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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
THE GOOD TIMES OF OLD.
Laboratories of Modern Functions
Spoils the Fun.

"Did you ever think how complicat
ed good times are nowadaysT asked
one miduie-aged man Of another. Re.
member what good times we used to
have without any previous spread or
ceremony Well, those were days
worth living in. When / watch my
children trying to enjoy themselves 1t
positively makes me tired. Everything
Is so studied, so elaborate, so me-
chanical. Take my daughter Grace
for instance. She receivese an invita-
ton to an informal whist party. What
does she do? Does she act pleased
and dance around as her mother would
nave done twenty-five years ago! NO,
indeed. oh, bother! What shall l
wear? If l go I've simply got to get
new gown is what she says, and for
the next week she is breaking her
neck to get the rig ready. The af-
fair comes off and she comes home
and half the time says she was bored
to death. The fault isn't with her,
for the next day gang of her friends
come in and by scraps of conversation
which drift to my ears l know they
were all bored. She is about the
average type of girl, and, no use talk
ing, she isn't having the fun her
mother had. If she is invited to a
really formal function it's enough to
turn the whole house upside down.
She doesn't get any real pleasure out
of it at all, aside from the excite
ment, either. It's the same with my
son John. But l won't go into details
about John; only. when he even takes
a girl to the theater his pocketbook
looks as If an elephant had stepped on
it afterward. There's violets and car
riages and a dozen other fool things,
tnan the theatre, well, my check
book suffers. Don't care about the
money if the boy really had good
time, but he doesn't. It's all right to
talk about this being the age of the
young person, but it's not. We used
to get up simple, impromptu little af-
ldli ., luNlIc q COA5CuidA SAOWo dhu
no tomfoolery about it. Even pic
mic now is a state banquet in COM
parison with the good old larks we
used to have. These poor, blase, mod
ern youngsters may be pushing us old
fellows to the wall a bit with their
precocious cleverness, but, oh, my,
they are M. ssing a lot lust the same.
Say, do you remember that little dance
at"
But at this point in the converse
ton the middle-aged man struck a
reminiscent mood, so any more ideas
he happened to possess on the mod
ern good time were left unsaid. But
there is lot in what he did say, now,
isn't there?-Hartford Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
A Queer Marriage Custom.

The Scandinavian bridegroom gives
his betrothed a prayer-book and many
other gifts, which usually include a
goose. She, in turn, gives him, es.
pecially in Sweden, a shirt, and this
he inevitably wears on his wedding
day. Afterward he lays it away. and
under no circumstances of state or
poverty wilt ne wear it again while
alive. But he wears it in his grave,
and there are Swedes who earnestly
believe not only in the resurrection
Oh the body. but in the veritable resur-
rection of the betrothal SHIRTS of such
husbands who have never broken their
marriage vows. The Swedish widower
must destroy upon the eve of his sec.
ono marriage the wedding-shirt his
nrst wife gave him.--Woman's Home
Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
TREES WHICH DRAW LIGHTNING.
Select Beeches for Shelter During a
Thunderstorm and Avoid Oaks.

Select Beeches for Shelter During a
Thunderstorm and Avoid Oaks.
Alex. Meade has asked the weather
bureau to investigate the question why
some kinds of trees are more frequent
ly struck by lightning than others.
Apart from the Importance of this
subject from other points of view, it
demands attention primarily as
matter of saving human life. AS Mr..
MsAdie shows, many people, par
ticularly farmers and those who work
in the fields exposed to thunderstorms,
will work until the storm is almost up
on them, and then run to the nearest
tree for shelter.
If the tree is an oak, and the
charged thunder clouds are moving
toward it with high, electric potential
the person or persons under the tree
are in the line of strain, and all I'M
consciously are contributing to the
establishment of a path for the light
ming discharge through themselves.
On the other hand, If the tree selected
for shelter happens to be beech tree
there is some reason to believe that
it will afford safety as well as protec-
ton, though the reason why is not at
present made clear. 1t is known that
the oak is relatively the most frequent
ly and the beech the least frequently
struck.
Based on the somewhat loose COLA
ton of figures on the subject hereto
for available, it is estimated that In
the matter of relative attraction Of
lighting, If the beech is represented
by 1, the pine stands at Is, trees col.
lectively rank about 40 and oaks "a.
The trees struck are not necessarily
the highest CT the most prominent.
Oak trees have been struck twice In
the same place on successive days.
Trees have been struck before rain
began and split, and trees have been
struck during rain and only scorched.
It is suggested that the division of
forestry and the division of vegetable
pathology shall combine with the
weather bureau in an exhaustive in
vestigation of this subject, and that
those familiar with forests in their
respective neighborhoods will tender
their experience as to the relative fire.
quency of lightning strokes on different
kinds of trees. But before any state
ment is made as to the danger of
standing under certain trees during
thunderstorms, the more general ques-
tions of the effect of lightning upon
trees will have to be gene into. Such
a study will deserve the cooperation
Of staticians. physicists and vegetable
pathologists-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Train de Luxe for Africa.

