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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Two FAMOUS Naval "Remarks. y

The answer of Commodore Stock
ton to the Mexican Governor of Cali.
fornia, when we took possession OF
that country, is worth recalling: sci
you march upon the town (Los An
geles)," threatened the Governor,
s'you will find it the grave of your
men,"
'sTell the Governor" said Stockton,
s'to have the bells ready to toll at eight
o'clock in the morning. / shall be
there at that time"
Commodore Tatnall's "blood is
thicker than water" won great recog-
milton in England in 1859. Seeing
the British Admiral, Sir James Hope,
in a tight place under the fire OF
Chinese forts, Tatnall calamity came
to his rescue. In SO doing he was
guilty of breach of neutrality, but
his answer, ''Blood is thicker than
water" had the effect of condoning
his offense.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
EthnoIocy Of Kissing.

The kiss was unknown among the
aboriginal tribes Of America and of
Central Africa. From the most ancient
times, however, 1t has been familiar
to the Asiatic and European races. The
Latins divided it into three forms-the
osculum, the basium and the suavio-
lum-the first being the kiss Of friend
ship and respect, the second of cere-
mony and the third of love. The Sem
ties always employed the kiss, and Job
speaks of 1t as part of their sacred rites.
es it is to-day in the Roman Catholic
Church.
The Monaghan kiss Is not the same
Ms that which prevails with us. In it
the lips do not come into actual contact
with those Of the person kissed. The
nose is brought into light contact with
the cheek, forehead or hand; the breath
Is drawn slowly through the nostrfls,
and the act ends with slight smack OF
the lips. The Chinese consider our
mode of kissing most detestable. We
on our part regard their method with
equal disdain.
Darwin and other naturalIsts have
attempted to trace back the kiss to the
act of the lower animals who seize their
prey with their teeth. The average
man does not take great deal Of In
terest in the ethnology of the subject.
however.-London Mail.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Hints to Housekeepers.

Prints, if rinsed in salt and water,
look brighter.
For scorches in linen spread over
them the juice of an onion, and quar-
ter ounce of white soap.
Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons
should be washed in salt and water
and ironed wet to look well.
Yellow spots on the linen or cotton
produced by the iron may be re-
moved by setting them in the broiling
sun.
Tahlecloths are now being made of
silk and have gained considerable
popularity among those who can afford
them.
Velvets should be held over the
steam of boiling water, and kept we'll
stretched until the moisture has
evaporated.
For making table and bed linen one
initial is preferred to o monogram or
two letters, and simple design to a
more elaborate one.
An excellent starch for dark clothes,
blue calicoes, etc., is made by using
cold coffee left from breakfast, instead
of pure water. Make the starch as
usual.
Colored muslins should be washed
in lather of cold water. If the mus
lin be green add little vinegar to the
water, if lilac little ammonia, if black
little salt.
A heaped-up tablespoonful of chlor-
ide of lime mixed with one quart of
water will remove mildew. Rinse the
cloth in clear water as soon as all the
spots have disappeared.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
A Fortune From . Scare.

An inventive genius who suffered
from attacks by stray dogs when riding
his wheel, set his wits to work to devise
something which would be an cf1ica-
cious, and yet comparatively harmless,
means of defense. As a result he las
brought out and patented pocket
pistol which will shoot ammonia,
water or other liquid. Tho most vic
ious dog cannot withstand few drops
OF ammonia in his mouth or eyes, and
yet there is no danger of actually in
jl1ing q valuable animal which might
playfully annoy rider. The weapon
has proved so much OF success as q
means of defense as we'll as fun-mak-
ing, that the lucky inventor isrcalizin g
much money from his device.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Whitewash the Cellar.

Every cellar should have good
coat of whitewash at this season, in
order to keep it sweet, fresh and
wholesome. A rule for preparing a
whitewash that will not rub off is this,
given by q good, old colored aunty,
ripe in experience: Stake the lime IN
the usual way. Mix one gill of -four
with little cold water, taking care to
beat out all the Jumps. Then pour on
boiling water enough to thicken it to
the consistency Of common starch
when boiled for use. Pour this while
still hot into bucketful of the Stacked
lime and add one pound of whiting.
Stir all well together and add little
bluing water to improve the color.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
A suhstitute For suet.

1t is often supposed that the vege-
tartan cook must be at disadvantage
for want Of suet. What is the meri.
of suet? Simply this, that it presents
fat in a fibrous form, letting it out
gradually into the mixture of which it
forms a part. Exactly the same re-
suit is achieved when bread crumbs
ere saturated with butter or oil. A
ships cook, when making plum duff,
knows this secret, and sops up oil
with biscuit crumbs, which he incor-
porates with the dough. Another
mode is to add little washed and
soaked tapioca to the paste used for
boiled puddings.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
DRYING Cut Potatoes.

