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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

q. a person we like to meet We like TO have
such man try Tetterine. lie will be more en-:
thusiastic than anybody else once he s cured ana
Rtngysorrn and All skin discusses. so ccnts box
at drug stores or by mail from J. Il. Shuptrins'
Savannah, Ga.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
RARE CASE OF EXTRA THUMB.

Its Owner, a Stone Carver, Finds 1t a
Useful Appendage.
This Is an eminently successful radio
graph, or X-ray photograph, Of the
hand OF Mr.. Peters. 1t will be seen
that Mr.. Peters has two thumbs. SIM
ilar cases are not unknown, but this
one Is unique in that the supernumer-
airy thumb Is Of very real utility to Its
lpossessor. Mr.. Peters says that he
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. q trial bottle and treatise iree
Dr.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., ia.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
A Brain Estimate

II the entire population Of the world
Is considered 20 be 1,400,000,000 the
brains of this number Of human beings
would weigh 1,922,712 tons, or as
much as 90 ironclads of the ordinary
ef-
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
mile, when his horse became uneasy.

mile, when his horse became uneasy.
Looking back Mr.. Lowell beheld a
sight which, as he says, caused his hat
to raise not trife-three large gray
wolves about 200 yards distant were
charging after.him at a speed which
would soon bring them upon him.
There was not a moment to spare, and
the young man hardly knew what to
do. He was unarmed, and the snow
was so deep that it was impossible for
his horse to run from the ferocious
beasts with any degree of success.
Mr.. Lowell quickly decided that he
had but one chance, and that was to
attempt to bluff Wheeling his horse
around, facing the wolves, he applied
the quirt, and at every jump of his
steed he let forth yell that would
have put any Comanche to shame. For
moment the bluff seemed failure,
for the wolves continued to approach,
and the distance between the horseman
and the shaggy creatures lessened to
about fifty yards before the turn in af-
fairs occurred
Finally, after few more piunges in
the snow by the horse and numerous
yells from the thoroughly frighteae
young man, the wolves suddenly turned
and ran in an opposite direction.
Mr.. Lowell followed his lead with
renewed vigor, and more whoops, and
if any one in the lower country should
see three badly scared wolves running
westward it may be depended upon
that they are identical ones which
threatened the safety of the son of our
State Auditor. Ill.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
EATS SMALLER REPTILES

trinidad Snakes that Are CanniDals
by Nature.
Certain species Of snakes are by ma.
lure cannibals, having three general
methods of securing and overpowerins
their prey-by construction. by main
strength and by venom. A scientist
who was recently on blacksnake hunt
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for CHILDREN
teethng, softens the gums, reducing innamM .,s
zion, allays pain cures wind collie. 25ca bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

Trso's Cure for Consumption has saved mo
Place. baltimore, Md. Dec. z 1894.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

No woman wants the latest wrin kles on
her face
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

SIX. Coburn, Mgr Clsrie Scott writes:,
find Halls Catarrh Cure valuable remedy"
Druggists sell it, T5c.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

Pretty women who are stupid are roses
without fragrance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

sub-lieutenant of the italian army gets
$40 a month and las to pay his own expenses
out of that.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

People who blow their own horns make
poor music for other folks.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Acood Honest Doubter

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about
what may never happen.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

A wise man keeps his own counsel, while
the lawyer sells his.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

st. Vitus' Dance. One bottle DR.. Fenner's
Speeafc cures. Circular. Fredonia. n. =.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

1t is easy to pick out work for the foo
killer
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

1t is entirely superfluous to tell PEG.
pie that you are getting old; you show
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

unndgn Dill easy to take, easy to buy.
UUUU , HellS easy to operate. &c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
Pine Bark Boats,

