal
was fed.
2. The Kafr corn and Kafir meal
fed in this trial yielded but two per
cent. less total digcstible matter than
the corresponding corn products.
8. Kafir corn was more suitable
ration, considering only the relative
amounts of growtll-making and fat
forming materials. for chickens than
Kaf1r meal, corn, or corn meal.
4. Cow peas were digested reason
ably well, and are desirable feed fol
growing chickens and hens. But lit
tie gain in digestibility was secured by
grinding the cowpeas.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

If the weeds ore cut when young
and tender, . Hight bee is preferable to
a heavy one. When :he weeds are hard
and dry. q hoe Will: mere weight Is
desirable. n e;th.- case. the hoe
should 90 as light as possible, and do
the work. 1t s,iou;d &c Of tie very
best c:ateria!. The haad;e should be
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

One of the most urgent needs Of the
beekeeper is a good protection from
stings. l know Of nothing that takes
the enthusiasm out of beginner like
getting stung about the face. The
best color for a veil is black, as 1t does
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
For Stout Women.

Another effect given by trimming
that is decidedly novel is the way the
stole pieces are put down in front of
the gown. They are on the flap OF
the fichu that starts from the shoulder
or that goes around the shoulder and
crosses at the bust, and then falls I'M
broken to the hem of the skirt. Th1s
is attractive, and adds height, and
makes an old gown look like new, but
it is too old a fashion for any young
girl to attempt. 1t is an exceedingly
becoming and smart one for any one
who is at all inclined to be stout.
A gown for evening, made on these
lines, that is most attractive. Is OF
black crepe de Chine trimmed with
yellow guipure lace. The lines OF lace
on the under skirt and those on the
waist are the same; that is. they star
high and come down to a point. The
waist looks very broad over the shout
ders, and quite small at the waist
line. The gown itself is made will
a train, and is exceedingly graceful
| in design.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
~ lNEWs = noTES'
Nv WoMEN
Danish Women in the Pilot Service.

Danish Women in the Pilot Service.
There are several women in Den
mark who are employed in the pilot
service as State officials. 1t is their
business to meet incoming steamers
far out at sea and steer them into
their respective harbors. In Scandal
navian countries women engage In
fishing on equal terms with the men,
and are frequently expert sailors.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
State Government Of Louisiana.

Governor-W. W. Heard,
Lieutenant Governor-Albert Es'o-
pinal. .:o,a,
Snperintendent of Education-John
V. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. S. Frazee.
Recommendations e. Smith.
u. S. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and 5. u. McEnery'
REPRESENTATIVES,.
/ District-R. G. Davey.
2 District-Adolph Meyer.
District-R. F. Bronssard.
District-P Brazeale.
s District. E. Ransdell.
q District-S. M. Robinson.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Covers For Hay Stacks.


"A farmer of Jewell County. KAN.
avs the covers he made for his alfalfa
hay last fall cost him $50. and that
they preserved more hay than you
could put in a thousand-dollar barn.
He sawed sixteen foot 2 As tn two,
bolted the ends together. placed
them six feet apart over his stacks
and nailed on siding, making COM
plete roof in six-foot panels. he
bored holes in the down-hanging ENDS
of the 2x4s and tied weights to them
to keep the wind from blowing them
off. His alfalfa comes out as green
and bright as it was the day 1t was
put up. He says the covers paid for
themselves this season, and they Will
last for years.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Seeming q Trough.

Many pasture and farmyard water
ing troughs are half hogsheads set
upon the ground. They are in contant
danger of being upset by the cattle,
which also fight each other away
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24

from the water. A plan to obviatc. In
part, at least, both Of these evils is
shown In the cut. Two posts are
driven beside the tub and Wide
board nailed across rs shown. This
holds the trough firmly 70 the ground.
and also separates ths>cattlc while
drinking. The same plan can be used
with any shape Of trough.-Farm Jour-
nal
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD,
THE GREAT TRUNK LINE
Between the
North and South.
Only direct route to
usapAIs, 81. LsuIs, Chicago. Kansas Git
and al points
NORTH, EAST And WEST.
Only direct routs to
jackson, VIckshuTg. New Orleans
And all points in Texas and the South
west.
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace Sleepers
between New Orleans and Memphis.
Kansas City. st. Louis and Chicago
without change. making direct eonnec-
lions with hrss-elass lines to oil pointa
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river At Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger) now run
sing regularly over il, thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident to trans
ter By ferry boat
A. 81. HAssos. Gen. Agt,
Chicago.
Ina. 4 soorz. D. p l.. NenphsA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
a INFRINGEMENT, Kation the Best.

According to the author OF bui-
ietin published by the West Virginia
Station. it was found by experiment
ing with 100 hens fed carbonaceous
ration that the net profit was $2O.o9.
Another 100 hens fed a heterogeneous
ration returned net profit OF $91.eo.
This ought to set a few Of those VINO
keep poultry to thinking If there Is not
some improvement to be made IN
feeding the hens.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
FARM and GARDEN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
One Way to Run n Farm.


