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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
THE ARCTIC WOLF.
Courage, Strength and Endurance of This
Fearless Animal.

Courage, Strength and Endurance of This
Fearless Animal.
The wbite-skinned, large-limbed
wolf is the most ravenous. uDtiring and
dangerous of all arctic animals. Its
tireless gallop, sharp teeth, snappish
bites and powers OF concerted action
with its own kind make it possible for
this predacious animal to live wherever
game of any considerable size is to be
found. In Grinncll Land he subsists
almost entirely on the musk-oxen,
who find their only safety by travelling
in bands. When attacked they form a
circle, and, placing their calves and
feeble members in the center, by op
posing horns and desperate bellowings
stand off the encircling wolves. Woe
however, to the struggling OK who falls
in with wolves, for he never escapes.
In his widely-read narrative, Kane
most unjustly disparages the strength
and proves of the arctic wolf. H,
says: "The Eskimo dogs of Smith
sound encounter the wolf fearlessly
and with success" There is absolutely
no foundation for this statement
Kane never saw . wolf either in south
ern Greenland or in the Smith soupt
region, for this animal is unknown il
Greenland, save one drifted from TIN
American coast and killed at Omenal
| in the winter of 1869.
In truth the arctic wolf is relativel,,
the strongest, as he is in fact the mos
courageous and enduring of arctic ami
mails. and these qualities are supple
mented by unusual craft and caution
They average some 20 pounds create
weight than the dog, which anima
views their appearance with terror
realizing his small chance of safety i
an encounter.-Harper's Round Table.
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cuLTlvATING ORCHARDS.
An Old Fruit Grower Lnys Out the Safest
Plan,

An Old Fruit Grower Lays Out the Safest
Plan
An old fruit grower says 1t Is the
safest plan to cultivate an orchard at
least five wears after it is planted.
sBut," says the general farmer, whose
main interests are in other crops, Il
do not raise fruit for sale except in
cidentally. and l can not afford the
time from my more important money
crops to regularly cultivate my or
chard, unless~there is some crop be-
sides the fruit, which will pay me for
the time and labor" While cultivating
the orchard per 50, In the ideal plan,
there are certain minor crops, which
might be denominated orchard crops,
whose cultivation does not interfere
with the development of the trees, ana
under the above conditions, which the
farmer urges, it is highly advisable to
plant them between the tree rows
rather than leave the orchard entirely
without cultivation. Deep blowing
too near the tree should be avoided.
but, until they attain their full devel-
opment. there is ample space in the
middle of the rows for corn, cot
ton, ground peas, sweet or Irish
potatoes, melons-any crop, in facS,
which requires constant cultivation.
Grain OF any kind should never be
sown in an orchard, on penalty OF
permanent injury to the trees, not
only because these crops prevent cul-
tivation just at the season the trees
need it most, but because they take
from the soil the very elements most
| needed for their proper development.
Any of the crops named may be culti'
waited without injury to the trees, pro-
| vided always that the young tree
roots are protected against injury
from deep blowing; the blowing neal
| the trees should always be shallow
and the limbs protected as far as
| possible from mutilation or other In
| Jury. After the trees have attained
their growth a crop of late COW peas
| is an excellent enricLer of the soil
| When the trees reach the bearing
stage, the orchard may be sown in
| grass or clover, If the sod is not al
| lowed to stand more than three or four
years. Hogs and poultry are good
scavengers in an orchard, as they de
stroy many of the insect enemies, and
also the fallen fruit, which is often q
harbor for protecting and developing
myriads of these pests. Cattle and
horses should never be allowed to rur
in an orchard. We have seen on
horse destroy in few moments enough
in value to paw for his food for /;
month. Cultivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
For Beginners in Tobacco Culture.

