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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Erjlls of Fashion

A bullet of gold, tipped with a tiny
French brilliant, is one of the novelties
in expensive dress buttons.
Gourrha aigrets, which resemble a
bunch of daisies blown by the wind,
are one of the fashionable hat trim
mings.
Eighteen sets Of undergarments are
considered by the Englishwoman nec-
essary for her trousseau and twelve
skirts.
The rose-tinted shades In violets and
velvet pansies are the most favored in
the seasons purple millinery. The
flowers are very life-like in shape, and
the coloring is beautiful.
Channels skin is valuable for keeping
linen goods and fine lingerie which Is
laid aside for some time from turning
yellow. Well wrapped around the goods
to be preserved, 1t keeps out the air.
Elton jackets and boleros are a. boon
to the mother who likes to dress her
alf-grown girl becomingly. There is
nothing more jaunty and becoming to
her immature figure. 1t is quite as be-
coming to her as to the older sister.
1t takes a certain kind of ribbon to
get the proper effect and fold just right
in the new belts and hatbands. They
are wide and soft, and are draped In
even folds, which bring the stripes, II
there are any, In symmetrical lines.
The bell sleeve, which Is seen SO fire.
quently. is pretty and comfortable with
the negligee gown. The undersleeve,
worn with a light gown for morning
wear, with a turned-back embroidered
or lace cuff to the bell-shaped sleeve. is
particularly pretty. Undersleeves sug-
gest In some ways the house gown.
Beautiful summer evening toilets are
made of white India silk null or white
Italian crepe, deliberately decorated
with black applique patterns ana both
wide and narrow insertions Of black
Venetian or Chantilly lace. Rows Of
finest lingerie tucking alternate with
these trimmings on both skirt and bod
Ice.
White foulard, spotted with black.
makes a very striking gown with q
blouse waist fastened at one side with
rosette Of pale green Liberty silk
and belt of the same silk. A wide
collar Of foulard Is covered with black
lace, and the skirt has a deep-tucked
founce with insertions of black Chan
lilly set In in squares.
White taffeta silk parasols of hand
some quality, but with no sort Of deco
ration, is the prevailing fashion for
general use with light summer gowns.
And an addition to these are the foul
ards and plain gray, blue, and fawn.
colored satins and silks for greater
services. The conspicuous Rumchunda
styles with gay handkerchief waists to
match, are quite In evidence In the
shops, but they will be rare in fashion
able circles.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
A Sugar Barrel.

"a sugar barrel, boysw What a
scampering that announcement used to
cause among the boys i'm the vicinity
of country store, few years ago,
when much soft brown sugar was
used. The emptied hogsbeads, with a
luscious coat of sweetness adhering to
the rough slaves, were cast out in the
back yard, much to the boys delight.
John b. CroZier, who spent his youth
in Canada, recalls these "sugar-barrel'
scenes from his own experience.
One of the boys was always on the
watch as informal scout, to give notice
to the rest of anything interesting and
available in the way of fun. The emp
ty sugar hogshead used to appear with
considerable regularity. The scout
would see it, and after a liberal taste
himself, would rush to the mill-pond,
where he would probably find the rest
of us bathing.
"A sugar barrel, boys!" was his
greeting. 1t was enough. Putting on
half of our clothes as we went, we
would dash off after our guide, like a
scattered train of camp-followers.
1t must have been comical to see q
dozen urchins struggling along, pick
ing their way barefooted over the
rocks and rough ground; struggling to
put on a ragged vest or coat, while
maintaining sort of Indian jog-trot
for fear of losing a share in the feast.
Then, 10, the hogshead; and into it
the first corners rushed pell-mell. Those
who came after contented themselves
with hoping there would be enough for
all; or possibly they obtained a morsel
or two by clever reaching from the
outside.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
FOOD FOR FINGERS.
fashion Prohibits the Use Of Forks For
Ceftala Articles.

fashien Prohibits the Use Of Forks For
Ceftala Articles.
There have always been certain ar
ticles of food for which the use Of
forks, ETC.. seemed superfuous, and for
which fashion permitted the use of fing-
ers, even in the most particular dining,
says the Boston Herald. Occasionally
new dishes are added to the list to
which the old-time expression applies
fingers were made before forks
and 1t is generally understood that, in
spite of the ever-multiplying variety
of forks, tongs and spoons for use
with every conceivable object On the
table, there are certain edibles which
it Is far better to eat with the fingers.
While few independent people dare
set aside the fashionable proprieties,
many others will do as they know they
are expected. As a rule, sugar tongs
are passed with block sugar, but, as a
diner out once said, Il prefer to use
my fingers, for If you are not just SO
careful 1t drops with splurge, which
is very humiliating."
Olives should be eaten with the
fingers; any attempt to use fork is
foolish. When passed they should de
dipped out with the spadelike spoon
accompanying, then dropped on the
bread and butter plate and carried to
the mouth with the thumb and fore
finger.
Bread, toast and all kinds of small
cakes should be taken In the fingers,
as well as cheese, though some very
particular people use fork with the
latter.
At the most fashionable luncheons
high-brod danes may be seen taking
the leg or small pieces of bird In their
fingers, though this is one of the dis.
puted points. 1t will be noticed usual
ly. that those who have always been
accustomed to good society are not 50
afraid to use their fingers as those who
fear to do something improper.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

