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THE BA'NNER-EDEMO CR.;i VOL. XIV. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, JULY S13, 1901 NO.0, . . . ... . . .. . -,.O - ,ISIS.I.PP I VA7 Oq·r) . a 's r~a~ eS -ht --ttl ) AN INCIDENT. wrT 0303GW WESTON TOWUSUND. bra t % swsca, It vas a dingy, uninviting place, but t the centre of interest twice each day. -tibis railroad station consisted of a I ar:row platform and small house, I "rhere the station agent, telegraph perator and baggage master, all in t 0e, :.d his offices. Dust and sand Say alt around. The long road twisted i Its way into town and contrasted un bvo,- ly with the straight, smooth, -mrnltg rails that led up and down romh the platform, as true as an ar Pow, until they met in a tiny point, iOe where the sun rose every morn (.g, and the other lust where it I Sopp9'1 ':-ond the horizon in a ball t: che 0: ca night Once in a while the telegraph instru ment, half hidden behind the desk ~ni a st:rong wire screen, clicked hesi tat:ng'v, end then ran on in a chatter iF.z sort of way that was friendly, even If cue did not understand what it meiant. Se.td on the settee near the open Gccr were two persons. One was a lyonth of perhaps 18 summers, tall 'for ~is age. and his face. neck and arms tirncd to Indian hue. He was as strong .as an ox in build. His head was c-nnecd with a shock of sandy red bair, and his clothes were old and -:tggrl. Ills face wore a placid ex g;r eion except when he spoke; then 1..; eyes brightened, and they grew as Secn as a squirrel's. He sat watching ,I e ticker behind the wire- screen, chewing a straw, while his companion, a girl of 16, looked from the open win d3w up the track, expectantly. t Soor. there came to their ears the ns:;lilar sound that creeps along the I ¬ila, growing louder and louder until I i. brats a rhythm. It was the signal f e the approaching train, and both a:.se and went out on the platform. Thi girl was well formed, but poorly c'ud; her face told a tale of hardships aid suffering, yet the features were I cod. The engine passed with steam es caping and brakes grinding, and at lest stopped short just beyond the roadway, puffing as though exhausted with its long run. It was a good sized t: sin, composed of freight and passen ger coaches. Toward the latter the S:th and girl made their way. "Do yer see him?" asked the girl, ncd the liand that held her brother's :embled. "No, I don't an' I won't believe in ";m till I do. either," he replied. There were but few that alighted -om the train. One was a stranger, ; was easy to discern by his eastern upearance. Three or four were citi :r"s returning from a trip to the next ,fwn 40 miles up the line. There was -other, and on one at first seemed to :tlice him. He was not exactly a ,ranger, if appearances counted for -ything. His manner was peculiar. 'i; whole make-up was shifty. His -re were restless and his gait was 'stang. He glanced from left to right. hifting his gaze qulckly from one to 'nther, as though trying to fathom : st how far he might walk down that ih:tform without being stopped. It ":s plain to see that he was anxious oa get away from the crowd. The girl saw him first, and broke from her companion with a glad cry. She went straight up to the stranger, and placed her hand gently on his arm. "Is this dad?" she said. He started like a frightened animal. His grizzled face turned pale for a mo ment, then he found his voice. "Reckon 'tis. Is this sis?" The voice was not unkindly, and for answer the girl slipped her hand into pis, and turned to And her brother. he was standing just behind, silent ad steady, watching the pair. u)Dork, she ezlehamad. "this is dad. b dit set shke?" Wt D ~ ov shoved a big brown hs father. It wenta out e is heaa eye was search m So took aon that r a lad his hod was . TBs mreed to M*rip it? What yea see eashed aer (ih wai to the rwr of 1Cr iu t was wet. • tria-t mtpS)' so ase to th thBm It weisd around. a4 amade St tee ts IS Ipa.s -abt.eo h* - he t~se were the oot Mils of "#' t@ s wbtl seeme so PSe1p*IS.elss sat hsd mles away. ,v- C * kawel4fbo a rude ubabs. ~(*Ot~5flV t h blafes in th vietnlty *ske 1ba ew s - n sl ossufrt lesh l-it, The pitt aogSwg kg* to th Dues eas patmay man (bee mas Ja1 as tBe*w ee man wA asheot t salpt there 0m3 a pt Upl be bnees; resas the wed I (iav.e , es wh reiat st*ay had ot the 31*1, who was trutr ga~r in Ih retwa o bar athes, ealed et Ss #is~ts dd, le's i.e' oems * l) asort aid halt bowed so te galtattosm tn he blestap i tt. sadde. sad a ale was ter hav' $20. an' me, ben' a gurl an alone, ter hav' $50, an' fer yer to hav' what was left. We've allers kept it tight in under ther chimley shelf, jest waitin' fer yer comin', fer ma sed you'd be back some day, sure. We used 82 onct. Was hard pushed, warn't we. Dorsie?" Dorsie nodded, but his keen eyes were watching his father. The