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The Republican journal., 1900-02-22

lowing DTlo1 history OF Cne Belfast Company,
No. 2, U. r K. of P;
The company was organized, June 9, 1887
and was the secoud in the State. 1t had 30
charter members. The first officers were !:
Captain, Dr. Elmer Small 1st lieut.. D. G..
Smith; End lieut., M. W. Welch; recorder,
W. T. Carter; treasurer. /. NJ Cottrel ;
guard, M. K. Knowlton; sentinel E. H.
Sherman. From the first the company was
strong in tactics and drilled constantly. Sir
Knight Captain Small was an ideal officer
and built the foundation that has made this
company 80 highly rated in military man
euvers. Sir Knight Elmer Small rapidly
advanced in the ranks and is now assistant
commissionary general with the rank of col
onel. He possesses true military bearing
and knightly heart.
The company now numbers so Sir Knights
and has the following named officers: Cap
tain F. II. Welch 1st lieut., W. A. Kimball ::
"a lieut., r. 7. Hatch; recorder, A. E. Bick-
nell treasurer, F. d. Jones guard, W. M
Welch; sentinel, A. G. Whitney. At re-
son was elected 1st lieutenant; D. r. McAnd-
less, I'd lieutenant All other officers were
reelected but have not as yet been install
led. Sir knight Captain +. II. Welch has
served the company as captain for seven
years and has been elected for the next
year. He is splendid officer, an untiring
drill master, and it is largely to his efforts
that the high rating of this company is due
1t is undoubtedly the best st-drilled company
in the I'd Regiment, if not in the State. From
the company Captain Welch, seve raj years
ago, selected 21 Sir Knights as a special drill
squad. This squad has appeared on a mum.
ber of public occasions throughout the State
and has been highly rated for military tactics
and maneuvers by military critics. 1t has
won every prize drill competed for by the
squad. There is strong possibilities of this
squad going to Detroit this year to attend
the National Supreme Assembly Of knights
The Republican journal., 1900-02-22

Capt Robert Tapley of West Brooksville,
well known throughout eastern Mai ne died
at his home in that town, Feb. 14th, aged 76
years.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
BREAKING DOWN CUSTOM.
Jaranese Family's Fondness Tor beei
and Its Results.

Jaranese Family's Fondness Tor Beer
and Its Results.
when I was young boy the Gus
tom OF eating beef began to spread.
AS blood was regarded as unclean ana
also as Japan has been a strong agrl-
cultural country, there was deep
rooted disinclination to eat beef" says
A Japanese writer in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly. I'm this, Of course, one
has to recognize The influence OF the
vegetarian principle Of Buddhism, Dut
to anybody who had ever tasted peer
II was SO delicious that he could haroiy
control his natural appetite by his re-
ligious scruple. My father was one OF
those who knew its taste, so now anu
then we used to treat ourselves %
heef But where did We eat It! we
aid not eat 1t inside the house. we
cooked and ate 1t in the open air. a1'
in cooking and eating it we did not U.S.
the ordinary utensils. but used th'
special ones kept for the purpose
Whv all these things! Because Dee
| was unclean and we did not like u
| snread its uncleanliness into 6u'
house wherein the god shelf Is KEEP
and into our ordinary utensils whicl
might be used in making offerings U
] the gods. The day when we ate bee
INV father did not offer lights to tn
gods nor say evening prayers to them
q. he did usually, for he knew he wa
rr,lear and could not approach IN
| on5e -
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ce,ved the best training imaginable.
Hans Richter, one of the greatest con-
ductors on the globe. taught him the
technics OF handling an orchestra. he
worked in theory, and learned to play
manv instruments himself. giving spe-
c,a, attention to the piano. Then'
when all seemed ready, he appeared De-
fore the world as conductor OF us
fathers works. That was great event
IN the German musical world, though
TO tell the truth, the people who crown
cd to hesr him were led more by curl
osity than by expectation OF real mu-
steal treat. Since then much OF MS
| life has been spent at Bayreuth, wnere'
| under his mothers direction. ne De-
came almost as familiar with the stag
ing Of the Wagner operas as she was
and she was certainly the greatest o.
all Wagner stage directors. Youns
Wagner is not now credited Win an
Of his fathers genius. but his friend
noint to the short time he has busie'
himself with music and predict ina
the future has much in store Tor MI"
His manner of conducting Is nerVou
rather than forceful. He knows tn
scores of the greater part OF the Wae
ner operas. so that he can conduct a.
most without following the books. Pel
sonally Wagner is small man. tnous
| larger than his father. His race Is IL
telligent, his expression Is keen an
his bearing self-reliant. His mouth
> sweet and sunken and his chin pr'
trudes, and he has been described
: looking like Richard Wagner, vel
r much feminized. He Is thoroughly
/ man of the world, and loves a pref
face almost as much as he loves mus
,. He was given in his youth thorou'
+" academic training, and was lnteno'
for an architect. The List tomb
IL Bayreuth was designed by him.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
WAGNERSOON TOCOME
MUSICAL CONDUCTOR TO VISIT.
UNITED STATES.
svu, Give Concerts In the Principal
C,ties-Son of Renowned German
Composer-uis Musical Training At
no n.

