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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
A.dvice to Cotton Planters.
,lNUARy. Begin the year by "cu

-lNUARY. Begin the year by "cuss.
;@E' your merchant. for having rob-
3 d you the year previous, and swear
ing that you would rather take
chances with the chickens. than get
supplies from him again. Go out and
lake a look al your field. Say: 1--WE
plenty of time 10 begin knocking
stalks" Then go ON camp hunt.
FEBRUARY. Begin 10 weaken on
your resolve about the commission
mercant. towards the end of ,he
month begin knocking stalks. Break
up YOUR corn ground IN hurry. and
plaii il any way yon eau. al don't
make any difference about corn"
MARCH. Wrile TO your merchant
that you have all your cotton ground
broken ap, snd that all your corn is
up, aud worked around the first time.
Tell him the weather is magnificent
for farming aud reques. supplies.
APRIL. Keep on with your breaL
lag up anu begin planting cotton.
Say: IL had intended 10 buy a planter,
bui aiu't got the money now. swell,
the old-iasl.iored way is just as good,
II il docs cost more and waste seed"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
Cheerful Women.


In marrying, men should seel. hap
lpy women. They make terrible
mistake when they marry for beauty,
or for talent, or for style. The sweet
est wives are those who possess the
magic secret Of being happy under
any and every circumstance. Rich or
poor, high or low, !, makes no differ
euce, the bright little fountain bubbles
up just as unsteady in their hearts
nothing ever goes wrong with them
40 trouble is TOO serious for them "to
make the best of H." Was ever the
stream of calamity so dark aud deep,
that The sunlight of a happy face fall.
ing across its turbid tides would not
wake an answering CLEAN? No mat
Ter how cross and Grabbed YOU feel,
no matter If your brain is full Of med
itation on affecting dIspcnsations. aud
Your stomach with medicines, pills ana
TONES; just sci one of those CHEEKY
little women talking to You, and you
are not afraid 20 wager anything that
she can cure YOU. The tong drawn
line about The mouth will relax. the
cloud of settled gloom will vanish,
nobody knows where, and the first
thing yoa know will be laughing
All, what blessings are these happy
women. How often their little hands
guide the ponderous machine of life,
with almost an invisible touch! How
we look forward through The weary
DAY TO their fircside smiles! No one
knews, aud no one ever will know
until The day Of judgment reveals. how
much we owe to these helpful, hope
full, accomplishing womcn-Ex.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The great difference it makes was
exeinplified in town out West. A
young girl while rumaging amoung
old papers in the garnet came across
some old love letters from her father
10 her mother. Taking some of them
down stairs, she told her mother that
she was in correspondence with a
Young man aud would like to read her
some of his letters. AS the reading
progressed, with change Of names to
suit the occasion, the old lady jumped
up and down in her chair, looked dis
gusted. dropped her knitting in her
lap aud ended by positively ferbiding
Der daughter TO have anything TO do
with man who would write such
siekeniug stuff 10 girl. The account
goes or 10 say that when she handed
the letter 10 her mother 10 read, the
house became SO still that one could
hear the grass growing in the back
yard.-Slalcs.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Get your crop planted at all hazards
or John Smith viii get his in ahead OF
you. This would be an everlasting
disgrace. Say ri Intended to rebed
this land, but everybody has gone 70
planting, so Phi have 10 sock her in
anyhow"
MAY. Now is the time to begin
"kicking" about the lice. They're
eating my crop up. Don't see how
Pm going 10 save stand, ETC." Take
about forty drops; buy $3.50 worth
of chips. and tell the boys, as you take
hand, that s.lhc nights are colder on
young cotton than | ever saw them al
his time of year"
JUNE When the rains begin, be
sure every week TO claim that every
shower visited your place, and, be-
sides, you were favored with three
rains thai nobody else got.
july. Begin 10 talk about worms.
If you see any, don'i buy any Paris
Green until everybody else has bought
some. Then make a colossal kick be-
cause yen can't get any =, AID s.eensss''
your hard luck.
AUGUST. II this month is dry, don't
save any nay or cut any wood. Wait
until the weather looks threatening.
Then rush 10 the hay field aud send
the wood-choppers to The woods. by
the time your hay is cut, il will be
soaked, and when YOU want 10 haul
gin-wood. the swamps will be impassa-
SEPTEMBER. Suddenly remember
that you have been weighing cotton
all this time without CIRCULATING your
pea" Make mental calculation OF
how much unnecessary cash you have
paid out. Go down to the store and
get Two pounds Of ''blue whisilers."
OCTOBER. This is The month TO
draw heavily OH "your uncle" Stay
right With the old maa, SO that if any
thing happens, you will come out ON
top. He's been riding YOU all the year
ride him awhile longer. Ii be kicks
al the size of your payrolls, write and
ask him, "if be wants the cotton in the
field TO waste?' This will fetch him.
NOVEMBER. 1t is now time to hunt
up your hogs and cattle that you
have not seen since last Spring. Buy
a quart at the store and stay out day
or So Come back with three yearl-
ings, aud The old black sow and her
four shoats ;all that you could find of
fifty head. "Cuss" the hogs tor going
wild aud the niggers for stealing your
COWS. The go down 10 the store and
"tank up"
DECEMBER. On the first of this
month make up your mind that you
will spend Christmas with your rela-
lives some you have not seen in ears.
Blame yourself for not having gone to
see them before. Finally, wind up oD
Christmas Eve, by getting in a "Iiltic
game" AT the store, and for your
Christmas dinner, sit down to q royal
spread OF canned beef and soda crack
ers.--Rube, in the Concordia Sentinel.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Some blooming summer poet gets
it off thusly: "When the breezy
blooming boomers are universally the
go, will the tailors press creases in
them, should like TO know? When
the baby's head is nodding and wants
to take nap. how can mama lull her
darling in bifurcated lap? How can
Bridget shoe the chickens with no
skirt TO flop and fling, when the crea-
lures go grubbing in the garden in
the spring? But the question most
annoying that our speculations catch,
can she vie with me in action When
she goes TO strike match ?"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