father spoke, and it seemed an effort to speak steadily. "I've gut nuff fer me. Youse can keep it in thet ther chimley. I don't want it." The girl was silent. Perhaps she cared less for the money, although it was needed, than for one little word, some little show of interest from this man whom they welcomed home as father, in her and her departed mother. Surely he would ask some questions about her last illness-how they managed to live, and the priva tions they had gone through with. Disappointment was plainly written on her face as she arose from the table, crossed the room and from a shelf took down a faded photograph. She mechanically brushed it with her apron and placed it before the man. "She had thet there taken nigh on ter three years ago. It's purty good, only she loqked allers more pleasant. She was cheerful-and good, too." 'Dorsie gave a furtive glance at his sister and saw that her eyes were swimming with tears. He never could talk or bear to hear her talk of their mother. The father shuffled his feet on the uneven floor, carelessly glanced at the photograph. and say ing he would take a look about, slouched out at the open door. .When Dorsie returned some time afterward, he found his sister at the table, her head on her arms. crying as if her heart would break. Dorsie felt badly enough, but when it came to ex pressing himself, he simply could not do it. so he started for the door. Then he hesitated, turned and looked at the forlorn figure and went silently over to her, placing a big brown hand on her shoulder. He stood there until her sobs subsided, then he spoke. "It's tough, sis. He's a poor an. an' I hope he won't stay here. I can't breathe wheg he's in ther same room with us." He stopped and looked around the cabin undecidedly. He wanted to say more to comfort her, but he'd said considerable for him. He waited. She lifted her wet face to his. "Oh, Dork, ef he'd only sed jes' one leetle word 'bout ma-jes' a leetle somethin' kind-it would seem easier. But he's so hard, and he looks so orful." And she hid her face again and sobbed aloud. She must have dropped into a weary sleep, for an hour after she still sat with her arms on the table, her head, with its tangle of brown hair, resting Upon them. The shadows were deep ening, and just as the moon was rising above the sandy stretch that lay in front of the doorway, a man stealthily crept through the open door, crossed the creaking floor, and approached the mantel shelf. A muttered oath, fol lowed by a half stifled cry of exulta-. tion, then somethinz was knocked from the shelf and fell to the floor with a crash. The girl jumped up quickly, just as the moonlight flooded the dingy room. She was half afraid, then as she saw who the intruder was, and that he was looking at the photograph of her de parted mother, she forgot her sorrow. Her father was forgiven. He left the house soon after, and she stood at the doorway, watching him go down the road with a happy smile. Why should she know that he was heading for the nearest tavern. He had been warned to keep away from this town, but he had something now in his ragged shirt that he knew well would guard him against any serious deten tion, beside giving to him the amuse meat he craved. When Dorasie came home he found the trl troubled. "DorLk, that ther money behind ther shelf has gone. Jes' mist It as I was a goe' tar count out dad's pai_ He's been here, an' I was asleep, an when I woke up he was a 'stanin' by ma's plietur, alookin' at it, an' I guess he felt purty bad, too." Dorsle's face grew dark. "Which way d'he go. sis?" "Downa the road ter town." Deim ripped out an oath. and went through the doorway like an unbridled e0t. He knew fust where to go, and when he burst into the crowd at Meutle's place, where the toughest lelaet for miles Laround congregated ovrry nlght, he saw his father sitting at oee ade of the card table, steadily deallg the pack; the uneasy and shiftig manner was sone. Evidently this was his element. He was per feetly at homre. Doele pushed his way into the 'e~res. elbowing the boys right and left until he reached the centre, and when the pambler glanced ap from th ame it was to look into a wel aimed revolver and see behind its steady barrel the lahiurng eyes full of hatred. "Toes a thet there cash. ther whul eightyr, and be quick, too!" It was a tight box for the gambler, fer.aene etaid see that Dorsie meant tusieei All his ife thi man had gsambled, Ind it was no new thing for him to be is a place where he must lose verything Just because some mee had the aper hrand. So it was with a smooth tone and with an expressboa et nlaJred innocence that he met the "Why, . Dlork what's thee matter? w egt ano money 'cep whet's mie, ad I 'Sow u'nll Ret me ha,' hL What's up eanyiw" ?he alm wree, the injurd ar. ha i itr sete ad as 010 DeiSge Us wink t thou wise al ash at IIght