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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-01
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Yeast Poultice: Stir flour and wa
ter into paste, add little yeast ant
set the mass aside to rise" After
fermentation has actively begun. sew i
up in muslin bag sufficiently large t.
allow for the expansion of its contents
Change every twelve hours. Good
Housekeeping.
Troy Pudding: One cup of butter
one-haf cup sugar, one-half cup mo.
lasses. one cup sour milk, one cur
chopped raisins or figs, three cups
hour, one teaspoonful soda, one tea
spoonful cloves, one teaspoonful CHINA
mon, little nutmeg; steam three
hours, serve hot with rich sauce
Mrs. j. e. Macintosh, in Home.
| In washing or securing paint little
soap should be used, the alkali of the
soap having a tendency to iniure the
paint But water alone is not suffi-
cient. After securing with the brush.
and soap, plenty of water should be
used to wash off what remains of the
soap; otherwise, if left on the paint, it
will cause its decay.-Leeds Mercury.
"A Nice Way to Warm Over Rem.
nant of Ham: Chop the meat fine, be-
ing careful to remove any pieces of
gristle and fat Put Tablespoonful
OF butter into a saucepan, when hot
add a tablespoonful of flour, cook un-
til smooth but not brown, add grad
ually cup of rich milk, stirring con.
stantly. add the chopped ham, sea-
soned highly with red pepper and
little salt. Let the meat get thorough.
iy hot and serve. The beaten yollxs of
two eggs may be added, and makes
pleasant variety.-Boston Budget.
Lemon Pudding: The juice and
grated rind of one lemon, one cup of
sugar. yolks of two eggs, three heap
ing tablespoons -four, a pinch of salt. |
one pint rich milk. Mix the flour and
part of the milk to smooth paste: add
the juice and rind of lemon, the sugar,
yolks. well beaten, the rest of the
milk. Line deep plate with puff paste
one-quarter inch thick, ,pour in custard |
and bake in quick oven until well |
done. Beat white to stiff froth. Add
two tablespoons sugar and frost; re.
turn to oven and brown. Serve with
very cold or whipped cream. Stuff.
Gent for six persons.-Mrs. Charles A.
Bryant, in Home.
Milk Custards: This delicious des-
'ert is variously termed rennet custard.
slip, or junket, the difference living
'nly in flavor or in more generous
Use OF eggs. Slip, in its simplest form,
S merely rich milk, slightly favored
ind sweetened, and ''set" with LIQUID
ennet. large tablespoonful being re.
luired to quart. This is most re.
reshing dessert for hot day, and DOS
esses great advantage in being SO
asily prepared. A beaten egg or two,
spoonful of wine and dash of nut.
neg. and slip is converted into junket
erve with cream. 1t may be further
aried by the addition of few spoon
uls of fruit-juice well sweetened and
arefully stirred in, or even a handful
t berries, in their season, which i'm.
art color as we'll as flavor to the dish.
one chances to be near a cheese fac.
Dry or creamery. one can usually OBJ. :
ain rennet much more cheaply than
drug-store.-Country Gentleman.
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A SURE CURE.
Ono Way of Refreshing . Husband.s
Memory.

One Way Of Refreshing . Husband,,
Memory.
Two married ladies were talkinp
about their respective and respected
lords.
docs your husband forget things?r
asked one
Never" said the other.
We'll. mine does. / think there Is
hardly day when he comes home from
his Office that he doesn't begin to apollo
gize for his forgetfulness. OF course,
| have to accept the apology on his
promise to do better, and the next day
the very same thing occurs" =
THAT must be extremely annoying. =
1T is. Sometimes l get so vexed
with him that really have to scold
him."
"And that never is pleasant
Il should say not. I'm sure I'd rathe,
be anything else than scold, but som q
actually drive their wives to
It. I've been married ten years, and
sometimes l almost fear if he doesn't
improve he will have my temper utter
y spoiled"
I've been marrieda dozen years and
never have any such trouble
May be your husband is an excep-
tien?"
mo; he's only average as married
men 60"
Wasn't he ever forgetful?"
He was at 6rst, but cured him of
It"
''Gracious, thought it was incura-
ble."
"Oh, no. You can cure him easily If
ron will use my remedy"
I'm sure I'll only be too glad to
What Is it2s
Never ask him to get anything for
ron. Get it yourself. He has enough,
= think about without being errand
boy"
"Oh. exclaimed the first woman, ami
remained silent for as much as TIVE
Detroit Free Prcss.
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SEASiCK NAVAL OFFICERS.


