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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-12
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL GAMES.


At Pittsburg-First game; Pittsburg, 0;
Philadelphia, I. Second game Pittsbnrg,
8; Philadelphia. 8. At Chicago--Ghioago.
II; Boston, 2 At Cleveland-First gamei
Cleveland, l3; New York, 8. Second gamer
New York, 8; Cleveland, /.
Eastern League.
At Scranton-Springfold "A; Scranton,
10. At Buffalo-Yonkers. s; Buffalo. l.
At Erle-Wiikesbarre o; Erie, g. At Sy-
racuse-Syracuse, 8; Providence, 8.
Pennsylvania State League.
At delphia-Reading, 8; Philadel-
phia, o. At Observation-Disclosures 9; Ha-
2leton, g. At Pottsville-Pottsyille, ID;
Ashland, g. AT Harrisburg-First game,
Harrisburg, B; Shenandoah, 4. second
game; Shenandoah, 8; Harrisburg. Q.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
COLLECTING IN FRANCE.
Points of Differences Between the Syster
There and In This Country.

Points of Difference Between the System
There and In This Country.
The matter practiced in the collec-
ton OF debts in France and in the
United States does not differ material
ly save in the collection and the mode
of procedure. The first step which it
is necessary for creditor in France to
take before he can use legal means to
collect debt due him is to obtain
Judgment against the debtor, which is
rendered by justice of the peace,
provided the amount does not exceed
forty dollars. The defendant is re-
quired to appear in court on a certain
day and arrange for settlement of
the account and pay part or whole of
it, or show cause why.
If this arrangement is not made the
defendant is second time summoned
to appear, and should he then fatty re-
fuse payment judgment is rendered
against him; the cost of Judgment, to-
gether with that of the summons, is
betrayed by the plaintiff, and copy of
the former sent to the debtor. He then
has three months grace to appeal be-
fore civil court the Judgment already
handed down. Failing to exercise this
privilege, the matter is put in the
hands of "huissier," whose functions
partake of those of both the bailiff and
process-server, but his methods rs well
as his prerogatives resemble neither
one nor the other. The huissicr, upon
request of the creditor. makes an
abstract statement of the condition
of the debt, the fee for preparing
and serving the same, varying accord
ing to the length of the instrument
and not according to the Importance Of
the debt; its average cost, however,
may be placed at two dollars and fifty
cents.
In case the debtor ignores the docu-
ment an lass ignation'' is served upon
him, and eight days thereafter his
furniture is seized and placed in the
hands of the huissier. The expense
cntailed in the preparation of these
notices is betrayed by the creditor, but
if at any moment the debtor agrees to
liquidate in full he is not only re-
quired by law to discharge his original
obligation, but to add to it the costs OF
the Judgment and fees of the huissier.
Whether this system is better than the
plan pursued in the United States is a
matter of opinion. Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
BRAVERY OF THE TURKS.
A Regiment That Fulfilled Command
That Was Fraught with Peril.

a Regiment Inat RUINED o command
That Was Fraught with Peril.
The accounts given by the pilgrims
of the way in which cholera attacked
them are terrible in their grim fatal
ism. ION June "a. two days before
the Courban Bairam, upward of ten
thousand Mussulmans, Arabs, Turks
and Indians had gathered on the sacred
mount to hear the solemn address
which is delivered to those who wish
to become Hadji. Many of these peo-
pie were in the most wretched condi-
ton and some had not even loaf of
bread"
1t was here that the disease appears
to have struck them like blast of q
poisoned wind. When next day the
onward movement to the holy city
began it was found that the ground
was strewn like battlefield with
the dead and dying, and SO terribly
virulent was the type of infection thus
engendered that it was, says the ac-
count, impossible for any living
creature to approach the place.
The authorities seem, however, to
have realized that something must be
done, and that the bodies could not be
left to rot Accordingly, Turkish
regiment was sent to perform the work
of burial and to remove any of the pill
grims who still lived. Never did troops
in the heat of battle receive a COM
mand more fraught with peril. The
risk. as it proved, was literally great
er than that of facing machine guns.
and the moral effect more terrible,
There are ten men who will face death
by bullets to one who will face death
by cholera. Yet these Turkish SOL
diers, with the fatalistic courage of
their race, obeyed as they obeyed at
Plevna.
THE battalion when it reached the
mount was seven hundred strong. After
the work had been done two hundred
men only remained to go back to the
coast. Five hundred of the soldiers
had died of cholera That is, nearly
three-quarterso of the regiment persisted
in the work of burial No doubt En-
glish troops would have done the same,
but they would have been upheld by
many considerations-by religious feel
ing and by the instinct of mercy, and
they would, moreover, have been well
led.
The Turkish troops probably felt the
sense of pity very little, and their Off:
GERS were almost certainly men with
anything but high sense of conduct.
They acted merely from the most naked
sense of the duty of not flinching at a
command. 1t was n order given from
afar and from above, and that and fate
are to them all one.-London Specta.
tor.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
STRANGE suPERsTlTIoNs.
Districts In Which Witches Are still n
garded with the Utmost Respect.

