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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
The ST. James Gazette. one of the

The ST. James Gazette, one of the
most important OF London newspapers,
publishes leading article, entitled:
"An Historic Moment" in the course
of which it says: "Lord SaIisbury's
great admission of the principle that
the United States have the right to in.
tervene in frontier disputes of the
American powers and to compel the
disputants to arbitrate, altogether
transcends in importance the question
of the Guiana boundary. It is for
NAL recognition of the homegeny of
the United States on the American
continent and gives the President a
position in the new world which the
medieval popes and emperors tried
vainly to claim in Europe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Better be q lamp IN the nouSe tuan
try to be star in the sky.
sod made man too great to find his
life in the present moment
How many times good fortune has
come to US through our mistakes.
Backsliding begins when the Chris
dan begins to live on stale bread.
The man viii be well occupied whose
frst aim in life is to DO Gods will.
Do what you can do well. and you
will soon be able to do much better.
II we try to please everybody, we
shall soon have the respect Of nobody.
Time is wasted in trying to make q
trotter out Of horse with q broken
leg.
God needs Daniels, and Josephs. and
Elitahs to-day, as much as he ever
did.
The man who thinks his sin will
never find him out has deceived him
self.
The man dies well, who dies With
the consciousness that he has done his
best.
It depends on who does the preach
ing as to whether the devil sleeps In
church.
Not to give cheerfully when we give
to God is to take all the value out OF
the gift.
The man who earns his bread finds a
sweetness In 1t that the loafer never
knows.
The man who loafs when he should
be at work will have to work when be
might rest
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

After careful inquiry, it is said that
the English professional man heads
the list as the tallest of adult males,
reaching an average height of five
feet nine inches, and fraction over.
The next tallest men are Americans,
only tiny fraction less tall than their
English brothers. The majority Of
the European nations average FIVE feet
six inches for the adult male, but the
Portuguese, Austrians and Spaniards
are little short OF this.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Many people want to move noun
Ains simply to attract attention to
themselves.
The man who spends his life IN try
Ing TO make this world Ike heaven
does sodlike work.
The man who always does his best
win fnd steady demand for the
things that he can do.
Solonon's wisdom didn't count for
cnuch after Pharaoh's daughter found
. place In his heart
4 who knows how much angels are
disappointed when preacher fails to
do his prayerful best7
Many a man Is screening gravel, who
might be dressing diamonds, had be
properly improved his time.
If the devil loves his own he must be
dcl!ghted with the man who says mean
things In an anonymous letter.
i Many a man grovels in the dust, who
has an arm long enough to reach the
sky, If he would only put 1t out
II we have only one talent we may
win as high favor as the man who has
ave, If we viii only improve 1t as well.
When q man begins to talk about
Christ having been good man he
shows how much of q stranger to him
he Is
There were probably men in the
time Of Christ who quoted his sayings
to each other. and called them fine,
but kept on living the same old life. :.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Mrs. Alice Stone Blackwell points
to the result of the last election in
idaho rs an encouraging victory fol
the cause of woman suffrage. 1t APP
pears that the constitutional amend.
ment extending the franchise to wom-
en- received more than two-thirds oil
all the votes that were cast, thus plac-
ing Idaho beside Wyoming, Utah and
Colorado as q state in which women
enjoy equal political rights with men.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
c.t.rrh Cannot be Cured

~ eat of ths disease, Catarrh Is blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
It YOU must take internal remedies, Hale
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, anu "f!s ~, ~.
Catarrh Cure is not Quack medicine. IT was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians IN TINS
country for years, and is a regular prescriptl
It is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting al.
rectiy on the mucous surfaces The periecs
combination of the two ingredients Is wha.
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F.. CHENEY & Co.. Props, IoieaosV VI
Sold by Druggists, price 75c: ~
Halls Family Pills are the pesss
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
r.S=sd she piotoss Esvsn