sttdight at isj breat. th whe w lro sIMe de- a in the - adoem b"· 1UWS VS soon became a sort of second nature to act on the slightesa imrulse, and so, when the shot had been *red there was instant confusion, and the gam bler went out of a back window and was astride a fast horse and a good distance up the road before "the crow(l" were half aware of it. Still. as ruick as he was, the boys never b allowed the grass to grow under their IF feet on an occasion like this. It was a ls good three miles to the station, and 11 S was almost train time. Both pursued fi and pursuers knew this, and it wu sl the train or nothing for the fieeing w man. It would be useless to make any stand, or try to evade his followers in this open country, but if he could catch the train as it rolled out of the tl station, he was safe. t As though to spur them to greater I( exertions, they could hear the locomo- .1 tive's shrill whistle as it neared the li town. It was dark, with the moon a hidden behind the clouds so it would l be a comparatively easy matter for aI man to throw himself from his horse c and upon the outward moving train, ji and get away without a bullet in him, g if-well, of course there was always ii an "if" to be considered in such cases. c There was no shouting, no unneces c sary noise, nothing but the quick hoof beats and the breathing of the horses as the boys rushed along in pursuit, but every man had his eyes on that dark object flying in advance, and every man knew what would happen n even if the fugitive reached the train a ere they did. The train was Just gathering head- b way as the runaway turned the sharp v turn at the station and his horse's i, hoofs plowed into the sand and dust. e He slid so deftly and easily from his 1 lunging mare that the pursuers could ti with difficulty make him out against a the train's dark background. In a f, moment more he would reach the b middle coach. He dared not wait for $ the last one, as the train's speed was e increasing uncomfortably now. He reached out his arm, his ragged and torn shirt sleeve showin. dimly tl against the coach. Perhaps he stum- a bled-one never can tell what occurs I at such times-but simultaneously 11 there were two distinct and sharp re- b ports, and the gambler had played his last card. The train never stopped. It wasn't worth while. The boys gathered around the huddled up heap in the centre of the track as the signal lights on the rear car were disappearing in the distance. One stooped in a busi ness-like way and fumbled among the torn shreds of clothing and recovered what remained of the stolen fund. Then the boys held a little conference. Sis was bending over the cot where- ii on lay Dorsie stretched at full length. The boys had just pulled up at the door. Quietly they gathered about the doctor. t "Oh, he'll pull through, but it's at mighty close shave." Then the leader went up to sls. His rough features looked less hard than 7 usual and his keen eyes glistened. "Sis," he said, "Here's yer money. He's gone ter parts unknown, an' t won't be back right away, either. so t don't yer worry. We'll settle with the t doe." He dropped into her brown palm a wad of bills that must have counted out pretty rich. The boys never did things by halves.-Waverley Maga zine. .UAINT AND CURIOUS In medieval times not only were living prisoners ransomed by their friends, but a ransom was demanded even for the bodies of those in action. A Pennsylvania school boy, because of bad conduct, was sentenced by the educational board to banishment from the town, the board reserving the right to have him arrested should he return. The town of Eatonville, Fla., has 1200 inhabitants, with not a single white among them. It has a futall quota of officials, a bank and other business establishments requisite'in a town of its sise. The first currency issued by the 1 whites within the limits of the United States wuas wampum, which was adopt ed by the Massachusetts colonists in 1607 in their intercourse with the-' Indians. The meost durable paper Is made by a guild near NankinL Chint, which supplies the government of that mn pire the leaves of its omfln doa meats. Some of these are over a 1000 years old. Crowded though th. ocean may be becoming the iron four-msted smilig ship Afghanistan managed to maske a seven months' voyage from San-'ra. cisco to Liverpool withut beag spoken by another vessL Not a word was heard of her from her departure till she sailed up the Merseyo a (w days seo. A oeose os tbe arm of Mr. Wanis Olrfach Man, Soeth Waee, reached the extraorditnar ae aof 41 years last spring. Up to 10 yearS ago this goose laid reagularly, and has hatched and brought up hundreds of goslinas. For some time now she has not mixed with or taken any notlee of the other geese and the solituary ourne of the poor od uig towart the aend of its long and useftl e is Ipathetie to