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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
Culture of Kamr Corn,

Kafir corn is one of the maly varie-
tics of sorghum-one of the ''non-sac-
charine" or ''not-sweet' varieties. Its
culture is similar TO that of sorghum
ground for strip making. 1t is hot
rather than cold climate crop. 1t
had best not be planted until the soil
is fairly warm and may be safely plant
ed later than corn-say up to July L.
The early growth is comparatively
slow, as with sorghums or broom corn.
Kaffir corn does especially well on
'sod," but it will thrive on almost any
good soil; pretty certainly does better
on high and somewhat thin lands than
does corn. Where grown chiefly for
the grain it may be planted in rows
from three feet to eight inches
apart. The kinds usually grown are
not as tall as corn and may be safely
planted in closer rows. 1t is almost
invariably drilled in the rows. Some
times an ordinary corn planter is used;
sometimes lister planter. Many have
used drill for grain, using as many
tubes as seems advisable. One bushel
of seed has been used on from five &c
Is acres. Where the chief purpose is
to get a crop of fodder rather than
grain, more seed is used. Some have
practiced sowing with drill using all
the tubes, or sowing broadcast, using
from one-half to one and one-halt
bushels of seed per acre. When this
course is pursued the ground should be
in as good condition and as free from
weeds as practicable. 1t is believed
better, in ordinary case, to plant in
rows and give cultivation to the crop
While larger yield of fodder can bs
secured when the sowing is too thicl
to allow the matuaing of a good crol
of grain, good yield of both grair
and fodder can be secured and tn,
stalks are never SO large as to be Oh
jectionable.
One very desirable quality of Kaffil
corn has in an unusual degree is tina
of maturing its seed while the leaves
are still green. Because of this Their
is little reason for cutting the cro]
until the seed is well matured.
Stock Inspector.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
HERE AND THERE.

More farm mules have been sold
in Georgia during tn past few weeks
than for several years before, and ma.
tives say this means an extraordinari.
ly large cotton crop this year.
No man nowadays can make but
ter darying profitable with poor LOT
of cows. Competition is too close and
the margin of profit too narrow tc
justify any but the best methods.
There are farmers in some sections
of the south who still adhere to the
plows and harrows and scythes. with
which their fathers enriched them
selves. Times have changed, but they
have not.
Alfalfa is successfully raised III
Mississippi on the limestone prairis
soils. On some of the soils it fails
and on others it partially fails. Graf
grass is the worst enemy ON all soili
where it prevails.
The honey of our country come.
from small number of hives upon &
large number of farms, large apiarie.
being the exception, and yet our re.
turns fron honey and wax amount tt
more than So, oco, 600 annually.
AT the present rate of consump
ton it would be impossible to supply
the market for broilers withou arlifi
cial hatchers and breeders. Fo- {
small retail business the hen Is ooS
enough, but when carloads arc ner ,isl
she is a back number,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16


There is but one firm of undertakers
:, SlSowegan, Me-, to IL doctors prac
s.cing in the place.
The house occupied by John Alden,
,ne of the first settlers of Plymouth.
during the closing years OF his life, at
Duxbury, Mass, is now tenanted by tns
ninth John Alden, q direct descendant.
ts was built in 1850.
IN cutting down large cedar tree
n Caribou, Me-, the other day woods
man found a hole in the center six
inches in circumference, which was
ss.cked with honey distance of 1914
feet. He took out 125 pounds OF honey.
s. Ludlow (yt.) merchant encourages
lhrifty habits among the boys and
girls of that town by offering to those
who deposit IS cents in the savings
bank the necessary amount to make
their account one dollar. Several chill
dren have taken advantage OF this offer
Pines are said to be getting exceed
trcly scarce in the Pine Tree state
indeed, it has been advocated that
grove of pines just outside Augusta
Me-, should be purchased for park pur
poses, in order to preserve few sPeci
mems of what was once the monarch o.
the Maine forest.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
FARM PROFITS.
They Are Usually Ample If They We're
Not Absorbed by Respectable Robbers.