I There are five saw mills in oper.
alton in Tensas parish.
Two hundred dollars foot was
paid for piece of land on the prin.
eipal street of Lake Charles las,
week.
A sailing vessel, 600 tons capaci-
ty, will come up to Baton Rouge next
week and take on 600, 900 feet OF
lumber and 500, 900 shingles for New
York.
The Opelousas Clarion, one of the
ncatest papers in the State, and
Democratic to the core, is on oui
table, and we are pleased to place II
on our exchange list.
The public printer of Tensas
parish receives $3.50 from the Police
Jury for publishing their proceed
ings. They think IL is right to sup
port q paper and try to keep one ii
their parish.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Three OF the colored people, OF
Of the sixty-five, who went 7
Liberia about six months ago, hav
returned. The men say that the
were simply dumped ashore an
allowed to shift for themselves. :
score OF their comrades died of ell
matic fever, and some, it was repor'
ed persisted by starvation. Wor
could not be secured, and the fies
Of dead animals and snakes wer
seized upon with ayidity for food
They will learn after awhile thu
that there is only one country fd
them, and they better stay in it.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
NOW TRY THIS.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have y
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DIR. Kings
New Discovery fof Consumption.
Coughs aud Colds is guaranteed to
give relief, or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from LaGrippe found it lust
lhe thing and under its use had .
speedy aud perfect recovery. Try a
sample bottle at our expense and learn
for Yourself just how good thing il
is. Trial bottles free al j. 5. Gueuard
Drug Store. large size soc. and 81 90.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The police jury of Assumption
parish, acting as board Of review,
ers, at meeting recently heidi
changed the valuation of the PROP
erty, as fixed by the assessor, OF ove'
two thousand taxpayers. The boarS
examined the entire list and came t.
the conclusion that many OF tn
assessments were Illegal and unlaws
full, and proceeded to correct AM
eoualize them.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Fhe Fifth District Levee Board
having the lands belonging to thed
in the parish of Tensas properl
listed by the assessor with a view I
have all flaws in their titles perfecte
by tax sale. The Board will do til
same thing in the other parishes com
posing the district. Mr.. Shield
secretary of the board, is now tryin|
to sell a large lot OF Concordia lam
to a Chicago company.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Sealed bids for building bridge across
Tensas bayou at the Gailliard plantation
will be received at the Office OF the clerk
OF the Ponce Jury up to noon, August Is,
1895. The contractor to be paid in cash
when contract is completed and required
to urnlsh bond in thesum of % per cent.
OF his bid
Plans and specificationon file wv tn clerk
OF the Police Jury
Right to reject any and all bids reserved.
Plans and speci ications on file with clerk
of the Police Jury.
r. D. QUAYS.
Pres. Police Jury
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

In Dunn county, N. c., farmers
are much interested in hybrid cot
ton plant which farmer Of that
county is experimenting with. 1t
bears three times as many bolls as
the average stalk of cotton, and its
lint is OF as fine quality, resembling
somewhat that Of Sea Island lint.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The prison of Orleans parish must
be a we'll patronized hotel, from the
following statement for the month OF
July: White males, 3il3; females,
so; colored males, 5174; females.
Ss7 total, 6o6l; total white, 350S ;
total colored, 606l; grand total,
1869. Pounds of bread furnished,
AHA; pounds of meat, ii, 152.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The Epworth News says: "Too
many church members are more
religious than righteous. They think
more about keeping certain forms
and ceremonies than doing the Lord
work. Many woman will try to
send the costlieth wreath to a
funeral, who will not give cent to
the poor.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
Notice.