siegfried Wagner expects to visit the
United States this winter for the pur-
pose of conducting concerts In the
principal cities of the north and east.
He is the son Of the renowned German
composer, Richard Wagner, and tne
grandson of the no less noted German
musician, Franz Liszt. Young wagner
first gave his attention to music some
thirteen years ago. During his fatners
lifetime he had received no encourage
ment to study music, but the atmos-
phere in which he grew up was charged
with music, and when he was left iree
to follow his inclinations ne startea
out at once to see what he could DO as
his fathers successor. A lack OF am
b.tion was certainly not one OF Ms
failings. He studied hard and ne stuo'
led long. His mother saw that he re-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21

Some idea Of the pictorial postcard
craze in Germany is given by the ng-
ures Just published by our consul at
frankfort, says the London Globe.
About $4,000 workmen are employed
in producing these postal souvenirs,
and It is estimated that every Gay
about 100 new designs are published.
Allowing for each card an issue OF
/ 900 only--and this is a modest esti-
mate-it means q total of 100000 pei
day. or something Ike so.ooo.ooo pei
annum. Since the introduction OF thu
souvenir card the number Of postcards
dispatched In Germany has increased
by 10000 ,oco. The latest cards are
great Improvement On the earlier ones
and sore boar e:shipgs by arE'isa 6
| FtpHis.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
Sand a euro For Dyspepsia.

..Fat half. a teaspoonful of sand q
dav and you'll be healthy, says LOUIS
Corners, who keeps bakery IN Cni'
cago. ,:.;,
Gonners takes his own medicine
and swallows a mouthful OF sand IN Q
class of water every twenty-four
hours. He declares that he thrives
on the peculiar diet. and that ell OF
his family are sand eaters, more OF
less. :, -
"No. I don't buy it at the drug
store: sea sand nor none o tnat'
saws Corners; II just dip up cuptu,
of sand and silt and drift all mixed
mn ont on the lake front. Then
wash the dirt out Of it and eat tue
sand I think it probably would do
mat "a we'll to eat dirt and oil, pu'
I'm little particular about my diet.
Corners theory is that every human
being. like some lower animals, neea'
a certain amount OF SAND III 'n'
stomach to aid digestion.
ssF'r instance, q canary BIRD. say
! conners. Twill die in few days un
less it gets sand or something OF ina
kind to eat. A child, if it's aiiowe'
to crawl around, will eat dirt, lots Q
| e and then the mothers invar'eol
c;ve their children prompt spsnkin
for doing the very thing that's goo
for them"
Corners has been eating sand aoot
ak months, and declares he hasn
had a twinge of dyspepsia SINCE :
began the odd diet.-Chicaeo An'e
| Ocean.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
About Capers.

"About 5000 kegs and barrels :.
capers, q small. sour berry resembling
in color and shape green psa' are
annually imported into the United
States from Spain and France" said
a wholesale dealer in all sorts OF Tor
e;on condiments in New York City 70
the writer recently. "Capers grow
on a bush. and are extensively used
bv all classes of cooks in this country
for carnishing salads and making 2
sauce. which is usually served with
boiled mutton and other meats.
There are four sizes of caper. Inc
smallest are commercially known as
noupareils and the three other sizes
are called capucines, capotes ana sur
iues. The smallest capers are the
most desirable and bring the mos
money. Very few capers are imported
in glass. They are shipped to Amer
ica in kegs and barrels, holding iron
fifteen to forty gallons OF the berr'e
in brine or vinegar. The work OF BOT
| Ting the capers is done by the whole
| sale dealer. - Washington Star
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
NOV u.e for Electricity.