They Are Usually Ample If They We're
Not Absorbed by Respectable Robbers.
The adversities that befall the farm
ers are not due wholly to small crops
and unfavorablc seasons. There is
annually a large production of wheat
on the farms, and the farmers should
be in better financial circumstances
than any other kind of producers.
The cause of their distress is that the
profits which should go to them is d.
verified into the pockets of gamblers,
monopolists and spectators who prey
upon the farmers as vultures upon a
plentiful feast. Legitimate profit,
where one gives fair recompense for
value received, is a result of the I'M
written laws of trade, and has been in
vogue from the first existence of ma
tions, but the deliberate consriracies
and combinations which are formed to
take from the producers all but bare
subsistence are crimes against civil
zation and travesties upon law. Rail-
road pools, by which the difference be-
tween the cost of production and the
market prices are termed over to the
Golfers of the railroad companies, are
boldly organized and advertised by
their promoters, and some sections OF
this country are as completely isolated
from market as though situated in the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
AT ANY COST.
Edith Was Lonely, and offered Big In
duccments for Company.

Edith Was Lonely, and offered Big In
duccments for Company.
In wrath and tears Edith Hewlett
had gone to bed. She had been tucked
in once, given drink twice, kissed
goodnight three times, and the lamp
had been extinguished, but the spark
of rebellion still burned in her childish
soul.
ssMamma," she cried.
go to sleep, Edith" her mother
said, sternly; ~ shall not come in there
again"
II want a drink, mamma" Edith
pleaded.
you've had two drinks already. Now
go to Sleep"
There was a brief silence, and then
Edith tried again.
mamma, come and kiss me good.
night"
you've been kissed goodnight, dear,
and / shall not come in again, so go to
sleep at once like good girl"
There was another pause, while the
lonely child cudgeled her little brain
for q new expedient.
Mamma" she cried, at last. please
come in; I'm so hungry"
"You cannot have anything to eat to-
night, and if come in there again,
the mother said, with rising choler, iii
will be to give you good spanking!"
There was longer pause, and just as
| it began to look as if the evenings
battle were over, the child's voice was
heard again.
| Mamma" she pleaded, I'm so lone
ly in here. Please come in and spanl
Harper's Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
Howe This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh euro.
r. ]. CHENEY 81 Co., Props, Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known =. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
ont any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
WALprNa, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio:
Halls Catarrh Curs is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 55c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
RE SOLDIER eoYs.

Eighty of the Russian officers q
vIadiyostock are studying Chinese.
Lord wolseley proposes to begin re-
form in the British army by aboiishing
the cooked hats and feathers worn by
staff officers.
Ont of $50 white soldiers sent to
Ashantee At were taken down with
fever. while the West India regiment OF
blacks had FOG hospital cases.
Lieut.. Andre, the Swedish officer who
is to attempt to go to the north pole in a
balloon, has received applications from
morc than u score of Swedish women
who wish to join him in his perilous
trip.
England proposes to raise q regi-
ment of gentlemen; there would De
plenty of recruits from the young men
who failed to pass the examination al.
uniting to the military schools. Lord
Wolseley favors the plan.
A few years ago the number OF sui
cidcs among the rank ard file OF the
Prussian army became public scandal.
The latest statistics show that, while in
1892 the proportion was 5.2S per lo'oo'
man, in 1895 it was 4.22.
ieut. Gen. valeriano Weyler de Nico
Iau, marquis OF Teneriffe, is the fui
title of the governor general OF Cuba
| He Il fourth oil the list OF lieutenant
| gcne,a:s, above whom are six captain
generals of the kingdom, and is now $
years e. age.
In coihmemoration of the victories
won by the Japanese troops in China
the Buddhists of Kioto, Japan. viii
erect gigantic bronze statue OF Buddhi
in that city twill be 100 feet in height
and the ca non captured by the Jap
anese during the war are to be used II
making the image.
/ !, v0r-u - -
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
Parental sympathy.

Mr.. Billus (waking suddenly in the
dead of night)-What's all that below
ing about!
Mrs. Billus--It's poor little Johnny
in the next room. He's crying with the
stomach-ache. He ate too many DRIED
apples for supper.
Mr. Billus preparing to resume his
slumbers)-I wish you would tell him
not TO make such bowling swell OF
himself! (Snores.)-Chicago Tribune
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health and her face blooms
with its beauty. II her system needs the
cleansing action of q laxative remedy, she
uses the gentle and pleasant Syrup of Figs.
Made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

Haven't out west to find . place,
Where he could have full swing.
Then stole horsein Cripple Creek
IN. Y. Herald
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