The partnership existing between T. f..
Montgomery and j. q. Purvis in the livery
stable business. under the firm name OF
Montgomery 4 Puryis. has been dissolved,
hIr. Montgomery continuing the business
and assuming all liabilities of the late firm.
Il. #. MONTGOMERY.
j. q. PUREI5.
Lake Providence, La. July 81, 1895.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The cholera in Japan is knocking
the Japs out faster and surer than
in the late war with China. Up to
the Goth of July, the total number of
cases had been 1906, Of which 4,318
had proven fatal, death rate OF so
per cent,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

The Populists of Mississippi have
nominated full State ticket. The
Democracy of that grand old State
will see to 1t that they are showed
under so deep that the word populist
will never be heard again.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

On July 3rd, the authorities Of
Tennessee imprisoned eight Seventh
day Adventists for the offense Of
doing common labor on Sunday, and
the court has sentenced them to
serve in the chain-gangs for seventy
five days.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

1t turns out now that there was no
massacre of whites by Indians at
Jackson Hole, but that the poor In
dians, unarmed, were massacred by
the whites.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

A colored philosopher is reported
to have said: Life, my breddern,
am mostly made up of prayin' for
rain, and then wishin' it would cl'ar
off
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
Succession Sale.

State OF Louisiana. psrish Of East Carroll,
It'll District Court.
Succession of G.. 4. Hail.
By virtue OF writ of sale to me directed
in the above styled succession, | will on
w Wednesday, the llth day OF September.
1895. at the principal front door of the
Court House III the town of Providence,
La, within tue hours prescribed by law.
proceed to sell at auction 10 the
highest bidder the following described
property, to-wit:
All the right, title and interest of said
succession in and to an undivided four
ffths of the Waddill plantation in said
parish Hhd State, described IFS All ef See. 7.
4 20 Il IL E the Z y of S w 4 of See. .
and l9i S4-i00 acres from the South part OF
Sec ascertained by a line run East and
West through said section so rs to give
that number of acres South OF lands pur-
chased by Ezekiei Graves at Sherih's sale.
on March 7th. 1856. in addition to said e *
offs W 4 OF See. 3. all in 4 20 Z IL e.; also
the N y of s K L aud lots 6 and : of Sec.
IL. T 20 z IL E., containing In all 1887 acres
more or less.
Terms of sale-eash according to ap.
praisement.
j. w. DUNN, Sheriff.
Sheriffs office, Aug. 9th 1885.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Sealed proposals for hauling material for
the above named bridge from Tensas bayou
at Swan Lake to the site OF the aforesaid
bridge at Gailiard plantation will also be
received at the same time and place.
p. ID. QUAYS. President.
Providence. La, July u. 1895.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

Senator Jones of Nevada, lost
$50, 900 in one sitting a poker.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

It is really gratifying to see TIL
large number Of papers throughop
The State taking up our fight for &
honest and just superintendent in tf
next State Convention. We BELIEF
the State Central Committee viii 4
she right thing by the 'sriver pf
ishes'' and give US Representative
in the convention we are entitle dt
We only ask for jusnce--and mus
nave it. What part OF the State WI
itithat changed the political eonple :
ion Of Republican subdlgjsou aud a p
ded thousands of votes 10 the Dem
cratic party? NORTH -Loaisian
And the time may come again wig
sae c. I o. ,p for North Loas
iaua to save the party from Popnh 4
81 sG faff ' sfsc ions all SB Be held il
lows, Kansas, Kentucky. Maryland
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebras-
ka, New York, New Jersey, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. Mississippi, Ken
lucky and Maryland are safe for the
Democrats. The New Orleans States
says that lit is 10 the elections to be
heidi In Ohio and Pennsylvania that the
greatest interest viii be manifested,
because il they are carried by the
Republicans the prospects Of Dem
ocratic success in the national elect
ion next year viii be exceedingly
gloomy. We are glad to note the
fact, however, that the Democrats Of
New York are in good trim to win
Z victory because Of the fanat.cism
ct me reform administration and its
inter failure to meet public expecta-
Mons.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

MEDAL Ayp pPiaxA awarded this school by
Worlds Columbian Exposition. for great excel
lerce and Improved methods in Bookkeeping,
making over leo awards by American and
Foreign E2Tosifions. Has English, Academic
and Shorthand schools.
courses, Philosorbjc Syste1l,a, Advanced
Accounting, Practical and Ethical Lee
lures.
1t practices no charlatanism, and makes
deceive and dupe the transporting Many
thousands of its students are Isasers in all iaes
Of business.
Commercial Course Gta-afztess Higher
Write for FRxE Spceipien Faces 81 .souie's
Great Work, 7i6 p?., or Eook keeging.
Address: GE0. SDrIE SONS. New crIsass-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
TOWN Ia SALES.
The Town Of Providence versus De-
Iinauent Tax Debtors.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana,
will sell at the door OF the Fireinan's Hall, ia
which the Mayors Court of said town is held,
within the legal hours for judicial sales, begin.
ming Mt IL O'C loo K A. NJ on
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
New urleans, Lake Fort ana tbs Bend

