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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Skin end Ewes Yellow.

This disorder findsits direct cause IN some
arrangement in the liver and ito CLOSELY
cllied glands. Tho bile, instead OF possinS
outthrcugh the bowels, has been obstrncteos
ncis. has accumulated and been taken up
BY the absorbents and distributed over tha
eystem, poisoning the blood and disturbing
all the functions Of the body: In tie treat.
ment of this disease, Or. M; A. simmons :
morning until tho complexion becomes
clear.
6purn Frauds that court you for your
money, Tho limitations that try to take the
place CT the Original DR.. ID. A. Simmons
ecld as "the ean1c," are advertised as mo:
the same" and you may BIO courted and
deceived for yoIr money at the expense OF
your health. Bowaret
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Where the once Sought the Man.
Talk about Poo Bahs, Representative
King of Utah claims to carry the prize
for officeholding.
81 once held six offices mt the same
time" he said yesterday to reporter.
,'In the early days of FILLMORE City, in
nay State, we actually had more Offices
than men, consequently l was City
Assessor and Collector, City Recorder,
CITY Attorney, County Attorney, men,
Der Of the Board of Education, and
member of the State Legislature. That
was pretty good handful for young
man not % years Of ags."-Washingtou
Post
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

II later information bears out the
first reports of discoveries Of rich gold
fields along the K1ondike river In Brit
ish Columbia 1t will not be surprising
IL the world witnesses again some or
the picturesque spectacles which at
tended the great rush to the California
gold fields fifty years ago. The story
of a steamer which reached Seattle
the other day with load OF passen-
gers, almost every one Of whom car
ried his bundle of gold dust, is in itself
enough to kindle the imagination OF
people who crave sudden wealth. Let
this narrative be repeated often
enough, let 1t become definitely known
that there is a new, unworked gold
field, where any man may seize claim
and work 1t for his own enrichment,
and the exodus to the Klondike will
follow with rush. People are less
credulous than they were when the
temptations of California We're held
before the eyes Of christendon. But
they are not less eager for wealth nor
less willing to risk time and health in
its pursuit. The extraordinary devel-
opment Of the Witwatersrand mines In
Africa in recent years show what
charm the idea Of opening a natural
treasure house still has for men. Even
supposing that the reports Of the Klon-
dixie mines have not been exaggerated,
however, there are many reasons
which will and should act as deter
rent to men in danger Of the gold fe-
yer. The difficulties Of a trip to tho
new mines are great. The prospect
ors who migrated in severed wagons
across the plains in 1S49 had more OBJ
stacles to contend with than traveller
would have nowadays in getting to the
Klondike or the upper Yukon. but the
California gold-seeker had a fairly,
equable climate for his travels and for
his work after he arrived. The man
who goes to the mines along the Klon-
dixie must bear considerable expense
for his journey, he must be ready to
face the hardships of unremittent la
Dor, of q rigorous climate and Of lin
tied rations, and occasionally he must
confront real perils. After he arrives
he must live in a complete isolation
from civilization for the greater part
of the year. Men bitten with the de-
sire for gold-hunting would do well to
take full account Of these conditions
before venturing on an expedition
which, while it may result in wealth,
may merely leave them stranded, PEN
niless and hungry in a rigorous eli
mate, ,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

But few sightseers at the national
capital find the Patent ONCE the most
interesting point to visit, yet there Is
probably no public building in Wash.
ington about which have conferred so
many high hopes, so much OF ambi-
ton, keen research and hard study.
The Patent Office, indeed, is sort OF
Mecca for the inventive genius Of the
United States.
At the time this is written 526,43S
patents are here recorded, and an ex'
animation of the models Of them, pre-
served In the cases, would occupy the
student for at least year.
Among the oldest Of recent patented
devices are two breathing machines"
one by a man in Buffalo, the other by a
Brooklyn physician.
A machine for breathing may at first
thought appear to be superfiuous, and
even ridiculous, yet both of these con-
trivances are of benign intent. They
are designed to preserve life, or to re-
suscitate suspended animation, as in
cases of drowning, choking, or a sud-
den failure Of the hearts action.
Physicians, as Is well known, often
attempt to produce artificial respira-
ton in such cases by extending the IN
fortunate person on the ground or on
the floor, and alternately raising or
lowering the arms. At best this meth
cd Is unpromising, and it is to render
such artificial respiration more effect
ual that the two inventions above-men-
toned have been sought out.
The Brooklyn doctors device con-
sists of an alright chamber, or box,
In which the sufferer from suspended
respiration can be placed, Gil save his
| nostrils and mouth, which are open
| to the external air. By means of an
air-pump, connected with the chamber
and worked rapidly by rotary shaft
and crank, the air is by turns exhaust
| ed and admitted, thus causing, by
pneumatic pressure, the lungs to be al.
ternately dilated with air and COM
pressed at the ordinary intervals Of
natural breathing.
| Inc buudlO lHfeHtor SEEKS 10 dccOIu-
| plish the same end by means of bel
lows and tube accurately applied over
the nostrils and mouth Of the person.
| Alternate inspiration and exhaustion
of air in the lungs are thus brought
about. The air-tube before entering
!, the nostrils passes through small
heating apparatus. This raises the air
to the temperature which 1t would
reach naturally in the air-passages Of
q healthy person.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

