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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09
A SCHOLARSHIPS Record.

It is well to recall, remarks Pear
sons Weekly, when schoolmasters are
being terrorized by the law for in
fiicting corporal punishments, the do
ings Of one Johann Jakob Haberie, a
German master. who recently died. He
kept diary of the number of punish
ments he inflicted on his pupils.
Johann records that during 81 years
he distributed 911,517 strokes with a
stick, 240,l00 birch rod smites, 1885,
715 hand smacks, 1886 blows with a
ruler, 1925 slaps on the face, 5000
boxes on the ears. $4,000 on the HEAD,
and that he set some 1900 tasks from
the Bible, so that it was necessary to
purchase new copy, through wear
and tear, every two years.
Seven hundred and seventy-seven
times did Johann make his children
kneel on dried peas, while 5,001 times
he stood them in his corners with
rulers over their heads. Here is food
for parents to reflect upon before they
summon schoolmasters for spanking
their children.
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The Peach.

The peach is cultivated in Belgium
grated or budded on the red plum.
which imparts much of it's superior vi
tally to the scion. The proper cal
careous quality is impaired to the soil
oy manuring thoroughly and applying
about a bushel of lime to each tree.
The trees are trained upon the sunny
sides of the houses, and few houses are
without trees covering their walls. To
shelter the buds at the time of flower
ing, branches cut from other green
trees are placed among the upper
boughs, or they are covere4 with mos
quito netting or other material with
meshes large enough to give passage to
light and air; or simply devised shell
tiers of straw are laid over .lem. The
shields are usually placed in position
about the list Of March, and are not re-
moved, except in cloudy weather, till
all danger from frost has passed An
pleton's Popular Science Monthly.
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plants, we'll ripeneI fruit and plenty
of it of good and uniform size.-Atlan-
to Journal.

Trees Gnawed by Mice or Rabbits.
If the portion of the tree from which
the bark has been eaten is at once
covered with grating wax, Ehealing
will usually take place and the tree
live. OF course, if the exposed wood
is allowed to become dry this surface
must be bridged over with scions, SO
that the circulation may be renewed.
To make suitable wax for this prr-
pose, take five or six parts of resin
and two parts of beeswax. Melt this
and while hot add one part of tallow.
Try coat of this on q green stick, ex-
pose five minutes to the cold air or
water. If it is too hard and cracks
easily, add little more .tallow. 1t
must not be so soft that when warm
spring weather comes it will run off
the wood. If beeswax cannot be
readily obtained, use only resin and
tallow, in which case greater pro-
portion of tallow is required. This,
however, is not as good as when bees
wax is a part of the mixture.
To apply this wax, wind about one
end of small stick, strip of strong
muslin two inches wide. Let part of
this extend beyond the stick and then
tie the whole thing firmly to it with
Irvine. This is used as swab. Fill
an old tin pail three-fourths full of
ashes. On the top of the ashes place
layer of live wood Goals, and on
these Goals dish of wax. You are
now ready to go to work. The Goals
will keep the wax warm.
With the swab put good coat of
wax over all the exposed tissue. Be
careful that it is not hot enough to
burn the wood and tissues on the bark
of the small trees. If the denuded
surface is large, after waxing wind
thick strip of old tender muslin about
the tree in spiral form. Then use
little wax to fasten the end. This is
an additional guard against the crack
ing of the wax or of it's running off
during warm weather. The impor-
tant thing with this treatment is to
apply the wax at once and do not de-
lay until the wood has in any way be-
come dry, for then the sap cannot
ascend and death will finally result
American Agriculturist.
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been no return OF the disease. The cure was
e6ectual and permanent, and I feel satisfied
that 10 other medicine could have pro-
duced so marvellous result. We feel re.
ioiced over the restoration OF our son, and
cannot help but feel that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are the most re-
markable medicine on the market"
No discovery OF modern times has proved
such blessing to mankind as Dr.. WILL
iams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting
directly on the blood and nerves, invigor-
ating tho body, regulating the functions,
they restore the strength and health In the
exhausted patient when every effort of the
physician proves unavailfng.
These pills are sold In boxes 1850 cents q
box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had
OF all druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
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warmth of Drained Soil.