Districts In Which Witches Are Still Re-
garded with the Utmost Respect.
Superstition is by no means a defunct
anomaly in the customs and character
istics of some of our smaller towns or
villages. First .and foremost of west
country superstition comes an entire
and thorough belief in witchcraft.
Every west country village has an old
woman who is good deal more feared
than the the village policeman.
No one dares to contradict her will
in anything. II she takes a fancy to
the finest cabbage in mans garden
she may cut it as if it grew in her own.
Though it should be the very pride OF
his heart he must not try to stop her
proceedings; if he does far worse
thing is sure to befall HIM. His pig
will be seized with sudden and deadly
sickness, or his daughters hair will
fall off, or a,shower of rain will spoil
his hay just when it is about to be car
ried. The west country term for q
witch's power is overlooking
If witch has evil feelings toward
you she is said ito overlook YOU" One
indubitable sign by which you may
know witch is to bring her into the
church and try to make her stand with
her face toward the east. No real
witch can do it for moment; however
much she may strive she will stand as
firmly fixed as frozen weathercock.
No west country farmer living near a
witch will doubt the cause when his
horses or cattle fall i'll.
Next to their belief in witches is their
faith in the power of a seventh son or
seventh daughter to cure diseases. II
is in vain that the clergyman breaches,
that the schoolmaster teaches, that tn
parish doctor demonstrates. the wesl
country matron bears off her sickly
baby in triumph to the man or woman
in the neighboring village who happens
to have been born seventh son or sew
enth daughter.
These privileged individuals have but
to touch the diseased part and the cure
is certain and immediate. There are
also some wise women who can cure
various complaints with charm which
they speak over the patient In the
neighborhood of Exmoor these things
are far more trusted in than all the
medical faculty put together.-Man
chester Mercury.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
REcEDINc GUMS.
People Losing Their Teeth from . Cause
but Little Understood.

People Losing Their Teeth from . Cause
but Little Understood.
People are losing their teeth from a
new catise nowadays" said dental
surgeon recently. at is complaint
which seems to have become common
only within the last fifteen years or SO.
Recession of the gums it is called.
Tartar is deposited at an abnormal
rate, and this carbonate of limo
secreted from the saliva pushes the
gums back from the teeth. After
awhile, if nothing is done to prevent
it, the trouble gets as far as the SOCK
cts. which become infiamed Finally
the teeth fall out.
"A well-knOwn statesman came to
me fourteen years ago with bad case
of the disease. Every tooth in his head
was loose, and one of them was so far
gone that took it between my thumb
and finger and quietly lifted it out
Within three months l had fixed him
up SO that all the rest of his dental
equipment was perfectly solid in his
jaws. 1t was accomplished simply by
removing the destructive tartar and
preventing it from accommodating again;
also with the aid of a little medicine
applied to the gums. The distin-
guished patient of whom speak comes
to me every two or three months and
undergoes little treatment In that
way l have been able to keep his teeth
for him thus far.
cit is very peculiar disease. In a
case SO far advanced as the one have
described it can hardly be cured. That
is to say, the tendency to an accumula-
| ton of tartar can not be stopped. All
! that can be done is to prevent it from
accommodating by scraping it away at
intervals and by medical applica-
tions to the gums. In an early
stage, however, the complaint is
perfectly durable and the tendency
| in most cases can be overcome.
But much care and continued attention
are required. Otherwise the person
will have lost some of his teeth by the
time he is forty years old, and after
that the rest of them will go rapidly
The making of false teeth has arrived
st great perfection, but at best they
are poor substitutes.
"As have said, this may be regard
ed as new disease. At all events it i:
only in recent years that it has become
prevalent 1t is important that PEG
Piles attention should be called to it
From seven years to twenty care mus
be taken of the teeth lest they decay
But from that on one should look ou
for tartar. A mouth affected in thu
way speak of is almost worse than {
badly-decayed mouth. The trouble
means certain loss of the teeth unless
looked out for and treated. Washing
ton Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
LONG LIFE ON THE BENCH.
Instances of Longevity Furnished BY the
Supreme Court