An ideal Is not mere imagination of
what is or what may be; it is concep-
ton of what should be-of something
nobler than we have yet seen and bet.
ter than we have done; and, when this
conception takes form in the mind,
though no external law may prescribe
it, though no public opinion may es-
pouse 1t, it speedily involves what may
be social law in the future, and what
must be private law for ourselves.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
GAR AND kllLFlSH.
Table Manners of a Fish Built on Tor
pedo Boat Specifications.

The gar may be described as a fish
built on torpedo boat lines considera-
bly, drawn out. There is one now at
the Aquarium which came from Lake
Erie, is three feet long, and doesn't
look to be three inches through amid
ships. It's snout is long, slender, and
tapering, and its mouth opens back
six or seven inches, so that in general
appearance its jaws are much like a
pair of shears.
When the gar is under one bell, so
to speak, it moves through the water
very smoothly, making no connection
whatever, and that is the way it moves
when it sets about capturing a kill
fish. 1t swims along very quietly and
gently, with its mouth closed, in the
direction of the killie, and keeps NOV
ing until it has overrun the killie by
three or four inches; the gar then
lying quietly in the wake with the
unsuspecting killie close by.
Suddenly the gar opens its mouth
slightly and swings its head sidewise
and closes its jaws. The chances are
that the little killie is then between
the gar's long jaws crosswise, its head
projecting on one side and its tail on
the other; it may be that it is paral-
yzed at once by the gar's sharp teeth,
or it may wriggle little.
The gar is in no hurry, not the
slightest; it knows very well that the
killie can't get away. Pretty soon it
begins to shift the killie back toward
its throat, so it can swallow it. The
gar doesn't work the killie back in its
jaws, but it opens its jaws just enough
to clear the killie, and then it bitches
forward itself with a movement so
slight and quick as to be scarcely per-
ceptible, setting its jaws together
again with the killie still lying across
the upper side of the under jaw, head
on one side and tail on the other, but
little nearer the gar's throat.
Still not in the slightest hurry about
it, the gar repeats this two or three
times, until it has got the killie pretty
well back in its jaws; then it sets
about Slowing the killie round length
wise, so as to take it in and swallow
it. Most fishes prefer to swallow a
fish head first, so that the fms won't
spread out and stick in the swallow
er's throat, but it doesn't appear to
make much difference to the gan
which way it takes the killie; if the
killie should still retain some life, and
it manages to wriggle itself around in
the gar's shifting of it so that its tail
is toward the gar's tail, the gal
does not undertake to slew it cleal
around again with its tail forward,
but when it gets the killie well along
side its mouth it opens it long jaws 6
little wider and takes the killie in
bodily, closes its jaws, and moves gen
| tly on.-New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Punish Criminals by Eating Their Bodies.

Punish Criminals by Eating Their Bodies.
The most cruel form of criminal
punishment is that found in vogue
among the Battaks or Battas, who in
habit that part of the island of Sumatra
south of Atcheen. DR.. Van der Tunk,
a German discoverer, was astonished
to learn how civilized the Battaks are
in every respect except in their treat
ment of their prisoners.
There hanging and electrocuting
have not the ghost of a show. Both
these methods and that suggested by
the recently famed Society for the
Betterment of the Human Species,
would all be voted inadequate for the
proper punishment of criminals guilty
of capital offences, which offences by
the way, are much more hume
rous than in the United States, thiev-
ing being looked upon by the Battaks
as one of the most heinous of capital
crimes.
''The Battaks no sooner convict q
criminal" says DR.. Van der Tunk,
ethan the sentence is carried out.
The convict is placed face downward
on large fiat stone, and the body is
then chopped into pieces by small
stone axes. The authorities then dis
tribute these pieces among the fam
lilies of the village where the crime has
been committed, and the villagers eat
these pieces with the greatest relish,
there being belief current among the
Battaks that if the body of criminal
is merely buried the soul may come
back to the body and resurrect it"
The enemies of the Battaks cap
tured in war receive the same fate as
do their criminals. Women are sell
dom or never executed among them.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
An Eagles Curiosity.

