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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

Woman, why lose your freshness
aud beauty through chills, biliousness
and general debility? Try Plantation
Chill Cure. Sold by j. 5. Guenard
drpU store
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28
HORSES
HONEST DEALING
Low Paicus
For Rent.

Store house with ware room adjoining
2ax4o feet. convenient to Mississippi river
and near Pitchers Point, La. For terms,
apply to GEO. >. Wv EN
Pitchers Point, p. O., La.
4 pril Il, 1394,-im.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

Have you tried Plantation Liver
pills fer habitnal constipation? They
are perfectly splendid and sure cure
Sold by J. S. Guenard drugalOre.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

A reputable merchant cannot AFFORD
to urge aud guarantee a worthless
article. Plantation Chill Cure
is sold aud guaranteed by j. 5. Guen-
.r~~~-x<z-.u<
ard llfuQ store.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

One of the hardest lessons to learn
il that we are made out of the same
kind of clay as other folks.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

Sales of Plantation Chill Cure ex
coed all other chill preparations to-
gether. Every bottle guaranteed
Try i'll Sold by j. S. Guenard drug
store.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

nyJ. &. P. Coats Spool Cotton
at As less per cent. This price is
to merchants only.
w. N. WHITE, ACT.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

When you feel tired, lazy and gen.
arally no account, cleanse your blood
with Plantation Sarsaparilla and
Iodide Potash. and start your liver
with Plantation Pills. Sold by j. 5
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

CHICAGO STABLES
Deiord & Csrondelet, N. o.
Saddle, Work and BUSINESS
Horses. Auction Weekly.
itesss and you soaH sare money.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28
TEMPERATURES AND RAIN FALL.

Mean. average for 7 days 62.s.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-28

Now the dreamer is essentially
painter. All persons, places, events,
thoughts and feelings, appeal to him
by virtue of their pieturesqueness,
not by yirture of their reality: For in
stance. he portraysa beggar. Probably
in this way, he draws an old man with a
bent figure, blind eyes, ragged clothing,
mute supplication on the drawn feat
ures. When looking at the portrait,
we think only OF its general sadness.
We forget the hunger for bread. Inc
man is typical, not personal. we
but pity him as the representation
of helplesness. And so does the
dreamer deal with every subject.
He ignores the fact that in the world
there are those that hunger for bodily
food as well as those that crave spirit
ual nourishment.
/ Now IN ending, we must state by way
of explanation, that because the oDser
lyer bases his works on terra firma, i
| does not follow they are sordid. Man.
mountains transpierce the clouds. al
belt, s.God sank their sunless pillar
| deep in EARTH" likewise, the theories
, the ideals, the novels, the dramas 0
these men that have walked on til
,, plane OF their fellow beings, oftel
reach infinitely above that plane, an
show that Ia the darkness OF sorrow
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21

The name of the women who live in
single rooms in boHrdnghouScS. and
yet long for an opportunity to receive
and entertain their friends. is legion
says an exchange. one of their mum
Der has decided that ii may b" done
and has made an excellent beginning
in that direction.
Her room iS-or WaS-;n ordinary
looking. moderately large back one nn
tn" second floor of an ordinary board
ing house. She turned it into u charm
ing apartment hy the expenditure oi
Il great deal of time and thought ant
giving up Il new winter fruck. The
bed was baniShrd and II luxurious cot
lounge WAS substituted with denim
cover and Il multitude of silk pillows
There was a leather screen picked NJ,
ut Il bargain To shut ont the view of
the WaShStand. \ set of box book
shelves served the simple pllrpoS" ui
bookcase. Sidrhnard and closet. by he
ing stained and havin" IL door will
hinges swing over one long box. Dlin
ty blue and white china n copper cnf
fr" pot and some silver spoons occupy
tn" Sidrbonrh All sorts of pretty
photographs iii pretty frames hang
about the walls. and Il CRATE tire com
plrlrS til" prrttinrSS of the room.
In Tn" closet. every Saturday night
ar" stored olives. crackers. cheese
bread and butter. lettuce, Il liIllc eel
cry. coffee and Sugar-nl of them dc
licionS. Every Sunday the landlnhy
for II consideration and chops
up Il chicken. Every Sunday The Young
woman makes chicken salad for the
preparation of which she is Justly fl-
nous, and thin bread and butter sand
WichrS. Sometimes she toaStS some
crackers over her CRATE fire. Sh"
makes delicious coffee in The Russian
coffee pot. And every Sunday after
noon she is "at home" To her friends
dispensing the dan1irS from an old
mahogany table in the corner She
does moi spend Il fortune in entertain
ing. hut all the people who drop in
during the long afternoon have The
best sort of time. and she owes no
social debts.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
The GuIpable parior Clock

