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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Gas Heaters,
Cook Stoves,
Ranges,
Hot w alter
Heaters,
BATH ROOM APPLIANCES.

Oh MUM III ! LlHVVLOs
The great improvement made in
this line of goods during the past
two years has made Gas Stoves for
summer use supersede coal oil or
gasoline stoves wherever gas can be
used
The safety and economy of their
use is apparent, there being no
smell, no SCOT, smoke or explosives.
For cooking they excel all kinds
of summer stoves, having Il uniform
ity of heat that cannot be obtained
from oil or gasoline. The degree of
heat can be controlled without
trouble, and the stove left to do its
work with perfect safety.
These stoves can be seen at the
store of E. +. WARDwELL, who will
take orders to furnish any kind not
in stock, which can be supplied on a
few days notice.
GEO. AsTKEN,
Superintendent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-08
Can't
This is the complaint Of -
thousands at this season. -
They have no appetite; food ~ u

does not relish. They need the toning upof
the stomach and digestive organs, which
a course OF Hoods Sarsaparilla will give
them. 1t also purifies and enriches the
blood, cures that distress after eating and
internal misery only dyspeptic can
know, creates an appetite, overcomes that
tired feeling and builds up and sustatns
the whole physical system. 1t SO prompt
~ and efficiently relieves dyspepticsymp.
toms and cures nervous headaches, that It
seems to have almost ga magic touch"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
MaryeIs to the Natives.

DR.. Gregory, in exploring the lofty
ranges of Mount Kenya in Africa, was
accompanied by native followers from
the coast, to whom the frost and snow
met with at great attitudes were mex
plicable wonders, that could be attri-
buted only to magical agencies.
"They came to tell me, writes the
traveller, "that the water they had left
in their cooking pots was all be.
witched. They said it was white, aud
would not shake; the adventurous
Fund.- had even hit it with stick.
which would not go in. They begged
me to look at it, and told them to
bring it to me. They declined, how
ever, to touch it, and implored me to
go to it. The weter, of course, had
frozen solid. I handled TIE ice and
told the men they were silly to te
afraid of it, for this change always
came over water on the tops o. higa
mountains. / put one of the pc>s on
the fire. and predicted it would soon
turn again into water. The men sat
around and snxiously watched it;
when it had melted they joyfully told
me that the demon was expelled, and
told them they could now use the
water; but as soon as my back was
turned thoy poured it away, and re-
filled their pots from an adjoining
brook"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

now; and ever and anon you think you hear
their voices calling you upward. An, yes.
they have gone out from all these families,
and Won want no book to tell you OF the dy-
ing experience OF Christian children You
nave heard 1t; it has been whispered In your
ear. o father, o mother, brother. 0 sister.
Toward that good land all Christians are
bearing. This swapping of heart-strings, this
flight of years, this tread Of the heart reminds
us that we are passing away, Under spring
blossoms, and through summer harvests, and
across autumnal leaves; and through the
wintry snowbahks, we are passing on. On.
rejoice at it, children Of God, rejoice at 1t!
How we shall gather them up, the loved and
the lost! Before we mount our throne. be-
fore we drink OF the fountain. before we
strike the harp of our eternal celebration,
we-wi,l cry out: "Where are our loved and
lost?, Aud then, how we shall gather them
up, Oh, how we shall gather them up.
In this dark world of sin and pain
We only meet to part again;
Put when we reach the heavenly shore
We there shall meet to part no more.
The hope that we shall soc that day
Should chase our present gr'efs away',
When these short years OF pain are past
Wen meet befora the throne at last.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
Adaptation Of Plants.

