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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-12-20
PoPULIsT PAPERS OUT.
Mrs. Digs, OF the Topeka Advocate, May
Go to Washington to See the President
About the Action of a Postmaster.


S. H. Allen, attorney for the Topeka
Advocate, a pOpulist newspaper, made
formal complaint at Topeka Saturday to
the United States district attorney
against a postmaster Of Smith county,
charging him with throwing away copies
of the paper that are sent to subscribers
through that pOstofice. The next step
will be a grand jury investigation.
The Advocate has been denied admis-
sion to the mails as second class matter
on the ground that its subscription list
is not genuine, and the company owning
it is compelled to pay cent a copy for
transmission, pending an inquiry by the
department. Annie L. Digs, editor Of
the paper, says she has proof OF the
charge that Judge Allen makes, and will
convict the postmaster if the government
prosecutes the case fairly. She declares
that other postmasters have been guilty
of the same offense, and when she gets
the absolute proof she will make the
same formal complaint against them also.
She says it is part of a plan to destroy
her paper, and unless the government
lifts the boycott she will 60 to see Presi-
dent Roosevelt in person.
'At the same time" she added, 81 will
lay before him the newspaper story that
the mail Of the pOpuHst state committee
was opened in the Topeka pOstOfice last
year. The charge was made openly by
the chairman of the Shawnee county
republican central committee and was
never investigated by the government"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-12-20
Suspenderz.

Another fresh invoice Of suspenders
just in from the maker. This depart
ment is doing good business. You
must have new suspenders to secure best
results. You get them at Millisaek's.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-12-20

House for sale cheap.-B. F. Brown.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
BEAUTY NOTES.

Don't neglect your hair. Don't stop
its growth. D.
Blue lips and red noses often indi-
cate too tightly laced corsets.
Never clip the eye lashes or the
brows unless you wish to grow bristles
In their place.
Scanty lashes should be treated
with vaseline.
Nearly all women use face powder.
Only the foolish use cheap sorts. Buy
the best or use plain rice flour.
Before going into the wintry wind
use little glycerine and rose water;
then powder the face with fine talcum.
This prevents chapped cheeks and
frosted chins.
Only silly being battles imme-
diately or prior to an outing, and she
Ia twice silly who washes her face
with soap and water. A little
cream" Of the finest quality will re-
move any soil, and save much discom-
fort in winter or any season of ex-
tremes.
Nails that look gore colored are
out; only slight polish and the
natural pink is permissible.
Peroxide or lemon juice whitens
brown necks that are discolored by
ribbons. Use grease on scrawney
necks.-Philadelphi Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
A Wind Mans Cow Disaopears.

1.-THE editor of this paper is out OF
COW, or rather his cow is out. She
is a red Jersey with mouse-chewed
edges and a pair of large, expressive
brown eyes. There was no hair on the
end of her tail, where hair ought to be.
She wore it off trying'to pick flies off
the editors pompadour and delivering
upper-cuts under his chin. What tail
remains still has rotary motion, from
force of habit. She left home last SUM-
day night and nothing has been heard
from her since. She had been treated
considerably, allowed to land on us at
pleasure, kick the bucket of milk
through the hay loft, eat up the straw
berry vines and even come home with
the wrong sort OF calf, without pro-
test, and for this reason the motive for
her departure is mystery. She
moved in the best COW circles in Paris,
was attended by an amiable small boy
who didn't smoke cigarettes. and had
no possible cause for complaint. We
never struck her with anything bigger
than scantling, but she was of a
shrinking and sensitive disposition.
with most unusual appetite. She
can't have eloped. for our consent and
blessing were ready at any time
Paris MO- Mercury.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
High lowers for Weather Observers.

The Eiffel tower was erected merely
for the purpose of demonstrating the
possibility of constructing a building a
thousand feet high. and of providing
unique attraction for the Paris expo
sition of 1889. A time is likely to arrive.
however, when Eiffel towers will be
widely sprinkled over the surface of
the globe The United States weather
bureau will soon equip 80 of its more
important display stations with steel
towers. which are now under contract.
They win not be thousand feet high,
but if they were. it would be an ad-
vantage. The most serious need of the
weather bureau at the present time
seems to be facilities for taking obser-
vatlons in the higher atmosphere, s
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
WOMEN'S HOUSE GOWNS.

