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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Corn Oysters: Half can of corn
chopped fine. one egg. half a cup o.
milk, season with pepper and salt Add
. little -four or fine rolled cracker
crumbs to make batter. Heat butter
and lard in equal proportions In skill
| let, drop batter in little cakes the size
of an oyster. Turn when brown
| Prairie Farmer.
Ham and Eggs: Fry nicely slices
of ham. pour off the fat free from sedi-
ment, heat it hot and break in the
eggs one at time, being careful not
to break the yolks, dip the hot fat
over them till the whites are set Put
the ham in the center of the platter,
placing an egg on each piece. Sur
round with parsley and celery leaves.
Home.
-Cocoanut Balls: Measure two cups
of freshly grated cocoanut. Beat the
whites of two fresh eggs to stin
froth. add four tablespoonfuls of pow
dered sugar, mix well aud stir into the
cocoanut Make into balls, using dry
sugar to hold them together. Lay on
a CREASED paper on tin in warm
oven. and bake until q light brown. =
Home Queen.
Light Waffles: Sift one quart of
-four, add two teaspoonfuls OF salt, q
pint of warm water and half pint OF
milk, mix we'll and add one-half cake
of compressed yeast, beat we'll, set to
rise over night. In the morning add
three beaten eggs, q tablespoonful of
melted butter and -four to thicken the
batter. Bake in well-greased waffle
irons. Farm and Home.
| -Maitre d'Hotel Butter: Put
quarter of pound of fresh butter in
to bowl with one heaping table
spoonful of chopped parsley. the juice
of two lemons, half a teaspoonful OF
salt and a quarter of that quantity OF
white pepper. Mix these ingredients
toa cream. and put in cold place till
required. This is an excellent sauce
for broiled or fried fish and meats.-
Boston Budget.
ITO Wash Lace Curtains: Soak
over night in cold water, put on to
boil in plenty Of cold water, to which
has been added tablespoonful of am
monia and teaspoonful of turpen-
tine. This Is the quantity for clothes
boiler of water. Boil, wiring out, and
rinse in two waters Stiffen with .
weak starch and dry on stretchers.
They will be white and clean without
the wear and tear of rubbing. Fine
handxerchiefs are nice washed in this
manner.-M q Smith in Farm and
Fireside. -
/ -Favorite Pudding. The necessary
ingredients are one egg. one-third of =
pint Of milk, quarter of an ounce Of
gelatine, one ounce of castor sugar.
Soak gelatine in small quantity of
the milk, beat the yollx of the egg,
and add it to the milk with the ounce
Of sugar. Bring the rest of the milk
to the boil, and pour it over the gels
tine, etc; stir we'll. and let the mixture
boil again. Directly it reaches boiling
point pour it on to the well-beaten
. white of egg. mix the whole thorongis-
~, pour into a mold. The pudding
] must not be stirred or shaken till cold,
, when it should be turned out, and ii
will look like thick cream. surmount.
] ed by clear jelly.-Leeds Mercury.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
BLACKSMITH PHOTOGRAPHED
The Force and Direction Of sledge Meas
ured by q New Invention.