Everybody is familiar with the birch
Dark boats, or canoes, of the American
Indians, but the fact is not so we'll
known that some of the aboriginal in
habitants of the western shore of this
continent were accustomed to make
boats of pine bark. A model of one of
these in the Smithsonian museum
served recently as a text for a talk by
Prof. Otis T. Mason on the evolution
of boats. The boat in question was, he
said, an exact representation of those
in use along certain parts of the Column
bia river. 1t is made of the whole skin
of pine tree, which is turned inside
out, the ends being cut obiiquely and
drawn together in such manner that
he vessel has pointed ram under water
Mt each end. Directly across the Pa
cific ocean from the Columbia is the
River Amur, in Asia. Prof. Mason
thinks the fact that similar boats are
found on the Amur may have bearing
on the problem of former emigration
from Asia to North America.-Youth's
Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19

and Coney Island photographers not
excepted, and, so far as the present
generation is concerned, is, in my opin-
ion, utterly hopeless. Something may
be done by the Government teachers
and by the missionaries to reclaim the
youthful Thlingits, Eskimos and Aleuts
from their racial stupidity, but the
Alaskan Indian of to-day is a pernic-
ious and persistent barbarian, with all
modern improvements in the line of
savagery.
Since 1 undertook to prospect this
country for news specials, have fallen
upon ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain. I have been in Sitka
just four days, after an extended tour
of Alaska, and have taken two baths
every day. This is just double my
usual number, but for three months
previous every square inch of me, ex-
cept my face and hands, has been a
stranger to water. You can't battle in
the open air in Alaska, save in the
Summer season, and the Russians who
preceded the American pioneers neg
lected to build Russian baths. You see,
it was part of the Cars policy to
truckle to the prejudices of the natives.
The Alaskan Indians have lighthouses
of their own, but, although some of
the most fearless desperadoes of the
Pacific slope have come hither, no white
man has yet been found with sufficient
nerve to enter one of them. BY the time
1 get back to the States 1 hope to be
clean enough to enable my friends to
recognize me-but it's an even chance.
For three months have foregathered
in every accessible part of the great
Northwest. / have slept in the igloo of
the kolosh, with sledge dogs lying on
my chest and greasy Eskimo babies
sticking their pudgy feet in my face,
half suffocated by the pot-pourri of
perfumes emanating from a dozen
human and canine forms, and 1 have
huddled under the inverted kayak or
bidarka of the Thlingit, with the rain
beating upon every part of me except
my head and a bitter east wind chill
ing me to the marrow. AS fate or
dained, l have made a meagre meal of
ulikan and seaweed cakes, or have
gorged myself on seal blubber and
moose steaks. 1 have discussed yukala
"a very fine trout with the Aziavigiok-
hamiut and have shared shellfish with
the Aleut. To my discredit be it said,
have tried to drink-fusel oil and all
the fearful liquor which the Eskimo
distills from flour paste, sugar, dried
fruit berries, etc. 1 am happy to say
that 1 have been wholly unable to do
so. That vile decoction would over
strain the hibulous endurance of a
Bowery lush.
Long before 1 returned to this, the
capital of Alaska, I learned to appre-
ciate even the poor heat of a chiksha
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
Roas and Ruchcs.

We are destined to wear ruffles or
boas or ruches Of some sort this season,
varying them in accordance with the
degree of caloric with which we are
favored. The chief difficulty is to de-
eide just what kind they shall be, but
certainly either of those two would be
suitable for most occasions. The first
is ruching of black lisse with pendent
ends of lace and lisse in a sort CT cork
screw appearance, which exactly re-
sembles the ends Of a feather boa. The
second is of white lisse. worked all over
in pretty design with lace braid
stitches, having a couple CT ends in
front. This latter one would be good
compartment to a white cape made
entirely of white ruching and mousse
Line de soie.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19