Cecil Rhodes Is determined that
travellers upon his Cape to Cairo rail-
way shall not have any cause to COM
plain OF lack of comfort while en- route.
There has just been shipped to South
Africa train de luxe which, SO far as
comfort and convenience are con-
cerned, cannot be excelled by any rail-
way either in England or America. The
train comprises dining saloon, three
ordinary carriages convertible at night
into sleepers, one carriage containing
smoking-room, library, cardroom, buff
fet and observation platform at the
rear, and q combined postal and lug
gage wagon. Each coach measures sc
feet in length, and, being suspended on
boyle wheels, the maximum of comfort
and smoothness In running Is attained
with an absence of vibration.-London
Daily Mail
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
MicHIGAN's UNIQUE TOWN.
Everybody Has Home and Eats the
Same Kind of Meat at Constantine.

0dN1c NinO OF WCdt az SonshahetbS'
Constantine, Mich, is one of the
queerest towns in the country. 1t has
a population of 1900. A rented house
is so rare as to be conspicuous. Nearly
everybody owns his home.
Ii. noon the merchants lock their
doors and go to dinner. The men
folks on their way to business in the
morning stop at the market and leave
an order for meat for the noon meal.
They do not say how much, for the
butcher has come to know the amount
each customer wants.
The order is simply for meat. The
butcher seldom has more than one
kind at a time. Thus it happens that
on some days the whole town eats
ham, on others mutton or steak. Few
canned goods are sold in the town
and everybody has garden.
Several years ago when a factory
was established there it put in an cleo
trio plant. The Town Board arranged
for lighting the streets from this
POWcE anu lucIc 10 Ou0 luCduu0SCGut
light in the middle of each block. This
is the only public improvement the
town has had for years. The people
have money and are a contented lot.
When they want anything extra for
their table they send to Detroit for
it, or go there and stay a few days.
Sometimes they go to Chicago. The
people as a whole are intelligent and
hospitable. When a travelling man
goes to Constantine for orders he is
usually the guest of merchant. One
of this class was there for a week not
long ago, and 1t is from him that the
foregoing information was obtained.
All things considered, he prefers Con-
stantine to some of the larger towns
on his route. and he is authority for
the statement that there isn't another
town in the country like Constantine.
The New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
COMPETITIVE HUNTING.
Species of Sport which Is Still #
lowed in the Adiropdacks

species OF sport Which Is Still Fol
lowed in the Adirondacks.
Competitive uniting is still INDUCED
n In the southern Adirondack At a
secent meeting in Boonville an organ
cation Of sportsmen was formed with
The object of promoting the sport. The
president of the organization is B. A.
Capron, secretary, J. Arch Bateman,
and treasurer, DR.. w. S. Seavey.
The 20 members of the organization
are ldivioed into two sides and Ed
ward Johnson and c. r. Thompson are
the captains. The schedule of points
This organization has arranged is as
follows: Partridge 10, woodcock 10,
crow so, blackbird IL, hawk rs. crane
200, sparrow s. duck 100, deer 100,
bear 1000, woodchuck 100. gray SPUR
rel rs. black squirrel rs. red squirrel
IS, chipmunk Is, kinghsher 80, raven
100, rabbit rs, snipe 5, hedgehog so, rae
coon 100.
One hunt has been held this fall
and the result was that large num-
Der of birds and squirrels were secured.
Chipmunks and squirrels suffered most
Many cartridges were shot also. The
team under the captaincy of Johnson
scored 1880 points, while Capt. Thomp-
sons men got only 1855 points.
This is the only part of the great
forest of northern New York In which
competitive hunting is followed today.
Everywhere else the sportsmen have
come to appreciate the fact that this
kind of amusement results In the wan
ton destruction of very large number
of wild birds and animals, the greater
number of which are not only HARM
less. but also of benefit in one way or
another to the human race.-New York
Sun
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
why THEY TALKED HOPEFULLY
While from tho First the Chances We
All Against the President.