The Force and Direction Of . sledge Meas
ured by New Invention.
Instantaneous photography has re-
vealed the fact that there is in art the
conventional attitude and the real at
titudc of men and animals in action.
The horse, for instance, in running,
never assumes the conventional atti-
tude, as the camera has shown. But
If pictures of horses running were all
from instantaneous photographs they
would look unreal. The reason
for this is@that the camera is
quicker than the human eye- Who n
you look at horse running the pict-
ure presented to the eye is q composite
picture and notsa snap shot. The con-
ventional attitude is always graceful,
while the real attitude, which the
camera detects. is rarely so.
A French savant has been investi.
eating this subject by photographing
two blacksmitEs at work. He has i'm
proved upon Edison's kinetograph,
which takes a series of individual pic.
lures, by inventing a machine which
takes the series one on top OF the other.
This discoverer is DR.. Marcy, the in
ventor Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
1t has been found by examination OF
the photographs he has taken that the
man swinging the sledge embodies sew
eral motions in his blow. The hammer
makes practically complete circle.
but it has a lateral motion, and from
the moment it is poised above the head
until it strikes the anvil it gains force
at a terrific rate. This has been meas.
ured by machine under the anvil
which registered the time at different
stages of the stroke as well as the
force of the blow.
A diagram drawn of two men work.
ing on the same piece of metal with
sledge-hammers gave the circle of mo-
tion at different angles, and has ex.
cited much interest among French
scientific bodies.-N Y, World.
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was forever losing his head.
There was the time he confused
those two letters-one was to Miss
Ruyster. to whom Reggie was very de-
voted, and the other to Suydham, who
had transacted a piece of business
which narrowly escaped the line OF
bare faced fraud, and which made poor
Winters pocketbook wofully thin for a
time. He wrote the letters the same
afternoon and addressed the envelopes
indiscriminately- rattlebrain!
The estimable young lady's feelings
may be easily imagined when she read
there was not even situation
"You are fraud, liar and thief. y
Reggie was in a temper when he
penned those words. She didsnot take
the trouble TO read the letter way
through, but glanced at the signature,
and shifted a very scornful sniff,
Suydham was equally surprised when
he read the sweet little note never in
tended for his eyes.
Poor Winters was fairly crushed
when he realized, with many hints
from the malicious Suydham, what a
blunder he had committed. He had
not the courage to call and face the
storm of feminine wrath which must
Inevitably await him-he was withal
something of a coward-but wrote pro-
fuse apologies, and took great care in
addressing the envelope which inclosed
them. And so the engagement between
Miss Ruyster and himself, at which
so many people had limited, never ma
terialized.
And how could he ever forget that
wretched time he went to his room to
dress for the Van Nyce dinner, and,
disrobing, crawled into bed and slept
like child until the following morn
ing, while Mrs. Van Nyce mentally ar
raigned young man who would ac-
cept an invitation, and then spoil a
nicely-planned dinner by leaving an
odd young lady? To his dying day he
would remember the horror he had felt
when he had awakened that morning
and tried to recall the principal events
of the dinner of the previous evening,
and the appalling but none the less
true state of affairs had slowly but
surely dawned on his mind.
At such times he would declare, with
observation-disclosures phrases, that IT
was infinitely better to have no brain
ut all than to be possessed OF an inter.
mittent one like his own.
At last there came a time when he
began to be hopeful. For period OF
six whole months-full months, vary.
ing from thirty to thirty lone days in
length, his mind had been constant, SC
to speak. In fact, he had become SC
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
HANDY ARRANGEMENT.
Convenient Combination of Grain. Poultr
and Hog House.

Convenient Combination of Grain. Poultry
and Hog House.
The accompanying illustration shows
an arrangement by which the poultry,
grain and hogs can be brought into
proximity-an arrangement calculated
to lessen the work of caring for both
kinds of stock, for both are, to no in
considerable extent. fed on grain. The
plan calls for a story and a half build
ing with two wings-one of the wings
for the accommodation of hens and the
other for the hogs, pens for each being
arranged along the sunny side, with a
walk extending the length of the other
side. The central grain building has q
chamber where part of the grain can
be stored in bins, the latter having
chutes to convey the grain to the first
floor. If this central building can have
a cellar, so much the better. for in this
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
THE FARM MECHANIC.
How He Can Make Simple hut Ere'
tive Wagon Jack.

How He Can Make Simple Hut Enec-
tive Wagon Jack.
My jack shown below has been in use
25 years. Make the slanting piece iA)
and the upright (C) of any light strong
wood. The handle (E) is made of inch
hard wood. Cut slot ~ in the upper
ends of each of the 2x3 pieces and deep
enough to receive the handle which
should be to 5 inches wide at the up
per end. Two y by 8 inch bolts are all
that is needed to put together. Bore
the lower hole in the handle little
below the line of the end hole SO that
when the thing is put together and the
handle end of the lever is brought
down, the upperend of the support (C)
is thrown in little past line drawn
from the end hole in handle to the foot
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
which young lady he had escorted
thither, he was pulled up by certain