1t used always to be thought that
sandy soil was best for gardens, be-
cause it warmed up so early in the
spring. But this is mainly due to the
fact that the sandy land is naturally
underdrained, as water easily and
quickly sinks through it. But this
very fact insures that the sandy soil
shall never be very retentive of vege-
table matter. So soon as it is ma
nured, either with stable manure or
green vegetable matter, the air with
which sandy soil is filed from early
spring until fall, burns out all the
carbon and leaves pure sand. A nat
urally retentive soil, which means
soma clay in its composition, retains
vegetable mould much better and
makes really better garden ground
than does the sand. But if it is wet in
spring, it must be underdrained.
Then such soil freezes deeply, which
expands it, causing it to hold more
air and to warm up more quickly.
Such drained soils will stand drought
much better than sandy soils, and
drought in late summer is the garden
er's most dreaded evil. AS under
draining becomes more general, the
heavy drained soil will increase in
favor for gardens.
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Peas For Orchards.

There is no grain that can be pro-
itably grown in the orchard except
;he pea. A summer growth of buck
wheat may not do any injury, but it
Ices not enrich the soil even when
olowed under, as does the pea crop.
Besides, the pea vines lie close on the
ground, and their large leaves shade
t just as it needs to be shaded dur
ing the hot, dry weather of July and
August. Large as its leaves are, the
pea vine takes very little moisture
rom the ground. Usually its leaves
are wet with dew in the night, which
.uns off and fertilizes the soil below,
and also keeps it moist. If the peas
are sown late and not cut, but allowed
20 lie on the ground and be fed off by
hogs, there is very material gain in
soil fertility over leaving the land un-
cropped through the eason.-Ameri-
can Cultivator.
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Profitable Poultry.

Some interesting data have been
brought out in recent bulletin from
the Utah Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion.
Among the conclusions arrived at
were these: The profit in feeding young
hens was six times greater than in
feeding old hens; that with intelligent
care and feeding a Leghorn pullet
would produce 200 eggs per year; that
no advantage was discovered in cross
ing the Brahma aud Leghorn.
In regard to the matter of exercise
it was found that hens that had the
opportunity to get adequate exercise
consumed more food and really pro-
duced eggs at less cost. In one trial
pen of hens it was found that sixty
two cents worth of feed producedI$1 SO
worth of fowl, while in some other
cases the outlay for feed was nearly as
great as the results in fowl.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

While the canning industry is some
what on the wane there is still de-
mand for first.class tomatoes for can
ming, preserving and catsup making,
and also for sale in the open market
during the season of growth. To
grow tomatoes probably for whole
sale trade the crop must be large, the
fruit Of fair and uniform size, and this
is important-properly and uniformly
colored. Tomatoes will thrive on any
moderately rich soil, but it must be
well prepared. The blowing should
be thorough, running the pillow both
ways and making the soil as fine as
possible by the use of the harrow and
weeder. The writer, who makes
money growing tomatoes for market,
has frequently narrowed piece of
ground six times both ways in order
that there might not be handful of
lumpy soil.
Ii stable manure is used 1t should
be well rotted and made fine before
applying. If commercial fertilizers
are used high grade complete potato
manure will be found more satisfac-
tory than any other. /. Sprinkle a
handful of this fertilizer about each
plant as set, with handAal Of wood
ashes and tablespoonful If nitrate Of
soda, being careful that none of these
ingredients touch the stock Of the
plant or the foliage After this appli-
cation run the harrow or weeder
through to thoroughly mix the faxtiiiz-
or with the soil. Repeat TIE Mica
Ifop u feEtilixet and fho kGrz< az
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sunfower Ensilage and Fodder.