behod, almthog he is trated with every klase.s Wy he hid-hearted owner, It i r rmred an thb coiunt that the craow priane at Geranmn. whose sleierly batitn eaet Laeth much i tavrehs eomment durin his short stay ra in3Lsad, he eatnally Wnre in iove with one of the yrogst rand Sdamughters of the late Ouen Victoriak gIse gri ln ~esetesm is eay 14 years ol, so' hat 0 wdeils setutrse a re uutped faer me tlme to oese I.b h the amy te e thr the r coutpe have nean farmar betrothee to oe ianoer jt the mieint and4 pr' goval at bth the kIg and ths ! German e .pe .r The pricess s an I attrasutie Wami. and is the I IauM at ae S at meet popuar I nm Uun i asd. I- w t iay Sqrt"k h i Clr To Drive Arts from the Lawn. FlAe coal ashes aprinkled about the 11 burrows of ants will cause them to leave. Ashes may be used on the lawn without injury to the grass. Sifted ashes are best, but those fresh from the stove, shaken from the stove shovel, will answer the purpose very well.-Ladies' Home Journal. e scabbr Potatoes. Some one expresses an opinion that the scab on potatoes is worse where the ground is packed solid or is al lowed to crust over. If this is true it should be less abundant where a strawy manure is used than where commercial fertilizers are used, which is not often the case. A soil made i loose and porous by having green rye a or a heavy grass sward plowed under just before the seed is planted will grow potatoes free from scab almost invariably, but we think that the de caying vegetation kills the fungus that causes the scab. Good Pare Bred Sheep. The country is full of good grades. They are what most breeders must content themselves with. In the great majority of instances they are just t as profitable to the owners, and in many cases even more so than the best. Not quite as much money is in- a volved possibly, there is far less risk t in breeding and raising, and in the end just as much percentage of profit. 1 It would be out of the question to at- 1 tempt to limit such a class of sheep within certain cash values. There is far too much difference in the various breeds. It would seem, however, that $40 to $50 ought to buy a ram good enough for the average pure bred flock. There are hundreds bought and i sold for less. The superfine is a class I that does not materially effect the average farmer, and sheep breeder. In pricds this class has practically no limit. It is made up ef sheep of the best quality and are consequently i what may be called the "best" in 1 sheep breeding. Their excellence lies in qualities that are far beyond mar ket values. Sun Bath for Horses. Sunshine is needed to keep horses in vigorous health and spirits. To 1 keep them shut up in a dark stable month in and month out is not the 1 right treatment. Joseph Cairn Simp son gives as one cause of the superior- I ity of California horses the vivifying I effects of the rays of the sun of that climate. He claims that the superior nerve force of California horses is at tributable in a large measure to the bright rays of the. sun. In his natural state the horse has abundant light and fresh air and bright sunshine. 1 When deprived of these he necessarily loses a part of his vigor. In connection with every stable there should be a lot protected in win- 1 ter as much as possible from the pene trating winds in which stable horses may be turned to obtain sun baths and pure ' air and needed exercise I whether the horses are driven or not, In this lot they can roll and disport themselves at pleasure. In warm days a couple of hours enjoyed by each 'horse daily will prove very healthful and invigorating. The Rural World most earnestly recommends to stable men the necessity of a lot on the south side of the stable if possible, into which horses may be turned on pleas ant days to secure sun baths and fresh air and freedom from restralat. - -Coleman's Rural World.. Feeding Stook e Seort rdtles. It is an easy matter to feed stock when fodder is plenty, but when there is a shortage, it becomes a serious matter with farmers of how to length en the haymow and what stock can !best be sold. It is generally unwise to sell young stocin which will soon come into profit, yet this is often done. A few good facts on this subject are laid down by Secretary B. Walker Mc Keen in a recent baulletin of the Maine SI board of agriculture, who says: I Rigid selectldh must be the motto of !the successful stock fieder. Let us * look our herds over carefully, ream SI bering that a good animal is cheap at any price and that a poor animal is dear at any price Belect aecordingly. SPlace the poor ones son the market to h the best possible advantsage, either for what they will bring uas they are, or by feeding and selliag outielves. Parchased sragias must, of course come into use, but they must be pur chased and fed jadicioUily. J~et the roots, the vegetable wastes h&d e~ery thlng about