Supreme Court.
The supreme court furnishes some
interesting instances of active 1onEevi.
ty. Justice Blatchford who died re-
Gently, was IS years old, but he
was in active possession of his mental
faculties up to the time of his death.
His father, r. M. Blatchford, had d
record no less interesting. He was id
the diplomatic service at IS and was
commissioner of public parks in New
York city at "A. Roger B. fancy, chief
justice of the supreme court, remained
on the bench until he was nearly 50
years old. He was appointed chief
justice at the age 50. He began an au-
photography at the age OF u, but did
not finish it. Chief Justice Marshall,
who served from 1900 to 1885 on the SUI
preme bench, was so years old
when ill-health compelled him
to leave Washington. He died in
that year (1ss5). He was a
delegate to the convention for revising
the state constitution of Virginia when
he was "A years old, and. it is said, that
though he did not speak often in the
convention. when he did speak he
showed that his mind was as clear and
his reasoning as solid as in his younger
days. Chief Justice Waite, who died
Ave years ago, remained on the supreme
bench to the last, though he was ~
years old when he died. Justice Strong,
who is still living in Washington. re-
tired from the supreme bench in 1886
at the age of az. Noah II. Swayne,
who died in 1884, retired from the SUI
preme bench in 1881 at the age of II.
Only one of the present members OF
the supreme court is more than "a
years old. This one is Justice Field,
who reached the age of 20 seven years
ago.
Several of the presidents have re.
manned in active politics after retire
ment from the White House. Buchanan
was elected president at 68 and retired
at the age of 70. Tyler was member
of the provisional confederate congress
at the age of II. John Adams, at 81
years of age, was delegate to the con
vention for revising the constitution Of
Massachusetts,. John Quincy Adams
was elected to congress by the anti
Mason party when he was 81; and he
remained in congress for seventeen
years. He died in the hall of the house
James Monroe retired from the presi'
dency at 81; was regent of the uni.
versity of Virginia with Madison and
Jefferson at IS, but declined to serve
as an elector from Virginia at 20 on the
ground that an ex-president should moi
be partisan, but afterward acted as
local magistrate, and was a member Of
the constitutional convention of vir
| ginia. Andrew jackson was 20 whcr
he left the White House. Washington
| Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20

and mother are called by the children
grandfather and grandmother. and
that her brothers and sisters are tincleA
and aunts. In China the wifes relations
do not count.
The relations between the sexes are
equally incomprehersible. The young
women speak to the young men, and
sometimes young woman will acttial'
ly speak to several young men at the
same time. The young men and women
walk together in the streets, sit togeth-
err in shady corners, and even dance to-
gether with their arms around each
other" which shocks the Chinaman
who stays in his own country.
In Europe man must not smoke
when talking to lady unless he asks
permission. In China ladies smoke just
like the gentlemen.
The master of the house always
walks forward to meet his guests, who
shake hands with him and thank him
for the invitation. In China, however,
the host shakes his own hands, and
when he invites people to dinner he
just looks round to see that all is ready
and shuts himself up in his room.
We western people do not pay enough
attention to funeral ceremonies and
forms. In the celestial empire the
choice of a burial place and finding OF
suitable wood for coffin occupy the
leisure thoughts of the people for years.
They think good deal of our thea.
tiers, and admire the ballets; the or
ganization and cleanliness of our pub.
lie baths also excite their admiration.
On the other hand, they are filed
with indignation at the way we treat
newspapers when we have read them.
The celestials have great regard for
printed paper, and burn it in furnaces
destined for that purpose, the ashes
being dropped into the sea or deposited
at the bottom of the river. There are
even special societies for the collection
of waste printed paper, and to see that
it is properly disposed of.-Boston
Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
QUEER vIsI1iNG-CARDs.
The Novel Use to Which a Species OF
Cactus Is Put in South Africa.

