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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
Shells as Money

The relative value of cowry money
varies. In British India and Siam
about 1000 pass for shilling. The
ordinary graduation in Central and
Western Africa, the true home OF
cowry-trading, is as follows; Forty
cowries make string; two and one
half strings equal a penny; nifty
strings, head; and ten heads, one
bag. A bag of 20, 600 cowries just be-
fore the founding of the Congo Free
State was worth lis. Cd. English
money. Yet this value was not uni
form, varying slightly according to
locality. Slaves and elephants tusks
however, have always been settled for
in barter, not in cowries. Prints and
cotton cloth, iron spikes and brass
wire have proved the most acceptable
payments for such articles OF mer-
chandise. But with few exceptions
| of this kind, which belong to export
commerce. cowries have for ages
furnished the money medium. Barth,
the traveller, tells us that in Mumyoma,
Western Africa, the kings revenue
| was reQuceu III oo,OoV,ooo on0AAss ~
male adult being assessed SO many
shells poll-tax, SO many for every
slave and pack animal. There was nc
evading the tax collector either. Il
was either prompt payment, or else
the headsman collected poll-tax II
his fashion, and the victims property
was confscated.
| The establishment of the Congo
Free State, with its railways, steam
boats, trading posts, and the OPENING
up of this enormous territory to com
merce on a great scale will probabl,,
before many years exterminate cowr.
currency in all but the remoter re
yions. Such money ceases to be
use with the coming of civillze
usages -Harper's Round Table.
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just the Kind.

The youth in the tan colored cycling
suit turned to the white-mustached
man with deferential gesture.
pardon me, Mr.. Bards," he said,
''but will you permit nee to ask what
kind of matches you prefer for do
nestle. use?"
sMatches?" echoed the old gentle
man. matches for domestic use?
What an extraordinary question! Why,
safety matches, of course.
The young man smiled.
"Then, Mr.. Bards, he said, 'per-
NIT me to inform you that your
daughter Millie and I eloped on
wheels this morning and are now
back for the customary parental bless
ing"
He blew lightly on his whistle and
the lovely girl darted into the room.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Some Queer Currency.

People sometimes think money a
scarce article, but they really know
very little about it compared with what
some of their cousins from the Far
West could tell them. There one OF.
ten goes for days without sight OF
even so much as nickel, and then
the people resort to ell sorts OF queer
devices to make cha
An Eastern man who had occasion
to spend many months in Montana
tells of having seen man buy a box
of matches with watermelon and re-
ceive as change two muskmellons.
Another paid for suspenders in tur-
nips and got q carrot or two back with
his purchase.
"But of all the queer financial
transactions that 1 have ever known, y
said he, 'sthe oldest came under the
head of paying the fiddler 1t had
been noised abroad that dance was
to be given little way up the noun
tain, and 1 agreed to go along with
one of the boys and see the fun. AT.
ter going through the elaborate prepa-
rations of backing his boots and put
ting on collar, saw my companion
go to the potato bin and carefullyselect
a dozen nice potatoes and put them il
his pocket. No sooner had we ar
rived at the music hall than HI
gracefully surrendered his vegetables
for an entrance ticket. But wha
puzzled me the most was that upol
coming out after dancing all night, h
was given two onions as change
have been trying to make up my mine
ever since just what that dance wa
worth in the currency of the realm.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-06
An Aged Medical Student.

M. Boryski, medical student OF
Warsaw, has just obtained his diploma
at the age of seventy-five. He began
his studies at the age of twenty-one,
but his funds ran out, and he took to
tax collecting to earn living. He
was twenty years saving enough to
resume his medical studies, and just
then there was Polish rising in which
he was concerned, and he was sent to
Siberia for life. In 1895 his sentence
was RENTED. He hurried back to
Warsaw, recommended his studies,
and is now ready to practice. But it
is not fair. People always wish an
old doctor, and NJ. Boryski will be in
demand from the start.-New York
Sun.
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Accounting for Her Appearance.