rbe salssman In the bicycle store
stepped forward to greet the prospective
customer.
ssCan show you anything In wheels
that u right up to date7' he inquired.
ssYes.r was the reply, ''and what's
more you can sell 1t to me. II you work
II half way right, I've held out as
long az could. I've vowed / never
would make a spectacle OF myself for
the neiahbors to scoR at; but I've
caught the infection. want to go
eninniug along with the rest OF them"
Everybody comes around to IT IN
+ime /" said the salesman, with an en-
couraging smile.
"I know It. I've seen strong-mindeo
men whose intellects are fitted to crap
ple with the problems Of our social sys-
TEN get excited In discussing whetner
rat.trap pedals are better than the
other kind. And when / find myseit
weakening so far as to want to ride
one of the things I'm worried half to
death bordering how far the attack ID
going. So. before we so any further
with this transaction I want you TO
promise me something"
1--WE will give you any reasonable
guarantee"
"r,et me feel your biceps. That's q
pretty good muscle. hope I'll never
have to call on you, but. as l said,
there's no telling how severely the mai
ady may strike in on the best OF US
What / want You to agree to Is this:
If YOU ever see me coming up the street
In nght-colored knickerbockers and
red sweater, with big collar that
folds over the back like the one on lit.
tie boys sailor suit, you are to take q
club. and, without saying word about
It. chase me right of the bicycle into
the nearest ambulance."-New York
| Advertiser.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Miss Julia Richman, a grammar
school principal Of New York City.
has undertaken the herculean task OF
teaching mothers to look after their
children. Cleanliness is her hobby.
md her plan is to have all the chill.
dren come to school spick and span
and clean
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

A schoolmaster in Cleveland, Ohio,
offered prize OF one dollar to the
pupil who produced the best aphor-
ism. Here is the wise advice that won
the prize: "H you have a good tenn
per, hang on to it; and il you have a
bad one. don't lose il.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Every one who is SO unfortunate as
to be conscious of his nervous system
will feel glow of gratitude to DR.. j.
Fl. Girdner, who has lifted his profess
sional voice against the unnecessary
noises which make life in New York
city misery to patient thousands,
observes the Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
The Livery of BIliousness

Is Q pronounced yellow. 1t fs visible IN me
and cyeballs. 1t IL accompanied
with uneasiness beneath the right ribs ana
shoulder blade, sick headache, nausea and ir.
regularity of the bowels. To the removal OF
each and all Of these discomforts, as we'll as
their cause, Hostetters Stomach Bitters Is adj
mirably adapted. This pre-eminent family
medicine also remedies malartal rheumatic and
kidney complaints, nervousness ind depinty
II promotes appetite and sleep.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Lord Wolseley, the COMMANDMENTS
chief of the British forces, continues
to make himself unpopular i'll Eng
land. At the last Guildhall banquet
in London, he referred to the British
navy, which, he said, ''has not fought
battle in sixty nine years, while the
army has done much"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
kprfur Planting,

1t is none too early to be planning for mex
springs vegetable garden and flower bedst
The first thing to do is to get reliable cata.
ogue Of seeds and plants. Vick's Floral
Guide, published at Rochester, N. Y, SO well
known for nearly fifty years, is the one to
send for. The cost for catalogue and package
OF seeds is only Is cents. See advertisement,
which has many attractive offers.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
The Most Popular.

The inhabitants Of HeligoIand have
an odd custom on New Years Eve.
They then perambulate the streets with
broken pots and pans, which they place
before their friends doors; and the
man who has the largest heap before
his cottage Is considered the most pop
Mar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

The cat may yet join the horse on
the road to oblivion. A French in
ventor proposes to scare away rats
and mice by the iudicious placing OF
terra Gotta cats with phosphorescent
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

1t appears to be common practice,
about both New York and Boston, not
to have school on rainy days. No
doubt the objection is that the chill
dren catch cold sitting in damp
clothes. explains Harper's Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Tommy, what is miracley SOM
thin that never happens. num-" mo;
It isn't exactly that. But can you Illus
trate what you mean" "All know Is
that mother says it would be miracle
II pap comes home ber."-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
SarsapariIIa
An African rr0ntler sIalIon..

In the courtyard are buried two white
men, cambridge and Kydd, the only
xwo whites previously In charge of the
station. Kydd died first, and was bur
aed within the bona, very unreason-
able notion; and cambridge, as a dy-
Eng request asked to be buried beside
mis- companion. The two graves, con-
Spicuously close to the station-house.
form no cheerful prospect for their sue
cessor, Watson, who is certainly phil
csophical, for he has told his people. In
case he dies, he IS to be buried outside
the bona, so as to set better exam
ple, as he drolly told me.-Century.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Maryland's law to protect her peo-
pie against insect or germ infected
nursery stocks, is likely to be copied
by other States.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Over 10000 cured. Why not let No.To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire Tor to1acc,
saves money, makes hoaith and manhood
Cure guaranteed. 80 cents and 3l.co. at all
druggists.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softenst the gums, reduces innamms-
tion. aIiayspain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

