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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
800 GARDEN AND8
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
WSSX. T. GY1X
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AcRlcUL.
1uRAL TOPICS.
When an Animal Is "Ripe"1-The combus'
hon Of Hay-Ths Value Of Wheat Bran
The Dairy cow-A Poultry Keepers
Worst Enemy-Etc., Etc.
WHEN AN ANIMAL IS RIPE"

WHEN AN ANIMAL IS RIPE"
An animal should be marketed when
1t Is "ripe;;" that is. as soon as 1t is
ready for market. When an animal
reaches a certain stage the increase In
weight is slow or nothing, and every
day that it is retained it entails loss,
for the reason that it consumes food
and makes no increase. The greatest
gain is from young stock because of
rapid growth, and the nearer the an
imal approaches maturity the slower the
increase in weight. During the cold
season more food is required for sup
port than in summer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
Iowa's Unesviable Distinction.

Iowa is one of the few states not
represented in Statuary hall at the
national capital and members Of Con-
gress from the Hawkeye state are
considering whether 1t Is not time to
abolish the uuenyiable distinction.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

new litter put in. I use wheat straw
chaff. Destroy the nests OF English
sparrows that are near the ccops. for
these nests are always lousy. They
should be buraed.-N. a. Bitter IN The
Epitomist.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Through Pullman Palace Sleepers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, 6t. Louis and Chicago
without change. making direct oonneo-
lions with hrst-class lines to oil points
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and al
trains freight and passenger now run
niDg regularly over II, Thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance inoidens to trans.
(er n ferry boat
4. b. HANSON. Gen. rs Agt.
Chicago.
Juo. 4. Gcosy. n ,. 4. He9phis
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
SeIf.Impnrtance.

Self-importance makes grea
man stoop and little man bend over
| backward.-New York Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

Graduates hold leading positions all over the
country. instruction all personal.
Having numerous business connections ana
being universally and reputably known, we
have superior advantages In aiding students to
secure 1ituatfons.
ga store IL connected with Soule College
ln which students do actual business with
the books In the latest labor saving forms.
Students enter at any time. English, AGA.
demic, Shorthand and Business schools. AL
separate faculties. Send for catalogue.
Address GEO. SOULE e SONS
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

There's more in clock than APP
pears on the face tf it,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
MONTANA'S WOMAN LAWYER.

Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell, Of Hell
ena, Mont, is the first woman lawyer
from the state of Montana, the first
woman assistant attorney general In
the United States, and she has receiv-
ed the largest fee ever paid to legal
practitioner Of the gentler sex, which
fee was $4,000, for her services in a
case involving valuable copper and
silver mines in Butte City, in which
James B. Haggin, the multi-million-
aire of California, was the plaintiff.
She defeated Mr.. Haggin's attorneys
with flying colors.
"She is the only woman" says
Joaquin Miller In his History of Mon
tana." "who ever went to Washing
ton as the accredited representative Of
a sovereign state on official business"
This was in her capacity as assistant
attorney general, and on this occa-
sion she saved to Montana school
lands amounting in value to 5000, 900,
appearing In person before the Land
Office officials.
In 1891 she received the Populist
nomination for attorney general, but
was defeated by Henry J. Haskell,
Republican, whom she married a year
later.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
JAPANESE BABIES.