The Novel Use to Which a Species of
Cactus Is Put in South Africa.
Many are the uses to which the cactus
is put, but one of the queerest is that
which prevails in Cape Town, South
Africa, where cactus leaves are made
to serve the purpose of visiting-cards.
= might occur to the reader that a
package of thick leaves. covered with
prickly spines, would not be easily ac-
commodated in an ordinary card-case.
The leaves Of the special kind of
cactus used for this purpose are not
very prickly, however. and, further
more, these unique cards are not car
ried about, but are left growing on the
plant. which stand at the foot of the
front steps.
When a lady calls, she has only to
take hat-pin from her bonnet and
scratch her name on the glossy sur
face of one of the leaves, while gen
tleman accomplishes the same end
with sharp penknife. The lines thus
scratched turn silver white, and re.
main clear and distinct on the leaf fol
years.
On New Years day these cactus
cards are particularly convenient, and
popular hostesses often appropriate a
large branch of their cactus plant tc
the registry of visits received on that
dav.
There is one cactus, which is not es
pecially plentiful. which not only hal
smooth leaves. but aas spines so large
and stiff that thcy make excellent
pens, and visitors are saved even ths
slight trouble tof arawing out hal
pin or penknifes = Youths Compan
ion
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
An Appropriate TEXT.

Sometimes rare facility has been
shown in the selection of a text; thus,
a Capuchin about to preach in church
at Lyons slipped on the pulpit steps
falling SO ungracefully that pair Of
brawny legs presented themselves
through the banister to the gaze of the
startled congregation. Quickly recov
ing himself the self-possessed monk
took his place in the pulpit and gave
out words appropriately chosen from
the, Gospel for the day: Tell the vision
unto no man. Temple Bar.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
susJuoATIoN OF THE DESERT.
Surprising Results Obtained by Irrigation
In the Southwest.

Surprising Results Obtained by Irrigation
In the Southwest.
We have a vast domain of arid land
which, under scientific irrigation, will
some day support great population.
The Mormons have compelled the desert
to produce fruits, grasses and cereals
in abundance, and Joseph Smiths fol-
lowers may justly claim to be the pio-
neers in the practice Of that sort of
agriculture on large scale in this
country, though the ancient mission
farms and vineyards of southern Cali
fornia were irrigated in a crude way.
What the Mormons did half century
ago and the Spanish missionaries more
than a century earlier still, the modern
farmers of California, Colorado, Ari.
iona, New Mexico ami half dozen
other states and territories are now re-
peatinR with profit and on rapidly
increasing scale, until 5000, 900 acres of
land, comprising "a, 900 farms, are now
under irrigation, and the average value
of their products ranges from 1926 to
$40 per acre.
Surprising esults are obtained on
these lands where man is his own rain
maker, for the soil is of the richest,
and once the irrigation system is il
operation there is no interruption by
drought. The magnificent crops of
corn, alfalfa, wheat and hay obtained,
the wonderful yields of fruit and the
possibility of uninterrupted pasturage
| for cattle have given great impetus
| to irrigation in the far west and the
next few years will witness rapid ex-
pansion of the productive area of that
| region. Less than one-half of per
cent. of the total arid region of the
country is now under irrigation. and
and of the $50, 000, 900 acres SO classl-
| fed there are 0l6, 600. 900 acres upon
which water would produce crops.
OF the remaining public lands. 95 per
cent. or about 542, 600. 900 arces, are in
this region.
The free arabic lands having been
| taken mp and land that was cheap
few years ago rising rapidiyin value,
| it is easy to see that the next step must
be the reclamation Of the s'Grcat Amer
lean Desert" by irrigation. Minnesota
Tribune
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
BABY DOROTHY.
You look so wise,
fl.tnl- AAaA