sue Of the kindred spirits that accom-.
panied his ghostship. He gave me the
names of the others, and 1 learned the
animus of the ghost. There was a
young lady in the family where the
teacher boarded, and . young man who
lived near and was fond of her.
thought my frequent visits to the
teacher were addressed to his lady
love. He devised this plan to discour-
age my visits, and had no difficulty in
getting his friends to assist SO worthy
an enterprise.
That is the whole story, except that
he is married now to the girl whom
he loved and still loves. l am glad of
it; for / never had the ghost of an idea
Of proving his rival.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

"It has been my pleasure to meet
newspaper reporters In all the cities
of America that l have visited since
my residence In this country, and but
once have had any occasion to regret
my contact with them" said Rt. Hon.
Charles B. Cahusac. "This was In
Washington, d. c., when, by some
chance that to me Is still dark and
unfathomable mystery, a reporter
learned that was presented to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland, and that. ig-
norant of American customs, for it was
the first time that had been present.
ed to the executive of a republic,
went down on my knees before Mrs.
Cleveland and kissed her hand Imag-
Inc my chagrin the next day, when,
upon picking up the paper, my eye fell
upon headline reading, He Kissed
Her Hand. A Titled Englishman
Kneels Before Mrs. Cleveland Now,
as l say, did not know but the GUS
toms Of Europe prevailed hsrs,"-pen.
yer 6spabiisas
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Woman Nurses Panthars.

Some University Of Cambridge men,
who have been exploring the Malay
Provinces of Lower Siam, returned to
England few days ago. Many very
interesting incidents occurred during
the progress of the expedition, said Mr..
w. w. Skeat, of Cambridge, to q re-
preventative of the London Mail. AT
Lampan two panther cubs, which had
been picked out Of their nest by the
roadside, were being brought up, ma
ternally, by Siamese woman. who as
serted that she had previously brought
up bear.
Travelling now on elephants and now
by means of boats and RATS, the ex-
petition reached the village Of airing,
in the far interior Of the peninsula,
whence Mr.. Skeat, accompanied by six
Malays, went on a scouting expedition
to explore the routes to the Tahan
Mountain, which is about 10000 feet
high, and got sight of an unrecorded
peak called by the Malays "Coftin
Mountain"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX
NOTES OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS
FEMININE TOPICS.
Hot Water For Beauty Adding to Ones
income-DulI Silk On Mourning Cos.
tumes-The Raisin Hat-Woman Nurses
Panthers-Etc., Etc.
Hot Water For Beauty.

Women who are trying their level
best to be beautiful sometimes forget
that the inward treatments are as nee
essary as lotions and cosmetics applied
to the skin. A glass Of hot water, tax
ell an hour or even less, before break
fast and again before going to bed will
work wonders in clearing the complex
ion. If teaspoonful Of phosphate
of soda is added to the morning glass
the result will be beneficial. A glass
of hot water will often relieve head
aches, and the same remedy has been
prescribed for a sudden chill.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Double Daily Trains
Fast limo
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace Sleepers
hstwesn New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, Bt. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct connec.
lions with frst-class lines to ell points
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger now run
ning regularly over IL. Thus avoiding the
dslays and annoyance incident to trsns
fer hy ferry bost
A. q. HANSON. Gen. - Agt.,
Chicago.
Jua. A. ooss1. y. p. 4. M>mphia
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Adding Ia Ones inc ome.

Women who are quick to take advan-
tage of the popularity Of the snail ac-
cessories of the toilet find opportunities
to add appreciably to their incomes.
One young woman in suburban town
is doing a thriving business IN the little
hemstitched neckbands that are a use
full finish to the otherwise quickly soil
ing stock collars. She does them by
hand, at uniform price, which she can
afford to make very low, as her time
is not of great value. She fills orders
by mail and has constant employment.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Dull silk On Mourning Costumes.