A lady who is city missionary be-
came very much interested IN a very
poor, but apparently respectable Irish
family named Curran, living ON the
top floor of great tenement-house IN
the slum district.
Every time she visited the Currans
the missionary was annoyed by the
staring and the whispering of the other
women living in the building. One
day she said to Mrs. Curran:
s'Your neighbors seem very curious
to know who and what am, and the
nature of my business with you.
sThey do so,'' acquiesced Mrs.
Curran.
''Do they ask you about it?"
'Indade they do, ma'am."
ssAnd do you tell them?'
ssFaith, thin, an OF do not"
s'What do you tell them?"
"Oi just tell thin you are me dress
maker, an let it go at that. "-Har'
per's Bazaar.
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aTHF GRAVEYARD OF EUROPEANS
Almost Incredible Mortality OF ba'a''"
on the Island of Java.

Almost Incredible Mortality OF batasia
ON the Island of Java.
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, author OF
ssJinrikisha Days." contributes 70 Ihs
Century an article on 'Down to Java.
TSe writer says:
No Europeans live at Tandlof
Prick. nor in the old city of Batavia.
which from the frightful mortality
during two centuries was knoWe,
ssthe graveyard of Europeans. he
banks and business houses, tbs
Chinese and Arab quarters, are IN the
s'old town." but Europeans deser'
that quarter before shutdown, and be.
take themselves to the 'new town
suburbs, where every house is IN 8
park of its own, and the avenues are
broad and straight, and all the dis,
tances are magnificent. The city OF
Batavia, literally "fair meadows,
grandiloquently 'the queen OF the
East" and without exaggeration the
gridiron of the East" datesfrom 1921,
when the Dutch removed from
Bantam, where quarrels between
Portuguese, Javanese and the East
India company had been disturbing
to trade for fifteen years, and built
Fort Jacatra at the mouth OF river
off which a cluster of islands sheltered
fine harbor.
Its position in the midst OF swamps
was unhealthy and the mortality was
SO appalling as to seem Incredible
Dutch records tell of eighty-seven
thousand soldiers and sailors dying
in the government hospital between
TIA and 1776, and that more than one
million people died within the city
walls between 1730 and 1852, the
place at no time claiming over forty
thousand inhabitants all told. The
people were long in. learning tina
those who went away to the hlghel
suburbs to sleep, and who built houses
of the most open construction, u
admit of the fullest sweep of air, wer'
free from the fever of the walled tow
surrounded by swamps, cutby stagnan
canals, and facing harbor the m'1'
banks of which were exposed at lo'
tide. The city walls were destroye
in this century, the Quaint, old all
tight Dutch buildings were tor,
down, and the. streets were widened
and there is now great outsprea
town of red-roofed, whitewashe
! houses, with no special features
picturesuueness to make its stree
scenes either distinctively Dutch G
tronical Modern Batavia has on
hundred thousand inhabitants, les
than a tenth of whom are European
While the last centzny Stadhuis migl
,, have been brought from Holland Ell
/, tire, a steam tramway starts frol
l it's door and thence shrieks its way
= the farthest suburb, the telepho1
hellos from centre to suburb, al
modern inventions make tropic
I living possible.
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hoods Pills wit with III Hoods Ss sarsapafiiia.
Dr webb,s Locomotive searchlight.

DIR. Webb's Locomotive Searchlight.
Persons who happened to be In the
Union Station yard last night about
1920 were struck with the unusual
brilnancy Of the place The reason for
this was that the private engine OF DR..
Seward Webb, the Nehasene, was In
the yard with new searchllght on Its
pilot, which threw a very powerful
light on the track and the objects with
In it's range. The searchlight is about
the size Of the ordiuury light carried
on the pilots of locomotives, only 1t Is
many times more brilliant. The power
for the light is generated in small dy-
namo operated independent Of the
mechanism of the engine. The engine
was in charge of Engineer McFadden,
who was kept busy explaining the light
to a curious and interested crowd OF
railroad men. The engine was ordered
to Utica, and left on Its run at 1890.
The light is able to allow the engineer
to discern objects distinctly at the dis
lance Of mile.-Albany Argus.
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Mistaken Pride.