"It is my firm belief" cmpha1ically
said an emphatic woman recently. says
the Philadelphia Times, that the UNI
punctual habit with which we women
are most justly accredited can be put
down. in Il great measure, To the par
lur clock | consider that the intlu-
rucc> of that piece of bronze and or
nolu, of marble and brass. of iron and
Gilt. Of ScvrcS and cryStal-of what
ever its cumpuSition-ar most PERM
riuuS and far-rCaching. 1t is rarely
right. If il goes at al. and yet ii is the
rc-ulItur of the movements of tn"
" puru of the family. They pin their
faith to il aud set their uncertain
watches 10y it. and rush through life
missing trains and appointments, dis
rracting lovers. husbands and sons. and
getting themselves into all sorts of
trouble from this one source of evil.
"A man diScar,lS II watch that varies
two or three minutes Il week. i must
have nm accurate timcpicCc, he says;
hut, bless yuu. Il woman goes gAyly
on. three hundred and SiXty-tivc days
in u year. late at church, at club. III
the theatre rywhcrc-bccaIISe she
will cuntinu" Ia hazarl Il guess at the
hour from The parlor clock, in which
she knows there is no truth.
And there iS n question of morality
involved, too" goes on this forclblC
speaker 1T is giving our children Il
false standard of right and wrong Ia
have Il clock fair without and false
within always before them. Why may
not they say: If |, only look well and
am an ornament Ia society il makes
no difference. about the internal springs
of my being tell you, there is Il
principle in this matter that we ought
to regard"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
Night Watchman Who Had the In
tercsts of His Firm Really at Heart.


Th" secretary of the Eastern Rubber
Company. ut Trenton. y. j.. lost u let
textbook containing copies of II months
important correspondence Il few weeks
ago.
The whole office force was turned
out to hunt for it. but il had diSap-
prarrd as rtfcctually as if swallowed
up in the earth. After closing hours
the other evening the secretary. the
general manager and II couple of clerks
sat in the office discussing the loss and
trying /" account for il. Mike. the
new Waterman. came in To sweep and
dust.
Mike. have You ever seen any thing
of lcjt"r-houk No. 9:' asked the NAH
ag"r.
NO. sir. said Mike
well. have You seen Il book lik"
thiS: taking another lrttcr-b"ok from
the safe.
Yes. sir: | seen one lik" thai one
night. 1t w;l> in the waste blS!,rt."
''Whcrr is ii now:
sure, | burned it,"
If ever Il wairhnan received a lee
iur" for stupidity, Mike got it thcu.
The secretary became hotter and hot
ter every minu1" rs he talked Il sup
pose you'd burn up the caShbnGk if
You ever found it outside the safe"
he shouted finally.
No. sir: | would not" returned
Mike. gently. What would do that
for. when there's nothing but figures
in il that don't mean anythn' but tu
the man that wrote 'rm: | wasn't
Soin' to burn this book at first. be
cause | wanted to keep the nice prp"rS
t" put tobacco in. But when | ,hur"'lI
we'll. perhaps some ON" will get a-huld
"f il and read Somrthin' that was none
of their -- business. | Just burned it
to make sure. You'd do the same sir.
now wouldn't you:"-Ncw York Her
aid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21

