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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-23
WHAT TO AVOID.


Physician Complies . List Of Things In
furious 60 Health.
American women are pretty; they
dress well, walk well. talk well; they
are bright, entertaining, and progress
sive; they have nice manners and cap.
tivating little ways, but they are not
well. Their universal i'll health led an
old physician in the New York Medical
society to study up the subject. All
summer he has been sitting on the
piazza of a Saratoga hotel getting facts
from the wives, sisters and daughters
of his clubmen patients
The ill health of the women of Goth.
am, he claims, is due to the following
long list of causes:
Excessive food, indigestible food, eat
ing between meals, drinking at meals,
ice-water, soda water, candies, late
suppers, improper ventilation, imper-
vious bed clothing, comfortables, inn
pervious garments, fur coats, water
proof cloaks, heated sleeping rooms,
unkept living rooms, rust-collccting
furniture, improper clothing. tight gar
tiers, corsets. tight shoes, tight gloves,
heavy skirts, tight Wristbands, INSULT
cient exercise. lack of soap and water.
In chapter on dietetics he pits the
following bad things" on the list:
Veal in every form but soup, fresh
pork in every form, hot rolls, pancakes
and fresh bread, Holsters, fried meats,
pie, dumplings and paste puddings,
bananas, all spices and sauces that
bufn the mouth or produce fever heat
in the stomach.-Chicago Times.
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The story is an old one that an Ostrich
will stick his head in hole in the
sand when he is being pursued and
then because he can't see his pursuei
will labor under the di1usion that his
pursuer can't see hiM But this story
is base libel on tho strich, although
when his head is onccNoyered up al
most anything can be done with him
During the plncking season the ostrich.
with a bag over his head, win. stand
perfectly still while all his beautiful
feathers are taken away, and SC when
they are moved their heads are always
covered, and they remain perfectly do.
cile while in transit But after one OF
these periods of confinement they gen
orally show some vindictiyeness.-Chi
cago Times.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-23
Autumn Gowns,

M9distes are making up many pretty
gowns for the autumn fashioned with
theSskirt with a very deep Spanish
flonnce, and the bodice portion shaped
in blouse style, with Spanish jacket to
be worn above. The blouse has iull
sleeves, the velvet jacket merely deep
caps. Another fashionable skirt is the
one with three hounces. The founda-
ton skirt is very closely gored and COW
cred with the f1ounces. The two up
per ones are nearly equal in width; the
lower founce is wider and somewhat
deeper, and instead Of being cut
in dat circular form and put
on without gathers, as they
have of late been adjusted on Empire
gowns, the hounces are gathered and
put on full. The top hounce isset in
to the waistband, and one hounce laps
considerably over the other, wholly
concealing the undershirt. All three
are bordered, silk ruches. bias bands,
velvet ribbon and braid being various
10 used as trimming. These full
flounced skirts are an admira Bile style
for tall, slim figures. bat so surc as the
swift wheel Of time brings back this
fashion IL is the short, pudgy women
who elect for the dounced skirt - a
almost Unavailable rule. IN Z. Post
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-23
AFRICAN RAIN-MAkERs.