No matter where plants grow, how
nnfayorable the soil or atmosphere.
they always manage to adapt them
selves to circumstances. Excepting
the greatest ocean depths, there is no
Mace in the world where vegetable
life does not exist. OF Terra del
Fuego, where the tremendous break
ers roar and crash against the rocks
they wear away, there foatE on the
surface of this turmoil of waters acres
OF a merine plant which rises from Q
depth 200 or more feet, its roots i'm
bedded in the ocean bottom. No force
shakes it loose. It's stem is never an
inch through, and is round and slip
perv. vet q few of them will suppors
an immense weight. Darwin, IN writ
ing of the sensitiveness of the tip ends
of the roots of plant, says they are so
susceptible to external impressions
that they are, in reality, brains, ana
direct the movements OF the other
parts of the plant. There il plant
which, by the opening and .closing OF
it's leaves, foretells rainy weather; the
compass plant of New. sMskico has
leaves so sensitive to magnetic cur
rents that the bewildered traveller can
tell from the way it arranges its leaves
which way is north. Great fields OF
the sensitive plant in Brazil will, at
the tramp of q horses hoofs, shlver
and close up, the circles and waves
over the field while this is going Ola
being very curious. The Venus ny
trap is we'll known; the leaves are d.
vided by the midrib into two halves,
which are set with blistles, and II Q
fly or insect alights on the surface the
two halves instantly clap together and
hold the fly prisoner for life. While
these movements are automatic, tnere
are plants which seem to move when.
ever they take notion to do so. A
leguminous plant of the East Indies
puzzled spectators by moving Its
leaves up and down whenever it takes
q notion to do so. The sundew is an
other remarkable plant. The leaves
are covered with hairs, in reality
glands, each tipped with sticky huid
looking like drop of dew. Flies. az
tracted by the bright red color OF the
glands, and the seeming water, aligh'
for drink and meet q sad fate, the
sticky fluid pouring forth. enve!op
ing them and digestiug them. -Oal'
capD News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
HORSE TALK.

The leased colt is the sire to the III
tempered horse.
The man that would have sound,
nicely-formed hoofs on his horses
when he comes to sell them, must give
attention to the hoofs Of his colts.
The best-fed work horse has the
heavy grain ration in the morning and
at noon, and the bulk Of his hay at
night.
II the horses shoulders are washed
clean and bathed every evening with
strong salt water lit is all the better II
a little alum is added, only very III
fitting collar can make gals.
Stuff the pads with timothy hay
It remains springy. Cotton or wool be-
comes hard, and often forms into
Jumps.
Look ont for the buffalo gnats, and
grease the ears and other parts OF the
horses most infested.
When you have good horse stick TO
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

her She understands their suffering,
and has the power to relieve and cure.
In nearly all cases the source Of
women's suffering is in the womb.
In many cases the s,ale physician does
not understand the case AID treats the
patient for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
anything but the right thing.
1t is under such circumstances that
thousands of women have turned to
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, and
opened their heart and lives-woman
to woman-and received her help.
You ask how she can tell if the doctor
cannot? Because no man living ever
treated so many cases and possesses
such vast experience.
Displacement, Inflammation. torpid
cction, stagnation, sends to all parts
of the body the pains that crush you.
Lydia E. Pinkham's "vegeta BILE
Compound is the sure cure for this
trouble For twenty years 1t has done
its grand work and cured thousands.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
A Two.Hundred Foot Airskip.

John F. Cooley, once of Hornells-
vile, but now of Rochester. who for
several years has been dsvoting his
time and money in the hope of solving
the problem of aerial navigation, has
secured subscriptions amounting to
$500 to be used for the construction
of an airship. Mr.. Cooley has signed
a contract to construct an airship and
make at least four ascensions during
the present year. The contract re-
ouires that the ship shall be 200 feet
long, with sail area of II, 000 feet.
and capable of carrying at least SIX
persons. Six young men have already
been selected, aDd viii soon go 70
Charlotte TO be instructed - 70 snear
duties while Oh tsErd. ~as ship iaa
resu named thT Aroo. -.RoshsssrE
N. " aersld. .
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
TRINITY TO TRINITY,