An English firm have recently been
granted letters patent for an invention
whereby the heels of boots and shoes
can be easily detached or reversed
TN" invention consists of steel or any
similar material. shaped as Il lift, with
fang" and groove. by the first of
which it is fixed in any part of the
height of the heel at the option of the
maker. while the upper portion of the
heel is 50 constructed as to slide into
position 50 that it is indiStinguiShablr
from an ordinary heel: but to insure
absolute security fine screw is in
serted from the inside. The advant-
ages claimed for it are that when the
top piece becomes slightly worn down
the Wrarrr can reverse it to the other
bOni. and after these have been well
worn they can be replaced by Il new
sci at Il very small cOSt.-Shoc and
Lea athcr Facts
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
Merchant.

Originally this term was only ap
piled to one who traded with foreign
countries, and who owned or chartered
ships for that purpose. Chaurcri
"Marchaunt,"
He woldc the We're kepud for eny thin@c
BctwiXe Midduburgh and Orewcc.
The Merchant of Venice had "on the
ocean his ''argoSics with portly SAIL
and so had all the other merchants
about whom poets or historians have
written. So also in the Bible there is
no confusion about the meaning of the
word. one passage alone will Scrv"
as an illustration: 'Shc is like til"
merchants ships: she bringCth her food
from afar" ProverhS XXXi., IA. De
Quincy. writing in the early part of
this century c'Autobiographic Sketch
"Sl. says:
My father was Il merchant. not in
the sense of Scotland. where it means
Il retail dealer, one, for instance. who
sells groceries in a cellar, but in the
English SENSE Il sense vigorously cN-
elusive: that is, he was Il man engaged
in foreign commerce and no other;
therefore in Wholesale commerce and
no other
The Brothers Mayhcw note the COM
ing change in their "C;rcatcSt pagur
of Life" where the hcroinc's father,
who "poSseSScd several fine vessels
which used to come up the R-gA Ant>
Canal" was maliciously dubbed Il
coal hcaver,' upon which. his daugh-
ter defends his memory by the retQIt:
IF three bargeS and one wagon make
Il cCal HEAVIER | should like to know
what makes n merchant ..,
But now it Is no longer necessary to
pillow the Spanish main," or cvrii ID
own the modest coal barge, TO give
on" this timc-honored title. for anyone
who sells eggs by the dozen or flannel
by the piece is at once put down as IL
mcrchant.-Notes and Queries
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
California NIisfitS.

There is 1T least one lrvclhcadcd
farmer in san Joaquin County. There
is NOR" point in the following few lines
than can be found in an average speech
occupying rs many columns. He says:
We let our timber rot and buy fcnc-
ing. We throw away our ashes and
grcAS" and buy soap. We raise dogs
and buy hogs. We let our manure 90
Ia waste and buy gllanO. We grow
weeds and buy vegetables and broomS.
W" catch livc-ccnt fish with Il four
dollar rod. We build School-houScS
ami send our children off to be- cdu-
Gated And. lastly, we send our boys
out with II furty-doIar gun and II ten,
dollar dog in hunt for tcn-ccnt Birds
That is precisely wha; is being done
all over the Statr-San Francisco Call.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
IOS4I AND THE MORNING GLORY

II vas ia" rosy flush Of dawn
Iu beautiful Japan.
y iirn inruu4h the ancient garden ways
Clmr litti" NoShi San.
i.". strapped and Iauuer"d wooden Shoe"
g. licking rs sh" ran.
ST." stopped bcSid" til" messy we'll
Beneath the gnarlcd pine.
And would have drawn but that Sh" SIh'i u
morning glory vine
N'h;r't in the night the pail had wr"aih' !
In exquisite design
rh" dainty thief smiled mp III her
With velvet eyes of blue.
'ucr'iain little NnShi stood
Dr'.aring what to do:
Then sudden raised her empty pail
And To II nrighhur flew.
",;ift-wat"r friends. | crave" she i''l;
For In the night vim"
Has seized my bucket and :" talr
ItS fragile arms entwin"
| could not rudcly tear them of.
Pray. let m" fill with thine:
st Nicholas.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
POETRY
"in the BEGINNING"