have been feeding sunfowers as
fodder and ensilage for the past seven
years, having found by accident tina,
they were as good for milk or butter
as corn. / cultivate the same as corn,
except I give much more hen manure.
cut when the seed reaches the dough
state, and run all through the ensi-
lage cutter. I have fed when newly
cut with good results in helping out
short pssturage.
The early frosts of autumn do not
hurt sunaowers, hence they are very
valuable as a second crop, and by
planting late in the fall they will come
on rapidly in spring, giving an early
summer cutting. I have had plants 1 /
feet high when corn was just coming
up. They do well on any corn land
and, like corn, respond to liberal feed
ing. have never fed the seed to
chickens, but have planted largely
about the house to fence out malaria
An army surgeon once told me that
when stationed in Texas his house was
the only one free from malaria because
he filed his grounds with sunfowers.
We have not had a case at my home
since beginning this practice.
When saving seed it is best to save
that which grows on branching plants,
as the small heads are much easier run
through the rollers of the cutter than
the mammoth single heads. When
filling the silos I put in one load of
sunfowers to two of corn. v. Henry
Mott, of New York, in New England
Homestead.
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SINGULAR STATEMENT.
From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Pinkham.

The following letter to Mrs. Pink
ham from Mrs. M. RANK, No. 1854
East Susquehanna Ave-, Philadelphia,
Pa, is a remarkable statement of re-
lief from utter Encouragement. She
says:
"Inever can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
''Some years ago Ihad womb trouble
and doctored for long time, not see
ing any improvement. At times l
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, / felt something
terrible creeping over me, / knew not
what, but kept getting worse. I can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. l was so depressed in spirits
that I did not wish to live, although
had everything to live for. Had hys-
terra, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not safe to be left
alone.
Indeed, l thought would lose my
mind. No one knows what l endured.
continued this way until the last
of February, when l saw in paper a
testimonial of lady whose case was
similar to mine, and wLo had been
cured by Lydia Z. Pinxham's vegeta-
Bile Compound. determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose.
continued taking it, and to-day am .
well woman, and can cay from my
heart, Thank God for such medi-
cine.
Mrs. Pinl<ham Invites all suffering
women to write 70 her st Lynn, Mass,
for advice All uch letters ~ seen
and answered ~ welpeu only.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Curupay is Paraguayan wood o.
reddish color and extremely hard. Il
lasts for years under ground or in
water and is chilly used for railway
sleepers.
The Belgian government is contem-
plating the establishment of an over
head single rail between Brussels and
Antwerp. 1t is expected that speed
of about ninety miles an hour will be
obtained.
If dry ropes are soaked for four days
in bath containing twenty grains Of
sulphate of copper to quart of water,
they will be preserved for consider
able time from the attacks of animal
parasites and rot.
One of the heaviest locomotives of
ordinary pattern ever made is now run
ming over the Great Northern Railroad.
1t weighs ninety-f We tons, exclusive of
the tender.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09
His Own Logic Turned Against Him.

A North-of-En England paper of Liber-
al tendencies tells with great gusto.
the following story OF military Tory
candidate for Parliament who was adj
dressing a meeting Of voters in an Eng
lish village at by-election which took
place toward the end of 1892. The can
didate was known to be strongly in ia
vor of flogging in me army, and this
was being used against him with dam
aging effect. Defending himself. the
orator urged that no necessary dis
grace attached to being logged.
Why" cried he, Il was logged N.Y.
self once and it was for telling the
truth"
"And it cured zee, nav doubt"
said a rustic in The meeting.
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beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
Tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c Csc soc.
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Off now our overcoats we lay,
For loud the robin calls;
But shall the clothes be put away
With gilt or camphor balls?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness tier first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. So trial bottle and treati SO free
DIR. X. II. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St., Phila, Pa
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Mr.. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing infamma-
ton, allaye pain, cures wind collie. &c. bottle
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Iceland's geysers never shoot their
water higher than 100 feet, while some
of our Yellowstone geysers go more
than three times that high.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medicine
Mis-. w. PICKERT Van Sciersand Blake
Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 2i, 1894.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Experienced Mothers and Nurses of orr
large cities do not now dread the teething
period of children since they can give DIR.
MOFFETT'S TEErHINA (TEETHING pow
DERS.) TEETHINA aids Digestion, Regulates
the Bowels and makes teething easy and not
period 81 su ffering and dread.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