Although man nature is in the fullest,
cleetest sense unite. yet he is also trim
ity, as we so frequently find it essential, for
convenience of treatment,to recognize He
is mind, and heart, and will; he thinks, 10
loves, he determines. Very much in the
same way probably-how else can We con-
ceive it while we hold that God is in
the completest sense one, we speak of tho
distinctions in His essence that have taken
the rames, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. 1t Is Our business to consecrate
to the trinity above the trinity be-
low. to see that all our reflections, our alice
lions. our volitions, are living sacrifice to
the threefold unity divine, Some give their
emotions, but rot their inteliects. Unless we
love God with the mind as well as the heart,
our character will be defective and our life
unbalanced, just as our theology will be un-
balanced if We ignore the Son or the HOY
Ghost, and simply worship the Father A
comprehensive conservation Is the only
thing that will make consistent, symmetri'
cal Christians.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
POULTRY NOTES.

Chicks should not be allowed to roost
until they are at least four months old.
The roost should be four inches across
the top and fat, and not over one foot
high.
Remember to pick out the mostprom-
ising cockerels and pullets of the birds
10 save for breeders another season.
This is the way TO build up your flock
In general excellence-sell' on those
which develop and grow ahead OF the
others is the way to run down your
stock. The latter method leaves the
runts and inferior specimens to be bred
from. Don't do It. Save the. best, and
use good judgment in selecting those
to be retained.
Attention to poultry pays on the
farm. and during these times, when
country produce is selling at such
low prices, there is no product on the
farm that brings cash so readily as
poultry and eggs.
If the chicks are in any way aiiing
look for the causes, for the prevention
of the cause is better way to doc
tor" than to be dosing sick fowls
III you cannot manage small flock
Of poultry and meet with marked
sucecss. don't think of branching out
on larger plan.
Use every means possible to Keep
down the vermin in hot weather. TO
bacco stems in the nests, tobacco dust
and insect powder are good. Scatter
air-slacked lime about, and see tha'
houses and premises are kept strictly
clean.
A lot of male birds running around
after the breeding season is over Is an
unnecessary expense as well as nuts
ance. Sell them at once.
Farmers should stop their theorizine
that scrub poultry is as good as pure
bred birds. Every desirable quality q
scrub possesses can be traced direct tc
some pure bred sire. Prejudice Otter
becomes stumbling block to pros
perity.
- The man who knows it all and car
learn nothing about poultry never
makes his wonderful successful mucf
of an object lesson. There are plenty
of people whom he classes as 'igno
ramuses" who can give him pointers
on success.
Take good care of the late-hatchet
broods. Many fanciers claim that TIT
late chicks have the finest plumage
from a standard point of view. Late
Matched pullets will be the ones tina
will be laying late in the spring mex
season. when the hens will nearly al
be desiring to set.
Every farmer should use his infiu
ence to have his county fair give In
ducements to improve the poultry dis
plays and to see that they are judge
by poultrylnen who are competent I
make the awards.
The ideal summer shed for poultr
is one not more than four feet higl
set on four posts, and open on a
sides. A six-inch wide board shoul
be nailed on the post at the GROUND
Keep the earth under the shed spade
up. and the way the fowls will EMO
it will be ample reward for your iabo
The necessity for new blood is great
felt where the earliest and best chick
are being continually disposed OF b.
cause they will bring little bette
price. Where there is a systematic 81
lection observed to keep the best an
sell the poorest, n flock's stamina an
good qualities may be greatly in
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
A PtrIFuL SPECTACLE.

A pathetic incident was witnessed by
number of people at Ninth and Willow
streets Wednesday evening, at about 6-3o,
that called forth some very severe comment.
A lame man, leading by the hand three
year-old little girl, was so drunk as to stag
ger all over the sidewalk. Crossing gutter
nj t;iat point the man stumbled and fell, the
little girl being underneath him. The child
excited great sympathy on the part OF all
who witnessed the sad plight Of the iather.-
Lebanon penn Report.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
The Wonderful Bell Shaped Mountain.

