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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
WONDERFUL rHlNoA

Ahexs Insects That Would Rule shs
World II Big Eaessh.
n ants were large enough they
would rule the earth. A. II - they
predominant the politics Of their own
sphere, and have many human cnaf-
acteristics.
The longest time for which An ant
sleeps is three and . half hours. On
awakening they stretch their legs'
yawn, and then carefully clean them
selves by applying their legs to sneir
mouths and rubbing them over tneir
bodies, very much in the style o. .
cat washing her face: after which they
comb and brush their heads ana Dooies
with the natural comb which nature
gives them.
The most remarkable thing aoou'
this IL that almost every necessity foi
which We are obliged in our case u
employ mere or less complicated me
chanicai csntrivancss 10 provided To-
by the physical structure OF the ants
Ants clean themselves both Deler'
and after sleep. and also after eetine
Frequently one ant will lick and brusl
another all over. limb by limb, the an
operated on sprawling on her back, re
taxing her muscles and abandonln
herself to the enjoyment OF the opera
ton.
They are great hunters, sttacHin
snakes, lizards, rats, mice. ssntapede
and beetles.
They even kill the great African p'
thon. 1t is said that II . python nj
killed an animal, he dare not gorf
himself with it till he has made VIC
circuit, and satisfied himself that. thel
are no driver ants in the neighbo
hood. If, however, he meets with ar
he abandons his prey to them, and al
creetly retires. A certain species a
tually keep cows; in other WORD
plant lice. When the ants are hung
they actually milk the aphides by Ia
ping them briskly on the sides OF u
abdomen with their antennas till T.
fluid exudes. when it il at once SUCK
up by the ants.
. They shut them up In COW hous
md use them for days.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
The Feminine of Burglar. !"

The habit Of adding less" to form the
feminine, a. In poetess, authoress and
similar words, Is not in accordance
with the best English usage. The same
plan of manufacturing a feminine
would give US burglaress. writeress
and clsrkess. In several other Ian
guages the feminine is easily and nat
urally made according to certain deh-
mite rules, but the English language is
10 variable and changes so much from
age to age, in accordance with the needs
Of the people speaking 1t, that while
these manufactured feminines cannot
be pronounced incorrect, since they are
in extensive employment-and In thess
matters usage makes right-they are
hardly in accord with good taste as IL
Illustrated by the best writers OF good
English.
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kut II Got Him Into Trouble ana n
Wanted 1t Modified.

kut IL Got Him Into TroublS ana NJ
Wanted 1t MODIFIED.
There were unmistakable marks OF
intimacy between bis light-colored over>
coat and the sidewalk. His right eye
was concealed by handkerchief. ana
his silk hat had dent In 1t.
Doctor" he said, A. he sank IN .
chair, IT don't blame you. exonerate
you from all responsibility. ! DON'T
make any approaches"
81 should hope not" was the reply.
"An the medical profession can 90 10
to cure you when you are sick. 1t can't
be held responsible for earthquakes OF
riots. Any broken bonesT'
"Not that know Of. didn't come 20
order any surgery, and l don't want
you to think that l am trying to az
sumo to dictate to you in your business.
It's a delicate matter and l hope you
win take 1t kindly"
what are you talking aboutr
THAT last prescription you gave me-
"Ah. yes. remember. You COM
planned of being low-spiritsd and slug
gish, and said that you would laita-
fully obey my instructions in order 70
get back your old-time FORM"
THAT IL what happened. And you
said there was no use In my taxing
!. drugs and turning my system into q
: chemical laboratory; what l needed
was to laugh three times every DAY"
EYES,"
!, 81 wasn't to wait till l saw a good
:, excuse for laughing. ! ives to cultivate
I susceptibility to humor, which ! az
a not naturally possess. and let my dia
q phragm have spasms on the slightes
q provocation."
Certainly. That's what call a com
i mon sense cure"
% 81 tried 1t. Acted faithfully on you
# instructions. 1 was going out to lunc
ar to-day when l happened to remembe
"a that l had neglected your medicine.
II looked around for something thu
Ia would give me a pretext, and as luc
K would have 1t saw a man with ma
70 ket basket get run into by pushcaf
ID Nv first impulse was to lend him
% helping hand with his vegetables an
ne things, but thought Of you, ana d
ey nv duty. 1t would have rejoiced yo'
or soul to hear the merry gurgles tn
en- leaped from my throat I was only D
be ginning to enter into the spirit OF Il
Int occasion when the owner of the marx
en- basket came up and began to Interior
ID, told him he was likely to ruin =
up health with his thoughtlessness, but
nd refused to desist until he had left me
De- [ now appear. 1 don't look to You
Use IN indemnity for what has happene
Al but three times day seems pref
ley ,ften, considering the risks involve
sit md I do think YOU ought to serious
ing consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of reduch
I'd, No dose
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
vii. shoot Sixteen Miles.