The japanese baby is funny brown
creature, with swapping black eyes
and full crop Of stiff black hair.
That is, he would have a full crop If
his mother did not shave his head,
sometimes as bare as q croQuet ball,
but oftener into all sorts Of fancy
patterns. A favorite fashion Is to leave
two little tufts at the sides, and
larger one about the size Of = saucer
on the top Of his head.
He is seldom carried In bis moth
er's arms, as an English baby is, but
as soon as he Is two or three months
old he commences his travels in the
world ''pick-a-back," on the shoulders
of an older brother or sister.
japanese children, as well as the
grown people, all wear a loose gar
ment called "kimono." The kimono
is so loose that the baby can be tuck
ed inside and tied on with the sash,
and thus he Is carried about, peeping
curiously with his bright black eyes
over his sisters shoulders at the great
new world. Asleep, his poor little
shaven head hobs helplessly round,
and the glare Of the sun beats on his
upturned face.
His little body is. entirely covered
by the kimono, and the children, when
they are carrying their small brothers
and sisters, look as though they were
two-headed. But they play tag, and
prisoners base, and fly kites, and play
ball just the same, whether they carry
the baby or not. And he seems to en-
joy 1t, too, for he hardly ever cries,
and when the game is especially lively
he will laugh and crow as though he
understood it all-Woman's Life.
A PLEA FOR LONG SKIRTS.
While radical dress reform leads
womankind nearer and nearer to the
possession of the clothes of our faith
ers, let one faint voice In the land be
heard in favor Of the skirts OF our
mothers According to modern science.
the dress of women should be a grim
demonstration Of hygiene. A congress
of doctors of all nations assembled IN
Rome has figured to dot the number
of deadly bacilli possible to be gather
ed to the square inch Of woman's
train. In Boston, the board of health
has formally prescribed short skirts
for women school teachers. The
warnings of science thus are unmis-
taxable, and they are not lightly to be
taken.
But what Of woman's mission to be
lovely? Does this no longer enter into
reckonings Of the utilities Of the sex?
A short-skirted woman on the street,
except in a deluge Of rain, Is a blow
to ones ideals. The older the woman
the greater the blow. Verify" says
Carlyle, CLOTHES do tailorize and de-
moralize u.s." True, indeed, concern
ing the abbreviated, ankle-displaying
skirt Of the hoydenish new" girl:
truer still of the mannish middle
aged and old ladies who, caring not for
the size, shape, style Of their feet, car
ing not for the subtle charm of mys-
terry which belonged originally to
woman, reduce dress to convenience
of rapid transit, grim assurance Of
the public health, and an artless an
nouncement of Indifference to appear
ance.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
THE AMERICAN GIRLS ATTRAC-
TONS.

The Duke of Manchester, who prac-
tises what he breaches, says that for
eign noblemen marry American girls
because they are beautiful, witty,
graceful, high-bred, original, innocent,
audacious, intellectual and practical.
That Is to say, because they are the
sum of all the virtues. But isn't ii
odd that practically all of the girls
sought by these foreign gentry are
rich? There are dead loads of
American girls who have all the quail
ties enumerated by the big duke, and
yet do not contract foreign alliances.
With few exceptions, foreign poblemen
are attracted only to rich American
girls. OF course, it may be only a
coincidence, but 1t suggests all sorts
of idle speculations.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
FLOWER PICKERs OF GRAssE


The peasant women and girls of
Grasse, in the south of France, are
kept employed in picking and sorting
flowers for perfume, Grasse being the
centre of that industry. Violet gather
ing begins in March; jessamine, orange
blossom, rose and tuberose In May;
the mignonette In August, and the
cassia In September. The work of
picking is done between s and II
o'clock in the morning, the remainder
Of the day being spent in sorting and
picking apart the flowers. The per-
fume making begins with spreading
the petals upon layers of pure lard
that covers plates Of glass, and the
flower layers are renewed three or
four times before the fat has become
thoroughly saturated with the per-
fume. This perfumed lard is the
"pomade" of commerce, out of which
are made extracts and fine pomades.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23
THE STYLES OF HAIR DRESSING.

THE STYLES OF HAIR DRESSING.
1t is reported by some foreign au-
thority on fashions that dyeing the
hair is entirely out Of style, dark, nat
ural tints being the mode once again.
Change In the way of doing the hair
is one of the great secrets of success
In dress, providing the style Is always
In harmony with the shape Of the head
and contour Of the face. There ia an
evident effort to lower the chignon TO
the nap of the neck, but this mode
Is not readily accepted by all women.
so for the present the hair is arranged
high on the head for evening dress.
and little below the crown for or
binary wear.
Many young girls adopt the low style
OF hair dressing, which is very pretty
with the new gypsy hat. Another
point in fashionable hair dressing is
bringing the locks we'll down on the
forehead, either parted at one side or
In a soft pompadour falling over the
ears.
The decorations are the varying
point in hair dressing for evening, and
anything between diadem diamond
combs and simple rose seems to be
permissible. Diamond pins in circles,
crescents and oblong shapes are worn
at the back with a comb above and
side combs and an ornamental bow in
addition. In fact, this craze for deco
ration Is so often overdone that the
later fancy for one or two roses is a
pretty relief from the barbaric ten
denotes Of the day. The new gold
roses are charming in the dark hair,
and some of the colors are quite as
beautiful.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-23