when the mercury was SHRINKING rr,o
the lowest part of the bulb, trot around
with nothing on above his waist and
is playing in luck, he will swaddle him
self in furs like gay Parisienne. 1t
takes such philosopher to exc out
existence in the Arctic Zone.
The Eskimos cheerfulness is the
more laudable in view of his relations
with his mother-in-law. That estima-
BILE lady rules him with an iron hand.
She has by law, what she has by Gus
tom in civilized chimes, the right to die
tate to him in every detail of his shiv-
cry career. The Eskimo would not dare
to build new igloo or kayak or bidar-
ka, to go on journey, to sell bum
die of furs, to buy anything whatsoever
or to cut his hair without consulting
his mother-in-law. She is the actual
head of the family.
WOman's Rights in Alaska.
Women occupy an equivocal position
among the Alaskan natives. Their legal
rights are many, but until they become
are few. A mother is practically the
slave of her eldest son, although he
and the rest of her children take their
surname and tribal pedigree from her.
instead of from their father. When
her daughters marry, however, her
sons-inlaw become her serfs, and
thenceforward she enjoys sweet re-
@Io L.
Notwithstanding females in the pho
tograph of group of Alaskan women
1 sent you couple of weeks ago may
easily be distinguished as mothers-iD-
law.
With that photograph 1 also for
belle of the village of Kanakanak, and
a snapshot of an Alaskan Indian in the
act of happening a seal. Poor Lo,
when 1 caught him with my camera,
was standing on the prov of the bara-
bara, his harpoon poised for the lunge
at the frightened seal, an expression of
fiendish glee on his swart features and
his whole body bristling with the joy
of slaughter. His companion in the
stern of the boat was padding swiftly
but silently, in order not to disturb a
family party of seals a few rods away,
on which the hunters also had designs.
1t was fierce and exciting chase, and,
though felt sorry for the seal, could
not but admire the skill and strength
with which the harpooner sent his slen-
der steel plunging through the body of
the animal. This is a primitive method
of killing seals, but it is still popular
among the Thlingits.
When 1 get more used to writing
with pen and ink on real paper once
more, and when the genial warmth of
the modest hotel at which 1 am stop
ping shall have thawed the ice in my
veins, 1 will tell you more about the
peculiar and picturesque peoples among
which 1 have lived these many weeks.
At present 1t is an effort to think, and
my fountain pen is still frozen.
MARK FALLON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19

There is more Catarrh in this section Ct
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease, and prescribed local remedies.
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a con-
stitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonials. Address,
FL. CHENEY, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tie best.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19

The Sultan of Johore has made 6
grant to Rev. j. a. Il. Cook. one of the
Presbyterian Church of EngIand's
missionaries at Singapore, of "a plot OF
land. 300 acres in extent, for the pur.
pose of Christian Chinese settlement
The grant is for 800 years.
The library of The University oil
California has received gift from
Coils =. Huntington of more than 4.O0C
documents in Spanish and English
covering the early history of Califor-
MIA. IT is richer in the period just be,
fore the American occupation than any
other collection except the Bancroft IL
brary.
Sixteen years ago Texas had but
three graded schools. and now it has
$50; then it had but one public high
school. and now it has 46S: then it spent
for schools less than 81 .GCO 900 a year.
and now it spends more than $4,000.C00;
then it had no university, and now it
has one with 1852 students and AZ pro.
feSsors.
Mrs. Mary Virgin Decentralization
Harland-has just issued timely and
interesting book. Some Colonial Home
steads and Their Stories" The volume
is profusely and carefully illustrated,
and among the homesteads presented
are: Brandon, Westover, Shirley, Mar
shall house, Clivedon Chew house,,
Morris house, Oak Hill (the home of the
Livingstons), Philipse manor house,
Jumel house (Fort Washington), Smith
house sharon, Conn.,, Pierce home
stead, Parson Williams house, Van
Courtfandt manor house, Varina (Poca-
hontas), jamestown and williamsburg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
Under One Umbrella.