III. Cabalzar, French aeronaut, re
ports that he met with strange adj
venture in recent ascent from An
necy, in Savoy Feeling that the bal
loon was being pulled violently, he
looked out, and was amazed to see a
gigantic eagle climbing with extended
wings down the ropes toward the car.
Here it remained, staring fixedly at NJ
Cabalzar, till the balloon neared the
ground, an hour afterwards, when il
was frightened away by the shouts ofa
crowd ofpeasants.- Detroit Free Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Hal Hal

'You remember" said the gentleman
in the bald wig, ''how all the world
went to Chicago four years ago."
81 do" answered the gentleman II
tie pea-green whiskers.
"Well, now, all the world has gon,
to Wheeling. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
I.cn nestitute.

Not Of worldly goods. but of all earthly com ON
fort, is the poor wretch tormented by ms ~ ias
The fell scourge is, however: snorn u r s,o
tors. its only sure preventative ana remeay'
Dyspepsia. biliousnese constipation, rheuma-
item. nervousness and kidney complains 81 J; :
also among the bodily affections which THIS
benedcent medicine overcomes with GER
taipty Use it Systematically.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

: Fits permanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. X. III. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Phila, Pa
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LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm OF i. j.. CHENEY tS
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo, County
aud State aforesaid, and that said firm Will pay
the sum OF OSH HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured By the use of HALLS CArAKRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my
49, presence, this 9th day OF December
( SEAL A. ID. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
tl Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
FIJI. CHESEY q Co., Toledo 0.
Sold by Druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills are ths best.
The prisoners of Germany cost the empire
e25, COO year.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tion. allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

The cornerstone of Ohio's capitol
was laid July 4, 1889, and it took
twenty years or more to finish the
building. The state was proud of it
when it was done, and insists that it
is grand old State house even at this
day. It cost 81, $50, 121.4 rs.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and Lung
trouble of three years standing.-E. CADY,
Huntington Ind, Nov. IL. 1894.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

There Is vast difference between
being able to say prayers that sound
fne, and having broken and contrite
heart
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Dig clear into the bone and the letter Will
only be the worse. There's only one way 70
treat an irritated, diseased skin. Sooth it. XIII
the germs that cause the trouble and heal IL
up sound and strong. Only one thing in the
box at drugstores or postpaid for so cents in
stamps by J. I. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Keen ON Scratching.

The personal attractions of bank check
depends more upon its face than its figures.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

The man who marries wealthy grass wild
ow makes hay while the sun shines.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Some people learn enough in six weeks
travel to bore Others for life time.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

But few people burn their fingers heaping
Goals of fire on an enemy's head.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, ! 80.

II the fool goose had not laid the golden egg
sue would not have lost her life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Shellman, Ca, writes: ]
have used DIR. M. A. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine IS
years. II cured me Of Tor.
pid Liver, Indigestions
Nervousness and Sleep
lessness. 1t cured my
Wife of q Female Com.
plant. My two A U n : o
have been greatly 'bene.
fted LYit in their old age:
Have n sed "Dlack Draught"
but think DIR. N. A. s. lie
III, far superior to 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
ALABAMA LADIES
Brave as Lions.
>MeMzzs.Ns.euMsE

Jenifer. Ala, writes:
My Husband wa o
cured Of Biliousness
by DR.. NJ. A. Sim
mons Liver Meu-
cine, which ! have
used 10 years. Have
tried both Zeilin's and
"Blnck Draught," and
] think the M: "A.
Simmons Medicine
SO for Superior that
ono Package Of II 10
either the other kinds
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
,,eufsioiepi E'enstrvafion

~ he PARTS, sometimes by distractions in
mouth of vagina, and sometimes by consti-
pated bowels, but usually results from de-
bilitatod conditioned the system, which pre-.
vents nature from overcoming any unusual
exposure, such as fright or getting feet wet.
Dr. S;mnons Squaw Vine Wine builds up
the system and cures the disorder, while
Dr. NJ, A. Simmons Liver Medicine cureo
the constipation, indigestion, loss 9f Ape
tite, pains In back, hips, heau emu ua'uss
which are usually present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-16
ADRIFT on An ICE FLOE.
FISHERMEN ON GREEN BAY CARRIED
AWAY AND PROBABLY LOST

