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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-07-20
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Sig. Alata, a telegraph operator in
Milan, is said to have invented meth
cd of musical notation by wire.
DIR. Siemens, the electrician, has
his residence in Berlin fitted from cell
lar to roof with electric appliances,
and the dining-room, kitchen and wine
cellar are connected by an electric rail-
way system.
The First Baptist church, at West
Seyentv-ninth street and the Boule-
ward, is lighted by electricity from
plant of its own. On nights when
there are services in the church brill
liant cluster of lights is shown upon
the summit of the highest tower of the
edifice.
Explosions in the streets are now
in a fair way to be explained. Maj
Cardew has discovered that there is a
remarkable deposit of sodium in some
of the insulators in the boxes used for
electrical supply in London. Now,
sodium is highly inflammable by con-
tact with water, and, therefore, prob
ably sets fire to the escape of gas.
AT the government station at Will
let's Point, on Long Island, large
cannon, wrapped around the muzzle
| with thirteen miles of insulated wire,
is used as an electro magnet. Recent
ly it was put to a test of strength
Three iron slabs weighing several tons
were placed opposite the muzzie. and
on turning on the current of two large
dvnamos they were held so fast that a
pull of $4,000 pounds could not start
them. The chain with which the pull
! inc was done broke.
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.ne.peusiye r.noy Waists.

Fancy waists may be made OF some
brilliant-colored lovely creped cotton
goods, when collar of silk or satin to
match is added. If wide satin rib
bon hangs loosely from the collar to
the belt and handsome bows be set on
the shoulders, the general effect will
be of rich silken garment, while the
price will be very different Smoky
and cloudlike lawns are made up over
gray silk, the bodice to snch dress
being of pale yellow. with miles OF
frills of the smoky lawn. Very deli
cate nainsook comes gathered at In
tervals into series of tiny tucks, the
spaces between set with little nainsook
frills A half yard of such goods will
serve for a front to . bodice that al
first look will seem to have been the
result of patient hand labor. Little
frills of closely gathered lace are sci
along all edges, and the edges of the
bands of ribbon that drape the front.
of bodices are very often thus finished
St Louis Republic.
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HOW THEY GOT kINDLiNo.
Uncle Josh Recalls Remarkable Storm
of the Year 1880.

Uncle Josh Recalls a Remarkable storm
of the Year 1850.
There's been a. scarcity of kind
i;ng-wood round here ever since the
woods took fire last fall" remarked
the grocer.
whats the matter with the new
GROWTH" asked jackson Somers;
"there's plenty of it, isn't there?"
"Yes, but faint the right sort Now,
back in 49,
"Eh? What's that? Back in 1850"
broke in Uncle Josh, suddenly waking
up. why, l can remember 1t jest ez
though it wuz yesterday. An, speak
in of storms reminds me-
Nobody said anything about storms,
Uncle JOSH" said jackson, hastily.
Uncle Josh gave look that silenced
him.
s.Ez wuz sayin', speakin' of storms,
reminds me of Worcester ez happen
ed round here back in 1850. 'Twuz In
November, an Zeke an me wuz goin'
ter North Woods fer wagon load OF
kindlin's. He hitched up the sag an
started. But, b'gosh, we haint been
gone an hour afore the durnest storm
/ ever see come up, an there wuz Zeke
an. me right in the middle of the
! woods, with the lightnin' a-strikin' an
smashin' things all round us. We wuz
gettin' wet, too, an Zeke says ter me
seq he, Josh, eff we stay here, we'll b.
| struck, sure ez shootin'.' So we gath
cred up our fixin's, an started on rur
/ f. Tho hnSe
standin' there shakin like he had the
ague. We jumped up on the seat, an
away we went, likity split, fur hum
an all the time the thunder wui
| boomin' louder'n Capt Cowfodder'
mility company on the Fourth o July
We went whoopin' along old Nortl
Pike, mud a-hyin', an bout every tw'
seconds we'd hear boom-e-r-r-boom
crash! an a blindin' glare of light, an
down goes tree in splinters.
oval, it were miracle ez how
we wuzn't killed. But we wuzn't
l An when we got back ter hum
the hull family wuz a'waitin' re
us, an thankin' their stars we'd go
back safe. In the barnyard, fathe
hollers, so ez ter be heard Dove tn
Storm: We'll. Josh, l see yer got We
kindlin' woodl' l thought he wu
plumb crazy, till looked at the wag
on, an b'gosh, it wuz chuck-fuil. Wa
the only way we could account fer tina
wood bein' there wuz this way: l
drivin' long the turnpike. the ligh
MIN struck couple O. hundred
trees, an every time a tree was struc
bushel of kindlin's fell inter tn
wagon.
WAL. that wuz the last time we &c
: our winters wood by Electricity. We'v
he'd some big storms since then, br
never any as 'ould come up ter tia
one. never.''-N. Y. Tribune.
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coAcHEE WAS A WIZARD.
But His Magic Couldn't Keep Him Out Of
jail.