A""s'" oi service Not Always Certain
Protection on Men-of-war.
Before went to sea-" said naval
officer. II had notion that a man
mad his one dose of sea-sickness as he
has his one painful initiation into the
mysteries of tobacco, and that after
once getting on his sea legs, he had
those useful members in full possess
sion forever after. I've learned better
since then. In fact, went to sea with
horrible anticipations that were never
realized. and 1 was scasick for the
nrst time in my life after had been
more than fifteen years in the service.
1t didn't last long, and returned to
my pipe and tobacco half an hour after
my seizure, to the establishment of nv
shipmates, for seasick man usually
has no use for tobacco.
That was rather a rough cruise in
small ship, and there were DAYS
when only three out of thirteen in the
ward-rooms sat down to meals. You
never know when you'll be seized with
seasickness. and suppose a man
twenty-five years in the service may
have the thing for the first time. Men
have been forced to resign by reason
OF continued seasickness, but men re-
main year after year in the service
and are seasiclx much of the time when
the ship is underway. Others are sea-
sick in every storm, and still others
when their own physical condition is
peculiar. There is this popularity
about seasickness, l suspect that it is
a N had 70 i
doing what must be done. At any
rate, this is true on board man-of-
war. The seasick navigator watches
his compass; the seasick watch officer
stands his watch; the seasick captain |
attends to business. The sickness NAV |
be so bad that man eats nothing for |
forty-eight hours, but he manages
somehow to keep about, and l think / |
have never seen a man actually give
up and go to bed when there was any,
thing to be done.
"old sailors are sometimes seasick,
though seldom: but they never fail to
respond to the boatswain's call on that
account. The sailor that is constantly
seasick realizes that he has missed his
calling, and does not ship for second
cruise. OF course apprentices, stewards,
clerks and the like are at first sick at
the slightest motion. but, as everybody
Else, they stand chance of getting
hardened to the thing, and in ordinary
weather the number of seasicl1 persons
IN board man-of-war is small.
Certain ships are famous and trying
% weak stomachs. The Yorktown is
me of them, and some of the small
hips are worse. The big are usually
lot so bad. There are men that stand
he roll first rate, but can not stand
he pitch, while others stand either
lone, but can not stand the combiua-
ion of the two. 1t is rather amusing
o watch the various malicious devices !
t the sea to catch her victims with
ne sort of motion when they decline '
be disturbed by another, and it's
qually amusing to see new man try c
lg to find remedy for seasickness. o
It's my belief that there is no remedy
N. Y Sun. i
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HATS AND THEIR wEARERs.
The Madonna Girl, the Poets Ideal, 10 the
Rage mt Present.

The Madonna Girl, the Poets Ideal, 10 the
Rage ut Present.
The bonnet whose plumes stand
straight up to great height from a
modest Dutch band, looks great deal
like FIJI head-dress, but if it be
styled Dutch bonnet the suggestion
of the South seas is not amiss. For.
be it known, the Dutch bonnet is on
top in double sense; it reigns
throughout the country, and women
find it universally becoming, too. Isn't
it funny women are SO modest? They
confess with delight that each fashion
proves becoming. instead of realizing
that it is their own everlasting charm
that is proven. No matter what she
puts on, a pretty woman is going to
be slightly. 1t is necessary only that
she should not look strangely different
from other girls that her prettiness
may be recognized. So it is that all
tumble unto the same fashions with
fitful frenzy. Harmony being thus Sc
cured, beauty gets its invaria BILE rec
ognition. All the same, the Madonna
girl and the big girl with rather heavy
features and fine eyes is having her
time just now.
A fetching toque is thus described:
1t is OF sapphire blue velvet, which is
arranged in series of puffs and loops
in front and around the brim, dimin-
lshed in size at the back. On either
side toward the front, feathery aig-
-ettes are placed. A pretty variation
IN the neck ruche binds big roses to-
yether in strand of bright ribbon.
The ribbon ties in front under the
him. is fitted smooth y in at the col
ar and sweeps stiffiy and prilnly over
he blouse 'front.' turning under with
t to tuck in with it at the belt. Cor
esponding bands are added to each
ide and fit closely. Almost all the
lew bodices will show this effect or
ONE modification of it Very slender
romen may try the bodice bloused in
be back as we'll as in the front, but
he experiment is risky for anybody
ut q bean pole. Boston Traveller.
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FUN IN a sHIPWREcK.
Ludicrous Incidents Described by an OF
Salt Who Was Thirsty.