TITS wrong for any maid to be
Abroad at night alone.
A chaperon she needs till she
Can call some chap 'er own.
Kansas City Journal
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

GLORY is like circle in the water, which
never cease to enlarge itself, till by broad
sprea.isag IL disperee to naught-Shakes
poaae.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

Tho RACK inc 1humDscfcW uuu tHo Ooo0
Were old fashioned instruments of torture
long since abandoned, but there is q tor
mentor who still continues to agonize the
Joints, muscles and nerves of many Of US.
The rheumatism, that inveterate foe to daily
and nightly comfort, may be conquered by
the timely and steady use Of Hostettcr' 8
Stomach Bitters, which likewise eradicates
neuralgia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach
and nerve complaints.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

Carries of tho Melodrama--Jimmy-
"Say, de detectives wuz no good, wu1
theya, Tommy-"Dey were dead slow.
wuz onto de Teller what killed de old man.
right from de start. PUCK.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

LADY CUSTOMER lin china shop)-"De
YOU break these sets!" Dealer-"No
madam; the purchasers servants usually
attend to that.n-Tit-Bits.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

WERE It not better for a man In fair
room to set up one great light, or branch
ing candlestick Of lights, than to 90 about
with a rushlight into every dark corner
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

COULD not get along without Piso's Cur
for Consumptlons 1t always cures.-MRs; p
c. MoU.roS, Needham, Mass, Oct. q, '94
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

IT is tough but true that man generally
does not get any foresight until he is too
old to have anything to look forward to-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

A DErrN1TIoN.-"Wh is critic2" "Ht
Is a man who rips things to pieces without
knowing how to put them together again.
Chicago Record.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar for Coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
Spring

That You need a good spring medicine l.
almost certain Ninety per cent. OF al
the people need to take Hoods Sarsapa'
rIlIa to purify their blood at this season
The warmer weather finds them great
ly debilitated, ane it is well known thai
disease is most likely to attack those who
are "all run down" II you
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

BoB--"Say, amt you going to stand treati
thought you had money to burn" Dick
81 should have il you would furnish the
draft. boston Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

After the Ball.-First Sweet Thing
slack saws Miss Passee didn't look
% last night Second Sweet Thing
mo, She looked 3s."-N. y. Tribune
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

ALMOST every one has . predominant in
clinatiou to which his other desires and al
fections submit, and which governs him,
though perhaps with some intervals, through
the whole course Of his life.-Hume-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

TnoUGa plunged In ills and exercised In
care, yet never let the noble mind despair
Phillips
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

IT is not enough that poetry should be SO
refined as to satisfy the judgment; it should
appeal 70 our feeling and imagination
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

CLEvERSEss is sort Of genius for instru-
mentality. It is the brain OF the hand. In
literature cleverness is more frequently ac-
companied by wit, genius and sense than
by humor.-Co leridge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

Frs stopped free by DR.. Klinc's Great
Nerve Restorer. No fits afterflrst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and - trial bot
tie free. DIR. Kline, 08l Arch st., Phila, Pa
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

APPLICANT FOR SIrUATIoN.-"Perhaps I
should say have collegiate education"
Mercbant-.O, we shan't mind that, you
know. You'll soon get over that if you only
take hold in the right way"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
In the

Selection Of spring medicine bear In
mind the fact that what you need is q
rood blood purifier, and the best, in medi-
cine. should always be your aim. The
0rea cures Of blood diseases by Hoods
Sarsaparilla have made 1t known as the
One True Blood Purifier. 1t is therefore
the best medicine for you to take In the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

TIE old family cat awoke from nap Boz
fore the fire and stretched himself in tho
manner common to cats. Margie looked at
him with distendcd eyes. ssMy GOODNESS =.
She exclaimed: 81 dess ze tat's dom y Doll
over."-Judge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

ABrrrER and perplexcd "What shall Idoi''
Is worse to man than worst necessity
Coleridge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16

WuY is it that the. man of 40 or there
abouts can realize so well how old ne Is
when he is talking to q youth of Is, but
seems to forget all about it when he meets
. girl of that Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.