But His Magic Couldn't Keep Him Out OF
Jail.
Belief in the magic art is by no
means extinct in the of the
Pas de Calais
The latest sorcerer is coachman,
who, by some peculiar process OF rea-
soning, is regarded by the ignorant as
a past master in the occult sciences.
One of his victims was girl who
was extremely anxious to be welded
to the object of her affection.
The young man could not be induced
to come forward, SO she consulted the
iehu, who told her that she would be
married in the beginning of February.
She put certain sum of money down
as an installment, and, although disap-
pointed. was returning with the re-
mainder when the police interfered and
arrested the jehu.
One venerable dame declared that
she was delighted with the magician,
as he evicted an evil spirit from her
habitation.
She had called on him with her
daughter, and he had told them that
the house was bewitched.
| On the receipt of the sum of eighteen
francs the coachman paid her visit,
| and, after shutting himself up in the
stable for ten minutes, he emerged
with the joyful tidings that he had dis.
covered a fatal toad" and had driven
it off the premises
From that moment, the old woman
declared, she had been at peace, and
she wound up with the expression OF
her gratitude and of her confidence in
the great sorcerer.
In answer to the questions put to him
the iehu said that he had learned it al
in little book he had lost There were
spells and incantations.
Very good. Repeat one" said thu
presiding judge.
But they are in Latin the man re
piled.
Never mind; go on. We shall un
derstand all the same" exclaimed thu
Judge, encouragingly.
The improvised magician, however
could not get out word, but hung hi
head amid roars of laughter, and soo1
afterward he was sentenced to tw'
months imprisonment = Lon d Of
World
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

TO keep lemons, put them IN coiu
water and change the water every
week.
Fig Whip-Whites Of five eggs
beaten stiff, three tablespoonfuls SUI
gar, one-hah pound figs soaked in cider
and cut fine. Brown in the oven, and
serve with a boiled custard made OF
the yolks of eggs and one pint OF milk.
Country Gentleman.
-Custard Pie,-Fill good-sized,
deep plate with custard made OF
three weil-beaten eggs, two cups OF
milk, one-half cup sugar, little salt
and cinnamon. Bake in quick oven
until a knife comes out clear.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Bread Sauce.-Put one pint OF milk
on to boil. Slice one onion in the milk,
leave in ten minutes, then strain and
add two tablespoonfuls of bread
crumbs, butter size of a walnut, one
dessert spoon of graduated sugar,
pepper and salt to taste. Put all In q
steamer over hot water for an hour
and a half at least. longer If you have
time.-Mrs. w. A. Harris, in Farm and
| Home.
Baked Omelet-Beat the yoiks OF
six eggs thoroughly; scald one-half
pint of milk; to the milk add one heap
| ing teaspoonful of butter; one scant
half-teaspoonful of salt; stir this into
the yolks, and add last the whites OF
six eggs, beaten very stiff, stir these IN
| quickly but lightly; pour into deep,
hot, buttered dish; bake in hot oven
| fifteen minutes, and serve at once IN
the same dish.-Prairie Farmer.
= Roasted Almonds.-Shen fresh
sweet almonds, and blanch by pouring
boiling wafer over them; let them
stand for two or three minutes, drain
off the hot water, and drop into cold
water. Press between the thumb anc
fingers and the kernels will readily
slip out of the brown covering. Place
the blanched nuts on perforated tins
and brown lightly in the oven. Eli
berts may be blanched and Drowned
in the Same way.-Good Health.
/ Stirred Eggs.-Five eggs, five ia
blespoonfuls of cream or milk, piec'
of butter about the size of large but
ternut, one-haH a teaspoonful OF grate'
onion, heaping teaspoonful OF mince'
parsley; salt and pepper to taste. Bea
np the yolks and the whites together
add the milk. Put the butter into
small saucepan, and when hot add tn
onion and parsley, salt and pepper
then the eggs Stir continually unit
the eggs set, which will be in two o
three minutes Serve Immediately
Boston Budget.
Cream Pies Roll out two crusts
, little thicker than for ordinary pie'
! place on a rather fiat plate with
sprinkling of -four between; bake an
split open with thin knife as soon
taken from the oven. For filing fe
two large pies, put in double boiie
two cups of milk, when hot stir in tw
I heaping tablespoonfuls Of flour, wet
| little cold milk, two eggs, one ha
. cup sugar and little salt Boil unit
thick, remove from the fire, add lemo
or vanilla favoring and put betwee
: the crusts--Orange Judd Farmer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-07-20
THE BLESSING OF DEATH.