It is very important that potato
sets cut for seed should be thoroughly
dried on their surface before planting.
If put in the ground while moist they
will quickly rot. 1t is quite common
to sprinkle gypsum or land plaster on
the cut surface, under the idea that
the plaster being dry will absorb the
pieces of the potato as they exude. In
stead of this, the gypsum only causes
the cut surface to blacken and be
rather more likely to decay than be-
fore. Fine powdered lime is much
better for this purpose. 1t absorbs
water until it takes in all it can hold.
In early planting lime is especially
useful, for it helps to dry the moist
soil, and thus prevents the potatoes
from rotting in the hill.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

den to myself. Was troubled with
smothering spells, also palpitation OF
the heart and that bearing-down feel.
ing, and could not be on my feet much.
ri was growing worse all the time,
until took your medicine.
s'After taking three boxes of Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Lozenges, the tumor passed from me.
my health has been better ever
since, can now walk quite distance
} and am troubled no more with palpita-
ton of. the heart or bloating. | rec
ommend your medicine to all sufferers
from female troubles"
It is hardly reasonable to suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
Of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi-
cine in the face Of the tremendous vol
unne Of testimony.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Hygienic Salads.

Dandelions have other uses than
furnishing subjects for poems and
playthings for children, and just now
is the time to prove their efficacy in
meeting the loss of appetite and that
prevalent stirred feeling" so common.
From time immemorial ''greens" of
all sorts have been held in high es-
TEEN for purging the blood of humors
engendered by the winters diet of
fatty foods. The italian women here
understand this, and all through the
parks and along the roadsides in the
suburbs one sees the gay purple-and-
green gowned women bending assidn-
ously to their task of gathering this
hyglenic salad. In the country the
children are sent out to the garden
and pasture to gather supply-an
exercise, by the way, that is quite suf.
fcient to give hearty appetite of it.
self. Dandelion green's are served in
either of two ways-in their natural
state as salad with the simple dress
ing of vinegar, oil, salt and pepper, or
cooked in plenty of water with bit
of salt pork or butter for seasoning,
and salt and pepper to taste. When
tender drain thoroughly and serve
piping hot, with garnish of slices of
hard-boiled eggs or riced yolks. 1t is
hardly necessary to emphasize the
necessity for the thorough picking
over and washing of all green's in order
to insure absolute cleanliness and the
prevention of "gravel walks" depre-
Gated by Sidney Smith as too familiar
in salads.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Rearing Calves.

On the subject of calves Professor
Hacker says: eve rear about thirty
calves each winter on separator skim
milk, and find no difficulty in growing
them fine and thrifty. The calf is al
lowed to suck once; it is then re-
moved and one feeding period al
lowed to pass without feeding it any
milk; this is done so the calf will
drink without the finger The first
week itreceives light ration Of whole
milk fresh from the COW; the second
week it gets half whole milk and half
skim milk; the third week and until
it is weaned it receives skim milk, a
spoonful of ground fax and hay. We
feed no grain to calves intended for
the dairy, other than the ground fax
meal. By fax meal we do not mean
oil meal or oil cake, but the ground
fax, containing all the oil there is in
the fax seed. We used to feed ground
oats or ground barley to calves, but
found that many of them acquired the
habit of laying on flesh, which is o
permanent injury to a dairy calf. The
quantity of ground fax used daily
varies from teaspoonful to a table,
spoonful in each mess of milk, nc
cording to the size of the digesting
capacity of'the calves. The fax meal
is scalded as is usually done with fax
seed, but the meal, if dry, is stirred
into the milk just before feeding.
When the calf is young great care
should be taken to always feed the
same quantity, and at temperature
of at least ninety degrees Fahrenheit.
After the calf is few weeks old the
skim milk and fax meal may be grad
ually increased. Scours are generally
caused by overlooking, or by milk fed
when cool. From four to six pints of
milk is fair ration for q calf the first
week; feed twice day and keep it
comfortable and clean, and feed from
clean tin pail. "--Stockman and
Farmer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
HORSES KILLED FOR HOG FEED
Effects of Droughts in ,OO0,-
900 Worth OF Live Stock Imperilled.