House gowns are made on the same
lines as they have been for the last
year or two, excepting that the lining
is always fitted, and while the draper
les may fall loose in Empire style, the
gown itself has more the effect of a
fitted garment. Many house gowns
are made cut out at the neck and with
elbow sleeves, and almost without ex-
ception they are very elaborate, both in
the material used and in the trim
mings. In making any tea gown or
house gown, it is a mistake to have it
at all uncomfortably tight or heavily
boned. 1t should be what it looks to
be-a comfortable negligee-a gown to
slip on when one is tired and does not
care to wear tight-fitting, deliberately
constructed gown. One of the newest
models for tea gown or house
gown has but one dart in the lining,
giving almost straight front. This
is a comfortable model, and looks
well when the front of the gown is of
lace-Harpers Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
An Arbitrary Conductor.

1t is an established proposition that
the ways of street-car conductors are
past finding out, but certain member
of the guild showed himself in new
light the other day.
The incident took place in Sixth
avenue electric car. A woman passen-
ger asked the conductor If he could
give her a transfer to 14th street
car. He murmured something unin-
telligible and passed on without Civ
ing the desired ticket.
Another woman sitting near by in
formed the first that transfers were
given, whereupon the first replied that
she knew it was so, only some conduct
ors would not hand them out Three
minutes later another woman asked the
same conductor for transfer to 18th
street and promptly received it. And
the question naturally arose why he
made the distinction.-New York Mail
and Express.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
lcng Island Black Sand,

Who would dream of an iron mine
on the long, sandy beach of the Great
South Bay? Yet, there is fine de-
posit of magnetic iron ore running all
the way from Westhampton nearly to
Fire Island Inlet. 1t is in the form
of a heavy black sand, occasionally
streaked with red. 1t is Of the same
chemical composition as the iron-ore
of Lake Champlain, and was IN
doubtedly brought by ice from the lat
ter district in the Glacial period. 1t
is mixed with ordinary sand, and must
be separated from the latter to make
it marketable. The cost of the opera
ton is the chief bar to it's use on a
large scale. When prices in the ore
market are low, it does not pay to
work the black sand; when they go
up the black sard is profitable. The
mining is simple The mixed sand is
shovelled from he beach into ordin-
airy carts and carried to a mill. Here
it is thrown into a trough, which car
ries it to rollers on which are fastened
numerous magnets. These draw the
iron ore to them and let the sea sand
and other impurities pass by. The
magnets are cleaned by brushes, and
the iron particles are swept into a
trough, from which they fall into bags
and barrels The mining is done upon
a small scale by a number Of thrifty
residents of Suffolk county, and has
paid fair returns at intervals for the
past 30 years. The ore is sold to steel
makers in Pennsylvania, by whom it is
placed on a par with the best ores of
Michigan and Minnesota.-New York
Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30

were a good boy and remembered
what told you"
Yes, mother; but they was awful
rude to me-"
"Why, what did they do?"
''They brought me plum pudding
three times"
Very rude. indeed, darling. And OF
course you said, No, thank your"
Il said No, thank you twice. but
didn't know what to say next time"
"And what did you say?"
81 said just like papa does at dinner,
when he's cross: Take this blamed
thing awayr"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
ORIGIN OF BEADS.
First Used by Savages for SeIf.adornme =
Are Still in Vogue.