The Wateryleit arsenal, near Troy.
has begun work preliminary to the
casting of the largest gun IN the Uni
ted States. 1t is to be Of sixteen-inch
bore. The United States has built
two Of the larger caliber for coast de-
lenses. but they were old-fashioned
smoouh-bores, and not to be compared
to the new gun in size, weight or any
thing except caliber. There are two
twenty-inch guns, one of which ID
mounted at Fort Hamilton, and one OF
which lies on the ordnance dock at
Governors island. These guns were
not startling successes. The one at
Fort Hamilton has been fired a few
times. and each time its recoil has
raised the very dickens with its car
riage.
The new gun will be nearly fifty fee
long Ito be accurate, 49.67 feet, will
have q range of sixteen miles and b'
able to penetrate twenty-seven and one
half inches Of the best steel armor q
4 distance Of two miles. The gun vii
weigh 12E tons and it will throw
solid armor-piercing projectile weigh
ing 2,370 pounds. When the projectil
leaves the muzzle of the gun 1t will b
travelling at the rate of 1000 feet
second, and IL q plate OF harveyaze
steel thirty-three inches in thickness
were placed near the muzzle OF the gu
Il would be penetrated by the nyin
mass Of the projectile.
This gun, mounted ut Fort Wad'
worth, would be able to hurl 2,S7(
pound projectile upon hostile man-o
war before she got within seven mile
Of Sandy Hook. England has in be
coast defenses and her navy sixtee
guns Of 16-inch caliber, and France hs
eight. Italy has twenty-five guns
!. 17-inch caliber. Tho new en-, wor
upon which has now begun at Waite
!, vliet, will be superior in effectiveness
however, to the Italian guns. althoue
they do have one inch more calibe
= The maximum diameter Of the breet
Of the new gun will be sixty-two inc
es. The diameter of the breech ope
Ing Is twenty inches. To fire this 81
y will require a charge of 1,O06 poun'
II Of powder, II the usual brown prisma
70 10 kind Ii used.-Boston Glabe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

A policeman on duty In Heng-Kong
harbor the other day noticed parcel
wrapped in mating tied to one OF the
buoys. The ofiicer found that child'a
body was inside the wrapping. and
after celebrating whether he should
send for the dead box or take 1t ashore
himself he took the latter course. Thu
marcel was slowed away In coal has
ket and the policenan's surprise car
wei, be imagined when ON opening tn
mating . live 6-months-old girl, wnt
hovled most Justify. was found Inside
The vaif was taken to the hospital
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

n. -, n = Time, and No More Until ~
6afchee, 70 the Order.

