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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
THE BRIDAL TRoUSSEAU OF A
FIJI GIRL.


To the all-important question of
bridal trousseau the Fiji belle of three
decades ago gave little thought. A
fringe of hibiscus fiber about the loins
supplemented by garlands of bright
hued flowers about the head, neck and
arms, fulfilled all the requirements OF
Polynesian fashion. Then came day
when this primitive simplicity was
succeeded on festal occasions by an
oppressive weight of magnificence.
Bride and groom alike were literally
swathed from head to foot. The ma
terial used was the "tapa" or native
cloth made from the inner bark Of
the mulberry tree. AS in those days
certain colors and decorative designs
we're reserved for the aristocracy, an
educated onlooker could by single
glance determine the social status of
| the matrimonial candidates. The tapa,
besides being rolled about the body in
so many folds that the victim was
simply a walking bale of stuff, was
also so arranged that a huge pannier
was formed Of the various loops and
folds at the back. To all this was
added train, frequently eight or ten
yards long, carried by attendants. To
these two extremes has succeeded the
'sulu" costume of to-day.-Woman S
Home Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
HELPING HIM ALONG.

"Your cousins medical practice, l
suppose, doesn't amount to much YETI"
mo, I'm sorry to say. We relatives
do all we can, but, of course. we can't
he i'll all the time.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
THRIFT.

Mabel (who has just concluded a
bargain for a fowD-Then I'll tell
mother you'll kill it and send it up to-
night.
Mrs. Macfarlane-Na. ma, I'll no kill
it till the morn. I'm thinkin' it's goin'
to lay an egg this evening'!-Punch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
BANDS OF FUR.

Many of the seasons winter gowns
for visiting and afternoon wear nave
very tiny edgings of fur In SKUNK.
mink and raccoon. and a good deal Oh
caracal is also employed as trim
ming The awkward fur border at
the edge of the skirt is no longer
fashionable, but fiat bands OF caracai
arc introduced as a heading to the
senarate fiounce, or more bushy furs
ore arranged as q border to the upper
norton of the skirt, which falls over
the fiounce in such manner as 10
suggest a tunic.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

The use of ..E Pluribus Unum" on
coin was never authorized by law. Its
first known use was on New Jersey
cent struck of in 1776.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
A woMAN's FLOWER PARK.

A Chicago woman who did what she
could to make her city more beautiful
by taking the opportunity nearest to
her own hand and working persever
ingly and faithfully at that has gain
ed result that has put her name in
all the papers, her picture in some of
them, and has given to her easily the
first" honorable mention in one jour
nails awards for gardens. At a GER
tain point where three streets meet
in Chicago there is triangle design
ed as Green Bay Park"
In course of time the abutting
streets were built up. one of them with
stores anad the other two with resi-
dences; and the triangle filed up
up with rubbish and cans. In one of
the residences lived the wife of wool
merchant. The misnamed park was
to her a constant cource of annoy
ance, violating all her civic ideals.
The triangle was under the care of the
North Side Park System, but it re.
ceived no care. This woman appealed
repeatedly to the municipality for its
Improvement, and after a long time
she persuaded the city to remove the
refuse. sod the plot and make a few
flower beds. Then she interested hel
neighbors, secured contributions from
her husband and began work of posi-
tive adornment that now gives yer,
creditable results and has made the
little oasis one of the best known il
Chicago Municipal Journal and En-
gineer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
ASSURED FIT.

Husband-Yes, dear, think your
new gown will suit you very well.
Wife-Why do you think so!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the price doesn't
suit me at all.-Philadelphia Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
uAn ANorHER poLICY.