The great and mysterious Goddess
known to herself, decreed that beads
should come into vogue again. says
Sir Edwin Arnold, in the London Tele-
graph. That commanding whisper
which comes from no visible source,
and yet is heard and obeyed every
where, has passed through the world of
| womankind; and the observer may al
ready notice strings Of many-colored
beads appearing on the necks and
breasts, the wrists and tresses Of the
fair votaries of the goddess. In this
her edict she goes back to a mode
never really out of favor since human
| ity first took self-adornment. Beads
are certainly the most ancient of all
forms of the bedecking of the body,
unless we except the field and the for
est blossoms.
Nobody knows who first invented
beads. Perhaps it was some print
tive savage who found nuts or oak
balls in the forest, drilled by the wood
worm. and threaded them together on
a stalk of grass. Anything and every
thing with hole in it served at the
beginning of beads-cowrie shells, fish
teeth, claws of beasts. striped and
spotted seeds and the like. But the
great age of beads began with the in
vention of glass, and the Egyptians,
Carthaginians and Phoenicians gen.
orally were skilled craftsmen at bead
making. Their methods were much
the same as may be seen today in
Venice or any other chief seat of the
art.
With tens and scores of tons of
such prodigious trade is today con-
Quoted over Africa and other parts of
the globe, and it would astonish many
new wearers of beads to learn how
immense is their production and how
wide their distribution. Venice alone
has long been accustomed to send forth
every ten years 100000 quintals of
beads, worth $4,000 lire, and in many
other spots steady manufacture is
always proceeding to supply the in
satiable demands of Zanzibar. The
dusky belle must have her ornaments
substantial, since they will pass
through many rude proof in cave
and kraal. And your well-made Vene-
tan bead will practically last forever,
unchanged in beauty. There must be
plenty of beads worn at this day In
Africa which were left there by the
traders of King Solomon. who traffick.
ed to Ophir, or those more daring mar
iners of Tyre and Sidon, who sailed
for trade in the land of Punt, and. per-
haps, even to the Zambesi River.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
E5s!7s Of rrnlNlNl7Y-
gasSzaSA

Chain purses are very modish. The
long. old-fashioned models are among
the newest.
Panne rosettes are worn in the hair
A pretty idea is to have rosettes of
the same color for hair and corsage.
Blouses of white silk null, with the
fine tucks stitched in with gold
thread, are worn with the coat and
skirt tailor gowns.
Cloth with a knit finish Is very
much used in the neutral colors for
street gowns. 1t has a soft, velvety
surface and all the ciinging qualities
which fashion requires.
1t looks as though white would be
worn to greater extent than ever
next summer. The showing of white
shirt waists is twice as large as that
Of any one color.
The Stuart period is one in which
the dresses can be adapted to chill
dren's needs, and the white satin and
falling lace collars of Vandyck's por-
traits are repeated in many child's
frock today.
One of the elegant trifies in fashion
able dress is muff and boa to match,
made of white chiffon, and finished
with sable in all the edges A bunch
Of violets is added to the muff and the
combination suggests summer as we'll
as winter. Gold gauze is sometimes
substituted for the chiffon and treated
in the same manner.
Wreaths of flowers or vine chaplets
with a single flower are gaining in
popularity as couture adornments for
the evening. Fillets of ribbon with
chic little twisted bows of ribbon are
also worn. Tulle rosettes find favor
with some women, and are very effec-
tive against soft, wavy tresses.
A handsome gown recently seen was
of beige colOred broadcloth, bolero
and skirt edged with silver fox. 1t
was accompanied by Spanish toque
of ermine, with '.goura' feathers
forming aigrettes, and a great bow of
black net was tied under the chin.
The most elegant evening wraps are
very simple in effect, but extravagant
to a degree as regards cost A silk
coat with deep circular flounce of
fur, fur collar, and undersleeves, and
a real lace scarf at the neck is one
while another is OF white
cloth with no trimming except ma
chine stitching and collar and I'M
dersleeve of sable.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
Initiating Papa.

he small boys idea of politepess is
unique at times. This particular how
was going out to party, and his
mother impressed upon him that he
was on no account to touch plum pud-
ding, because she was positive II
would make him i'll.
But, mother" objected the small
boy. IF they bring me some?"
You must say, No. thank you.
"And If they bring it to me again p
"You must still say, No, thank you.'
But they won't do that, it would be
rude"
The small boy went to the party, and
in due course returned. somewhat sub
dued in manner.
"Well.' said his mother. Il b,pe you
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
Longevity of Various Races.