When the Alaska steamers are get
ting toward Sitka they go through
passageway known as Finlanson's
Canal, and if they happen to pass
certain point in the daytime a most
unusual.looking mountain can be seen.
1t has been named the "Bell-shaped
Mountain" and a more appropriate
cognomen could not be found.
This peak, which has always been
one of the sights for tourists, occupies
a most unusual position. 1t is direct
ly in the centre of the channel, and
when the steamer is going northward
seems to block further progress. For
several miles before the mountain is
reached the passageway is not any too
wide, and the steep mountains come
close to the waters edge on both sides.
They seem to join the lower portion
of tho bell-shaped mountains and form
an impossible barrier across the road
way. -.
As the steamer is heading directly
for the mountain it shows to the best
advantage. Rising abruptly from the
mirror-like surface of the water, it
rears its head about 1000 feet toward
the sky aud reveals the most perfect
symmetry in its outlines. The sides
slope inward. and on the top there IL
a little knoll, the whole combination
forming a perfect bell.
If-tne mountain is seen in the early
morning, when the steamer is about
five miles away, it will appear sill
houetted against the sky. The edges
look clean and sharp cut, and 1t Il
hard to believe that it is not the wori
of human hands. 1t really looks like
monster bell placed in the channel
The sides of this mountain are GOV
cred with thick growth of pine trees
rand as the steamer draws nearer 1
loses some of its peculiar appearance
The vessel keeps head on as if to rul
it down, but when quite close makes
sharp turn to port ana passes through
channel so narrow that it is possible
to throw stone on the mountain from
the deck. The mountain is mucl
longer than wide, and does not lool
the least like bell as soon as to-
steamer has passed SO that it can b.
seen over the stern.-San Francisco
Sun,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
icur,ou. Rose Tree.

One of the most remarkable botani'
cal curiosities in the world IL IN inc
possession of Mrs lie Clerc, Of Quebec,
Canada. 1t is potted American
Beauty rosebush, whose flowers have
perfume sonly from midnight until
daylight. During the rest OF the "a
hours they are perfectly odorless The
fragrance begins to exhale precisely on
the stroke of ~.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use Syrup OF Figs. under all
conditions, makes 1t their favorite remedy.
To get the true AMI genuine article, look fof
the name of the California Fig Syrup Com
pany, printed near the bottom Of the package
For sale bf all responsible druggists
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
Beware OF Oint,nents for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole systeui
when entering 1t through tue mucous surfaces.
Snch articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable PIN ysicians, as tic
can possibly derive from them. HAHN .tarrh
Cure. manufactured Ivy +. !. CJeney a. Co.,
Toe 10, o.. contains no mercury rna IS TAKEN zen
mucous eurfece1 of the system. In busin9
Halls Catarrh Care b. surs to set the genuine.
1t is taken internally. and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by r. J. Cheney e. Go. Iest moniels iree'
Eold By Druggists. price 2 c. per bottle.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
Snake in His Wheel.

Frank Florence of the Western
Union cable office, New York, had
startling experience while riding his
wheel near Cornwall, n. Y. 1t was
growing dark; he was wheeling slow
ly along on an unfamiliar road. Sud-
denly an object appeared in the road
and jumped between the spokes OF his
wheel. and in the turn of the wheel a
twisting. kissing blacksnake was fast
in the forks.
Florence dismounted quicker than
he ever did before and dropped the
wheel in the road. The snake soon ex-
treated itself and erawled into the
bushes in the roadside.
Florence remounted his wheel and
continued his ride to Newburg with
some nervous apprehensions.-New
York Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

The mortality experience Of the United
Kingdom Temperance aud General Provi-
dent Institution of London, from 1866 to
1898. inclusive. shows the following COM
parative aggregate results:
Total Abstinence Class: Expected claims
Policies, 5841. Sums assured, s6, 343, o00.
Actual claims-Policies, 413l. Sums assured,
General Class: Expected claims-Policies,
$40. Sums assured, $500. 1893. Actual
claims-Policies, 1866. Sums assured, SS,-
TAO, 800.
Actual claims in total abstinence. only
seventy per cent. of the expected. while u
the general class they amount to ninety-eight
per cent. OF the expected.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
HESITATE NO LONGER.