As mourning is lightened dull silk is
used to build entire costumes, also odd
blouses, for despite all that is said to
the contrary, odd bodices will continue
to be worn. When the dull silk is en-
ployed Grape should be used sparingly.
That Is, only touches of it should APP
pear. For example, blouse could be
decorated with narrow folds Of Grape.
and a Grape collar used. A graceful
model Of dull black silk has a perfor-
ated design about the bottom Of the
skirt. 1t is quite simple in the back and
sides, but in the front it reaches well
up to the knees, the design being out
lined with pipings Of Grape. The same
design is seen in the front of the bodice.
The high collar is of folds of silk and
Grape; the sleeves are plain.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
Tho Raisln Hat.

What have we done, oh, Dame Fa
shion! that you should infiict upon Vi
the raisin hat? The grape hat was q
luscious affair, especially when the ap
petizing clusters rested on satiny Gu
shions Of pastel pink, and gold, and
blue.
But the raisin hat! A hat fairly com.
posed Of these dull, dusty, dried up and
shriveled up eatables, ugh!
And it's the truth. 1t is too true.
We have seen the thing.
So, unluckily, we cannot hope that
it's but a nightmare.
Raisins may be well enough in plum
buildings or mince pies, or even in their
naked ugliness on fruit plate for des-
sert, but as crown for beauty. never!
1t fairly weans one from festive Bac-
chus, and, indeed, this horrible hat sug.
gests the giddy god after he has fallen
into the sere and yellow leaf.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
ELECTRICITY on THE KEARSARGE.
II Does Everything bat Call the Roll and
Scrub the Decks.

| SStuU huS DSkAbs
At Old Point Comfort the other day
Captain Folger of the Kearsarge told
me, writes W. Il. Curtis, that they
did everything on that battleship with
electricity except to call the roll and
scrub the decks. Sixty motors of
4S0 horsepower and $50 kilowatts
furnish power for every device that
was formerly operated by steam. The
ship is wired on the three-wire sys-
TEN, so that the motors can be oper-
ated at two coltages-160 and 80
which is analogous to the use of 100
and 80 pounds Of steam. On the pre-
vious group of battleships-the In
diana, Massachusetts, and the Oregon
class-the motors are only ninety-six
horsepower and seventy-two kilo-
watts. On English ships the use OF
electricity is still confined to incande-
scent lights, search lights and signal
apparatus, but upon the Kearsarge
and the Kentucky steam pipes are al'
most entirely abolished.
From the central station the captain
can communicate with every officer by
telephone either in battle or at an
Choir 1t is unnecessary to keep aids
and orderlies running from one end of
the ship to the other. 1t is only neces-
sary for him to tell the boy at his ell
bow what he wants done, either in the
kitchen or the ammunition magazines
or the turrets or the engine rooms and
orders can be given and reports receiv-
ed as readily as If the captain were
talking with his subordinates face to
face. Thus the communication of all
orders within the ship is carried on
over wires. All the signals and all in
dicators are attached to wires, and div
ing lanterns are provided, by which the
bottom of the hull can be inspected at
any time. The turrets are turned, the
guns are manipulated, the ammuni-
ton is hoisted out of the magazines,
the guns are loaded, rammed and fired
and the gases are blown out Of them
by electricity after each discharge
All the winches and hosting appara-
tus on the several decks, all the repair
shops and other machinery fittings and
all the ventilating apparatus are run
by electricity. The boats are lowered
and hoisted, all the machinery, armor,
coal, ammunition, stores and supplies
are taken into the ship and slowed
away by electric power, and in the
next group of ships to be built the
doors to the water-tight compartments
will be rugged so that the captain can
open and close them from the coming
tower.
All this makes it necessary for the
officers and sailors of the navy to have
thorough knowledge of the electrical
science, and schools of instruction,
both for officers and enlisted men, with
electrical workshops, have been estab-
lished at Newport and at the navy
yards at New York, Boston, Norfolk
and San FrauciScO.-ChicaQO Record
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

nous Kew Gardens, near London. Two
are in the Edinburgh Botanical Gar.
dens, and two in the public gardens at
Dublin. Three are on a large estate
at Arbroath. called Letham Grange.
One is at the home established by Lady
Henry Somerset at Duxhurst. One 10
Wycombe Abbey. two at the Conva~
descent Home at Hale, one at the Royal
Holloway College, and SO on.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
wkes cosesse Fails.