III 'ne fScSlbnihp.
When God was aglow with His work on the
world,
That stood on the structure of faith,
He hewel out the winter and Justify whired
His ham ner alOft, and with fancy unfurled.
He dreamed out the summer; then as HIS
lips curled
In Il smile like heavenly wraithJ
His hands slowly fashioned the smile of His
face.
And wrought there the beautiful thing
Unknown to the Worker win bent DER the
place
Where winter should be-full OF joy at the
grace
OF His dream but at last. Col beholdlng the
trace
OF His smile on the " 'rli-cIllei it Spring
William iN,H WhH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21

An old army man tells II good story
of the adventures of Il learned Yale
Collcg" professor among the Sioux of
the Yellowstone the year before the
Custer massacre. a number of Scirn-
tit;. men from the Smithsonian InSti
tutc ana Yale College We're on an cX-
petition under the convoy of Il larg"
military escort, and as the Indians
were dangerous and had killed two
h,mtSmcn of the party. strict orders
Wrr" issued that no one should leave
til" camp without permission
zone day the worst old fellow in The
crowd. Il buguiSt who wore two pair
of glasses. one red and one green. man
aged to get out of the sight of his de-
tail. and wandered two or three miles
away. He ran plump into Il gang of
Sioux. He walked up to them and of
fcr"I 10 shake hands. They grabbed
him. and first thing they did WAS to
dive down into Il big green baizc bag
h" carried. They pulled out lizards
and pieces of clay and bits Of rocks
and bugs. and the worst assortment of
truck Imaginable. Just about this time
The old professor caught sight of Il
pcculiar-looLing hug. He caught it,
pulled out his glass and began to study
il. That settled it. An Indian took
him by the hand, led him to a hill
close by, and. pointing to the army be-
low. said. CO.
HE came back and said that the
soldiers totally misunderstood the In
dianS. Why. | found them the most
polt" and courteous of people, said
he To Gen. Custer.
But an old chief afterwards told
me they wouldn't have had him stay
in that country for anything on earth" ="
They concluded from his conduct
that he was insane, and their rever-
cncc and dread of an insane person is
so great that they never could be per-
suadcd to injure one.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21

\ curious point in Swedish criminal!
law is that confession is necessary be-
fore Il capital sentence can be carried
our. If. however. the culprit persists
in protesting his innocence in the face
Of ovrrpowrring evidence. the prison
discipline is made extremely strict and
severe until the desired confession is
obtained
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
Sl;NII-IOCAI4 NEWS.


Titus A. Brick reports that Mr.. Pink
Whiskers. of Pocahontas. Grand Hen
peek of the Married Mems League, of
that place. was at the head of that
body in church last Sunday where they
went to hear sermon appropriate to
their condition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
The Humors of the Museum.

SLANG is always vulgar" said the
manager of the dime museum, but ii
is sometimes funny, too"
"YcS:"
YES For instance. it does sound
funny TO hear the living skeleton ask.
ing the fat lady if she will lend him
a couple of bones. New York Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21