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New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
THE DUCK HAWKS STRATEGY.
From st. Nicholas.

The wild duck possesses large bump of curiosity
and may at times be brought within shot by taking
advantage of this trait: but. ordinarily, IL is your
wits against theirs and this is the great charm
of the sport.
1t is exciting to watch the duck hawk in pursuit
of his prey. Given field with the quarry. it
is astonishing witness the exhibition of speed by
overtake and strike duck in the air. though he
to prefer to single out one from flock
and, if possible force him to dive. AS the duck
comes to the surface to breathe, the hawk is at
hand, and down goes the duck more. This is
repea until the poor duck is almost exhausted;
and when the duck pauses second too long at the
surface the hawk pounces and the duck is secured.
There is wonderful Sagacity shown by these
birds in forcing diving duck away from the reeds
into open water. They seem loath to exert them
selves sufficiently to capture their game the
wing but will dog him., as it were from the shall
lows to deep water. where in sheer desperation the
victim dives, fancying that two long reaches
the reeds. Seldom however. is he successful in the
attempt: fear and exhaustion generally end the
matter the hawk wishes
A great many ducks crippled by gunners will
make for the marshes, where they hide: and some
times. II fortunate and not too severely wounded.
the prowng fox or mink will strike their trail
among the sedge. and often catch them when they
venture too the shore.
Out in the deeper parts of the marsh ducks must
exercise the greatest caution when feeding. for
when the dusk of evening settles down on lake and
fen and the mystery of the twilight reigns. most
dangerous foe-the Z" still hunting owl'-comes from
bird quarters the marsh backward and forward
with the thorouEhness Of well trained hound.
Still hunting Is the high OF sport, and the big
owls axusrfa In their way.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

turned as insufficient" and experience of the
past has shown that this word, when used by
the government in connection with the crops,
spells starvation to the masses
The area where the famine will be most acute
by reason OF the complete failure of the harvest
is nearly three times the size of France with
population almost great as the United States
at its last census. and owing to the glarng alb
sencc in Russia Of any other roads but railways
which are few in number and constructed with
more regard for military than commercial use
the work of relieving the starving is a matter
Of extreme difficulty even if the means were
available.
1t might be supposed that Russia would be
able to up things by drawing upon the
vast resources of Siberia. But the Asiatic por-
tion Of the Cars dominions has yet to be de-
veloped in industrial sense, and so made
quate the agricultural resources of Siberia
that this year the whole of the basin of the
Amoor River, in fact, almost the whole Of Cen
trail and Eastern Siberia, has been dependent
upon supplies from the outside.
Manufacturing and mining industry is to such
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

an extent in its infancy in Russia that agri
culture must be regarded the staple industry
of the empire both east and west Of the Ural
range. Now, with famine raging over the greater
portion of European Russia, and Siberia yet
unproductive, agriculturally speaking, 1t natu-
rally follows that there will be more difficulty
than ever An securing the payment Of taxes and
the collection OF revenue.
Heroic measures will have to be adopted in
order to force the starving masses to pay their
dues. and there are many signs that the hour
is at hand when the moujk. goaded to despera
ton, will at length turn like the traditional
worm. Add TO this the fact that financial and
commercial crises are taking place just now all
over Russia-banks and old established houses
OF business topping one after another
involving stockholders and depositors in run
and making them infuriated with the govern
ment for not coming to the rescue of the insti
tutions concerned-and it is easy to see how des-
perate is the condition by which the Czar is
confronted. and how that critical stage has been
reached when a without constitutes the only
alternative to war within.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