which young lady he had escorted
thither, he was pulled up by certain
sense of pride and self-importance.
One Sunday evening when he was
calling on Miss Hadley she described
to him Il such glowing manner, with
such pretty smiles on her full lips and
such a marvellous light in her dark
eyes-tlese were Reggies thoughts
during the descriptions charity fair
which was to be held the following
week that he made a mental resolve to
purchase an absurdly large number OF
tickets. And she was to be in charge
of the booth where discarded but still
useful articles of clothing would be re-
eeivcd for the deserving poor, who had
suffered SO much during the hard times.
1t was such O nice, practical idea, she
thought, which is equivalent to saying
he thought so too. 49,
When he left that evening he wrote
1t all down in his memorandum, for 1t
was not safe, he found, to trust too
much to his mind even then.
The opening evening of the fair
came and Reggie consulted the little
book, that its enlightenment might
put all shadows of doubt to fight, and
being assured of the rectitudee of every
thing he arrayed himself for the fete.
When he was about to start very
omiuous thing occurred. He tried no
less than dozen times to ignite PEN
ell with which to light his cigar. This
old time symptom made him very nerv-
II II <<>f he o1 yhor
the fair was to be held, and entered.
He hoped to heavens he wouldn't make
any beastly break tonight. He
slipped off his heavy, fur-lined overcoat
he was very fond of this particular
coat-and looked about for that indis-
pensab booth which Is fundamental
to all successful fairs, where for the
small bride of dime they generously
check your hat and coat. All! that
were passing in those articles. He
walked rapidly to the booth and held
ont his coat and hat. There was a
vision of sweet familiar face and a
sweet familiar voice said: "Oh, how
very generous of you, Mr.. Winters!"
And Miss Hadley gracefully deposited
the things she had taken from him.
Then Winters remembered what she
had told him about her booth. Merci-
had gone to adorn the city poor. He
gasped; he felt confused, suffocated.
He could not ask Miss Hadley to re-
turn them-oh, of course he Couldn't
He did not trust himself to speak in
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
eRkA TIE TIDE.

Whcnsthe storms o. life o'ertake you,
Let not courage e'e- forsaxe yor;
Yield not to the tempest tamcly,
Battle With it firmly. gamely-
Breast the !ids.
What spectacle Ignoble
Is the man rho. when In trouble,
folds his hands with looks desp1iring,
When he should, with high-souled daring,
Breast the tide.
Though the winds should iercely buster,
Clouds OF inky biaclness muster;
Winds ere long will be declinlny,
Clouds displayla silv'ry lining.
Breast the tide
Folly tbs to let disaster
Energy and pluck o'ermaster:
Fortune will show less OF rigor,
II you ply the oar with vigor.
Breast the tide.
Courage only can a,aii you
When the winds and waves assail you
Onward, Onward or be driven a.
On the rocks. your boat all riyenl
Breast the tide
w. r. Barber. I'm N. Y. Ledger
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

CONVENIENT COMBINATION FARM BUILD
ING.
can be stored roots and vegetables for
the use of fowls and hogs, the cooking
of these being done in boiler set on
the first floor The building should be
SO arranged that runs and outside pens
can be arranged in front of correspond
ing inside pens in two wings. The
building should be upon well-drained
ground.-American Agriculturist
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
Only shower.

The last of the scoffers was clinging
to the topmost branch of the fullest
tree on the summit of the highest
mountain with the water up to his
chin when the Ark drifted majestical-
ly by.
"Ahoy, the Ark!" he cried. Take
me on board, Noah"
"Ahoy, the treer" answered Noah.
81 can not do anything for you. You
would not heed my repeated warnings,
and now"
Jaw, sail ahead with yourold scow!
don't believe this 10 going to be much
of a rain, anyhow. IN. Y. World.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
Success in Plant Growing.