"skynfynt says that. it never paid
1im to be honest"
Certainly it didn't. He wasn't
BROOKLYN Life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

II ignorance were bliss, what lot OF peo-
pie would be happy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

There are still districts in Italy where
The peasants live on chestnuts and acorns.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

The rich man travelling abroad doesn't
have to be hnguist. Money talks in
every language.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best

Ship rats, which are propagators OF the
plague, have been thoroughly exterminated
at Marseilles by the use of liquid carbonic
arid
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures lrregu-
lar Heart Action. At Druggists, so cents.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

a. II. GREENS Sons. Of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the
world. See their liberal offer In advertise
rnent In another column Of this paper.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
THREE MILLION WOMEN WHO

THREE MILLION WOMEN WIN
There are to-day over three million
wage-earning women in the unlteo
States. and the only place where wo-
men have not as yet entered TO usurp
mans position is as an officer in the
United States army and navy, or as a
sailor or marine. The position OF the
wage-earning woman to-day demands
ateation. 1t is true that fathers
throw their daughters into the indus
trial world on much the same primer
pie that they throw their boys into the
water to teach them to swim" And
through heroic struggles the girl is
coming to the surface and learning the
| strokes.
The wage-earning woman and her
problem has accomplished two ehings;
| she has formed a mutual bond between
women Of leisure and women or labor
and she has also opened the eyes OF
philanthropists to the fact that the In
dustrial problem of women is at the
bottom of the moral problem, witt
the result that the rescue homes FOL
women are being supplanted by
homes for wage-earning women
Boston-Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

The average man returns a borrowed UNI
brella when it's worn out and he wants an
other
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S YOUTHFUL.
LOOKS.

1t is difficult to realize that Sunday
was really Queen Alexandra's fifty
seventh birthday. There are moments
when only the hard-and-fast facts of
history and the presence of her chill
dren and grandchildren by her side
cause JUS to realize that she is not
younger by a good quarter of a cen
fury. A great many women in our
day have solved the secret of perpet-
uai youth: the Queen Is sovereign
lady In that respect, as in every other.
II is almost absurd to look at her and
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

FITS permanently cured. No Ats or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2tral bottle and treatisefree
DR.. E. H. KLINE. Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
Mrs. +. A. Harris, Prominent Member
of Chicago Woman's Political Club, tells
how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured with
out a Surgical Operation. She says:

out Surgical Operation. She says
perfect for operations The minute
any trouble, nothing but operation will do them one
hundred dollars included the costs are PAM ana
agony and often death.
suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles spent hundreds
relief until doctors agreed that an operation was
my only life My had been using Lydia E INK
hams Vegetable Compound for her troubles and been cured
and she strongly urged me and the Com
pound did used it faithfully with the Sana-
tive Wash for five months reoied find that troubles
were over my health restored If would only try LYDIA
Pmkhas Vegetable Compound first fewer surgical operations
world L. A. HARRIS 5is ST. Chicago, H.
$4,000 FORFEIT If THE ABOVE LETTER is NOT GENUINE.
When women with irregular suppressed or painful
displacement liberation OF the
womb bearing feeling Inflammation OF the ovaT PACK
ache boang Tor Aauncel general debility indigestion and nervous
prosaon beset with such symptoms as dizziness
tabiy seepessnes
and feelings blues and
thew should remember tried and true remedy Lydia liz
removes such tToe
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Is cough eure.-J. W. O'BnIES, Szz In ,aco
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan. 6, 1900
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

Practice makes perfect, but it doesn't re-
ouire much practice to make perfect fool.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

We refund 1oc. for every package OF Put
sAM FADELEss DYE that fails to give satls-
faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, MO.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

New York City is the chief manufacture
ing city in the United States.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

, That man ia lacking in diplomacy who
tries to guess a woman's age.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12

When o fellow carries picture In his
watch there Is usually woman in the case
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-04-12
A Noted Teacher.