While from tho First the Chances Were
All Against the President.
Only one error, according to thu
Philadelphia Medical Journal. can fair.
ly be charged against the surgeons and
physicians who cared for President
Mckinley, and that error is simply one
of prognosis. But, though they un.
doubtedly made prophecies which were
contradicted by the termination of the
case, the Journal both asserts and
strongly argues that this, IL an errol
at all, was Infinitely preferable to an
error in the other direction, and Is, In
deed, to be commended as well as jus
tiled, since its effect was to add ap.
probably to tho patients chances OF
recovery. 1--WE take 1t as a well-es-
tabiished fact in practice" explains the
Journal. that hopeful prognosis II
better than despair in any case and
under any circumstances whatever
There Is real and genuine asset to b
derived from hope, and the individual
who comes in for the biggest share OF
this asset is the patient. The tristful
or lugubrious doctor who cannot see
some silver lining to the cloud in an
essentially doubtful case should retire.
He is not in the psychological mood to
avail himself Of all his opportunities. ;"
| 1t seems to us that these opinions
gre sound and reasonable, and they
lend a sort of credulity to curious
theory which at least a few people have
had in mind ever since the president
died. The theory is, in effect, that the
doctors, though thoroughly realizing
the high probability Of death from the
very beginning. deliberately put their
own regulations for knowledge and
foresight IN peril, and assumed and ex-
pressed confidence which they did
not feel in order to gain for their pa
tient such advantage as might come to
him from the confidence and hope not
only of the few friends who were adj
mitted to his room, but of everybody
in the city, in the country, and In the
civilized world. The force of psychical
| influences is recognized nowadays by
others than those who degrade them
into foul superstitions for the sake oil
robbing the ignorant and the weak
minded, and, fanciful as the theory is
it explains the otherwise inexplicable
and changes what seemed gross mis-.
take into self-sacrifce of the noblest
| sort.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
THE CORONATION CEREMONY.
What Will Happen When Edward VII.
10 Crowned King of England.


What viii Happen When Edward VII.
10 Crowned King of England.
Now comes the first great ceremony
of the coronation. Grouped round their
Majesties are the Bishops, their sup
porters; four great mobiles bearing the
pointed Sword of Temporal Justice,
the blunted Sword of Spiritual Jus
tice, Curtana, or the Sword of Mer-
ey, and the Sword of State; other great
mobiles bearing the various articles OF
the regalia; the great officers OF State;
Garter King of Arms; the officers of
the Household; as well as the Queens
officers and supporters, with her ladies
behind her chair.
There is a moment Of GREATNESS ex-
pectation, for all are aware that 1t is
the recognition of the MONARCH by his
people which is now about to be SYM
bolized. Slowly and majesticaliy the
King stands up in his chair and shows
himself to his people at every one OF
the four sides of the theatre. Mean
while, Frederick Temple, Lord Arch
bishop Of Canterbury turns his goodiy
presence to the east side. Mark with
him the lowlier figure of Lord Has
bury, England's Lord High Chancellor,
with the bearded Duke of Norfolk,
Hereditary Earl Marshal, and the Lord
Great Chamberlain and the Lord High
Constable. Preceded by Garter King
of Arms, they go to the other three
sides of the theatre, and at each side
the Archbishop says in a loud voice,
"Sirs, l here present unto you King
Edward VII, the undoubted King OF
this realm; wherefore all you that
come this day to do your homage, are
We willing to do the same?" And on
each side the answer is returned in
the long and continued acclamations
of the reople present. crying out. God
save King Edward VIII" The trum'
pets sound a ratification Of this C, ri
GUS survival, which leads our minds
back through the receding vistas Of
history to those dim ages where the
roots of monarchy may be traced in
the victorious warriors being acclaim
ed overload by his brother chieftains.
Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes, in Lippincott's.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Teacher-If your mother had twen-
ty-fve yards of stuff and made dress
containing eighteen yards how much
would she have left?
Little Girl-Mamma can't make her
own dresses. She has tried often, and
they are always either too"
Teacher-Suppose she sent to a
dressmaker, how much would the
dressmaker send back?
Little Girl-Depends on which dress
maker she sent it to. Some wouldn't
send any back.
Teacher (impatiently Suppose she
sent it to an honest one?
Little Girl-Some of the honestest
ones cut things to waste, so that there
is never anything left, no matter how
much you send 'em-Baltimore Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Pliny's Skeleton7

The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Chronicle announces that
the discovery has been made near
Pompeii of fifty skeletons. These are
supposed by archaeologists to be those
of the great naturalist Pliny and his
slaves. The neck of the skeleton which
is supposed to be that of Pliny has a
gold chain round 1t. 1t is known that
Pliny died during the eruption of We
suvius which destroyed Pompeii. Other
irchaeologists regard the supposition
:, imaginary.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications a. they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness 10 caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is inhamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfecthear-
ing. and when IL Is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
NINE cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which 10 nothing but an inhamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh), that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
sent free. +. ]. CHENEY a Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hslls Family Pills are the best
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Contrasts In Killed.