For BEGINNERS III lOOnCCO So1soAOs
A small crop well cultivated and
cured will pay better than large ono
half done.
A canvas-covered bed is the safest.
The cloth costs very little and will
doubly repay the cost of purchase.
Do not place the cloth too low over
the plant bed; four or five inches above
the plants is g good distance. Stretch
it tight all around and do not let II
sag in any place.
In making plant beds, while it must
be we'll pulvcrized, do not bring the
soil underneath on top. Dig straight
down and chop up finely. The subsoi'
Injuries the plant if brought on top.
A deep. rich soil, OVERLAPPING rec
CLAW subsoil, is best suited for dark
heavy shipping tobaccos. A gray
sandy or slaty top soil, with yellow
porous subsoil, is best for yellow
wrappers and smokers; These grade
are in great demand and command
better prices than any other.
In building houses, do not piac
them too near each other. Where yo'
have plenty of room. put them 1ron
40 to go feet apart. The danger fror
burning them Is less.
Build your barns when You hav
nothing else to do. Make them goo
and tight, as you will save fuel an
time by SO doing. Ventilation
needed, but you must have it so 20
can control it at will.
In order to make success OF Tobacco
culture, you must pay attention I
every detail of cultivation. Remembe
that unless you give tobacco the after
ton it requires, you will not succeed
In fine tobacco there is good money
but OF all crops tobacco require
the closest attention. If you do thi
you will be rewarded for your iabc
and time in receiving good prices *
your tobacco when it is put upon tt
market. Dixie Farmer.
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HERE AND THERE.

w. J. Joiner, near Tennille, Ga,
last year, on a two-horse farm, made
20 bales of cotton from ~ acres, and
700 bushels of corn; $50 gallons OF
strip; 500 pounds of meat, and peas
and ground peas and chrfas in great
abundance.
Northern men and corporations
are interested in southern pine to a
considerable extent. In Louisiana and
Mississippi the pine land owned by
them occupies 3.10o square miles, a to.
tai of /, 1854, 900 acres, of which l 1857, 90.
acres are in Louisiana and 351, 700 acres
in Mississippi.
1t will cost q little more to keep
the hens upon variety than to keep
them wholly upon wheat or corn, but
it will pay far better in the end, as ii
will keep them in better health and
make them much more productive
than they could be upon a continuous
sameness of diet.
BE easy with the growing colt and
the growing boy. They can be made
to do full days hard, exhaustinf
work for awhile, but it doesn't pay
Overstrained boys make stnnted
round-shouldered, listless, stupid men
Don't do it, even if the work doe.
crowd little in the busy season.
-Pullets are usually unreliable mo-
only as sitters. bat az mothers in car
ing for the brood. and while it is o.
course necessary to bring in some
young pullets every year, 20. it is no
a good plan 30 place too much depend
ence upon them. and the safest plan !,
to keep really good mother hena a
long as they prove themselves g'fra
bie-
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THERE il moro Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
eether, and until the last few years was sup
Wars doctors pronounced 1t . local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
standby falling to cure with local treatment,
nronouncedi it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Cheney Il Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
Constitutional cure ON the market. 1t Is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case !,
tails N cure. Send for circulars and testi'
mon;als. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., To
iedo. O, Sold by Druggists, 55c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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BREEDING ANIMALS.

careful Selection Of vital Importance to
the Farper.
Experience in swine breeding has
taught the vital Importance of care
fully selected breeding stock. The fol-
lowing has been said by writer. Not
only should the individual animal be
healthy, thrifty, of constitutional Wig
or and have the desirable points of
co sformity. but the family whence it
came particularly its ancestral line on
the dams side should be noted for
the same characteristics. Unless we
diligently look into this matter of
heredity, we may purchase an
animal. the good qualities o!
which are the results OF accidental
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t,,,.,lor. and which has little power

variation. and which has little power
to transmit its desirable characters
tics to its progeny. For this reason Is
Is always best to buy from repu.
table breeder who has demonstrates
his skill and ability to maintain his
herd In the highest condition OF
health and constitutional vigor tor
considerable number of generations.
The foregoing are some Of the results
achieved by our neighbor and brother
breeder, Mr.. ]. L. Patton, who, no
doubt. has forgotten moro than some
professional breeders ever knew OF
the business, and whom we will no
doubt, have the pleasure OF hearing
from. Breeding animals should be
carefully selected, equally, if not more
so, than selecting your seed corn.
They must have healthful surround
ings and fed with an object In view
i. O.. to give the most vigor and to
necessitats health and growth, and oy
all means use mat'1re animals, or
largely so at least. By this rule, you
will lessen greatly tn, chances OF
cholera striking your herd. 1t is no
doubt largely due to this cause
breeding immature animals-that we
have so much sickness in swine
throughout the country; this, in ad'
dition to the niggardly way OF keep
ing swine by many farmers, could we
expect anything else?-Southern Gull
| tivator
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
Purify
Your Blood