the farm. do their .tll Sshare in supplementing the bas and strars di the farm. Do not forget that an ounce of digestible fo9d nal d trients in straw Is uas valuable as it is in the best of hay and that if the Sstraw is fed so that it is readily estesn its full value will be secured. Let us at forget that every thing that grows upon the earm that has ant food value can be used. to sood advantage if properly fed, that in nearly every instance where trouble Sfrom using any of these articles the Sfault is with the feeder and not with Sthe food. At pricest that often prevail outs are an economical gratn ration. SThey make the best of food for bauild Slug bone and mIasole. and for making milk. Cornmeal is the cheapeet pro dueer of beef. A combination of the Stwo, with amall amounts of cottonseed or gluten added, will make the best and most economical purchased graitn ration. Where the silo is illed with wt ell-eared corn. the gra bill will be Nreduced and the full number of at mals eca be maintained. SWe aed to kmow an old lady who said that a housem without say owers around it always leaked "readful lonesomh." It certainby does have a sort of dmeserted and aegsleetes Ioh, if there oe s piants tn either door yard or Ela(D* ma .the farmer has a ttleezeamse o Sit MIlris few plas e to brighten up his preats sad sive t atopch of olor to them. There are the d-h ashtened easid i4 mignonette, petds. waoMtifa all of which mare franglrat ~ a:iarlum both 'darf sad dalmM(aI, \balsa even the b aboy .arnigds sluia, pvmsiies. cm. reopsils and the morning glories cover some fence or buildliru Seed of any of these can be bought for a few cents, and if the flowers are not kept too closely picked they will seed the ground so that really they may be called perennial. A little more trou. ble to sow seed in the house, or a little expense for plants, will give the asters, verbeas. pinks,' salvias and stocks, and the various pelargonium or geranium. The- there are the bulbs, peony, dahlia, gladiolus, and the many differ ent lit: ' cannas and tuberose, all easy of cultivation, none very expen sive, and with such powers of renewal or increase from roots than in a few years one may have them to sell or give away. We would by no means neglect to have roses, and there are the old standards and the newer competitors for pop!lar favor, the climbing Ram blers, in crimson. pink and. yellow, so loaded with blossoms and such vigor ous growers that each bush is ""a thing of beauty" the entire season. The ritOeckia or golden glow, like a double sunflower, and the double hollyhocks, like the dahlias, are a lit tie more to be admired as a back ground for smaller plants than in the front, yet if "distance lends enchant ment to the view," they are well worthy of a place, when perhaps they may serve to conceal some less pleas ing object, and the sunflower, from the mammoth to miniature, may also serve a good purpose in this way. In shoft, we could make out quite a lipt, none of which we should want to be without if we were once more back on the farm, where we could have room for a few plants and a few bush fruits and a few chickens. We might be richer than we are now, but we think we would feel so.-American Cultivator. Destruction of Weds. According to a bulletin issued by the department of agriculture interest is being shown at a number of agri cultural experiment stations in the possibility of weed destruction by means of chemicals. It is said that as long ago as 1895 it was found at the Vermont station that the orange hawkseed, a serious pest in pastures and meadows, could be destroyed without injury to the grass by sowing salt over the land at the rate of 3000 pounds to the acre. Many experiments have since been conducted at the same station with other chemicals for the eradication of weeds in walks, drives, etc. Among the chemicals tested were salt. copper sulphate, ker osene, liver of sulphur, carbolic acid, arsenic and salsods. arseniate of soda and two commercial weed killers, the active principle of which apparently was arsenic. The weeds which is was sought to destroy were plaintains, dandelion, chicory, ragweed, knotweed and various grasses. All the chemi cals were applied in solution except the salt. As in the case of the hawk weed experiments, salt was found ef ficient in destroying all the weeds when applied dry and in large quan tity. When salt is used for this purpose adjacent lawns should be protected against washing, or they may be in jured. Crude carbolic acid, one pint in four pints of water, applied at the rate of eight gallons per square rod, was very emicient. The various arsen ical preparations proved valauble as weed destroyers, and choice between them was largely a matter of expense. "All things considered," writes the author of the bulletin, "the arsenate of soda and the carbolic acid solutions proved the' most