Existence.
The truth is, that death, far from
being a misfortune to the race, is per-
haps even to the individual the great
est of all earthly blessings, though it is
often enough blessing very much dis
guised. For without death for finite
beings, there could be no growth. and
still more, no means of distinguishing
the human characteristics which need
no growth, but, on the contrary, the
opposite of growth. The most wide
minded of the Apostles declared, and
declared in no vague and metaphorical
mood, that he died daily. II protest
by your rejoicing, which have in
Christ Jesus our Lord, die daily"
And another expression Of his, most
startling, and yet most deliberate, was
to the same effect: "As dying, and be-
hold we live, as having nothing and
vet possessing all things" What did
death mean to st. Paul? 1t meant sur.
rendering the hold on all that his great
and passionate nature eagerly grasped
at, and yet gladly and Loyalty surren-
dering it, when he felt that that in him
which was nearest to God required it
at his hands
The true kind of death, which is as
essential to life as-to use our Lord s
own language-the death of the corn
or wheat is to its bringing forth much
fruit, is the giving up willingly what
seems to be of the very heart that is in
you, what it makes your head swim to
contemplate giving up, at the whisper
which claims it from you in the name
of Him who gave it. As the seed ap-
pears to rot before it even begins to
grow, and to draw from earth and air
| the constituents OF its larger life, SO
the mind appears to be closing its hold
| ON all that is most precious at the very
moment at which it is beginning tc
learn most effectually how truly inval
liable it is. Death is, indeed, by the tes'
| timony of all who have valued life al
they ought, one of the most unique Of
/ its experiences. You loosen your grasT
on what is far more than yourself, and
only when you do so does it really be
come part of yourself. The sensei
reel, the heart grows giddy. at losing
that which, till you have lost it--or a
least have gone through all the panic
of losing it-you never truly gained
| What we usually call death is onl,
the final and full contamination of thi
process of loosening the eager grasp o
the wilful heart on possessions in tn
pride of which 1t has seemed to becom
its true self, though in reality it neve
becomes its true self. and never reall.
possesses what it thinks it possesses
till it has achieved the triumph of re
signing them and commanding eve,
its own spirit into the hands of Hir
who gave it. II we could indeed di.
cover what is undiscoverable. the tru
s'microbe of DEATH then, instead 9
invoking the power of the expert t
extinpuish it, we should regard it q
the most inestimablc of Gods gift!
But then it would be priceless not b
cause it is really the brink OF the sbys
into which it seems to plunge us, bu
that ssrate of life'' Of which the syn
bolisn of the martyrs In the art OF tn
: Catacombs SO eloQueBtly speaks -~Loz
don Spectator,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-07-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