900 Worth OF Live Stock Imperilled.
The growers of live stock in Gen.
trail and Southern California are in a
panic. Hay has gone up to $40 per
ton, and the continued drought and the
frequent hot northers have ruined the
prospects for feed in the future. Cat
tie and sheep men are hustling their
stock out of the country as fast as the
railroads can carry it. They have
tried to get permission from the Gov
eminent to pasture it this summer on
the Government reservations, but
could only get permission to drive it
across them. They have applied to
Nevada for help, and Nevada has re-
piled that she has no more than she
needs for her own stock, but has fin
ally decided that stock may be shipped
across the State.
The cattle quarantine against the
southern part of the State has been
sufficiently modified to permit the re-
moval of stock from the drought
stricken sections, and the overland
roads have consented to make half
rates for stock sent East for pastur-
age. The authorities of Utah, Ne
braska and Wyoming have agreed to
allow shipments into their territory Of
stock that has been properly inspected.
The value of the imperiled stock is
in the neighborhood of $4,000, 600,
Many buyers from Utah, New Mexico,
Nevada, Texas and Northern Califor-
mia are visiting the drought-stricken
districts and picking up bargains.
One herd of 5000 head of cattle, re-
quiring fifteen trains of eighteen
cars each has already been shipped
East, and the railroad authorities
made arrangements to send out at
once sixty trains of eighteen cars,
each of which will carry about 20, 900
head of cattle to points east of Nevada.
In all not less than 100. head will
be sent out of the State.
One big shipment of 1880 sheep
is on its way East in five trains of
thirty-seven cars each. Another
shipment of $4,000 sheep has been
sold in Chicago and is on its way
there. Nearly 10000 sheep will
probably be sent East during the next
month. Cattle and sheep cars are be-
ing collected and hurried here from
all parts of the West. One firm,
which controls large tracts of pasture
land, is shipping 1900 head of sheep
to New Mexico and is sending droves
of cattle to Northern California and to
Texas. A member of this firm said:
"We shall not leave hoof on our
ranch. Everything. cattle, sheep and
horses, has got to go. There is no
feed for the stock"
Those having large bands of horses
will suffer heavily, as the animals are
not sufficiently valuable to warrant
much effort in saving them. A good
many raisers of hogs are buying up all
the horses they can get at from 81 to
$3.50 per head for hog feed. The
horse is taken to the field, killed, its
hide stripped off, and its carcass left
to the hogs, which soon leave nothing
but pile of bones. One hog dealer
in Santa Barbara County has bought
$50 head of horses which he will use
solely for hog feed. Several firms
are buying up horses for the manu-
facture of fertilizers. A few. who
own blooded stock are sending it out
of the country for pasturage.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Beautifyinx stone Heaps.

If you have an unsightly stone heap
in corner of the yard, especially II
it is under tree, make it beautiful
with ferns and vines. Fill the crew
ices with earth from the woods, and
take up now, the just uncoiling ferns
and pack them firmly in the inter-
stices. Plant tradescantia, myrtle or
periwinkle, orthonna and other vines
to grow among the ferns and you will
have something pretty in midsummer.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
He shonId Garry 1t ON His Head.

Wife-"How do you suppose the
ostrich can. be SO silly as to stick his
head in the sand and imagine that no.
body can see him?''
Husband-sI suppose he does not
reckon on any women being around to
catch sight of the natural millinery he
carries with him. - Harlem Life.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

All Americans, except those who I'M
port their linen from abroad, and those
who wear only flannel shirts. are now
to wear the manacles of new trust.
They must put their necks in Its yoke
and their wrists through its "darbies' :
Cor 1t is a 'collar and cuff" trust. 1t
manipulates also the sbiled shirt" It's
headquarters are at Troy. N. Y, long
the seat of the largest collar and cuff
industries In the worid; Dutts.. t is to COB
bic up the minor concerns all over the
country. Nothing has been said about
advancing prices. but glance at the
dudes on the street will reveal the fact
that collars are higher" than ever.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
THEY MINED IN ALASKA.
Lost Only Their Labor and go Apiece
In Six Months Operations.

In Six Months Operations.
Every one who had ever been II
Alaska of course began at the opening
Of the Klondike craze to relate persona
experiences which In some way OF
other had connection with the subject
Of gold mining. Many Of them had o
chance to make fortune, II they had
only known, and others saw millions
more or less, taken out Of the ground
with broken shovel, and the man
whose only capitafit was come back ia
the States and live happily ever after.
ward. But in spite Of the ingenuity
which has been put into the manufac-
ture Of these stories, there is an orig.
ipal flavor to one told by soldier at
present located In the United States
army in this city.
1t was In 1880, when he was In the
navy, that he was stationed on vessel
near Sitka. There was considerable
gold being taken out near there, and an
enterprising Spectator got hold Of q
party of marines on the ship and In
duced them to buy his mine. There
were 100 of them who finally went into
the scheme, and they paid $40 each for
their new source of wealth. There was
always a good deal of spare time on
their hands, and they easily secured
permission to use this In working their
claim. For six mouths the soldiers dug
quartz by day and dreamed OF sudden
wealth by night. All were confident of
being able to retire from the service
with comfortable riches, and looked
sadly on the poor officers, who would
have to keep on soldering all their
lives, not being in the scheme.
At the end Of six months they had O
large pile Of quartz, and, loading it into
all the old barrels, bags and provision
cases they could find. they sent 1t by
ship to the nearest crushing mill. Then
followed weeks Of waiting till the re-
turns should come, and an air Of sub
dued importance grew In each man
who expected at any time to be inform
ed that he was worth thousands OF dol
lars. At last the ship came which
UIouSHt INC IctuIAs Aiciu LIE COuSi8H-
ment, and the gallant hundred gathered
around the treasurer Of the company to
hear how much each was now worth.
That individual opened the message,
and grim smile froze on his face as
he went through short calculation on
the back of the envelope.
Gentlemen" he said, You each owe
the sum Of ten cents to the steamship
company that carried the quartz. The
gold In it was just $40 short OF the
freight charges"
Aud then he passed his hat, while
one of their number sought out the
ships chaplain to lead In q short SER
vice.-Springfield Republican.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
AdeIina latti,s Braverx.