Ratcheo, 10 the OFoefs
Early in April Of last year the cap
~, If The steamer Roseada, plying on
he Kissimmee River, Florida, re-
nortad the discovery Of white owls
hest, which was in hole OF q leaning
lead cabbage palm, overhanging me
liver. Twice week on his trip up
and down he watched the growth OF
tns birds until he considered them
nid enough to move. He then trans
Iarred them from the nest to box I'M
der serious. protests from the parent
birds. The birds proved to be speci-
mems of the barn evil. and great was
the surprise to see three. owls OF dli-
ierent sizes and evidently considerable
difference in their ages. From inquiry
Il was learned that these birds, after
Matching the first egg. lay another ,
whose hatching is left to be done oy
the young bird while it feathers,
Tins expleining why the birds IN the
difierent stages of development were
fonnd in the same nest, and explain
inc. too. the responsibility that the
older bird seemed to have over the
younger onss-much as an older child
watches over the younger ones OF
!. The Oldest owl was almost maturee
In full feather-its large black eyes
almost human in expression, being
veil set of by the snow-white face
The plumage on the back was COLDER
brown. the rest of the body streake'
with white. The second bird IN siz'
was an ashy, dull white. He was Gov
cred with down-the down on his lac
giving him vicious expression. IN
baby of the nest was scarcely half tn
s;ze Of the oldest bird, had sharp
narrow and long face, with weazene
monkey.like expression, but he we
snow white, looking like a bail {
. wool. He cuddled under the large
birds. and at feeding time was To
most ravenous eater Of the crowd. A
day long these three wise little ow
) quietly fsat, making no sound g.
: cent when approached, when shal
swapping OF their beaks announce
: that they wished no intruders. !
6 turn them out of their box in daytin
meant q quick return to it. I'M
= were turned out one day for visit
8 to admire, and the box removed, VIII
. they quietly sought refuge under q
. folds of her dress skirt. At mig
. they were in their element WIN
: turned loose. They walked aroun
v Tapped their wings, would come
: and take food from the hand, q
>. drink water from q spoon placed
: tween their beaks with as much es
" as q person possibly could. =.
:, :. ter eating to their satisfaction ii
. would return to the box, and there
- for an hour, peering out. sway
- their bodies backward and forwa
~ ss if rocking themselves to sleep.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

~People chip OF fragments from
xrayestones," said traveller, ito car
~ away as souvenirs. and twigs and
leaves from trees. and that sort Of
thing. 20 that 1t Is sometimes neces-
navy to protect these objects to save
them. But the most curious thing
evSr saw In the way Of souvenir grab
hing was In the catacombs Of Paris,
where one Of a party Of sightseers, fol-
lowing q guide along the passages
lined with human bones. pulled out q
tooth from q skull"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
china's First Baby Show.

There were 200 entries in the re-
cent Chinese baby show, the first
ever held in the empire, and the lit
tie ones presenteda most wonderful
appearance. They wore satin blouses
and embroideries Of wonderful make.
The little Toys had shaven heads,
while the girls hair was stiffened and
polished. and dressed in the grandest
fashion. Patches of pink rouge were
put ON the smooth yellow cheeks. and
the mouths were touched up and thu
narrow brevs dslioatsly psasilled.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

On the summit of hill In a western
stats n a courthouse 80 situated that
the raindrops that fall on one side OF
the roof descend. into Lake Erie. and
thsnce through the 81. Lawrence into
the Atlantic. The drops on the other
aide trickle down from rivulet to river
until they reach the Ohio and Missis-
s,ppi. and enter the ocean by the Gull
Of Mexico. A faint breath OF wind de-
termines the destination Of these rain
drops for 5000 miles.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

There 10 an ancient and dreedfui sworo =. y
China. 1t gives to the map who happens
hold It the power to cut on ne neAo 81 ~
ON he wishes without danger Il punfenmens
All people Zee from this sword - teeriuAH =
9 omach Ills nee before ihe approach OF ~
I tiers Stomach Bftters. This famous rcmcuy
cnres all forms Of stomach troubles, beginning
with constipation and ending WITH liver oE
kidney disease. 1t will be found II al efoS
and IL alwaya Cureas
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
TIE EXCELLENCE OF syrup OF FIGS

THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity Of the combination, but also
10 the care and skill with which it Is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance Of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs IL manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP CO.
only, a knowledge Of that fact viii
assist ono in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing OF the CALI
FoRNIA FIa SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup OF Figs has
riven to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company guaranty
of the excellence Of Its remedy. 1t Is
far In advance of all other laxatives,
as It acts ON the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and 1t does not grippe mol
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name Of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
L0UIsvILLE. KY. NEW YOkk. y. Z
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes Tight or
New shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun.
ions, Swollen, Hot. Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet Sold by all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Samples sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
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Clean blood means q clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathsr
tic clean your blood ara keep it clean, By
stirring up the lazy liver nd driviss ell I'M
Puritiss from the body dkss,n h socsy e
and that sickly bilious complexion BY taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
eists. satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
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n. aa.,1n;;r-Hsans 70 No ban 70.

Mr.. eHmin6rlds1ng - No ban 70
ndRht7 Miss Antique-No, I don't dance
the new dances. why nofT "Nos
asked" Plain Dealer.
She - Do you understand those
French Jokes? Helm afraid do.
She-Then wish you'd translate them.
Pick Me-Up.
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I
- ~ I'VE rsivAts sssrstassss w.
2AiAtala DioalAv fss aiAs
(Nsw York fimss)
= happened to be In Albany On
Friday. when Governor Roosevelt left
there for this city," said one Of the
sessipers IN the waldorf-Astoria- =
had never haapsned to meet him. but
AZ stro1lsl down the station platform
while waiting fer the bslatsd f;ss
train, on whieA Ne both came to New
York, recognized him frena the pho
tegraphs and earicatures had seen.
I was prepared to see . pretty free
and-easy, democratic sort Of chap. but
what did see rather shocked my sem
sibilitiss and IDEAS Of what Governor
Of the Umpire State should be. Up
where TIE baggage for the incoming
train was piled was the Governor OF
New York. halt reclining On the tsp-
NEST trunk Of the bunch and absorbed
in reading one ct Ne current numbers
Of popular magazine. He apparently
didn't know or care whether there vas
anybody else in Albany. and had Gem.
pletely shaken OF the cares Of state.
He was the most completely eemfertar
BILE person I saw In your capital city.
Strelling on the platform. and seem
ingly with all the dignity Of the ONCE
that Governor Roosevelt had shaken
of, were his two private sscrstariss'
Mr.. Yeungs and celonsl TrsaAwell
And they maintained all the dignity
that was necessary. for they were real
ly an impressive pair"
One Of the oldest windmills ct tn
marshes Of Norfolk. England. vAsre
the marsh country Is often very teauti.
full. is quaint. Ito wooden tower stu
dsflss the strength Of the winter Wind
which sweep across the lewlands from
the sea, but two Of it, canvas frame
sails are gone. and those that rsnaiz
are fast falling into decay. Jor so'
years It has been one Of the safsguard'
Of the adjoining meadows.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

A widow knows when man 10 In love WIZ
her long before he knows it himself.
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(VALESWOMEN understand what torture Is
Constantly their feet whether well or ILL., Compelled
~ to smile and be agreeable to customers while dragged
down with feminine weakness Backaches ana mead
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