Some time ago the statement was
wade that the advance of senile de-.
cay could be checked by the appliea-
tom of electricity to the base OF the
brain. Now French scientist, Or.
-Remond, has made the discovery that
electricity may be used in the devel-
oument of mental culture. This does
not Of course, mean that there 70
nov a royal road to learning. and that
Al, the learning of Greece and Rome
can be transferred into any skull by
60 many volts of electricity. But IT
maans according to DIR. Remonds
claims that the receptivity OF the
brain can be so increased and the
capacity for learning extended. TIE
volta do not take instantaneous e.
iss,I The scysts nubs % pse'aaase'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21

value and at the same time portable. IN
deed. Donaghue was not the taii' manu-
sore fellow that most heroes are. on
The contrary, he was Of medium neisn''
.nare SLOUGH. and had a general a9-
-a.rarce that was anything but pre-
possessing. % HIM
.eli "A young married couple, as
Thought. and husbands away on sns
loose She's calling his name IN ne,
.,asn Put I needn't expect him un''i
morning. and when he does come nome
~sn, rrohab,v be drunk. That's what
I call dead easy"
ua ,urned the knob of the door and
.,snaa n the fraction Of an inch. ms
email ewes glistened in the dark as ne
.a,,rd that the door was not locked anu
.nst In ali probability 1t would not
squeak. .o, !, nv
tventy years experience" SAID ION.
s~hrs arain to himself-a remark tna'
20. noteworthy only because DON
..hue was little over 20 years OF age
- =
"a therefore, must have begun ms
snorts to get on in the world al quite
an early age. 1T. ..re h.
slowly and with INFINITE care ~
.nsned the door and entered the room
Tour feet from him. as he STOOD q, :,
most hreathless, with his hand SUI
FLASHING the knob Of the door. lay IN n
Sleeping form Of woman. A nooa 2
moonlight from the window fell upo POI
her and melted the pink OF nef cnees
~. cream Of her throat. the lace OF ne
nirht-dress, and the white snee. Tue
~rsnped her, into one seml-goiden nu'
Tho undulation caused by ner pre- -,
Inc made her look ike . droopins ~
svayed BY the gentlest Of oreeaes'
.Great heayensr thought Donasru
.vbat a beauty" He could near 4, y
,s,ntly mutter the name au 90 -,
~ intervals, and be had 2 vague CO. :,
ss,ousness OF certain d!srespee' :
Paul. whoever be might BE; = ~, ~
s.rst 81 : brute 70 laave sacs : W..
- s,eas ii s!sat ~ "ss'sss ="
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
THE BURGLAR.

Donaghue knelt at the door and Put
Q practiced ear to the keyhole. There
was q faint sound of breathing. SO still
that Donaghue pressed his rough ear
still closer to the brassy aperture IN
tie door and listened even more intent
ly. His small eyes glistened In the dark
hallway like the eyes Of cat The had
been nicknamed THE Cat" for this
very POPULARITY, but there was no one
In the house to see those glistenlng
eyes save the servants, fast asleep two
stories above. and the occupants OF THIS
one room. He had watched that house
three preceding days and nights. He
knew that 1t was occupied by young
man and his wife-evidently newly
married and beyond doubt rich. He
knew that the servants were COOK.
two maids. and a butler, and he had
almost worked out in his mind just
where the pretty wife placed her jew
elry when she went to bed In the Sec
ond-fioor room, and just what means
the husband took to secure his proDa
bly, well-filled purse.
Donaghue was patience personifed
and he received the reward that al
patience deserves. His thin face broad
ened into a smile as he realized the fac
that the breathing was that OF a WON
an, and that she was alone.
When one is in the habit OF MAXIM
social calls OF the description tina
Donaghue was making 1t Is much bet
ter to find husbands away from home
the servants and occupants OF tn
house all asleep. and the policeman o
the beat quite out OF hearing.
Donaghue was not In the habit G
entering the mansions Of the rich b
the front door, or being ushered int
the presence OF the hostess by liy
cried turnkey, of making polite inqu
rics concerning her health. and depar
ing, after leaving his card.
The fact was. Donaghue shrank frol
notoriety. He preferred a quiet Ell
trance by the window wholly unol
served II possible, and. departing, lie
not his card nor anything else was
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
MAJOR RUSSELL B. HARRISON