valuable chemicals for weed destruction under the condi tions of these experiments." A series of experiments in weed destruction in fields of growing grain has been carried on at the North Da kota and other stations, as well as at many places abroad. Several years ago, in France. it was aceidentally found that a soultion of blue vitriol destroyed charlock, or wild mustard plants. Acting upon this, experiments have been conducted in France, Ger many and England, where charlock is one of the worst weeds in grain fields, meadows and pastutres. The method employed is to spray the crop with solutions of blue vitroli yhlle the weeds are young and not too well pro Stected. While the results obtained are in some respects conaflipting, dhe best results have .been secured when a two percent solution is sprayed over the field at te rate of from 40 to 60 Sgallons per acre. The spraying should be done on a clear, sill day, and be fore the weeds begin to come into flower. It a rain should fall within 24 hours or the weeds are too old a second spraying will be necessary. SThis treatment has been repeatedly tested without permanendt ntafury to wheat, oat.s, barley and rye, while such weeds as charlock, shepherd's t purse, penny cress, etc, were almost completely destroyed. No injury fol t lowed such treatment upon young Sclever growing in the grain. At the North Dakota experiment station a 10 percent solution of tlue Svitriol was sprayed over an exception ally weedy plat of wheat, the princi Sple weeds being charlock, wild bar Slay, wild rone., penny cress, shepherd's purse, wild buckwheat, lamb's quarter' Sand great ragweed. The spraying Swas made Jume 1 when the wheat was Sthree to five inches high, and on Aug u. nst 8 all the weeds except the wild Srose and the older plants of penny cress were dead. Some of the leaf ttips of the' wheat had been slightly burned, but the yield of grain, it is d said, was considerably larger than t from an equal unsprayed area. On June 20 part of an oat field contain lng mady weeds was sprayed with a solution of one lmound of copper asul Sphate to four gallons of water. The oats at the time were about six inches high, the weeds being about the same height. An examination of the plants was made on Angust 1, and the treated a awas free of all weeds except pig Sn grsa and rild rose. The oat Splants were stallty and well stooled, while oan the untr esated area the plants i were weak and failed to stool. The Scrop on the sprsyed :ortion was be. f leqed to be at rr At one-third more Sthan upon the uzspraved area. The solutioa was emitdy ' II' - pe at j S40 gallaps per astre. SThe poli.eUm as wife is seldome ; -lrnh woman. THE SHIRT WAIST. ratedeia Hits on the Proper Was to rat 1 One Oa. 1 With the approach of warm weather t the feminine mind turns to the qtes- t tion of shirt waists. Are they or are 1 they not to be worn again this sum mer? Fashion. gives its opinion that they are to be worn. This will be the greatest shirt waist season of all. I can hear the sigh of content that goes up from many an anxious wom an's heart. What makes the shirt waist so popular? As simple looking as it is, a shirt waist takes as much time to put on properly as an evening dress. I say properly advisedly, for there are ways and ways of putting on a shirt waist. A woman never looks so trimly dressed, so altogether "chip* per," as she does in a shirt waist that is well put on: or so slovenly as in one that is badly put on, and for the sake of those dear women who for lack of knowledge or inspiration have never learned to do the thing prop erly I give here a few rules which, If followed to the letter, will guarantee a "shirt waist figure" to those who have dreamed of one, but have here tofore had no personal acquaintance with it. My method is my own peculiar in vention, and I have shared the secret with only a chosen few till now, when my conscience no longer allows me to hide it from the feminine world. First, then, take the corset you are wearing, a straight front, of course, for they can be bought now in the cheaper models as well as the most expensive, and just at the end of the eyelets, at the bottom of the corset, sew a loop of inch-wide ribbon on either side. Now put on your shirt waist, fast ening it with the tiny pearl buttons which are to be so fashionable this summer, and tie your stock, taking care to lap it neatly in the back. Then, with two small safety pins, pin the belt of your shirt waist at the back to the loop of ribbon as tight as you can stand it without being un comfortable or making yourself feel like a horse with too tight a check rein. Now take your hand mirror and turn around and look at your back. Did you ever get quite that fiat effect before. Did you shirt waist ever Ait so smoothly between the shoulders? For my own waists I always have the belt sewed down just to the