Modesty in women is natural. 1t is
one of women's chief charms.
No one cares for one who really
lacks this essential to womanliness.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
Di,houored Draf.s.

When the stomsch dishonors me ar !.
aPi1lV because its fund Of very
low. Toned with Ho,tetter's stomach BITTER;
It soon begins to pay ont yigor n the snspe o.
,p,nsc,,e hone and brain. As q sequence OF tnc
nav yieor afforded the stomach, the ooweas
perform their functions regularly anu No. mo No
s we, mon a system thus reinforced.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

In India there is u species OF butterfly In
which the male has the left wing yellow and
and the right wing red. The colors on the
female are vice versa.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

Dobbins, Floating- Dorax Soap has no. one
stom of adulteration in it. Ii u 100 per rent
pure. Try 1t once. Be snre you get the sehu-
inc Your grocer has 1t, or VIII get IL iof you.
Wrappers printed in red.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

A new globe, for all kinds OF lights, In
creases the Illuminating power ten per cent.
1t is grooved vertically inside and horizon
tally outside.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

Reports says that the penalty for carrying
an election button In Canada within eight
DAYS before an election is a fne oil 500, or
Imprisonment, or both.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

j. T. SHuPTRINE.
Sir:-''HavinS obtained a box OF your LIT
rrpINy of Hunter q Wright, of Louisville,
Ga. which used on case OF itching piles OF
Ave wears standing. spent $50 for different
kinds of remedies and the skill OF doctors, oil
for no good, until got the TErTEn1NE. !
am now well. Accept thanks. Yours,
W. r. KING.
Bv mail for EOc in STAMPS.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
DON'T GIVE BRANDY.

The moral effect of early acquaintance
with scientific truth is illustrated by little
story which the Rev. DR.. Plumb tells in the
Boston Transcript.
A millionaire brewer, Senator in another
State, said to Mrs. Hunt, 81 shall vote Tor
your bill, / have sold out my brewery and
am clean from the whole business. Let me
tell you what occurred at my table. guest
was taken dangerously III at dinner-ipsens-
ible-and there was call for brandy to re-
store him. My little boy at once exclaimed:
No, that is Just what he don't need! Ii will
paralyzs the nerves and muscles OF the
blood vessels, so they will not send back the
blood to the heart
"When the liquor was poured out to give
the man, the lad insisted on pushing 1t
ba.k.
"'Yeu will kill him; he has too much blood
in his head already.
"sHow did You know all thatT his father
afterward asked.
"'why, it is in my physiology at school.
1t seems the textbooks. prepared by such
men as Professor Newell Martin, F. Il. S.. of
Johns Hopkins University, hal succee led in
giving the lad some definite Information
which was proving useipl.
Senator said Mrs Hunt, care you
sorry your boy learned that at school?
"Ma1am," the man replied. raising his
hand, II would not take Eve thousand dol
lars for the assurance this gives that my boy
will never be q drunkarj,"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
By mail for zoe. in STAMPS.

Mrs, winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums reduces inhamma-
tion. aiiays pain. cures wind collie 25c. bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

The board OF aldermen Of Boston passed
an order the other day appropriat'ng $SOl,..
600 for the ventilation and sanitation OF
school houses.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17

The right sort of praying awakens an ap..
petite for the Bible, just as the right sort OF
Bible awakens desire to pray.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-17
,rrcIlna DEE 70 pausxrxxkss.

Or, Peina!ny, Of UIm, aernaanyI Gomez
forward with sthe remarkable statement,
rnads htiar sarsfai investigation ano sxosg-
siouai facilities for reaching q norract result,
that more than thirty per cent OF NJ sn aiaes
committed By men IN the pine Of NE are
due to dgunksnoeea