Phil May, the artist and caricaturist.
.o,,s of q funny experience ne had on
w.. When I came back to London has.
tened to the office, and imagine my my
aratihcation when I saw eyerywae. .s
scrjption in large letters. welcome 70
May" ttorcht,
.This is indeed fame" | tnousns,
md when l got to the Graphic ola IN,
there was another inscripuon' .r M
49, and all the rest of it: "Wet
nom 70 NJ. and G." The G. worried
NC = hit but then the name of the man
, n,So went out with me commenced
with G. u,t;scat,on.
aW sHla W, you esOtlstieal IDIOT he re Re,
marked politely. tits nothing s 10 az
with you! It's the marriage OF frincs
George and Princess May.
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4 MONUMENT OF LOVE


e..-~ ~ the Building Of the Famous
Mccsiah Palace OF the Alhamp ra'
Tho Amambra Of Spain has attained
a fame equalled by no other palace o
eorth. This marvellous creauon "
Moorish fancy Is situated In what was
In its time one of the strongest a1u
largest fortresses in the world. Capa-
b,a Of containing an army OF 4o,ooo
mon II YVES at once the admiration Oh
the Mobrs and the dread OF the span
iards. The Moors called 1t the Maluen
FORTRESS. and had a superstition Inas
vhan n fell the Moorish power In Spain
would come to an end. The penel "uS
justified by the event, for Kai-ai- HALF
rab the Red Castle, was the last MOOT
,sb stronghold to surrender to tha
cnan,ards. 1t being given up the year
nss,ra the discovery of America, and
tho e,oht centuries Of constant war De-
t--oon the Moors and the Spanlards
vare brought to close. The dainty
no,aca within the walls Of the huge
fortress was. the work OF lbn ei an
mar and was inspired by his love ior
h,s wife Teleika was her name, some
Gov Zeleika. and others give her va.
rious applications, so she may have nao
,noro names than one, but, no matter
what was her name, she found ire 10
| tha qreaA fortress rather dull, ana, 10
please her. Ibn ell Ahmar began the eie-
CANT palace as a home for her and q
refuge for himself from the cares OF
business and the fatigues of war. u
proved too long and expensive an I'M
dertaking for his life and pocketbooKl
hut his SON and grandson each was
ho,,ntifully supplied with wives, whom
they were anxious to please, so II "as
continued by the one and finished Dy
the other In 1914, over sixty years from
the time when It's foundations were
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WHAT He MADE
An Answer That Was Not Expected pS
the Professor.


the Professor.
Professor B., who conducts the
clinic of nervous diseases at -
Medical college of Chicago, is .hlm,
self very nervous and easily irritated
man. Recently, at the close OF long
clinic, when teacher and students were
3ell Cred out, the assistant rushed In
and asked to have exhibited very
interesting case which had just arrived.
"Well, be quick about it, said the
doctor, and proceeded to emphasize
some previous remarks concerning
the influence of occupation upon ner-
. yous conditions, which point he pro-
nosed to illustrate in the case to be
presented.
having been hustled into chair, was
now confronted by Professor b,
with the admonition to be brief and
accurate in his replies, as time was
limited. ~,
CHOW, sir, what do you DO !? lie
commenced. :, :,
CAV am not vera well.
| ono! say, what do you do?'
ooh vas. Aw verk."
eyes, I know; but what kind Of
work?"
ooh. eet es hard verk." !.
eyes; but do you shovel (illustrat
ing with gesture), cor drive car OF
work at a machine, or do
"Oh vas. Aw verk at masheen:
"Ah! What kind of machine!
"Oh, ct ees big masheen.
Bv this time the class were grlnnins
broadly and whispering pleasantrles
all of which caused the professor q
redden and break into volley at tn
poor Swede.
"Now look here, sir; want no NOR
of this. You answer the questions
ask you, or go home. What do yo'
make on this machine?"
A ray of intelligence lit up the lac
of the Swede, and, with coniiden
smile, he said: sob, now aw under
STAN yo'. Yo' want to know vat a
MAX on the masheen. Easn't ETY."
eyes, sir; that is it. What do 20
!, make?"
saw max seventeen cents an hour.
And he and the class were dismlsse'
-ssEditor's Drawer" in Harper
Magazine.
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Frank.