You look so wise,
think that you
KNOW some strange things beyond sur view.
Your steadfast eyes,
So calm and clear,
siave neither doubt, distrust nor fear.
You have an air
Profoundly sure
That all sweet mercies will endure
Tint bright and fair
All things must be
For little baby Dorothy.
So crystal clear
Your lambert eyes,
think that good and pure and wise
Things must appear
Bebolden through
Such iimpid, shining spheres Of blue
And hence the world
Tpyour calm gaze
10 beautiful with golden days;
and all impearlcd
With purity
Is life to baby Dorothy.
But stay. a tear,
trembling lip
What frightful storm has wrecked Jour ship,
What ghostly fear
Or vast distress
Has ciouded DER your comciinesss
Away, great beast,
Or spcctcr grim.
Givc p,ac1 to winged seraphin
Ana fairy feast
A shame on thee
TO brighten baby Dorothyi
A dimpled cheek,
a laughing eye,
The dreadful grief has hurtled By;
But far to seek
Is that sage air
Cf sanity wisdom, calm and fair.
sage or saint
II seems you're not,
Bnt trst dainty human lot
precious. quaint,
Sweet prodigy:
Dear. darling baby Dorothy
David L. Proud6t. In Century Magazine
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
VIEWED BY sLANTiNo EYES.
Cinnamon Wonder at the Customs and
Dress OF Western Nations.

Cinnamon Wonder at the Customs and
Dress of Western Nations.
From an article in Moscow pape9.
with the unpronouncable name of
vvcstnik Yevropy, it appears that the
inhabitants of the celestial empire take
q very great interest in the doiugs of
the people of Europe. Books on Euro
pcans form quite a branch of Chinese
literature; their diplomats and savants,
as we'll as those who travel for pleasure
and business, furnish all kinds of in
formation to their fellow-countrymen,
who read it with ayidity.
The first to betray their curiosity in
this respect were the inhabitants of
the rich city of Canton; they were de-
sirous to know something about those
who were able to 40 SO much toward
trade and gain so much money.
Several successive wars, which have
all ended badly for the Chinese, lave
increased their desire to know more
about the western races, with there
suit that the Chinese public is suffer
ing from an embarrassment of riches
in the way of books and pamphlets
concerning MS.
It has occurred to certain Shen-
Sui-Shen to summarize all this liter
ature in one volume; he has accord
ingly published book of information
concerning western manners and GUS
toms, financial matters, education. etc,
etc. which enjoys great popularity in
China. Chapter X. of this work deals
with popular customs; it is from this
chapter that we take the following:
Our dress is mentioned first. They
notice that on festive occasions our
ladies dress in white. whereas in China
whito is a sign of mourning. Long
dresses they do not understand; the
Chinese lady NO Md not be able to dis
play her small feet in such robes.
As 10 the corset --'.an article made Of
silk or cottonr-it passes their compre-
hension.
The Chinese authorities express sur
prise that the women are considered
equal 70 the men, tllat the wife's lathe,
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II used TO thinl you were not man
of your word, Jones, but I've changed
my mind.
''Ah, you understand me now, friend
Smith. But what led you to change
your mind?''
"You remember that ten dollars you
borrowed from me?"
Eyes"
s'You said if / lent it to you YOU
would be indebted to me forever"
Eyes"
swell, you are keeping your word
like MANN. Y. Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-20
She wanted to BE Bos :.

Late Mistress-What, Mary! You
want to go out to service again.
thought you had settled down with
your husband in a little house Of your
own.
Servant-Well. yes'm, so ] 'ad. But
my 'usband, he don't old with what he
calls my blessed himpereuce. so I've
come to ask you to take me back, mum.
/ don't care about being where one
can't have will Of ones own. Drake
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