We step not over the threshold OF
childhood till we are led by love. Il.
E. ,Landon.
The inconvenience or the beauty
of the blush, which is the greater2--
Mime. Neckar.
.-Sightseer lat telescope don't see
ANYTHING. Professor-An hoptical de-
fusion, my dear sir, merely an hoptical
delusion. -Pick-Me-Up.
-"How is it that you are still bach
elor?'' inquired Gags. II don't known"
id Targs, "unless it's because never
married. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
-Whizzer-Women never do things
twice the same way. Sizzer- Yes, they
do. My wife has broken two OF my
pipes trying to drive tacks with them.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
sob. nv dear Mrs. -, how glad
am to see you. 1t is four years since
we met, and you recognized me imme-
diateiy." ''Oh, yes l recognized the
hat. Fliegende Blaetter.
-Friend-Do you know that am at
lass beginning to understand your poe
try?" Great Magazine Poet-Heav-
ems! Is it then true that am losing
my cnnning?-Syrscuse Post.
"A Night Of Horror. = Riggs-Did
YOU have any exciting adventures while
You were in Canada? Griggs-Did !?
| / tried to go home from the club on
snow shoes brooklyn Life.
Mr.. Shortly a # s in, TO Miss
Beauti)-Yes, am proud to say that !
am a self-made man. Miss Beauti's
Little Brother-Why didn't you make
more of you while you were about ita
London Answers
How shall we shun the microbe
That assails us At each breath!
II he can't kill us otherwise
He'll brighten us TO death
Washington Star.
First Mouse-Let's go out and scare
that crowd of women. Are you wit
line? SecondsMouse-Better be careful
If they happen to belong to the new
woman crowd you may get smashed
Indianapolis Journal.
Obliyious AS Usual - Night
watchman-Plesse sir, I've come C
wish YOU happy new year. Professor
Thanks. the same to you. Well
what more do you want? Night Watch
man-Its only about the three marks
.. professor. Professor-All right, yor
can give them to my wife.-Lustig'
Batter.
Telegraph Editor-Here's dis
; patch from an observatory saying tina
Blinker's telescope comet has changes
its course Able Editor DAILY Bustle
, Didn't we print an item few year
, ago saying that If Blinker's comet di
! not change its course it would hi
. something? II believe so" Good
! Tell spreadcr to get a full-page illus
trated article showing the influence .
! the Daily Bustle in celestial atfairs. y
NY. Weekly,
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Jimmieboy is studying arithmetic
and has done very well SO far. The
other day his father took him in his
lap, and giving him q squeeze, said:
.'Dear little boy, you don't know how
much love you"
Yes, do" said Jimmieboy, II love
YOU two million dollars worth. Yon
weigh three times as much as do, so
YOU love me three times as much as
do you. That's six million dollars
worth. "-Harper's Young People.
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The emancipated woman was just
leaving the club.
ssHere," said she to the cashier, take
this roll of bills and lock them up in
the. safe for me-"
"You are very cautious" said COM
panion.
Yes. My husband has gotten into
the way of going through my bloom.
ers when I am asleep, and have to
be" Washington Star.
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.Eminently Practical suxrestlon.

Mr.. Billus-rve had roaring in my
Head all day. think I'll consult .
doctor about it.
Mrs. Billus-Hadn't you better con-
pult wheelwright Chicago Tribuaa
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Take a cup brimful of water. Add
sufficient salt to be just perceptible to
the taste. Hold your eyes to the water
so that your lashes touch it, then wink
once and the eyes will be suffused. Dc
not wipe them. This so refreshes the
ewes that they feel like new pair. Dc
not forget the good old rule. AS soon
as YOU feel your eyes" stop using
them. BY following this treatment
very little time will be wasted waiting
for tired eyes. Philadelphia Press
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Miss Lakeside-Look at that old man
with the bald head.
Miss Beacon Street.--How vulgar.
nv dear! You should say: Observe
that ssnescent gentleman with the de.
sollets bang. "-phiIsdelphis Record.
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Italian thought that his "Litera.
ture Of Europe was one OF the most
exhaustive tysatises ever written.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-11-13

185in the 18th dist, of originally Lee,
now the county of Terrell, known as
the Ben johnson place. Also one
hundred acres of lot Of land No. 100,
which hundred acres is in the shape
of a square, and being all of lot No.
1913 in the 18th district that was own"
ed by the said j. G. Wells at the
time of his death. Also all that
portion of land being part of lot No.
1877 in the 18th district of Terrell
county, state of Georgia, west of the
South Western Railroad right OF
way, starting where the east and west
north line OF said lot crosses the rail-
road right Of way, running west two
hundred and thirty>two and two4
thirds yards, thence ten degrees east
of south one hundred and fifty and
twoothirds yards, thence north along
said right of way two hundred and
fifty-eight yards to the said starting
point, said tract embracing four acres
and two hundred and eighty square
yards, more or less, being all Of said
land that was sold by T. N. Klllen
to J. G. Wells: ON the'twentieth day
of October, 1892, Also all that tract
OF land being part of let number
one hundred and twenty in the 18th
district of Terrell county, commenc-
ing two hundred and ninety-nine
yards west of the south east corner
of said lot, and running north paral-
lei with the original land line five
500 yards. thence que ::west two
hundred and sixty-two and one half
yards, thence southwark at varia-
ton of seven degrees east of south
one hundred and eighty and one"third
yards, thence due west twenty-five
feet, thence southwark at variation
OF twelve degrees east of south one
hundred and sixty,six yards to the
original land line, thence east one
hundred and seven and two-thirds
yards to the starting point, contain
ing twenty-one acres more Or less,
said tract of land bounded as follows:
on the east by DIR. j, L. Stapleton's
land, on the sncrth by the land Of
Mrs. F. NJ. Gardener, being a pors
ton Of the same lot that was sold by
Mrs. F. M. Gardener to the said JIG:
Wells, west of the lands of j, Rs
Marshall, J. G. Aven. D. j. Denton
and w. g. Chapman, south by the
land of T. N. KiIlen.
Sold as the property 0 the late j.
G. Wells, deceased. This Novem>
Der the 9th, 1895.
F. M. Wells, Admistratrix.
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Sheriff Sale.

Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson. Terrell county, Ga. i,
on the first Tuesday in December
nex., within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash, the fol>
lowing described property, to-wit F:
One house and lot in the city Of
Dawson, Ga, commencing at the
corner of w r. Melton's lot and RUE
ning west 80 feet and fronting on
Church street, thence south 175 feet
thence east to west line of w. R.
Melton's lot, thence north to starting
point, said house and lot known as
the place where F. A, Ruggles now
resides, end where John Tibbs FORM
erly resided. Levied upon as the
property CT F. A. Ruggles to satisfy
a mortgage Fl ia issued from Terrell
superior court against said F. A.
Ruggles in favor Of Mrs. Olive RugS
giles. This NovemberI5th, 1895.
ID. K. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
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CHINESE HAIR SOAP.
1t Is DisagreeabIe TO Look at, but Hal
Excellent Effect.


In the great empire of China you run
across some very odd things, writes
Margherita Arlina Hamm. One of these
is what we might call hair soap and is
1sed for shampooing purposes. How it
Is made never could find out, but from
the mere appearance of the article I
should say it was composed of fine curl
ed hay, oatmeal, wheat husks, grease
and little borax 1t looks for all the
world like some of the oil cakes which
dairymen feed to their COWS in winter
time. In the market it is sold by the
cake, or to those who cannot afford the
luxury in small pieces The cake is
round or elliptical in outline, from an
inch to 2 inches in thickness, from IL
inches to feet in length and from to
10 inches in width, 1t must weigh two
or three pounds.
In using it your maid breaks off a
piece about as large as an ordinary cake
of toilet soap. When applied to the
hair, it produces a fair lather, and the
hay and husk separate and work their
way into the scalp. The rubbing causes
them to polish the scalp as we'll as the
hair itself. The subsequent rinsing car
ries away all these vegetable ingredients
and leaves the hair and scalp in beauti-
full condition-the former soft and silky,
the latter pink and warm. While the
hair soap is very ugly to look at and
seems altogether ridiculous, yet if you
use it once you are simply charmed
with your new acquisition and employ
it regularly thereafter.
Equally odd and useful are the tongue
scrapers. They are made of tin for the
very poor, of silver for the prosperous
and of gold for the very rich, They are
about the general dimensions of a
whalebone, excepting they are much
shorter. The shortest are four inches in
length, and from that they run up to
foot. One end of the metal ribbon is
attached to a silver ring, by which the
scraper can be hung from a nail in the
bathroom when not in use.
The edges are not sharp, like knife.
but resemble that of a screwdriver.
What is wanted is an edge that will not
cut on the one side, but will remove
any coating from the tongue upon the
other. Besides cleansing the tongue it
is also supposed to strengthen that use
full member and to keep it free from any
eruption. The blade is usually plain
and FURNISHED, but in the more expen-
sive styles it is chased in patterns that
are almost Greek in their beauty and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-11-13
BLACK ANGELS.

"A sharp Yankees Trick to Make Money.
There is a smart Yankee over in Ala.
oama who is said to be making a barrel
OF money by little work and a lot of
ingenuity. He is a book agent, and a
special from Montgomery to the Atlanta
constitution tells of his operations. He
came from Connecticut and has been SELL
ing books chiefly to negroas. He soon
came to appreciate the enthusiasm of
the negroes in matters of religion. He
found that in all the illustrat d Bibles
the pictures of the angels were in white,
and he conceived the idea of having a
Bible made for the colored race filled to
overlooking with pictures of negro an
gels. The books cost him about S1.1C,
but he placed the first large Shipment at
So each, payable 50 so cash, thes balance
IN monthly payments. He is selling the
Bibles as fast as he can get them deliver
ed.