The first English hymn book used In public
worship was that complied by Isaac Wesley
In the year Ills.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Nearly ten per cent. Of the recipients OF
the Victoria cross are military doctors.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

"I have never known 1t to fail whom used As
directed. lett gRINE has quickly and per-
manently cured several VERY STUBBORN cases
of letter that came under my personei
ing, that had resisted the treatment OF q
skiilful physician for several years, was per
mancntly cured by the use of little more
Brooklyn. Fla
box by mail for zoe. in stamps.
J. T. SuurTRINu, Savannah. ia.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

No woman Is competent to handle the kin
question; she is too sympathetic.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
A Druesisrs. Expsrfcncs.

The height of the rock OF Gibraltar Is esti-
mated to be ], 437 English feet.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

CAscARErs stimulate liver. kidneys sne
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grips; l0c.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Fill bottle or common water gla0 VAN
ur4ns and let II stand twenty-four houn;
sediment or settling indicates diseased con-
ditton Of the kidneys When Eurine stains
linen It is positive evidence Of kidney trouble.
Too frequent desire to urinate or pain IN the
back is also, convincing proof that the kid-
news and bladder are out Of order.
WHAT TO DO.
rberc IL comfort in the knowledges 50 often
sYprcssed. that DR.. Kiimer's swamp-Root,
the great kidney remedy, fulfllls every wish
in relieving pain In the back, kidneys, liver.
bladder and every part OF the urinary pas
saees. 1t corrscts inability TO hold urine
and scalding pain in passing It, or bad effects
following use OF liquor, wine or beer, and
oyercomes that unpleasant necessity OF being
compelled to get up many times during the
night to urinates The mild and the extraor-
binary effect ofSwamp-Root is coon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful cures
OF tho most distressing casea Sold by drug;
eists, price ffty cents and one dollar. Fol
sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
by mail, mention this paper and seac your
full postoflce address to DR.. Kimer d Co..
Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors OF this
guarantee the genuinenesso OF this onsr.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

So long as a man finds his collar button
the house L. never in disorder.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

TITSstopped free and perInanentlycure Nd
Ats after first days uee of DR.. KLiEns GnEA1
NERvERKsroREn. Free 81 trial bottle ana treat'
ise. Send to DIR. Kline. 81 Arch st.s Shuo.s IA
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

In the days OF Queen Elizabeth each guest
at dinner party brought his own knife and
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

JUST try a loc box Of Cascarets, candy ca
tbartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Caschret.
candy cathartic: cure guaranteed; l0c., 2oc.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

No man is so worthless that man will moi
treat him with great respect.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

Iuse Piso's Cure for Consumption both In
my family and practicable. q. w. PAxTzH-
son, lnkater. Mich, Nov. s. 1894
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06

The sooner a monument is put up after q
man dies, the nicer the things said on 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-06
N,.ro.,;ae for Fifty Cents,

Every British soldier costs his country
s400 every year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03
The Prohibi,ory Law upheId.

An article in the news columns of this
paper gives the facts about the decision of
the United States supreme court, handed
down Monday, sustaining the constitution
ality of the Vermont prohibitory law, and
affirming the decision of the Vermont su-
preme court. This case was made up, in
effect, as an act of last resort to prove the
law unconstitutional because it deprives
the individual of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law. The essence
of this important and conclusive decision of
the supreme court is contained in the clos
ing paragraph of Judge Shiras's opinion,
which reads:
"We repeat, as so often has been said
before, that the 14th amendment undoubt-
edly forbids any arbitrary deprivation Of life,
liberty or property, and in the administra-
tion of criminal justice requires that no
different or higher punishment shall be i'm
posed on one than is imposed on all for like
offences, but it. was not designed to inter
fere with the power of the state to protect
the lives, liberty and property of its citi-
zens, nor with the exercise of that power
in the adjudications of the courts of state
in administering the process provided by
the law of the state"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03
ARur.nu of PubIlc u.a1th.