ssThere's one thing, however, that
can't quite understand, said the
Rev. Mr.. Choker.
whats that?" Mrs. Van Scadds in
quired.
"Why, it is this: Every time I get
back to my church after being away
upon. a vacation, the members of the
congregation seem to be even better
than they were before / left.
ssWell," the thoughtless lady said,
81 suppose it is only natural that the
rest should benefit them, as well as
YOU Cleveland Leader.
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THE CHIEF THING

In Maintaining Good Health Is PURE
Rich, Nourishing Blood.
The blood carries nourishment and furn-
ishes support for the organs, nerves ana
muscles. 1t must be made rich and pure
II YOU would have strong nerves, good
digestion. sound sleep, or II you would
be rid of that tired feeling, those DIS
agreeable pimples, eczema, or scrofuia.
No medicine is equal to Hoods Sarsapa'
rtlla for purifying the blood. 1t is med
icine Of genuine merit and will do you
,v,,der,uI good. Try it now
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| Fuddy-Between you and me, I be-
a,eye my wife thinks more of the butch
or than she does OF me.
\ Duddy-You don't mean It!
Fuddy-I do: but / am not jealous.
Duddy-Not jealous!
Fuddy-You wouldn't be surprised Ii
Won knew what kind Of thoughts she
thinks of him.-Boston Transcript
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We call the readers attention to the ad.
yertisement of Montgomery Ward d Co., OF
Chicago, which appears in our display col
umns. Montgomery Ward & Co., are the or
igipators of the mail order system of doing
business, and have the largest business of its
character in the world. They employ LUZ
clerks, own the buildings they occupy ea eat ~
money, and receive from 5000 to le,oO letters
and orders every day. They sell everything
one can wear or use, and everything is sou
on the guarantee that it will be found as rep
resented, or the purchaser can exchange ior
other goods, or have his money refunded, az
he prefers. .,,o err, 1vo
have no hesitancy in saying that what they
promise TO do, they will do, and that they are
thorouEhly reliable in every way.
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An interrupted Reverie.

She was standing alone on the
beach, gazing pensively on the ocean.
A youth approached-then paused.
ssNo, he murmured, / will not dis
turb the currentof her thoughts. She
is communing with the gods!'
Their she saw him and, turning
toward him, said:
ST say, mister! How fur does this
here millpond go, andwhar bouts does
it stop at?''-Atlanta Constitution.
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Mere Bundles of Nerves.

: Some pesvish, querulous people seem more
bundles of nerves. The least sound agitate
their sen orfume and ruflies their tempers. NO
doubt they are born so. But mag not their
nervousness be ameliorated, II not entirely re-
ieyed? Unquestionsbly, and with Hostetter
Stomach Bitters. By cultivating their dlges-
non. and insuring more complete assimilation
Of the food with this admirable corrective, tney
will experience a speedy and very percepupic
gain in nerve quietude. Dyspepsia, p!iou l
ness. constipation and rheumatism yieio 70 tne
Rtttera.
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9Issesed nportion Of the ear. There is only
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an an n,
famed condition of the mucous lining OF tne
famed you have a rambling sound or imper,
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, and unless the lnua IN
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing butan IN
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
Ne will give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. SEND
for circulars, free.
f. J. CHENEY &C. Co., Toledo. ..
Sold by Druggists, TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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ui. prealiction was True.

ssSee here. That horse you sold
me runs away, kicks, bites, strikes,
tries to tear down the stable at night.
Yon told me if got him once !
wouldn't part with him for . $1,000.
.sWell you won't. Detroit Free
Press.
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ra,a, TO paternal Authority.

ssAfr. Chubbs, your little boy doesn't
obey you very well, "
ssNo, he has never respected me
since / tried to show him how to fly q
kite. Chicago Record
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Only n Little premature.