On quiet thoroughfare off St.
Charles there might have been seen DUR
ing the heavy rain the other afternoon
shaggy Newfoundland dog carrying
spread umbrella in his mouth, his drip
ping tail sticking out from under and
wagging complacently. Investigation
revealed the fact that there was a little
rirl under the umbrella with the dog, her
tiny arm thrown around his neck, and
the two tripping along most amicably,
my name is Marie" said the little
maid, upon being questioned, "and this
IS Beauregard, my very own dog. Yes,
Beaury goes to school with me. l go to
The kindergarten. you know, and he al
ways carries the umbrella if it's rain
ing, because I can't, you see, and he
ran."-N. o. Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19

fire, made of the dry vines of the berry
of that name. Now 1 am luxuriating
in the delightful warmth of a real coal
blaze.
The Various Tribes.
OF the Alaskan Indians, the Sitkas
have been probably less injured by CIV
ilizing influences than any other tribe.
The Takus are more self-assertive and
taller, and have better features than
the average, excepting the Chilkats,
who are much like them. The most
primitive are the Yakutats, who have
the darkest skins. The largest men are
found among the Hutznahu. The Auks
are the least intelligent and have very
bad figures. The Thlingits are very
initiative, and extremely shrewd. These
last are guilty of all kinds of offenses
against the moral code, and would
rather lie than tell the truth any day.
1 have known Thlingits to lie when it
would have been distinctly to their ad-
vantage not to do so. They relish a
good lie as does an American a bright
joke.
and theft is second nature. All the
men are born gamblers and both sexes
are addicted to the excessive use of
tobacco and rum. They are confirmed
skeptics and laugh in their sleeves at
their chief idol, Yehl, even while they
are sacrificing to him. Even their be-
lief in shamanism and witchcraft is a
dead letter, and, as Christianity has
not yet taken it's place, they have no
faith. Polygamy is as popular among
them as it is with the Mormons.
The Cheerful KOlOsh.
One thing may be said in favor Of
the Eskimo-he is the most persistent
ly good-natured chap in America. With
everything under the midnight sun to
make him miserable, he laughs at his
frozen fate and finds humor in conges-
tive chills. Pleuro-pneumonia is a
huge joke with him, and diphtheria a
delicate witticism. AS for such petty
details as food, clothing and shelter,
they are to him absolutely ridiculous.
He can get along with less of them
than any man on earth, except the
Frisco Chinaman. I have seen him,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
A Life Saved

Marvellous cures of throat and hung
affections are made daily by DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Miss Annie Swan,
Petersburg, Va, writes: my brother
was attacked by a bad cough and cold,
and it was thought he had consump-
ton. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup was
used, and to our great surprise it made
him well and hearty. There is no
better cure in the world than this
Syrup" DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
sold everywhere for Is cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
BARNEY BARNATO'S Will,
HEIRS OF THE MINING KING
ENRICHED FOR LIFE.

His Real Name Was Barnett Isamcs,
but He Called Himself Barnett
Isaacs BarnatO-BOrn in England,
He Emigrated to South Africa at
the Age of Twenty, in 1871, and
Laid the Foundation of His Co.
lOssaI Fortune
Mr.. Barnett Isaacs, commonly known
as Barnett Isaacs Barnato, of Jo-
hannesburg, and of the firm of Barnato
Bros, financiers, at ~ and IL Austin
and of Kimberley, who died at sea near
Funchal on June IA, aged A, has left
personal estate to the value of nearly
100000.
By his will the testator bequeathed
to the children of his sister. Elizabeth
Nathan, and of his sister, Sarah Rant
zan, $1,000 each, and he charged his
share of the partnership business of
Barnato Bros. with the payment of
$1,000 a year to his nephew, Isaac JOEL
and $1,000 year to his nephew, Solo
mon Joel.
Conditional Legacies.
He made provision also by his will
for his sisters, but all these requests
and annuities were to be revoked in
the event Of the death of his brother
Henry in his lifetime, as his brother
had also by his will made like provis-
ion for their relations.
The late Mr.. Isaacs bequeathed $685.,
900 in trust for his niece Lille, daugh-
ter of his said brother Henry, and he
beaueathed to his daughter, Leah
Primrose Isaacs, S125000, and upon
trusts for her 81 $50, 900. He bequeathed
also upon trusts for his two sons ST.
100000 each, and he bequeathed to his
wife, Mrs. Fanny Isaacs, $4,000 and a
life annuity of $4,000.
Residue to His Brother.
Mrs. Isaacs is also to have an allow
ance in respect of each of the testator's
children and he left all the residue of
his property, including his share and
interest in the partnership business Of
Rarnato Bros. to his said brother and
his nephew, Woolf Joel.
An affidavit attached to Mr.. Bar
nato's will is to the effect that the tes-
tator was born of English parents at 6
Roper's Buildings, Aldgate, and that he
left England at the age of about 20
years, in 1871. A further affidavit by
Mr., James Weston Leonard is that the
will is valid by the laws of the South
African Republic. The late Mr.. Bar
nato's domicile was in Johannesburg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
Salad Dressing.