A movement is on foot for the estab-
lishment of a department of Public
Health" as a regularly organized bureau
of the government. This movement has
its origin in the work of the American
Public Health association which was or
ganized in 1872. 1t first took definite
shape at the 25th annual meeting o: this
association, held in Philadelphia last Oc-
tober, when the special committee on pub
lie health legislation reported on the form
Of national legislation which its members
believed to be best adopted to secure the
ends sought. This committee was COM
posed of thirteen members chosen from the
public health boards of as many states, DR..
ii. d. Holton of Bratlleboro being the
member from Vermont. The recommend
alton Of the committee is, in brief, that
there shall be established a department
of public health, the duty of which shall
be to collect and diffuse information on
matters affecting the public health, the in
vestigation of the causes and means of
preventing disease, the collection of in
lOIudtlOu dDOuI lultCilOuS anu eplueInlC
diseases in this and foreign countries, the
publication of such information in weekly
bulletins, and, finally, the preparation of
rules and regulations for securing the best
sanitary conditions to prevent the ntroduc-
ton of infectious diseases into the United
States and their spread from one state to
another. This department of the govern
ment is to be under the control of COM
missioner of public health to be appointed
by The president, this commissioner to
have an advisory council composed of the
secretary or executive officer of each state
or territorial board of health. This, in
substance, is the plan as it will be presented
to Congress and its favorable consideration
urged upon that body. 1t has the support
not only of the American Public Health
association, but also of the American Medi-
cal association.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03
Tn. Prssidtnps currency ProposItlo.

The Presidents Currency Proposition.
Congress assemblies in regular session
next Monday, and the recommendations of
President Mckinley on questions of ma
tiOnal policy in his first annual message
are awaited with more than usual interest
1t is understood that the message will be
largely occupied with discussion of our
foreign relations, the Cuban question hold
ing the leading place as a matter of course.
Chief among questions of home concern
is that of currency reform. 1t is well
known that Secretary Gage believes that
there ought to be a complete and thorough
going change in our currency system, in
cluding the permanent retirement of the
greenbacks and treasury notes. President
Mckinley does not dispute the correctness
of these views, but he is said to believe
that, in the first place, no general scheme
of currency reform can be carried through
Congress as it is now constituted; and in
the second place, that the people are not
yet ready to do without the greenbacks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-03
Then and Now.
The Changed Conditions of Life Which
so Years Have Seen and Brought.

The Changed Conditions of Life which
so Years Have Seen and Brought.
Ex-Presdent Bartlett of Dartmouth COL
lege, at a public reception given him the
olhtr evening at Hanover, N. H., in honor
of his S0th birthday, responded to a call
for remarks with retrospect in which he
briefly but vigorously outlined the remark
able progress in the world, development
and the changes in the conditions of
human life which have been compassed
within his life time. He said in part
1t is difficult for me, and much more for
you, to realize the stupendous changes
which my so years have witnessed. II is
magnificent dream. No boy of the
present day, | think, will ever see the like.
| might say in a word that all the events
which scores of pens have just celebrated
at Victoria's jubilee have fallen within my
life time, and much more, for had charge
of a country grammar school in Vermont
while the great and good queen was still
under the charge of her mother.
In looking over the changes of so years,
what shall be said of the retrospect? M
mensity of progress; first material, second
ariy intellectual, and l may add, moral.
Life is longer, life is easier, life is more
powerful. One would not willingly go
back to the environments of that earlier
time, although we did not mind it then.
They were tough and so were we.
But is life happier now? Taking the
world as a whole, and the civilized world
on the average, yes. While no men are
happier than some men then, far more are
comparatively happy, and far more of
acute misery is relieved. Science and art,
oil hu
done it. Wealth has been largely and hon
orably subsidized, although often the great
est wealth has done the least. In my early
boyhood | do not think that there was
more than one, if one, millionaire in New
England, and perhaps not half dozen in
the country. Abundant scandals in high
life go TO show that great fortunes have
not always brought great happiness to their
owners.
1t is surprising to see how the world is
crowded to suffocation with ambitious,
petty and mighty, from the captaincy of a
militia company or the leadership of some
unheard- of-club, up to the mayorship of a
great city, or the presidency of a nation.
Their name is legion. l have lived long
enough to see the rankings of disappoint-
ment and the hollowness of many a sue
cess; how often the ablest asprants, Clay,
Webster, Cass, Scott, Greeley, Tilden,
Blaine, have been defeated, and how heavy
has been the burden borne by the victor.
And l can remember, too, Taylor, the ell
der Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield.
No young man can tell where his path
will lead him, aud he has but to follow the
path when it opens. For years have seen
that the demands for the right men in al
most every line are greater than the supply.
There is not only room at the top, but all
around.