side seams and then hanging free, so that I may pleat the front of the waist to suit myself. Smooth the waist down well, then eunder the arms and over the hips, and pin it on each side. Then pleat the fulnes left into side pleats, and if you are thin enough to stand it, blouse it a little in front. Now fasten 4he loose ends of your belt, and there you are, I warrant you. with a better shirt waist figure than you ever dreaimed could be yours. The problem of how to pin a shirt waist down remained long unsolved to me until I evolved the method from my inner conseiousness, but I had my reward when a friend to whom I had whispered my secret said to me last summer: "Do you know, the most valuable present you ever made me was your method'of putting on a shirt waist."-New York Herald. Women in tIe brssh Postal akree. The British Postomce finds employ ment for 84,000 women out of 187.000 Io1cers, and over 19,000 of these wornm en are engaged, chiedy in the prov Ilaces, as assistants to postmasters. There are not many ranks closed to Iwomen. No fewer than 146 head post mistresses are to be found in the provinces, and more than one-third Iof the snb-postmastershipe are In I trusted to women. Nine postwomen Sdaily make their rounds-light in nag I land and Wales and one in Scotland. wOne dame, Martha Pike, was a sub Spostmistress until the ae of ninety ithree. When nearly ninety years old I she bad a three-hour letter' round I every morning, up hill and down dale, -and she even trudged a mile and a Ihalf to feteh a ketter and parcel manl I from the railway station. An equally remarkable case was that of Hannah Vowles, who was sub-postmlstraes of SIrenchay for forty-ive years, and re signed at the agel of ninety-fiv, to be sUccede bh a relation. Miss Kate Vowles, who had already been post Iwoman in the district for forty-two years. Hannah Brewer, another cel Iebrity, bepgan to carry letters as a ehild and kept at the work until the t diamond jubilee of the late reln, but 5at the age of seventy-two, having walked a quarter of a million miers, Ishe gave up the duty. She was the recipient of the irst waterproof cloth lag Issmed to poestwomen in England. SWomen, it is clear, are highly appre delated by the postooee in almost all Sdepartmeat-s.-London Telegraph. SMothers of the too indulgent kid I those who have not the heart to make 7their little ones do anything that is aunpleasant to them, are accountible for many of the failuares in the IHves 5of young men and women. It is the -foolish home indulgence of early 1lif a that is at the bottom of these fallures. 1The school headaches that are very Ssevere about 8 o'clock in the morning Sand that are cured sddely after 9 are too oft'n accepted seriouly and lessons are allowed to be negleted i for play. Musile is dropped bmame II the child has no taste for it and it Ls -Iukiad to force her Idinastlons. So t It is 'with arithmet~l ad languages a,lnd other lessons, sad the eahlh Speti lsne ad dislike of litli - deed. eery are take as the measres of b e-fatre and mature reulremeat eMoth)eas who reason thus ar'e lMk ie itug the lives of the chld ~r i are being tldulged for mt not ly ahe humwr thekr likes and ,disIbs Senreemoemable extent. bel a*eh met, because or her tender beart. ret thm een foer wrodelug4 .akrs . ke I m es r them and rto them, and she pots excuses Int I their own months to save them the pain of a frank confesslon and her self the pain of inlicting a deserved pun sihent. The children of such a mother grow to be shilly-shally, su - perficlal men and women, and all and only because of their over-.ndulgence at home during their childhood. American Queen. . New MiUIaery Pw sutmme We"r. With the drapery effects Continued in, full force, abundant use will again C be made of diaphanous tissues. Of these, Malines tulle will have first b consideration, as It has In Its texture a degree of elastilcity that does not belong to chiffon or any of the silk gauzes, and thus is better adapted to required purposes. It will be em ployed both for veiling and lining, rarely ever singly, but in two, three, four and a greater number of plies, and sometimes in as many different colors. revealed through stra*r laces in charming nacre and glace effects. As are In the new mousselines de sole, there are tulles striped with narrow tinsel and straw braids, and otherwise broldered with gold, silver and straw cord, and also enriched with spangles -small square spangles, varying the round spangles of the last several years. and the ring spangles of the last season or two. Novelties in silk gauzes, almost as delicate in texture as if woven of air, are .in exquisite printed forlated designs, extremely Interesting manufactures being of silk gossamer, of white grounding in print ed figures of black lace, relieved with dainty forlations, and outlined in tambour work of fine gold thread. There have been large importations of plisse silk mulls.