Katchiba's Cunning Method of Adding to
His Own Renown.
A popular figure in Africa is the rain
! maker. The Office. however, is rather
a perilous one, for if the chief in charge
of the weather fails to produce rain on
demand his life is not safe. Baker
gives an amusing description of one of
these rain-makers, half chief and half
magician, named Katchiba, who called
on the famous explorer and said that
rain was needed.
WELL" l replied, ''why don't you
give your people rain?r
Give my people rain!' said Katchiba.
give them rain if they don't give me
goats? You don't knowsmy people. If
] am fool enough to give them rain be-
fore they give me goats they will let
me starve! No, no! let them wait; if
they don't bring me supplies of corn,
goats, fowls. yams and all that / re-
quire, not one drop of rain shall ever
fall again in Obbo. Impudent brutes
are my people. Do you know they have
positively threatened to kill me unless
] bring the rain. They sha'n't have a
drop. I'll teach the rascals to insult
mel
With all this buster saw that old
Katchiba was in great dilemma and
would give anything for shower, but
did not know how to get out of the
scrape.
Suddenly altering his tone. he asked:
Have you any rain in your country?"
l replied that we had, every now and
then.
How do you bring it? Are you a
rainmaker?'
i told him no one believed in rain
makers in our country, but that we un-
derstood how to bottle lightning, mean
ing electricity.
II don't keep mine in bottles; have
q house full of thunder and lightning. -
he most coolly replied; "but if you can
bottle lightning you must understand
rain-making. What do you think of the
weather to-day?"
/ Immediately saw the drift of the
cunning old Katchiba; he wanted pro-
fessional advice. / replied that he
must know all about it, as he was a
regular rain-maker.
''Of course do, T" he answered; but
want to know what you think of it. -
WELL said, don't think we
shall have any steady rain, but think |
we may have a heavy shower in about
four days"
had observed fleecy clouds gather
ing daily in the afternoon.
inst my opinion, !" said Katchiba, de-
lighted; in. fonr days, or perhaps in |
I've days, intend TO give them one
just one shower. Yes, III Just
step down to them now, and tell the |
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-23
MuFFLED WOMEN OF MOROCCO.
An American Writer who Finds Their
Distinctly Interesting.

An American Writer who Finds Them
Distinctly Interesting.
Writing about Moorish women, Rich.
ord Harding Davis says:
There is something continually in
teresting in the muffied figures of the
women. They make you almost
ashamed of the uncovered faces of the
American women in the town; and. in
the lack of any evidence to the con.
trary, you begin to believe every Moor.
ish woman or girl you meet is as beau
tiful as her eyes would make it appear
that she is. Those of the girls whose
faces l saw were distinctly handsome;
they were the women BENJAMIN Con-
slant paints in his pictures of Algiers,
and about whom Pierre Lott goes into
ecstasies in his book on Tangier. Their
robe or cloak, or whatever the thing
is they affect, covers the head like
hood, and with one hand they hold one
of its folds in front of the face as high
as their eyes. The only times that
ever saw the face of any of them was
when occasionally eluded Mahamed
and ran off with little guide called
Isaac, the especial protector of two
American women, who farmed him
out to me when they preferred to re.
main in the hotel. He is particularly
beautiful youth and ! noticed that
whenever he was with the me cloaks of
the women had a fashion of coming
undone. and they would lower them
for an instant and look at Isaac and
then replace them severely upon the
bridge of the nose. Then Isaac would
turn toward me with a shy, conscious
smile and blush violently. Isaac says
the young men of Tangier can tell
whether or not girl is pretty by
looking at her feet. 1t is true that
their feet are bare, but it struck me
as somewhat reckless test for select
ing bride. Chicago Tribune.
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TakIne tho Wan.

The following extract from Boswelri
"Life of johnson" may serve to fix the
date Of the present custom Of walking
on the right hand side of tho footway:
I'm the last age (says Johnson when
my mother lived in London. there were
two sets Of people-those who gave the
wall and those who took it; the peace.
able and the quarrelsome. When re.
turned to Lichfield, after having been
in London, my mother asked me wheth-
err was one of those who. gave the
wall or took il. Now it is fixed that
every man keeps to the right; or, II one
is taking the wall, another yields it,
and it is never a dispute The period
to which this is referred is 1887. / do
not think that the custom of WALKING
on the right-hana side is very stris tly
observed in provincial towns At all
events, one notices that country cous M
when in London frequently persist In
taking the VIZ ong side.-Notes Al d
Queries.
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OUR COUNTRY CHURCH.