The bravest man In the world was
probably never brave enough to admit
to hiv frisHds that No knew ~
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

Statistics of the Masa schusetts Rail
way Commissioners show that the av-
erage cost of railway equipment per
mile of main track in that State last
year was SAG, 149.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

The phylloxera destroyed 10000
acres of vineyards in Spain. Vines in
Spain or France are not worth cultivat-
ing unless they are grated with the
American vine which renders them
proof against the insect.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and
Virginia have made Jefferson Davis's
Birthday, June 3, a legal holiday, and
former Confederates wish the other
Southern States to take similar action.
New York brokers loan S15,0OO,OO0
10 France" And stand ready to loan
10 Germany, Russia and the whole for
eign outfit. Money talks the one uni
versal language.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
United States Senators.

d. McEnery, term expiring on the zth OF
March, 1900.
Don Gallery, term expiring on the Atn Oh
March, 1901.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

This opinion was given when q theatre
goer was brought before the Judge for
kissing at performance which he had
seen. The judge discharged the de-
PENDANT with these words: "Fve been
to the theatre many times myself when
l would have felt better if could have
shown my opinion by kissing. If man
has the right to applaud, it is certainly
his privilege to hiss"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

Enforced cleanliness prevails among
the pupils in the public schools of Co
penhagen, Denmark. Three times a
week they must take baths in the
schools, and while they are sporting
in the swimming tank their clothes are
purified in steam ovens.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

The Smiths will take the lead among
the oldest families. The earliest man
of that name, so the antiCuarians say,
was an Egyptian who lived in the reign
Of the third Ptolemy, 227 B. G. He
was brewer by trade.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

The clergyman who complains that
newspapers are compelled to be inter-
esting even at the expense of truth fails
to consider how overwhelmingly inter-
esting almost any reporter could be If
he were to break in and tell all the
cold facts he knew.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

There are about 1900 cheese factories
In the United States, in addition to
several hundred creameries making
chees in small quantities. The total
output of cheese last year was 265,-
100000 pounds. Of this amount, about
100000 pounds were produced in
New York State.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

We are always borrowing words
from foreign languages, but the Flem-
ish name for the automobile will never
be adapoted here. 1t is ''snelpaadel-
zoonsdersperpetroolri The thing
could run over two dozen people before
anybody could shout its name as a
warning.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

Not long ago friend of Maurus
Jokai, the Hungarian novelists, was
taking him to task for the plainness of
his apartments. II dislike all luxury"
replied Jokai, Except the luxury of
leisure for brain work. Most men love
luxury because they have No brains"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

According to Police Judge at Kan
sas City, No., one has just as much
right to hiss in theatre at something
one the stage that displeases him as to
applnud something that II 10 his liking.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

Lanciani has shown that q law was
passed in Rome at the time of the
Caesars restricting the height of the
fronts Of buildings to sixty feet. Au-
gustus, Trajan and Nero regulated the
heights of buildings. Augustus fixed
the height at seventy feet, Trajan at
sixty feet and Nero at the same height.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

General Otis says the Filipinos are
eager for schools and are clamoring for
them everywhere. A considerable num-
Der of schools are already established
in Luzon and, according to General
Otis, $4,000 worth of books have been
supplied to them. 1t appears, however,
that the demand has exceeded the sup.
ply.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

European purchasers are not only In
our market to exc out their supply of
coal. but they are also making heavy
purchases of pig iron. 1t is said that
such extensive contracts have been
made that it will be impossible to
complete the shipments during the cur
rent year. Heavy exports will be made
from Southern mills.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18


curves of the ridge. / was angry by
this time, and ready to fight. l had
had enough of ghosts for one night. l
said to myself; so / bore down upon
him at full speed. He looked terribly
ing as | came nearer, and was mani
testify coming at me along the ridge
top. But my horse did not shrink
from him as from the former one.
In n moment we were upon him, and
he turned with below and fed down
the ridge. 1t was a white steer. At
another time he would not have start
led me at all, but after the experience
at the sycamore tree | was ready to
see a ghost in whatever looked white
that night.
Even so, am certain many people,
in their nervous excitement, invest
harmless objects seen at night and I'M
der unusual circumstances with all the
attributes that make good ghost
stories.
This, however, did not explain the
flrst ghost; but did not have to wait
long to learn the truth. reflected that
IL told no one about it, and came to
hear of it, the report that reached me
must needs come from the ghost or his
friends.
Sure enough, within fortnight q
young man from the other district said
to me: Il heerd that you seed a ghost
down by Bill Troopers haunted dead
sycamore"
II take 1t that you were the ghost"
said l.
He stoutly denied the accusation,
and pressed him as to the source of
his information. And 30 1t came out
that hs wss not the gnost himself, bat
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-18

A liberal congress of religion, which
IS an outgrowth of the worlds parlia-
ment of religions and aims to perpe-
tuate its spirit. met recently at Boston.
Its purpose is declared to be to unite
in fraternal conference men and wo-
men of whatever name who believe in
the application Of religious principles
and spiritual forces to the present prob
lens of life.