Now, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss Of appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out Of humors and
Impurities. To mako pure, rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparilla stands un'
equalled. Thousands testify to Its
merits. Millions take it as Their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

Is bodily comfort. This unspcakable boon
is denied to many unfortunates for whose
promptly helpful remedy. The dyspcptic,
the rheumatic, the nervous, persons
troubled with biliousness or chills and
fey er, should lose no time in awaiting them.
selves of this comprehensive and. genia'
medicine. 1t promotes appetite ar night!
dunbar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
Spring
Medicine

Your blood in Spring IN almost certain TO
be full of imparitles-the accumulation
of the winter months. Bad ventilation
of sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell
ings, factories and shops, over-eating,
heavy, improper foods, failure Of the
kidneys asd liver properly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them, are the
prime causes of this condition. It is Of
the utmost Importance that you
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

MISS DE PIArN-"Doctor, what Is the Sc
cret of beauty2" Family Physician (con-
fidentially)-"Be born pretty Y.
Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and sooth.
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need OF
a laxative, aud il the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratl1ying re-
sults follow it's use; so that it is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30
l SHINING EXAMPLE Of wha

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For IS years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

During 1895 there were in the
United States over 1900 murders and
homicides. l13 legal executions and 160
ynchings.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

; FoRrIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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II SHORE does hope" said Uncle Nose.
"dat dey will git dis heah new photograph
trick SO fine by summer dat man kin tell
wedder melon Is ripe."-Indianapolis Jour
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De TAxouE-"You don't take enough ex-
ercise for a man of your habits" Old Soak
~"Why, / have been shaking dice for
drinks all the afternoon. '-Philadelphia
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CoRRoBORATED.-NewY orker-"AreP Phil
adelphians as slow as New Workers think
they are!" Philadelphia surprised -"Do
New Workers think we're slowi"-Truth.
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Horace appears in good humor while he
censurcs. and therefore his censure has the
more weight as supposed to proceed from
Judgment, not from passion.-You
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-30

THE secret of success in modern art is to
be crazy in an original way.-Fliegende
plnaffor
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DID You write The N. G. Hamilton Pub
Co, of Cleveland, Ohio, about their Lie OF
McKinleyl Better do so-chance TO make
money rapidly.
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"THou hast pretty witt" quoth the mon
arch. faye, and dry humor," replied the
lester. Whcreupon the king pushed the
button. Record.
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FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and Sc trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St., Phila.. Pa
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THERE are in business three things neces-
ary-knowledge, temper and time.-Fel-
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HE-sDo you believe in love at first
sightr Miss Thirty-Eight-"I believe in
any kind of love. n-Somerville Journal.
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USE Piso's Cure for Consumption both In
my family and practicable. q. w. PAT
TERsoN Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
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GILL kiss you for my sisters sake"
"Pray, don't forget yourself she said.
I straightway took her at her word,
And kissed her for myself instead.
Tenth
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SMALL are the seeds fate does unheeded
SOW of slight beginnings to important ends.
-Davanant-
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Ask your dealer for our %,
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TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer
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your order. Send for new Illus
trated Catalogue to Box II.
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THE LIyE-ssThe voters drew the limo on
our candidate, did they! "Yes, they
scratchcd him. detroit Tribune
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CONGRESS, BUTTON,
and LACE, made I'm all
kinda Of the best selected
leather by skilled work
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-08-28