feet above tidewater. and 100 feet above the
reservoir In Central Park.
When the new dam is completed 1t will in
crease the Of the Croton Lake enormously.
The lake will then be between nineteen and
twenty miles long. and will have a storage ca
pacity of thirty billion gallons.
The contract for the new Croton Dam was let
by the Aqueduct Commissioners to James 8.
Coleman In 1892. and work on the dam has been
In progress more than eight years An army Of
seven hundred men has been employed most Of
the time every summer in cutting. transporting
and laying the granite in the great wall. Last
year strike at the dam stopped the work for
some weeks. and caused the militia to be called
out to keep the peace. 1t is expected that the
work will require about three years more.
All the granite used in the wall is cut at
quarry back OF Peekskil and about three miles
from the dam. Every stone is cut to fit
designated place in the wall and is numbered
and marked before it leaves the quarry AS
was the in the building of Solomons
Temple. sound of hammer is heard in the
building of the great dam. The blocks of gran
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

But 1t is not the want of money alone that
takes the Car and his Minister of Finance to
France at the present juncture. 1t is something
more-namely. the imminence of another move
by Russia on Constantinople and the association
of France in the enterprise. In fact, there is
ground for believing that the Franco-TurlSish
imbroglio on the subject of the quays at Con-
stantinople has been deliberately provoked by
I the Paris government the result of under
standing with the authorities at ST. Petersburg,
and that the hostilities between the Sultan and
France which are almost certain to prove the
outcome Of the present severance of diplomatic
relations between the two countries will furnish
Russia with the opportunity for invading the
Ottoman Empire.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
ALFRED THE GREAT MEMORIAL.
THOUGH FINISHED IN ENGLAND, THE OBJ
SERVANCE WILL BE HELD HERE
NEXT MONTH

Although in Great Britain the celebration OF the
1OOOth anniversary Of the death of Alfred the
Great ended last week. the American celebration
will not begin until October 81 In this city October
27 and q will be observed. and an extensive pro-
gramme Is being arranged by committee ap
pointed from the members of the ST. George Soci-
ETY. and the Society of American Authors October
Is is the real anniversary of King Alfreds death.
but King Edward VII found that he would not be
able to attend the exercises IL they were held
that day. SO the celebration advanced The
American committee decided to observe the proper
day.
On Sunday October 81 there will be special
service at ST. Psuls Church. 1t las not been de-
cided just who will deliver the address. The music
will be the that used Winchester. On
Monday evening there will be dinner at Demon-
ico's which will be attended by both and
women. Captain Mahan. u. s. N. will be the prin-
cipal speaker. his subject being Alfred Founder
Of the English Navy" Each guest at the dinner
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

She realizes that II she had undertaken any
hostile action against Turkey by herself. the
strength OF the on-payment Of the in
demnity Of 1877. of the nom -fulfilment OF the
pledges of administrative reforms in the Turkish
provinces occupied by Christians. she might have
found herself face to face with the European
concert, which is bent upon putting off the
break up Of the Turkish Empire as long as pos
sible But Frances quarrel with the Sultan is
her opportunity. and she is now able to tackle
the infidel with the assured support of, at any
rate. one of the great powers Of Europe.
Whether England will intervene once more to
protect the Turkish Empire from disntegra-
tion and Constantinople from Russian capture
is matter for question. 1t is wellnigh certain
that she would not care to confront Russia and
France single handed in the matter, especially
with the Boer still unfinished. But she
would doubtless join in any combination with
Austria and Germany to prevent the Car from
obtaining control of the entrance to the Black
Sea. and France from the acquisition OF Syria
and OF the overland railroad route to India. II
is this eventuality that the leading British
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
NEW CROTON DAM, LOOKING NORTH.