The prodigal son of the hard-workine
hen Is generally a bad egg.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
RIPTON,

Charles Noble trapped a bear cub few
days ago.
II. ]. Spoor and a. c. Benedict will speal,
here on Memorial Day.
The G. A. r. have again changed their
hour OF meeting to evening
p. a. Campbell has visitor in the shape of
an ant heap on his right hand.
J. S. Chandler will receive subscriptions OF
advertisements for the REGISTER.
VIM. Whittemore has moved over to the
Chapman mill, where he has a position saving
slabs
S. c. Gibbs has just finished a bridge near
Lewis Eubar's for the town, putting in a good
set of stone abutments
On the 25th Rev. Mr.. Mckinley will preach
memorial sermon to G.. A. r. and s. of V
members at 10 80 a. m.
Rev. II. c. Powers will preach at the NJ. E
church next Sunday at 10 80 a. M, in the alb.
sence of Rev. Mr.. Mckinley, on furlough.
Memorial Day ceremonies begin at a. M
The Post is asking donations of flowers. Din
ner at G. a. r. hall; proceeds for benefit Of
Post.
The 9th and 10th insts. were cold, windy
and uncomfortable, with a little snow. Old
Bread Loaf was white on the morning of the
10th. The mercury had crawled down to 1t
degrees, and ice formed an inch thick. Still
it is thought that fruit is not injured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
LINCOLN.

Fred Draper has taken Mrs, Lois Clark
place and moved here from Rutland Thursday
Warren Hatch and family went to Nashua,
n. H., Thursday, where he has a situation in
one of Swift x Co.'S meat markets.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. +. Hanks and Mrs. VIII
Miner of Huntsville attended the funeral of
their uncle. Z. NJ. Whitney, Wednesday.
I L. Morris Whitney, whose death occurred
the morning of the 5th, was one of the towns
Ihost respected citizens. lie was born
/ aid lived on the east side of the
| mountain, having lived in Montpelier and
tter in Waitslield, from which place he came
~ this town in 1873. He was employed in the
tlapboard mills of ]. IL. Batchelder at the
turner's and G. \. Thayer of South Lincoln
10 1885 he settled in South Lincoln where he
since kept store. lie was considered a man
of integrity and honest business principles
lie had filled several offices of trust in the
town, performing his duties satisfactorily
lie leaves an invalid wife, Mrs. Kate Boyce
Whitney, and two daughters, Mrs. VIII Mar
shall Of Wats6eld and Mrs. Lizzie Maxwell OF
tins place. The funeral was held from his
late residence Wednesday. l.. c. Balm had
charge of the arrangements and Mr.. Hubbard
Of Tyson officiated. The burial was in Waits
field.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
WHITING.

Mrs. Ardell Boomer is slowly improving
Miss Gertrude Selden of New York was in
town recently.
Amos Wilson and his son Charlie started
Tuesday for Luton, la.
Rev. w. NJ. Mayhem of IIighgate Springs
is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Edith Stickney and Miss Ida Stickney
of Mddlebury were in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Preston and Mrs. a. A.
Pond of Brandon were in town last week to
attend the wedding.
Rev. George Curtis occupied the pulpit of
the Congregational church last Sabbath morn
ing and in the Baptist church in the evening,
following the c. L.
The friends of Rev. w. Noyes, a former
pastor of the Congregational church, will be
interested to know Of his marriage to Miss
Mary Northrup of Castleton.
On Wednesday evening, May 7, many OF
the townspeople and some friends from out OF
town assembled in the Congregational church
to witness the marriage of J. NJ. Stickney and
Miss Frances f. Mason. The church was
beautifully decorated with evergeens and pot
ted plants under the direction of " C.
Kelsey. The ushers were J. Warner Of
Crown Point, n. Y, +. c. Brown, Robert
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
County Uews.
ADDISON.

Mrs. Helen Smith is at S. w. Smiths for a
brt time.
6. NJ. Clark purchased horse of Mr.. Shaw
day last week.
II. a. Sickle is improving the looks of his
use with a fresh coat of paint.
b. II. Fisher of Bristol was the guest of his
Carson and family over Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs. L. p.
hey on Wednesday afternoon of next week.
Mrs. Arson Hallock and daughter Anna of
altman visited at C. f. McLean's on Sum
last.
%. A. Smith and c. w. Barber are at work
the telephone line from Basin Harbor to
est Panton.
ra Barber was at home over Sunday, re-
ming to his work Monday morning. Mr..
rber is at work for the Mccormick COM
|ny
MIR. and Mrs. ]. 1. Clark went to st. Adams
Saturday to visit their daughter, Mrs. T. A.
tchel. Mr.. Clark returned on Monday
Bht, but Mrs. Clark will be absent about
p weeks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
NEW HAVEN MILLS.