A. fashion paper announces tnat
R0wus this summer will come higher
fhan they did last year, owing to q
hoom In the silk market. We trust they
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Some experiments have been trleo
by DR.. Noel Patton, at Edinburgh. Or.
Patton has made very thorough in
yestiQation into the life history OF the
salmon, the nature of the pigments
which color the flesh, and the changes
In its condition during migration. He
concludes that when the salmon enters
the river it ceases to feed, and relies
on it's own muscular tissue; but it IS
curious fact, however, that salmon
rises to the fly, which would tend TO
initiate against this view.
A writer in the Medical Age says
that typhoid fever patients should not
be filed up with milk, which is ad-
ministered as liquid food; for, while it
seems to have the form of liquid. yet,
as food, it is not liquid, but solid.
The article states that bread and but
ter. mashed potatoes, or even pumpkin
pie are not capable of filling the small
intestines with such immense indiges-
tible boluses Of substance as result
from milk, It is also q fine culture
medium, and II is marvellous to see
how rapidly bacteria are propagated
in it.
Amateur photographers are fire..
ouently troubled by over-exposed
negatives which give what are calico
ssist" pictures. Heretofore, in deal
ing with such negatives, reducing
agents have been employed which at
tack the entire surface of the plate
and reduce equally the shadows ant
the high lights. Now a new agen
has been discovered in France which
first attacks the high lights withou
reducing the weaker parts OF the pict
ure. and thus more perfectly correct
the faults Of overexposure. This agen
is ammonium persulphate. A solutio
of twenty-five grains Of ammonium
persulphats with five grains OF am
monium bromide in one ounce OF waite
Is recommended. A few drops OF To
solution should'be added to the ordir
airy developer.
The autographs of the stars as wri
ten in the spectroscope-hundreds
light years, it may be from the soure
Of the energy that writes the lines
are messages by wireless telegraph
AZ wonderful as anything we know
They tell not only Of the elements
the distant suns, but Of the physics
charscteristics as we'll, and have O
abled 90 keen an interpreter as >
Norman Lockyer not only to recogni'
various classes among the stars but
foresee that there will in future yea
be read the secret Of inorganic evol
ton. The hottest Of the stars are tn
nAces of glowing hydrogen. hellum al
perhaps other gases. In stars OF som
what lower temperature the gases q
largely replaced by vaporised meta
while in a third and still cooler ola
are shown metals with carbon. 4
stars except the hottest are proven
be growing either hotter or coolt
Arcturus and our sun belonging to t
cooling class. Some Of the cooler stt
are discovered to be nebulae OF gai
or metallic vapors, and as the facts
d cumulate they all 90 to demonstri
the evolution of the cosmos as we KIN
it from swarms of meteoric particl
colliding and becoming hotter, and
/ suggest further that the so-called alto
| of the chemist are only early stages
the evolutionary process.
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aches count for little. They must
keep going or lose their place.
To these Mrs. Pinkham's help is
offered. A letter to her at Lynn.
Mass. will bring her advice free
Of all charge.
Miss NANcIE SHoBE, Florence.
Col, writes a letter to Mrs. Pink
e.. xvI,io1, xuya rt1ofA.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

Sailed Ma1estsoatIy.
'ToY q stout woman, that Mrs. Hav-
srdepaw moves we'll. doesn't she?''
very: she sailed into the room quite
ma1estically. What's her tonnage?"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

The taste for matrimony is acquired
like the taste for olives.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup forchildreu
ton alisy 9 pair. cures wind colo. Sc. bottle
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Satan probably originated the saying
sMan wants but little here below"
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piso's Cure for Consumpron mas NO g. sSsaa
a.. SouSh medlcine.-F. NJ. ABnoT7. ~ Sen.
- 81 Rnffalo NY MAYA 1894
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niece of classical string music u 0fte1 Z
knotty thing to unravel and getstraighe
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Cnin.,s Powerful swssA

If man has talenths can make use OF
another's genius.
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..e;. fuli OF life. nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
r.n the wonder- worker, that makes weak men
.srona. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran
teed Booklet end sample free. Azores
stsr,,ne Remedy Co, Chicago or New YORK
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascerets Candy Catharsic. loc or xot
n 81 g. o, fail to cure. druggists refund money
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m0.... cola ip Ono DAY

It seems % II q double quartet should D
wrftfAn In ~ time.
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man has NO opposition whom he begins 70
make love to himself,
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For poultry dry, eravelly spot 10 nsess'
sarv to healthful conditions.
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MI Thompson q Co., Druggists, Couders.
mort Pa. eays Halls Catarrh Cure Is tho Dess
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sole
Druggists sell it, 75c'
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Educate Your Bowels Hitn ~sac.~-ss.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation toretet
-. -. II C. O. C fail. druggists refund none
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The milliper deals in many fasf hsc re-
pieces but she doesn't supply horse 5ockisa