statesmen had in mind when during the earlier
portion of the summer, they spoke enigmatically
of grave events" that were imminent and
which rendered 1t necessary that the empire
should be prepared for crisis that might take
place ere many months were past.
The appearance of Russian warships In Ru-
manian waters, the Danube. in defiance or
treaty regulations the military activity in Ru-
mania, along the Austro-H Hungarian frontier OF
Russia, the increased political agitation in the
Balkans. the menaces exchanged by the semi
official press Of the Russian and Austrian gov
ernments and, above ALL the preparations which
are being made for war by all the great powers
of Europe indicate that the eventualties pre-
dicted by Joseph Chamberlain last summer are
near at hand. EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
THE NEW CROTON DAM.
ITS CONSTRUCTORS SAY 1T WILL BE THE
LARGEST EVER BUILT.

The new Croton dam, its constructors say, Is
to be the largest dam ever built by man. Its
main wall is 200 feet thick at the bottom and
l.oO0 feet long, and the spillway connected with
1t is 1000 feet in length. making a total length
of masonry of 1000 feet. The main wall goes
$50 feet underground. 1t narrows as it rises
and it will reach a height of $50 feet above
ground. From the top to the foundations there
fore, the wall has depth of 800 feet. If it were
built on the level in the city 1t would cover
more ground than entire city block between
Fifth and Sixth aves, and would rise nearly as
high the tallest skyscraper.
The spilway. now partly completed. is built
on solid rock, and on the outside of the wall a
deep trench has been blasted out of the rock
a runway for the water that will overflow.
The main wall will rise only few feet above
the spillway. The top of the dam will be PIG
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

The treasury is empty-though not the war
chest-and the government unable to collect it's
revenues, is not only lacking the funds neces-
sary to continue and complete the public works
that it has in hand. such as, for instance, the
Trans-Siberian Railroad but finds diff
Guilty in obtaining the money necessary to carry
on the administration, and to pay the interest
on its foreign debt
1t is doubtful whether the people in this coun-
try realize the extent of the latter. That por-
ton of it created by loans obtained in France
amounts to over 81 100000 ,OOO and under the
circumstances it IS not astonishing that Count
Whites endeavors to raise another and badly
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

lite carried to their places by means Of wire
cables strung over the valley. and the work OF
setting the stones in place is almost noiseless.
The dam estimated at the outset to cost
81, 150,513 but there have been some changes
In the plans since the work was begun and 1t
Is expected that the dam will cost more than
So,OOO,OOO. Three consulting engineers recently
made an examination to ascertain if the founda-
tiOns at the south end of the great wall were
safe, and asked to advise the Aqueduct
Commission if solid masonry should be sub
stituted for earthen embankment along por-
ton of the southern side of the reservoir near
the great wall. The engineers have not yet
submitted a report
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
THE HERON NESTS HIGH.
ne Chicago Chronicle.

From The Chicago Chronicle.
Heron colonies are rare enough to excite interest
in their and the pecuiiarities OF the nest
building of these birds. They live and rear their
young year after year at the same place, unless
some catastrophe in bird life or the Intrusion OF
unwelcome residents cause them TO move
There three known heron colonies In New
England One of them is on the plantation just to
the north OF Sebec Lake. On a point OF land
reaching into the pond is growth of tall sill
yer birches. and there are at least one hundred
nests in the tops of those The trees
tall without limbs for forty feet or more from the
ground Ii is a well known fact that herons never
build a nest in with limbs much less than
forty feet from the earth. The nests are con-
structed from small sticks. The nest 10 at least
two feet across.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
A GREWSOME JOB.

From The Washington Star.
II was UP in wilds OF New-Jersey little time
back on a bassfishng expedition said a wash
ingtonian who is fond of outdoor life to star
reporter, "and | ran across sign that struck me
as a little out of the ordinary / was riding along
a lonely road in Sussex County and saw the sign l
speak of tackled great oak tree. 1t read thus:
o. Westorook.
Newton n. j..
Undertaken and Embalmer.
No paid agents to solicit funerals.
Now l have not a very definite idea as to what
the duties of funeral solicitor may be. but am
pretty ii is job for which /. for one, do not
banker"