Nsrjnette Wis Jan. IA strong gale
sDr,lng I'D this afternoon and The ice in the
bay suddenly began TO move out. Within ten
minutes there a wide space between the
moving ice and the shore. a number of fisher
men were seen running about on the moving
ice frantically waving and signalling for help.
Two boats were manned and started out 20
reach the moving ice foe If possible. The num-
Der of fishermen on the ice was between thirty
and forty
At :; o'clock the ice broke about a mile ana a
half from the shore. The worst feature was
that the sheet of ice which was taking the men
thickness and if heavy wilma should break
this every man would drown before help could
reach them.
All but five of the imperlled fishermen finally
got ashore in safety but these five are believed
10 be on their way to death in Green Bay tn"
names of the probable victims are Ed. Hoif-
man, Nels Malson. Charles Neelan Manuel Hoi-
grer and Johnson. TIN OF them nave
families. one of the boats returned al !
O'Clock with no news. and the second reScuinS
party Is in great danger. No AID can reach
the drifting prisoners tonight.
All Of them live al MenOkaune where the
piers are lined with people waiting for news
The ice was believed to he safe, because a team
passed over it to Sturgeon Bay three days ago.
Hundreds of people Will be deprived of their
which were placed on the broken ice. There is
one hope OF safety for the occupants of the
ice foe in the fact that they had skates on ana
NAV reach the opposite shore The fishermen
saN tbs. only chance of their cOlaborcrS. Is IN
reaching Green Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-16
MOTHER AND CHILDREN REtNI1ED.
EIGHT YEARS AGO TIE FATHER STOLE THEM
AWAY-END OF \ LONG SEARCH

EIGHT YEARS AGO TIE FATHER STOLE THEM
AWAY-END OF \ LONG SEARCH
Chicago Jan 15.--Aftcr separation covering
period of eight years Mrs Nellie Taylor and
Two daughters are reunited. Eight years ago Mrs.
TAYLOR and her husband. Herman y. Taylor
living in the village of Charlton City Mass. Tay-
lor was employed engineer In a cotton fac
tory and two children. Hattie NJ. years
old. and Lydia v. three years old, occupied the
attention Of the mother. one day she returned 10
her home after making a call. TO find that her
hush nd had taken the girls away. note in
Mrs. Taylor resolved 10 work and earn money
enough follow the children wherever the father
had taken them after four years of hard work
and saving. Mrs. Taylor came 10 Chicago and
cured employment. Ii was here that she heard
TWO months OF her husband and children.
Iney living Salisbury. y. c.. and Fay
Tor rad remarked without having obtdlhed a al
Mrs Taylor told her story TO Sergeant Halter
who communicated with the Chief OF Police. OF
Salisbury. with the result that the children were
found Hattie. who Is now fifteen years old. was
working In the city as a servant, and the eleven
year-od child living with her father In
room log cabin twenty-five miles out In the coun-
,ry Upon her. arrival in Salisbury Mrs. Taylor
with the aid OF the police. secured possession Of
IN. children and started for Chicago Immediately
in. father was warned that II he raised any OBJ
lection G would promptly be prosecuted for big
amy According 10 the mothers story the chill
dren were In a wretched condition The girls
over1oyed at being returned 10 their mother. and
wifi live with her until she decides what TO do In
future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-16

Governor Asa S. Bushnell Of Ohio. arrived in the
city last evening for the purpose Of attending the
annual dinner OF Ohio Society this evening Gov
ernor Bushnell made his headquarters at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. and accompanied by these
members Of his STAFF Adjutant- General II. A.
Axlne Of Columbus: General W. =. Orr Of Pequa
Colonel H. b. Kingsley, Columbus: Colonel
Henry II. Prettyman, Of London; Colonel c. c.
Burke. OF Cleveland. Colonel r. c. Mckinney. OF
Columbus. and Captain r. +. Burdick commanding
Troop A. Of the Ohio National Guard Captain
Burdick's troop is to escort President-elect Nc
Kinley TO Washington on the occasion CT his in
auguration on March T. Governor Bushnell and
several members Of his staff went to see "A Con-
tented Woman at Hoyts Theatre last evening.
There was no little gossip a: the Fifth Avenue
Hotel last evening relating to the retirement or
John Sherman from the Senate to accept the place
of Secretary of State in Mr.. Mckinley's Cabinet
IL was the Impression Of those who talked with the
Governors aids that Governor Bushnell would al
low the LEGISLATURE choose the successor OF Mr.
Sherman and that the honor OF the short term
would fan upon Chairman Kurtz OF the Ohio Re
publican State Commiuee The long term of six
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-16
BAD OUTLOOK FOX LEAD|ILLh.

MANY MINES THREATENED BY THE EXPECTED
sToppAGE OF \ ZIG PUMPING PLANT.
IoadvilIc col. Jan. 15.-There Is movement on
foo, IN close down the big Maid OF Erin pumping
nla,t This will mean the flooding OF all OF the
downtown property. and the drowning also VI inc
mines Carbonate HILL For the nsl 'l'"e n''''''s
tho Small Hopes and the Mahala mining companies
h,,o hoen having the Maid pumping expenses,
go 90 a month between them. but the Small Hopes
people have given notice that they VIII cease pay
ments and as the Mahala Company VIII not pear
the expense alone. the outlook is alarming / ne
aood,up of IN. mines and section referred To VIII
mean the stoppage OF much development WORK hhi
a financial loss OF many hundreds OF thousands OF
aoiinrs II is the opinion OF the leading mining
men that the closing down OF the Maid pumps Tor
even thirty days will entail a loss from "hich IL
will take many years TO recover