II can't hear suit that isn't pend.
Ing" said judge to a young lawyer
who was seeking advice.
II know it isn't pending" replied the
young man, in some confusion, "but 1t
Is about to pend. THE Green Ba9-
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andhelp sex having mao
cradle treating with her 80,
write to her for advice an regard 70
complaints was easy Tor her ains seis " i
here rseveryd detail of their suffering .n.,,.
the physicians were nnaps
70 do simply information to work anu
sought years ago
armv to-day constantly advee ana
OF have
successfully Pkham during the last year is OF
by her uncquaeo experience anu
| training.
an
OF all KINDS OF lenae
dlaeases OF inc
therefore Pnkham LABORATORY
Ivnn Mass aing OF America tnan
responsible for her own suHeu8
will Mrs. Pnkham for advice
constantly publishing from WOMEN
establish beyond Iyia Pinkhs vegetable COM
i to diseases
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sWhat kind Of language was that
you were talking to baby just now,
nammaY" asked little Ethel. That's
baby talk, my DEAR" replied the moth
or. "And did I once understand that,
mamma Y-Yonkers Statesman.
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SHOE STRETCHERS

Device Can Be Applied to Point OF
Disco mfort.
A new household device m the shape
AZ a shoe stretcher has been recently
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ARKANSAS LADIES
DON'T LIE.
<MucmRu1&bM..suz

Malvern, Ark, says: Have
used DIR. M. A. simmOns
Liver Medicine 10 years,
and find IL q great deal
better than "Zeilin's
Regulator" and "Black
Draught-,' 1t has been Of
at benefit TO my Daagh-
ler ard Niece during their
monthly troubles for OBJ
etructed D1enstruation.
There should DO nc home
without 1t.
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could not get along without Plso,s cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures. o - sso, e.
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The first copper cent was coined III Nc"
Haven, Conn, in 1857.
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r.v1,eea a. Blood m. Head.

Where there is great determin alton o.
blood 10 the head, the blood vessels Of the
exisfs flushed face, Riddiness, especially on
Htoop:ng, and throbbing pain In the head,
incTeased by movement. II may be caused
by liyin~. 100 freely; too late rising In the
ynoyn.ns 3combined with an inactive life.
Menstrual derangements in females viii
rften OCCASION il. Dr. simmons Sauru
Wins Wine IL especially made for his. snd
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Some people have no appreciation for any
thing beyond something to eat.
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That Everfnstfng IrrHHtf"s
That describes letter, Eczema and olner
akin diseases. 30 cents will cure them.SCoP
the itch at once. so cents pays for a box OF le.-
terine at drug stores or postpaid Tor oo Genus
In stamps from ]. T. Shuptrine, savannah va
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The Turn q !! !. Gii (. usu.,,, "A.

~ - A.
Tbe cessation OF the menses ueuany 90
cnrs between the ages of forty and hftys
GREAT irregularityt takes place in the pefieaaa4
6jscharceS for some time before the nnal
cessafion. the female usually experiencing
sudden flashes Of heat, fuilness in the heaos
headache and other evidences OF consuto.
tional disturbance. The nervous syssems
Observation-Disclosures and there y glee!s
irritability and melancholy, the patient -
discouraged and has sense OF funnsasoS
scffocation- >,ees1
,,, a. ~ constant care and watchful tender.
ness. moi has moro need for Q remedy y
fnvigorate and siren tbcn her. Inc po. Is
should be kept regular with Dr. "a; a, ILL
mons Liver Medicine, and II DE-. siminoIS
Eaunw Vine Wine is used during the wnoi9
Of this critical period, it win invigorate a h
enrich her blood. scoshe and strsngtnen s nsaa
nerves and thus relieye inc su5et the isns
gers. prolong her lie and afford her StseoSto
end 10y IN her declining years
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That Everinsting Irritating Itch

Some people are better when they are SICK
than at any other time.
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When You have country woman 10
dinner. notice how shy she Is OF the but
ter you serve.
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,2G<DE71

Pine Bluff. Ark, writes:
DR.. N. A. SimmonsLiver
Medicine has been a God
send to myself and family
for 20 years. It cures ChiIIs
and Bevers, Bilious Few
ers, Sick Headache. I
think there Is no compare
son between 1t and "B'ack
lDraught" and "zeilin's
Liver Regulator. :
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DIR. Klino's Great
Nerve Restorer. "a trial bottle and treatise free
On. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila, Ia