When quite a little girl Madame
Adelina Patti once saved a compan-
IONS life. She was living in New York
at the time. and when ont on country
excursion with some young friends, one
of the party. slipping on the edge OF a
river, fell into deep pool. The future
queen of song at once sprang In after
her. succeeded in reaching the drown
Ing girl and chung with her to noat-
ing log. Buoyed up in this way, the
two girls foated down stream, and
were saved.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

On coming in from the street do
not hang up in the closet the gown
that has been great assistance to the
street cleaning department. The
darkness and heat of closet are all
the ineubators moths are looking for.
The gowns should be shaken well,
on balcony, if possible, or out of a
window, anyway, to get rid of the
dust and filth gathered in the streets.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Intensive Farming in Kansas.

In the Introductory to the report of
the Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Secretary Coburn says: "Kansas
farmers are learning year by year that
their business, if profitable, must be
so conducted that it is not the mere
playing of game of chance with the
weather or with single crop; that a
somewhat diversified, and yet not too
scattering agriculture and studying
of and adaptation to climatic condi-
tions, the demands and the markets
are essential mot more, perhaps, but
as much) in Kansas as elsewhere.
Those who most fully recognize these
conditions and most intelligently re-
spond to their memorable requirements
are realizing fair or large prosper
ity. Others who persistently defy or
deny them are ready to declare that
farming is no longer a source Of
profit, that farmers are slaves ofithose
in other pursuits, and that the times
are politically, financially and morally
out of joint. Although no vocation is
all pleasure or all profit, the men who
conduct the business of farming with
the same energy and skill as the sue
cesful merchant or professional man
will reap the same and, as rule,
greater and more certain measure of
reward; the time has passed, however,
if it ever existed, when fortunes were
made by unsKilled owners Of farms,
large or small, anywhere. Convincing
proof of either proposition can be
found in almost any one of the los
counties in Kansas. Muscle, to win,
must be fabricated with brains"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
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, l0c, 25c, 5Oc.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
TUMOR EXPELLED.
Unqualified Success of Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Mrs. ELIZABETH WHEELocK, Magno-
liza, Iowa, in the following letter de-
scribes her recovery from very criti-
cal condition:
DEAR Mrs. PINKnAM:-I have been
taking your Vegetable Compound, and
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

Useless Advice.-Wiggles-My physi-
clan has ordered me never to take &C
tive exercise after hearty meal. Wag-
gIes-Well, what of It? Wiggles-I
Enthusiastically Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Hoods Pills cure constipation. Is cents
As Fet,I ns War.

The sudden changes Of climate en-
countered by soldiers when troops are
moved from one quarter Of the world to
another are estimated as increasing the
annual mortality Of Europe by 10000
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Tho hinges of true friendship never rust.
1t is better to be lonely than to.be bored.

II would astonish you to know how much
the death rate of Teething Children has de-
creased in all the large cities sfnce DIR. M0F-
have been used TFErHINA Aids Digestion,
Regulates the Bowels. makes teethihg easy,
and should be given by all mothers.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

The Uncle-Are you entirely satisfied
with your lot? The Niece (still angry
at her grandfather's wilD-No, I'm not.
1t ought to have house on THAR
lam Life
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20


It's praises. II
has done won.
dcrs for me in
relieving me
.of a tumor.
/" Ny health
has been poor
forthrce years
Change of life
was working
: upon me. ]
was very
" much bloated
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

PowderIy's nomination was confirm
ed without any hitch. Any name which
is three-fourths powder commands In
slant respect nowadays.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20

A writer in the Engineering Maya
zine estimates that the Transvaal con-
tains twice as much gold as has ever
been mined in California