Ludicrous Incidents Described by an OF
Salt Who Was Thirsty.
II shall never forget my expericnc
! In the southern ocean in the winter q
49," said the sailor-looking man in
reminiscent tone.
The other passengers in the smoke
naturally asked him to tell it, they al
having exhausted their supply Of yarn
and anecdotes. So. after little press
ing. the sailor man proceeded.
1T was in the winter of '73 that
was mate aboard the Nancy Jane, from
New York for Valparaiso. It was JUS
after doubling the cape that the trou
BILE began; and right here let me sa,
the cape was bad enough without dou
bling it, but orders is orders on ship
board.
About noon it fell dead calm, which
made us all look alive for gale. Il
came on soon enough. and our mast.
went by the board, leaving us without
stick of timber. However, we had
! plenty of cordwood, and managed tc
keep fire going in the galley.
This was lucky, for without the fire
OF course we couldn't have cooked the
eggs for breakfast. I forgot to say
that early in the gale the ship laid to.
But the ship was doomed and our
hearts began to sink; so did the ship.
We manned one boat with the women,
and just as the cock crew the crew got
into the other. We had no provisions
save a few fire crackers, and after
drifting about for a week-and a weak
lot we were-our boat struck rock,
the first thing we had struck since our
grub gave out, and we took in supply
of water.
Then we threw the painter over
board, and the carpenter and the rest
OF us pulled the boat ashore. The other
boat capsized, but all hands were saved,
though one man lost both arms by get
ting them caught in coil of rope. We
were hard-locking set. not one of us
having seen soap or fresh water since
having left the ship. but we looked
better after having been washed ashore.
I'VE found that we had landed on an
island. There was a great swell on
shore the first day, and we afterward
saw little cove running inland, but
there were no other signs of life.
1--WE had nothing to live on but the
country, and fortunately there was
plenty of that, but it soon became mo-
notonous, and we longed for change
OF diet. About the third day one of
the women deserted sail-a woman
always has an eye out for sale, YOU
know-and as we saw the stranger
hugging the shore we Rugged ourselves
for joy.
"The vessel came as near as she
could, then threw over plank and we |
Ill got aboard, and we enjoyed the |
board hugely and filed up promptly.
Then the sails filed and we were off |
Ind away.
''The vessel was bark, built of dog.
wood, and good sailer. though some
II us had thought tina: dog wouldn't
Loaf She was called the Haromasia.
md"
And never existed except in your
you old fraud" shouted
he crowd with one voice, and you
ave been only Keeling off lot of
heap puns, confound youi"
And they turned from him as from
ne accursed.-Boston Transcript.
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HOME OF THE oENlI.
Great Hall In China In Which Hundreds
of Idols Are Huddled.

Great Hall In China In which Hundreds
of Idols Are Huddled.
Five hundred of the Gods of China
are collected in the hall of the house
of the Genii at Canton. If you were to
ask the most learned and devout
Chinese which is the greatest of these
divinities, or to name few of them
that are superior to the others in posi-.
ton and 'potency, he would probably
be deeply puzzled. There is, in fact.
utter confusion in the spirit world of
the Chinese. Such mixing up of au.
thority and attributes among human
beings would result in a chaotic and
hopeless condition of affairs. Even
when the great dieties that stand for
the three religions are brought into
Juxtaposition, sometimes one occupies
the center, the post of honor, and
sometimes another. To-day it may be
Confucius, tomorrow Buddha, and the
next day Laotze.
So in this great house of the Genii at
Canton the images OF the gods are hud-
died heltcr-skelter together, the ar
rangement frequently changing, &C.
cording to the within or caprice of the
attendants, and nobody is able to tell
why there should be any change atall.
Some of these images represent the
spirits OF the great religious teachers.
or OF the emperors, who are ALWAYS
deified whether they were good or bad
in the flesh; others may represent
merely the hedgehog, the fox, the
weasel, the snake or the rat, all Of
which are supposed to exercise an inn
portant influence upon human affairs.
They are dubbed This excellency" on |
the printed placards which distip-
guish one from another, and the most
learned scholars are not ashamed, on |
the days set apart for the worship Of |
these lowly spirits, to be seen 1T their
genuaexions before the images.
Good and evil spirits in this house Of |
the Genii have equal place and equal
Why should not the wicked
spirits be humbly entreated. If their
evil passions may thus be mollified and
they induced to visit the misfortunes
they command upon some less reverent
person? 1t is queer tumble of the
three potent creeds that have I Arm
Eoothold in China. It is q strange con.
fusion of such multiplicity Of goda e
S seen nowhere else in the world: and I
The reason Of it seems to be that the
Ereat mass OF Chinese arc willing to +
blend in their faith and practice all
he religions that have been stamped
n their own land with the zeal Of an
EQUITY. By seeming at least to re-
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THEY WE'RE BOTH oE-sGH7ro
That Was Before Elther Had Seen thu
Gift Selected by the Other.