wheel that can be used, but space for
bids describing them all. The easiest
one TO make is perhaps as effective as
any. 1t consists of from four to eight
paddles: TO make. this, take, a large
spool, bore four holes in it, either with
q hot wire or an awl; if you use GIN
let you must be very careful not to split
the spool. These holes must be bored
at equal distances. This forms the hub
of your wheel, and you can scarcely
have n better one. The paddles are
easily whitfield out Of pine single and
driven into the spool. A round stick.
driven through the hole that every spool
has in it and supported by uprights on
each side, forms the axle. Simple as it
is, this little apparatus is very effective,
and if the water falls upon it from any
considerable height has great driving
power. The easiest way to gear it with
any little machine which you want to
run is merely by extending the axle
and making it part of the affair you
desire it to keep in motion.
To make the amusing little rattaplan
shown in the illustration is simple
enough, but it requires rather more
skill and patience than the water wheel
itself. The hammers, marked 81" in
the illustration, are simply pointed cyl
inders of wood with long handles in
serted in them. These handles may be
tied on the cross support at IS" with
string, or may be fastened there with
fine wire. A larger cylinder OF wood
working between two uprights (see
"CD, together with the projecting shaft
at "P," are merely combinations Of
the axle of the water wheel and move
with it. Pegs fastened in this cylinder
striking the ends of the wooden ham
mers tilt them up SO that as the pegs
pass on and release them, they fall with
a bang on the strip of tin fastened
above it's supporting frame. If the end
of the tin projects beyond its support,
the answer it gives to the stroke of the
hammer will be louder. The effect Of
all this when the water wheel sets the
machine in motion IS to make a continu-
GUS clatter that can be heard a consid-
cradle distance away.
| IL ueSlTdDle, Ille general ellect IlldN ne
enhanced by cutting out of cigar box
wood or thin pine shingle a pointed
figure shown at "F" in the diagram.
The separate parts are here shown.
They may be put together by simply
piercing holes in them as indicated and
passing knotted string through and
tying another knot; or they may be
fastened with wires or pins. The pro-
jecting parts on his heels, fastened into
holes in the Dashboard, hold him firmly
in place, and he will be found to have a
very realistic action as he appears tc
work the crank. In this respect he is
not unlike many people have met, who
to all appearances were indispensable
TO the business in which they were en-.
gagged and seemed to keep everything
going-when, in fact, they did moth
ing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-08-28

self in foot or two of water, though
his tongue rattles on like 'rattaplan;"
but really there is no danger in brook.
You may give your mother my word for
that; and | know all about brooks, for
haven't 1 waded, wallowed and rejoiced
i'm the warm, trickling waters of scores
of them?
Yes, 1 know all about brooks and the
various uses to which they may be put
by clever youhgster. One of the most
distressing of these (togrown up folks)
and therefore most delightful to the
boy) is to drive the "rattanplan," or
clatter-mill, to which l have already
made reference. For, you see, the little
machine keeps up an astonishing racket,
night and day, and soon becomes topic
of interest throughout the neighbour
hood and ELECTS much interesting COM
ment from quiet people who want to
rest They must be very dull--those
people who want to rest when there is
so much to do; and, for my own part,
I still have so much of the boy left in
fne that 1 can t resist showing you how
to teach the brook 10 wake them up.
About all the material you need is a
good jacknife and a few pine shingles.
The first thing, of course, is to build
a dam. It is great sport to build dams.
Children take to it as naturally as beav-
ers, but do not go to work quite as
scientifcally-though the beaver, con-
trary, perhaps, to what your school
books would have you believe, is not at
all an intelligent animal. I have known
individuals of the species personally
and intimately, and can testify to this
fact; but the beaver does not know how
a dam should be built. To begin with,
if a beaver were writing to you, he
would tell you not to build your dam
straight across the stream from shore
to shore, but more or less rounded out,
though it need not form a regular
curve; and he would warn you against
constructing it with the convex side
or bulge, down stream, but to bend
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-08-28

stones to keep the stream from wash
ing the earth away ON each side This
being done, the next thing is to make
the gate, which is not difficult. If the
facing is of stone, two planlls must DO
driven into the bed of the stream, one
on each side against the stone facing;
and cleats, consisting of strips of wood,
must be nailed to them. Between these
the gate, consisting of piece of board,
slides up and down. tits fastened at the
required height by peg in the cross
piece as shown in figure. If well made,
il will leak but little; although it is not
of much consequence if it does, for the
water will accumulate behind it faster
than it can leak out. Indeed, care must
be taken not to have the door hit too
snugly in the cleats, for the wood
swells in soaking, and 1t may fit too
tightly to work WE'LL. Unless d waste
way is constructed, the gate should be
raised every night to allow the water
to escape, or it will accumulate and
pour over the dam, and wash away the
earth
From the top of the dam, or the level
at which the water should stand be-
hind 1t, race, consisting of h trough OF
pipe, should project; from this the
water spouts upon the water wheel
when you set it up and makes it revolve
There are several kinds of water