-
Sou may have your city churches. fu,, M ,u-.
WIN operate singers and star preachers to be.
guile; ~ w
down, - ny o'a a u"'A
You ought 10 ioin our ,;,us ch,r..
Ats straight backed pews ancushioned don.t
sleepincss invites
No eaudy decorations mar its walls and cell.
ings white; $50 So'''
No stained glass window ,,c,ra
tioa takes away -,
FROM what our faithful preacher has The ,e,r
lessncss TO say
FEC sh nomely in his features and more home
ly In his dress
anu palmer in his language than the sinners
like, guess,
And awkws,d in his gestures he can nreac, a
serrlon that
1oca straighter and hits harder than hall
from Kelly's bat
ne takes the good old Bible as just meaning
what 1t reads
the doesn't try to twist 1t for city Christians
needs).
ana while he maybe. shocks you with his c,o-
Quence uncouth,
Aie sends you home made better by the plain,
uhVarhfsned truth.
IN taking up collections for expenses 10 he mel.
He's business" all over, and he's never known
to let
nearer get his dinner till the whole amount
Is raised
And Pen in grand Doxology the noble work is
praised.
The sweetest and the prettiest OF oil the girls
in town
Sing in our country choir, but their voices can
not drown
The standing congregation who with simple.
fervent vim
Roll upward to the heavens each old-fasbioned
tunc-b book hymn
We have our sewing circles where the sisters
swiftly sew
While passing latest village news with pleasure
10 and fro.
And when the minister drops in and .brothers,
come around
There's more of sweet companionship than is
in cities found.
We have our prayer meetings where we each in
turn arise
And humbly state our sinfulness. encouraged
by the cries
or Praise the Lord and &c lory" and aAmens',
from brothers who
Would feel ashamed to do 1t il within city
pew.
o. yesi Our little country church in wayback-
town can take
For genuine religion and true fellowship the
cake.
And II the so-called Christians in the city
churches wczld
Come in and share our blessings 1t might do EN-
lots OF good.
III c. Dodge, in Goodalrs Sun.
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pIrH AND POINT.

"A common calamity is great
teacher of human brotherhood. Rams
Horn.
Habit Il garment easily put on.
but when it is worn threadbare it can
not be put off las easily. Rams Horn.
lit is only fair that when patient
has faith in doctor, the doctor should
treat the patient.-P Philadelphia Rec
ord.
My wife reads q great deal OF
poetry" remarked Washington min
ister "You have quite a literary house
hold then" Eyes; she's poetic and
I'm prosy. Washington Star.
--McSwatters-"You say that he's
no poet; how do You know" McSwit-
ters-"Why, man, he can't get his
poems published anywhere, but in the
magazines!"- Syracuse Journal.
John said his wife, what ire
You doing?s Figuring" he replied.
Figuring on what?" "On which we
can better afford to do--buy coal or use
the parlor furniture for fuel. Wash
fngton Star.
III don't believe the world goes
round so fast all the time," said Jack
to his teacher. "And I'll tell you why.
II jumped up in the. air yesterday, and
it didn't slide from under me bit -
Harper's Bazaar.
Piano Progress. -Snuggs-"So your
daughter Is taking piano lessons?"
Buggs-eYes." Snuggs-"Ia she doing
much with it?' Buggs-''Oh, yes; she's
driven all the neighbors into the other
end Of town. Detroit Free Press.
-Tommy's cMother-'Pshaw Tom.
my! You oughtn'tto have been fright
ened because the yacht rocked little.
Look at little Cousin Nellie; she wasn't
scared Bit" Tommy-"No wonder.
She had me there to look after her."
Teacher (hearing arithmetic cIass
recite)-"Mike, if You should see seven
birds on a tree, and should shoot
three of them, how many birds would
remain@' Mike-"Nary one, mum; tho
rest o. them would Re afthcr hyin'
away."-Boston Courier.
I'm Brooklyn the other day." said
a man, 81 saw something that had
never seen DoIOIc, anu tAidC WAS u
yender selling live chickens. He had
them in crates on wagon, and he
cried them just as he might have cried
anything else: ''Chickensi Live chick
ens!.
"A Question of Time. ~ oung Spoon
amore docking at his watch Dear
me. it's nearly eleven o'clock! didn't
think it was so late. Did your" Miss
Iphigenia theoretically supprcssing
yawn)-"No, indeed. 1t seemed to mo
abont twenty one hours earlier. Chi
cago Tribune.
--Angelina carbohydrates you
sure, dear, that You don't regret 1t, and
that you don't sometimes miss your life
as bachelor2'' Edwin with cheerful
conviction) Not bit. tell you
what, Angy, miss 1t so little that If
were to lose you-a-I'm blessed Il /
wouldn't marry again - Tit-Bits.
Mr.. Simpson-"willie, why didn't
you take of your hat to your aunt
when you passed her?' Willie Simp
SON" Because, pa was over to her
house yesterday, and she wouldn't give
me piece of pie" Mr.. simpson
Then you should be doubly polite to
her, Willie, for having saved your life.
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RUN INTO MATRIMoNx.
A Young Man Wood, Won and Wed he
fore He Knew 1t.