1t has often been remarked that
while nothing Is so uncertain as the
duration Of any given human life,
nothing is more certain than the ag.
gregate Of years which may be as
signed to a group of 100 persons or
more at any particular age. The ex-
pectation of life at a given age. to use
the actuarial phrase, differs consider
ably, as might be expected, in different
countries, and Englishmen may be
surprised to learn that they are not
the longest living among the white
races. At the age of 20 an English
man in average health may expect to
live AZ years, and any life Office will
grant him a policy based on that prob
ability. The Americans expectation
is for slightly longer period. On the
other hand, German lad Of 20 can
count upon little more than 80 years
and half 1t would seem, therefore,
that the restlessness attributed to the
American temperament does not neces-
sarily conduce to the shortening of life,
nor the composure Of the German to its
prolongation. Possibly the better feed
ing and clothing of Americans in the
lower classes Of the population Is the
principal cause of their greater long
evity. Their position is. at any rate,
in later as well as in
earlier years. The American who has
reached 60 may look to complete IA
years more, while the Britisher's ex-
pectation is only about IS years and 10
and the Germans as nearly
as possible II months less. Both at
20 and at 60 the Frenchman's prospect
Is a little better than the Germans and
a little worse than the Englishman's.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
OBJECT LESSONS IN HYPNoTisM.
New Orleans Physician Gives Some Con.
yincing Proof to Skeptic.

New Orleans Physician Gives Some Con
vincing Proof to Skeptic.
A Few Orleans physician who en-
joys something of reputation as al
amateur hypnotist, gave a neat littl'
object lesson to skeptical friend thu
other night. They were walking t,
one Of the theatres and the skepti,
said:
Doctor, I can conceive the posi-
bility of hypnotism or suggestion, OF
whatever you choose to call it, acting
upon the brain of a sensitive subjec
and creating illusions, just as l nigh
imagine myself Ill If you assure m'
seriously that had all the symptoms
but what l can't understand is how
such an intangible influence can pos
sibly produce actual physical changes
Do you believe, for instance, that Z
hypnotist can produce burn by put
ting a piece of paper on a subjects
hand and telling him it Is fly
bliSter?'
Certainly" replied the doctor, 81
have seen it done myself, with a pos
tage stamp"
But burn is a pathological con-
dition," persisted the other, lit means
infamed tissue, suppuration, and all
that. Do you mean to say could raise
blister on my finger by mere will
powers"
You might" said the doctor.
The skeptic shrugged his shoulders
and changed the, subject. Later on,
in the theater, the orchestra had just
ended its selection before the last act,
when the doctor had a slight nt of
coughing. AS usual it proved conta-
gious, and other coughs began to be
heard throughout the auditorium. At
last the skeptic began to wriggle in
his chair, and finally gave a few hys-
terical banks. Outside the doctor took
an inning.
Il think heard you coughing a lit
tie while ago." he remarked demurely.
His friend looked at him reproach-
fully. Eyes, confound you," he replied;
'yOu started it and l had to join in
with the rest
But what made you do it?"
"Why, I-I-well, my throat got to
tickling, and l couldn't help it." ad-
mitted the skeptic.
"Hum-m-mv' said tho doctor; 'your
throat got to tickling; In other words,
there was temporary irritation of the
Il suppose SO, but what are you
driving at?'
20, nothing" replied the doctor. II
was just thinking that all this phe-
nomena seem to be a mere matter of
degree, You admit that a slight sug-
gestion can produce a slight irritation
Of your throat, which results in
cough. Why, then, can't a strong sug-
gestion produce strong irritation,
which would result in blister? Both
are exactly on the same principle"
The skeptic could think of no reply, |
and the doctor credited himself with
one tally.-New Orleans Times-Dem-
)crat.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
State Government Of Louisiana.