Since the Anglo-Boer war began, two
years ago. about 6.40O British officers
and men have been killed in action
and not quite 10000 wounded. In the
two days lighting at Gettysburg in
July, 1863, nearly as many men (5,eG,p
we're killed and nearly as many e.
203l wounded Pittsburg Dispatch
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
A Prixileaed Class.

Wherever suffering has come from
It calls out all that is best in human
nature--sympathy, self denial, gentle
ness, compassion, forgiveness of spirit
patient forbearance-all that is most
divine in man. The suffering are the
privileged class for enriching the
world.-Rev. John H. Prugh, Reformed
church. Pittsburg.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
The First LADY Architect.

For the first time in the history of
the arts, an accidentally accredited wo-
man architect has come to the front in
France. She is young American stu
deaf named Julia Morgan, and belongs
to San Francisco. When the courses
of the Beaux Arts were first thown open
to women four years ago Miss Morgan
was the only one of her sex then or
since to elect for architecture, in which
she has just taken honors.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Our Presidsnts' danger.

All OF the presidents Of the United States
have been In the habit Of mingling freely with
the people, but the danger Of this procedure
was very emphatcally pointed out In the ira.
gedy OF few months ago. 1t is also danger
Gus to trife with unknown medicines for
indigestion, dyspepsia. fatulency, constipa-
tlon, 5iliousness or malaria, fever and ague.
The safest medicine to take is Hostetter' q
Stomach Bitters. II will positively cure these
diseases. Try IL and see
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAsoARETs help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements. cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cas-
oARErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine. put up
In metal boxes, every tablet has G. G. G..
stamped on 1t. Beware of limitations.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Georgia farmers and planters are ap-
pealing to negroes to help them with
their turpentine getting. Builders Of
new cotton mills are greatly concerned
as to where they will get hands to run
fhain mills
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

The Royal University. the head of
the educational system of Sweden, is
at Upsala. where 1t was founded in
1477 by STEM Sture, the viking.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Spark From a Doetor's Notebook.

II women were not SO unduly enthu.
sfastic over small matters there would
not be so many nervous wrecks.-Mil.
waukee Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08
Ring Worm Routed.

In Massachusetts the most common tails
mans are the claw of crab and the left
hind claw from a crows foot.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

''Send box Of Tetterine. It's the only thing
that makes any impression on q stubborn
Ring Worm. Mrs. Katie Oldham, Montalba,
Anderson County, Texas. &c., by mail from
]: T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga, II your drug
yist don't keep 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums. reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

a curious point in Swedish criminal. law
is that confession is necessary before capt.
tai punishment can be carried out.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Each package of PUTNAM FADELEss DR.
colors more goods than any other dye and
colors them better too. Sold by all druggists.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

In Texas superstitious people carry
small bone from fish's head, but the luck
only comes after the charm has been lost
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

The poet should find it dead easy to
write an epitaph.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

/ do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.-JonN
y. BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. is, 1900.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

An American dentist who fixed the
Sultan's teeth was presented with the
order of Medjidie. But did he get the
money?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Superstitious New Workers carry q small
round veal bone for good luck.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

FITS permanently cured. No ats or nervous
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Rsstorsr. ~ trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. R H KLINE Ltd. 951 Arch st., Phila. Pa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

The only work some people ever do il
TO work on the sympathy of others.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

Hungary is not counted among the
irst-class European powers, but she is
ahead of them in one important respect
her budget does not show q de-
ficiency.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

The success Of q current book de-
ponds a great deal on the amount OF
argument that can be created as to
how bad 1t is.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

A number Of these South American
wars are not fights at all: merely guar
rels.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

A strong plea for the naturalization
Of all Private Property at Sea" is
made by James G. Whitley In the
Forum. He shows how international
law has gradually come to be affected
by commercial as well as military
considerations, and urges a united eff
fort on the part of business men to
induce the Powers to take another i'm
portant step in advance by thus ex-
tending the principle of Immunity.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

The Chicago telephone girls are to be
put through a course of elocution.
There is room for something OF the
kind a little nearer home to improve
the quality of "hello" and number"