James Mutt lost a fine yearlng recently, the
animal falling from a ledge.
Mitchell Quinlan and two sons are board
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Alger
Mr. and Mrs. George Gill are the parents
Of a son, born Sunday, May II.
2. w. Sawtele has gone on a journey to
Madrid, Spain, starting on Monday evening.
Travelling statesmen seem to be out in force,
seven visiting the store of f. P. Norton in one
day.
Amos Markham, an old employee of the
Company, has severed his connection with the
same.
Fred Smith, former employee of the Man
ufacturing company, is working at his trade
Of carpenter.
Rev. c. II. Dutton, the New Haven pastor,
conducts services Sunday afternoons at ? :3o
evening srvices, $50.
The cooperative creamery receives 10000
pounds of milk per day; $500 pounds of but
ter was shipped Monday.
This place was well represented at the
Clement variety show in Bristol Saturday
evening, and they were we'll entertained.
VIM. Guyotts tenement house is ready for
the Masons, and o. c. Dickinson, the build
er, moves to the Brown house on Bristol
Flats.
Andrew Bowler, who has been the night
Waterman for the Manufacturing company
during the past year, finished his engagement
the present week.
The old church steeple, which has been in
its place for so years, was voted unsafe, and
was taken down Tuesday. 1t will be replaced
| by more modern structure.
The young peoples dancing club gave an
entertainment at school house hall Friday
evening of this week. Music by Middlebury
orchestra
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
BRISTOL.

Mrs. James Barrey is among the sick.
Joseph Patnaud was at Burlington on bust
ness last week.
a. E. Grow and b. J. Clark spent Sunday
with friends at New Haven.
L. +. Benton of Vergennes was in town last
week calling on old friends.
There was a severe frost on Saturday morn
ing, ice forming half-inch thick.
Rev. II. \. Wood and NJ. L. Barton of
Vergennes were in town last week Thursday.
Bishop Hall of the diocese of Vermont is to
hold confirmation services at bikes hall on
Monday evening, May 10.
Seven joined the Congregational church on
the 4th inst three by profession of faith and
four by letter.
At the special town meeting on Saturday,
the vote which was taken on April FL to en-
large the stage Of the town hall was rescinded.
There was large attendance at IIolley
Hall last week Thursday evening to hear the
Rev. Mr. Robinson's lecture, "ren Nights in
Bar Room
Jermiah Curtin and wife, Mrs. a. NJ. Nor
ton and son and w. II. Cardell and family
went to Warren on Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Edward Eldridge.
There was large congregation at the union
gospel temperance meeting at the Congrega-
tional church on Sunday evening. Miss Ida
Reed of Shelburne gave an interesting adj
dress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Landon Abernethy spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. c. P. Abernethy, Mr..
Abcrnethy's parents, on Bristol Flats. Mr..
Abernethy is student in the medical depart
ment of the L. V. NJ. at Burlington and Mrs.
Abernethy is teaching the spring term of
school at Salisbury
Mrs. Helen Gardner, widow of the late
Rev. Simeon Gardner, died at her home on
North street Monday afternoon. The funeral
was held from the house Thursday afternoon,
the interment being in the village cemetery
by tne side of her husband. a brother from
NeI York arrived here on Tuesday to attend
tteIfuneral.
There was crowded house at Holley Hall
on last Saturday evening to hear p w. Glenn
ent, high license and local option candidate
for governor. He was introduced by w. A.
Lawrence, and spoke for two hours, very few
leaving the hall during the time, many stand
ing during the entire time. All professions
were represented in the audience. There
were many present from Lincoln, Starksboro,
Monkton and New Haven.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
WEYBRIDGE.
Jerome Cole is having pneumonia.
Mrs. l. !. Twitchell is convalescent.