Major Russell B. Harrison. inspector
general at Santiago. who was recently
critically Ill with yellow fever. II the
only son OF former President benJa-
min Harrison. Major Harrison has mao
a varied experience. First he was
mining engineer; next he was EN-
Moved for eight years at the United
states mint at Philadelphia. Then ne
went to the west again and served as
secretary-treasurer of big cattle com.
pany. He turned to Journalism ana
published his own paper in Montana.
In 1898 he became interested In Judge
and I,eslie's illustrated Paper. in New
York. Returning to Indiana. ne en-
gagged in the electric railway and eiec-
trio lighting business. For some TINS
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
CURIOUS FACTS.

The Tartar alphabet contains c02
letters, being the longest in the world.
T. has been figured out that mans
finger nails will in seventy years grow
nearly three yards.
A rattan cane has been in the pos
session of Hope (lnd.) family tor
S35 years, passing from father to son.
A Lew Photographic machine takes
five different views of person at ono
sitting. 1t is done by means OF MR.
rors.
IT, was customary among the Greeks
70 nresent salt to the gods as thank
Offering at the beginning OF every
meal.
A Kansas man is having a vlolln
made from a piece of the pulpit OF the
first church of the Pilgrim Fatners'
near Boston.
] A sarcophagus, supposed to be 2ooo
vears old and undoubtedly OF Ph@n-
ician origin, has been discoVerea Oh
the Isle of Wight.
At the commencement OF beres
College, in the Eastern tennessee
mountains. 1900 saddle horses were
uicketed on the grounds.
A Sullivan Und.) man has refused
, to nav note for $3.50, which ne gave
. to a church some years ago. on the
grounds that the paper was drawn Oh
a Sunday, and was, therefore, OF 10
r value.
e An artist residing in Florence;
e Robert Davidson, has discovered
t the oldest known caricature OF nent
It between knights. 1t is dated 1871
It and was found on the inside cover OF o
l. manuscript.
l. When potatoes were first intro
t. duced in Germany they were for 3
Of long time, like tomatoes, cultivated
n merely as a curiosity. No one at
e; them, even pigs refusing them. 10
IN dav Eastern Germany could hardy
r. get on without potatoes
The first two journals written by
:. and for inmates Of lunatic asylums
=. we're founded in America, but Sco'
=. land has the oldest newspaper OF u
- kind. the New Moon, of Dumfrief
'ie which has existed since 1874. "Whe
!. will the Queen of Sheba recognize 20
-, ~ ROYALTY OF the Prince of Wales" IS
II II sample OF the topics discussed IN sue
ere journals.
ind Any one who has ever picked !
me with a bare hand piece OF INTENSE
be cold iron knows that the touch Dur
in almost as badly as if the metal we
It red.hot. Indeed, the action OF or.
FER. heat and extreme cold are so simi
, sol that Hungarian chemist has turn
ON. the latter to account to prepare me-
but for food. He subjects the meat
the sixty degrees Of frost, and then So %,
The It up in air-tight cans. The resu,'
not that the meat is practically "cooi
per- by cold"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
r,.urou. Mothers supreme Love.

Legends in India run that if WON.
an stricken with leprosy suffers her.
self to be buried alive the disease Will
not descend to her children.
There WAS III the Northwest Prov.
inces Of India the wife Of gardener
on whom the loathsome naiady had
fallen. Children were born to her.
The disease grew worse. She impor'
tuned her husband to bury her alive.
He at last, yielding to her prayers,
summoned her son. The two dug the
grave. and four neighbors assisted o
the sepuisave. SO the woyal gee.
Thsss sso.a usss !nyssssssssa -
pssIsiyass'i sea,s aud vsss prevsa,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
MANS PHYSICAL DEFECTS.
Uneven shoulders, Arms, Legs and Hips
Arc Numerous.