Governor-W. W. Hard,
Lieutenant GovernorAlber Este.
pinal.
Secretary of State-John Michel.
Superintendent of EducationJoh
v. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. 8. Frazee.
Recommendations 4. Smith.
u. s. SENATOR'S.
Don Caffsrey and S. D. McEnery.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Disirict-R. Q. DA ~
2 Distric,-Ado,ph' Meyer.
8 District--R. r. Brqussasd.
4 District-P Brazeale-
8 Distric.-J. E. Ransdell.
g Districts. M. Robinson.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
ENcLISHMEH iuI IN.
A Five Million Dollar Bubble That Cost
Intern ationai Complications.

cat the head of Little Cottonwood
Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains in
Utah, above the spot out of which the
huge blocks of the great Mormon tenn
pie at Salt Lake were quarried, precip-
itous canyon walls, scattered piles of
battered boards and other debris, form
disconsolate relics of a once thriving
city of 10000 inhabitants. Here and
there on the steep sides of the hills
are the dumps which tell of former
activity in the numerous mines. An
occasional shaft-house and few other
buildings have been stanch enough to
Withstand the avalanches that former
ly swept down the mountain sides and
buried under twenty to fifty feet of
snow the city at the bottom of the cleft.
One shaft-house stands on the hill
close by the city's ruins. On this town
site was once the famous mining
camp Of Alta. The -shaft-house marks
the Emma mine, a $5,000,000 bubble
that stirred two nations.
Here the first mines Of Utah were
located by soldiers of Camp Douglas,
in 1864. Duty called officers and pri-
Yates elsewhere, however, and as there
was no railroad to transport the ores,
the claims were abandoned. When the
railroad came a miner named J. b.
Woodman relocated one of the claims,
and it became the Emma mine, from
which silver ore was taken of such
marvellous richness that oil America
became excited in 1870, and miners
fiocked to it from every side. But in
the conclusion that the mine was on
the point Of being worked out. Trenor
w. Park and Senator William NJ.
Stewart, of Nevada, made a trip to
England. They organized a company
of which they made United States
Robert G. Schenck, who
taught the Englishmen the great
American game of draw-poker, d.
rector. All speculative London tumbled
over itself to get some of the precious
stock, which was supposed to act like
the touch Of Midas. The mine was
unloaded to this aggregation of Eng
lishmen for $5,0OO,OOO.
1.-THE new owners sent over some
who INDUCED in the Wild
est extravaganza. In six months the
mine was losing so much that work
ceased entirely. England was en-
ragged. A Congressional committee
the conduct of Minister
Schenck and recommended that he be
for his share in the trans
action. AT present the only human be
ing about the mine is a Waterman,
and he takes his pay in working the
streaks of rich ore that still remain,
confident that some day the property
will be again worked on a large scale,
md that discreet management will I'M
cover untold wealth. Many persons
.o-day are positive that the collapse
If the Emma mine was due entirely to
he management" Eugene B. Palmer
n Ainslee's.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
SILvER-HANDLED PUMICER.

Many fastidiops women dislike to
take hold of cake of pumice stone on
account Of the gritty feeling of the
volcanic product A convenient toilet
has little column of pumice, pointed
at one end. The other is firmly fixed
in silver handle, like those attached
to the sealing wax holders. This OBJ
viates the discomfort felt in handling
the punlice. 1t can be used to remove
ink traces or other stains ON the finger
with the maximum of physical COM
fort.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30

tant, and both watching sun spotf-
simultaneously saw two luminous OBJ
jects, shaped something like two new
moons, each about 5000 miles in length
and 1900 wide, at q distance Of some
$4,000 miles apart. These, according
to an expert description, burst sudden
ly into sight at the edge Of great sun
spot with a dazzling brightness, and
then disappeared after travelling a dis
lance of some $4,000 miles.-London
Chronicle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-30
Queer Sights for Astronomers.

Astronomers who watch for sun
Spots sometimes see queer sights. One
such sight has become classical, al
though astronomers do not seem yet to
have arrived at an explanation of it.
On September /, 1859, Mr.. Darlington
and Mr.. Hodgson-the one at Green
witch and the other many miles dis