Land never wears out If properly
handled. and one Of the most profitable
methods Of handling farm Is running
. dairy or raising stock that con-
,umes the produce raised and returns
IL to the land in the way Of a fertilizer.
while the finished product is allowed
to walk of to market.
Destroying Insects in Asparagus Beds
Cut off the tops from the asparagus
beds before the seeds are ripe and then
burn the materials. If necessary place
straw on the beds before firing. BY
so doing many Of the insect enemies
will be destroyed. Before winter sets
In cover the bed with manure ana
leave 1t until spring.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-11-24
Long Sleeves of SHRED Chiffon.

The girl with thin arms will rejoice
in the gown which has long sleeves OF
SHRED chiffon. They are stylish,
pretty in every detail and immensely
becoming to a slender arm, while,
alas, they must be abjured by the
woman of embonpoint, as they make
her arms look altogether too muscular.
Crepon Of fine weave can be shlrred
almost as well as chiffon or sheer silken
tissues. A slender young girl mas the
upper part Of her skirt shirred ught
down to the lining. This Is really a
deep yoke over the hips, and the full
ness is all below the yoke. This looks
very stylish with the long sleeves OF
sbirred chiffon or crepon. This MODEL
is recommended for an evening dress
for early September or October. we
have enjoyed wearing our elbow
sleeved bodice in the hot, hot summer
months, but the cooler evenings are at
hand. A long-sleeved gown Is espe-
cially useful at a hotel at summer re-
sort. If your sleevs are long you can
stem out of the corridor or on the
| porch and enjoy the evening air, even
If it be rather fresh, or salt. With ell
bow sleeves you would probably re-
ouire a wrap which would hide the ef-
fective bodice.
Two Chinese Women Doctors.
OF the four University of Michigan
graduates now at the city of kiu kl.
ang. China, where rioting Is reported
to have broken out and where several
missionaries have already been killed
two are native Chinese girls. They
are Mary Stone and Ida Kahn, whose
medical diplomas bear the date OF
June %, 1896. Both girls were ADOPT
ed while children by an American
missionary. Miss Gertrude Howe, ant
sent to Ann Arbor to school. MIS-
Stone, or Meiyii SHE. her Chlnes'
name. has the distinction of being tn
first native girl in the entire vale.
of the Yangtse Kiang to grow up u
womanhood without having her fee
crushed into fashionable shape. hu
NOR that her feet were not to d
bound raised a storm OF opposition
almost a riot. Miss Kahn was save
by Miss Howe from being drowne
: as a useless child with an evil III
ture." so the fortune teller told 1t.
When Miss Stone was eighteen year
old and Miss Kahn nineteen they Ell
tered the University of Michigan mee
ical department as students. Bot
soon became known as hard student'
with an endurance and quicknes
of perception that was surprising
They took an active part in class o.
> ganization, social and religious III
frequently appearing before the
: friends clothed in the loose, fiowin
: black and white silken robes OF the
native land and writing and taikin
Of conditions there with wisdom Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-30
coEUR D'ALENE TROUBLE.
Petition For Continuation of tn
Presence of Federal TROOPS


Washington March 30.-The Occur
d'Alepe investigation opened Thursday
with no outward evidence of the excit-
ing events Of Wednesday, altho there
was considerable good natured railery
among the members as to when the
first round would be called. Cover
nor Steunenberg was again on the stand.
with Representative LentZ conducting
the examination. The evidence
was on unimportant details until Gov
ernor Steunenberg was questioned as ~
a recent petition from the Occur d 'Alene
district, asking the secretary of war TO
retain federal troops there This petition
has not yet been presented to the fed
eral authorities. and the committee went
into executive session to determine what
to do with the document
The committee decided in executive
session to file the petition from the
Occur d'Alene district with the secre-
tary Of war, and in the meantime it viii
not be made public. 1t Is understood.
however, that ii is an extensive docu-
ment. bearing about 1880 names, and
states in substance that while people at
distance may regard the policy adopt
ed by the governor and military author
tiles as harsh, yet that the signers fully
uphold the policy adopted and consider
1T necessary to overcome the lawlessness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-30

and disorder which it is stated has ex-
listed for some time. 1t requests the Sec
rotary of war to continue the guard of
troops In the Occur d Alene district.
Governor Steunenberg took Occasion
during the investigation to deny
statement published during the idaho
disorders last fall and referred to dur
ing the present inquiry. to the effect
that in October last he wrote to Repre-
sentative Dick, of the republican ma
tional executive committee, assuming
complete responsibility for the condi-
tons in Idaho and relieving the federal
authorities from all connection with the
affair
Governor Steunenberg stated, in reply
to questions from Representative Lentz,
that he had never written on any suo-
iect to .sdr. Dick, or to any other polit'-
cal official in Ohio. Mr. Lentz maze
similar inquiries as to whether there
ever had been any correspondence with
Senator Hanna or Chairman Babcock
of the republican congressional. commit
tee, and Governor steunenberg made
specific denial.
Governor steuncNnherg's examination
was resumed at th1Nopen session oe-
veloping little additional information.