The Astantee ambassadors to Eng
land spent $685. c1 il eight months.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
\-Orn

Is a vigorous feeder and re.
spends well to liberal fertiliza-
ton. On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
If properly treated with fer
tilizers containing not under
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-16
| axe

Hoods Sarsaparil,a now, it will purify
and enrich you, blood, give you yooo
appetite, prevent and cure tnat lirea
ianguid feeling, which is SO prevalent in
the Sprinp. and in this way it will build
Won up and prevent sickness later In the
year. Remember
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

Several are projected. One VIII start
In June: the Belgian Geographical
Society has raised $50 for its ex-
penses. 4 Joint Austrian German ex-
petition is announced, for which a
quarter of a million of dollars is talked
Of The Royal Geographical Society in
England is receiving subscriptions
for Antarctic explorations. This re
viral of interest in South Polar re
searches is doubtless due TO the It'd
ings brought by c. f. Borchgrevlnck,
a Norwegian explorer, who's year ago,
landed at Cape Adare in Victoria
Land, basaltic rock rising 3, 779 feet
above the sea. His paper read before
International congress last year, the
grist of which is published in the Jan
uary number of the Century has stim
ulated curiosity and desire for IN
vestigatiOn to wonderful degree. He
believes Antarctica to be continent,
larger even than Australia. In Vic
toria Land the chain of volcanoes rises
to a height of $1,000 feet. Until
recently this land has proved in hos
with icebergs and for
glaciers forbidding approach.
But at Cape Adare the undsturbed
of the penguin colony, and
of dead mummitied seals, the yegeta
ton on the rocks. and the fiat table on
the cape above, were indicative Of q
safe haven and headquarters of sci
entifc party which might be landed,
and which could not only collect val
liable geological and meteorological
data and study currents and dredge or
marine specimens, but could also
make its way to the South Magnetic
Pole, calculated to be in latitude 10
degrees, longitude 80 east, Mr..
Borchgrevinck proposes to join one of
the expeditions, if s25, 900 can be
raised, and is willing to go out on one
Of the whaling ships that are sent year
~ to these southern waters.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

,
Edward +. thompson an elecll'
elan in New York. afiirms that he
has discoyered a nrocess whereby mo-
- :;.;,I, ~, 3d.,
'i"h' otle' Wise INV '''D'e' ''''
ceived with the use OF the new rays
Mr.. Thompson SAYS by this process
tho novnnents of a watch can be OBJ.
carved through fine case and fine oner
at;nn ~ ,ba interior ~rqans Of a liring
bn , heina or animai he made vic
,hIa With he modestly admits
do,h,s nc ~ tb.. rractiraI vain. nf the
j;ennrary H. Tbomnson Quotes Pro.
lessor Pn,in ~ Columbia college and
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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

The present century is stated, has
witnessed the birth of not less thar
fifty two volcanic islands, of which
nineteen have disappeared beneath the
sea. while ten are now inhabited.
1t is found that person eating
alone cannot digest more than two
pounds and without causing illness.
When less than two pounds of roast
beef is taken in a day, all but about
three per cent is digested.
The belief that the shallower parts
of the bottom of the Eastern Atlantic
are parts of submerged continent
once joined to the mainland seems to
be growing. Scientific evidence In
support of Plato's story of a lost At
iantis has recently multiplied hun
dredfod.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

He has perfected apparatus of sep
arating iron from rock by the use Of
magnets In place formerly called
Ogden in northern New Jersey, but
which is now known as Edison, the
great inventor has secured control OF
about fourteen square miles OF land
rich in iron ore. lie has set up
here machinery for drilling and blast
ing the rock to a depth of thirty feet,
and crushing the loosened material
tnearly 1900 tons daily to the iineness
OF granulated sugar. This powdered
ore is next permitted to fall very close
to the poles of several horizontal elect
70 magnets which separate and draw
to themselves the metallic matter
The downpour is checked every five
seconds. and the current shut Oft
from the magnets, and adherlng
particles dropping on the other side OF
a thin partition from the non metallic
refuse. AS one treatment does not
suffice, the refuse is exposed a second
ard third time until all the ore is
extracted bat about five per cent The
stony refuse is collected and sold to
for ballast; the iron oxide is
mixed with various plastic materials
which facilitate smelling and sent to
the furnaces in the shape of bricks.
This new style of mining not only
saves vast deal of ore that is lost or
esteemed worthless under the old
but is also 50 economical and
speedy that it will be copied in other
districts where magnetic ore is
found Mr.. Edison is said to regard
his magnetic separator as the greatest
effort of his life -