That Was Before Either Had Seen thu
Gift Selected by tho Other.
They had eaten philopena. and as
the result was doubtful they each de.
cided to pay the forfeit, which hae
been left for the losers own selection
They happened to meet on the street
that day. and.as he turned to walk be ck
with her he said:
1--WE just come from your house, Mis-:
Edith, and hope you will like what
have left there"
20, I'm sure shall; you always bs We
such lovely taste. /, too. have jrsi
sent You trife which hope you mi;
find to your liking"
20. Miss Edith, you know / couldn't
help liking anything you would Sc.
lect."
20, can hardly wait to get home te
see what you have brought me-"
II, too, am curious to know what nv
present is. But where have you beeug
81 just came from Mays; 1 had in.
tended to remain all afternoon, but
that horrid little dog of hers made me
SO nervous that really couldn't stay
Don't you like dogs?"
70, yes, some dogs, but this is one OF
those horrid little pugs-I never could ,
bear pug"
20, Miss Edith, thought you"
Had too much good sense to like
the horrid things? Thank yoa. knew
you would understand me, you always
do"
'I-er- isn't that Dick Brownsmith
coming towards us?"
why. it is. What a we'll dressed
man he ISL
Rather, yes-that is, barring his
ties. l never could think anything OF
a man who wears red neckties."
''Why. thought you"
Would never be seen wearing such
a thing? Thank you for your good
opinion. l won't"
"I-ah-well, here we are at home:
you will come in; won't you?"
Why. er-no-thatis, Ireally haven't
lime. IL must go home and see the
ovely gift you have sent me-"
20, don't De in Murray about that.
You really ought to come in to see nv
surprise and pleasure when / first see
your charming present."
: You are sure to be surprised. atany
ate, Miss Edith" said the young man,
With sickly smile, as he backed down
he steps.
His words were verified, for she
ound that he had brought her pug,
While, on reaching home, he opened
'erfumed packet to find that she had
ent him-a red necktie. And now
hey are both wondering what to say
each other when next they meet
hicago Tribune
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HIS DIAGNOSIS.
Mike Knew the Principal Points In MedIca,
Practice.

Mike Knew the Principal Points In Medica,
| Practice.
A man named Mike Dooley has been
employed for a number of wears rs
driver by well-known physician, who
fell i'll and died. Mike was disconso.
late over his employers death. He
was out of job, and untitled for any
other employment save driving doc
tors buggy from patient to patient
and mapping during the visits He sat
around the house in a morose and
mournful sort of way until his ener.
getic wife grew weary.
'Phy don't yez sthir yezs'f an do
sumthin'?" she inquired with indigna-
ton.
"Shure, an phwat kin Oh COP" he re-
turned
Dor she repeated. "Av Old bin
wild docbter foortane years an sax
munts Old know enuff t. be a dochter
moist"
Mike frightened up. He knew moth
ing, OF course, about medicine, except
few grandiloquent phrases he had
heard his master use in its praises.
However, he hung out his sign and
next day a woman called.
us the doctor IMP" she asked.
"Oi'm tn dochter, mom," responded
Mike.
Then l wish you would tell me what
is the matter with me- she remarked
in the plaintiff tone of a chronic in
valid.
"Twinty dollars, MON, av you place.
said Mike, sententiously.
The woman demurred.
"Scoience, nom, an knowledge av
air on'y acquired boi dthe
axpindatoor ov CRATE toll an tonne an ,
mummy; SO, nom, my fays air inwaira-
bly, in advance"
When Mike fred that at her she
yave up the twenty without another
word.
Let me see yure tung, mom," de-
handed Mike. The woman obeyed.
Lit me fale yure pools" he con-
'inued, and she extended her hand.
Lit me heer dthe b'atin' av yure
lairt,' and Mike, with an air of seri-
'us study, laid his shock head against
he patients bosom. After a moment
le drew 1t away with jump.
The worst fears air realoized.
nom! he exclaimed; '.yez have a wart
- yure hairtl'-W Washington Star.
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WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT.