-Mllinery Trade Review. Queen Vietola's Courtesy. One of the great sources of the Queen's power was the extreme at tention she gave to detaiL This ex tended to everything which came un der her personal notice. The story of her writing her name In the dust on a piece of furniture, while making a tour of Windsor Castle, and under neath It also the name of the house maid who, was responsible for the neglect, I have never heard confirmed, but many little stories attest her far seeing supervision in everything. She never considered the smallest cour tesy beneath her dignity. Mme. M-, lady-in-waitin; to the Duchess of Connaught, is responsible for this lit tle anecdote illustrating this. At the 4 time of the chirstening of little Prince Edward, the eldest son of the Duke I of York, through some mistake Mme. M-'s invitation was forgotten. She did not go to the ceremony, but see ing the Queen soon after, Her Majes ty asked why she had not been pr~e ent, Inquired into all the particulars and made many excuses. Just then the Duchess came up. "It's a pity about Mine. M-'s Invitation," said Her Majesty, "but there's no need for you to say anything rve apolo gised."-Harper's Bass. A Pathats Qases. Queen Charlotte, the widow of Max imilliaz the one time Bmperor of Mex* co, is rapidly failing in besith. Her mind Is now. a hopeless wreek. On lear days she wanders feverishly about bher psoa grounds, and sn bad weather she steals about the heese, picking up bits of thread and dust from the floor and hiding them about her clothes. Sbe seems to recognise no one save her sister-in-law, the DBel glaze Queen, whom she loves, and who has visited her faithfully for Pears. IEWESTW SFAhEoWES. R aussian cotton embroidery is ase - the novelties. . Novelty Swiss with embrhlderd Sdots and stripes is new and very dain Sty for summer gowns. ·Tatlvy Groat is the ame of one o the new ettles a ~ merdariad cheviot to wear with the outlng shirt waists. Quslls are worn on many otthe spring hats, na the newest Ida is to lay them perteetly Eat potitnl g to ward the back Narrow strips o# embrodered bead a lg alternating with iasertlos of Val enclennes lace wll be much used for yoke trimmins f o ne cotton shirt waists. , Shodoer apes of runled chion trimmed with bunhebes of artlelal fowers and with treaimerb of pleated chiRon or mousplin, are shabown for evealag wear. a taeata skirt tp ewear with odd bloses, or, as the fashion is now, Sbuilt with a fancy Jacket of the same is a most usefutal gows fr many occar sridas The jacket an also be worn Swith dtferet sklrts, SIt is said. by the leading dreesmak ;ers that ribbons ar returning to ta ver. They are used more as trimming Sthan as sashes or girdles. A .late fad is embossing Chtnese letters on col Sored ribbons, to form words, or even phrases. Maltese and clany laces are still popular for dress trimming, and then there are all the other well-known kinds which have lest, some of their prestige. Laces of the applique order show a filling-tn of gold threat be tween the flowers. Hooks and eyes In gold for belt Sclasps, which are to be tound in many I desagn f tae best jsewelers, come in all'sses from one only large enough y apparently to fasten a skirt blndnio Sto one from a ilnca toan Inch and a Shalt leong. Isrge and heavy. SVelvet belts worn with light fan-cy Swaits are narrow, black, with a sin gle arow of caut steel dots running I tlhrong the cotre and a large open lok we ot stil bukle with a graeful Spoit m th lower edge, which sivre Styl be to the roeat. May ao these Sbucles a- very strinlug i Vrisoty wdistinge thr assrt ' ami at . ats - ead agusI ars the ee, sat s Ea. Whaeterthe a sse It mset ho huge and en a atstee eano lert. A utal altiat leaves seIein the LEY RAILBOAD COMPANY., OFFIOB Or 0. P. & T. A. Speoial Excursion Rates Via. the Y. & M. V. Railroad, to the Pan American Exposition at But felo, New York. For the above occasion the Y. & M. V. will sell round trip tickets daily to October 81slt., final return limit No vember 8rd., 1901. Bate from Vicks burg $40.50 (forty dollars and fifty cents.) Throngh sieeping car service from Memphis. Leave Vicksburg at 11:80 p.m. Ar rive Memphis 6:45 a.m. Leave Memphis at 7 a.m. Arrive Buffalo at 10:80 e.m. following day. (85 hours from Vieksburg ) For further information and partle alars, address the undersigned. A. Q. Psass, 0. P. & T. A., Vicksburg. L. F. Monromarr, T. P. A., tt Jackson. State Gumeraat If lauiianl Governor--W, W. Heard, Lieutenant Governor-Albert Eat.. pinal. Secretary of State--John Mihel. Superintendent of Eduoatios--JonM V. Calhoun. Auditor--W. S. Frazee. reasuror--Ledonx B. Smith. U. 8. SENATOB. Don Cafferey and 8. D. MoEnery. REPRESENTATIVES. 1 District--R. C. Davey. 2 District-Adolph Meyer. 2 Distriot-R. F. 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