Young Man Wooed, Won and Wed BE
fore He Knew 1t.
A slim-built young man in clothes Of
a belligercnt cut walked tinidly into
the marriage license Office the other
day. He was followed closely by
resolute-looking young woman'in holi-
day attire.
The young man glanced around sus-
piciously for an instant and then
reached for. the clerks ear. His COM
panion assumed an air of unostenta-
tious preoccupation, turned her back
and gazed far away at corner of a
ceiling, but she was careful to keep
between her companion and the door.
SSH" Kissed the young fellow,
bending far over the counter in his eff
fort to prevent his companion over
hearing anything. Ssh, say, can't we
duck out of sight somewhere? Ssh,
don't shout"
The clerk shook his head.
The stranger continued his cautious
whisper. Say he said. .'ssh, I'm in
a hole, see? It's agin me to hitch to
that she-devil, see? How can jump.
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# #
coming from a long line of fishing an
cestors in the north of Scotland, was a
poor sailor, which seems contrary TO
the hereditary theories of Mr.. Ibsen.
Fredericks wrote to his friend from
Venice, and said he had succeeded in
making arrangements with most pic
turesque lot of coasters who ran boat
from Venice along the shore to the
southern part of Italy, calling at near
1y every port; small trading schooner,
If such craft could be called schoon-
er. lie added that the boat would be
bo,k in Venice in two weeks time If
they had good weather, and he asked
Mclean to be there to meet him if he
could, SO that they might continue
their tramp together into the noun
tains north of Venice He gave the
name of the boat which, being slow
craft, they had christcned with the
Italian equivalent of sTheFlying Scud."
Frcdericlxs was an artist; Mclean was
merely an amateur photographer, who
carried detective camera Neverthe-
less Fredericks borrowed his friends
camera SO that il he had a chance he
might take some snap shots where he
would not have time to use his pencil.
Mclean waited in Venice for the Fly
ing Scud with some impotence. for it
: finally arrived Mclean was shocked
and Mortified at the news it brought.
On the second day out there had been
q slight squall and Fredericls. leaning
over the side, had suddenly lost his
balance and had fallen into the Adri-
attic. There were no life-preservers on
board, but one of the men threw a
bench to the struggling man and the
helmsman brought the boat round to
the wind as speedily as possible, but
nothing more was seen of the unfortu-
nate artist
The sailors were rough men of the
sea, but it was evident to the most cas-
ual observer that they were honest fell
lows who told straight story, for each
one corroborated the account of the |
other. As proof of their honesty they |
returned to the magistrate a small |
black box which Mclean at once recog- /
nized as his own camera, which Freder-
icks had borrowed before he went on
the fatal trip.
Mclean took 1T to his lodgings and
when night came on he lit his red lamp
and got out his developing kit. The
camera contained roll of film suffi-
Gent to take sixty pictures. One or
two of these Mclean himself had
taken in Verona On opening the in
strument Mclean saw that his friend
had taken about a dozen pictures
These he cut carefully off. and he re-
solved to develop them with the utmost !
caution so as to have mementoes of
the last work his friend had done on
earth.
The first three pictures were OF We
roma, and in each of them his dead
friend stood. The next was snap
,hot Of the Flying Scud as she lay at
anchor, evidently taken as Fredericks
vent ont to her in q gondola The next |
vas . very good picture OF the man at |
wheel, and the next group on deck i
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Corned Mutton: This Is q dish
which seems to be known to company
lively few housekeepers Have your
butcher put q nice leg of mutton insthe
pickle for you, just as he does beef. to
corn, leaving it in about week. Then
boil it thoroughly, and serve with