There is a wonderful amount of
truth in the following statement:
.Some persons have knack of making
all kinds of plants grow In the most
unfavorable circumstances. think
this is partly owing to magnetic at
traction existing between such per-
sons and their plants The plant.
seem to know that they are loved, that
they are household treasures, that
every new leaf and flower is as well
come as the new words and expanding
thoughts of a baby to its mother. APP
parently unconscious of this they do
their utmost, and in places least
adapted for house culture of plants. we
often find stands or individuals equal
to the best greenhouse specimens
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

Of the upright (C which would hold
the handle at this point without any
fastening. Bore or half-inch holes
in A and insert pieces of half-inch
round rod, letting them project 4 inch
to keep the axle from slipping down.
Hew off the upper side of A from the
lower pin down to an inch thick at
lower end to make it lighter. ".
Frost. in Farm and Home
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
GARDEN VEGETABLES.
when They should He Gathered, and Ho,
Cooked.

When They Should He Gathered, and How
Cooked.
Next to the fruits we eat, no other
part of our food is more healthful than
the succulent green vegetables Of the
garden. We can not all have gardens
at our back doors, and the next best
thing is to insure as regular supply
Of fresh vegetables rs we can COM
tnand.
With modern facilities of transporta-
tion, our supply Of fresh green vegeta
bles throughout the entire year is now
assured. Even for people of very linn
tied means, supply may now be had
from March to December. In proper
supply of the commercial vegetables,
VIC may find relief from many Of the
disorders which impose suffering and
misery, whose intensity no drug Will
permanently relieve and no nostrulu
guarantee complete exemption from.
The numerous kitchen garden plants
enable the frugal housewife to serve
as many tempting dishes as her rivals
in France and sunny Spain.
All the kitchen garden dainties
known to the well-supplied city mar
kets of the Atlantic seaboard are cap
able OF greater variety Of treatment
than they ordinarily receive in the
average household. II no great diver
sity of cooking should be practiced on
asparagus, caulifiower, spirach. pess
gnd Brussels sprouts. more simple
sauces might be made with cream, egg
and salad oil than is now made with
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
FOR STACKING HAY.

stack. For instance IL the stack is to
be Ii ieet square, the bottom of the
pole will be placed on the outside of this
square, with the top directly over the
center. Fasten strong piece of wood,
ox6 feet. on the bottom of the pole
with wire rings in each end by means
of which it can be staked firmly to the
ground. The four guy ropes are fast
ened to the top of the pole and to the
ground by means of a stake. The pull
leys and hay forks are attached much
the same as in barn and are operated
similarly.
For making the pole, use two tele-
graph poles. one 20 feet, the other "a
feet, and splice them firmly together
For guy ropes, take 6 or strands of
No. 12 galvanized wire, draw them
tight and twist. The best way to do
this is to fasten one end to post by
means of a chain with swivel and
pull them taut with large wire fence
stretcher such as is used in putting up
woven wire fence. The swivel will
permit the bunch of wires being
twisted any desired amount. The guy
ropes will cost SO. 40, the pole $3.50, and
in addition you will need the hay fork
and pulleys, which can be taken from
the barn. The total expense of this de-
vice is consequently only $500. The
whole apparatus in position is shown
in the cut. / have used this kind of a
hay pole for two years and can recon-
mend it. 1t is the best derrick for
stacking hay that 1 have ever tried.
Several of my neighbors have used it
and all of them are pleased. With the
pole 40 feet long, a stack 80 to IS feet
high can easily be built. The higher
the pole the easier for the man ON the
stack. Farm and Home.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

Attempted bribery and counter
bribery, at any rate, there were; for
the conqueror himself was offered by
the emperor principality in the en-
pire with not less than quarter of .
million subjects, and an independent
income. Had Francis known the
projects of his opponent he would have
reviled himself as an artless simpleton.
Century.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

Mrs. Quickleigh-The firsfman who
ever proposed to me said that If l
would not marry him he would blow
his brains out.
Miss Wonder-Good graciousl He
must have been crazy. Why didn't
you have him put under restraint?
M did married hit Bits.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
AGRICULTURALHINTS.
FOR STACKING HAY.

One OF the best and Cheapest Derricks
Ever Devised.
One of the best and cheapest derricks
for stacking hay out-of-doors consists
simply of one straight pole 40 feet high,
secured in an upright position by
means of four guy ropes each about so
feet long. Place the pole in a some
what slanting position so that the top
Will be directly over the center of the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

'sHow can you ill-use your dog in
that fashion? / thought you were .
member of the society for the protec-
ton of animals!'
$50 am, but haven't paid my sub
scription for the last three months. -
Lustige Batter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
HE TRIED TO IGNITE A PENCIL.