Arc Numerous.
man can he measured to the best
advantage, tailors say, away from q
glass. Standing before mirror ne 10
almost certain to throw out his cnest'
II he does not habitually carry II So
and take an attitude that he would IKE
to have, rather than the one ne com
monty holds; whereas the tailor wants
him, as the portrait painter wants MS
subject, in his natural pose and man
ner. With the man in that attituce.
the tailor can bring his art to bear!
that is required-in the overcoming Vi
any physical defect, and produce
clothes that will give the best attain,
able effect upon the figure, as they VIII
be actually worn. The physical oeieo.
most common in man is unevenness u
the shoulders. One shoulder Is higher
than the other, and this is delect
often encountered, though the olHer-
ence in the height may not be so great
as to be noticeable, except by one az
customed to taking note OF such Things
| This Is a defect that is easily overcome
by the tailor. when it exists IN com
paratiyely moderate degree. 1t is done
sometimes simply by cutting the coat
to at on each shoulder, the perfect nj.
ting coat carrying with it the Idea ana
the appearance Of symmetry. ooin.-
times. and this is commonly Done ~
cases of more pronounced difference
symmetry is attained by the iamiiia.
method of building up or padoing Inv
lower shoulder. The influence OF TN
lower shoulder extends down on INA
side of the body, SO that sometimes
is necessary below the arm 10 Gu. 'no
side of the coat shorter. Next 10 un
eyenness Of the shoulders, rouna snou'
ders are perhaps the commonest oeiee
A very common thing is unevenness :
the hips. A difference OF half an Inc
here would not be at all remarkaDie
II is sometimes much more. IL ma
finds one leg Of his. trousers-the les
as he knows, being alike IN iehs.n
touching the ground, while the ON
clears It, he may reasonably consio
that there Is a difference somewhere
g his legs. 1t may be that one leg
\ longer than the other. but 1t is mo
&c probable that one hip is higher I'M
ie the other, or one leg fuller, so that
~ takes up the trousers more ana u
e gradually raises the bottom more.
H. would be a common thing II men We
e. seen with their waistcoats on, to q
iis suspenders set at uneven heights. 1
mt variation In the suspenders might
a. required. to be sure, by dinerence
o. the shoulders, and not In the legs.
RI is common to find mems arms OF dln
lu- emit lengths. The difference may De
his slight as to require no special att
re. ton in the making Of their clotnes'
be- It is frequently necessary to make
ag- coat sleeves of different lengths.
as, fact appears to be that there are
of many perfect men, that is. men OF
ing feet harmony of development and
my feet symmetry of proportions. In WI
nds respect man Is like all things eist
led nature, like horses. for instance.
hat trees: but in the greater number
i'm men these defects are within such
ous it's that they might be described
the variations rather than as substar
'op- defects
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-01-21
moment. though. Beauty was thing
of little value to Donaghue. HIS on
Maggie was hardly cursed with sne

moment though. Beauty was . thing |
OF little value to Donaghue. His own
Maggie was hardly cursed with the
fatal gift of beauty. and she was quits
as Jealous as other wives. He stepped
softly and quickly to the dressing-ease
at the other end Of the room.
picked up a perfumed lace hanoker
chief and threw 1t away impatientiy'
although in t;s more youthful gays
a lace handkerchief he would nave
considered q prize OF no mean vaiue,
Below It he found what he wanted
and expected-a locket and chain'
teweled watch, a heavy bracelet, a
hin. and what seemed to him nahuiul
of rings. He held them all up IN 'ne
moonlight and noticed now .hsy
sparkled In his trembling hand, anu nc
smiled with delight. -,
There's nothing the matter win
this" said Donaghue, almost aiouu'
"She won't look SO pretty IN the hoin
inc after she has cried for an hour OF
| two She'll cry, of course, but she
! rjcb and can afford to lose them. ohe
con get Others Just like them. Her
husband will buy them for her just 10
keep her pretty mouth shut about MS
.being out so long. Hanged II 1 see
how he can keep away long enough &c
Give a fellow like me chance to MAKE
a living" Ut,
He turned and looked at her. Hs
felt like adding stolen kiss 10 TN
other Jewels he had taken. He Amos
laughed aloud at the thought Oh suci
a man as he kissing such a$peeries
beauty as the woman who lay on tn
he'd before him. And he was just apou
to depart as peacefully as a soeia
caller. when suddenly he heard Tn
slamming OF the front door in the ma
? below. o..
"Her old man." said Donaghue, 1oi
getting that he was probably youn
man: "and I'm caught Caught-ou'
elary-ten years at least. I'll KIN mn
Rut I'll be caught whether l Kill NIL
or not. and" (self-upbraidingly)
, could have got away easily enough
I hadn't stopped to look at her.
Again he stepped quickly to the do'
, and listened. He heard footsteps
/, the hall beneath. The man had stepp'