| Jerome Cole Is having pneumonia
Mrs. l. !. Twitchell is convalescent.
II. a. Boies and family are now settled at
the Boies home at our village.
Bert Austin has removed from his home in
Cornwall to the Kingland house
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Young have removed
to their old home, the Moody place.
Col. Hurlbut and wife are making their an
nual sojourn of a few days in our midst.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Sneden of Bristol at
tended church at our village last Sabbath.
Manley Boes, deceased, was granted an in
crease of pension dating from October last.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrington and daugh-
ter or Nergennes were in town on Sunday
last.
| Miss Lucy Harrington is home from her
work as trained nurse at Rutland for few
days.
Mrs. VIM. Kelly of Middlebury spent few
days at her brothers, assisting in caring for
him in sickness.
| Mrs. w. c. Sturtevant has gone to Hart
ford, Conn, for three months stay at her
sisters, Mrs. Frank FoNs.
Mrs G. L. Harrington was called to Barre
last week by the severe sickness of her neice,
Mrs Emma Clapp Cady.
b. Miner Hayward spent last weeks Sab
bath with his family, coming from Benning-
ton, where his headquarters are for the pres
ent.
There will be celebration of the glorious
Fourth of July here, under the direction Of
A &c ma
tally arranged, which will be soon completed
and notice given accordingly.
Mrs. Maria Mott has received news of the
death of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Smith, at
Minneapolis, MINI. Mrs. Smith has spent a
number of summers at her sisters in our viii
lage and has won the respect and love of all
with whom she came in contact. We under
stand that the remains will be brought to her
old home for burial. She was quite aged, but
retained her mind in a remarkable degree un-
til nearly the last.
Rev. G.. w. Morrow, superintendent of the
state Ant-Saloon league, will speak at the
local NJ. +. church next Sabbath, May 20, at
II o'clock a. IN. 1t will be a union service of
this and the Monument Congregational church.
All are invited to be present There is APP
parently a crisis in state temperance matters,
and those who desire to help rid the people of
bad rum should be on the alert and show their
interest by attending upon the proper means
used by this society.
Rev. w. w. Smith, who has been called to
the pastorate of the Weybridge Congregational
church, is a son of the Rev. Dr. Smith Of
Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Wes-
leyan University in 1851, after which he took
two years postgraduate course in Geek. He
then entered Drew Seminary at Madison, n.
J., from which he was graduated. After
preaching few years in Pennsylvania, he was
called to the Congregational church in Port
land, Conn, where he has been pastor for the
last seven years. In 1884 Mr. Smith was
married to Miss Lucia Dewey of Lewiston,
Penn. They have nine children. Mr.. Smith
is an able preacher, thoughtful and pains
taking student, and a faithful pastor. The
two Sundays he recently spent at Weybridge
won to him the hearts of the people, who
now gladly wait to welcome him to the pas
torate of the church.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16
NEW HAVEN.
NJ. ]. Landon is building silo.
Everett Hathorne is repairing his tenemei

NJ. J. Landon is building silo.
Everett Hathorne is repairing his tenement
house.
a. P. Roscoe is repairing and painting his
residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. WI. Benedict visited in Bur-
lington last week.
Mr.. Storer of Boston sang at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday.
Mr.. Beech of Bristol is assisting George
Coats in doing carpenter work.
DR.. Bogue, who formerly was located in
New Haven, was the recent guest of Sherrod
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Palmer visited Mr..
Palmers sister, Mrs Giddings, in Pittsford
last week.
The candidates for town representative now
in the field are Sherrod Brown, Will Hunt, +.
G. Hunt and b. ]. Fisher
Arthur Iinman and Moses Desautels are
recovering from operations for appendicitis at
the Mary Fletcher hospital.
The new books for the library have arrived.
These books were purchased with money
raised by the young ladies at their socials dur
ing the winter
Mrs. Oliver Eaton Of Wood River, Neb.,
recently sustained three shocks Of paralysis,
Her many friends here will be panied to learn
this sad news. She formerly resided here and
taught music.