Every young woman should learn to
mix salad dressing for the lettuce and
tomatoes that are now such cool and
palatable delicacies. Salt, pepper, vim
cgar and oil are the only necessary in
gradients, and each individual must
practice mixing them until she gets the
proportions that exactly suit her taste.
The oil should be added last, dropped
slowly while beating the dressing with
a fork. One can make it in a table,
spoon, but small sauce dish is bet
ter. To do this gracefully at the table
renuires practice-Leisnre Hours
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
MAKE YOUR OWN HAT TRUNK.
Only a Little Patience, Bedticking.
and CurleG Hair Needed.

and Curled Hair Needed.
Theproblem of carrying the innumer-
able flower and feather trimmed hats
without injury to them when one is 60
ing away for the summer, has been
solved by that new invention, the hat
trunk; but many home mothers may
feel that, after TIE necessities are pro-
vided for, the money is not forthcoming
for these much-desired trunks.
A common packing trunk without a
tray may be brought into service by
providing it with cushions. thus making
very desirable receptacle for holding
and transporting trimmed hats and
bonnets. The cushions are supplied by
making required number of bags or
pockets of drilling, cretonne, or some
thick material and stuflirg them very
full of curled hair. Tack these filled
pockets to the inside of the trunk,
finishing the edge and covering the
nails by lacking on cotton gimp around
each cushion, using upholsterers' tacks,
thus giving the interior a heater and
more finished appearance.
A small trunk may be made to accom-
MEDIATE at least eight hats by putting a
cushion at each end of the trunk, two
upon the bottom, two on the cover, and
one upon each side. Supply each cush-
ion with two long hatpins for fasten-
ing the hats securely in place. Such Il
trunk may be made not only useful
when one is travelling, but also while
one is at home. particularly where
closet room is much needed. by fitting
thick pad over the top of the trunk.
Cover this with pretty cretonne and
have plated valance that reaches to
the floor. Supplied with couple OF
sofa pillows, this piece of furniture will
prove desirable and CONVENIENTLY. Y.
SIM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
The SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
Dr.. Greene'S NerVura is the True King
OF Medicines.
More Powerful Than the Most Absolute Mon
arch, for 1t Creates Health and Strength.
DR.. Greene's Nervura the Greatest Cure
Known to Man.

DIR. Greenes Cathartic Pills should be kept
in the house, for they are the sure cure for
bilousness and constipation. Sugar coated,
easy to take, certain and pleasant to act
DIR. Greene, 30 West 18th St., New York City,
who has the largest and most successful prac-
tice in the world, can be consulted free per-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-19
Advertising Enterprise.

The palm for enterprise in advert:s
ing will, without doubt, be concede.
to belong to Dutch company, whicl
has made contract with a wei
known European actor, Francois Ri
wolf, that compels him every evening
wherever he may be, to include il
his own repertoire a representation
of the head of the firm who is to BIZ
mimicked exactly by the actor. Ii
exchange for this service the firm sup
plies the necessary scenery and paws
the actor yearly income Of 1,2O(
Dutch guiden