NEW UrIeanS, Lake Fort and q 8 BEND
Freight and Passenger Steamer
T. P. LEATHERS.
Mike Carbine Captain
+, G.. Leathers, Clerk.
a n - Leaves New Orleans
4 sssssssss5sl every Saturday at pm.
passing Providence going up Tuesday
morning. Returning, passing Proyi-
dence going down the same evening.
This steamer reserves the right to
pass all landings that the captain may
consider unsafe
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
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Hands, Itching Piles, Burns Frost Bites,
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For sale by Druggists at 20 cents per box.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting a horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cadys Condition Powders
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders ard destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over.vorked horse. %
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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
Notice to Contractors.

Sheriffs office, Aug. 9th 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-18
Death of Robert hewitt,

Mr.. Robert hewitt, who died in this city
Thursday evening, was well known to the
older Washingtonians, being one of the old
time residents. He was born in the Dis
trict in 1914, and belonged to one of the
Oldest Maryland and District families,
which was prominent and influential in
this section during the colonial period
Mr.. Nevitts grandfather took an honor
able part in the revolutionary war. and
lived to a very advanced age, and Mr..
hewitt was rich in colonial and revolution
airy incidents, which he had gathered from
his grandfather. He was identified with
many Of the earlier institutions of Wash
ington, and was one of the original men,
bers of the Washington Light Infantry.
He was, in his younger days, active in
wing politics, and the personal friend OF
many men of national prominence in that
party. In his later years he shrank from
participation in matters of public concern,
and his relations were limited solely to his
business and his family. His entire life
was spent in the District. He was a mod
est man, who endeared himself to all who
knew him.
His wife survives him, and two sons,
Henry c. hewitt, prominent lawyer and
politician of Albany, N. Y, and Robert 1.
hewitt of this city, also a sister, who is a
member of the Catholic order of st. Fran
els de Sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-18
Suburban Grievances.
o the Editor Of The Evening Star:

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
If any one desires to witness a ludicrous
scene he should go to the Baltimore and
Ohio depot any morning about five or ten
minutes Of o. The business is SO mis-
managed by the Baltimore and Ohio off,
Gals that the two trains due to arrive
here at S:25 and $50, respectively, reach
town at about S:55; some mornings it is
nearer ten. Then follows the very ami
instances on the ludicrous. A crowd OF
clerks who had been pacing the various
platforms of several railroad Jtations along
the metropolitan branch, waiting for a
train that seemed if it would never
come, are massed at the depot here half
hour late. A rush is made from the depot
and belated clerks are seen hurrying and
scurrying in half-doZen different direc-
tons, some for the cable cars others for
the pension office, or the street depart
ments, &c. Clerks in the uptown depart
ments fare still worse but some of them
manage to take the early train and reach
town an hour and half earlier than they
care to In order to be at, their desks at .
o'clock. There will be several hundred
clerks 'Dockeried" next July. and it is
knowledge of this melancholy fact that
makes the sprinting very lively.
The train due to arrive at SO IS called
the milk train,' and stops at every sta
ton. 1t is always late, and consequently
picks up passengers who usually take the
the milk train" at stations where the
express does not stop have to stand all
the way to Washington. while the express
people monopoliZe the seats. Thirty peo-
pie are sometimes standing on the milk
train stamping their feet and rubbing
hands to keep warm.
Most of these clerks own farms or places
of two or three acres, and can't well dis
pose of them during these times of gov
ernmental bankruptcy, and are forced to
submit to the inevitable.
This hustling after the train reaches town
ceases only when the clerk finally reaches
his desk. Then his mental anguish is his
predominant symptom. He is reported
tardy-all the way from 30 to 40 minutes;
is officially requested to explain his tardi-
ness, and has only the same unvarying,
monotonous. stereotyped phrase to defend
himself with: THE - train was half
hour late" These tardy reports so to re-
duce his efficiency and tend to bring him
within easy reach of our benevolent friend
Dockery
Although the recent storm has caused
the trains to be late, yet the principal
fault lies in the schedule. No. A is due
at Boyds only few minutes before the
milk train leaves that station. No. "a is
never on time 1t is late enough to cause
the milk train to wait till No. Al goes 10y
with crowd of filthy emigrants. ard sew
eral crowds of ladies and gentlemen must
pace the platforms. If No. A is late the
milk train must wait, and the express
must wait till the milk train is out of the
way. 1t has been this way all winter
THE SAGE OF HACIENDA"