drawn butter and caper sauce. Farm
and Preside.
Chicken Chaud Frord: Joint two
fowls, cover with white sauce, add one
large onion. one Glove, a bouquet of
herbs, two teaspoonfuls of salt Sim
mer one hour. Remove chicken, add
one-half cupful of cream to liquor.
Pour over fowl. then set away to cool.
Serve very cold with sauce tartare.-
Good Housekeeping.
Lemon Biscuit. Rub six ounces Of
butter into pound and a quarter of
white powdered sugar, and the peels
OF two lemons, grated; add four we'll
beaten eggs. and tablespoonful Of
lemon juice; beat well for five min
utes; then drop on well buttercd
tins in pieces the size of a walnut,
bake for about fifteen minutes, or UNI
til light brown color.-Housekeeper.
Spice Cake Pudding: Two cups Of
sugar, one cup of butter, one cup Of
sour cream, four cups of flour, four
eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, seven
tablespoonfuls of brandy or wine, one
nutmeg, one tablespoonful of cloves,
two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon and
three-quarters of pound of seeded
raisins- Bake In scalloped cake pan,
and serve with liquid sauce.-Boston
Budget.
Farmers Fruit Cake: Two cups of
dried apples, two cups of molasses, one
cup of butter, two eggs, one teaspoon
full each of cloves, cinnamon and nut
meg, three and half cups of -four, one
teaspoonful of soda. Soak the apples
over night in cold water. Drain and
chop them the size of raisins, put them
in the molasses and simmer slowly two
hours Add the other ingredients. mix
well, and bake. Boston Budget
Cream Biscuit: Beat the whites Of
six eggs and six ounces powdered white
sugar together for fifteen minutes, add
a little essence of vanilla and three
ounces of flour; mix all gently to-
gether, then add to the mixture a gill
and half of thick sweet cream that
has been beaten to froth, stir lightly
together, then fill small paper cases
with the mixture these cases are sold
under the name of ramequin cases).
When the cases are filed dust the bis
emit over with white powdered sugar,
and bake in a moderate oven. These
are nice either hot or cold. House.
keeper.
Pot Roast Beef: Put the roast into
pot with water enough to come to
the top of the meat. Put in salt and
pepper and set over hot fire and boil
long enough to cook the meat perfect
ly tender. When the meat is tender
take the top off the pot and let the wa
ter boil low SO the grease will fry in
the pot and brown little. Watch
carefully and don't let it burn. When
slightly brown pour enough boiling
water into the pot to make gravy and
thickcn with flour which has been
smoothly mixed with little cold wa
ter. Now put the top. on the pot and
set it where it will simmer for ten on
fifteen minutes. It is now ready to
take up. think this nicer and easier
than cooking in the oven. - Detroit
Free Press.
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Prof Snore is very bsent-minded.
His wife rushed into his study and ex
claimed:
Just think! I've swallowed a pin
What shall do?"
''Ah, WELL" he replied. don't worr,
about it. Here is another pin,' taking
a pin out of the lapel of his coat ani
handing it to her.-Texas Siftings.
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Isabella-Mr. Harkins is reguls,
crank on antiquities and that sort q
thing, isn't he?
Clarissa-Yes, indeed. and he allow,
his enthusiasn1 to carry him beyond
the bounds of good taste at times.
Is it possible?''
Eyes, he was asking me your age juss
now. Detroit Tribune.
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And the Man Went.

81 don't mind the fine, jedge," sniv.
eled the prisoner, but your remarks
about my bein' a drunken old vaga-
bond, your honor, is what hurts. It.
it rasps my feelin's.
In that case" said the magistrate.
glazing at him, you can file an excep-
ton. Chicago Tribune.
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Mrs. Hicks Tin the kitchen) Why
don't you devote an hour or two week
to securing up your copper?
Bridget-Scour me copper, mum; in
dade, an the likes of him don't need
it, Brooklyn Life.