Nmpiibious kanaka Boys.
For i:mphibouS humanity commend
me To the Kanaka boy 1t seems as
if he took tO the ocean as soon as his
SW;lhlin% clothes We're removed. and
many Il c0ppcr-colored son of Il sub
irct of Hawaii can swim almost be
fore he can toddlc about.
Steamer day is Il great even! i0r
these youths. Long before the vessel
from San Francisco. Australia or CEnl
is moorcd at the dock little dots OF
black are observed on the surface of
the blue water. which, upon near Ap
prnach. are seen to be tufts of hair
with rolling white eyrballS underneath.
\ passenger throws Il coin over lh"
side. the heads disappear. but the b,.y>
do not dive aS those in other lands or
waters do; they sink like lead. With
knees drawn up they drop III HE
ocean. their object being 10 get he
Meath the coin and seize it in lhri"
hands as it ,lcSccndS. OF course. winch
there is only one coin thrown for i,
number of lads the scramble is !aur"
lively, and frequently the piece of sill
yer is not captured until il rcachr, the
bottom. Until every passenger has
left the steamer the urchinS remain
by its side. And so on sailing day they
follow the craft at least half IL mile
from the dock. some of the lads not
returning to land until hours after they
went into the ocean.
1t is said that these youths remain
six and seven hours at Il tim" in the
water. Between spells of swimming
they float around, resting aS comfort
able as if summing themselves upon til"
dock. and ii is even asserted thai Il
Kanak;l boy has been seen taking Il
nap while thus lying in the cradle Of
the deep.
| have seen boys divin" at Saint
Thomas. in the Bcrmuda$. and in
Brazil. but they cannot equal these
lads in Honolulu harbor. On Wash
ington's birthday aqueous sports were
rnt mcn-of-wal. One of the events
before the start Il half dozen Kanala
boys We're sporting around in tn"
water beside the boat where the sail
orS were to take their dive. Hard
work did these mcn-of-war'S men make
of their struggle, but the little youths
swan all around them. diving beneath
the contestants. darting ahead, then
dropping behind. only To come up
again and grin from ear To ear nj the
men. who were blowing and snoring
like grampuScs. At the finish one sail
ar WAS so exhausted that three men
had 10 haul him aboard the stake boat.
hut The kanaka lads took an extra
turn about the Mohcan and then pad
died To shore.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Eastward. Stations. Westward.

son theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
A. II trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
bcrland.
Nos. L. =, and daily except Sunday. Nos
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Baggage car will bc hauled ON trains Nos
Band Il. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nov - Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
FROSTBURG, Md, SATURDAY. April. 21, 1894.

'Shc took the coat to her Stltr-ruom
and WAS rather Il long time. | thought
in making the necessary rvplir. Rut
her dainty hands might not have been
accustomed to ncrdlcwork. she was
travelling alone. for her maid. II
French girl. had been detained by tn"
sudden illness of her mother. My
b ,gliS Princess was only clrv =
French woIhnn. and the man her lover
They had fled TIE country without d.
lection they thought, but the police
over there were too clever for th"m
Tn" robbery had been fastened on
them and. when it was found that
they had sailed for America. word WIS
clh'rl over tn hold them.
Put the miSSin" diamonds could mot
he found upon them. A few days after
their arrest Il detective called upon
me. and | told him all | knew abou
the woman. not forgetting to mrntioE
that sh" had repaired my coat for me.
"'Will you be kind enough To let IN"
see The cuat?' he asked.
"trrtainly. said, and | brought il
ont for him.
He took il and felt the shoulders,
which were pretty we'll padded. Th'
next moment he had his knife out. anC
WIS ripping open the seams 70 my
great surprise the stolen diamonds soon
lay ON the table. The woman hli
clcvrrly svcrct,d them in the Shou der
padding. and had Worn the coat with
ont knowing it.
What was her object: Well. tl"
two undoubtedly were afraid they We're
unable to SnIgg!c the diamonds
through the cuSton-houS2. and 50 they
made me an unconscious confederate.
The woman WAS evidently confident
of getting them again from me-. and |
am positive myself she would have, if
the police hadn't blocked her little
game.
"My part of the transaction WAS
huShcd up. and the two were sent back
to France. They are both in some
prison over there now. And the moral ::
Well. tn" moral must be perfectly clear
to any one. If you don't want to get
into trouble never have your coat
Scwcd up by Il strange woman