HE TRIED TO IGNITE A fENeiA-
hopeful that he was paying marked at
tentions to certain pretty maiden.
Now half the girls of Winters ac-
uuaintance were down on him for his
impoliteness; really, he hadn't intend
ed to be impolite, you know, but that
his brain had left him in the lurch
with disastrous results great many
times, and he had solemnly vowed new
er again to look at girl until he had
his mind close captive. This was the
only way of avoiding a complete boy
colt. But in light of the present sta
bility Of the gray matter within his
skull. he decided that to venture now
would not be too hazardous. Therefore.
with the greatest care and determine
ton, he mapped out campaign, the
successful elimination of which was t.
be the surrender Of Miss Mae Hadley's
hand.
Affairs chose q very smooth course
for themselves. When Reggie found
he. poisld aCtnslly 60 TO . box party
a sss~ stlng 3ring the evening
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Eva Ito Ella just eDgsged)-I snip
pose, of course, that Jack got ON his
knee to propose?
Ella-No. he couldn't.
And why couldn't he pray?"
because l was on it."-Texas Sift
ings
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
A REWARD OF CHARITY,
BY RICHARD BARKER SHELTON.

K. REGINALD
WINTERS was
such a combina-
ton of careless
n ess and abb
S e n tim i n ded-
ness that 1t was
really a wonder
he did not some
time forget to
exist IL there
was a wrong
way of doing
anything he in-
variably adopt
ed that method
for its accom-
plishment. He
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

.sMother." said little Tommy, twas
Samson o football player?"
mo, dear. Whist made you think he
WASP
cause he wasn't any coed SITTER b
got his hair cut "--Jud9e
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17
The BesutIes Of colorado.

Some of Colorado's high valleys are
beautifully green and fertile. The
spring comes late and the winter early,
but the summer is bright and warm,
unfailing streams fed from the noun
tain SHOWS enrich the meadows, and on
al sides rise the Rockies, clad to the
snow line with wood that is slowly
dwarfed as the elevation increases
Stock goes all summer long on the
mountains, but it is impounded in win
ter, though q stray COW or horse man
ages sometimes to elude the autumn
roundup. The impending mountains
forever dominate the imaRinations o.
the valley jewellers. IN. Y. Sun.
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Medium-Now, ladies and gentle
men, If there is any spirit you wish to
see let me know.
Prof. Dricbones NOTED EgyptoloRistl
Can you show MS Cheops. the builder
Of the great pyramid7
m-Certainiy-
Prof. Driebones-G lorfous! will
talk to him ir his own lanaunKe.
Medium (hastily) cheops says hs
has the grip'spd ean't come. ~, \
Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

CONVENIENT coMBIN TON FARM Build
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-12
RUSSIA'S LATEST MOVE.

From a British standpoint rela-
tons with the nations of the West
ern hemisphere have dropped into
comparative insignifcance before
the suggestions that have arisen
on account of the mysterious move
ments of the Russian feet in East
ern waters. While the tone of the
English newspapers is decidedly
warlike, and the situation among
the powers of Europe has a more
threatening and serious appear
ance than has been in evidence for
some time past, it is possible that
the movements OF the Russian fleet
will be attended with no more seri-
Gus complications than character
lied the recent mysterious maneu-
vering of the British fleet, when
the press of Japan looked for some
thing more aggressive than the
ultimatum to China. Russia's
aspirations to acquire a winter
harbor is, however, a constant
menace TO peace and quiet in the
Orient and Europe, and it is barely
possible that this latest move is the
preliminary step of an active cam
paign to gain possession of the COW
eted port.
The Chronicle suggests than an
explanation of the Russian mys-
terry will be found in the treaty
that has just been negotiated, &C.
cording to report, between Russia
and China. at is said that the
treaty is far-reaching in its terms,
not only from a commercial but
from a military and naval stand