ST. vITuS' DANCE, SPAsMS and all ner-
vous diseases permanently cured by the use
FREE $l.00 trial bottle and treatise to DIR. X.
II. Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch Street, Phila.. Pa.
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A woman has no use for miscrly man. yet
she always likes man close. =
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Bills Of Fare in Fashionable Restaurants

The question has been mooted over and
over again whether the ENGRAVING of French
and German dishes upon the bills of fare of
the better class of American restaurants Is
or is not an improvement Many pretend
was coarse, barbaric. This is an open ques-
ton, but no bill of fare presents attractions
to the dyspeptic, but they, like the bilious.
malsrious and persons with weak kidneys,
can be cured by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
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Educate Your .oSols With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartie. cure constipation forever
lQc. 26c. II Q. G. G fail. druggists refund money
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Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Tho bachelor leads a single life, but tao
married man Is often led
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

The Chinese compass points to the South
Instead of to the North.
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II all the devils were cast out of some pco-
pie there would be mighty little left.
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j. G. Simpson, Marques, w. Va, says:
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad
case of catarrh." Druggists sell it, T5c.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

Irritating, aggravating, agonizing letter,
Eczema, Rngworm and all other itching skin
diseases are quickly cured by the use of let
terine. 1t is soothing cooling, healing.
Costs so cents a box, post paid-brings COM
fort at once. Address j. 4. Shuptrine, Savan-
nah, Ga.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your I'm Ausy.

You can generally tell whether woman is
married or not by the number of times she
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-09

If manners make the man that explains
some mems undone condition.
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In China men do the dressmaking. and the
women carry burdens.
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Beware of the man who practices humility;
he may be trying to humiliate you.
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The earth is the first revolver of which W,
have any record.
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Dun Iopafes SPIT uno cMeke iouf Ihie A"uys
To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
Ietic. full OF life. nerve and vgor, take No-To
Bac, the wondcr-woriser. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. SOC or a. Cure guaran-
iced Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
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Sent FREQ, K1ondikc Map
From Gold Commissions official survey. Ad-
dress Gardner 81 Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
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When one boy sees another eating some
thing he always gets hungry.
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Every cat that doesn' get its meals regular.
ly hates some man.
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Variety is the spice of life-especially
hrst class variety show,
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II aman is ruled By his feelings he is ap:
to travel In a zigzag course.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or Csc.
nc q. e. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
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No-T0-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc. ST.. All druggists
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An ancient Custom. /.
From Republican Trauelcr, Arkansas Cir
Kan.

Pilgrimagss to some shrine of st. vitus
to cure the disease known as st. yitus'
dance are no longer made. Tho modern
way OF treating this Rffliction is within
reach OF every household, as is shown by
the experience OF Karl A. Wagner. tho
eleven-year-old son Of George Wagner, Of
SIS 9th ST., Arkansas City, Kan. The faith
er tolls the story as follows:
cover a year ago." he says, ssKarl was
taken witt st. Vitus' dance and continued
to grow orse during fve months he was
under q physician's care. His tongue be-
cams paralyzed and we could not under
stand word he said. Flo became very
thin, lost the use OF his right leg and
seemed doomed to become hopeless in
valid. We had about given up hope when
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
were recommended tv my wife by o lady
whose daughter had been cured Of SINH
Lar affiction by the pills.
sI bought box of them at orce and aoon
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To Curesa Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money II It fails to cure. Csc.
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CIRCULAR and sample distributors In every
county in the United States; good wAges,i in
close &c. Fink Bros, South Bend. Ind.
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n otto ed q
change for
the better in
Karl's con
ditto n. I
was SO well
pleased lat
/ b 0 u q b t
N o T 0 C I
them, and
when he had
t a kon i've
b oxes the
disease dis
appeared.
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nm n for tracing or locating Gold or Silver
RlIII\ Ore, lost or buried treasures. M d.
ulOOOFOWLER,Bo Box ss7, Southtnston. Conn
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It is announced that italian expert
ments on vegetable life with Roentgen
rays have shown that the effect is
identical with that of sunlight.