Ifcy whispered low: AShe will pass avav
Al the turn of the sea to-day.
40 the place where clay Is clay"
When the tide goes out,
Do time mas como when her soul must slim
IL moorings with these earthly ships.
fer the seal of death is on her Inns.
AS the .ide goes out
My, only to drift to other lands
Feel the touch OF kindred aands
iross ner feet 10 the golden sands.
When the tide goes out
enc may lay her treasures at His feet.
ne VINO made her life complete:
VINO sailed away when life was sweox-
When the tide went out
Life itself must begin ut last.
FOR them when the harbor-bar 1, nassed.
ana inc anchor OF death Is surely cast.
When tho tide goes out
noI INC notsam OF life shall come drifting In.
beyond the rocks OF doubt and sin.
ana coos sweet peace shall enter In.
When the tide goes out
Laiiie sterlingi. in Good Housekeeping
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a small Youth,s Retort.

The pompous schoolmaster some
times finds himself in position which
is not entirely to his taste. A great
English wit, Mark Lemon, once wrote
2 book in which he told Of chubby
faced little urchin who passed his con-
ceited instructor upon the street with
out bowling. The schoolmaster stopped
and frowned.
What has become Of your manners.
sir?' he roared. 1T seems to me that
you are better fed than taught"
Yes, sir" replied the little boy.
That's because you teaches me; but /
feeds myself. sir. "-Harper's Young
People.
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Madge-I don't like that foreigner
and ! don't believe he's cot Mt at all.
Mamie Why not? He seems toknow
all the nobility.
y know. but he's actually got money
ct hts owp, Chicago Record.
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PiSCATORiAL APPETlTES.
Curious Foods of the Fishes In the New
York City Aquarium.

Nurious OOus OF the Fishes In the New
York City Aquarium.
The work of providing suitable food
Tor the many varieties of foreign and
domestic fish in sthe New York CITY
aquarium makes a very curious and in.
teresting study. The food provided is
as nearly as possible like the food the
fish eats in his natural free state. The
fish are fed once day at regular
hour. The live food is placed in the
tanks and is soon captured by the fish,
and the dead food is thrown into the
pools as required and the part not
used is afterward taken out to keep
the pool clean. 1t was found neccs-
sary to have as much variety as posi-
bic in fish foods, since the fish are very
fastidious in their diet and often re-
fuse to eat the food offered them.
The live food consists of CLANS,
shrimp, killies, crabs and variety of
small fish. CLANS are used in large
quantities, being cut up in sizes to suit
the fish. For sharks and such large
fish live menhaden are placed in the
pool. The skate and the dog fish eat
large snails. the striped bass are fed
on soft crabs. The smaller fish require
especially prepared fish. If clans are
fed to.them for instance, they have to
be cut up into mince meat or else care
fully scraped. The sea anemone, for
instance, are fed on crabs and the soft
parts of oysters, and it is necessary to
place these particles of food on forks
to place them within the anemone's
reach. The sea horses are especially
delicate feeders, and great care is taken
in preparing their food. A minute
crustacean is sometimes put in their
tanks. Shrimps are also used at times
for this purpose. They must be per-
fectly fresh, however, and be served
with the greatest care to make it re-
semble the sea horses natural food.
The barnacles are provided with a
net in which they move through the
water to secure their food, and are also |
very particular in their fare. The
iuice of CLANS or oysters is usually fed
% them by dropping it into water d.
'ectly above them The barnacles sub
list on the fibers Of the mollusk. The
mailer crustaceans are fed with very
mall pieces Of young hermit crabs,
nails. Holsters, etc. The coral polyps
nd other very small varieties are fed
n similar way. Great care is always
xercised to provide the best quality of
God and to vary 1t, so as to make it APP
etizing to the fish. The work of feed
1g and the antics of the fish while eat
ng are we'll worth watching. The
aadi u0 bos,r is indaod ~, fu- A. -
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Tommy = Nav, that nasty little
Briggs kid sassed me this morning,
and ! didn't do thing to him.
Mrs. ,Figg-I am glad, Tommy, to
learn that you have exercised the vir-'
ture Of forbearance so nicely.--In-
dianapolis Journal.